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posted by admin on Nov 26

In the “what the hell is wrong with the world” category comes this news story.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1687755,00.html?cnn=yes

It boggles my mind how people can tolerate living under such conditions. How does a society get to this point?

posted by admin on Nov 13

I’m about 2/3 of the way through Michael Moore’s Sicko and that’s probably about as far as I’ll get. I hear he goes to Cuba at one point, maybe I’ll search for that but I doubt it. It’s not that I disagree with the message or even think it’s bad film making, it’s just incredibly redundant and Michael Moore’s dumb American act gets really old. We all know who you are, we all know you’re making this film, act like an intelligent individual otherwise it’s insulting to the audience and to the people you’re speaking with.

The first half was intensely interesting as Moore traces why we have the health care problems that exist in this country but then, as most of his films do, it’s pure manipulation. This woman’s baby died but if she had lived in Country X it would have lived, and on and on. We get it, America has a shitty health care system. Parading sob story after sob story across the screen doesn’t add to that point and it severly weakens the film as it deflates the emotion the beginning builds. In the end the film presents an essential message but begins to rely on gimmickry. It would be a much stronger film at 70-80 minutes.

Maybe I’m a bad person but I also can’t help but think Michael Moore’s fat ass would greatly benefit from universal health care.

I watched the rest while writing this. I stand by what I said. Also, sending someone money anonymously loses it’s anonymity when you make A FUCKING FILM ABOUT IT. The last 30 minutes needed to be cut, it felt staged and ridiculous.

posted by admin on Nov 12

I was reading an article that said across the U.S. the average person buys 2.7 CD’s per year. If a CD costs $15 that’s $40.50 an average American spends on music each year. Take the $239 million Americans over the age of 9 and that’s $9.6 billion the record industry takes in a year. 90% of those CD’s are from the big four (EMI, Universal, etc.) who are also leading this bizarre fight against piracy. The fact that there is a fight is not bizarre the tactics however are. Obtaining music through the internet is clearly in high demand and the future of the industry but none of these lables offers a legitimate way to obtain their product through the internet.

Stop and think about that.

It’s 2007.

They run a business that does not sell it’s product online when they have the easiest product there is to sell online. The fans created a vast demand and marketplace and they refuse to enter it.

All four get together charge $20 a month for unlimited music. That’s $280 a year per person. I pay Netflix $20 a month to rent DVD’s I would certainly pay that to OWN any music I wanted. And you know what it would take to make this as profitable as the current model? 34 million subscribers. That’s 14% of their customer base. For a group of people that are shockingly greedy they seem to be missing out on alot of money. iTunes has already sold over a BILLION songs but by all means continue to ignore this market and don’t mind the celebrations when you finally die.

Seriously, how can they not do this? There’s an insane amount of money to be made.

posted by admin on Nov 6

My Week:
Spider Man 3 - Sucks, seriously just terrible.
Reign Over Me - Good performances, good story, cliched dialogue.
Heat - Like all Michael Mann films it fools you into thinking it was really good.
Michael Clayton - Best movie I’ve seen in theatre this year, never abandons it’s characters to make a point, excellent film.

Guitar Hero III - Addictive fun, possibly the best track list of the series.
Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hour Glass - I can’t play Zelda games any more, it’s the same god damn thing over and over.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: IS IS - EP - Catchy, hard rocking and their best work since Fever To Tell