2015 Academy Awards Preview (or The Opinion of One Guy Who Has Seen Most of the Movies Nominated) Part Four

Best Director. A controversial category due to who is not nominated.


The fact that Ava Duvernay is not nominated for Best Director is criminal. Selma is an amazing film that was snubbed in many categories but this is where the snubbing of the film hurt the most. The Academy had a chance to make history by giving a directing nomination to a black woman for the first time. Instead, it played it safe with a couple of the choices here.

At least there are other people in this category who deserved to be here for films that are great. Also there is some curve balls being thrown in over who is going to win.

So with that, let's look at the category:

BEST DIRECTOR

Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel

 Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 

Richard Linklater - Boyhood

Bennett Miller - Foxcatcher 

Morten Tyldum - The Imitation Game 

Odd thing about this category is that you get the feeling of deja vu creeping up this year. In 2010, it was assumed that David Fincher was going to win Best Director for The Social Network. He won all the early critics awards. The movie was popular with critics and audiences. But slowly but surely, The King's Speech started winning major awards. Come Oscar night, it beat Social Network for best picture and director. In 2015, that same thing is going to happen again. This time, it is Richard Linklater who is going to end up losing. For most of the year, he has been the frontrunner to win best director. Boyhood and the way the film was shot over a 12 year period has been discussed at length since the film came out this summer. It is impressive for sure, especially since Linklater was able to keep the performances that good for that length of time. But lately, complaints about the story have popped up. Is it involving enough? Is the movie too slow? Is the movie too gimmicky? The film has been out for so long that people have begun to look for a better, sexier option and that option appears to be Birdman and it's director. Inarritu has been a favorite of the Academy for years. 21 Grams, Babel, and Biutiful have all gotten acclaim over the years but he has yet to win any awards for his work. That ends this Sunday. The competition otherwise doesn't look like it could knock either one of these two gentlemen out. Wes Anderson is finally getting some long overdue acclaim from the Academy for Grand Budapest, but the film seems to be more likely to win the technical awards than any of the major awards. Morten Tyldum is the newcomer in this group but his work on Imitation Game was good but nothing outstanding. (I would have switched his spot out with DuVernay and let her get the nomination over him.) And Bennett Miller continues to impress with his third directing nomination in a row for Foxcatcher but the coldness of the story seems to have turned people off. When it comes down to it, Academy members will give Innarritu the Oscar for the way he guided Birdman and got the great performances out of the film. It doesn't speak bad to Linklater, he is just losing to the sexier option at the moment. As it showed before in 2010, it happens sometimes. 

Should Win and Will Win: 

2015 Academy Awards Preview (or The Opinion of One Guy Who Has Seen Most of the Movies Nominated) Part Three

For part three of my look at the Academy Awards, I am looking the at the races for Best Actor and Actress. One of these races has become very predictable while the other one seemed predictable for awhile but has now become a two person race.

It's funny with both of these categories you kinda get a microcosm of how the Oscars categories go most years. It's either a fun, unpredictable race that could go either way or it becomes a race where the winner is predictable and we get to watch as they act super surprise that they won the award.

But both the races this year feature actors that audiences have loved and respected over the years. You get the sense from both of these categories that whoever wins their respective awards that it is going to be long overdue for them.

So with that in mind, let's look at the categories:

BEST ACTRESS

Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night

Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything

Julianne Moore - Still Alice 

Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl 

Reese Witherspoon - Wild 

For awhile, this category looked like it could be one of the most unpredictable ones to pick in a long while. Then Julianne Moore started winning every major acting award this season and slowly it has started to feel like it is Moore's to lose. To be honest, it would not be a bad thing at all. Moore is a very respected actor. The list of classic film's she has been in is endless. She also has been nominated four times and has not won yet. This very much is in her favor. Marion Cotillard's nomination was a nice surprise for her work in Two Days, One Night but she is the film's only nomination. Felicity Jones really did great work in The Theory of Everything. It is the kind of performance that announces that someone has arrived on the scene. But her co-star Eddie Redmayne is getting most of the awards  attention, so she will have to settle for the nomination. Early in the year, it seemed like Rosamund Pike would be a contender for her stellar work in Gone Girl. But she is the film's only nomination and as noted before, some members of the academy really hated the movie. Reese Witherspoon on the other hand gave her best performance in years in Wild. Any other year, she would win this easily. It is just a subtle, brilliant performance. But two things stop her. One, the movie has not really caught on with the public in the way a lot of people thought it would. And she has won an Oscar before in 2005 for Walk the Line. Take that into account, and becomes clear that Julianne Moore is going to be walking up to the podium for her first Oscar trophy.

