Reality Sucks

This morning I woke up feeling pretty darn good about my reality. Why? Because my guilty indulgent in last night's season 2 premiere of Jersey Shore brought me to the conclusion that I am single-handedly more educated than eight people combined. Thanks Jersey Shore!
With words like "Obliverated" and "Shmush" used on the show, I realized how unintelligent these people actually are! Wasn't Vinny offered a scholarship to Yale? I don't get it.
Anyways, I also took note every time a blog worthy quote was made just to keep myself entertained. At one point when Snooki was hand washing clothes in the sink, she said, "I feel like a pilgrim from the 1920s." She also said, "I had to stop going to the tanning salon because Obama added a 10% tax on tanning beds." Classic.
But anyways, in the event you missed last night's episode, allow me to fill you in with a few sentences.
Jersey's own orangidos and orangidettes took a break from reading James Joyce's Ulysses and road tripped it to Miami for another summer of fun. The gang moved into a luxurious pad with the basic necessities: four bedrooms, a hot tub and a kitchen stocked with domestic vodka.
Several of the cast met one another with excitement, while others fought over the other persons tan. Angelina, last season's outcast who left the show after a few episodes, came back this season as the villain. Ronnie and Sammie are now forced to live together as ex's. Sammie confessed that she is still in love with Ronnie, while Ronnie got "obliverated" and made out with two "grenades." The Situation walked around without a shirt on and JWOW and Snookie wore two push up bras.
THE END.
It was a complete waste of time and so is this blog. But because they are such mindless human beings, I am intrigued and may do some investigation to find out why they're such idiots! Who are these people? Why are they famous? Why are celebrities like John Mayer associating with them? Why does 16 million images come up when I Google "The Situation"?
Only time will tell...

Jersey Shore Season 2 Premiere Tonight

Thousands, perhaps millions, of self proclaimed guidos and guidettes, alongside Realty-TV fanatics, crazed tweens and television critics will be huddling around the tube tonight to catch the season 2 premiere of the Jersey Shore gang trashing it up in Miami. Sadly, I will be one of the Reality-TV fanatics who tunes in, BUT for journalistic reasons. I will have my laptop fully charged with my twitter page [@Brigeoutloud] and my blog open, ready for all of the ridiculous antics and fist pumping to come. What will the gang offer viewers this year? An over-use of Bump-its? A fist fight between two tanorexic guidettes? Or The Situation referring to himself in third person, ONCE AGAIN - gloating about his abs or social life that nobody, but him, cares about. WHO'S EXCITED?!?!

Right Above: The Jersey Shore oranginos and orangidettes doing what they do best - fist pump.

The New Wave of Movie Trailers

Today my producer at work opened my eyes to the fascinating world of fake trailers and I am in total awe! Apparently filmmakers like Robert Rodriguez and Quinton Tarantino have created their own fake trailers for several years now and I just learned about them! From what I understand, these fake trailers are essentially spoofs of what could be real movie trailers or spoofs of certain popular topics of discussion. The ones I've seen thus far are incredibly hilarious, gory, and an absolute riot! I went youtube crazy and found Eli Roth's rendition of a fake trailer called Thanksgiving and I think it tops them all. To forewarn you, you will never look at a turkey at Thanksgiving dinner the same way again. Here is the link for your viewing pleasure!

http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE7tyW8CYXs

Scarlett Johansson's Got Big Pipes

The transition from actress to singer may actually be worthwhile this time around.
Does anybody remember Scarlett Johansson's tertiary role in Home Alone 3? Well unfortunately I do and I recommend that you listen to her attempt at singing before walking to your local Blockbuster and renting it. Actually, if you're really adamant on watching her performance now that I've mentioned it and you really really really insist, just talk to me. Sadly I own it on VHS. The Home Alone trilogy was a Christmas gift alright? The prequel happened to be included in the box set!
Anyways, I just stumbled upon this little gem of a song sung by Mrs. Ryan Reynolds and it's actually quite good! I'd say her style of singing is a cross between Amy Winehouse and the female lead of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. Check out the cover of Steel Train's Bullet lead by Johansson's vocals by clicking on the youtube link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JyiJ1YRTt0

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Inception Is Exceptionally Entertaining

Award winning director Christopher Nolan is back with another successful action flick. Inception is thrilling, intelligent, captivating and nothing short of a film lovers dream. The two and a half hour film is about a technology savvy team who self induce their sleep. By doing so, they acquire the power to synchronize, manipulate and invade others dreams. SIDE NOTE: This can only happen in a multi-million dollar budget film carried by Warner Bros. Pictures. Just saying!
The film is led by some heavy hitters like Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Ken Watanabe and Marion Cotillard.
Leonardo DiCaprio provides us with another stellar performance as Cobb; a widower who flees America to escape a past given to him by his wife; played by Marion Cotillard. May I add, Cottillard is today's Natalie Wood. Watch the movie and you'll see! She's incredible.
The special effects will blow you away and the music will astound you! I want to watch it again just for the soundtrack!
From a van plummeting 80ft to its demise to Joseph Gordon-Levitt floating weightless in the air, Nolan showcases his incredible eye for detail and genius direction in Inception. I really recommend this film to everyone. Why? Because it's not in 3D and...for many other reasons.

I give this film a 9.5 rating. It's been three days since I've seen it and I am still obsessively talking/blogging about it!

Right Above: Ken Watanabe as Saito taking down his threats in a dream.