bob_barron

Oliver Stone said he thinks it'll flop

I watched it once on TV cause there was nothing on and fell in love with it. Hugh Grant is one of my favourite actors and Renee Zelwegger is my favourite actress so it's only a natural I would love the film. Colin Firth also gives a good performance even though Hugh Grant outclasses him at every turn. Firth's performance in the sequel is much better as he doesn't have to compete with Cleaver this time around. Hugh Grant was amazing in Bridget 2- he plays the asshole so well. Jim Broadbent also kicks ass Colin Jones. I didn't even think Renee was that great in Bridget 2 but Firth and Grant OWNED.

I question whether any of you actually saw the first or second movies. I don't go EWWWW CHICK FLICK and run away. If it's a great movie like Bridget Jones's Diary was- It's a great movie.

Why? Because I like good movies? Sorry if that offends you

But the trailer looked incredibly stupid

I'm surprised and kind of sad Bridget didn't do that well. It wasn't as good as the first obviously but it was very funny and deserved to do better

I think you need to watch the Apprentice to truly get it. Finesse uses the same voice because he's not talented. Smigel usually hits a lot more then he misses- sometimes he gets in slumps though- this is one of them. I thought Riggle barking at him with the hot sauce and all of that was hilarious. I thought this would be really funny but it just fell very flat. Falconer is a love it or hate it type deal. I'd agree but with U2 being U2 you can't say it was forgettable. Forte's not even close to Ferrell's W but I like his voice (Bush can sound whiney- especially in press conferences). He's got some aspects but he's definetley not perfect

As Lorne says- it's not good if you can't tell which cast member is doing the impression. (His convoluted logic for why Dean as Michael Jackson was cut)

I think Forte's really funny personally. He'll never be as good as Ferrell was but he's much better then Parnell or Hammond

I caught some of the cast crying but I was too busy going crazy and wondering what I was witnessing. I heard Seth was crying. What a moment. That's where I disagree RRR. One of my problems with Parnell's impression was that he was doing an imitation of Ferrell's W. To me Forte has his own distinct voice and manner of doing W. Yea WU sucks now- everyone pretty much called Amy bombing a mile away but Tina is too pigheaded too admit it. That was AWESOME and I was marking out for the whole footage. Kaufman was a bumping machine. It also had a Tony Danza cameo! Ay oh! I know who Maureen Dowd is but I don't know how she sounds, what distinguishes her etc. I'm surprised that made it past dress since I don't think anyone laughed then. They wrote the second debate skit in a few hours so I'm not as impressed. They work right near the NBA Store so I don't think jerseys are too hard to come by. If they had done Sunday Bloody Sunday I would've died of excitement. Or a heart attack since my diet is disgusting. One of my friends has it but I haven't seen her since I'm up in Canada. I think people would be scared to play me. To those of you who didn't see the ending- try to dl it or watch the rerun or something. My God what a momet