Should Win and Will Win: 

BEST ACTOR

Steve Carell - Foxcatcher

Bradley Cooper - American Sniper 

Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game 

Michael Keaton - Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything 

This is the fun category of the night. Everyone in this category is very much liked by audiences and critics alike. With that being said, I am going to admit to a personal preference here: I want Michael Keaton to win this. I have been a big fan of Keaton's for years. Not just Batman, but with his work in Beetlejuice, Clean and Sober, Pacific Heights, Night Shift, The Nice Guys, etc. He has been an actor who for years as been able to go between comedy and drama very easily. That is not an easy thing to do at all and to see him get noticed finally is a great thing. Is it enough to win though? Well the competition is stiff. Bradley Cooper has the advantage of being in the most popular film in the category, American Sniper. His portrayal of military sniper Chris Kyle is a heartfelt and emotional performance. It is also impressive that this is Cooper's third year in a row of getting an Oscar nomination. But for as huge as the film as been, so has been the controversy over the facts and the politics of the film. Academy voters will probably be too scared of giving Cooper an Oscar here. Steve Carell was also impressive in Foxcatcher as John Du Pont. But the character is very unlikable and considering who Carell is up against in this category, that hurts. Benedict Cumberbatch is the superstar of this category for sure. Ladies love him and he has been in several popular movies and television shows over the past couple of years. His work in The Imitation Game as the gay mathematician Alan Turning is usually the type of part that wins Oscars easily. But for some reason, the film has not caught on in a way that one would think that it would. And then there is Eddie Redmayne. The performance he gives in The Theory of Everything is an extraordinarily physical one. He really makes you feel the effects that ALS has on Professor Stephen Hawking. It is not cheesy in the slightest bit. Redmayne has a good chance to win, but there is also a feeling that his performance is the type that we have seen from past winners before. Keaton has the benefit of being in a movie that lived or died on his performance. Birdman was a unique film in that it went from comedy to drama and back in the blink of an eye. Keaton handled all of this with ease at times. Because he has the harder part to play, Keaton will win Best Actor. Let's just hope we can get a Beettlejuice sequel because of this now! 

Should Win and Will Win: 

That is it for the post. Tomorrow, I will have a look at Best Director and then Friday, a look at the Best Picture race. 

- Hash 

2015 Academy Awards Preview (or The Opinion of One Guy Who Has Seen Most of the Movies Nominated) Part Two

For part two of my Academy Award predictions, I am going to be looking at the Supporting Actor and Actress categories. Two categories that have the reputation for being the weakest fields in the Oscar race, Albeit for different reasons.

I think this is a misconception in some ways. True it is not a super strong year for supporting performances. But that doesn't mean that we didn't get any great performances. I can think of about three actors nominated throughout both of these categories that truly deserve to be remembered long after the awards season is over. Also most of these performances came from actors who the audience has always relied on to give us great performances over the years, no matter the quality of the film.

So without further ado, here is a look at the nominees for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Robert Duvall - The Judge

