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November 25, 2012

Guest Movie Review: "Savages"
— Ace

steve_in_hb told me what a horrible movie this was. It's Oliver Stone's most recent bomb. I thought it was so bad it deserved a mention on the blog, and I sure the hell am not going to watch it.

His review below, including a good nominee for the worst line of dialogue in any movie this year. So, I just watched Savages. Going in, I knew nothing about it except the little FIOS guide description. Then Oliver Stone popped up in the opening credits and I realized it was probably going to be a dog. The movie is a crime drama/ action about two young guys in Southern California who live a life of luxury paid for by developing, growing, and selling Â“the best weed in the world.Â” The third protagonist is a hot beach chick who lives with them. They are in a non-jealous love/sexual triangle. So there are lots of scenes of the three of them on a couch and sheÂ’s cuddling with one of the guys while holding hands with the other dude. Â‘Cause, you know, young guys are known for their level headedness when it comes to sexual relations with a hot chick they both love. ItÂ’s perfectly reasonable that they are mellow about the whole situation and thereÂ’s never any tension. This idyllic lifestyle is threatened when a Mexican cartel moves in and demands the guys give up their business and become mere employees of the cartel growing their superior weed. The rest of the movie is exactly what you would expect - supposedly interesting, quirky gangsters, a DEA agent of suspect honesty, double crosses within double crosses, etc.

The movie is a boring, tedious mess, but at least has the courtesy of starting with an extended monologue by the female lead that lets you know right away that it is going to be crap. This monologue is unbelievably bad. I actually encourage you to watch the monologue part so you can revel in how bad it is. The female leadÂ’s delivery is wooden. It goes on forever. It includes fascinating information like how she got her nickname Â“OÂ” Â– short for her name Ophelia. The best part of it is that it sounds like it was written by a precocious 14 year old being Â“cleverÂ”. Groaner 1: The female lead informs us that - rough quote Â– Â“Just cause you hear me telling you this story doesnÂ’t mean that I survived it.Â” Wow, my mind is warped by that breaking of the 4th wall. Film making will never be the same. Groaner #2: The narrator informs us that one of the male leads has done multiple tours in Iraq/Afghanistan and has been altered by the experience. He has a profound respect for life, is determined to be productive, and relishes his time with friends and family. Just kidding, heÂ’s ultra violent, sadistic, and has rage issues. She describes having sex with him while we are treated to clichÃ©d images to go with the clichÃ©d words Â– heÂ’s on top of her thrusting violently, face beet red, with all the muscles in his body tensed. He isnÂ’t looking at her or engaging her in any other way than angrily thrusting his penis in to her. She then informs us Â– I shit you not Â– that Â“I had orgasms, he had wargasms.Â” Do you really need to know anything more about the movie?

Posted by: Ace at 01:49 PM | Comments (223)
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1 I thought this might be another Muslim Brotherhood post. My mistake.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at November 25, 2012 01:51 PM (ndlFj)

I can do this quicker.

I've seen better film on teeth.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 25, 2012 01:51 PM (1Y+hH)

3 Sub Par, Sub Human, and Sloppy Tolerances, welcome to your country..

Posted by: Clemenza at November 25, 2012 01:53 PM (3GuQx)

4 fourth

Posted by: Methos at November 25, 2012 01:53 PM (hO9ad)

5 I've seen better film on my kid's lost milk cup.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 25, 2012 01:55 PM (GEICT)

6 Do you really need to know anything more about the movie?

How were her tits?

Posted by: Methos at November 25, 2012 01:56 PM (hO9ad)

7 My theory is that since more than half the powers-that-be in Hollywood are gay, most of the male/female relationships you see in movies/tv shows are really male/male relationships, except they change them because, of course, you and I don't want to see two dudes getting it on.

I don't know if Stone writes his own scripts, I don't know if he's actually gay or not, but what you described sounds gay to me. A gay love triangle, only without the love. Just gay sex.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 25, 2012 01:56 PM (BeSEI)

You neocons hate something and and someone and eat your boogers!

Posted by: Marxist Twinkie at November 25, 2012 01:57 PM (1Y+hH)

9 Oliver Stone, need we say more?

Posted by: Vic at November 25, 2012 01:57 PM (YdQQY)

10 Oliver Stone, putting the "moo" in "muy malo."

Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 25, 2012 01:57 PM (4u2LN)

11 TSDR.

Posted by: Butters at November 25, 2012 01:57 PM (NIZHJ)

12 Ace, time to drag out the ban hammer again.

Posted by: Vic at November 25, 2012 01:57 PM (YdQQY)

13 Wargasms. WARGASMS.

I get those from WZ's Feel Good Vids of the Day.

Wargasms. Still laughing my ass off.

Posted by: Gem at November 25, 2012 01:58 PM (zw+pb)

14 #7, replace Hollywood with 'fashion industry' and it becomes easy to understand why 99% of runway/fashion show stuff is now utter garbage that no women would ever wear.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2012 01:58 PM (KCvsd)

15 read the book Ace... it's really good--

Posted by: tomc at November 25, 2012 01:58 PM (avEuh)

16 What parent would name her daughter "Ophelia"?!

Posted by: Dianna at November 25, 2012 01:59 PM (mKMj1)

17 14 Who buys clothes these days?

Posted by: Butters at November 25, 2012 01:59 PM (NIZHJ)

18 Believe it or not, the book is far, far worse. I can't even say it's nihilistic because it's just an incoherent mess.

Posted by: alexthechick at November 25, 2012 01:59 PM (Gk3SS)

19 Heh. There's a reason I buy from Pendleton. I don't have to worry about fashion.

Posted by: Dianna at November 25, 2012 02:00 PM (mKMj1)

20 Ophelia was a character in some Shakespeare twaddle I never read.

Posted by: Butters at November 25, 2012 02:00 PM (NIZHJ)

21 #18 - Alexthechick, is the title the same, and who was the author?

Posted by: Dianna at November 25, 2012 02:00 PM (mKMj1)

22 Thank you. I almost watched it last night. I've now erased the DVD-R.

Posted by: Hopped Up on Something at November 25, 2012 02:01 PM (+paCV)

23 #20, Butters, that's kinda the point. Ophelia's a suicide; what a thing to subject one's daughter to!

Posted by: Dianna at November 25, 2012 02:01 PM (mKMj1)

24 Ophelia is the name of a silver mine in Virginia City.

Posted by: Vic at November 25, 2012 02:01 PM (YdQQY)

25 Oliver who? I spent the weekend doing cleanup and getting the holiday lights up. Fuck Hollywood; they're getting none my scoobs.