SNL Review- Luke Wilson/U2 SNL Moment #15: 15. Will Ferrell rides in on a tiny motorised scooter with a ridiculously small phone The Sean Hayes show is one of my favourite SNLs of all time and I think a lot of people would agree with that. It’s the show that finally rid us of Molly Shannon but more importantly- it debuted Jefferey’s and gave us another Will Ferrell moment to remember. THE MOMENT: The skit begins with Jimmy Fallon and Sean Hayes folding clothes. They’re interrupted by Chris Kattan. He soon is mocked for his taste in clothing and is forced to feel the effects of the Invisisquare. Molly Shannon is next and the zings on her are so nice that it requires an Air Five. Horatio Sanz comes in, prompting the biggest sigh from the duo. Hayes and Fallon ‘No’ him everytime he opens his mouth. Sanz stands up for him with his Looney Tunes jacket which prompts my favourite quip from Hayes: Employee #1: Hmm. I didn't know Joey Buttafuaco had a garage sale. Sanz’s attempts at comebacks just results in funnier and funnier insults by Hayes and Fallon and Sanz character leaves. Then we get the funniest part of the skit. Out of nowhere Will Ferrell rides in on a tiny scooter with funky glasses. Fallon immediately loses it and Hayes is quick to follow. Ferrell talks to talk as Hayes is seriously losing it. Ferrell’s phone rings and he takes out the tiniest phone known to man. He even cracks a smile as I think he realises how absurd and hilarious this is getting. Ferrell has a short phone call (Yes? Really! Splendid!) and as he tries to talk he starts laughing as well. Fallon can barely talk- he’s laughing so hard. Hayes can’t even talk either and soon the skit comes to an end with seemingly able to control themselves. They did Jefferey’s a few more times but it was never able to capture the magic of the very first one. This skit and this episode are truly some of SNL’s greatest stuff. Sports Report- Nets- I miss Jason Kidd. Planinic is a great shooter but he’s not getting the ball enough. He’s also not great at point guard so having him run the offence is turning into trouble. R-Jeff can’t be the whole offence as the other guys can’t seem to shoot. Luckily the Nets play in the Eastern Conference so this current losing streak isn’t giving me too much concern. Saints- I should really write this team off more often. A great victory against Kansas City and I was proud of them for hanging tough and intercepting Trent Green in the end. I’m hoping the Saints can use this momentum and pull another upset and knock off Denver. Since I’m confident and hopeful of a Saints victory this means Aaron Brooks will revert to his old self and lose the game. Mailbag!!!!!!!!!!!!!- Chad Ruffner writes- Pretty good final moments to The Maven vs Triple H Title Match. The outside Interference added to The Match, as the outcome was actually In doubt for a little while before HHH retained In the end yet again. Unfortunately, that's about the only good thing I can say about Monday's Program. Remember when The Raw following a Major PPV used to be exciting and Newsworthy? Seems so long ago. Aside from said Main Event, nothing was really done to establish that Maven was The Raw G.M. for the night, IMO. Monday's Show seemed really no different than when Bishoff Is usually In charge. As cheesy as It was at times, I actually had more fun watching NWA:TNA on FSN's Best Damn Sports Show Period last week. Oh well. Maybe Creative will get It right with either Benoit, Jericho, or Orton next week. Then again... What Did You Think? Chad I thought RAW was a great show- one of the best I’ve seen in a while. I’m a huge Regal fan and seeing him get the tag titles and the whole celebration with him and Eugene was a nice touch. I think a title change is newsworthy enough. Maven v. HHH was weirdly booked (The heel having to overcome the odds never works) but I liked the ending sequences as I thought Maven had a chance for a second. Bad ass Lita is pretty awesome. I had a chance to catch Victory Road and thought it was pretty horrible. The gauntlet was fun and AJ v. Petey was pretty good but nothing on there would make me want to come back for more. Hardy v. Jarrett was really bad and seeing Hall and Nash do their tired act is just sad. It’s so pathetic how much heat Jarrett tries to get on himself each week- and how he fails miserably each time. And rehashing the nWo? The nWo were so stale and boring in 2002 that Vince McMahon had to kill them personally. Jeff Jarrett is killing TNA. [email protected] writes- Hey Bob- This is Ken Hayashi from Voy. I have just two questions for you. First of all, which U2 albums do you own, and what is your take on each of them? Just allow me to give you my brief thoughts on all of the U2 CD’s that I do have: War (’83)- a very good political 80s rock album- I dig the song New Year’s Day The Unforgettable Fire (’84)- this record shows U2’s more mellow side- my favorite track is Pride (In The Name Of Love) The Joshua Tree (’87)- U2’s best album, hands down- With Or