 Ethan Hawke - Boyhood

Edward Norton - Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher

J.K. Simmons - Whiplash 

Of any category of the night, this one is a shoo-in for J.K. Simmons. Simmons is just that good in Whiplash. Simmons is very much unlikeable in the film, but he makes you feel the passion for music that his music teacher character Terrence Fletcher has. The character is very much an asshole, no doubt. But you see a beating heart behind it all and that is no easy feat to pull off for Simmons at all. As for the other nominees, each one of them can enjoy the night and the nomination. If anyone has any hope to upset Simmons it might be Mark Ruffalo in Foxcatcher. As Dave Schultz, the famed former Olympic wrestler who meets a very tragic end, Ruffalo brought a level head and heart to the film that helped balance out the mental issues in the story between Steve Carell and Channing Tatum. Edward Norton is great in Birdman and it was great to see him back in a good film like that since he has not done much in the last few years. But you get the sense that he really is kinda playing a version of his reputation in the movie and not much more. Same for Ethan Hawke in Boyhood. Hawke has had a great couple of years of success but the movie is more memorable for other aspects than his performance. And Robert Duvall is an American Treasure of acting and gives an impressive performance in The Judge. Unfortunate for Duvall though, reviews on the film were really mixed and he is film's only nomination. So if Simmons loses this category, expect a huge gasp in the audience as well as some Fletcher like cursing from a few people as well. 

Should Win and Will Win: 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Patricia Arquette - Boyhood

Lauren Dern - Wild

Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game

Emma Stone - Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Meryl Streep - Into The Woods

First off, Meryl Streep has no business being nominated. She is fine in Into The Woods, but if anyone from that movie was going to be nominated, it should have been Emily Blunt. So with Streep thankfully not winning, this race becomes more interesting. It was a great surprise seeing Lauren Dern nominated for her heartfelt work in Wild. But she has not really been nominated or won any other acting race so a win here is unlikely.  Keira Knightley is great as usual in The Imitation Game but it is the kind of performance we have seen from her before. Emma Stone I think gives the best performance in this category for Birdman. She never really overacted too much and I thought she stood toe to toe quite well with Michael Keaton in that film. But in the end, I think Patricia Arquette takes home the trophy for her work in Boyhood. She gives maybe the most heartfelt performance in the film and the scene at the end where her character's son gets ready to go to college is a heart breaker for any mother who has watched their kid go to school. A lot of older women voting in this category might relate to that. So while it would be good to see Stone win here, Arquette winning would be just as deserved.

Should Win: Emma Stone

Will Win: 

That is it for this post. Next time we will look at the Best Actor and Best Actress races. Best Actress is up in the air for any number of the women in that category. Best Actor seems to be going for Michael Keaton but is an upset inevitable in that race? 

- Hash

2015 Academy Awards Preview (or The Opinion of One Guy Who Has Seen Most of the Movies Nominated) Part One

Last week, The Academy Award Nominations were announced and did the controversy fly or what? It has been a long time since we have seen this much grumbling over what was not nominated. In past years, you usually would see chatter like that die down after a week or so, but this year, the snub of films like Selma and The Lego Movie might end up having a real impact on the races this year.

This year's collection of films is very good even with all the grumbling over what was or was not nominated. A lot of films that were deemed sure things early on (Gone Girl, Inherent Vice,) didn't even get a best picture nomination. It seems the Academy this year went for films that favored strong storytelling WITH strong acting. All of the best picture nominees this year seemed to have performances that many people were talking about afterwards. In the case of some movies, like The Imitation Game, the performances is what got people to the movies in the first place.

Whatever turns out of all the controversy, this year's slate of films at least promises to at least give us a few surprises or so. I now give you my take on all the categories in the coming days and who wins the Oscar in each category this year. This will be a series and I will conclude it closer to the actual awards show.


First up, the screenplay races:

