Nighthawk

I'm spending a quiet evening at home (why do I get blackout drunk when I have to work the next day, then just sit around on the weekend. that makes absolutely no sense), and I'm watching Pinochio on video, which I picked up for 50 cents. I haven't watched a video tape in while, and fuck, these previews are long. I forgot how tiring that shit could be.

I've said both of those things about There Will Be Blood. I find Taxi Driver to be a definite precursor, but I don't know, I don't quite identify with it as much, perhaps because there's a way in which Travis was justified. This is sort of implied by the ending. But I've been watching movies with that theme lately, as I mentioned to you. Those two, I Stand Alone, Falling Down, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (although this is moreso for Otis, who I find to be the more despicable character). Good stuff.

I've snorted ants, but would never eat them.

Ok, I have. I think it was finding out that you drink cheap beer and smoke cheap cigarettes that did it. You're too handsome for me to expect that, it's like James Bond drinking a bottle of Boone's Farm and lighting up a Pall Mall. I was crestfallen. But you're still wonderful. You did call me up one time pretty out of it, and I did enjoy that conversation. Other posters who have called me under the influence: JSYK on coke, and that was ok, but he couldn't track very well, VX on weed, but that was just a couple sentences, Jingus on so much wine that he was like "What sheems to be the offisur, problim?" he also I think gave me Marney's phone number, and she claimed to change it because of this, which makes her a stupid worthless cunt. I knew there was a reason I treated her like shit for years afterwards. Dammit, and now I can't take back that apology. As if just asking me not to call her wouldn't be enough? God, what a cunt. Apparently I recently told Rando repeatedly that I wanted him to die, but I don't think that was on the phone. I didn't ask though, and I really don't remember it. I love drinking, but blacking out is really getting annoying. Hangovers are for the birds too. So where was I? Oh yes, Danny wins the best tsm fucked up phone call with me award.

Bug is a horrifying movie, it's true. The scariest part of it is that there's absolutely nothing unrealistic at all about it. I've seen those tinfoil rooms for real and worse. Although I've never seen a double intentional self immolation. Funny Games I can get where you're coming from on too, although it just made me go out and buy an all white outfit like that. 1408, while I like it, I didn't find it scary at all. I like it a lot, though. The story is actually scary, and maybe that's why the movie wasn't.

That reminds me of another one... another friend of mine is dating a German guy (nobody likes him but her), and he is constantly referred to by German puns. It started with just like "Hey, Klaus, what's the haps?" or "How you been, Fritz?" and he'd be like "This is not my name..." Now it's gotten to like "German Helmsley" and "Gaul" and "Hey, Expressionist Cinema, you want something to drink?" It's funny cause the guy can't speak English that well, and he can't really follow it. He got really offended when I called him Adolf once.

A lot of inspiration for my shock/cringe humor is from that scene. Even at like 7 years old, I would just die laughing at Kurtwood Smith ("You probably don't think I'm a very nice guy." - look in a dictionary under stoneface. And "Well, give the man a hand!") while still being disturbed by the sadistic violence.

Reminds me of Murderface biting it on his face for like a minute and a half on Religionklok, my favorite episode of Metalocalypse.

Queer As Folk (US version) Now THIS is gay. Though you may not be surprised to see me pick this, it has nothing to do with my occasional flirtations with homosexuality... well ok, yes it does, but it's a really good show. I knew I'd probably get it late, cause unfortunately the audience is mostly gay men and fag hags, and since the resident fag hags aren't in this draft... The UK one is really good too, and much grittier and more realistic, but this one is more fun to watch. It also has a really, really good soundtrack, if you like gay music, ie techno.

A girl who I'm friends with and almost dated has the pet name of Nighthawk for me. It came from the fact that one day I said "You have to call me Nighthawk."

Robocop Without a doubt, the movie I quote the most (but Spaceballs is second... you fuckin' bastard). "Just gimme my fuckin' phone call." "I had to kill Bob Morton because he made a mistake." "Oh, fuck Jones!" See, these are not even memorable lines, and I still quote them. I quoted Robocop a couple days ago. "Has anyone ever had pet names for you, Dave?" "Yeah. My old girlfriend used to like to call me funny names. Iron BUTT. Boner. Once she even called me... asshole." And yeah, it's a great superviolent dystopian satire. Love it.

You fuckin' bastard! Anyway... Jaws Just a perfectly made film. I'm something of an aquaphile, and I own shark week dvds, and I guess this movie is probably why. All three leads rule, but particularly Robert Shaw. I totally dig the mayor too. I often talk about "watching that little Kintner boy spill out all over the dock". Ok, now I'm going to pick again, and we start serpentine order. If this is wrong, don't quit the draft, just correct me.

I enjoy the way it ends with the sailors hornpipe.

The word is complimented... stuuuupid!

We're going to have to jam and find out. My bass player is in a couple hardcore bands, I am the singer, and I'm kinda like the Christian Bale of vocals. I punish my own body to get what I need out of it. Will talk to my bassist and get back to you. If I had to guess... slow hardcore/ 70s inspire punk.

Good one. If I ever pulled the trigger on a Winehouse tattoo, it'd be the horse toothed one posted above, but that's a good frontrunner for second.

Would you be interested in being in a band with me? I have a singer and a bass player, and I believe you play guitar.

My audience loved Bug. Buncha hardass niggas. One chick was a total stereotype: yells out "If somebody's feet don't stop movin' behind my back, we have a problem." answered her phone out loud and everything. My one friend got her kicked out. We never went back to that theater. Bug was one of my favorite experiences watching a movie, if not one of my favorite movies.

Aviator goggles. Pimp canes. Bad Mother Fucker wallets. Brothel Creepers.

I swear to God, I don't even remember that movie at all. I remember David Arquette as world champ, but I seriously don't remember even hearing of it.

I think this is kind of a weird statement, because none of his other films were really romantic at all, except maybe Magnolia, and that was alternaromance if that. There Will Be Blood? That was about a completely hollow sociopath.

Speaking of Clooney, I'm actually interested in Burn After Reading, primarily from the cast, and of that primarily from Brad Pitt. He's been one of my favorite actors for a while, but I think now that he's in his mid 40s, he's got this world weary tiredness to him that sort of enhances his performance. He looks awesome in that.

Oh yeah, it's worth watching, no doubt. This is completely changing the subject, but I'm prepared that I admit that I sort of like Wild Wild West. Will Smith and Kenneth Branaugh are charismatic, Kevin Kline is passable. Sure, the part where they traded black/cripple jokes was cringeworthy, but the the steampunk elements were badass. I'm a major fan of steampunk, yet somehow all the movies that get made in the genre mostly suck.

A lot of people in gay porn aren't gay, you can keep it up with pills. But that's a completely different discussion!

I saw a lot of kids in both Hostels. And Bug as well, which actually might be even more disturbing to a young child.