Post-NFL Season Abandonment Syndrome

February 19, 2012

I’ve watched more movies in the past two week than I have in the past year – television too. It’s pathetic, really.

However, having watched so much television I decided to use my forces for good rather than evil – I quite eating carbs* a week ago, have forced myself into ketosis, and in six days have lost 20 pounds, so J-Craig/WW/NutriScam/Beachbody et al can suck it.

As for the TV watching…

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I soooo can’t wait for this…

February 15, 2012

Boom.


Long live ‘House’

February 9, 2012

Considering how much I talk about and reference the Fox show ‘House’ in my day-to-day interactions with others, it’s odd how little I’ve mentioned it here at z’GOC.

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The Human Centipede and lessons on Manichaeistic penance

February 8, 2012

I watched The Human Centipede last night and for the first time in my movie-watching existence, I took a shower after my viewing was complete. If that’s not enough, I called a friend at the 65-minute mark to chat for a few minutes while the movie was on Pause, because I needed a break.

Pretty heady stuff for a 90-minute, low-budget horror movie, no?

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z’King Sees: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

February 6, 2012

So, I made my bi-annual trip to the movie theater this afternoon to see the American production of the Swedish publishing/cinema juggernaut The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. My interest in the American version of a remake of a film adapted from a book set in Sweden was twofold:

  1. Rooney Mara
  2. David Fincher

I’ve seen the Swedish films, though I’ve not read the book. As far as my interest in seeing them goes, it’s been a good 24-hours for Mara-related things in my life considering that a) The Giants won the Super Bowl and the Mara family owns the Giants and b) Rooney Mara is drop-dead sexy and, as was expected, doesn’t so much steal the film as dominate it. Fincher’s direction is good-not-great, in that it doesn’t feel like a Typical Fincher Film, though it does have the Mindfuck Fincher Opening Credits, which was good.

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Groundhog Day gospel

February 2, 2012


But really: Why did he trade Jay Buhner?

January 25, 2012


McConaughey>Wooderson>Magic

January 20, 2012

Alrightalrightalright…


Kobe/Nike: Love dem ads, love dem shoes

January 14, 2012


New Wes Anderson trailer…

January 14, 2012

With each of his releases, I like Wes Anderson’s work less and less. I think The Royal Tennenbaums was the last one he did I actually enjoyed. However, this looks quite good.


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