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY


American Sniper - Jason Hall 

The Imitation Game - Graham Moore

Inherent Vice - Paul Thomas Anderson

The Theory of Everything - Anthony McCarten 

Whiplash - Damien Chazelle

We start with one of the toughest categories of the night. There really is no clear favorite right out of the gate. Most of these movies come with controversy and baggage of some sort. Let's start with Inherent Vice from the great Paul Thomas Anderson. He probably was the biggest surprise nominee in this category. Popular opinion says that he took the spot that Gillian Flynn was going to have for adapting her own book Gone Girl. Anderson is a very well respected filmmaker but he doesn't have much of a chance of wining this category. The film only went up for one other award (Best Costume) and the few people who saw the film are still trying to figure out what the heck the film was about. American Sniper is a mega hit at the theaters right now. Audiences love the film but other people hate it with a passion it seems. Whether it has to do with how much of the story is fabricated or whether the film is really some sort or right wing propaganda machine, you just don't get the sense that the film hasn't got much momentum here for a win. As for both The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything, both are very highly regarded British films. But both films seem to be highly regarded for other areas but the writing. Both films have great lead performances and both are very technically sound. But Theory has been accused by some for being inert and uninvolved in spots of the story while Imitation has had some questions over whether the film glossed over certain facts of it's real life story. That leaves Whiplash. It's one of the most well received critical hits of the year and the fact that it comes from a short film is a surprise for most people. Since that film's chances of winning best picture do seem slim at best, this and Best Supporting Actor might be where the film gets it's due. 

Should Win and Will Win: 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - 

Alejandro González Iñárritu,  Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo

 Boyhood - Richard Linklater

Foxcatcher - E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman 

The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness

Nightcrawler - Dan Gilroy

Another tough category to pick. All of these films have been very well received by audiences and critics. Two films on this list though have tough chances of winning. Foxcatcher has been nominated in other categories but the lack of a best picture nomination really sinks it's chances here. Same goes for Nightcrawler. It's chances were probably damaged the moment Jake Gyllenhaal failed to get a Best Actor nomination. Boyhood may end up winning Best Picture and a few other awards during the evening. But considering that many people are talking about the movie's directing and how good the acting is and how there never really was much of a set script over the years, one is not getting a strong sense of a win here. So that leaves Birdman and Grand Budapest and this is where it gets hard. Both films are inventive and both show off wonderful storytelling. What makes the difference? In the case of Birdman, the discussion has been on Michael Keaton. Keaton is truly the anchor of the film and the film would really have been lost without him. However, ask anyone why Grand Budapest worked and the answer you would get the most is Wes Anderson. He has been very well regarded filmmaker for years by both audiences and critics. For reasons unknown, the Academy has not given him much in the way of nominations to Anderson over the years. This is the year I think he finally gets some recognition and this is the category where he finally wins an Oscar. While it would not be a shock to see Birdman win, it looks to be a Grand night for Wes Anderson at last. 

Should Win and Will Win: 

That is it for this post. Next time, we will look at the Best Supporting Actor and Actress races. Both of these races look like easy wins for actors in both categories. Or are they? We will look at that next time.

- Hash 

2014 Photos That I Have Taken

Since we are past the half way point on the year, I wanted to post some photos that I have taken so far this year. I'll make sure and put more on here at the end of the year. Enjoy!

Michael Bay: An Appreciation

I enjoy the films of Michael Bay.


This is a controversial statement I am sure. Most people are either in three camps: A) Those who hate Michael Bay films. B) Those who hate Michael Bay himself, or C) Those who are in both camps A and B.

Michael Bay is controversial no doubt about it. But, let's consider something for a moment. Transformers: Age of Extinction opens in theaters this weekend. The film is estimated to make a huge amount of money at the box office. It begs the question, if critics and a majority of people hate Michael Bay, why do his movies keep making huge sums of money? Are the critics wrong and out of touch with audiences?

One thing that is undeniable: Bay has a visual flair to his style of filmmaking. With his first few films, he brought such a style to his films that many film directors have gravitated towards that style. Look at Zack Snyder for example.

Snyder has brought a brand of frenetic filmmaking to cinema that I think is somewhat a direct result of Michael Bay. Think about his last film, the Superman epic Man of Steel. The whole last third of that film was pretty much one giant action set piece that was unrelenting. It felt like a Michael Bay film without Michael Bay actually directing it. Starting with Bad Boys II, most of Bay's film's has ended with third acts that have been pretty much all action and little character development. Since this style has made Bay millions at the box office, many directors obviously have gone to this style. Snyder is just one of many it seems.

If Bay has a great visual flair that is unique among his contemporaries, his lack of storytelling ability makes him stand out just as much as any other filmmaker. In fact, I am even of the opinion that the reason Bay doesn't get any of the respect that other action directors like James Cameron and Ridley Scott get is because he just doesn't care about character and plot. He just cares more about action and movement.

