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Aug18

I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED

August 18th, 2003 | by Tom
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I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED

I’m not a very big fan of Kevin Costner. Ever since he won all those awards for Dances With Wolves, I view him as a self-important gas bag. See Waterworld and The Postman for proof. Better yet, don’t.

That said, I really wouldn’t be surprised if the above is how he picks his projects. These are the only three genres where he seems to be of any use.

But every once in a while, there are flashes of brilliance and I’m reminded why he won all those awards in the first place.

Cami and I went to see Open Range on Friday and it is easily one of the best movies I’ve seen all year.

The film is a little slow going at first, but it establishes the vastness of the American West with panoramic views you can positively drink in.

The performances aren’t half bad, either. For once, Costner plays someone a little shadier. Robert Duvall delivers a great turn as an old salt cowboy with a trouble-making streak.

I was particularly amazed by the final gun battle. It’s not choreographed like so many other shoot-outs. Men stumble, the miss, they scatter like cockroaches. And the blast of those revolvers sounds like a thunderclap. The violence in those scenes is jaw-dropping in their brutality and realism.

The romance between Costner’s character and that of Annette Bening’s seemed a little forced, but you kind of go along with it. Also, there were two farewell scenes between the two characters when the first one would have worked just fine. The second one is tacked on for that “ride into the sunset” finale.

All in all, it was a great film. It may not look like your cup of tea, but it comes highly recommended by yours truly. Check it out.

Posters are continuing to be shipped out. I’ve had two orders this week with a third payment by mail all lined up.

Don’t miss your opportunity to order one before they’re gone. Once the stock is depleated, I’m not making any more!

Just a friendly reminder from me to you!..

└ Tags: baseball, dud, Kevin Costner, leather chaps, random, western, wheel
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Jun03

TASTY FISTBISCUITS

June 3rd, 2005 | by Tom
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TASTY FISTBISCUITS

I wish I could claim the idea to re-interpret Cinderella Man as Fistbiscuit was totally my own, but I’ll be honest and admit that I gleamed the moniker from early reviews of the movie. If you’re scouring the internet today gathering up your own reviews, you’re more than likely to come across it.

I guess that’s why I decided to steer things in a totally absurd direction with today’s comic. That, and because the idea of an exceptionally salty snack cracker called “Fistbuscuits” was utterly hilarious to me. Should I put it on a shirt? Maybe I should start a band with Mitch Clem and we can call ourselves “The Fistbiscuits.”

…but I digress.

What do you suppose the producers of the film expect when it comes to parallels to Seabiscuit? There are only so many underdogs of the depression era you can capture to celluloid before people start making comparisons.

If nothing else, The Great Depression must have been just as bad as Grandpa described – if not worse – if the downtrodden citizenry of the country was willing to slap the label “NATIONAL HERO” onto anyone who could scrounge up the most marginal of success.

“He won a horse race! HERO!”

“He won a boxing match! HERO!”

Either things were really, really bad standing in those soup lines, or people of the 1930’s had exceptionally low standards.

I’m excited to see Cinderella Man partially based on all of the good press it’s been getting. But also because I’m a fan of boxing movies and the clich

└ Tags: Cinderella Man, Fistbuscuit, random, Russell Crowe, Seabiscuit, snack cracker, sodium, Toby Maguire, zing
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WILL FERRELL MOVIE GENERATOR

April 11th, 2007 | by Tom
Posted In: Blog

Okay, I feel a little guilty for enjoying this as much as I did because it depict what Will Ferrell does as an interchangeable series of predictable routines and I think that’s oversimplifying things a bit.

All the same, check out College Humor’s Will Ferrell Movie Generator and prepare to laugh.

It was the inclusion of the completely random catch phrases and quotes that did it for me.

└ Tags: College Humor, link, random, Will Ferrell
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