The THC is in the House!

THC: Tetrahydrocannabinol, the main psychoactive substance found in the cannabis plant, aka pot, aka weed, aka marijuana, aka wacky-tobacky.

As you all are enjoying your Thanksgiving breaks either in Tallahassee or far from it, I'd like you all to start preparing yourselves for what awaits you back at the SLC when you return. Namely The Wackness and Pineapple Express. Both of these movies contain lots of a little drug that contains THC. Now besides the probability that the SLC will sell a lot more concessions than usual, we can use these two movies as a barometer for the current acceptance level for marijuana use in the U.S. Drugs have always appeared in movies, but mostly they show the destructive properties of drugs. With regards to marijuana specifically most movies portray people who smoke pot as a "stoner" who provides stupid comic relief. Of course there have been a few exceptions like Reefer Madness which is a parody of the 1936 anti-marijuana propaganda film. But now movies like The Wackness and Pineapple Express are viewing pot use as a normal everyday thing that many different types of people use recreationally.

So after you're sick of your parents nagging you and you're back at FSU, we'd like to encourage you to sit back, relax, laugh, and most importantly buy lots of concessions with the Student Life Cinema as we bring you two movies filled to the brim with plenty of THC.

Audience Pick Midnight! Kiss Kiss Bang Bang!

Quite honestly, I was thrilled with the choices for Audience Pick Midnight this semester. While The Game, The Thing, and Mystery Men would have all been fun choices, I was so happy that Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was selected. What good taste our audience has!

For those of you who have not been fortunate enough to see the film, the story follows Harry Lockhart, a thief who inadvertently becomes an actor. Lockhart stumbles into an audition while running from the cops and finds himself swept away to Hollywood. There, he must prepare for a role as a Private Investigator with the real deal, a character referred to as "Gay Perry." Throw into the mix his childhood sweetheart, murder, sex, and lots of humor, and there you have Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. 

If the premise doesn't sell you on the movie, (and with my description skills, that is entirely likely) I present to you 5 other reasons you should see this movie.

1) Robert Downey, Jr!!!!!!

Everyone loves him. Seriously. He has a tendency to make every movie better. Case in point: Tropic Thunder, Iron Man, Heart and Souls, and Soapdish, just to name a few. (By the way, if you haven't seen some of those, you should see them too.) As the main character and narrator of this movie, it's impossible not to like him.

2) Val Kilmer!!!!!!

Love him or hate him for past roles, he has always maintained a place in my heart. Not to mention, he steals every scene and makes the audience laugh nonstop throughout the film.

3) Amazingly witty dialogue!!!!!!

The script to this movie is fantastic! You will walk out quoting it and find yourself looking up more lines on imdb for weeks following. If you have a good sense of humor, I have no doubt you will love the dialogue.

4) It's an audience pick!!!!!!

I've been on Film Committee for about three semesters now, and I though I believe we have always selected great films for our fellow FSU students, I also believe that there is no better indicator of what the people want then letting them select the movie themselves! So, have a little faith in your fellow classmates and trust their resounding majority vote!

5) Finals are coming up!!!!!

Everyone tends to get stressed out right before the semester ends and we hit finals week. Since we will not have any entertainment for that final week of testing, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is your very last opportunity to watch a movie at the SLC before 2009! Who wouldn't want to wind down with their friends and enjoy a hilarious film with a great cast?! 

So, end your semester with a bang!

A Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, that is.....*

*I apologize for using that atrociously lame joke, but seriously. Come see it.

Coraline

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The trailer speaks for itself. Stop motion animated film. Nightmare Before Christmas director. I couldn't imagine how awesome it's going to be in 3D. Take a gander...

Vuole lo, qui lo è! Felice Jarrod?

Questa settimana ho guardato il film Tropic Thunder dal cinema studenti con il mio ragazzo e la mia amica. Era il tempo secondo ho guardato. Il film è una commedia e una satira di film gruerra. Penso che il film sia molto divertente, ma delle barzellette sono inappropriato. Il regista per il film era anche un attore famoso, Ben Stiller. Per una scena il suo personaggio non aveva i mani perche di una esplosione. Nella intervista ho guardato Stiller ha detto che era stato difficile dirigere con non mani; oggi voglio guardare Ben Stiller prova di dirigere con non mani. Quello sono anche altre attori nel film. Jack Black è un attore chi dava dei film commedie. Mi preferisco attore nel film è Robert Downey Jr. Era un molto divertente attore e uomo. Penso che sia divenrtente che lui sia un uomo nero sebbene lui sia un uomo bianco. Nel film è tutti stereotipi del soldato nero.
Il film è la tema di delle gente chi volgiano fare un film di dei soldati in Vietnam. Ma il problema è che i attori vadanno a dove i genti sono attuale violenta e i attori non sapiano. I canzioni nel film sono i canzioni classico per i film guerre. Delle canzioni include “Stop, hey what’s that sound” di Buffolo Springfield.
Io preferito parte è quando Robert Downey Jr finge essere un agricoltore cinese quandi possano entrare il campeggio degli spacciatori. Amo il suo costume e la sua citazione, “Io sono un agricoltore piombo, motherfucker!” Amo questo film. Voglio comprarlo quando vado a negozio, particolarmente perche davanti del DVD ha la stemma di Tropic Thunder.