Posted by: crotchetyoldjarhead at November 25, 2012 02:02 PM (+A7/9)

26 #17, well considering 'designers' are doing so poorly (in terms of their product sucking and the economy sucking) that they now have to resort to selling at discount retailers to make any sales, I guess no one? I get a chuckle out of anyone spending money on Philip Stark stuff. Anonymous industrial designers in parts of China no one ever heard off deliver better products to shelves and racks than that clown.

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2012 02:02 PM (KCvsd)

27 No vaginas were injured in the making of this film.

Posted by: eman at November 25, 2012 02:02 PM (bWwMZ)

28 23 I knew a girl named Ophelia once. She became a crack whore.

Posted by: Butters at November 25, 2012 02:02 PM (NIZHJ)

29
Look on the bright side.
In 2014 you'll have a chance to review Prometheus 2.

Posted by: YIKES! at November 25, 2012 02:02 PM (Pczp2)

30 Only war porn can bring on a war-game. Oliver Stone is a diseased, hateful sack of sputum.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2012 02:03 PM (XkWWK)

31 Alexthechick, is the title the same, and who was the author?

Yup, title's the same and it was written by Don Winslow who is one of the hot new "it" writers. I've read a few of his books and it's just boring, boring, boring attempts to be outre and shocking and ever so jaded by life. Yeah. Because that's new.

Posted by: alexthechick at November 25, 2012 02:03 PM (Gk3SS)

32 I know someone named Ofelia. Her parents are from Mexico.

Posted by: huerfano at November 25, 2012 02:03 PM (bAGA/)

33 30 war-GASM...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2012 02:03 PM (XkWWK)

34 I haven't had a good wargasm since Panzer General 2.

Posted by: Methos at November 25, 2012 02:03 PM (hO9ad)

35 the ending was BS with the newest hollywood trend, the false violent ending.

another recent tween flick had the same thing. A shootout, then nah, it was only a dream, here's how it really went down peacefully.

I think the savages movie could have been salvaged if they had more of Tim Riggins taking down the cartel violently. But nope, not enough.

Posted by: joeindc44 at November 25, 2012 02:04 PM (3zQJl)

I've seen better film in the sewer lagoon.

Posted by: Marxist Twinkie at November 25, 2012 02:04 PM (1Y+hH)

37 I'd rather watch Rochelle, Rochelle.

Posted by: Y-not on the phone at November 25, 2012 02:05 PM (5H6zj)

desock

Posted by: Meremortal at November 25, 2012 02:05 PM (1Y+hH)

39 "14 #7, replace Hollywood with 'fashion industry' and it becomes easy to understand why 99% of runway/fashion show stuff is now utter garbage that no women would ever wear. Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2012 05:58 PM (KCvsd) " Also, why most "models" look a lot like prepubescent boys. Oh... that's one of those connections we're not allowed to make. My bad.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at November 25, 2012 02:06 PM (vIRPd)

40 What's "FIOS" stand for?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 25, 2012 02:06 PM (i0App)

41 40 I have it and I have no idea.

Posted by: Butters at November 25, 2012 02:07 PM (NIZHJ)

42 Blake Lively as the lead, wow let me just down a bottle of NyQuil now and save myself the trouble.

Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at November 25, 2012 02:07 PM (NzBQO)

43 18 Believe it or not, the book is far, far worse. I can't even say it's nihilistic because it's just an incoherent mess. Posted by: alexthechick at November 25, 2012 05:59 PM (Gk3SS) Well, the perfect Stone screenplay treatment then.

Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Waiting for the Sun at November 25, 2012 02:08 PM (q498R)

44 I've seen better film on mobile home windows

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 25, 2012 02:09 PM (GEICT)

45 #31 - Alexthechick, thank you, I'll know not to bother!

Posted by: Dianna at November 25, 2012 02:10 PM (mKMj1)

46 Â” Do you really need to know anything more about the movie? ***** Yes. Does Blake Lively get nekkid?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 02:10 PM (piMMO)

47 Spoiler Alert: Joe Dirt finds his parents

Posted by: CraigPoe at November 25, 2012 02:10 PM (BVkEs)

48 Yet again, another reason why I'm simply not interested in anything that comes of Hollywood anymore. I'm just done with it.

Posted by: ErikW at November 25, 2012 02:10 PM (4w38F)

49 I see Brian Dennehy used a pseudonym.

Posted by: eman at November 25, 2012 02:11 PM (bWwMZ)

50 That sex scene is a rip off of the only sex scene (to my recollection) in Speilberg's Munich. Not even original.

Posted by: L, elle at November 25, 2012 02:11 PM (0PiQ4)

51 46 Â” Do you really need to know anything more about the movie? ***** Yes. Does Blake Lively get nekkid? Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 06:10 PM (piMMO) Damn good point and for shame on Teh Horde for not asking it sooner.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 25, 2012 02:11 PM (GEICT)

52 spoiler alert...wreck it ralph, wrecks it

Posted by: phoenixgirl at November 25, 2012 02:11 PM (GVxQo)

53 I don't really care what the fashion industry does, because they are not trying to sell to me. But Hollywood is, and what they sell often times does not ring true. The relationships they show us don't make sense because the writers often have no idea what male/female relationships really look like.

You know how they say "write what you know?" Well that's what gay writers do too. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with them doing so, it's just false when they try to plug it into hetero relationships.

Posted by: BurtTC at November 25, 2012 02:11 PM (BeSEI)

54 Wow. Kaepernick is looking like the real deal.

Posted by: alexthechick at November 25, 2012 02:11 PM (Gk3SS)

55 What's "FIOS" stand for?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 25, 2012 06:06 PM (i0App)

Short version.

Bringing fiberoptic service closer to your house if not just outside.

Saying good by to Comcast coax.

Posted by: YIKES! at November 25, 2012 02:12 PM (Pczp2)

56 agreed, it was an awful movie.

Posted by: trailortrash at November 25, 2012 02:12 PM (xllDV)

57 Someone posted The Twinkie Curtain Descends thing I posted this morning.

Posted by: Butters at November 25, 2012 02:12 PM (NIZHJ)

58 Pick 6.

Posted by: Butters at November 25, 2012 02:15 PM (NIZHJ)

59 Stone's first mistake was the title. Shoulda called it SAUSAGES instead of Savages. It's more catchy. And everyone likes sausages. Savages not so much.

