You know this world is fucked up when they're already starting to phase out red pens in elementary schools because RED is considered too intimidating to the little kids.

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!

I can't believe that one of my favorite directors has a blog as well.

From the director of Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, and Kill Bill:

The blog of Mr. Quentin Tarantino.

[Update: I've just found out that this blog is bogus from none other than ex-Tarantino friend Roger Avary. 08/27/04]

Hatred and birthday dates

I’m really beginning to hate my father. He doesn’t give me proper credit where proper credit is due. Aside from this, he blames me for everything wrong. My grandmother turns off the air conditioner in the morning because she’s cold but he blames me for turning off the A/C because he says that my grandmother wouldn’t know a stick from an A/C switch. We were packing boxes the other day and he blamed me for the box looking unusual. Well, I told him a few things before we packed the box and then he screams in my face because he expects perfection from everything. What a fucker. There’s nothing perfect in this world and he knows it but he doesn’t acknowledge it. Another thing my dad blamed me for (and this has been for a long time) is the car. He tells me that I’m not telling him something but what the fuck, you know? I DID NOT break the fucking car, it’s just fucking old. I mow the lawn, I clean the kitchen, I clean my own bathroom, I do my own laundry, I clean my room, I do whatever he pleases and he always gives me shit about the little things. I don’t smoke, drink, or do drugs and yet he gets pissed off when there’s one little thing he doesn’t like. Just imagine if I was a heroin addicted 20-year old who smokes, doesn’t go to school, and is a lazy motherfucker. Would he get mad? Absolutely. But Jesus Christ man, my life is awesome and he is just a fuck messing with it. His employer keep on asking him if he wants to work someplace else for a couple of months and he keeps on saying that his knee hurts. What a fucking excuse. What a pussy excuse. I know some of his friends that have worse knees and they still go to support their fucking family. He’s just lazy, one lazy fuck who acknowledge the people around him. People who bring him to the train station, who clean the house for him, who pick him up, who cook for him. Yet he complains, complains, and complains. I think he hasn’t realized it yet, but when I’m gone for school, his life will need some tuning up.
Another thing that I’m disappointed about is that my birthday wasn’t acknowledged as much as last year. I don’t want to offend any people but man, only a few acknowledged my birthday. The only people who didn’t forget was Jorge, Kat-Kat, Chrissie, Felice, Leah, Mike H, Mike T, Tony, my parents, and my relatives. Fuck man, I know more people than that and they know my birthday. I cannot accept shit like “I’m too busy” or “I’m working like hell,” because my friend Mike H works fucking 16 hours a day and he didn’t forget. I don’t want a fucking gift or something, just those two little words with my name at the end in my inbox.

My TOP FIVE best movie endings of all time.

1) Infernal Affairs (Directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak)
This is, by far, the best ending I have ever seen. The ending is more emotional, more shocking, and more satisfying than any ending I have ever seen. The film pushes the pace throughout the film to this remarkable ending that will stand the test of time.

2) Oldboy (Directed by Chan-wook Park)
Can you mindfuck? Another shocking ending in my book that epitomizes the definition of mindfuck. A brilliant and edgy performance from South Korea's best actor, Choi Min-sik (Shiri).

3) Memento (Directed by Christopher Nolan)
Another mindfuck ending that made me go "whoa." The reverse order of events really adds to the film.

4) Hero (Directed by Zhang Yimou)
A beautiful yet somber ending to one of the best films of the new millenium. Credit goes to Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and Maggie Cheung for their amazing performances.

5) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Directed by Ang Lee)
Emotion. Pure, unfiltered emotion is what you get from this ending. It almost brings tears to your eyes.

My BOTTOM FIVE worst endings of all time.

1) Alien vs. Predator (Directed by Paul William Scott Anderson)
Any director with four names has gotta suck and Anderson is no exception. This is one of the worst films I have ever seen. This is the definition of BAD from beginning to end. And that ending, ugh, I think I'm gonna throw up.

