49ers Game Log 09

I did this last year and predicted an 8-8 record for my niners, even though I at first said 7-9 (the record in which the actually finished). So like last year I will go game by game and give my reasons for why I think they will win or lose and a final score prediction, I know its basically impossible to predict these games but it is always fun to look back and see how close I was.

Week 1

@Arizona - 49ers played the Cardinals very well last year, and a yard or two separated them from a crucial win @Arizona last year. Everyone is saying the Cardinals will be better then last year...I am not one of those people. I think this game will be very close and could come down to some last minute turnover. I am going to go out on a limb and say the 49ers shock the Cardinals at home and upset the NFC Champions.

Final Score: 49ers Win 28-24 (1-0)

Week 2

vs Seattle - Ah the home opener, a game I am attending myself. 49ers usually start off well to open the season and I think this is a game they can and should take from the Seahawks, who at this point still are trying to build the chemistry with the new players they acquired from the off season. This game is where it pays off to have players like Shaun Hill, who strive to win no matter how it has to happen. I say the 49ers D comes up big in their home opener and the team wins.

Final Score: 49ers Win 17-12 (2-0)

Week 3

@Minnesota- Brett Farve, why did you have to bother? Viking always needed a big named and armed QB and now that they have one, and the best RB in the league they will be all but unstoppable at home. This game will not be pretty for the Niners who typically do not play well on the road against out of division. I will say they somewhat hold the Vikings down and make it close for a while, I don't even remember the last time the 9ers have won in Minnesota.

Final Score: Loss 24-13 (2-1)

Week 4

vs St Louis- Returning home to play the Rams should heal some of the wounds from a trip to Minnesota, I think the 9ers will be amped up to play the Rams who they beat twice last year. Rams are still suppose to be pretty bad at this point and will be struggling to find out who they are. Gore should have a nice big game and 9ers will roll.

Final Score: Win 21-10 (3-1)

Week 5

vs Atlanta- The good old rivals here! Haven't seen ATL in our place since Jamal Anderson was running. Atlanta was very much the surprise NFL team last year in the NFC South, but the thing about that division is that whoever was on top last year never seems to repeat...but this team has added talent and will stilll be good. Niners will struggle at home against them, I think Atlanta has too much and wins on a 4th quarter field goal.

Final Score: Loss 17-14 (3-2)

Week 6- Bye Week

Week 7

@Houston- Houston has been predicted to very well this year, they have loads of talent and play in a very tough division(who the 9ers play this year). I think that while they are loaded on talent that Houston doesn't seem like the scariest venue to play in. I do not think they are much better then an .500 team and yes, I think the 49ers D can handle them on the run making them have to pass to Andre Johnson, who I think will have a big game. I say 49ers get an early lead and hang on during a close game and since they had the bye week they will be well rested.

Final Score: Win 23-13 (4-2)

Week 8

@Indianapolis- Not really looking forward to this game, we typically get killed by Indy and I do not see this being any different...unless Manning sits this one out I am going to say the 9ers get spanked. They play terrible on the road against playoff teams. I will not be nice, 9ers get their butts kicked. I will say Singletary loses it after this game and gets the team to re-focus though.

Final Score: Loss 33-13 (4-3)

Week 9

vs. Tennessee - Ah the rewards of playing the AFC...I think the 9ers are more then ready for this game after playing and losing to the Colts. Lets say the 9ers hold back the rushing attack of Tennessee, they still have to deal with their stingy D. I think its a close one, but the 9ers just do not have enough to pull it out for the win.

Final Score: Loss 23-17 (4-4)

Week 10

vs. Chicago Bears - So yeah I don't know if you have seen the 9ers play the bears the last few years, but the Bears usually kicked the living shit out of us! BUT this one is on TV, this one is on our HOME TURF, and this one you know Singeltary wants to win. I think we have a tough low scoring game, hey look at the last 4 or so years..we always have one very low scoring home win. I will say we learned from getting beat by the Colts and Titans and man up to win this one and get back in the playoff hunt!

Final Score: WIN! 18-12 (5-4)

Week 11

@Green Bay- Playing in Lambeau Field is no fun, and it is sure to be cold there in late November. This game could be very close if the 9ers have to run the ball a lot. Gore and Coffee could run the Packers to a loss, but I just think the venue makes the game for the Packers and that they win in ugly fashion.

Final Score: Loss 17-10 (5-5)

Week 12

vs Jacksonville- The Jaguars! Another team you rarely see come and play in SF. I believe that at home after playing tougher teams the 9ers can pull this one out. It will be a low scoring game, probably mostly running by both teams. But I will say the 9ers win this one because it is at home and the Jags are mostly a running team.