Posted by: soothsayer at November 25, 2012 02:15 PM (q0cz/)

60 Does Blake Lively get nekkid?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 06:10 PM (piMMO)

Damn good point and for shame on Teh Horde for not asking it sooner.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 25, 2012 06:11 PM (GEICT)

I thought I implied that question at #6

Posted by: Methos at November 25, 2012 02:15 PM (hO9ad)

61 Drew Brees is not a happy sausage.

Posted by: soothsayer at November 25, 2012 02:16 PM (q0cz/)

62 Someone posted The Twinkie Curtain Descends thing I posted this morning. ***** Unless your name is Mark Steyn, you can hardly take credit for it being posted here. What are the odds that someone else here reads NRO?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 02:16 PM (piMMO)

63 Wasn't Ophelia in one of them plays by that English Bill Shakestone feller? I think she drownded herself at the end. Damn depressing story.

Posted by: Jim in Arkansas at November 25, 2012 02:16 PM (mvIrr)

64 Yeah. Were people to stop paying for Hollywood's enema fluid, they would go bankrupt. (Or O*ama would have to bail them out.)

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at November 25, 2012 02:17 PM (vIRPd)

65 How was Hayek? I think she'd be interesting as the bad girl character.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 02:17 PM (piMMO)

66 Tonight is Boardwalk Empire, Homeland, TWD for me.

Posted by: Walkers! at November 25, 2012 02:17 PM (TYO2p)

67 What are the odds that someone else here reads NRO? Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 06:16 PM (piMMO) Just back from visiting NRO. Yes, it is still a RINO orgy.

Posted by: eman at November 25, 2012 02:18 PM (bWwMZ)

68 Bains voice was so ridiculous that I must mention it again. It was like Darth Vader doing a bad impression of a Bond villain.

Posted by: soothsayer at November 25, 2012 02:19 PM (q0cz/)

69 Wasn't Ophelia in one of them plays by that English BillShakestonefeller? I think she drownded herself at the end. Damn depressing story. Posted by: Jim in Arkansas at November 25, 2012 06:16 PM (mvIrr) She jumped off the Washington Monument. Don't you know anything?

Posted by: eman at November 25, 2012 02:19 PM (bWwMZ)

@BCochran1981

I've got another one but it involves a Sybian reference and I just...can't...do it.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 25, 2012 02:19 PM (1Y+hH)

71 Ophelia Pain.

Posted by: Bubba Clinton at November 25, 2012 02:21 PM (6TB1Z)

7: what you described sounds gay to me. A gay love triangle, only without the love. Just gay sex.

Three guys cuddling on a couch holding hands and that's all that happens? Seems even less likely than two guys and a girl cuddling on a couch holding hands and that's all that happens.

Posted by: Jim in Arkansas at November 25, 2012 02:22 PM (mvIrr)

73 Does Selma Hayek get nekkid?

Posted by: lowandslow at November 25, 2012 02:22 PM (GZitp)

74 Movies?

Never heard of them.

Posted by: Charles Gibson at November 25, 2012 02:22 PM (wR+pz)

75 OK according to leftard "truth", vets are nihilistic rageaholics unable to connect on an emotional level with other humans but their "god" they re-elected can watch men fight and beg for help, and do nothing except go to sleep and lie about it later and the rest of the world is OK with that and we are the nihilistic ones unable to connect with others the rage, well, that part they might have got right. At least with me.

Posted by: thunderb at November 25, 2012 02:22 PM (Dnbau)

76 Drug dealers don't really interest me. Do they talk with interesting people at some point?

Posted by: Butters at November 25, 2012 02:23 PM (NIZHJ)

69 eman: How phallocentric of you.

(Teen daughter is in a feminist stage and just bought a ton of books. Very amusing.)

Posted by: Jim in Virginia at November 25, 2012 02:24 PM (mvIrr)

78 Oliver Stone is a diseased, hateful sack of sputum.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 25, 2012 06:03 PM (XkWWK)

I sort of like his thinking.

Posted by: Zombie Mao at November 25, 2012 02:24 PM (wR+pz)

79 Meh. Read the "book" the movie was based on. Knew better than to see the movie.

Posted by: DaveyNC at November 25, 2012 02:25 PM (46fOI)

80 Let me get this straight: Brian Dennehy gets naked in the movie?

Posted by: Armando at November 25, 2012 02:25 PM (IDypm)

81 Drug dealers and wargasms -- normal MSNBC programming.

Posted by: TV Guide at November 25, 2012 02:25 PM (rzTDZ)

82 fuck them. losers.

Posted by: thunderb at November 25, 2012 02:26 PM (Dnbau)

83 Stone looks like he's rotting. I guess from the outside. Doesn't matter at a certain point.

Posted by: Ktgreat at November 25, 2012 02:27 PM (Rcq5f)

84 Brian Dennehy gets naked in the movie?

Brian Dennehy? Never heard of... Oh, THAT Brain Dennehy. MRRRRROOOWWWWWR.

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at November 25, 2012 02:27 PM (6TB1Z)

85 70 @BCochran1981 I've got another one but it involves a Sybian reference and I just...can't...do it. Posted by: Meremortal at November 25, 2012 06:19 PM (1Y+hH) Don't be a pussy! Lol.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 25, 2012 02:27 PM (GEICT)

86 How many pony tails did this movie get?

Posted by: Butters at November 25, 2012 02:27 PM (NIZHJ)

87 Other than showing the world her sweater kittehs in Desperado, the best thing Salma Hayek has done is the voice of Kitty Softpaws.

Posted by: crotchetyoldjarhead at November 25, 2012 02:28 PM (b5h5w)

88 I'm watching the episode of Bridezillas where Brian Dennehy is the bride. This show is the perfect example of the SCOAMF, Part Deux voting bloc, Stupid, selfish, narcissistic and spend money hey don't have.

Posted by: mpfs at November 25, 2012 02:28 PM (Mkhiu)

Between chaos in Egypt, really bloody chaos in Syria, and Iran rearming Hamas, any predictions on when the SHTF? I need to buy popcorn, along with petroleum futures.

Reminds me of Tom Lehrer's song:

The white folks hate the black folks

And the black folks hate the white folks

All of my folks hate all of your folks

And everybody hates the Jews

Posted by: Jim in Virginia at November 25, 2012 02:29 PM (mvIrr)

90 I might have gone to see sausages. I like the brown ones they put on pizza that are a little spicy but not overly so.

Posted by: Butters at November 25, 2012 02:30 PM (NIZHJ)

91 wait, Brian Dennehy plays a nekkid Salma Hayek?

Posted by: chemjeff at November 25, 2012 02:30 PM (SGEcv)

92 Stone made one (1) decent movie: Salvador. That's it.

Posted by: Mister Christopher at November 25, 2012 02:30 PM (DQhAB)

93 Wargasms...sounds like something out of 4chan LotR furry slash...

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at November 25, 2012 02:32 PM (Y5I9o)

94 @73 Selma is a cupid stunt.

