I just re-posted some video codes on my blogger where I totally revamped my playlist. This server is better in a sense that it's got more varieties of videos although there is a limit to the amount of videos you choose from. I know the first two vids would probably make some roll their eyes but hey, I used to be a mega-huge fan of these talented people, okay??
Anywayz, that's beside the point. I kinda got freaked out by one of my vids which I picked. It was only until I posted up my list that I could actually view the videos & the disadvantage of this current player is that you can't skip to the next video. So, I waited patiently for the videos to roll by & after watching the third video, I got traumatized.
The third music video features Backstreet Boys with their old school track, Quit Playing Games With My Heart, taken way back in probably '96 from their first self-titled album. Since it had been ages since I saw the video, I thought well, why not give it a whack 'cuz I'd forgotten how the video was. I watched it. And regretted putting it down on my list.
Do you know how gay the video was?? And I was like, I added THAT to my list?? I loved the song, but was more freaked out by them dancing in the rain like a bunch of emo idiots more than anything. And Howie D, oh God. I couldn't believe he was the one who stripped off his shirt in the rain & gyrate himself to the music. The stupid cameraman HAD to focus on his abs, which weren't much, by the way. But, yech. Gross!! Even for myself, as appreciative as I am for the male body, I became dumbfounded by the absurdity of the video.
What did the notion of asking someone to stop fooling around with their feelings & matters of the heart have to do with 5 man-boys dancing in the rain on a basketball court, making hand gestures with almost every word that was sung?? I can't help but shiver everytime Howie's half-naked bod flashes in my mind.
And so I thought to myself, wow, so I really went head over heels over THAT, huh?? Unbelieveable. Those were the days where eye-candy boybanders were THE thing. Thank God I got over the Backstreet Boys phase quickly enough to jump-ship towards the *NSYNC side. They were by far, the more 'manly' counterparts. Or so I thought.
I caught two movies back-to-back yesterday & ended up sleeping a little before 3am, waking up for my early breakfast slightly later than I normally did, which brought Mummy Alonso to comment on my bloodshot eyes. I let that one slide.
Yeah & my head felt like an anvil was pounding on it, too. But, both movies were worth watching (and downloading...shhh!!) for. The first movie I watched was Walking Tall, a kinda 'oldish' movie, depending on how much of an early movie buff you are. The Rock, Johnny Knoxville & Ashley Scott are the main characters in it. It's an action movie; loads of fist-flying, gun-swinging & ass-kicking going on, BUT, there is a moral behind all that so-called violence.
The story kinda focuses on standing up for what's right, knowing the difference between right & wrong & not afraid of making a stand, a difference. Hence, the title Walking Tall. The Rock plays Chris Vaughn, a Special Forces military sergeant who has come home for the first time in 8 years to the town where he grew up in only to find it filled to the brim with corruption after he gets done up by the local thugs for spotting the pair of faulty casino dice. Every inch of the town reeks with corruption; the dealers at the Wild Cherry casino are corrupted & so is their owner, Jay Hamilton & even the county sheriff & his whole department are corrupted.
So Chris, together with his childhood buddy Ray (Johnny Knoxville) vows to do right by their town after Chris wins a court battle & is declared not guilty as he is being framed for malice by running for county sheriff. It's the kind of straighten-up-that-backbone movie where the message across if not to be afraid to fight for what's right. Well, more importantly, fight fair & pick your battles. Even as Chris Vaughn is seen battering expensive Porche 911s with a baseball bat or tearing apart Dodge Rams with a chainsaw, he always picked the right moment & the right time & knew when to draw the line.
Where The Rock oozes serious macho-ness, Johnny Knoxville downplays himself to the wiseass-cracking ex-convict sidekick Ray, coming up with hilarious quips you can never imagine. It's almost like him playing Bo Duke in The Dukes of Hazard.
This movie is packed with alpha-male punch where even the girl seems to play a more 'masculine' role despite being a stripper. Good show. My favorite line from the film has to be where Chris meets up with Jay Hamilton for speeding his Porsche & has to check his license registration. After being provoked by the sophisticated Hamilton, Chris walks coolly walks away but not before having his last say.
"By the way, Jay, you better check your tail lights," says Chris.
"Why, what's wrong with my...?"
Bam! Bam! The sudden sound of glass shattering makes Jay & his female companion jump in their seats.
"They're broken," Chris replies nonchalantly as he saunters back to his Ford.
Hah!! Give the man brownie points for maintaining his cool demeanor. And hey, you can't deny that The Rock doesn't have a total to-drool-for bod, right?? But, I still don't understand why the need for so much violence.
Anywayz, the second movie I watched was Laws Of Attraction, featuring the fiery, red-headed Julianne Moore & the very distinguished, very posh Pierce Brosnan. It's a romantic comedy, a total opposite of the earlier movie that I watched. Two headstrong divorce attorneys go head-to-head against each other as they 'babysit' a spoilt celebrity couple trying to part ways after 7 years of marriage.
In the movie, Pierce Brosnan who plays Daniel is the more romantic one while Julianne Moore is the cynical one who doesn't believe in true love after seeing her mother walk the altar more times than she could count. But as circumstances throw them together, they find themselves attracted to each other more than ever even as Moore's character (damn, I forgot her name) vehemently tries to deny it. Of course, they both learn that love can happen in the most unexpected places, at the least expected moment. Even during a dead couple's annual festival in Ireland.
Overall, the movie was heartwarming, reminding us that even the most hard-hearted of fools could get hit by the proverbial Cupid's Arrow anytime. My favorite lines from the movie was when Julianne Moore wakes up to find herself in bed & married to Pierce Brosnan after a night of booze during a festival in Ireland. Hastily, she drags herself out of bed, sheets & all, hurriedly waking Brosnan up & asking him to look at the ring finger of her left hand & then his own.
"Ahh, you've got yourself a ring," he remarks.
"Great, now look at yours."
"Ohh, I've got one, too." He looks confused for a moment. "And that means we're married, doesn't it? Aren't you happy about that?"
"Do I look happy to you!!??" she cries indignantly before rushing out of the room, calling for the housekeeper.
Awwwwww...so romantic!! Yeah & I'm a sucker for romance. I know. So yep, that just about sums up my night of two great movies despite me losing sleep over it. I had a great night on MSN talking to Daddy PK, too. It was by far, I think the longest of conversations I've had with him, crappy as we were but he never ceased to make me stop laughing.
Be it his corny Living Legend proclaimations or his newest & latest word inventions, our conversations were always interesting. I can't help but be glad & appreciative that I've got a friend -or rather, a Dad- like Daddy PK. Friends like him, whom never seriously took life with a grain of salt were kinda hard to come by. True, he's all-nonsense, but there comes those moments for he's got more substance than he lets on. Hah. His goofy facade doesn't really fool those close to him.
Laterz...
Lenny JC
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