A friend took us to see
the cult movie "Quantum of Solace" yesterday at a $1.25 cinema. He actually was more interested in showing us a
$1.25 movie theatre than the $1.25 movie, but to see one we had to endure the other, so this is what Hollywood's cultists gave us for our buck twenty five:
An opening chase scene that, of course, was completely incoherent.
A plot that, of course, was completely incoherent as well - even though
a good story well told is why normal people go to the movies in the first place.
A lecture on the supposed
state of the environment that, of course, was clear-as-a-bell.
An unchallenged and flat-out lie that, of course, "the world is running out of oil."
A white American who's weird, and sadistic, paired with a black American who's torn because, of course, he cares so-damn-much and his higher sense of moral values are so much more attuned to the reality of international affairs - even though most blacks I know can't find their beloved Africa unless it's on a t-shirt.
Suffering Bolivian peasants with, of course, absolutely no say in what happens in their lives.
Another incoherent fight scene, this time between a 110 lb. woman and a sadistic military man three times her size, where she not only wins but, of course, does so as a result of kicking him in the balls. (Damn: a trained killer, and rapist, fell for that one again! Amazing!)
Plus, right after we see that Bond (in another totally incoherent fight scene) can single-handedly destroy four very macho and well-trained security agents -
while they've got him under watch and trapped in an elevator - once he's in the open, of course, he finds it almost impossible to dispatch one lone European metrosexual.
And let's not forget this was another one of those lousy Hollywood "entertainments" that, of course, was hailed as a breakthrough 007 movie, in every way, as well as a true must-see event.
Our conclusion:
This was a stupid cult movie that wasn't even worth
125 pennies - and, of course, we probably wouldn't have been half as disgusted with it if that's exactly what we could have paid with. Well, that and a bucket of spit.
You cultists (both in Hollywood and in the viewing audience) should be ashamed of what you're doing to Art. The filmmakers for producing such crap and the viewers for believing it's coming out this way by accident. You're all a bunch of lamers as far as
TMR's concerned.
"Agus would give sermons in his underpants and tell disciples that he was God."
Just a note - to say TMR is now on this fucking Twitter thing-y - because notes are all it allows.
"The pope has made a serious mistake. That he is a German pope makes the matter especially bad. Pope Benedict XVI is inflicting great damage on Germany,...The pope must correct his mistake, reverse his decision and excuse himself."
"A lesbian couple who led the fight for gay marriage in Massachusetts has filed for divorce. Julie and Hillary Goodridge were among seven gay couples who filed a lawsuit that led to a court ruling making Massachusetts the first state to legalize same-sex marriages in 2004. The couple became the public face of the debate in the state and married the first day same-sex marriages became legal.
"I cannot wait for the day when people,...will realize they are talking about other human beings who have very real feelings and are doing the best they can with what they have to work with."
"Amid controversy, well known British Homeopath, Jeremy Sherr, complete with wife and children, has recently left the Malvern Hills in the West of England, for Moshi in Tanzania, to, in his words, 'get out there and cure as many people as possible'. Sherr, with colleagues in several countries, spent 10 years attempting to raise funds for a Homeopathy and AIDS research project. While there is a lot of funding available for AIDS research, they found that the moment Homeopathy was mentioned, doors were slammed shut.
"The universe is wonderful enough on its own. Space, stars, planets, black holes, galaxies, suns. The fact that out of all the elemental soup, people like us have evolved to walk and talk and create art, music, white wine, patent leather stacked mary jane shoes, Cocoa Puffs cereal, truck nutz, chocolate chip cookies, surf boards, and the Neiman Marcus cosmetics department is AMAZING. All by itself. Saying, 'god did it' is heartbreaking. It pisses on the sheer wonderousness of it all, you know? I don’t need more.
"You've got Obama naked, face down and out of it. The unicorn is rubbing lotion on his back and sort of leering at him like he wants to perform an act that would surely be illegal in all 50 -- or if you're Barack Obama -- all 57 states, if unicorns were real. It's like the start of a porn film co-directed by Liberace and Gary Gygaxx."
"This is a big problem for Obama, especially because it was such a major, major promise. He harped on it, time after time, and he created a sense of expectation around the country. This is exactly why people are skeptical of politicians, because change we can believe in is not the same thing as business as usual."
A friend took us to see the cult movie "Quantum of Solace" yesterday at a $1.25 cinema. He actually was more interested in showing us a $1.25 movie theatre than the $1.25 movie, but to see one we had to endure the other, so this is what Hollywood's cultists gave us for our buck twenty five:
TMR just picked up a copy of the new U.S. News and World Report special edition, "Mysteries of History: Secret Societies," and is glad to report all the winners covered on this blog are in there: NewAgers, Buddhists, Meditators, healers, The Peoples Temple, Heaven's Gate, and many, many more - including mentions of the dreaded "personality cult" - without mentioning Barack Obama's, of course, because (nothing strange here:) he's the POTUS. 
