Tuesday, October 20, 2009
APE Photos...
Here's the snaps I got of our booth at APE this past weekend. If you want to read my recap of the experience, I posted it here: The Big APE Recap!
Friday, September 18, 2009
Roger "Gumby" Huerta
Locked in Kimuras are NASTY ju-ju. I wouldn't mess with them. I am a wuss. But Roger Huerta...he ain't no wuss. He ain't got no bones or joints either. Just look at this sick submission Gray Maynard locked on him in the third round of their fight this past Wednesday at UFC Fight Night 19... http://www.myvideofight.com/UFC/Roger-Huerta-vs-Gray-Maynard-UFN-19-Video
I'm linking you to a video of the full fight. If you don't give a crap about a good MMA fight, and just want to see the jiu-jitsu equivalent of "Bend it Like Beckham" then skip to 2:04 in the third round.
It made my shoulder hurt just watching it.
Mr. Huerta, I salute you!
I'm linking you to a video of the full fight. If you don't give a crap about a good MMA fight, and just want to see the jiu-jitsu equivalent of "Bend it Like Beckham" then skip to 2:04 in the third round.
It made my shoulder hurt just watching it.
Mr. Huerta, I salute you!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Saturday, August 29, 2009
My Opinion on ... Funny People
It's been a while since I've posted anything, so I thought I'd give an update and say that I've got a lot of work brewing right now, and as soon as I can show it, I will. For now, here's a movie review...
Since "The 40-year-old Virgin" it seems like Judd Apatow can do no wrong. So far, I've enjoyed every movie has hand his hands in either as a director or producer. "Funny People" is no different. It works well as a fly-on-the-wall character study of a relationship between a wannabe comic named Ira (Seth Rogen) and veteran comic/actor George (Adam Sandler).
What works: For all the raunch Rogen has offered to the masses through his handful of films so far, he's excellent at playing the innocent and naive Ira. Adam Sandler is hard to take seriously when he's doing straight drama, as in "Reign Over Me," but here his performance was very natural as an over-the-hill comic who has no one because he's become a tremendous self-serving dick. The two have great on-screen chemistry. The relationship Ira has with his roommates (played by Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman) is funny, and a consistent source for laughs.
What doesn't work: The love angle felt less about telling a good story, and more about trying to get ladies into movie seats. Without it, you're literally left with a guy movie littered with dick and fart jokes, but with it, you've got an extra sappy storyline heaped on top of the festivities that works to only grind the film to a dead stop. Because of the love angle, the movie always runs WAY too long. Clocking in at just over two hours and twenty minutes, this movie oughta be no more than an hour and forty-five minutes, two hours tops. And the Eminem cameo wasn't funny...it was just kind of weird, in a "Where in the hell is this coming from" sort of way.
High-Rent on this one.
JB says check it out.
Since "The 40-year-old Virgin" it seems like Judd Apatow can do no wrong. So far, I've enjoyed every movie has hand his hands in either as a director or producer. "Funny People" is no different. It works well as a fly-on-the-wall character study of a relationship between a wannabe comic named Ira (Seth Rogen) and veteran comic/actor George (Adam Sandler).What works: For all the raunch Rogen has offered to the masses through his handful of films so far, he's excellent at playing the innocent and naive Ira. Adam Sandler is hard to take seriously when he's doing straight drama, as in "Reign Over Me," but here his performance was very natural as an over-the-hill comic who has no one because he's become a tremendous self-serving dick. The two have great on-screen chemistry. The relationship Ira has with his roommates (played by Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman) is funny, and a consistent source for laughs.
What doesn't work: The love angle felt less about telling a good story, and more about trying to get ladies into movie seats. Without it, you're literally left with a guy movie littered with dick and fart jokes, but with it, you've got an extra sappy storyline heaped on top of the festivities that works to only grind the film to a dead stop. Because of the love angle, the movie always runs WAY too long. Clocking in at just over two hours and twenty minutes, this movie oughta be no more than an hour and forty-five minutes, two hours tops. And the Eminem cameo wasn't funny...it was just kind of weird, in a "Where in the hell is this coming from" sort of way.
High-Rent on this one.
JB says check it out.
Monday, July 27, 2009
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