bjournal::juxtapoz

Jack Black. Mos Def. That was pretty much enough to get me to the theatrem and the hilarity of those two remaking old movies was enough to get me absolutely giddy about it. Nor was I disapointed.

What I wasn’t expecting however, was a deft commentary on building community, fostering creativity wherever, and the utter stupidity of laws that claim to protect artists but actually pad studio’s wallets.

If you care about movies or communities, then go see this movie (that is, if you wouldn’t have seen it because of either Mos Def or Jack Black).

Lucky Number Slevin has to be one of my favorite movies ever. I’ve listed just a few of the great quotes from the movie. There are more, to be sure. It isn’t just the quotes, though, that make the movie good. The structure is excellent, it is a good story, it has a great cast, and they reference the Shmoo. Come on.

• Fuck shit Jesus is right.
• … sometimes there’s more to life than just livin’
• well, I’m short for my height
• tell it to the one-legged man, so he can bump it off down the road
• yeah, well, unfortunately for you, you’re not the first cat to tell me you wasn’t the guy I was looking for.
• These guys buy cops like cops buy donuts.
• You mean this isn’t the first time a crime lord asked you to kill the gay son of a rival gangster to pay off a debt that belongs to a friend whose place you are staying in as a result of losing your job, your apartment, and finding your girlfriend in bed with another guy?
• Oh hey, hey! I was just thinking that if you’re still alive when I get back to work tonight that maybe… I don’t know, we could go to dinner or something?
• So… see you later.