Without You and I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For are just gold Rattle And Hum (’88)- an okay record- a combination of live material from their Joshua Tree tour and new studio recordings, including the song Desire- lots of bluesy stuff here Achtung Baby (’91)- U2’s second best album- the blend of electronic music and guitar-driven rock really boosted their expanding sound- every song on this CD is a winner, including One and Even Better Than The Real Thing Zooropa (’93)- U2’s worst album- almost every song is a bunch of synthesizer noises, enhanced vocals, and scat singing- listen to the track Lemon and you’ll think “What the hell is this?” Pop (’97)- a very blah album- I wasn’t feeling U2’s all-electronic sound here- it was like listening to some Euro-dance trash that you’d find in those Club Traxx skits- the songs Discoteque and Staring At The Sun saved this CD from total suckery All The You Can’t Leave Behind (’00)- an outstanding album- a little too soft and adult contemporary for my tastes, but at least U2 left their experimental days behind them and returned to what made them great- my favorite tracks are Stuck In A Moment, Kite, and Wild Honey Second of all, which movie/TV soundtracks would you recommend getting for Christmas? I’m thinking about getting the Mean Girls soundtrack. Talk to you later, Ken I don’t own many U2 albums- mainly cause I just downloaded all the good stuff and don’t really have any money to go out and buy everything. The Joshua Tree is my all time favourite album ever. Every song flows beautifully into the next. I have the album downloaded as one big 43 file and since every song just goes together- I have trouble distinguishing them. But in a good way. I put that album on whenever I want to calm down and relax. Every song on there is awesome and amazing in its own right. I can’t pick a favourite. Achtung Baby- Some of the songs on Achtung Baby are a bit out of place (I like One but it sounds weird in between all the techno stuff. Mysterious Ways is probably my all time favourite U2 song. The Fly and Acrobat are 2 and 3. Just a rocking album to listen too even though I think U2 had trouble topping this as Zooropa and Pop showed. I don’t own either but I’ve heard some of the songs. They’re good but nothing special. All That You Can’t Leave Behind- ATYLCB is a great CD and got me into U2 and kicked off my U2 obsession. I think I overplayed it as I don’t like it as much as I used to. New York is my favourite song- I love hearing Bono pay tribute to my song. In A Little While is such a great sexy song- I love putting it on and just hearing the beat and Bono sing his ass off. It’s the last song Joey Ramone ever heard. Peace on Earth and Walk On are also great songs. A couple songs I don’t care for (Kite, Wild Honey) but this was U2 going back to basics and it’s great. How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb- I downloaded this a few weeks ago (I’m bad I know) and it took me one listen and I was instantly hooked. There’s not one ‘eh’ song on here and I agree with people who say it’s their best work since Joshua Tree. City of Blinding Lights is classic old school U2 and the chorus rocks. The songs about Bono’s dad are really touching and sweet and Edge completely rapes some of the tracks- especially All Because Of You. That’s a total Edge song and it rocks because of it. Regarding soundtracks: A Cinderella Story soundtrack has two great new Hilary songs (‘Now You Know’ and ‘Crash World’) but I don’t like that Jimmy Eat World’s ‘Here You Me’ didn’t make the cut. The Bridget Jones soundtrack is probably good although I liked the music in the first one better. Team America had some hilarious songs but I don’t know if it has much replay value. Wanna be in the mailbag???? Email me at [email protected] And now the review… Cold Opening Cast- Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Darrell Hammond, Finesse Mitchell Thoughts- Last week Finesse gets the monologue. This week he gets the cold opening. Like George and Isabel Jefferson he truly is moving on up. Of course this would end up being his only appearance on the show with the exception of that Pacers thing where he had a non speaking role. This was a very clever premise and I like Forte’s George W. Rumsfeld being the snivelling dick out to get Powell was awesome and I actually didn’t mind Maya’s Condaleeza Rice. Finesse’s Colin Powell was nothing special but everyone had a lot of really good lines especially Rice pointing out how she agrees with the entire admission and Bush’s reasons for getting rid of Powell were really funny. The ending exchange between Bush and Powell (You’re fired. Mr. President I already resigned) was great as well. Very funny cold opening. **** Monologue Cast- Luke Wilson, Horatio Sanz Thoughts- I would ask that aside from Weekend Update, SNL keep Sanz away from monologues but the monologues aren’t really that great away so he’s not really ruining anything. This was a pretty lame premise and they couldn’t