Eastbound and Down and Mickey Rourke
Just a quick appreciation post for video embedding in the modern age:
First, this new show Eastbound and Down is hitting all the right notes for me. It manages to be hilarious and poignant in all the correct spots, while masquerading as dumb and crude. If you didn't stick around for the credits last week, you might have missed this spoof commercial, which my friend Brad found for me on FunnyOrDie:
Secondly, Mickey Rourke's acceptance speech here for best actor at the Independent Spirit Awards for The Wrestler is the greatest thing since the trailer for this over-hyped movie for which he is winning:
Lastly, one of Rourke greatest onscreen moments, from the 1981 film Body Heat. "Are you listening to me, asshole?"
First, this new show Eastbound and Down is hitting all the right notes for me. It manages to be hilarious and poignant in all the correct spots, while masquerading as dumb and crude. If you didn't stick around for the credits last week, you might have missed this spoof commercial, which my friend Brad found for me on FunnyOrDie:
Secondly, Mickey Rourke's acceptance speech here for best actor at the Independent Spirit Awards for The Wrestler is the greatest thing since the trailer for this over-hyped movie for which he is winning:
Lastly, one of Rourke greatest onscreen moments, from the 1981 film Body Heat. "Are you listening to me, asshole?"
posted by Shane Schleger at 6:29 PM
3 Comments:
Good to see ya back, Shaniac! That scene from Body Heat is one of my favorites, too. It was the first time I'd seen Mickey Rourke and I thought, 'This guy is going places!' I felt the same way a few years later seeing Brad Pitt in Thelma and Louise.
I love the gallon bottle of Jameson's in the ice bucket on the table.
--Grom
Excellent post, specially the video clip above, it was something special and it'll be the nicest update in this entry, isn't?
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