Get Out The Popcorn

in my quest to culture myself in the arts, i am attempting to screen the AFI Top 100 Movies of All Time. thanks to netflix, i am progressing through the list...obviously also jumping on those new releases...but slowly, it will be done.

why? you may ask, am i doing this. well basically to kill time between work and school, and then work again. sure, i could use that time to study and do homework...OR...i could finally understand all those references made in 20 years of the simpsons. but it's more about appreciating the culture of the film/tv medium that has been degraded into a reality-fest of bisexual curiosity and perversions of fame.

okay...so i'm not really all that self-righteous, and my goal of watching these films is more about my narcissistic ability to regurgitate mindless trivia. i mean, how was am i supposed to have known that the convenient red convertible that wayne campbell hops into on his way to stop cassandra's marriage was actually a clever and hilarious (now that i know it) allusion to a young benjamin braddock in the graduate?

so before i hyperlink you to death and your a.d.d. riddled mind has forgotten about this post that sent you on a imdb and tmz circle-jerk...here is the AFI Top 100 list of films i've seen and are working on seeing.

CITIZEN KANE
GODFATHER, THE
CASABLANCA
RAGING BULL
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
GONE WITH THE WIND
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
SCHINDLER'S LIST
VERTIGO
WIZARD OF OZ, THE
CITY LIGHTS
SEARCHERS, THE
STAR WARS
PSYCHO
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
SUNSET BLVD.
GRADUATE, THE
GENERAL, THE
ON THE WATERFRONT
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
CHINATOWN
SOME LIKE IT HOT
GRAPES OF WRATH, THE
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
HIGH NOON
ALL ABOUT EVE
DOUBLE INDEMNITY
APOCALYPSE NOW
MALTESE FALCON, THE
GODFATHER PART II, THE
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
ANNIE HALL
BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE
BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE
TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, THE
DR. STRANGELOVE
SOUND OF MUSIC, THE
KING KONG
BONNIE AND CLYDE
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE
SHANE
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A
REAR WINDOW
INTOLERANCE
LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE
WEST SIDE STORY
TAXI DRIVER
DEER HUNTER, THE
M*A*S*H
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
JAWS
ROCKY
GOLD RUSH, THE
NASHVILLE
DUCK SOUP
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS
AMERICAN GRAFFITI
CABARET
NETWORK
AFRICAN QUEEN, THE
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
UNFORGIVEN
TOOTSIE
CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, THE
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
FORREST GUMP
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
MODERN TIMES
WILD BUNCH, THE
APARTMENT, THE
SPARTACUS
SUNRISE
TITANIC
EASY RIDER
NIGHT AT THE OPERA, A
PLATOON
12 ANGRY MEN
BRINGING UP BABY
SIXTH SENSE, THE
SWING TIME
SOPHIE'S CHOICE
GOODFELLAS
FRENCH CONNECTION, THE
PULP FICTION
LAST PICTURE SHOW, THE
DO THE RIGHT THING
BLADE RUNNER
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
TOY STORY
BEN-HUR

now that you've made it this far down...do you have any movies to add to my list to make my $14.95 a month investment in netflix worthwhile?

Primary Shakeup

already a complicated and contentious primary race ahead of us...the electorate will now have another contender to add to its indecision.

with hillary pulling away in all the national polls, my obamatized support is feeling a little worried. hillary's divisiveness has always been the main reason why she hasn't garnered my support...and the threat that her name on the ticket would energize the republican base to elect someone as crazy as rudy.


but now there is hope...no no, not al gore. apparently his nobel and recent commercial popularity is too much of a draw than the prospect of returning to a political life. it's okay, the draft gore movement will have to learn to focus their energy elsewhere. perhaps to south carolina, and the announcement of their favorite son to throw his hat in the ring...


damn...if only i lived in south carolina

Next President?

this is a little crazy...and odd that i'm here posting something against my own party. but who knows if this is true...if it is, then its just a shame how powerful some people are and how they can exert that strength.

bush has done it with the war, the secrecy...basically his entire administration and legacy is a showing of abuse of power. but here is something on hillary.

but don't worry...there's still some comedy to this blog. this colbert report challenge to dennis kucinich was extremely hilarious. maybe he'll get the colbert bump that mike huckabee received....

Organized Brainwashing

there are many many reasons why i stray away from organized religion: too many fanatics raving intolerance, condemnation for not following their beliefs, stringent allegiance to archaic principles...and most importantly, sunday is for football.

and here is a perfect example...
now since i'm not a full-blown atheist...i didn't take much offense. but i can see it now, our nation of freedom of religion...our nation with no religious litmus test...organized brainwashing religion is getting them young.

i've never had a problem with people who believe in religion as long as they don't protholatize or impose their beliefs on me. you guys are infringing on my rights of religious apathy...so get off my back and let me praise the lords of the gridiron on sundays without fear of retribution from god.