Check out Nick Pomazak’s site as I now write all soccer content there. Over here, I rant; over there, I rant about soccer. Damn, you must be masturbating right now.

Also, I updated the favorite movies section and now it has rationale. Here’s a preview:

I’m going to add current rationale but there are three rules to a great movie:

1) The good guy wins
2) The bad guy loses or dies
3) The good guy gets the girl at the end

Yes, these all happen to be action movie criteria as well. It is rare, however, that you can find a good movie without these events happening at the end. Some break these rules, and my rationale will explain how the movie still is in my top ten.

1) Live Free or Die Hard

The best action movie ever. Ever. Most people won’t see it because they’ll think it’s another stupid Die Hard movie (which makes them stupid because all three previous ones raped), but I’m hoping word of mouth makes it last longer. Mr. Yippie-ki-yay-motherfucker isn’t someone who complains all day. He’s older. Now shit that happens makes him laugh to himself like a crazy old man. Combine that with Mr. Mac and you have the solid humor/bad ass tried and true formula.

2) Serenity

The best sci fi movie ever. Most people haven’t seen this or the great TV show for the same reason I didn’t: what the fuck is Serenity? This movie doesn’t have the bad guy die at the end because the bad guy is like Shepard Book. This movie doesn’t have the good guy get the girl at the end because the movie was setting for a trilogy that will never happen. Even though the movie breaks one major rule, there is a hint at it and for a movie as bad ass as this, that’s enough for me.

3) Hellblazer (Constantine Fan Edit)

I liked Constantine, but I always fast forwarded through parts of the movie. Based off the super cool Hellblazer story arc called “Bad Habits,” the fan edit edits out anything that doesn’t follow Constantine’s perspective, transitions to the next scene much faster, and puts the entire story together much more clearly. This movie also breaks rule 3, but it had the same set up as Serenity in that it was set for a trilogy as well. Like Serenity, the hint at hooking with the chick is good enough.

Check out the other seven in the “favorite movies” section.

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