Ridley Scott for instance had a lot of the same criticism early in his career. That he was more interested in mood and visuals than he was in actually three dimensional characters. At the time of the film's release, Roger Ebert was quoted in his review of Scott's 1985 fantasy film Legend as saying that "Performances tend to get lost in productions like this. I particularly noticed how easily (Tom) Cruise got buried in the role of Jack. Here is the talented young actor from "Risky Business," where he came across as a genuine individual, and this time he's so overwhelmed by sets and special effects that his character could be played by anybody."

But Scott has improved as a filmmaker as the years have gone on. Look at Thelma & Louise, G.I. Jane, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Matchstick Men, and American Gangster. Scott's signature visuals are still there, but he has gained a better sense of story and character. He has shown growth as a filmmaker.

This is something that Bay, according to his critics, has not shown. Box office-wise he has grown. As of this writing, Michael Bay films have grossed an estimated $1.8 Billion Dollars at the box office. He is in the top five all time highest grossing filmmakers, bested only by Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis, and James Cameron. So Bay is obviously doing something right.

But is Bay's inability to grow as a filmmaker a part of the Hollywood environment as much as anything else. Look around the film industry today. Many of the top filmmakers in the industry are stuck in what many people call "franchise mode." Instead of doing original films that they could put their own personal stamp on, many directors are having to direct big budget films in order to just get the chance to direct a personal project that they like. Look at Marc Webb for instance. His first film was the very well received romantic comedy/drama 500 Days of Summer. The film felt much much the stamp of a new filmmaker on the rise. What has Webb done since then? Two Spider-Man films. Both of which were reboots which frankly no one really was asking for. And while The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider Man 2 both had some great genuine character moments that Webb had brought to 500 Days of Summer, both of those films felt impersonal. Any director really could have stepped in a directed them.

And it is not just Webb. Bay is busy with the Transformers films. Justin Win just finished up a stint directing four Fast & Furious films and is busy prepping the next Jason Bourne film. Peter Jackson is just about finished up directing the new Hobbit Trilogy and has expressed interest in directing another Tintin film. Ridley Scott is rumored to be setting sequels to both Prometheus and Blade Runner. Today it is just hard for a director to do anything that else. Bay is often criticized for this but is it really fair to blame him all for this.

Bay after all seems to enjoy making big budget films. He has been famously quoted as saying "I make films for teenage boys. Oh dear, what a crime!" Maybe big budget films is what Bay is meant to do. It is easy to mock Bay for this. But he does have talent. Look at the "Got Milk?" ad that won him much acclaim.

That is a great commercial. A sign of someone who knows how to tell a story visually and in a great way.

Granted Bay can come off as snide in interviews and his storytelling can leave something to be desired. But Bay seems to know what audiences want. I respect his style. While far from my favorite director, I like Michael Bay. He is able to create great action scenes. The Humvee chase in The Rock. The asteroid attack scene at the beginning of Armageddon. The yellow Hummer wiping out the Cuban village in Bad Boys II and so on.

Bay's style is something I think Hollywood was going towards anyways. Bay just happened to be the guy to usher that style in. It is easy to hate Michael Bay. I am one of the few that likes his style. I just don't think critics will ever give him decent notices and frankly Bay doesn't seem to care. He gets to direct big budget films that make huge sums of money and he gets to direct commercials with Victoria Secret models. Hate the man all you want. He is probably going to laugh all the way to the bank anyways. 

Kenny Loggins: Soundtrack God

Ladies and Gentlemen, Kenny Loggins is Soundtrack God.

No doubt about it. It's not even close. Throughout the 80's and the mid 90's, Loggins produced hit singles for a vast number films that earned him the nickname "King of the Movie Soundtracks." Most of these songs were memorable for their catchy hooks and the great instrumentals. More importantly, these songs worked for the movies they were in because Loggins always made sure that the song fit into whatever the story was. "Highway to the Danger Zone" fits with Top Gun. "For the First Time" works with One Fine Day, etc.

Let's look at some great examples of some of Kenny Loggins best songs and what makes these songs tick. Besides the usual reasons of being just bad ass songs to begin with....

