Random Movie Review: Face/Off

The utter pinacle of John Woo.  Doves flying, guns drawn in slow motion, John Travolta, Nicholas Cage, absurd action set pieces done with the utmost sincerity, Nicholas Cage, John Travolta.

How great is this movie?  It features Nick Cage in a roll where he does THIS and THIS and he's dialing it back!  The real looney in this movie is Travolta.  We've seen both of these masters of excess go nuts on there own, in classics like Con Air, Broken Arrow, The Rock, and Swordfish.  But never together, never with such gusto!

Nick Cage and Mustache, together. In a movie.Words can only say so much.  What's the verbal equivalent to jumping sideways through a window while firing two guns without getting so mucha as a scratch?  That is this movie viewing experience.

This is a movie that, if you have not had the good fortune of seeing, you need to catch ASAP.  Catch it with a group of friends.  Catch it with a case of beer and a pizza and be ready to have an awesome time.

Face/Off eternally Underrated.

Random Music Review: Linkin Park

Who are the once and future messiahs of rock n' roll, Linkin Park?  I think not.

What's in a name?  Is it supposed to be Linkin Park, like a cool way of saying "Linking" like, "Yo, we be linkin'"?  Or is it the Nu-Metal spelling of the name Lincoln? Like in honor of our nation's finest president?  You know, Rutherford B. Hays.

I won't get on these guys too hard, because they were the class of the Nu-Metal genre back in their heyday.  Still, being the best Nu-Metal band is kind of like being the king of the booger eaters.

They also were the epitome of what you should listen to in you basement while you drew in your sketch book while wearing JNCO jeans and drinking Mountain Dew.  Just look at this music video...

Much like Kajagoogoo, Linkin Park were kings of their day. But, also like Kajagoogoo, they're lame now.

But here today, gone tomorrow.  Tragically, nu-metal has fallen out of the mainstream and so has Linkin Park.  While I won't call them overrated as they are mostly forgotten in the sands of Billboard time, they accured far too much fame in this lifetime to ever be considered underrated.  So, Linkin Park, I guess you're Rated Right.

Football is Coming

Are you ready for a whole lot of football?

My fantasy football team is ready to go.  People have started talking about college football (lame). Green Bay already has 6 players on IR.  It can all only mean one thing: we are only a week away from the start of the regular season of the NFL!

In honor of the gridiron warriors I submit the most powerful short film about football or a football player I have ever seen.  the 30 for 30 short film: "The Irrelevant Giant."  A story about the courageous mostly forgotten professional athlete: John Tuggle.

Warning:  If you watch this video, YOU WILL CRY.