Posted by: Nebelwerfer at November 25, 2012 02:32 PM (Kflw4)

95 Spittoon?

Posted by: Butters at November 25, 2012 02:32 PM (NIZHJ)

96
Benicio Del Toro cuts some mean bush and steals the show.

Posted by: Four and a half leaf blowers at November 25, 2012 02:32 PM (Bf15u)

97 Boregasm.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at November 25, 2012 02:32 PM (vIRPd)

98 blowhardgasm

Posted by: thunderb at November 25, 2012 02:33 PM (Dnbau)

99 So its basically a remake of a Cheech and Chong movie that also is not funny?

Posted by: Butters at November 25, 2012 02:34 PM (NIZHJ)

100 Whoda thunk it? Brandon Weedon against Pittsburgh would have been a better choice than Flacco against SD? Me. that's who. Too dang bad I second guessed myself.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 02:34 PM (piMMO)

101 @92 Agree.

Posted by: Surf Nicaragua at November 25, 2012 02:34 PM (Kflw4)

102 Wargasms Just what we need here... New words

Posted by: Navycopjoe (team LIB) at November 25, 2012 02:34 PM (LqVsA)

103 Benicio Del Toro cuts some mean bush and steals the show. *** I remember when Traffic came out and women were swooning over him. My reaction was a big ol' WTF?! Then I saw the movie. He isn't handsome, but he has.... something.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 02:35 PM (piMMO)

104 7 My theory is that since more than half the powers-that-be in Hollywood are gay, most of the male/female relationships you see in movies/tv shows are really male/male relationships, except they change them because, of course, you and I don't want to see two dudes getting it on. I don't know if Stone writes his own scripts, I don't know if he's actually gay or not, but what you described sounds gay to me. A gay love triangle, only without the love. Just gay sex. Posted by: BurtTC at November 25, 2012 05:56 PM (BeS Funny thing. Del Toro's character freaks her out by telling her that the guys will abandon her because they love each other more that they love her. And of course, they do just that, and she doesn't appear to understand that the bad guy hit the nail on the head.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 25, 2012 02:35 PM (n9F1h)

105 Haven't-we-seen-this-film-before-gasm

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at November 25, 2012 02:35 PM (Y5I9o)

106 I-can't-take-this-any-more-gasm

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at November 25, 2012 02:36 PM (Y5I9o)

107 Wargasm was a death metal/hardcore band from 80s.

Posted by: Harbaugh needs a spittoon at November 25, 2012 02:36 PM (Kflw4)

108 So its basically a remake of a Cheech and Chong movie that also is not funny? **** I tried to watch Up in Smoke about 6 months ago. How in the hell did ANYONE, including my younger self, EVER sit through it?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 02:36 PM (piMMO)

109 Wasn't horseface's HBO show from a book about butt pirate friends?

Posted by: Butters at November 25, 2012 02:36 PM (NIZHJ)

110 I'd-rather-be-listening-to-Al-Gore-gasm (On second though, I'd rather not...)

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at November 25, 2012 02:37 PM (Y5I9o)

111

Today's Broncos/Chiefs highlight film is better than this movie.

Posted by: Meremortal at November 25, 2012 02:37 PM (1Y+hH)

112 @108:"How in the hell did ANYONE, including my younger self, EVER sit through it? Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 06:36 PM (piMMO) -- I think the title lends a helpful suggestion.

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at November 25, 2012 02:38 PM (Y5I9o)

113 Al "ozone man" Gore. Always good for a laugh. Thanks to Tipper and her PMRC discs have parental advisory stickers which kids view as a seal of approval.

Posted by: LOL at November 25, 2012 02:38 PM (Kflw4)

114

108: How in the hell did ANYONE, including my younger self, EVER sit through it?

Heavy drugs. It was hilarious.

Posted by: Jim in Virginia at November 25, 2012 02:38 PM (mvIrr)

115 PMRC in a world with Internet?

Posted by: Butters at November 25, 2012 02:39 PM (NIZHJ)

116 The Internet? Never heard of it.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at November 25, 2012 02:40 PM (vIRPd)

117 I think the title lends a helpful suggestion. **** I was never a weedie, and remember not particularly caring for the movie when I was younger, but I had no recollection of just how wretched it truly is. Then, I watched it beginning to end. Now, it makes my teeth hurt to even think about watching it.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 02:40 PM (piMMO)

118 Didn't help that Stone was trying to out-Tony Scott Tony Scott with the camera work.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 25, 2012 02:40 PM (n9F1h)

119 I'm off to New Orleans next weekend with wife and two almost 18- year old daughters. Any suggestions from the horde on fun things to do?

Posted by: Jim in Virginia at November 25, 2012 02:40 PM (mvIrr)

120 I am aware of all internet traditions.

Posted by: J. McCain at November 25, 2012 02:40 PM (Kflw4)

121 Al "ozone man" Gore. Always good for a laugh. Thanks to Tipper and her PMRC discs have parental advisory stickers which kids view as a seal of approval. ***** Tell a kid that something is too adult for him and see which he reaches for first. Brilliant strategy there.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 02:41 PM (piMMO)

122 @116:"Then, I watched it beginning to end. Now, it makes my teeth hurt to even think about watching it." -- Ah, so it was meth, then. Gotcha

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at November 25, 2012 02:41 PM (Y5I9o)

123 Somebody taught Juan McCain how to do E-Mail?

Posted by: Butters at November 25, 2012 02:41 PM (NIZHJ)

124 And ftr, salma Hayek is smoking hawt Her stripper scene in that silent bob movie ruined so many socks Tmi?

Posted by: Navycopjoe (team LIB) at November 25, 2012 02:42 PM (AdHyU)

125 Probably al-Gore. He did invent the Internet after all...

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at November 25, 2012 02:43 PM (vIRPd)

126 "64 Yeah. Were people to stop paying for Hollywood's enema fluid, they would go bankrupt. (Or O*ama would have to bail them out.)" THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE 'ARTS' already exists and does very well insisting upon itself

Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2012 02:43 PM (KCvsd)

127 E-Mail? Never heard of it.

Posted by: Jose McCain at November 25, 2012 02:44 PM (Kflw4)

128 Almost all the male actors in Hwd now have the hair waxed off their chests to look more "twink. "

Posted by: Walkers! at November 25, 2012 02:44 PM (TYO2p)

129 128. Once you go twink... You'll never tap pink

Posted by: Navycopjoe (team LIB) at November 25, 2012 02:45 PM (AdHyU)

130 Ophelia was a character in some Shakespeare twaddle I never read.

Posted by: Butters at November 25, 2012 06:00 PM (NIZHJ)

Facepalm.