1) 

I'm Alright from Caddyshack

The first huge soundtrack single from Loggins came from this classic comedy from 1980. It is actually somewhat fitting that this song was a breakout hit for Loggins. Caddyshack was such a breakout for many of the people in the film. People like Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield. A movie like this was just the perfect start for Loggins reign as soundtrack king. "I'm Alright" also fit into the attitude of the film. The story is basically the "snobs" vs. the "slobs." The "slobs" were always so relaxed and cool in the film. It really fits into the one lyric in the song, "Why you got to give me a fight/ Can't you just let me be?" Plus the guitars in this song just rock. 

2) 

Footloose from Footloose

 

This song was big for the film but it was even bigger for Loggins. The song spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard charts and it won Loggins a Grammy for Song of the Year. This also fits into the movie so well because, like the film, the song is about making everyone dance. The story is about a teen who moves to a small town where dancing and rock 'n roll are banned. He wants to dance, most of the teens in the movie want to dance. Heck by the end of the film, the audience probably wanted to dance. Kenny Loggins gave them that song. The way Loggins keeps on repeating the lyrics Everybody cut/ Everybody cut Footloose couldn't have been more perfect. The characters wanted to have freedom to dance and with this song, they did.

3) 

Danger Zone from Top Gun

For most people, if Loggins is known for one song, it is this one. Everything about this is so cheesy but it is so awesome to listen to with friends or if you are watching Top Gun. The lyrics about being on the edge fits Tom Cruise's character perfectly. All throughout the film, his character is always taking dangerous risks. Whether it be flying below the hard deck trying to take out a fellow pilot during a simulation or sleeping with a flight instructor that is probably breaking Lord knows how many rules, Maverick is a character always going to the edge and back. The song to this day continues to be memorable. Last year, the television show Archer even parodied it in a very funny promo. This song help make Top Gun a huge success and it also continue Loggins's reign of soundtrack supremacy. 

4)

Meet Me Half Way from Over The Top

This is where we all need to be impressed with Kenny Loggins as a Soundtrack God. It is quite easy to make a hit song off a film that is quite good. Kenny has proven that already. But what about making a great song off of a terrible film? In the late 80's, it's almost like Loggins wanted to make it a challenge. Take an awful film and some how come up with a song that is actually better than the film itself. Loggins started this trend with "Meet Me Half Way." It is a great emotional song. A power ballad. Pure 80's goodness. The song was for the Sylvester Stallone film Over The Top. A drama about arm wrestling. That is right, ARM WRESTLING!!! The plot is dumb, Stallone looks bored, and the kid who plays Stallone's son gives one of the worst performances ever put to film. In fact, this film doesn't even deserve this song. It is a great song about reconnecting with someone you love. With the video above, they almost sell you on the fact that the film is actually good. My advice, watch the music video and avoid the movie at all costs. Speaking of awful films....

5) 

Nobody's Fool from Caddyshack II

I hate Caddyshack II. Hate it. Hate it with the passion of a thousand suns. There is nothing about this movie that works in any way. When the gopher is the funniest thing about this film, you know you are screwed. Yet Kenny Loggins somehow came up with a great song for this film. In all honesty, it is actually a personal favorite of mine. It has great instrumentals and it is such a fun song to listen to. Even Loggins went on record about how he thought that it would be hard to "capture lighting in a bottle again" trying to make a hit single with this film. Loggins was close though. The song hit #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The song is a great anthem if nothing else. You just wish the writers of the film would have had just as much fun and passion as Loggins did performing this awesome song.   

 

Loggins would have one more hit song from a movie, ("For the First Time" a sweet, romantic song from One Fine Day), before he would take it easy from music. He has not really added any other song to another film since then. The impact Loggins had on the soundtrack was huge. Loggins helped prove that the right song teamed up with the right film could help promote that film just as well as any trailer could. It also helps that Loggins is actually a pretty good singer/songwriter. All these songs I mentioned above work on their own away from the movies they come from. They will continue to have an impact on us all for years to come. 

If nothing else, he at least taught us that every once in awhile, it never hurts to just once in awhile to cut loose! 

- Hash