even get the gag working with the camera phone goof. I laughed when they kissed the old ladies and old guys but seriously- Luke’s a funny guy and wrote a movie- they couldn’t think of anything better to do? Come on guys. *1/2 Debbie Downer Cast- Wilson, Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, Seth Meyers, Fred Armisen, Sanz Thoughts- I think instead of Debbie Downer they should just show a dead horse next time. It’s pretty much the equivalent. It completely baffles me that- a) They would have the gall to bring Debbie Downer back at all b) That they would bring it back AGAIN after it died a very painful death in the Affleck show. I mean are the writers that uninspired that the best they could come up with was another Debbie Downer? The audience is just waiting for someone to lose it and the skit now seems to exist as a test for Dratch to crack up. Either way it’s a lose-lose situation. If she cracks up then it’s just a pathetic attempt to recapture the glory of the first skit and if she doesn’t then no one gives a crap. I laughed at one of the Downer-isms but the rest was really bad and very flat. Luke going off on Debbie at the end was just painful to watch. His acting skills were pretty bad. I hope SNL gets the message and never brings back Debbie again. They’ve done enough to piss on the legacy of a great SNL moment. ¾* American Trainwreck Awards Cast- Wilson, Rudolph, Poehler, Dratch, Meyers, Armisen, Rob Riggle, Mitchell Thoughts- With Amy and Maya out there this skit was dying a very slow and very painful death at the beginning. There’s only so many times you can have Amy grab her boobs before it becomes passé. And yes SNL- you had the biggest news story for a few days thanks to Ashlee. Feel free to get over that like the rest of the world has. Thankfully Amy and Maya were not the whole skit. Dratch’s Tara Reid was pretty lame but I thought Seth was hilarious as Mickey Rourke. Fred Armisen again stole the show with his AWESOME Tony Danza impression. That was the best part of the whole show and I was dying. I was watching A&E Biography with Tony Danza the other day and this was scary dead on. Fred’s fast growing into one of my favourite cast members and I think they should do an outright spoof of the Tony Danza Show since they really can’t spoof Regis and Kelly anymore. Riggle really got to shine with the Toby Keith impression. His style and his voice are perfect for stuff like that. I thought the ending was really lame and killed some of the momentum the skit had. First of all, they didn’t try to spoof any part of the Pistons v. Pacers incident- it was just the Pacers throwing punches. Second- one of the assailants was wearing a Reggie Miller jersey and anyone who watched the footage knows Reggie was in street clothes trying to calm Artest down. This skit had some highs and had some really bad lows so I’ll give it: **1/4 TV Funhouse Thoughts- This was cut from dress last week and I can see why. Smigel’s been in quite the slump recently. I’m waiting for him to try and shock and offend us but all we get is Ellen DeGeneres and Ryan Seacrest making out. The funniest part to me was the signs the Christian fundamentalist had. Another weak effort from Smigel although the ending with Barney and George W. was pretty funny. ** The New Ambiguously Gay Duo Cast- Wilson, Poehler, Rudolph, Forte, Riggle Thoughts- Good to see Riggle getting some more airtime. I don’t see why Amy and Maya had to be in another skit but I guess that’s what happens when you only have 4 women in the cast. Riggle was once again really funny here. Since he hasn’t had a lot of airtime his macho guy persona hasn’t worn thin on SNL like it did with me when I saw him every week at assscat. The attempts at making conversation that Amy and Maya had were really funny and while I wasn’t feeling the concept too much I did love the ending with the hot sauce and Riggle calming him down. I hope Riggle can show off a bit more on SNL since I think if he can show some versatility he has potential. *** U2 ‘Vertigo’ Thoughts- OH HELL YEA! U2 is my second favourite band of all time (after Simon and Garfunkel) and I love them and their music to death. Vertigo is such a kickass badass song. The whole album is just fantastic but Vertigo is the perfect song to kick off the album and to release as first single. It’s just old school U2 with The Edge ROCKING the guitar and making everyone his bitch in the process. Bono having fun at the end and experiencing vertigo was a nice little touch. I was just rocking out going crazy the whole time seeing the Gods of Music rock 8H. Just amazing stuff from an amazing band. ****1/2 Weekend Update Cast- Fey, Poehler, Hammond, Armisen Thoughts- Tina and Amy were improved this week. There I said it. Well the first half anyway. I thought the first little bit of WU Tina was in pretty good form and Amy wasn’t making a complete ass out of herself. After Darrell’s usually horrible Ahnuld impression- seriously dude you can’t do this one- Update seemed to fall