"Just kidding, heÂ’s ultra violent, sadistic, and has rage issues." --Ace

The Frogman came across a cool customer,m except in bed, where he fucked her aggressively, which is fine if that's one trick in the toolbag, not the entire repertoire.

"So there are lots of scenes of the three of them on a couch and sheÂ’s cuddling with one of the guys while holding hands with the other dude. Â‘Cause, you know, young guys are known for their level headedness when it comes to sexual relations with a hot chick they both love. ItÂ’s perfectly reasonable that they are mellow about the whole situation and thereÂ’s never any tension." --Ace

It's rare, but it does happen, as I've seen it.

Anyway, Oliver Stone is a cunt, but I thought "Savages" was entertaining, but then again I saw it at 2:00 AM in a drunken stupor (smuggled promo CD).

Posted by: toliver at November 25, 2012 02:46 PM (fCAbm)

131 The PMRC Senate hearings: Zappa said the only reason they had the hearings was because Tipper was sleeping with the committee chair. Gore responded, "Mr Zappa, I'm your biggest fan and I have all your records." Senator Exon from Nebraska retorted, "Mr Zappa, I've never heard of you but if you ever talked about my wife the way you just did about Mrs. Gore, I'd beat the snot out of you."

Posted by: Jim in Virginia at November 25, 2012 02:46 PM (mvIrr)

132 "126 "64 Yeah. Were people to stop paying for Hollywood's enema fluid, they would go bankrupt. (Or O*ama would have to bail them out.)" THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE 'ARTS' already exists and does very well insisting upon itself Posted by: BlueFalcon in Boston at November 25, 2012 06:43 PM (KCvsd) " Government. Is there anything it can't "improve?"

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at November 25, 2012 02:46 PM (vIRPd)

133 Why can't I properly format a post here? Oh yeah, I'm a moron.

Posted by: toliver at November 25, 2012 02:47 PM (fCAbm)

134 "Show me your Palestinian flotilla face!"

Posted by: Rachel Maddow On The Cum. at November 25, 2012 02:48 PM (UjZK5)

135 This Saints-49ers game is decent but I wish Jim would stop spitting everywhere.

Posted by: A. Smith #11 at November 25, 2012 02:48 PM (Kflw4)

136 Posted by: Jim in Virginia at November 25, 2012 06:40 PM (mvIrr)

Well, you'll want to stay far, far away from Bourbon Street when your daughters are around...

Posted by: chemjeff at November 25, 2012 02:48 PM (SGEcv)

137 jim in Virginia Tour the cemeteries but go with a guide. Do not go by yourself. Good food, Court of Two Sisters. I don't know if I would take my 18 year old daughters with me.

Posted by: mpfs at November 25, 2012 02:48 PM (Mkhiu)

138 Posted by: toliver at November 25, 2012 06:46 PM (fCAbm) Ace didn't write the review.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at November 25, 2012 02:48 PM (vIRPd)

139 I read that Palestinian Tortilla.

Posted by: Butters at November 25, 2012 02:48 PM (NIZHJ)

140 @134 The first time I watched PMSNBC drunk I though Madcow was a man! Bwahaha!

Posted by: here comes Colin rawhide at November 25, 2012 02:49 PM (Kflw4)

141 I'm off to New Orleans next weekend with wife and two almost 18- year old daughters. Any suggestions from the horde on fun things to do? **** Stick to the market, the touristy sites such as Jackson Square, and stay they hell out of the Quarter. They might be "almost" 18, but who needs the discomfort of explaining the trannies in the windows and why the streets smell of puke and piss? And... skip the franchise restaurants for God's sake. New Orleans has some of the best restaurants/food in the world. And, a cheap little pick me up, which some regard as too obvious, but I always enjoy, is Cafe Du Monde. Grab a cafe au lait and a plate of beignets. If you want an upscale night, Bam!-man's restaurant, Emeril's Delmonico, on St. Charles Street, is really terrific and for great food and a more loosy-goosy environment, his NOLA restaurant is great as well.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 02:50 PM (piMMO)

142 Later, all. God bless.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at November 25, 2012 02:50 PM (vIRPd)

143 I'm off to New Orleans next weekend with wife and two almost 18- year old daughters. Any suggestions from the horde on fun things to do?

Posted by: Jim in Virginia at November 25, 2012 06:40 PM (mvIrr)

Get a guided tour that includes the graveyards, ride a streetcar out to the Garden District, visit CafÃ© Du Monde for cafÃ© au lait and beignets, ride a steamboat, and visit Preservation Hall.

Posted by: Hrothgar at November 25, 2012 02:51 PM (Cnqmv)

144 Jim in Arkansas, there are some nice shops on Chartres St in the Quarter. I especially like Lucullus antiques ( kitcheny sorts of things, dishes, etc) and Hove perfumery. I myself would not go anywhere after dark, period. I'd say 3/4ths of the place isn't safe during the daylight hours, either, but I do love the place. Cemetery tours are fun, but there are some rough rough areas where people get robbed, so go with a tour. It's a good eating town, though many of the old places are not the same as they were.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 25, 2012 02:52 PM (cQPiF)

145 Oh And never, ever, try to outsmart the street folks. If they try to make a bet that you can or cannot do something, take their word for it. You don't want to be knifed on your way to the car for stiffing them. If you make the bet, pay the piper.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 02:52 PM (piMMO)

146 Jim, Keep your daughters out of the quarter. I mean it. Have you been down in NOLA before?

Posted by: mpfs at November 25, 2012 02:52 PM (Mkhiu)

147 Read the book, hated all the characters, except the antagonist (portrayed by Salma Hayek in the movie). Spoiler alert: I was happy when they all died at the end.

Posted by: butch at November 25, 2012 02:53 PM (nK2Sx)

148 *sniff* I really, really miss my expense account. When the hell am I ever going to stay at a JWM, a Ritz, or an Intercontinental again?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 02:54 PM (piMMO)

149 Has the Riverwalk held up well? I remember when they were putting that up.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 25, 2012 02:54 PM (cQPiF)

150 Ebert: "I give this film 2 flaccid cocks." Siskel: "Sounds like a gay threesome at your place."

Posted by: At The Movies Final Airing at November 25, 2012 02:54 PM (UjZK5)

151 I had the misfortune to having to watch this peace of crap movie. Anyone planning on watching it - don't, unless you want to have strange rumblings in your gut from wanting to hit John Carter in the mouth so all his teeth fall out. And this Blake something so called actress - a plastic Barbie has more range of emotions than that twit.

Posted by: Ma Bell at November 25, 2012 02:56 PM (uVuwp)

152 Riverwalk where the cruise ships dock has a lot to see and do. For God's sake don't walk around after dark. Take a cab back to your hotel. Have fun but be careful.

