Thursday, April 29, 2010

Relax already!

South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stoned were threatened by Revolution Muslim for their latest episode which premeired April 14th, which featured a censored out Muhammad. According this article the duo disrespected their prophet Muhammad and they are not taking this lightly. In fact the post mentioned that the creators could end up like Theo Van Gogh for airing the episode. If you're not familiar with Theo Van Gogh, he was murdered, being shot eight times. This is just ridiculous to me. The idea that comedians would get death threats for a harmless show. Yes, South Park can be offensive, but really?!? DEATH THREATS?! this is just insanity. In my opinion, Revolution Muslim's follow up regarding the episode is ridiculous, and I can't even keep a straight face reading their response, "By placing the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in a bear suit, the creators of South Park sought to insult the sacred, and show their blatant and general disregard for religion. By insulting our beloved Prophet (peace be upon him) without the outright depicting of his image, the creators of South Park thought that they had found some loophole in the Muslim faith for them to mock. " South Park has poked fun at every religion and as much as it can be seen as offensive, I think it's absolutely crazy to think they are receiving death threats!

"Weeee let's go climb a tree"

My all time favorite episode of South Park originally aired on October 9, 2010. Since that premiere the "Dead Celebrities" episode has landed istelf at the number one spot of my favorites and has yet to be topped. With the recent deaths of many celebrities including Michael Jackson, Billy Mays, Farrah Faucett, Patrick Swayze and many others, South Park took advantage and poked fun at all of these celebrities. Most focused on were Billy Mays and Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson returns to southpark when he possesses Ike to enter a beauty pageant and become what he's always wanted to be, a little white girl. With references to Poltergeist and poking fun at the "gayest show in the fucking world," Ghost Hunters, this episode is pure genius.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

I'm doin' a headstand mothafucka!

Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Starring Jason Segel and Kristen Bell, is an absolutely hysterical comedy about a not so successful composer Peter trying to get over his ex-girlfriend, a successful actress, Sarah. In the first five minutes, during the break up, there is more than enough awkward nudity. Peter tries to get over his ex by going on a tropical vacation to Hawaii, but of course Sarah shows up with her new sex-crazed boyfriend, played by Russell Brand. Of course everything is going wrong, until Peter meets the beautiful hostess of the hotel, Rachel. It's the cliche love story but it's filled with enough comedy that it doesn't come off as corny. After viewing it in theaters I knew I wanted to see it again. I rented the DVD and there are several deleted scenes (especially the yoga scene) which are so funny. These bloopers are also worth watching. Overall I definitely recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys a good comedy!

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

You're gonna shoot your eye out!

My personal favorite and must see during the Christmas season is A Christmas Story. Based in the 1940's, Ralphie is a young boy, part of the average American family, who just wants one thing for Christmas, a Red Ryder BB Gun. However, every time he asks for one he always hears, "You're gonna shoot your eye out!" His mission throughout the movie is to prove to everyone that this is the best gift and that he should be able to have one. Throughout the film there are several memorable scenes. The importance of a triple dog dare! Who could forget the leg lamp?!? Never thought a grown man could be so obsessed with something so ridiculous, and when his wife becomes jealous of a lamp it is hysterical. All hell breaks loose when she ends up breaking the lamp "accidentally". Or their Christmas dinner in the Chinese restaurant, Fa ra ra ra... priceless. The infamous bundling Randy up for the cold weather where he can't even put his arms down. Ralphie using the F-word for the first time. In the end, Ralphie finally gets his BB gun and ends up shooting himself, good thing he was wearing glasses because if not he would have shot his eye out!

SANTAA!!! I KNOW HIM! I KNOW HIM!

Will Ferrell is hysterical in the Christmas comedy Elf. Ferrell plays Buddy, who as a baby crawled into Santa's bag of gifts and is taken back to the North Pole. Considering they didn't know where he came from an older elf decides to raise him. Buddy knows he's very different than the rest of the elf's and inevitabley they tell him the truth and let him know who his real father is. He heads to New York to find his real dad, being so naive to the real world, you can imagine how funny his interactions are with strangers. He goes on many adventures including wondering into a department store where the manager thinks he is one of the employees hired as an elf. When he hears that Santa is coming he stays up all night in the department store preparing for his arrival and when he finds out it's not the real Santa, Buddy reveals him as a fake and ends up getting fired. He also runs into an angry elf... which is probably one of the funniest parts of the movie. Thinking they look delicious, Buddy ends up eating cotton balls. At dinner Buddy concocts his own breakfast, a very new spaghetti recipe which after researching a bit, turns out people have actually tried this disgusting breakfast. Overall, this movie is full of light-hearted fun, great for all ages.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

And believe it or not, in every man there's a code written that says, "Tackle drunk bitches."

Steve Carell is absolutely hysterical in The 40 Year Old Virgin. After Andy's (Steve Carell) co-workers find out he is a virgin, they decide it is their mission to get him laid. They try taking him speed dating... which does not go very well. They also bring him to meet girls that are drunk at bars, which seemed to work... until she tries to drive them home. Finally he meets a woman he really likes and asks her out, they begin to date but he keeps the fact that he's a virgin a secret. In the mean time he tries to have sex so he won't be completely horrible at it. One of his co-workers brings him to a bookstore where a girl who's known to be easy works at. Which is one of my favorite scenes from the film. Andy basically talks to this girl and instead of having a normal conversation he just keeps asking questions and answering her questions with questions. HYSTERICAL! Another awesome scene is when the guys decide Andy needs to get his chest waxed in order to attract more women (which actually was all improv considering they could only wax his chest once) He falls in love with the woman he is dating and ends up telling her the truth. They get married and he finally loses his virginity. For me this is a must have movie for my collection. It's the kind of movie you can watch over and over again and it never gets old. From beginning to end this movie is hilarious!

What About BOB?!?!?!?


What About Bob? is without a doubt Bill Murray's best performance ever! He plays Bob Wiley, who fears absolutely EVERYTHING. He clearly is in dire need to some psychiatric help, which leads him to Dr. Leo Marvin, a very well known and respected psychiatrist. Bob begins to feel like he's found a doctor that can actually help him overcome his fears, however after his first session he finds out that Dr. Marvin and his family are going on a family vacation. What is Bob to do?! Go visit obviously! Dr. Marvin's family make the mistake of letting him stay for dinner (which he REALLy enjoys) and spend the night and he becomes the houseguest that just won't leave. Dr. Marvin can't stand Bob and the fact that his family loves him so much begins to eat away at him. As Bob becomes closer to the family he begins to get over some of his fears. Feeling threatened by Bob's presence in his family Dr. Marvin finally snaps and it couldn't be funnier! I saw this movie when I was 10 and it's been one of my favorites ever since. Definitely one of my favorite comedies!