Worst movies ever

I know that there are some terrible movies out there, but there are two that totally caught my attention. Man haw can you make such a bad movie? Come on! I’m no filmmaker, but I would have done a better job than these guys. These are the movies I was talking about, and I know that I’m short with the list. Tell me what you guys think!

Never Been Kissed
Crossroads

BOOKS

Like I said, I worked on a little list of books. I know I haven’t read 1/100 times what I should have, but I (slowly) work on it. Now, this is a little list of my favorite books so far. Some of the names are in English, and some are in Spanish. The reason is that I read most of them in Spanish, so I don’t know the actual name that was used in English for those books.

Any Cortazar book
Crime and Punishment
Resurrection
Flash
100 years of solitude
Memorias del subsuelo
Todos los nombres
Brothers Karamazov (still reading it)
The Godfather
The Social Contract (I know, not fiction)
Nunca Mas (about the last dictatorship in Argentina)
The Da Vinci Code sucks, and so does Paulo Coelho

COMEDY

I’m a big fan of Comedy Central. The best show, by far, is South Park. I know that some people don’t like it, but it’s simply the best. But this is not what I wanted to talk about. I wanted to talk about comedians there.
I like stand-up, but not all of it. And in that category I have to say that nobody made me laugh like D.L. Hugley in “Shocked and Appalled”. That’s probably the best stand-up I’ve seen so far. His jokes and critics at the same time make the whole show a total must-see. There isn’t a single part about it that isn’t worth it.
The other comedian that I like a lot is Carlos Mencia. This guy makes very, very good points. There isn’t a single ethnic group that isn’t teased. That’s the best part about it. The other good thing about the guy is that he always tries to get people to study, to improve their education. The only thing I don’t like about him is his big support to Bush, the invasion to Iraq, etc. But since that’s not the main subject of his show, then it’s all good.
The other show I started to watch not long ago is Reno 911! That show is just amazing, and it’s becoming a favorite very fast.
I like Adam Carolla too. I have to say that I only watched the show a couple of times, but his questions about ridiculous stuff are just hilarious.
That’s it for Comedy Central. There is very good comedy going on in other channels. Another favorite is Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (I don't know if I should put this one under comedy, but it makes me laugh) Now, if you want to hear some people criticizing today’s society and what’s “politically correct”, this is the way to go. I absolutely recommend this to everybody.
Ok, that’s it for comedy (for now). Let’s see what you guys have to say or recommend.

MOVIES

Since nobody can tell you what to write about in your own blog, I’m going to write about whatever I feel like. Right now I was thinking about movies, so all I’m going to do is list some movies that I absolutely love and consider must-sees. I’m not going to make comments about each of them, because I don’t think it’s necessary unless somebody cares enough to ask (so if anybody does, I'll happily answer any question). I’m sure that I’ll forget a ton, so I’ll just add them when I remember them. I’m also sure that some of them are obvious, but that’s not a reason not to list them.
Soon I’m going to add a similar post about music and books. Let me know what you guys think!

Dancer In The Dark
The Godfather
Snatch
Lock, Stock And Two Smoking…
Talk to Her
Magnolia
Fight Club
American History X
Bad Education
Sleepers
The Remains of the Day
ANY Tarantino movie
The Usual Suspects
Un Oso Rojo
Nueve Reinas
The Girl on the Bridge
Dead Man Walking
American Beauty
Forrest Gump
The Royal Tenenbaums
Being John Malkovich
The Sixth Sense
Amores Perros
ANY Michael Moore documentary
As Good As It Gets
Trainspotting
Cinema Paradiso
A day without a Mexican
Amelie

I know, I know, the list should be a lot bigger. Don’t think that I don’t have more, because I’m going to keep adding movies to this list. You guys do the same!

Simply Manu

In this post I wanted to talk about this amazing player, Manu Ginobili. This is a guy that won a gold medal in the Olympics, ended up second (that game was robbed!!!) in the World Cup and won and NBA title. That’s what most people know, but that’s not it. This guy was also MVP in Europe, and many other things.
His style isn’t the most orthodox. I have to say that sometimes it seems like he’s just going break a leg or fall before taking two steps. But besides that, he’s a player that can penetrate, shoot, defend, and the most important one, he is not afraid of anybody. Just like all the players, he has his good and bad days. But no matter how bad he’s playing, he’ll still run until he’s out of breath. Now, that’s a team player.
Ok, I admit it, I’m Argentine, but that’s not the main reason why I’m writing this. I just think that Ginobili is an amazing player, period.
In the finals this year, Tim Duncan had to be the MVP. He’s simply the best of the team. He was, is and will be the spine of the Spurs; but without Manu, no ring for Tim. I don’t want to make this too long or start going into details of his statistics, so I’m just going to cut and paste some that you can find in http://www.nba.com/

Finished fourth in voting for the 2002-03 got milk NBA Rookie of the Year Award
Voted to the 2002-03 got milk? NBA All-Rookie Second Team
Named the Western Conference got milk? Rookie of the Month for games played in March, 2003
Named 2001 Euroleague Finals MVP
Named the Italian League MVP in both 2000-01 and 2001-02
Named to the All-Tournament Team at the 2002 World Championships leading Argentina to a silver medal
Led Argentina to a second place finish in the 2003 FIBA Americas Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament , earning All-Tournament honors after averaging 14.1 points and 4.4 assists in the team’s 10 games

Pat Robertson vs. Chavez

I still can’t believe what I heard when I saw the clip where Pat Robertson calls the US government to kill Chavez. This is a man that’s supposed to be a man of God. Do you think that Jesus would be happy to hear that his followers call for assassination? (especially when you talk about a man that represents no threat, whatsoever, for the US) I am not American, but that kind of statement is just wrong no matter what country you come from.
The whole thing is based on lies. The first and most important one is calling Chavez a dictator. Let's not forget that Chavez was chosen by his people. He won the elections with something like 70% of the votes. Therefore, attacking the president of Venezuela would mean attacking the people, the country. This "man of God" should respect the will of the people of Venezuela.
The biggest problem isn’t if Pat Robertson thinks he’s right. The biggest problem would be if other people thought he was right. He is creating a culture of hatred towards anybody that doesn’t share his “right” point of view. Like I just said, I don’t think that hatred and assassination is what Jesus wanted. I’m not the biggest religious person on the planet (I don’t really go to church, even though I was raised catholic), but I know that that’s not Jesus’ message.
I have a lot more thoughts on this matter, but I’d like to see what people have to say about it first.