Posted by: mpfs at November 25, 2012 02:56 PM (Mkhiu)

153 149 It has Tami. I took a cruise from there not too long ago.

Posted by: mpfs at November 25, 2012 02:57 PM (Mkhiu)

154 Spoiler alert: I was happy when they all died at the end. Posted by: butch at November 25, 2012 06:53 PM (nK2Sx) Wrong , they did not. You must have been stoned

Posted by: Ma Bell at November 25, 2012 02:57 PM (uVuwp)

155 You are going to piss off Comcast/Exfinity with your reviews and comments. They are running an interview with Oliver reviewing his newest piece of shit 24/7. By listening to him explain the characters and how they got into this circumstance with a Mexican Drug cartel, you would think he had a "wargasm" putting this crappile on film. Speaking of the "gay" issues, I think Stone ripped this off and changed the drug cartel plot from an immigration plot "gay" movie that is on the Netflix streaming line up. This movie is called "Running the Boarder" or something like that and it has the threesome except there are no chicks in this threesome. LOL

Posted by: Dolley Payne Todd Madison at November 25, 2012 02:57 PM (KI7Dk)

156 My theory is that since more than half the powers-that-be in Hollywood are gay, most of the male/female relationships you see in movies/tv shows are really male/male relationships, except they change them because, of course, you and I don't want to see two dudes getting it on.

Apparently that's Sex in the City. It's a lot more realistic if you realize they're 4 gay men.

Posted by: AmishDude at November 25, 2012 02:58 PM (xSegX)

157 Honestly, Jim, there is no point in going to New Orleans without going to the Quarter. Yes, much of it is pissy and you darn sure don't want to let your babies wander on their own, but it's also very beautiful and unique.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 25, 2012 02:59 PM (cQPiF)

158 Sort of like Leaves of Grass.

Posted by: Butters at November 25, 2012 02:59 PM (NIZHJ)

159 124 And ftr, salma Hayek is smoking hawt Her stripper scene in that silent bob movie ruined so many socks Tmi? Posted by: Navycopjoe (team LIB) at November 25, 2012 06:42 PM (AdHyU) Why have I never seen this????

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 25, 2012 02:59 PM (GEICT)

160 Ma Bell @ 154 - Didn't waste my time on the movie. They all died at the end of the book. Well, the two guys were killed and O committed suicide. So alt the rap they endured was for naught.

Posted by: butch at November 25, 2012 02:59 PM (nK2Sx)

161 Honestly, it sounds like a cry for help from ol' Ollie. "I need help and I'm not getting therapy. Somebody talk to me!"

Posted by: AmishDude at November 25, 2012 03:00 PM (xSegX)

162

Ditto on the street folk (read poor black people). Don't make any bets.

It's a weird town, keep your daughters close. Wear clothes that are not rich or gaudy.

The Quarter is interesting in the daylight, but yeah, with teenage daughters, stay out of it after sundown.

Had beignets at Cafe du Monde with my wife once, and one of the plates was filthy with an old cigarette butt. The place is just the dirtiest old rivercity in the US. Most of the people are actually pretty friendly, but there is a real dangerous element there that is not so easy to identify by skin color or dress.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is Eddie Willers at November 25, 2012 03:01 PM (Md8Uo)

163

BurtTC, just because a writer is gay doesn't mean he has to be a hack. Back in the 1930s and 1940s, writers like Noel Coward and Terence Rattigan could write sympathetically about adulteresses and mistresses to married men - that is, literal sexual outlaws like themselves - without sacrificing realism. In fact, they acknowledged that when a woman "follows her bliss", it often ends really badly for her.

Posted by: Pete in TX at November 25, 2012 03:02 PM (5fBlW)

164 Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 25, 2012 06:59 PM (cQPiF) Evenin Miss Tammy. How goes it? What's the countdown on seein your guy?

Posted by: BCochran1981 at November 25, 2012 03:02 PM (GEICT)

165 Jim, although the warnings are sincere, and necessary, New Orleans does have a lot to offer, it's just not somewhere where you let your guard down, particularly after night. However, I've seen a difference/improvement in that regard since Katrina. I think a lot of the worst element moved on to other places such as Houston and Baton Rouge at taxpayer expense. Enjoy yourself: Eat some incredible food, do some shopping, and just be smart, and you'll have a great time. Must try foods: pralines, gumbo, etouffee, po-boys. And, if there are any young girls in your life, there is a wonderful store on the south side of Jackson Square. I can't remember the name, but I always stop there. They sell antique lace dresses and bibs, etc.... They also have reproductions, so there's something in every price range. Really, really beautiful stuff.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 03:03 PM (piMMO)

166 Speaking of "Wargasm": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phviD0VI2OE

Posted by: L7 at November 25, 2012 03:03 PM (sZTYJ)

167 Why can't I properly format a post here? Oh yeah, I'm a moron.
It's not you. It's me.

Posted by: pixy's newest hamster at November 25, 2012 03:03 PM (nkiQM)

168

Apparently that's Sex in the City. It's a lot more realistic if you realize they're 4 gay men.

I haven't seen it, but thought that Sex in the City had a bunch of naked chicks in it. Or am I thinking of something else?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 25, 2012 03:04 PM (4u2LN)

169 a real dangerous element there that is not so easy to identify by skin color or dress. Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch is Eddie Willers at November 25, 2012 07:01 PM (Md8Uo) Yep. Also, I think Cafe du Mond is way overrated any more. But do find you a little old black man selling po' boys somewhere.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 25, 2012 03:05 PM (cQPiF)

170 It was adapted from a book about gheys.

Posted by: Butters at November 25, 2012 03:05 PM (NIZHJ)

171 I forgot to ask. What is the reason for the visit to New Orleans?

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 03:06 PM (piMMO)

172 I haven't been to the French Quarter post-Katrina but when I was there it was stunningly beautiful by day and wickedly enticing by night. I've been fortunate enough to travel most of the lower 48 and NOLA rates in my top 3 including Yellowstone and the OBX.

Posted by: ErikW at November 25, 2012 03:06 PM (4w38F)

173 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 07:03 PM (piMMO) Did they also sell perfume, NDH? I think Hove carries clothing, now.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 25, 2012 03:06 PM (cQPiF)

174 Yep. Also, I think Cafe du Mond is way overrated any more. But do find you a little old black man selling po' boys somewhere. **** it's a cheap seat with curbside entertainment in a place where not much is cheap. It's really not much more than that but I think most people know that.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 03:07 PM (piMMO)

175 "Apparently that's Sex in the City. It's a lot more realistic if you realize they're 4 gay men." Brian in Family Guy had it right. "So, it's about three hookers and their mother."

