Weekend Update

Funny People comes down to the cat scene. Early in the film we see Leo's (Jonah Hill) Youtube kitten video which he uses as viral marketing to draw viewers to his other work. Later this scene is mirrored at Leslie Mann's house when she and Rogen and Sandler are watching the video of her daughter singing "Memories" from the play Cats. Rogen (and the audience) is visibly affected however Sandler is checking his cell phone for messages. Everything about Sandler's character and why he won't end up with Mann is stated in that scene.
Back in the real world someone mentioned that films like Halloween 2 and Final Destination 3D would not be screened for critics. Frankly that is like a favor to critics to not screen these films, however I am sure that reviewers who actually dig horror flicks will be allowed some kind of access. That being said, old Halloween good, new Halloween bad. Does anybody really think that Rob Zombie holds a candle compared to the cinema of John Carpenter? FD 3D is like when they made the sequel to the Omen with Lee Grant and Bill Holden in the '70s. Damien: Omen II was a snuff film where you got to see a person cut in half in an elevator accident and lots of other gore. Final Destination 3D promises such vicarious thrills and in 3D. Personally I want to see it with a real audience just like I did for the My Bloody Valentine 3D remake.
I am more miffed at the Avatar preview (approximately 15 minutes) screenings this coming Friday being held at the faux IMAX theaters in the suburbs rather than the original regulation size IMAX theater over at the Edwards Marq*e. But so what, I'd rather be at the opening night of the Italian retrospective at the MFA anyway.
Look I am not on the pipe, I have the swine flu. This is clarity talking. Last night at work it was kind of slow and I walked over to listen to the women in the office and they were talking about guys trying to suck their own dick. I walked away, and when I came back a minute later they were talking about this dude's ass crack cleavage. I want to see that movie.
I was actually going to bring up the movie Shortbus into the conversation at work last night but technically the guy at the beginning of that film is jacking off in his mouth while in an inverted yoga position and not actually sucking his own wood. But you don't talk about just any movie at work. Earlier in the evening people were talking about Woodstock. Tiffany actually had a copy of the recent deluxe DVD release that she got for making a donation to KPFT but she hadn't watched it nor ever seen the film; Amy C thought that Woodstock was in California. And so it goes. The only films that are acceptable for discussion at work are Taken, District 9 and evidently Inglourious Basterds, which the owner's mother wants to see.