Live Free or Die Hard: Um, yeah. I didn't like this movie that much. I didn't find it very thrilling at all. It's like Die Hard without its edge. There was a problem when they took the film's rating down from a hard R to a pussy-ass weak PG-13. Gay gay gay. And they totally blew the fucking best line in the movie. Mary Elizabeth Winstead was deliciously hot in the movie though. Maggie Q was fucking hot as well. I did like Justin Long's character but the villain seemed so so gay. He wasn't even threatening at all. "Your government needs more security blah blah blah...." and then he goes on about being crucified....blah blah blah....he's one of the stupidest villains ever. Hans Gruber from the first Die Hard blows this guy away.

Recommendations from Daniel's jukebox o' tunes:

Anberlin - "The Unwinding Cable Car": A former Christian band that writes great tunes has a song that makes the soul burn. This band is underrated and if this song was on the radio they would be fucking huge.

Bloc Party - "We Were Lovers": Being a little biased towards Bloc Party but seriously if B-sides like this were on a second album, the album would definitely be on my top ten list. Other amazing B-sides from BP include: "Version 2.0," "Emma Kate's Accident," "Two More Years," and "Hero".

Jimmy Eat World - "23 (Demo Version)": I think Jimmy Eat World is one of the most underrated bands in the world. They have been writing the most complex songs in the past decade and yet they don't get mentioned. Be sure you guys download the demo version of "23". I find the demo version to be more intimate, more immediate, and just plain better. The album version loses the immediately and raw expressiveness of the music.

Metallica - "One": If you're not a fan of metal then that's too bad. Metal has many songs that are up there with the best of songs and "One" is amongst them. From the amazing lyrics to the beautiful, intricate guitar solos, this is one of the best compositions ever created. It's like if Mozart created a composition using only a bass guitar, guitar, and drums.

Feist - "La Même Histoire": I absolutely love Feist. My cousins Chri and Fifi introduced me to her original sounding music and I've been seduced ever since. I loved her songs "1234" and "Mushaboom" but this one takes the cake. There's nothing like Feist singing in French and she sounds like she's singing just for you. The whisper of her soothing voice sometimes brings goosebumps on my arms.

Paolo Nutini - "Last Request": I absolutely hated "New Shoes". I fucking hated that song with a passion. The lyrics were stupid, the music video was stupid, and the music was stupid. I hated Nutini for a while until I heard this song. How he had "New Shoes" on the same album as "Last Request" is, for me, fucking mindboggling. This song sounded like it was from a different musician: mature and introspective lyrics, a much better composition of music, and more of a passion in the vocals.

Silverchair - "Reflections of a Sound": Silverchair has been my favorite band of all time and this song is the reason why. Excellent and complex lyrics, wonderfully intricate compositions (how many tracks are on this song?), and absolutely mind-blowing vocals from Daniel Johns. Oh, how they've gone a long way from "Tomorrow".

1408: Downloaded this little picture starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson and it's been awhile since I've seen a great horror film. 1408 is fortunately one of the better horror pictures in the past decade that is more psychologically involving rather than physcially. John Cusack is great as Michael Enslin, a father who had lost his daughter to a disease. The film is mostly a one man performance and Cusack gives his all. I hope his performance gets at least a nomination come awards time because it is truly great. Sam Jackson, despite a great performance, is much more of an extended cameo rather than a supporting character. I highly recommend this film but if horror movies freak you out too much than it's better to watch Ratatouille.

On the subject of Ratatouille, I seriously recommend this picture from Pixar (fuck Disney, they're doing shit). I highly regard this as the best film of the year BY FAR and the best film by Pixar. I've never enjoyed myself at a film as much as I did with Ratatouille.

This brings me to my next topic: Stupid people

Chris Benoit: What an idiot. Murdering your wife and mentally ill son and then killing yourself. What a fuckhead. McMahon was right in calling you a monster.

Paris Hilton: Look at me. She's "traumatized" because she went to jail. Boo fucking hoo. It wasn't even GEN POP that she was in! She was in a fucking minimum security part of the jail where she stayed FUCKING ALONE! Anderson Cooper couldn't understand why Paris is so fucking popular. I don't understand how she's so fucking popular. She didn't do anything great in her fucking life. If she was like Princess Di then I would give a shit. Unfortunately, all that money and jail time can't even make a dumb bitch smart. God made her a better person, my fucking psoriatic ass.

Owen Gleibermann: For giving Ratatouille a lower grade than usual because it didn't contain any celebrity voices. Yes Mr. Gleibermann, Justin Timberlake would make a great addition to animated films!

Other stuff in the past week:
- Listening to the radio about how Amy Winehouse has a voice of a sultry black goddess and a face of a rat.
- Emo Fifi: A) Pregnant B) Boyfriend C) Hormones (I think it's hormones. So fuck you hormones! Felice is cool but the hormones are not. So a big fuck you to hormones!*)
- Listening to Linkin Park in pure 24-bit sound is awesome. What up Jorge!
- Jorge quitting R&R and his big FUCK YOU I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME to Ganesh. Seriously from the stuff my mom tells me, Ganesh has no soul. He seriously is Satan reincarnated.
- Pam's great food pictures from Japan. I love your delicious food pictures except for one. That pug fugly picture of that breakfast from that airline. It looked like dried barf.
- Me wanting to buy a turntable to listen to the new White Stripes album "Icky Thump" on frickin' vinyl.


*= i totally ripped this off the movie "Knocked Up"

Aside from yesterday where I rip Kelly Clarkson for her "look at me, i'm angry" type songs. I haven't blogged much. Much of it can be blamed on laziness. Unlike most of the blogs I read, I don't really update that much. I don't think it's really needed. For the most part, I've seen a crapload of movies at the theatre.

Knocked Up: Not as good as they say. Chemistry between main and supporting characters seemed a bit poor. It's mostly hilarious with a bit of drama peppered in. I wish it was shorter though and it's not as good as the 40 Year-Old Virgin.

Hostel Part II: Downloaded this movie but my brother saw it. He says that it is really a piece of shit. I'll probably watch it sometime in the next month. I saw the first one and hated it. For the life of me, I don't know why Eli Roth gets money to make shit films.

Ocean's 13: After the okay outing in the second installment, 13 seems to be a lucky number for the franchise. It's not as well structured as the original but it is still a fun time at the movies. Al Pacino gives an okay performance of a poorly written character. Oh yeah, Ellen Barkin is a frickin' cougar!

Sicko: The documentary about American health care and the best Michael Moore documentary so far. This film made me so angry I wanted to smash my laptop. American health care companies make TRILLIONS off the American people and they'll do anything to get their money back. Some scenes almost made me shed a tear but it's mostly a look into America. And about how America is not only one of the most evil countries but the most corrupt as well (Philippines, eat your heart out).

Ratatouille: Oh my god. What a film. After the shiteous Cars, I thought Pixar would never retain that gold standard again. Then Brad Bird has to come in. The best time I've had at the movies since Bird's previous film "The Incredibles." So MANY great things to talk about this film: the animation, the voice acting, the script, the ending.......so many fucking things!!!! While Dreamworks is still making films for the lowest common denominator (Shrek the Third), Pixar comes in to destroy the competition and set a new gold standard. I'm going to watch this film AGAIN when it comes out in theatres. There's a great short film titled "Lifted" directed by former Columbia College Chicago student Gary Rydstrom that precedes the film and it's also awesome.

The new Kelly Clarkson song reminds me of Alanis Morrisette.

That is if Alanis wrote stupid lyrics, had a stupid music video, and had the musical talent of my farts.