back into its same old trap of horrible uninspired jokes and Tina and Amy laughing like idiots. I’d like to watch what Tina is laughing at during Update since it seems to be funnier then the crap we get. Fred had a rare misfire on Update. I thought his toy owner had potential (even if it was just going to be an Elliot Mainway rip-off) but once the joke was established it just kept dragging on and on and died a slow death. I’ll give the girls credit for a pretty good first half and some funny stuff with Fred. **1/2 Mr. J Cast- Wilson, Meyers, Poehler, Armisen, Sanz, Chris Parnell, Thompson, Jason Sudakis, JB Smoove Thoughts- It would be hypocritical for me to not get on Seth for cracking up. He really had no reason to and it did piss me off. Seth’s better then that and I hope this was just an anomaly. His attempts at not cracking up were kind of funny but since he did crack up the fun of that is kind of wiped away. This never really got going even though the Scooby Doo ending was inspired. The abortion joke at the end was awesome and it totally saved the skit. A lot of people seemed to like Horatio in this skit but he did nothing for me. *1/2 Falconer Cast- Wilson, Forte, Thompson Thoughts- I know a lot of people seem to like it but the Falconer has never really appealed to me. It’s just weird and stupid. This edition of the Falconer decided not to be weird and was very cute and put a big smile on my face. It wasn’t funny per se but the stuff with the dog and falcon (especially the dog licking Kenan’s face) was just so sweet. The blooper with the dog at the end was classic. It seems like animals can never behave on the live show. That dog was funnier then Maya Rudolph. Looked like her too. (Yes- I’m an asshole) **1/2 U2 ‘Sometimes You Can’t Make it On Your Own’ Thoughts- This song is about Bono’s father and the band performed it at his funeral. Bono’s voice was a bit off here but acid reflux disease doesn’t slow him down. And he always has The Edge to help him out. This was a great song- very powerful and very moving especially when you realise what the subject matter is about. Bono has another song on the album that’s sort of about his father called ‘One Step Closer’ and it’s another amazing song. This was such a beautiful song, U2 rules so much and everyone should buy or download How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. It truly is as good as the hype. ****1/4 Business Trip Cast- Wilson, Meyers, Poehler, Thompson Thoughts- I got a Bill Brasky vibe from this skit with all the characters going back and forth and saying random things. Unlike Bill Brasky though, this wasn’t very funny. This is in the category of ‘Once you get the joke you know where it’s going and you tune out’ which is kind of what I did. Kenan was having fun here and I enjoyed his performance here. Wilson’s Hitler joke was awesome. Those are your highlights- this sucked the rest of the way. * The Bottom Line- A pretty blah show that was- Wait a minute? It’s not over yet??? U2 IS GOING TO SING AGAIN? MY GOD!!!!! U2 ‘I WILL FOLLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!’ Thoughts- Seriously? I’m supposed to write a review of this???? This is the greatest ending in SNL history. One of my favourite moments EVER on the show. You know my 20 moments thing? If I was counting this season this would be top 5 no doubt, no questions asked. I mean come on. U2 playing their first ever single at SNL, Bono going crazy again? Bono having fun with that one woman and then making Amy Poehler’s year??? Look at the cast- even they know they were witnessing magic. Bono is God, U2 is the greatest band in the world and there really is no way to describe this. This is why I love U2, this is why I love SNL. I never give the musical guest ***** but this didn’t take away any time from a skit and was truly awesome and was just- there are no words. After the show U2 played Vertigo again and then did City of Blinding Lights. If SNL is smart they’ll show the City of Blinding Lights footage when they rerun the show. That’s my favourite song on the album and it must sound great live- certainly better then Debbie Downer. ***** The Bottom Line- The avg. skit was **.67 making this an easy thumbs up show. I think people are going kind of overboard calling this an instant classic though. To me an instant classic should be a classic because of the skits and it would be great with or w/o the musical guest. This show is more like the Christopher Walken show from 2003. That show was great but truly gained its classic status because of the cameos. Without U2 no one would remember this show after a few days. The cold opening was great but nothing else came close to touching it so I really don’t think we should start placing a show in the upper echelon of SNLs just because it had the best five minutes ever. I knew going in U2 was going to be great but I never imagined we would get the ending we got. SNL picked the right week to have mediocre show- I’m never going to forget the ending. Thumbs Up

