I can’t sleep, so I was flipping through the channels, and I ended up watching about 5 minutes of Taxi (the recent movie, not the superb television show with the same name).
It is clear to me that there are two types of people in the world- those who think Jimmy Fallon is funny, and the rest of us. Other than his reliably amusing Bawstahn routine on SNL, Fallon is awful.
How did that movie ever get made?
scs
I kind of wonder how most movies got made.
SoCalJustice
Giselle.
I actually haven’t seen the movie, but I have flipped by it when it’s been on, lingering anytime one of her scene’s is playing.
Just saying.
Perry Como
Cindy Sheehan.
demomondian
Well, typically, there are actors who “perform” by saying “lines” to a “camera”, which records their behaviors on “film” or, these days, on a digital medium. That recording is modified, edited, and changed, and the result is printed onto a sprocketed flexible backing.
KC
Thanks for the technical explanation, demomondian, I was waiting for one.
Ancient Purple
“Taxi”?
Sheesh.
I recommend “Showgirls” with Elizabeth Berkeley or “Gigli.”
I know you will just love them.
aop
God, I hate Jimmy Fallon. What a talentless cocksucker. You’re two for two tonight, with the Phish post, AFAIC.
One “The Davinci Code was the worst piece of shit book ever” away from the trifecta.
Steve S
So I’m listening to the BBC… and they’re saying that Bush plans to give a speech tomorrow outlining how he is going to withdraw troops from Iraq.
We sure could have saved a lot of time and heartache on that one if the GOP had simply voted for Murtha’s resolution. :-)
Oh yeah. Jimmy Fallon sux.
KC
I thought he was funny five years ago.
HH
“Nick Burns: Your Company’s Computer Guy” a long while back was pretty good too.
Al Maviva
Taxi Driver, much better film.
You lookin’ at me?
Krista
I liked the send-up of Jimmy Fallon that they did on Family Guy.
Otto Man
Agreed. You sure you’re a Republican?
MrSnrub
I haven’t seen the movie, nor do I wish to, but I do like the line from Queen Latifah: “Open the door. I don’t want to get Dae-Woo on me.” (roughly paraphrased)
Gratefulcub
I am still pissed about the PHISH post. I have no problem watching you bash dems, libs, dirty hippies, greiving mothers trying to do their patriotic duty to stop the war that took her son (yes, I am kidding)……….but just don’t bash the boys. After this many years, they are like the family dog. And I love my dogs.
Steelers Suck…..Who dey who dey who dey!!
MI
Just saw this headline on msn.com “Bush offers strategy for Iraq”
heh.
And yeah, Jimmy Fallon is horrible.
Mr Furious
Listening to Phish…watching Jimmy Fallon…
My god, man! Snap out of it! It’s not too late!
BTW, Jimmy Fallon was NEVER funny. Not now, not five years ago, not ever. He helped cement the current SNL trend of smirking and laughing at one’s own jokes before even finishing the delivery that currently infects that show.
Marcus Wellby
Often with movies like Taxi I wonder if they start out as great scripts, but get destroyed by the studio process.
Perhaps the screenplay started out as something as perfect as Taxi Driver, but as it wound its way up the studio ladder, one exec said “Hey, if we reconifgured this as a comedy this would make a great vehicle for Jimmy Fallon” and another said “well, Jimmy would draw them in from the suburbs, lets find someone who could attract the ‘urban demographic’, is Queen Latifa available?”.
Or it could have sucked from the start…
Stormy70
The Davinci Code sucked. The writing was simplistic and the plot fell apart at the end. The premise could have been a contender, if the author hadn’t botched it so spectacularly.
Fallon sucks hard.
The Disenfranchised Voter
Heh, it appears a bunch of Christians have there panties in a ruffle over the Da Vinci code.
I guess the true story about early Christianity pisses you guys/gals off?
I thought the book was great. And yes, I know the book was a work of fiction but many of the passages about the rise of Christianity and it’s early history were indeed true. In particular the stuff about Constatine.
The Disenfranchised Voter
*their
*its
Marcus Wellby
Bad books piss me off. A much, much better book along the same lines is Focault’s Pendulum.
Mac Buckets
*Constantine? (Just doing what I can to help, DV)
And there are dozens of unfunny comedians out there making bad films — I can’t get fired up about Fallon, who I liked on SNL (anyone white boy who does that good a Chris Rock impression is talented), although I can’t imagine seeing one of his films.
The Disenfranchised Voter
You do realize that statement is purely subjective.
You cannot objectively say the book was “bad”; you can only give your personal take on it.
And I’m sure more people would rate the book as “good” rather than “bad”.
Bruce Moomaw
I believe it was Roger Ebert who noted that at least half the bad movies made today are intended to showcase “Saturday Night Live” alumni.
Marcus Wellby
Well, my take was it was bad, very bad. And, yes, that is my opinion. I am not attempting to offer any sort of critique on the book’s literary merit.
Steve S
read “Holy Blood, Holy Grail” if you want a bunch of nonsense strung together as a Christian conspiracy.
Since last night, Bush has changed course… Now he’s repeating the same old bullshit about staying the course without adjusting tactics. blah blah blah
Stormy70
I read Holy Blood, Holy Grail which is a much better book. I think they are suing Dan Brown for ripping off their book. Dan Brown’s writing sucked and his plot could have been much better. The ending was stupid and the writing read like a young adult book. It has nothing to do with Christianity, but everything to do with a low rent book with a subpar plotline. The premise alone deserved a better effort than Brown was able to give it.
Yes. He couldn’t have fleshed out the historic timeline a little more? I think he is a horrible writer.
Stormy70
This was a much better written piece of fiction. ;)
Vlad
Why read The DaVinci Code when there are perfectly good copies of Foucault’s Pendulum floating around?
I’m the wrong one to ask about Taxi; I don’t even understand how SNL has been on the air for the last ten years.
JWeidner
I’m no Fallon fan either, but it never ceases to amaze me that he scored a role (a serious one, no less) in what I think is one of the best mini-series of all time, Band of Brothers. I forget the exact episode – it may have been #6, but it was just before Easy Co. took up positions in the forest surrounding Bastogne. They’re trying to scrounge up ammo to face the coming Germans and Fallon drives up in a jeep full of rifle rounds and such.
Of course, if you think his comedy sucks, you should see when he attempts to be “serious”. It’s probably one of the worst acted scenes in the entire series.
aop
I’m an atheist. You don’t have to be a Christian just to hate “The Davinci Code,” just someone who either likes good books, or is offended by terrible writing. The opening of TDC is a gripper, followed by 300 pages of the most predictable, and yet simultaneously wholly unbelievable crapola I’ve ever wasted three days of my life reading. By the end, I was just reading it so I could complain about it afterwards. The main character of TDC gets my nomination for “the most incredible forgettable main character in a novel, ever.”
Stormy70
Who?
Exactly.