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Modern Midnight Movies: Tropic Thunder

Upon my first viewing I was thinking about tagging this as a midnight movie, but for some reason I had doubts. After viewing it a second time, I've definitely made up my mind. To what honor is it a midnight movie?, I'm still not sure. Midnight movies often feature bizarre sexuality, pathetic attempts at horror, or quintessential bad acting that is so bad its hilarious. Wait a minute! This movie is about bad actors. Actors so bad, they go full retard, don't know who they are, or are so hopped up on heroin the only thing they can do is fart. I'll even take it further, if you keep fueling the Rambo franchise with money, you'll only realize that the studio keeps making sequels because they're actually waiting for Stallone to die on the set as opposed to the belief they'll actually be any good.

It's Stiller's take on the Hollywood landscape that is just mind blowing. Obviously, Tropic Thunder was written with so much anger and disdain for Hollywood that I must think Stiller is trying to get himself blacklisted. Or is he a genius for pointing out Hollywood's shortcomings? In the movie the actors are portrayed as pathetic idiots, who are simply tools used by executives to rake in a profit, only to be slapped around or fed to the lions at the chance for a higher profit margin.

I'm going to continue to praise Stiller's genius, a midnight gesture in itself, for bringing up land mine politics in a most creative way. At the very moment Tropic Thunder's director within the movie is suddenly erased, we get a movie moment that should be remembered for a long time. Not only was the exit hilarious, but the silence and action from the actors following the disappearance is so well played out, that the audience itself gets loudly confused for a moment. Another credit to Stiller's genius is that every joke is not only is setup well, but also carried out to the fullest extent possible. It's likely this point that gives Stiller credibility, where he hasn't had any before. Believe me, I've noticed him playing the exact same retard role in too many films. I have heard there are some good ones, but I haven't seen them. I take that back, I loved him in Zero Effect. I will take further recommendations. But, for this film, Stiller shows he can excell at both acting and writing, ... and directing. Though, with so many A-list actors (real actors), it couldn't have been difficult.

One last note, Tom Cruise has a bit part in this film, which is a midnight performance in itself. Normally when I think of Tom Cruise, I think of a guy with an egotistical swagger in his voice, without any real hint of acting capability. Can you honestly name a film where Cruise isn't playing himself? Here we find him playing Les Grossman, a Hollywood exectutive, who is obsessed with diet coke, has fists that can be felt around the world, and has some fancy dance moves. It's nice that Cruise can push Scientology aside for a minute, and actually do what he gets paid to do.

Let's review now. Tropic Thunder makes fun of Hollywood, has well thought out and carried out jokes, is actually a cinematographic masterpiece, has an unforgettable Tom Cruise cameo, and just rocks in general. There's more I could cover, of course, but that's why movies are supposed to be watched and not just read about. There's two more showings at the SLC tonight (7 + 9:45). Now about those stars, originally when I saw it I gave it 4 because I just felt it was lacking a bit in the comedy department, but upon a second viewing I caught the stuff I missed before. So, I give this movie 5/5 stars, plus I give it my apporval as a midnight film.

Hungry for more?

Cheech and Chong was not an accident. From the first red eyed toke they took everyone was enamored watching their stumble into the clouds. They warmed the hearts of many Americans and set the stage for many more classic stoner movies.
Everyone was stoked for this summers "Pineapple Express." Stoners young and old became giddy and full of joy. Even Bill Clinton was reminiscing the awkward teenage days when some of us might of actually "inhaled."
Which leads us to the question of the day:
Do you have to "inhale" to truly comprehend stoner movies
and how did Bill Clinton like it?
Think about it.

Here Goes...

This is my first blog post. I am too tired to be creative right now. But I will say that I am really stoked to see Quantum of Solace. The trailers keep blowing my mind.