Step Brothers and Will Ferrell

I went into Step Brothers half expecting greatness and half expecting to be disappointed...I believe this movie fulfilled my expectations. Although I have said time and time again, "I can never get a good judgement on a film when I'm in the theatre," I am going to make my comments anyway. Don't get me wrong, there were numerous parts filled with hilarity in Step Brothers. The characters Ferrell and John C. Reilly portray are ridiculously funny. For me Adam McKay (writer/director) and Ferrell let too much of Judd Apatow (producer) sink into this film. Apatow brings to Step Brothers, his regular dirty and disgusting humor that you saw in superbad and knocked up, and I could have done without it. Upon second and third and fourth viewings, my opinions are bound to change, but for now I thought it was very funny, but could have been realed more carefully and become a better product.

On a side note, Grif from Boy Meets World (Adam Scott, but not the golfer) put forth a tremendous performance as Will Ferrell's jerk of a brother.

Also a few of my most memorable moments/quotes...
-Brennan (Ferrell) dressed as a Nazi, mowing the lawn "I have plenty of fertilizer." Followed by Dale (Reilly) across the street in a KKK outfit.
-Brennan and Dale find out they have a lot in common; Brennan- "You wanna go do karate in the basement?" Dale- "Yup!"
-After already mentioning how setting their beds up into bunk beds will give them so much room for activities, Brennan feels it necessary to exclaim again and again about how many activities they will be enjoying in the newly open space of the bedroom.

Now to my next order of business...immediately following the movie everyone I was with (JJ, T-time, Bonzey, Braids, JTB, and the Neon Kid) started talking about where Step Brothers fit in order of best Will Ferrell movies. I, being the pessimist that I am, threw it much lower on the list than JJ and Braids who had it at 1 or 2. I think I said six or something...Now I will take the time to look over his movies and put them in order with this newest addition.

Also take into account that I have only seen Step Brothers once and Semi-Pro twice. I have ten movies in which Ferrell is the main character or tied for main character (Step Brothers, Night at the Roxbury). I didn't count Old School or Zoolander, which I believe he is the third main actor in both.

I've also been reminded by T-time that there is a major difference in favorite Will Ferrell movies and favorite Will Ferrell characters, for example although Buddy the Elf is probably my favorite character, the movie itself isn't as funny as some of the others, and I fail to realize this when I normally rank Elf near the top of the list. The character of Buddy is always on my brain when I think of Elf, that is the problem.

Anyway here we go...

10. Stranger Than Fiction
9. Bewitched
8. Blades of Glory
7. Kicking and Screaming
6. Elf
5. Step Brothers
4. A Night at the Roxbury
3. Semi-Pro
2. Anchorman
1. Talladegan Nights

Owen and Vince

Although Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn's work in Wedding Crashers might be the funniest buddy comedy performance ever, their audio commentary for the dvd could easily be number two. These two guys play off of each other better than any team i've heard. Other audio commentaries that I've watched recently that are worth taking a look at; Talladega Nights, Old School, Monsters Inc.

DJ Gallo is funny

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Camp To-Do: Find another go-to receiver

Joey Galloway is 36. Ike Hilliard is 33. The Buccaneers need a younger receiver to step up. They think Michael Clayton can do it, but I have my doubts. I recently watched a DVD of "Michael Clayton," and while there were some strong performances, I thought it was too slow.

St. Louis Rams
Camp To-Do: Stay healthy

A slew of injuries last year led to a disastrous 3-13 season with few highlights. In fact, here is the entirety of the 2007 Rams highlights DVD.

The Wire?

It was some time during last year when a couple of tv lovers, Lochness and Linus told me they had started watching 'the wire.' They said that it was really tough to get through and they never ended up finishing the first season. Now as a guy who loves television and prides himself in the fact that I can watch ep upon ep, I didn't think when I started 'the wire' anything of the sort would happen to me. Because 'the wire' is always touted as one of the best shows in recent tv past, and it is only ten or twelve episodes long, I was surprised that the exact same thing has begun to happen to me. I watched the first four episodes off and on over a two week period, but that was back in june. I have since not watched a single episode and instead watched the entire second season of rome and numerous movies. I will, at some point finish the first season of the wire, but at this point I'm not really looking forward to it.

