Everyone loves a good movie quote.

Here’s lookin at you kid. Tomorrow is another day. If you build it he will come. I love lamp.

They work their way into our lives and our vocabulary without us even realizing it. We use them in everyday conversations, and in trivial pursuit, and at bar trivia.  We use them to prove points, and to disprove points, and sometimes we use them when we just don’t know what else to say. (“Uh…I’m going streaking?”) We use them over and over and over again. We use them so often that eventually, they will end up on a list just like this one.

10. Leave the gun, take the cannoli. The Godfather. Why is every male obsessed with this movie, and this line in particular? I mean, sure, the cannoli is way more appealing than the gun, but if you were in this situation wouldn’t it make more sense to take care of the murder weapon?

9. You talkin’ to me? Oh, Robert De Niro. Oh, Taxi Driver. I’ve never seen this movie, but even I know this line. I think that alone is enough to prove that it is seriously overused.

8. I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her. Normally I’m a sucker for anything Julia Roberts, and it’s not the movie itself that I find to be such a cliché. It’s the line itself. I’m just a girl asking a boy to love me. Ew. Gag me. Read More »

Since I tend to write (and speak) about controversial topics, I know what it’s like not to be universally liked.  I suppose that’s what will happen when you publicly hate on flip-flops.  However, I don’t think I could ever sink to the level it takes to be disliked in Hollywood.  I mean, they like everyone there (see: Perez Hilton).  Except, of course, those select few that are so hard to work with and so up their own butts that it’s impossible to like them.

Naturally, that’s what will concern us for this week’s edition of the showdown.

Everyone has heard Christian Bale’s ridiculous outburst on the set of Terminator.  As a  method actor, he can get pretty intense.  I actually respect the lengths he goes through to get into character.  However, I’m pretty sure other actors have managed to get into character without distancing themselves from the cast and crew and blowing up any time someone distracts them.  Except maybe Jeremy Piven.  He’s not exactly a method actor, but he is arrogant and well on his way to being that creepy older guy at Hollywood parties.  It’s hard to compare these two actors, seeing how they operate in two completely separate spheres, but their shared bad reputations require some comments.

Which one is more self-absorbed?  Who pisses off Hollywood the most? Read More »

This can’t be real, right?  Not our Christian! Not sweet little Christian Bale from such films as Newsies and The Dark Knight, right? He wouldn’t yell at someone for doing something wrong and then go absolutely apesh*t on them, right?

I mean, we know that there was that whole issue between him and his mom, but it turned out not to be true! Christian Bale is a sweet, sweet man. A sweet, beautiful, sexy man.

Looks like someone needs a hug.

Christian, when you cool down, call us!

With Indiana Jones waving at me at least once a day from billboards or the radio or the TV, it’s clear that the season of summer blockbusters is upon us.

Usually, I don’t want to see any of the summer blockbusters. The fact that I want to see a handful is pretty amazing. See, I’m not really a movie person. My girlfriend is, and we tend to clash; she loves to watch two or three movies in a day, when that’s usually my ratio for the week.

And then, when we do agree, there’s the fact that there are some movies that no matter how popular they are, I just don’t like them. I’m sure I’ll get a lot of flak for this countdown list, but here are some of the movies that everyone seems to love that I just am not overly fond of.

10. 2001: A Space Odyssey. Now, this is on the top of the list because I really DID enjoy it, up until Hal…well, you’ll know when you see it, if you haven’t already. The movie pretty much lost all interest to me after that. I stopped being concerned about David and totally fell asleep during the outrageously long trip sequence. In fact, it always puts me to sleep, so maybe I should buy a copy just to have on hand when the insomnia hits.

9. Pirates of the Caribbean. Now, hold on before you jump down my neck. I adored the first Pirates, and it’s definitely on my list of favorite movies. But the sequels bored and kind of irked me.

8. Saving Private Ryan. I’m not saying it’s not a GOOD movie. I just didn’t enjoy it. I think maybe it was because when it came out, I was at the age that a movie that started the way SPR did was not something I could handle. Now I’m totally okay with it, but not enough for me to voluntarily add it to my Netflix Queue or anything. Read More »