Well, ya know....it was the basic up and down weekend. The Vikes had an impressive victory over the Titans, who came in all banged up....but the proud tradition of Notre Dame football has officially been flushed, as we lost for the 4th consecutive time to God-forsaken Boston College. I'm not saying the loss had me fired up or anything, but let's take a look at a transcript of an email I fired off to some friends after the performance.....
"Please, please someone tell me how great a coach that fucking Tyrone Willingham is.... It is a national fucking disgrace that we lose to a program like Boston College. We have allowed them to become a rival by losing to them 4....FOUR!!!....years in a fucking row.
This to me is worse than Davie losing consistently to Michigan State. Michigan State you can accept because you understand that they have the ability to recruit kids who normally would have trouble getting into a jr college (Charles Rogers jumps to mind).....but losing to those fucking idiots from BC makes my blood boil....here's a team who...(get this)....came into our home stadium and walked around carrying a piece of the turf from our home field, then went in and destroyed a bunch of items in the visitors locker room...and then....and this is the big one....had one of their players take a fucking dump in the middle of the locker room and leave it there when they left.
We should have fucking annihilated those cocksuckers....but Ty is such a fucking pussy that he wants to remain "calm" and unemotional about each game. If Holtz was there they would have ripped BC's heart out and left it laying on the field.
This is unbelieveable. Please don't tell me about how BC has gotten better and that ND is down, etc etc....this is Ty's 3rd year. I don't care if he's black, green, yellow or pink. He's not good enough to be our coach. Fire his ass.
Pissed off and not ashamed to say so....
Jeff"
Gee...I didn't sound too damn fired up in that letter now, did I? Hey, sorry about the rampant use of curse words there Dad. Like I said, it was the heat of the moment, ya know?
Now let's talk about some movies:
1) The Cell--back in 1998, there was this young actress who had acquired a fairly decent reputation as an actress for her work in the movies Selena & Out of Sight.
Her name was Jennifer Lopez. Then, she made the above titled movie, it hit the roof at the boxoffice....and suddenly we had "J-Lo" thrust upon our national conscience.
Realistically, this was the last decent movie that the big assed P.R. ever made. And though its not as good as her roles in Selena or Out of Sight, it was sort of an interesting choice. Here she plays a psychologist who deals in the subconscious and dreams of autistic children, primarily. Vince Vaughn, looking just a tad haggard, plays a police officer in search of a serial killer, played by an especially creepy Vincent Dinofrio (he was Private Pyle in Full Metal Jacket). The movie is basically broken into about 3 parts. There's the police search for the serial killer, which is very well done and quite compelling. There's the whole psychologist's subplot, dealing with the moral and ethical decisions of invading someone else's subconscious. And finally, there is the dream-state world of the killer that Lopez enters. This part of the movie isn't just wild, its bizaare. I mean, Pink Floyd concert while on quaaludes type of bizaare. The visual imagery is absolutely spectacular, but what goes on within the dream goes beyond bizaare and enters the world of sadistic.
There are a couple of very disturbing scenes that quite honestly may prove very troubling for some people. I'll give it a ***1/2. The search for the serial killer is really good stuff, the spectacular visual imagery almost has to be seen to be believed, but some of the boring psychological stuff mid-way through the film and the disturbing images presented during the dreams keep it from getting a higher recommendation. Not for all tastes, but if your looking for something different, give it a shot.
Now, let's take a look at my DVD's, which I haven't had a chance to talk about much lately......back to my alphabetical listing.
So far, we've discussed the following films:
1) Above the Law
2) The Abyss
3) Alien
Now we get to the sequel to movie # 3, James Cameron's Aliens. While there are some things that are similar to the first part of the series, there are major differences also. The first movie was more of a horror//science fiction film. This movie is more of an action film, with a little bit of sci-fi thrown in for good measure. Sigourney Weaver is back in the role that made her a star, Ripley. After being awaken from a deepspace sleep, Ripley discovers that it is 57 years after the storyline from the first film took place, that everyone she knew is now dead, and oh yeah....seems like there's something just a tad odd going on at this space station that's located...GULP...on that same planet that Ripley and her crew landed on in the first movie. Quicker than you can say exploding chests, Ripley hooks up with a crew of gung-ho space marines and a supremely weasely corporate type (Paul Reiser--far better here than he ever was in that goofy sitcom he did) to go back to the planet and see what's up. Me? My ass wouldn't even of thought about going back, but that's why Ripley is such a great action character in film history. Mayhem ensues, the body count gets high.....oh yeah, and we meet a little girl who's parents decided to name her....get a load of this one...."Newt". What in the world were those people thinking...or better yet...what sort of psychotropic meds were they taking the night they named the kid? Anyway, a terrific action film that has a few scenes that will have you wetting your pants. Really good stuff. ****
Since I have a few extra minutes....I'll give you, beloved readers....a special treat.
I'm going to give you ONE MORE DVD REVIEW!! WOOHOO!! Am I a great guy or what? (Don't answer that question)
Speaking of mind altering medications...(and we were)....our next DVD is Ken Russell's absolutely wild, hallucinatory ALTERED STATES. This was one of William Hurt's first big role, as research scientist Edward Jessup. He's doing research into states of consciousness (this movie would make a great double feature with The Cell---trust me on that one) using sensory deprivation. Here is another movie that quite honestly is not for everyone, but for those willing to take a chance on something a little different....in the words of broadcaster Dick Enberg...OH MY!
This is one wild ride, as Dr. Jessup decides to "enhance" his sensory experience by adding a little of the old peyote to the mix. The results, needless to say....are quite interesting. Also features an excellent supporting cast, including Blair Brown (YOWSA!), Bob Balaban & Charles Haid. ***3/4
Later,
Jeff
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