Posted by: eman at November 25, 2012 03:07 PM (bWwMZ)

176 The music in NO is top notched as is the food. You'll find plenty to do. Lot's of street entertainment and walking tours including those by the nps.

Posted by: Walkers! at November 25, 2012 03:10 PM (TYO2p)

177 Visiting NOLA? Definately do a haunted hotel or cemetary tour. When I was there last, we did the haunted hotel tour. As post upthread, the French Quarter is one of a kind and you will not have any problem finding something to keep you entertained.

Posted by: Dolley Payne Todd Madison at November 25, 2012 03:10 PM (KI7Dk)

178 I liked the Garden District cemetery tour. The street car ride out there was fun, too.

Posted by: Walkers! at November 25, 2012 03:11 PM (TYO2p)

179 I haven't been to the French Quarter post-Katrina but when I was there it was stunningly beautiful by day and wickedly enticing by night. I've been fortunate enough to travel most of the lower 48 and NOLA rates in my top 3 including Yellowstone and the OBX. **** Were you drunk, because despite the stunning architecture, the stench in the quarter is overwhelming night or day. However, I love NOL. Between the music and the food and the tension in the air, it is an incredibly sexy place. That being said, I've also stayed at the Royal Sonesta, by myself, and ventured down Bourbon Street on my own. I only made it a couple of blocks before I became very conscious of my jewelry and headed back to the hotel. Directly across the street was a little courtyard with a band and drinks and I settled in there and had a great time chatting with the tourists.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 03:12 PM (piMMO)

180 119.....Do the River Road plantation tour, specifically the Oak Alley plantation. If you eat in the Quarter try the Old Nawlins Cookery. You can go to the west bank on the Algiers ferry and get a cab to Salvos Seafood In Belle Chase...best fried oyster po boy in the area. If you're really looking to do something different take a swamp tour. And yeah, coffee au lait and begniets in the morning is a helluva breakfast. Don't let the American Heart Association intimidate you.... Enjoy!!

Posted by: crotchetyoldjarhead at November 25, 2012 03:13 PM (6Uk7l)

181 Did they also sell perfume, NDH? I think Hove carries clothing, now. *** Not that I recall. This is really pretty much a children's shop although I bought some incredibly aromatic sachets and a few trinket boxes there as well. It's a dreamy little shop and now I must go and look up the name.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 03:14 PM (piMMO)

182 I saw it. Stone owes me two hours of my life back. There were audible groans coming from the audience. I stayed for the whole thing because it was like a train wreck. I just wanted to see how bad it could get. It had the worse ending in cinematic history. I will never waste another $ 10 on Stone movie again.

Posted by: BigBoreCore at November 25, 2012 03:17 PM (z4Cjb)

183 Tammy, it's Rendezvous Linens on St. Peter St. and I think the doll shop is right next door.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 03:18 PM (piMMO)

184 Is it like Pi?

Posted by: Journolist at November 25, 2012 03:19 PM (BgZ8b)

185 SD/BAL OT now

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 03:19 PM (piMMO)

186 ooh, thanks! Because I absolutely love aromatic sachets and there is no such thing as too many trinket boxes. If you go again, you need to go to Hove, (accent mark over the e); it's a pretty little shop, too.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 25, 2012 03:19 PM (cQPiF)

187 ooh, thanks! Because I absolutely love aromatic sachets and there is no such thing as too many trinket boxes. If you go again, you need to go to Hove, (accent mark over the e); it's a pretty little shop, too. **** Will do! The last time I was there I took one of my co-workers to Rendezvous and, well, let's just say that his little princess received quite the surprise when daddy returned home from that trip. He loaded up! Lace dresses, music boxes, sachets, jewelry. I really love that shop.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 03:23 PM (piMMO)

188 NDH, I thought being drunk was a requirement! I was in town for a wedding and was staying at the La Quinta Inn across the water in Slidell. I had a great time. I even made the trek to the corner of Camp and Lafayette where Oswald's office was.

Posted by: ErikW at November 25, 2012 03:23 PM (4w38F)

189 ooh, thanks! Because I absolutely love aromatic sachets and there is no such thing as too many trinket boxes. If you go again, you need to go to Hove, (accent mark over the e); it's a pretty little shop, too. **** OH! And the sachets I purchased are that lovely, light , powdery, rosey scent that makes you feel like you are in a dream.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 03:24 PM (piMMO)

190 "At breakfast I had orange juice. He had 'Warange Juice"'.

Posted by: O Feel Ya at November 25, 2012 03:24 PM (qs9G3)

191 "I had to deal with Mickey Mouse in Orlando. He had to deal with Mickey Mouse in 'Warlando'".

Posted by: O Feel Ya at November 25, 2012 03:26 PM (qs9G3)

192 "When I saw 'Lord of the Rings', I found the Orcs frightening. He found the 'Warcs' frightening."

Posted by: O Feel Ya at November 25, 2012 03:29 PM (qs9G3)

193 Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 07:24 PM (piMMO) Dang, I wonder if they have an online shop?? I want some! Does anyone know if the Mannings still live on First St in the Garden District? My Aunt Chloe lives a few houses down from there. If you're into pretty old houses, the Garden District tour is nice, plus I think Lafayette 1 is the best cemetery.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 25, 2012 03:29 PM (cQPiF)

194 So basically its Academy award material then, right?

Posted by: Winston Smith (Islam edition) at November 25, 2012 03:46 PM (IwZQw)

195 The movie was an idiotic lionization of a really smart UC Berkely neo-metro homo liberal who brews up the weed that "everybody who is anybody" needs to smoke while massaging the prostate of his war buddy and muscle. The film uses an unbelievable cast of narco Mexicanos because Mitt Romney was not yet running against Lord God BuFu Obama. And there was no female nudity. This film was intellectually limp as well as non-erotic. I think Stone let the baby sitter write this idiotic trope so she wouldn't squeal about the blow job.

Posted by: Ben Ghazzi at November 25, 2012 03:49 PM (ZEoTw)

196 Okay. I take back what I said about Flacco earlier.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at November 25, 2012 03:54 PM (piMMO)

197 Speaking of crap, Amazon has Heavens Gate for a 2.99 rental, I should watch it just so I can say I have.

Posted by: lowandslow at November 25, 2012 03:58 PM (GZitp)

198 Sorry to drop out, dinner intervened. I lived in NOLA in junior high but haven't been back in thirty years. It was tawdry and mildewed then; folks tell me it's gone downhill since Katrina. I'm looking forward to a few good restaurant meals. One daughter is interested in Tulane; I figure New Orleans will appall her or intrigue her.