Decathalon Results

The greatest decathalon of all time was completed last weekend...

Events-

1. Ping-pong
2. Penalty kicks
3. 3-point shootout
4. 300 meter race
5. Swimming
6. Mini-golf
7. Football patterns
8. Whiffle ball home run derby
9. Bocce
10. Obstacle course

Finish-

1. Danny
2. JJ
3. Bonsey
4. Brady
5. T-time

Sopranos

I just finished the thirteen episodes of season 1 of The Sopranos. I began watching it because two big tv guys (larry and jaydon) said it was in their top three shows of all time. With that in mind, I was pretty disappointed in the season. I am assuming these guys can't remember this far back because this one season of sopranos didn't even compare to heroes, and let's not even try to compare it to lost. As most shows do, I'm assuming it will get better as the seasons go on, but there was just not that much excitement for a show dealing with so much killing. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the show, but it was mostly the last three episodes that were doing it for me. I'm gonna take a break from sopranos and take a look at the wire. we'll see what happens.

character rankings...

1. pussy
2. christopher
3. a.j.
4. tony
5. artie bucco
6. silvio
7. meadow
8. paulie
9. hesh
10. junior

Joe Schmo Show

So I was recently turned on to the Joe Schmo Show by T-time. I watched all 10 episodes within the last week because it was so good. Those of you who have no idea what it is...it was a parody of a reality show aired for two seasons in 2003-2004. In the first season, which is known as much better than season 2, the producers went out and found a guy that they wanted to center the show around. They then found 9 actors to play the 8 other reality show contestants, as well as the host of the fake reality show, Lap of Luxury. They filmed the show like Big Brother, where everyone lived in a house and competed for immunity and then voted out a housemate one at a time. It was hilarious to watch 'Joe Schmo' or Matt Kennedy Gould, deal with the ridiculous situations that the producers and directors put him through. The private interviews by the actors were also great because they were acting completely different than in the house. The best was the guy who was pretending to be a flaming gay guy with a cuban accent and then in his interviews was straight as an arrow. It was also awesome when the whole show ended and Joe Schmo finally found out that the whole thing was fake. He took it really well and was overwhelmed by the whole thing. It was great to watch because he was a great guy. The show wouldn't have worked if he wasn't such a great guy.

Rankings

1. Matt Kennedy Gould- "Joe Schmo"
2. Steve "The Hutch" Hutchinson- "The Asshole"
3. Carlos "Kip" Calderas- "The Gay Guy"
4. Ralph Garman- "The Smarmy Host"
5. Molly Crabtree- "The Virgin"
6. Dr. Pat Lane- "The Quack" (played by Kristin Wiig)
7. Earl Bradford- "The Veteran"
8. Ashleigh Rivera- "The Rich Bitch"
9. Brian Keith Ethridge- "The Buddy"
10. Gina Price- "The Schemer"

Gossip Girl Here

I just finished watching the introductory season of gossip girl and i enjoyed it more than i thought i would. It's on CW so i wasn't expecting much. Being co-created by Josh Schwartz of O.C. fame, it is easy to make comparisons. The main character, Dan, is no Seth, and Dan's dad, Rufus, is definitely no Sandy Cohen. What makes it better is how much less i hate Serena than i did Marissa. Bad boy, Chuck, is a great addition to the cast, as he brings more thrill to the show.

I'm looking forward to watching next season, while adding the new 90210 spinoff and the new palm beach show to my CW lineup.

Obviously here is my character rankings...

1.Nate
2.Chuck
3.Rufus
4.Blair
5.Dan
6.Vanessa
7.Lily
8.Serena
9.Georgina
10.Bart
11.Eric
12.Jenny