Norm always says 'the' in front of everything. 'The' Tee-Vee, 'The' Weekend Update, 'The' Saturday Night Live.

'The' Weekend Update- you sound like Norm. I'm writing my review right now- should be up a bit.

Survivor 4 was pretty awesome except for Vecepia winning. There were so many different alliances and so much backstabbing that it was great. Survivor: Africa was ass. Could never get into it

I'm taking copy editing class and I still have trouble sometimes with that. Eliza does have nice boobies- I'll give you that. I did like the teased lesbo relationship between Julie and LeAnn. That would make for interesting TV.

I know RRR- I'm just ribbing you. Aimee and her fake tits really bother me. This hasn't been a great Survivor but nothing could top All Stars

Doesn't anyone know the difference between lose and loose? :-( Sarge going crazy during the challenges was the best part of the show. I can't believe the guys screwed themselves up so badly

I met Bubba at the Eaton Centre yesterday- incredibly nice guy. It coming down to all women v. Chris kind of sucks since I hate all the women on the show. I have $5 on Chris not making it to the finals so I hope he gets voted out ASAP

And ROH isn't all 60 minute matches either. It does have a lot of entertainment

This was already posted in the other thread

Artest was lying on the table minding his own business trying to calm down when the fan threw the bottle at him. He shouldn't have run into the stands like he did but the fans started him

No ESPN for me. I'm patiently waiting for Sportscentre to come on at 2

NBA: I love this game!

The (not so) Smart Marks ~! Ok, first things first, at TSM forums I was Hunger4Unger. Not that i'm asking anyone to care about my whinging here, but as this is my column i'm going ahead. I was banned for suggesting that there might have been a cover up surrounding Nick Berg's death (that American who was allegedly beheaded by Al Queda). I wasn't flaming, I wasn't using bad language, I put across my reasons for questioning whether Al Queda was behind the killing or not yet I found myself banned as my sometimes liberal (read: "he don't praise Bush, get him outta here!") posts were too much for the right wingers that seem to moderate the boards. I emailed the owner of the forums, The Dames, explained the situation but have yet to receive a response. It's a real bummer for me as I actually really like TSM, have visited there for a few years now and had held my forum account for over two and a half years. I'm also going to go as far as to say that TSM wouldn't be nowhere near as popular as it is today without my help. I can't reveal what I have done exactly but let's say that certain things that I did helped push TSM over the edge into greater heights of popularity. Oh yeah, I used to plug the hell out of Brandon Truitt's shoot interview recaps there as well. Yep- INXS is hunger4unger

Hey HTQ- Can you post anything Dave wrote about ROH and other indies? Thanks