Posted by: Jim in Virginia at November 25, 2012 04:01 PM (mvIrr)

199 Heavens Gate Runtime: 3 hours 40 minutes. Yeah I won't be watching that anytime soon.

Posted by: lowandslow at November 25, 2012 04:04 PM (GZitp)

200

171: Southern Regional Irish dance competition, and a visit to Tulane. The first was planned a year ago. The second is opportunistic.

I honestly can't understand why any Irish dance teachers ( with primarily nine to sixteen year old girls as students) would consider New Orleans a good place for a weekend. No complaints, just seeems poor judgment.

Posted by: Jim in Virginia at November 25, 2012 04:07 PM (mvIrr)

201 Ophelia is a song by The Band.

Posted by: puddleglum at November 25, 2012 04:08 PM (hACg9)

202 wargasms? really. Thanks for the wave-off. It sounds stupid as fuck.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at November 25, 2012 04:09 PM (pUqSw)

203 157Honestly, Jim, there is no point in going to New Orleans with out going to the Quarter. Yes, much of it is pissy and you darn sure don't want to let your babies wander on their own, but it's also very beautiful and unique.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at November 25, 2012 06:59 PM

Agreed. Your girls are 18, not 8. The Quarter can be a hoot and a great teaching experience for kids. Just don't hitg the dueling pianos at O'Brien's too early and you should be fine. BTW, when I took my kids I bought long pointy umbrellas for safety.

Posted by: olddog at November 25, 2012 04:16 PM (Zf0wz)

204

Ok, do you have to double space for post to be readable? Or, am I just a retard?

Posted by: olddog at November 25, 2012 04:18 PM (Zf0wz)

205 New Orleans has a big dance tradition. I have family there and as a kid got dragged to a big dance recital and by big I mean huge.

Posted by: Walkers! at November 25, 2012 04:19 PM (TYO2p)

206 Heavens Gate Runtime: 3 hours 40 minutes. Yeah I won't be watching that anytime soon.

Think of it as an inexpensive sleep aid. Unlike sleeping pills, you only have to buy it once.

Posted by: Winston Smith (Islam edition) at November 25, 2012 04:20 PM (IwZQw)

207

Heavens Gate Runtime: 3 hours 40 minutes

There's always Ishtar. Shorter but no better.

Posted by: Jim in Virginia at November 25, 2012 04:22 PM (mvIrr)

208 I haven't been to New Orleans since 1990. I found the French Quarter to have a quaint sleeze to it. I was there in the daytime and I was 21. I didn't run into any problems. The food and music is wonderful. The rest of the city is a dump.

Posted by: puddleglum at November 25, 2012 04:22 PM (hACg9)

209 If I'm not mistaking it for something else, Heaven's Gate has a pretty hot nude chick in it. Once, a friend and I were in a bar and it was on the TV. Nobody else seemed to notice.

Posted by: rickl at November 25, 2012 04:26 PM (sdi6R)

210 Names? I'll give you names:

There's a molybdenum mine in Climax, Colorado-- called "Climax Molly", of course. What else could you call a molybdenum mine in Climax, Colorado ??

( true story )

Posted by: Jerry Jack in Jacksonville at November 25, 2012 04:30 PM (Dll6b)

211 There's always Ishtar. Shorter but nobetter.

The CIA uses Ishtar on the hard cases even water boarding fails on...

Posted by: Winston Smith (Islam edition) at November 25, 2012 04:33 PM (IwZQw)

212 Re 209: I just looked it up. It was Isabelle Huppert, who was about 27 at the time.

Posted by: rickl at November 25, 2012 04:40 PM (sdi6R)

213
I was actually looking forward to this movie coming out (due to the previews) and then saw it when it came out.

Disappointed doesn't begin to describe it. The thing is, this COULD'VE been a great movie.

Oh yeah, fuck Oliver Stone.

Posted by: thebronze at November 25, 2012 04:46 PM (8ISkP)

214 The end is the worst part.

Posted by: Adam at November 25, 2012 04:49 PM (/YJYi)

215 Hated this movie more than I hated "Safe House" and that's saying something. Tedious, cliched and worst of all boring. Sad part is you know the people that made it thought they were being all edgy and deep, staring into the soul of America. Which they loath of course. Stone should do everyone a favor and jump into a tank of starved crocodiles. As for NOLA, I remember by first time there as a young airman stationed at Keesler AFB. Night started with some seedy dude trying to sell me coke as I was, ahem, swapping spit with some Greek girl I had just met. Ended with us watching a group of transvestites walking arm and arm down the street. Good times! But it's a weird and dangerous place for sure.

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at November 25, 2012 05:34 PM (JRU+g)

216 I was expecting London Nights below the fold. Now I'm disappointed.

Posted by: OSUsux at November 25, 2012 06:52 PM (DFXmi)

217 Granted, Ophelia was such a stereotypical entitled white girl daddy issues puta (y'all google translate that one) that I almost wished she became a cartel victim. But I loved the scene where John Travolta gives a press conference praising Reservation Police assistance in a drug bust and blurts out "Well everyone knows that this is really belongs to America, but thanks again." You have to be there; its hilarios. And there are teh bobbehs aplenty. And for the gringo morons who have a thing for mexicanas, you''ll at least enjoy the eye candy. Who says movies must have coherent plots or conservative politics to be fun? (Fun, not meaningful)

Posted by: Danny at November 25, 2012 07:29 PM (/CqYx)

218 And for the moron who got wargasms from Panzar General 2, I got a wargasm after beating Saturn on the Chir for the first time in the 5th grade

Posted by: Danny at November 25, 2012 07:31 PM (/CqYx)

219 If you do the Quarter, do it late afternoon when they have had time to wash down the vomit and booze from the night before... maybe it is not like that all the time, but the times I have been there it wasn't pleasant in the early part of the day.

Posted by: Rob in Katy at November 25, 2012 08:45 PM (PiTBB)

220 mit and booze from the night before... maybe it is not like that all the time, but the times I have been there it wasn't pleasant in t

Posted by: conexões at November 26, 2012 02:17 AM (pPj8B)

221 e moron who got wargasms from Panzar General 2, I got a warg

Posted by: conexão de aço carbono at November 26, 2012 02:18 AM (pPj8B)

222 came a cartel victim. But I loved the scene where John Travolta gives a press conference praising Reservation Police assistance in a drug bust and blurts out "Well everyone knows that this is really belongs to America, but thanks again." You ha

Posted by: conexão A234 WPB at November 26, 2012 02:19 AM (pPj8B)

223 erence praising Reservation Police assistance in a drug bust and

Posted by: conexão para tubos soldados at November 26, 2012 02:19 AM (pPj8B)

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