Just compiling a list of films that I feel are somewhat underrated. Please, don't feel as though I'm suggesting these movies are unpopular, but that they simply do/did not have the initial commercial success that others have enjoyed. Afterall, the internet, in my opinion, is partly responsible for some cult-like success of alot of films.
the following list is subject to change and films could very well be added.
And so it begins:
(in no particluar order)
Equilibrium
Pitch Black
Office Space
Lock, Stock and Two smoking barrels
Serenity
Trainspotting
Swingers
Memento
Rounders
Better off Dead
True Romance
The Game
Donnie Darko
Escape from New York
Unbreakable
Pi
Boondock Saints
Hard Candy
Lonewolf McQuade
Requiem for a Dream
Rushmore
Pump up the Volume
Poolhall Junkies
4 Rooms
Big Lebowski
Lucky Number Slevin
Munich
Children of Men
Snatch
The Machinist
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Bonds? Great?
Sure Barry Bonds' career is nothing to laugh about. But where can we draw the line and say,"hey, this record is a joke now."?
Bonds hitting 756 is the craze right now, but some would agree that the record of home run king is tainted. The investigation of Bonds' use use of performance enhancing drugs in recent years is by no means anything new to the game of baseball, however the reaction of Bonds 'not knowing' he was being administered these substances, is almost a cliche response to allegations of this nature. deny deny deny, amirite? Nobody in the spotlight, who has(had) adoring fans, wants to be accused of something like this, but come on...nobody's career could ever be the same.
On NBC this morning, BoB Costas was interviewed to discuss whether or not he felt the record had been tainted. He started the conversation by bringing up the investigation into Bonds' use of steroids. He said, that while it is not a criminal case by any means, that IF IT WERE, the evidence was already there. Whether Bonds denies it or not is irrelevant. The damage has been done so to speak.
Personally, I don't care that Barry Bonds has broken this record. It's not special anymore. Same reason I didn't care about Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa's season home run chase. Tainted careers. Performance enhancing drugs, not to mention Sosa's corked bats. Who knows how long that was going on. If it was Ken Griffey Jr. chasing the all-time home run record this season...well, that would be a different story. But Griffey's honest career was riddled with injury throughout the late 90's into this decade. Yet he still ranks 6 among the alltime HR hitters.
So, all in all, I guess this is not as historic as ESPN makes it out to be every night.
Be sure to write Alex Rodriguez a small note telling him you can't wait for him to shatter this record in the upcoming years.
-These are merely my own opinions, and therefore should be regarded as the absolute truth-
Bonds hitting 756 is the craze right now, but some would agree that the record of home run king is tainted. The investigation of Bonds' use use of performance enhancing drugs in recent years is by no means anything new to the game of baseball, however the reaction of Bonds 'not knowing' he was being administered these substances, is almost a cliche response to allegations of this nature. deny deny deny, amirite? Nobody in the spotlight, who has(had) adoring fans, wants to be accused of something like this, but come on...nobody's career could ever be the same.
On NBC this morning, BoB Costas was interviewed to discuss whether or not he felt the record had been tainted. He started the conversation by bringing up the investigation into Bonds' use of steroids. He said, that while it is not a criminal case by any means, that IF IT WERE, the evidence was already there. Whether Bonds denies it or not is irrelevant. The damage has been done so to speak.
Personally, I don't care that Barry Bonds has broken this record. It's not special anymore. Same reason I didn't care about Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa's season home run chase. Tainted careers. Performance enhancing drugs, not to mention Sosa's corked bats. Who knows how long that was going on. If it was Ken Griffey Jr. chasing the all-time home run record this season...well, that would be a different story. But Griffey's honest career was riddled with injury throughout the late 90's into this decade. Yet he still ranks 6 among the alltime HR hitters.
So, all in all, I guess this is not as historic as ESPN makes it out to be every night.
Be sure to write Alex Rodriguez a small note telling him you can't wait for him to shatter this record in the upcoming years.
-These are merely my own opinions, and therefore should be regarded as the absolute truth-
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