While the world burns...

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I know. Things can get pretty heavy out there. Some bloggers get razzed like Jake "Maybe I'll Go Back to the Jesus Look and Start Again" Plummer for highlighting all of the ills of the world (why can't they make a Buckley's Mixture for Iraq, the Sudan, North Korea, and Andy Dick?) and not touching on the overall good of things.

Well, touché I say, which is why Fatty McGee spends so much time in his alter ego ranting about movies and coked-out celebrities. Hence, this post.

#1. I suggested a few days ago that "Smokin' Aces" may be the BEST action movie of 2007... and it opens in January. CHECK THAT: Based on the full length trailer just released, "300" WITHOUT QUESTION IS THE SICKEST LOOKING ACTION DEMO-FEST SINCE "FACE-OFF" (and the 10 mins it took everyone to realize that John Woo was about a good as a director as Jenna Jameson is an engineer). Trailer is here; backgrounder on the Frank Miller graphic novel is here; an overview of one of the most obscure casts ever is here.


#2. While you wait for "300" (which isn't hitting theatres until March 2007 and when Iraq hits the 1 million mark of dead/tortured/maimed civilians), head to your local video store NOW and be one of the 11 people who were lucky enough to see, "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang." Arguably, Fed Ex is getting more press for his WWE stint than this 2005 action/comedy featuring the anti-Abbott and Costello combo of Val Kilmer and Robert Downey, Jr. However, when you take two solid actors, mix in a script comparable to "Lucky Number Slevin," add a dash of film noir a la "Brick," and some witty grammar lessons involving adverbs, you've got a money 90 minutes to take your mind away from stuff like this.