Monday Movie Quote #5

This is a great movie with lots of quotes that everyone knows. Fortunately, my favorite quote is one of the lesser known ones, so it makes it a little more difficult.

"Now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that."

There are plenty of others for everyone to add.

Answer to last week: Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie.

Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys

Leave it to the French.

After 7 years and hundreds of negative drug tests, they're accusing Lance Armstrong of doping.
Again.
For about the millionth time.

This guy is the most tested athlete on the planet. He's subjected to hundreds of tests every year. Every day he finished wearing the yellow jersey, he got tested. Not one positive. He's got one nut, his body doesn't produce enough testosterone, but he can't take hormone injections because it's a banned substance.

Then this French rag, L'Equipe, claims they got a positive from a urine sample from 6 years ago. Lots of samples were retested as a way to improve testing techniques. All samples were anonymous, and the lab itself couldn't connect the samples to the athletes. But apparently the French fishwrap could? Plus the paper goes on to say that the science in question is faulty.

Oh, and did I mention that L'Equipe parent company is the organizer of the Tour? Yeah, the paper and the Tour offices are in the same building. What's French for "conflict of interest"?

And not only that, but Lance donates money to the World Anti-Doping Agency. Now if he was a drug user, why would he donate money to an agency (whose sole purpose is to catch drug users) to help them improve their testing techniques? That'd be like Whitey Bulger donating to the policeman's ball.

Let's face it...the French hate us. Until the next time someone comes across their borders looking to steal their Brie. Then it's all "Oh, Americans. Come and save us and we will send you more statues!". Just because we got a guy that can beat their whole country with one nut tied behind his back. I hope they choke on their quiche.

Monday Movie Quote #4

Why this quote? I don't know. It's a funny quote and a very funny movie. That should be enough.

"Look, you don't know me from Adam. But I was a better man with you as a woman than I ever was with a woman as a man. Know what I mean?"

Jumpin' Jack Flash

So yeah, gas is expensive. But has anyone gone out to buy that hybrid yet? Didn't think so. How is everyone's moped running? That's what I thought. We're all dependent on gas and we're all going to keep on driving. I guess the oil companies have us by the short and curlies. But at least we don't live in Europe!

As I saw on a recent news piece, the price of gas in Europe (pardon me...petrol) is approaching 6 bucks a gallon. People are spending $100-$150 to fill their tanks. Yeah, that sucks. But what do they want, sympathy? Well, if their gonna get any from me, maybe they should have picked a different Londoner to interview. I just can't feel sympathetic for a guy spending that kind of cash when he's driving a Bentley!

If you're looking for me, I'll be at the bank taking out a loan for my next fill up. Maybe I should just move to Venezuela.

Monday Movie Quote #3

OK, time to crank up the difficulty a little bit.

As you know, the weather around here has been a tad on the warm side lately. I know...I get to work outside in it all day. This quote is in honor of the "lovely" weather we've been having lately.

"Man it's hot. It's like Africa hot. Tarzan couldn't take this kind of hot."

Probably still easy for the movie buffs out there, but it certainly is appropriate, isn't it?

Walking in Memphis is OK. Just Don't Drive in Denver

Grammy winner Marc Cohn was shot in the head during a carjacking attempt in Denver. Who is Marc Cohn you ask? Well, he's the musician who wrote Walking in Memphis. He's also famous for...well...um...hold on a sec...wait, there has to be something. I mean, the guy won a Grammy for Chrissakes!

OK, so the only reason I even know the guy is because he also wrote True Companion. Never heard of it? Well, it was our wedding song, so I've got a soft spot for it.

Like it's not bad enough that the restaurant where we had our first date and the hall where our reception was are both gone? Now try to kill the guy who sang our first song. What's next...lightning gonna strike our church? Sometimes it feels like the world is out to get me. If you only knew the rest of the story, you'd probably agree.

Monday Movie Quote #2

OK, so last week's quote was kinda easy. I'm gonna make this one a little easy too. Figure I'd ease everyone into this before I bring out the big guns.

"I think you're all fucked in the head. We're ten hours from the fucking fun park and you want to bail out. Well, I'll tell you something. This is no longer a vacation. It's a quest. It's a quest for fun. I'm gonna have fun, and you're gonna have fun. We're all gonna have so much fun that we'll need plastic surgery to remove our goddamed smiles. You'll be whistling "Zip-a-dee-do-dah" out of your assholes! I gotta be crazy! I'm on a pilgrimage to see a moose. Praise Marty Moose. Holy Shit!"

If you can't get this one, check your pulse. Plus everyone has a favorite part of this movie. Good luck.

...Another Lllllook at the Movies

Last night I had the opportunity to know what it feels like to be Sy Becker. I went with Liz and my parents to the sneak preview of "Red Eye". The movie doesn't open until August 19th, so it was kinda neat to be able to see it a couple of weeks early. Plus it was free, so that's a plus. Here's my best movie critic impression.

It was good.
Thumbs up.
B+.
3 1/2 stars (out of 5).

The movie was directed by Wes Craven. That made me a little hesitent about the movie right from the beginning. He's best known for "Nightmare on Elmstreet" and the "Scream" trilogy and I wasn't in the mood for a horror movie, but this movie was completely unlike those others. This was a good, old-fashioned thriller.

Rachel McAdams (The Notebook) and Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins) played the main characters, Lisa and Jackson. They board a plane from Texas to Miami. She's the manager of a posh hotel in Miami, and he needs her help to have a government big-wig killed. If Lisa refuses, Jackson makes a call to his "associate" to have her father killed. Madness ensues.

So it's not a great intellectual movie. No one in it should make room on their mantle for an Oscar. And sure, you could see some of what was coming. But, if you're looking for a movie that'll let you forget about life for a while and keep you entertained for an hour and a half, this is a good choice.

Monday Movie Quote #1

OK, I've decided that it's time to do something interactive. I keep putting stuff up, and although people may be reading it, it still kinda seems like I'm talking to myself, and that's starting to get a little boring. So I've decided to spice things up with movie quotes. Anyone who knows me knows that I'm full of useless trivia including obscure and useless movie quotes.

Here's how we'll do this. I'll just put up the quote. Click on comments and register your guess. Once it gets correctly identified, the fun doesn't have to stop there! Feel free to add your favorite quote from that movie. Hell, maybe we'll even keep score! Point for getting the movie, bonus points for good quotes, winner gets absolutely nothing! Let's try and see what happens...

"Not that I condone fascism, or any -ism for that matter. -Ism's in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon, "I don't believe in the Beatles, I just believe in me." Good point there. After all, he was the walrus. I could be the walrus and I'd still have to bum rides off people."

Good luck and have fun.