GOD, BEYONCE, KEANU REEVES, AND TOM CRUISE

It’s either ironic or blasphemous that I finally saw this movie on Christmas Day. But, then again, as Bill Maher points out in the beginning of this documentary, it’s not like there’s any indication in the Bible, or any other Holy Text, that Dec. 25th is the day that Jesus Christ was born. Not that it really matters, I suppose. I mean, if you’re a Christian, you have to celebrate Christ’s birthday sometime, so you might as well do it on Dec. 25th. It’s as good a day to celebrate as any other. But I digress.

I thought that this was a good and thought-provoking documentary. Certainly, if you are a sincere believer in any particular faith, nothing in this film is going to change your mind. But I really don’t think the makers of this film expected it to. I think it’s primary goal is to be entertaining, and on that level, it succeeds. Certainly, the bulk of the film is spent pointing out the absurdities of certain behavior among some religious people. Like, when he goes to interview a Christian minister who used to be a member of the R&B group Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes, & tells Bill Maher to call him “Doctor.” A message on the screen points out that the Rev. does not have a degree of any kind. Bill also gets kicked out of the Vatican, and the Mormon Temple. And while in a Mosque in Mecca, a worshipper walks by and shouts that “That Jew” doesn’t belong in there. And, even worse, he says Bill is “not funny.”

I liked it.

A good movie, interesting story, but I hate to say it, there was only ONE weak link: Beyonce. She’s just not a very good actress. I saw no genuine emotion from her. She was fine in lighter fare like Austin Powers and The Pink Panther (I haven’t seen Dreamgirls), but she was out of place here. It was probably worse because the rest of the cast was so good, so it made her own shortcomings seem even more obvious. When you’re in a scene with an Oscar winner like Adrian Brody, you need to bring your A-game, just to keep up, but she didn’t.

Rapper “Mos Def” was brilliant as Chuck Berry (The REAL King of Rock N Roll) and the actor playing Muddy Waters was spectacular.

Started off great. An interesting premise, suspensful build-up, & nice special effects. But it kind of lost steam in the end, I thought. I can’t be more specific without spoiling it for those who haven’t seen it.

I need to watch the original version now.

Don’t believe the negative hype. This is a great movie, and Tom Cruise does a very good job in it. You can tell it’s good because, even if you’ve never heard of this real life plot, you know that it obviously failed, it still keeps you interested in it. In fact, the actual assassination attempt happens a little over halfway into the film, so there’s still about 40-50 minutes left, but you never get bored. See, the conspirators thought that they had succeeded, and that Hitler was dead, so they started acting as if they were in control of Germany now, and it’s really suspensful to see their plan unfold, & watching to see how it all will fall apart. Highly recommened.

Just my opinion.

THE PLANET OF THE APES!!!

Angry monkeys in China give trainer a beating

Reported 12/18/2008 by Guardian Unlimited

Angry monkeys turned on their trainer in a market in Sizhou, China, after he handed out a vicious beating to one of the trio during a performance of them riding mini bicycles.

While one twisted his ears, another pulled his hair out in handfuls and bit his neck.

Then when he dropped his cane, the third snatched it up and began beating the trainer around the head until it broke the stick.

The dazed trainer confessed: “They were once wild and these performances don’t always come naturally to them”.

He added: “They may have built up some feelings of hatred towards me”.

Now police are investigating allegations of animal cruelty and may confiscate the monkeys.

MICHAEL JACKSON IS. . .

KEEP YOUR STINKIN’ SHOES ON, DUMBASS!

Ha ha, very funny.

I hate that this is my 3rd straight blog that deals with politics in some way, but I just have to say this. I’m sure that, by now, most everyone has seen or heard of this incident, where some Iraqi journalist threw his shoes @ President Bush. I wasn’t going to talk about this, but in the past couple of days I’ve seen too many posts online with people laughing @ this, and celebrating it. There’s even a Facebook group (& why aren’t YOU on Facebook yet?) started in support of the guy, calling him a hero.

Now, everyone who knows anything about me is aware that I proudly supported Barack Hussein Obama’s candidacy, and am counting down the days until he is finally sworn in. But, until that day comes, George W. Bush is still MY President. I may not have voted for him, and I don’t think he’s done a good job (in fact, I think he’s done a rotten job), but that’s irrelevant. I’m still an American. And there’s a principle involved here. And I don’t like to see anybody, especially some foreigner, disrespecting my President like that.

Who the heck does this little jerk think he is? People think he’s a hero? My ARSE! Aquaman’s a hero! THIS guy is a coward. If he’s so brave & tough, how come he never threw his shoes @ President SADDAM HUSSEIN?!? He never would’ve dared because, if he had, he’d be chained in some dungeon right now, being forced to watch as his wife & daughters got raped. There’s a time to put aside partisanship and say, you don’t do this to the U.S.A. And, like it or not, for now, President Bush represents all of us, as Americans. So this $h!t ain’t right. So I’m not laughing, and I’m not happy.

I’m also not too happy with the Secret Service. How did that guy get a chance to throw BOTH shoes? As soon as the first one flew, they should’ve swarmed around Bush. When I think of all of the threats that I know President Barack Hussein Obama is going to be facing, seeing this doesn’t make me comfortable. What if that guy had some anthrax or something in his shoes when he threw them? This could’ve been dangerous. @ the very least, the President could’ve lost an eye! Not cool, man.

Just my opinion