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the hibachi will continue to fire up meat and/or basketballs for the next six years at a bargain price of $111 million. when asked about the original $127 million which wizards owner abe pollin offered, gilbert was quoted as saying:
"I looked at [it] like this: There is nothing I can do for my family with $127 million that I can't do with $111 million. I mean college is expensive, but it ain't that dang expensive."
why should you d.c. sports fans feel good about gilbert?
well, if you're ever in a Shanghai hotel elevator or its breakfast buffet line, you might know why:
"He was so cool about [autographs]. He didn't make me feel like an idiot. He is a credit to your team and to your community." -- Irving Liimatta, a Phoenix area businessman who had never asked an athlete for an autograph before.
finally, i had planned another triple movie review, but due to low (read: zero) market demand, i will just say that i enjoyed Kung Fu Panda as much as i had predicted. the movie met all my expectations, right down to jackie chan's character saying about eight or nine words in ninety-five minutes.
it is a beautifully rendered,
emotionally concise,
and comically self-contained film.
if you choose Kung Fu Panda from the litany of good movies this summer, you can bet your bottom (dollar) that you won't be disappointed by "inferior goods," as this young lady has tramp-stamped on her lumbar.
IT'S TIME FOR MATI'S MYSTICAL MAGICAL MOVIE REVIEW!!!
yes, that's right b's and g's. it's been a while since the last one. so let's get to it.
iron man
the strangers
indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull
robert downey jr. and mr. pad woonsen invent this really intimidating sex toy.
the white uncle phil decides to make a bigger, blacker version of the ghostface killah sex toy...
and then tries it on a white chick. nice.
lay the pipe, uncle phil! lay the pipe.
michael corvinus forgets how to turn into a werewolf and gets beat up by his 1986 volvo (when i was 8, we had one just like it, and it beat me up too!)
arwen forgets how to shoot arrows and gets beat up by a deer's head (when i was 10, we had one just like it, and it fell on me while i was sitting down!)
this chick scared me.
then i realized she was a supermodel. all of a sudden, i was planning an itinerary of all the fun date activities we can have with a bloody chef's knife.
speaking of murder, i was really digging queen elizabeth's haircut (when i was 12, we had a japanese pen that looked just like it)...
as well as disturbia's haircut.
besides two haircuts, i have nothing else exceptionally positive to say about Indy Cuatro.
SUMMARIES:
The surprisingly well-rounded Iron Man christened the ship of my summer movie-watching experience. The dialogue was witty and the actors were charming. While some fans may have pined for more action, I felt that there was plenty of technological eye candy and that the action grew organically.
If Iron Man was champagne, The Strangers was surely Johnnie Walker Red. Intense and predictable, this focused pseudo-slasher/thriller was packaged well but ultimately lacked any sense of originality. The cast is likable, though not lovable, and I was never sad to see them go. By the time I was tipsy, people were dead. Keep walking.
Perhaps I should have walked somewhere else. Instead I walked right into the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. For anyone silly enough to try to party past champagne and johnnie walker, this latest addition to the Indiana Jones library would surely come in as a shot of lukewarm tequila. I thought it didn't go down as smoothly as the previous servings. Despite the distracting use of CGI at times, I did find a favorable retro style to the movie and the interplay between Mutt (Shia LeBouf) and Indy was pretty clever. So I fought through, swallowed, and still it gave me headaches. Being a fan of the series, I woke up the next morning and swore, "never again." I chuckled because I knew: there's always room for bad tequila.
GRADES:
Iron-Man (Fun: A, Overall: A-) The Strangers (Fun: B, Overall: B-) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Fun: B, Overall: C+)
VIDEOS:
RZA (aka Bobby Digital) - "You Can't Stop Me Now"
the director is Thai!
Kardinall Offishall - "Dangerous" (feat. Akon)
finally... what blog would be complete without the reigning MVP, kobe bean bryant!
