Ok, Professor Dickweed...

Talladega Nights the Ballad of Ricky Bobby - I love love loved this movie in the theater. And I loved watching it again. Ricky Bobby is not a bright man. His father while high tells him "If you're not first, then you're last."This sparks his entering NASCAR as a winner. His star has risen once the film really gets underway. The unrated version had a few scenes that went on a hair too long. But overall I was yet again amused by John C. Reilly's random "Shake and Bake" and Sacha Baron Cohen as the evil gay french driver who is charged with usurping Ricky Bobby's crown is a delight. Has one of my favorite quotes ever and that quote involves the words "Dr. Quinn" and "Medicine Woman." If you missed this in the theater, do rent it. It is a funny funny stupid film.

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Art School Confidential - again a movie I was looking forward to watching. Jerome is a high school kid who is an artist. He is beat up, has never had a girlfriend, and falls in love with a model he sees in a brochure for an art school. He attends the art school and he is roommates with a design major and a film major. The film major is making a film about a strangler who is killing people on campus.

This movie has a couple of delights - Angelica Houston, Steve Buscemi, and John Malkovich - all are great and unexpected. I am not sure if I liked this movie or not. The main thrust of the movie is great - a satire about art and the whole art school culture but this odd element of murder mystery was that - odd. I don't know - I can't weigh in one way or another. I don't think I wasted my time, but if I did, I don't want others to follow suit. On the other hand, there are some great elements and funny moments in this film, I just can't say for certain whether those moments outweigh the odd parts.

"Asshole! Still in jail here!

Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle - so so so funny! This would probably be funnier if I were a stoner, but seeing that I am not a stoner this movie was still really funny. Harold is a Korean (race plays a role in the film) banker and his friend Kumar (an Indian) is his roommate who does not want to live up to his father's dream of him becoming a doctor. His response to the quip that he got a perfect score on the MCATs "yeeaah, just cause you're hung like a moose doesn't mean you gotta do porn." This movie takes place in one day/evening - which in future posts you will realize are the kinds of film I love. Of course, there is the requisite scene to remind the viewer boys are disgusting, but even that didn't last too long. I would have paid money to see this movie in the theater. Also a great film to view the east coast - New Jersey specifically. Oh and there are some dvd specials I found quite amusing. The dvd sets the stage for the film.

Films Films Films

"The Forty Year Old Virgin" - I have been wanting to see this film for some time. I was not disappointed. Steve Carrell is very funny. The premise is in the title and yet this movie deals with the idea of virginity with a marginal amount of sensitivity. Yes, it is crass but is also laugh out loud, quote lines from the movie imediately funny. A nice touch was the 1970s Sex Education film bonus. If you are in the mood to laugh and of course shake your head, this movie is quite delightful.

"Rumor Has it" - this movie was entertaining. Shirley McClaine was very funny. I think Jennifer Aniston is kind of like Helen Hunt, you never really forget the actress. Although, one note on Helen Hunt, she was great in Pay It Forward - although she still was Helen Hunt just a slightly trashier and drunk Helen Hunt but Helen Hunt nonetheless. Back to the movie, all the players were good. The movie did not have much substance, a romantic comedy, rather short only an hour and a half. There is something to the idea of ones family secret being made into a film. But I am not sure if one sould pay money to see this, maybe just catch it on tv.