2) The Village (Directed by M. Night Shymalan)
What the fuck was M. Night Shymalan thinking when writing this film? Was he smoking crack when writing this piece of shit? I want my money back M. Night.

3) The Matrix Revolutions (Directed by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski)
The man vs. machine war led up to this? A pussified ending where I didn't know what the fuck was going on. If Joel Silver said this film set the bar so high there's no bar, he's right. He's right because the horrible ending removed the fucking bar. C'mon, the first Matrix and Matrix Reloaded promised some great things, but not this.

4) Citizen Kane (Directed by Orson Welles)
The greatest movie of all time? Yeah right! Sure, the movie was okay but that ending took it from being great. Rosebud? Oh fuck you.

5) Alien vs. Predator
Man, I think I need to mention this movie once more. Yes people, it really is that bad.

Listening: Christian playing his Sony PlayStation 2 online.

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Goodnight everyone.

Oh yeah, I beat Wency 3 times in Fight Night 2004. That's right, 3 times. I ain't a bitch no more.

Speedy Movie Review

Alien vs. Predator
Director: Paul William Scott Anderson
Starring: Some people I don't even know and Lance Henriksen

Man, what a piece of fucking dog shit. I was expecting this movie to be bad but not this bad. This movie was like a dildo fucked up my ass and all the way to my brain. It also contradicted all the elements of the other (and mucho superior movies). And why the fuck is this movie PG-13??????? ONE OF THE WORST MOVIES EVER MADE!!!!!!!!
Grade: F

Today's my birthday. I'm finally 20. No longer a teenager.....one more year until I can drink legally.

Quick movie reviews
Collateral
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Mark Ruffalo, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Bruce McGill
Intense, smart, and intelligence filmmaking, that is, until the final formulaic twenty minutes. Although cliched, the final few minutes are still thrilling. Cruise is truly and finally awesome (I always hated him) as a villain and Foxx is great as the cabbie/victim tagging along.
(update 8/12/04: I also really hated the use of Audioslave's "Shadow of the Sun." The scenes where the song was inserted were just wrong. I did love the use of a Korean version of Paul Oakenfold's "Ready, Steady, Go," though).
Grade: B+

Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
Director: Danny Leiner
Starring: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Paula Garces
Hilarious, hilarious, hilarious. I found it to be even funnier than Dodgeball (and I thought that was really hilarious!). Great cameos from Ryan Reynolds, Jamie Kennedy, and Fred Willard.
Grade: A

Dying rocksters

The term "I'm Rick James, bitch!" has never been horrible until today. Rick James died last Friday and I'm not sad or anything but damn, the guy just did Chappelle's Show.

Recently, I've been discovering the music of Jeff Buckley. My friend introduced his music to me. I listened to a track titled "Hallejuah" and man, I was speechless when it was over. With just a tremelo guitar and his voice, Buckley astonishes with a range and power only equaled with Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, and a few others. After listening to another track titled "Grace," what comes through is obvious, the man can sing. He sings with such emotion, it's like you're there with him.

I searched for more albums by Jeff Buckley but I astonished to find out that he died in 1998 of a drowning accident. Another great voice silenced.

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete
Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of

Oh simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know
Somewhere only we know

Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
So why don't we go

This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know

Somewhere only we know
Somewhere only we know

Keane ~ Somewhere Only We Know

Quick movie reviews:

The Village: Man, the so-called shock or twist didn't even twist or shock. It wasn't scary or terrifying. What the hell, M. Night?! The movie although wasn't bad BUT it wasn't good either.
Grade: C

Hero (Extended Cut): What a waste of $20. The video transfer on the DVD is horrible but the audio quality is impeccable. The so-called new scenes are just alternate takes and such. Blah. I hope the Japanese releases a good version of this.
Original: A+/Extended Cut: C-

Boogie Nights: After watching the movie two times in a row, it's already one of my favorites. The scenes with Mark Wahlberg trying to sing "You Got the Touch" is fucking hilarious.
A+