Final Score: Win 13-7 (6-5)

Week 13

@Seatlle- Seahawks are not as bad as they looked last year...and at home I think this game will be close. I know the 9ers went into Seattle last year and had a crazy high scoring game but that was Mike Martz offense, now the 9ers are more run and I think they will have a better overall defense. I will have to say though, that this game looks like a loss for me. I think it will be some fluke big play that gets the Seahawks the win.

Final Score: Loss 14-13 (6-6)

Week 14

vs Arizona- After hanging around being 6-6 the 9ers season will most likely hang in the balance as they play the Cardinals. I think this is what separates this team from last years team, they have the coach will push them over the edge and make them pull out this game and giving them the tie-breaker against the Cardinals(who I think will be 9-7). The 9ers season will look all the more brighter when they take it to the Cardinals and win at home, giving them a winning record and pushing them into the playoff hunt..again.

Final Score: Win 23-21 (7-6)

Week 15

@Philadelphia - I think the Eagles are a great team this year, and this could be the worst loss of the season. Eagles loaded up on talent and at home...well lets just say it wont be too pretty! It is later in the season and both teams will be playing for the playoffs, so it will be intense but I just think the Eagles @home prove too much and they pull away from a close game after the half.

Final Score: Loss 31-14 (7-7)

Week 16

vs Detroit Lions- We beat up on the Lions last year, they have some talented players this time around but the niners are in the playoff hunt and just need this win bad. I think we handle the Lions with some ease and come out on top in this one. I will also go out on a limb and say this will be Matthew Staffords first start.

Final Score: Win 28-17 (8-7)

Week 17

@St Louis- Wait? We get to end the season playing the two worst teams from last year? Sweeeet!!! I think this is the game of the year for the 49ers, who handled the Rams twice last year. Yet I will say its going to be close, probably closer then most 9ers fans would like. Gore steps up and has a monster game and leads the team to the win almost by himself. Gore gets NFC player of the week honors, the niners win and make the playoffs! What a season!!

Final Score: Win 21-20 (9-7)

So there you have it, could it happen? Sure!

Summer of 09 Goal

Some of you may have been tuned into my goal of seeing 100 movies this summer. Well as school officially stars today at 1PM for me my goal ends. Yes I did not get to see 100 movies this summer but overall I think I did quite well, seeing 69 movies over the summer was not bad at all. I wanted to break down the movies in some sub-categories for fun. So here we go:

# of movies seen this summer : 69

# of the movies I had never seen before: 48

# of the movies I had seen before: 21

# of the movies seen at the theatre: 20

# of movies seen on dvd: 41

# of those seen on dvd I rented from netflix: 12

# of those seen on dvd I rented from the library: 7

# of movies seen that I watched on demand: 5

# of movies seen I watched entirely on TV: 2

# of movies seen that were in 3D: 1

# of movies receiving an F grade: 0

# of movies receiving a D grade: 1

# of movies receiving a C grade: 13

# of movies receiving a B grade: 36

# of movies receiving an A grade: 19

# of movies watched at my home: 32

# of movies watched at a friends place: 14

# of movies watched in Vegas: 4 (3 on DVD, 1 at theatre)

# of movies watched that were sequels: 6

# of movies that were remakes: 3

..I think I could have watched even more movies but I got tangeled up in watching (and trying to finish) the show Battlestar Galactica on DVD.

NFL 2009

With my fantasy football team gearing to start up soon, and with major players in place (Favre) I go ahead and do my yearly NFL predictions. Last year I had Pittsburgh winning the division and Arizona going 7-9 so I am not always perfect. I did get my own personal teams wins exact though. Many things could change these games but I am going to predict away anyway...this year I am looking more at strength of schedule into my final factors. I am also going to predict one tie since it happened last year! Here we go!

NFL 2009

AFC

East
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z-New England Patriots 12-4
Miami Dolphins 9-7
Buffalo Bills 8-8
New York Jets 7-9


North
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z-Pittsburgh Steelers 13-3
y-Baltimore Ravens 10-6
Cincinnati Bengals 6-10
Cleveland Browns 6-10



South
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z-Indianapolis Colts 10-6
y-Tennessee Titans 10-6
Jacksonville Jaguars 8-8
Houston Texans 7-9



West
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z-San Diego Chargers 10-6
Kansas City Chiefs 6-10
Denver Broncos 5-11
Oakland Raiders 5-11




NFC

East
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z -Philadelphia Eagles 11-5
y-New York Giants 10-6
Dallas Cowboys 9-7
Washington Redskins 6-10



North
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z -Minnesota Vikings 11-5
y-Chicago Bears 10-6
Green Bay Packers 8-8
Detroit Lions 3-12-1



South
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z- Atlanta Falcons 10-6
Carolina Panthers 9-7
New Orleans Saints 8-8
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5-11



West
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z- San Francisco 49ers 9-7
Arizona Cardinals 9-7
Seattle Seahawks 6-10
St Louis Rams 4-11-1


z- Clinched Division
y- Wildcard

The Apatow Experience

Since the 40 Year Old Virgin was released Judd Apatow became a well known comedy director, writer, producer. Of course he had already done the great show Freaks and Geeks which would star James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel (as well as the lesser known Martin Starr) who would later go onto star in his movies. But the 40 Year Old Virgin was a commerically successful movie and lead Apatow on his new found comedy genius role of movies. I picked my top ten favorite movies that Mr. Apatow has some role in, so here is the list!

