Tuesday, November 11, 2008

God. Or Steven Seagal. Or both?! DRAGONFLY WIZARDWORKS

I would like to dedicate this post to clarifying some issues in my last post, and also dedicate it to Steven Seagal. In my last post I said that I do not enjoy mindless violence, and I still completely stand by that statement. However, some people took that to mean that I don't like Steven Seagal. Honestly, I don't see the connection. Nothing could mean more than Steven Seagal's violence. There is meaning hidden behind every swipe of his fattened arms, and every sluggish twist or spin of his bloated torso and gut. Each slothful kick of his blimplike legs is jam packed with meaning. And you know why?
Because it's hilarious. This is the serious part of my blog and the part that might actually get points. Basically, Steven Seagal deserves tremendous credit for his movies, not despite how incredibly unoriginal and uninspired they are, but because of that "flaw". The sheer ineptitude of Steven Seagal as a director and actor are what make him truly great, or as he calls himself, "God". Whether or not the hilarity of his movies are intentional is debatable. But not really, obviously he thinks he's actually a good actor. Unless his entire life is staged as a joke, in which case he would deserve tremendous commendment for his dedication. But seriously, if you have ever watched the likes of Submerged, Urban Justice, Out for a Kill, Out for Justice (which he actually still looked athletic in), Black Dawn, and many many MANY other of Seagal's movies, and you enjoyed them because of how funny they are, you should thank Seagal in some way. Myself, I'd hug him every time I see him if I ever saw him. And I bet he'd like that. Because I bet he's a big teddy bear under that big meaty outside.
Also, I would like to point out facts that make Steven even more hilarious. He has always said that he is some kind of quaddruple million rank black belt or something ridiculous of Aikodo, but he has NEVER competed in a major tournament or shown his skills in anything but his movies. To contradict my own point of him being pathetic, he also broke Sean Connery's wrist preparing for some movie somehow.
Steven also claimed to be a official police officer in his home state of Nowhereville, which led to him attempting to board a plane with a firearm. He was denied that right because he wasn't a real federal agent.
He also claimed to be Archbishop Desmond Tutu's personal bodyguard during Apartheid. Don't think he really was..
He also claimed to have fought the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. His ex-wife has said that he never fought them but instead just yelled at some drunks.
To end, I leave you with this quote from Seagal, "I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol." and this video of his music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qw5bKTBQE4

Monday, November 3, 2008

Clive owen has half a face

Apparently Clive Owen has half of a face, so blogger.com only shows that half. read below for my actual post

Westerns, Kung fu etc

Despite my knowing that the Movieman212121 (Ben Quimby) would strongly disagree with me, I have to say that I have never liked Westerns, Kung Fu movies, or most mindless shooter movies. There are a few exceptions to all of those, but for the most part that is an extremely true statement. I quake in my boots knowing that the Movieman disagrees with me, and that he may well rip my eyeballs out and feed them to his Moviedog, but that's the truth. I can't get behind the idea of mindless violence, even if it looks really really cool, because I always end up looking for the flaws in the movie rather than reveling in the badassitude of the main character. Because that IS what the movie always revolves around in those kinds of movies. But really I can't get away from the fact that Shoot Em Up has Clive Owen in it, and after watching Children of Men I don't think I could hate any movie with him playing the main character. So, there's the exception. So to end, here's a picture of Clive Owen.