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| Movie Review: Thank You for Smoking |
| 05.19.06 (4:20 pm) [edit] |
Now Showing in North American Cinemas
Rating: 4/5
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Robert Duvall, William H. Macy, Cameron Bright, Katy Holmes ... (more cool indie actors than I have time to type out).
Forget what you've heard about Tom Cruise possibly cutting out Katie's nude scene from this film. That shiat is UTTERLY IRRELEVANT. Utterly, I say. Now, that we have that out of the way, let's get on with it.
This is quite possibly the funniest film I have watched all year and not in a gross out frat boy (see Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn) kind of way. Even more auspicious for a comedy is that I came away from this film learning something quite important about myself. Inside me lives the heart of a chain smoker. Ok, ok, before you get all indignant on my ass about the perils of smoking, I ask you to bear with me a while.
After leaving the theater, I was tempted to light up, not because cigarettes are kewl. I wanted to light up because, by God, every human being has the right to decide for themselves if it's worth it, secondhand smoke withstanding. Granted, all the medical evidence is there to say it's not. Still, I don't believe it is the business of the federal or state government to reprimand me for ruining my own health, if I choose to do so. With that said, I must tell you that I am not a smoker and don't plan on being a smoker and not because cigarettes kiiiiiill, but because it's an expensive habit, medical bills not withstanding. That's right! I choose not to smoke because I can't afford it. Does that make me crass? Well, yeah. Of equal significance is the whole kissing thing. Can't tell you the last time that has happened to me (oh yeah, March). I like being kissed, often and hard ...okay...I'll stop there. You get the idea. Still, that's what Scope is for.
Anyway, the film could have been about guns or alcohol. Heh, well, it kinda was. It could have been about the McDonald's 99 cents menu. It could have been about plastic surgery, SUVs, chicken-fried steak, the Teletubbies or anything that through abuse could lead to negative health consequences.
Verdict: Worth a look!
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| TV Land |
| 05.19.06 (3:46 pm) [edit] |
Well in TV Land, Veronica Mars gets to go to college, 7th Heaven gets an 11th hour reprieve, One Tree Hill gets another chance to bore us with the vacuous Chad Michael Murray while Everwood is dead wood. Or is it?
While Smackdown may never be considered the height of intelligent television, I understand why the 'good' people at the CW (lamest name ever) have kept it on their line-up. In general, WWE
shows like Smackdown or Raw or whatever don't bother me because they
never claim to be anything more than they are - one part sports
entertainment, one part soap opera (with bad acting and bare-chested
men included) and all parts cheese. Not sure, but watching oversized
men and cosmetically enhanced women pretending to beat the crap out
of each other might count as a guilty pleasure.
So, my bitterness does not stem from there. Shows like 7th Heaven (misguided and overbearing after-school special dusguised as a modern family drama) and One Tree Hill (a soapy, tired and irrelevant drama parading talentless and banal actors at camera angles that would flatter Joan Rivers) don't deserve a new episode much less an order of 22. This is where my bitterness lies. I guess there wasn't room enough for two high-quality and critically acclaimed but low-rated TV shows on one fledgeling network. R.I.P., Everwood. I hardly knew you, especially since the WB treated you worse than the redheaded stepchild of Joan Crawford.
I guess since we are in TV Land, we must also talk about the lack of intelligent characters on Lost (excluding Sayid, of course) and the death of the 'beautiful' and fragile Marissa Cooper on The OC. R.I.P, Marissa - you were as boring in death as you were in life. To add insult to injury, you've been replaced by an even more boring and vacuous clone, Kaitlin (woodenly played by over-exploited child of the moment, Willa Holland). Yeah, some say the OC jumped the shark in Season 2. For those who were hanging on, last night was your final notice.
Rocked: Grey's Anatomy (Denny, noooo!), Amazing Race, Prison Break.
Sucked Big Donkey Balls: 24 (no, really, nothing happened), Invasion (boring), American Idol (I don't care any more).
What I will be watching tonight: NBA Playoffs - Can the Cavs dethrown Detroit in the East? Can the Mavs dethrown San Antonio in the West? Magic 8 Ball says "God if I know!"
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