jibber jabber

Davinci Code

went to go see the davinci code today. what’s amazing is that i went in with fairly low expectations and guess what. it was worse than i thought. the book was good, i enjoyed it immensely and blew through it in one afternoon but the movie…gag.

what sucked about it? tom hanks. their reveal of ian mckellan’s character’s duplicity. what else sucked about it? how do you show on film, somebody’s puzzle solving mental processes. well the way Ron Howard chose to do it was to film Hanks’ eyeballs going back and forth. ooooohhh, what exposition. sheesh. the only good thing? audrey tatou. she’s such a cutie. loved her in amelie and she holds her own here.

but the movie itself…i mean the whole fun of the book for me was trying to solve the puzzles. you can’t do that in film. it doesn’t work. it ends up being a jumbled mess. i knew what the story was and what the puzzles were so i should have had a firm grasp of what’s going on right? well the movie was so messed up i got confused watching it. bah.

i think i’m going to have to cleanse my palate and go watch District B-13. now that looks like some good fun.

Published on June 4, 2006 10:30 pm.
Filed under: movies

a new start

so the “Great Move of 2006″ has also been completed. busted down to our southern neighbour, aka Seattle, to help my brother move into his new joint. well not new exactly new, more of a level the damn thing and start fresh kinda house.

the ride was great. great because i got to drive the P.U.’s beemer and boy is that thing fun. you can go scary fast in that and it feels like you’re just doing a mellow cruise down the boardwalk. luckily managed to avoid any speeding tickets though.

so upon arrival in the “quaint” neighbourhood of Kirkland we’re greeted with the overgrown Serial Killer Driveway™ with a semi trailer full of gear waiting to be unloaded. oeuf.

Published on June 4, 2006 10:19 pm.
Filed under: babble

crisis

well the “Great Toilet Paper Crisis of 2006″ has been averted. apparently i misjudged our toilet paper consumption rate resulting in a critical shortage one fateful Saturday in June. i left the house early that morning, leaving nary a square, with panicked cries of “but i need to pee!!!” echoing in my ears. oops.

Published on June 4, 2006 10:06 pm.
Filed under: babble

summer tv

starting your own tv network must be the new dotcom ’cause they’re popping up like miracle-gro powered dandelions these days. up now, we’ve got the appropriately hipster titled network “the n”. oooohhh…how’s that for minimalist? just a letter. oh and the logo is like an @ symbol except with an n, which must mean its like all ‘wired’ and shit. yeesh.

so anyways, they’ve got a few new series starting up soon, one of which is called simply “whistler” i’m not sure but judging by the title i think its a series about professional cowboy ranchers who just whistle to bring home the herd. no no. its a series set in Whistler about snowboarders. i think a few of my friends have been filming for this as stunt doubles and extras. damn easy hollywood money. i’m sure i’ll watch just to see if any of my peeps make the boob tube so i can do screen caps and post them all over the internet and make fun of them.

but then there’s “beyond the break” which i actually do want to watch. i must be on estrogen or something. but yeah, this one is set in Oahu (that’s Hawaii for the geographically challenged) and its probably a touching story about female bonding. i can’t wait for the awkward tampax product placement. so the show sounds kinda girly right? well i’m sure it is but i’m still gonna watch. why? in case you haven’t noticed, nobody surfs in a wetsuit in hawaii and this is a show about female surfers. you do the math.

go N!

Published on June 2, 2006 4:30 pm.
Filed under: tv

MacBook testdrive

i stopped by the neighbourhood best buy (its two blocks away vs really far for a mac store) during lunch the other day and played around with one of the new macbooks they have on display there. one word comes to mind…drool…..

stupid apple putting out drool worthy computers. i’m such a dork.

couple observations:
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Published on June 1, 2006 10:55 pm.
Filed under: gadgets

MI:III

yeah…so…i was bored…what can i say. its actually not a bad movie. i must say the only reason i did see it is because i’m a fan of the director’s (JJ Abrams) other work such as Lost and Alias. once you get past the huge logic and plot holes and if you can manage to do an on the fly greenscreen in your head and replace tom cruise with…ummm…anybody else, the movie is quite enjoyable. nice stunts, good pacing, good cinematography. phillip seymour hoffman is great as usual, although underused.

on a side note, don’t you love it in techno/action thrillers how there’s always an endless supply of gadgets available anywhere in the world on a moment’s notice. guess hollywood has never heard of backorders or shipping delays. pffft. for once i’d like to see the bad guys win because the good guys screwed up their amazon order and their whiz bang GSRRR-9200ZR rocket launcher got delayed.

so yeah, if its raining and somebody else is paying go see it and turn your brain off for two hours.

Published on June 1, 2006 9:54 pm.
Filed under: movies

bonfire of the brands

so apparently some guy is having a little identity crisis and has decided to reinvent himself, so he is going to have a little bonfire of all his branded stuff. a kind of phoenix rising from the ashes if you will. good publicity stunt but wouldn’t it have been a little more pragmatic to just flog his shit on ebay or even donate it to some homeless shelter so we could get some joy out of seeing some hobo with his shopping cart rocking a nice gucci suit with some prada shades rolling down east hastings. make it a tv show, call it pimp my shopping cart. you could even hire xzibit. his 15 minutes are running out you could probably get him for cheap.

Published on June 1, 2006 9:35 pm.
Filed under: fashion

its all yellow

so apparently the almighty bastion to generic crapulence known as the real canadian super store is now offering cell phones. why? is yellow the new gloss black? i mean i know everybody has a cell phone now but are they that commodified that they can sit on a shelf next to cereal and canned tomatoes? but then again they are selling ipods at walmart now… damn greedy apple.

Published on June 1, 2006 9:13 pm.
Filed under: gadgets

perv hands

highsnobiety has the scoop on the new Married To the Mob collabo with Kaws for this super hot bikini. one of the funnest things i’ve seen kaws do in a while since i’m not a fan of all those toys. i wonder if guys can use them a la cinderella to see if their hands fit there.

Published on June 1, 2006 8:56 pm.
Filed under: fashion