  Another weekend, another shitty game for Leeds. Consdiering we could have been 3-0 up in the first ten minutes, it is kind of a pisser to lose 4-1. Viduka scored the hardest chance, and missed a fucking open goal, simultanously showing why he does and doesn't deserve £64k a week. The midfield is the main problem for us at the moment. Milner is knackered due to playing constantly all season despite only being 17, our best midfielder is an Arsenal player and the central midfield of McPhail and Johnson ain't scaring anyone (oh, for a decent, experienced holding midfielder...) Went to the pub and watched the Arse v Scum match, which wasn't generally a great game, but had an underlying air of malevolence which made it interesting. The highlights: Wenger and Fergie screaming at each other; Henry's penalty call which managed to look like a dive, a foul by Carroll and a foul by Brown depending on the camera angle; Henry's goal; Henry looking like he wanted to twat Lauren for wasting a chance (and he apparently did twat him afterwards); the advert before the second half for Nike (mainly, when Cristiano Ronaldo grabs Roberto Carlos and says "Ole".
He tries to look tough, but it actually makes it look like a scene from a gay porn film); some guy coming up to me, asking me a question along the lines of "Heh! You lar go tinder polis genby? ", to which I replied "Yes", and then him pulling me over to his mates, going "He's right" and patting me on the back. = Generally, an absolute nothing of a weekend, except the realisation that my niece will end up costing me more than if I had a child of my own.
Jo has bought it Christian Dior babygrows, for fucks sake! = Oh, and me and TFMrs went to the cinema and watched a DVD... "Alright guys, I'm not gonna lie to you. This is gonna get kinda weird..." Starsky and Hutch Let's face it; with Starsky and Hutch, you know exactly what you are getting. A remake of an old 70's cop show, the Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson double act, Snoop Dogg as a major cast member, Todd Phillips, who's previous work includes Road Trip (great) and Old School (not so great, but still with it's moments). It's not going to win awards, but you know that it's going to make you laugh. The question is, how much?
Oh, right, the plot. It's the 70s in 'Bay City'. Uptight cop, David Starsky (Stiller) is forced to team with Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson (Wilson), a cop whose 'undercover robberies' start to look like plain ol' robberies. When a body washes up near the pier, the boys, with help from local gangster and informant, Huggy Bear (Snoop Dogg), uncover a plot that seems to lead directly to a prominent local Jewish businessman, Reese Feldman. Let's face it, the plot is largely irrelevant and the film lumbers from event to event, letting us enjoy Stiller and Wilson together. The film plays to the strengths of the two - Stiller plays the embarrassing, out-of-his depth, angry bloke (similar to Mr Furious in Mystery Men) while Owen Wilson reacts to it. It's nothing new or groundbreaking, but it works well. There are many very funny scenes, assisted brilliantly by a great supporting cast. Will Ferrell is his usual quality self as Big Earl, a homosexual gang leader who'll only give information at a price, and there is a nicely done double date with the cops, Carmen Electra and Amy Smart.
Overall, it's a funny film that is a great way to spend 90 minutes. However, I will compare it to Snoop Dogg's part in the film. There are times when it's uproariously funny, but there are a few times when you are cringing at the screen and going "Hmmm, that's not that great". Basically, you know if this film is going to be for you or not. If you like Stiller, Wilson and Phillip's previous films, you'll like it.
3/5 "Hey, little anal-dwelling butt monkey..." Bruce Almighty Confession time. I like Jim Carrey. Not as in 'Oh, he's a very good actor in The Truman Show" - I mean "I think he's really fucking funny in Ace Ventura, The Mask and Dumb and Dumber". Yes, his films are often stupid and go for the lowest common denominator to get a cheap laugh, but often that's what you need. So, after trying to get critical acclaim as a serious actor, and not having a successful film in a couple of years, Carrey comes back to what he knows, working with the same time that gave him success with Liar, Liar. Bruce is a local news reporter, living with his girlfriend, Grace (Jennifer Aniston). When he finds out he is not getting a promotion live on air, Bruce goes nuts and is fired. He blames God for the injustices life has dealt him, so God (Morgan Freeman) gives him a chance to see just what Bruce can do with his powers.
Alas, instead of a true Jim Carrey comedy, what we have is a standard Hollywood "comedy with a heart", and just from reading the above paragraph, you kind of know exactly what will happen at the end (if you don't, it turns out being God is hard). That shouldn't be enough to ruin your enjoyment of the film, because with Carrey, there is a lot that can happen before he learns.
Except the stuff that happens in the film aren't exactly that great. There are a few bits which are funny ("..when a monkey comes out of my ass", Grace orgasming several times by thought, a dog reading a newspaper while taking a shit) but you get the feeling that a lot is being held back so as not to offend the Christian groups. So, unfortunately, this is just a basic comedy with a message that you should be good to people and good things will happen to you. It had potential, but that hasn't translated well into the final film. 2/5 = While I'm not that keen on the b3ta competition this week, I have entered urlLink an animation that seemed to go down well. Just don't ask what I was thinking at the time. 
