Men: 2, Women: 0

I’m as much as a feminist as your run-of-the-mill normal woman. It’s all about how much women rule…

But I’m gonna say this: the men’s team “Hydra” on Celebrity Apprentice are rockin’ it hard, business-style! I’m finding that the issue is that the women’s team “Empresario” are fighting waaaay too much. And they’re not using their “celebrity” to boot.

Oh yeah. And Gene Simmons is brilliant.

Weekend in Review

Wow. This was a fucked up, not cool, lamer than any lame things ever interesting weekend. I’m not much of a movie-goer anymore, simply because I do the Dawson Leery PT thing at a video store twice a week.

But this weekend, I saw not one, but 2 movies this weekend. Sweeney Todd and National Treasure: Book of Secrets. The Johnny Depp movie was my choice. I have to say, I forgot there was singing. I knew there was, but it never occurred to me until it started happening over and over again. Don’t get me wrong. Johnny Depp can sing to me any day. Let’s face it, he can do whatever he wants. He’s Johnny Depp. It was a cute movie. It was dark, and a little bloody, but apparently, Johnny Depp won his first Golden Globe for his role as Sweeney Todd.

*SIGH* Johnny Depp… The first I really ever saw of him was an equally dark (or perhaps darker) movie Edward Scissorhands. He was pretty and scary at the same time, but it worked. In Sweeney Todd, he was prettier, and far scarier with his “friends” and I fell in love all over again. AND he can sing… well. I wasn’t surprised. Anyone who is a true Johnny Depp fan knows that he originally wanted to be a rockstar and just sort of fell into television and movies. Thank god he did. It would have been a shame to waste his looks. I’m not complaining. Just wondering what the world would be like if Johnny Depp were not in movies… Sweeney Todd will definitely be one of those movies that remains eternally on my iPod. I’m glad I found one. I was getting worried for a moment, about which Johnny Depp would permanently occupy my iPod. Perhaps the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Oooh! Then there’s always Benny and Joon. Ah, so much Johnny…

National Treasure wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, but it was good. I have decided to give Nicholas Cage another chance. Formerly, he and I were not friends. I never really thought him to be spectacular in movies, but I’ll admit, he was okay. Especially when Scuba Cage busted out and dove into the lake, and again when Waiter Cage kidnapped the President. I guess this means I have to watch the first one.

The day AFTER the day after tomorrow

I finally sat down to watch The Day After Tomorrow, and let me just tell you, the next time it starts raining, I’m leaving the country.

Okay, maybe I have the tendency to overreact. Sure, when I watched Open Water any potential future thoughts of ever going scuba diving were dashed. In fact, any thoughts of ever going on a boat in the middle of the ocean ever again have dissipated. And don’t even get me started on the Saw movies. I left the movie theaters after watching each of them praying that I wouldn’t get kidnapped. The only words running through my mind were, “I swear, I love my life. I’m not taking it for granted.” No. I don’t overreact at all.

But The Day After Tomorrow was such an incredible movie (no, really. It had nothing to do with the fact that I was watching it on blu-ray). I can’t believe I had no desire to watch it. But then again, I’m like that with a lot of movies. After you get to a certain point (which usually occurs a few weeks after the movie was released on dvd), the need to watch it just starts to fade. Then BAM! There’s something else to watch.

Highlights:

Jake Gyllenhaal – Boy, he was young in this movie. Sure, he’s only two years older than me, but in 2004, he plays the younger kid, as many movie stars have.

Sela Ward – I didn’t realize this until halfway through the movie, but she played Gregory House’s ex-wife on House.

Dennis Quaid – What can I say? He’s Dennis Quaid.

Glenn Plummer – I couldn’t place this one until I searched the internet. I’ve seen him before in other movies, seemingly playing a similar role. BUT, he was in Saw II, and an episode of Bones among other things. I KNEW I liked him.

…and the downside:

Computer generated wolves – Sure, they sound great in theory. But they are not nearly as cool looking on blu-ray.

Celebrity Apprentice…WHAT UP!

Ok, I’ll admit I’ve never really been a fan of Apprentice.  And I pretty much think Donald Trump is one big muppet. 

But I can’t help but be excited about the next “version,” Celebrity Apprentice.  And there  are only 4 reasons I’m excited about watching it:

Gene Simmons - Just happens to have his own reality show (that may or may not have already failed) called Gene Simmons’ Family Jewels.  But more importantly (and if you didnt’ already know this, I may have to express my disappointment in a form of violence) he’s the frontman for KISS!

Stephen Baldwin - Which one is he again? 

Tito Ortiz - Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter, and former “coach” of Spike’s original series, The Ultimate Fighter.

Vincent Pastore - better known as Salvatore ‘Big Pussy’ Bonpensiero from the Sopranos.

So, it was on last night, and I have it recorded.  So prepare yourselves, gentle readers.  My review will come over the weekend.