DVD REVIEW: THE EXPENDABLES

by Ryan Meehan
 
Let me preface this by saying that I am probably a shitty film critic.  I usually leave this stuff to Cal and Koz, but they are very busy right now.  Monday night in lieu of a much longer movie my girlfriend and I chose to rent The Expendables (104 minutes, Lionsgate), a movie made by Sylvester Stallone about a motorcycle gang (I think) that also negotiates for hostages all over the world.  Which actually sounds like something I would buy into.
 
OK, not really.  But I did know there were going to be some explosions and plenty of other things to make fun of, so why not? 
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YOUR POOR ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS CAN SNOWBALL INTO MUCH LARGER PROBLEMS‏

by Ryan Meehan

Welcome to FOH, where it goes down a lot more than it doesn’t…

More unnecessary anger from the pulpit, but if you consider the fact that I shouldn’t even need to be up here speaking whatsoever maybe everybody else could cut me some slack.
 
I’ve been beyond organized my whole life.  Even during the darkest periods of my life, I’ve still always managed to keep everything I have in order.  But I don’t expect a medal for it because it isn’t like it’s difficult to keep your shit together.  
 
I’ve been watching a lot of A & E lately and they have a show which most of you have probably already seen called Hoarders where these sick individuals store ungodly amounts of shit in their living space and then claim that it’s an addiction.  Then to make matters worse, they actually bring in someone whose title is a – wait for it – “personal organizer” to help them get their “life” back.  It’s hard to feel sorry for the participants of this show, so to me it’s a comedy and I laugh my ass off at it weekly.  
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