Archive for the ‘Movies’ Category

Who Watches the Watchmen?

March 24, 2009 | 1:54 pm | superfluousman

I do, apparently.  Overall, I was unimpressed with this movie.  The things it did well (the concept of some dude essentially becoming a god, some of the less-contrived elements of the storyline, the alternative history complete with Tricky Dick, the looming threat of nuclear war, and ironic nostalgia for the “good ol’ days” of the [...]

Watchmen Review

March 4, 2009 | 12:31 pm | nachos

My thoughts on this movie might have to be taken with a grain of salt.  I had NO idea who or what the watchmen were, never read any of the comics in my life, did not read a single review or preview, and my only exposure to it was the trailer which looked “cool” but [...]

wall-e

February 26, 2009 | 4:40 pm | peterjenning

the beginning was a lot better than the end
i didn’t like the social commentary the movie had about people and technology
jeff garlin and the live action parts are amazing
wall-e and mo are the greatest
the overhead shot of the garbage towers and wall-e and eve dancing in space are just mindblowing from an animation point of [...]

The Wrestler

January 20, 2009 | 6:26 am | superfluousman

I guess I could write about poker here, but by now everyone’s probably sick of my poker whining (don’t worry, there’s plenty of somewhat non-poker-related whining ahead).  I’ll keep it brief: the downswing inches toward 190k, my 2009 results inch toward -50k, my online roll inches below 7k, and my confidence…well, it’s not like I [...]

Today was the first day of the rest of my life…

January 16, 2009 | 7:32 am | superfluousman

I moved down to 2/4 today after watching a few videos and preparing myself to play.  I quickly won a few buyins off some overly tight bad regs by winning a ton of pots without showdown.  I was beginning to think that swallowing my pride wasn’t so bad, and was wondering why I had been [...]

David Cronenberg is a real piece of shit

December 18, 2008 | 1:29 am | StefanProdan

This week was very exciting for me!  I’ve done absolutely jack shit except for play some poker, hockey, xbox, and read some books about options/futures trading, but I did finish the second season of the Wire which was pretty good and more importantly I got to see the movie Crash.  Some of you may have [...]

Le petit tort

December 9, 2008 | 4:28 am | superfluousman

This morning, I somehow managed to wake up at 7:45, drank one of those 6-hour energy shots (which tasted like sweetened ass, felt like a kick to the stomach and resulted in the temporary hot feeling/red skin “niacin rush”) and completed my first law school exam (in torts).  I think I did alright, but because [...]