The Rules of Attraction

Lest my blog only be about movie reviews and movie trailers...

I thought I would elaborate on something I mentioned during my review of Clerks II about my Rules For Attraction For Famous People.

There really isn't a list of rules, it's really just two:

1. You have to be good at your chosen profession.
2. The better you are at what you do, the more attractive you are.

Personally, I don't know why everyone doesn't live by these rules. What if you meet these people and through some stroke of luck, they find you more interesting than Colin Farrell and you engage in a whirlwind romance, that leads to marriage (that she pays for).

Then you have to go to all her premieres/big concerts and bite your tongue that she really sucks and you'd rather be watching the same movie with someone else in her role or that's a great song, I wish someone else sang it.

That's just not the life for me.

So who are some examples of famous women I am attracted to?

Well, the queen of these rules is Cate Blanchett.

I mean, she's beautiful and all but after I saw her in Elizabeth, I became obsessed with her (SO much so that I am STILL salty she lost Best Actress for that role to Gwenyth Paltrow.)

I don't believe in seeing movies because certain people are in them but she's the closest to an actress that I would see just on the strength of their presence.

She's just so good.

Hm. Who else? Off the top of my head:

• Aisha Tyler, writer/comedian/actress (although her acting is costing her points)
• Jenny Lewis, lead singer of Rilo Kiley
• Jill Scott, singer (although one more happy go lucky album and she's cut off)
• Julie Delpy, actress (I wish she would make more movies)
• Rachel Weisz, actress (damn you, Darren Aronofsky)
  
• Nia Long, actress (the exact opposite. She makes just enough movies to make me keep crushing on her)
• Kate Winslet, actress
• Aimee Mann, singer/songwriter
• Janeane Garofalo, actress/comedian/radio host (mentally, she has never recovered from the 2004 election and now when I see her it's kind of a pity crush)
• Lucy Davis, actress (played Dawn in the The Office on BBC, by the end of the second season, I was in love with her)
• Kerry Washington, actress (needs a better agent if she's in Fantastic Four)
• Sarah Shahi, actress, The L Word (OK, there can't be rules if there are not exceptions)

I'm sure there are more but if I was in a room with all these women and Cate Blanchett, it wouldn't even be a competition.

Tenacious D & The Pick of Destiny trailer

This looks really stupid...

See you on opening night!

Movie of the Week: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Let me get this out of the way...

No, this was not funnier than Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy. But it may have been a better movie.

Now, here me out. After seeing the outtakes movie, it is clear that all Will Ferrell and Adam McKay do is film a few CORE plot scenes, a bunch of funny scenes and piece it together to make a movie.

I would say 40% of the scenes from the trailer were not in the theatrical version nor the outtakes during the end credits (which means the DVD is going to be another classic and maybe another outtakes movie).

More than Anchorman, Talladega Nights had more of a plot. Everyone in the movie from Will Ferrell down to his two sons, Walker and Texas Ranger, were funny (the only weak link was Leslie Bibb as Ricky's gold digger wife). There were a lot of quotables.

The only thing that was missing was the pure silliness of Anchorman which was embodied by Steve Carrell's Brick Tamland. Everytime I watch that movie, I catch something that he was doing in the background that I didn't notice before.

This was more of a straightforward funny movie. Less throwing a bunch of gum at the ceiling to see what sticks.

It's hard to follow-up a cult classic like Anchorman, and if this came out first, I wonder how Anchorman would have been received.

Borat trailer

Actually, the full title of the movie is Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

The Joker is...

Well, I think he's better a better choice than Robin Williams

As a follow up to last year’s blockbuster Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan is set to direct Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Dark Knight, written by Jonathan Nolan, based on a story by Christopher Nolan and David Goyer. The film will be produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan. Additionally, Christian Bale will resume his role as Bruce Wayne and Academy Award nominee Heath Ledger has been cast as The Joker. The announcements were made today by Jeff Robinov, President of Production, Warner Bros. Pictures.

I like that they are calling the sequel The Dark Knight. I still pray they cast Guy Pearce as Harvey Dent and not Ryan Phillpe-Witherspoon as has been rumored.