10. Cable Guy - I enjoyed it when I first saw it back in 1996. Apatow produced this one starring Jim Carrey, Matthew Broderick, and his wife Leslie Mann, oh and its directed by Ben Stiller another older Apatow partner(they worked on the Ben Stiller show together Apatow produced and wrote on the show). Also loook for an early role from Jack Black and Owen Wilson, who he would both later go onto work with on Year One and Drillbit Taylor.



9. Step Brothers - Apatow and Will Ferrell team up again and reunite the gang from Talladega Nights, John C. Riley and Ferrell who were best buddies in Talladega Nights are now step brothers who hate each other. This movie is really childish but I laughed quite a bit. Apatow produced on this one.



8. Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby- Ferrell is really great as Ricky Bobby and look for Sasha Baron Cohen as his rival. The movie was produced by Apatow and directed by Adam McKay. Mckay, Ferell, and Apatow would later team up and make the web site FunnyorDie.com.




7. Funny People- The newest comedy from Apatow, this one he wrote, produced and directed. Apatow teamed up with long time friend Adam Sandler who plays a dying comedian. The movie stars a lot of the regulars from Apatows movies. I have only seen it once but I really enjoyed it.



6. Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy - Anchorman was produced by Apatow, it was released in 2004 and sort of started this great roll for Apatow. The movie stars Ferell, but also a lot of other actors Apatow would later go onto use like Paul Rudd and Steve Carell. I watched the movie a few months ago and it doesn't hold up as well as I remembered, but is still full of laughs.




5. Pineapple Express- Apatow produced and wrote the story for this one. This movie had his touches all over it. The two main stars were from his show Freaks and Geeks (Rogen and Franco) and is most action packed of any movie Apatow has worked on. The stoner duo is brill ant and the movie is just hilarious.





4. Forgetting Sarah Marshall- It was tight for me between this one and Pineapple. FSM was produced by Apatow and stars another one of his Freaks and Geeks alum, Jason Segel (who also wrote the movie and the songs in the movie). The movie is fucking great and will make you laugh tons but when I saw it I was going through a break-up and thought it shows some reality to how break-ups can usually go. This movie also starred newcomer Russell Brand who will be in another Apatow produced movie Get Him To The Greek in 2010.




3. Superbad- Superbad is one of the best teen movies I have ever seen. Jonah Hill and Mihcael Cera were brilliantly cast and can act and make you laugh a lot. Hill in particular is slowly becoming one of my favorites to watch. The movie was written by Seth ROgen when he was 13! Yeah, fucking 13! I just re watched the movie recently and it really holds up well. Also launched Christopher Mintz-Plasse into stardom, of course he was McLovin the 23 year old Hawaiian Organ Donor. I also wanted to mention a few other movie that have the Apatow look and feel to them which would have been on my list but were not touched by Apatow.



-Role Models which stars Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse.
-I Love You, Man which stars Rudd and Jason Segel and is in the vain of an Apatow like comedy.
-Zach and Miri Make a Porno, eh I know Kevin Smith did this one but seriously it has a lot of cast from movies by Apatow (Rogen and Banks) , also think Apatow would have done a better job...sorry Mr. Smith.
-Accepted which i think is an underrated comedy and has some people who would go onto star in Apatow movies like Justin Long and Jonah Hill.

2. 40 Year Old Virgin- This is the movie that showed you could do a good R rated comedy and have it be well done and hilarious. Apatow wrote, produced and directed this one. Steve Carell gives the movie heart and can also play a good virgin. I cant believe it came out way back in 2005. Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jane Lynch, and Elizabeth Banks. This movie is still one of his best and has a good story and romance to it. I think its a classic for many years to come.



1. Knocked Up- I know I know, why did I choose Knocked Up? Well its written, produced, and directed by Apatow. But this movie just makes me love movies. I think its a great piece of filmmaking, its keeps you laughing throughout but also has a good story and the scenes of the guys (real life friends) played by Jonah Hill, Jason Segel, Seth Rogen, Martin Starr, and Jay Baruchel are some of the best scenes in the whole movie. I would pay to watch these guys just riff off one another for hours. You also have the forced romance between the soon to be parents, played by Rogen and the hot Katherine Heigl. The movie also looks at marriage, like the one between Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd. I think Apatow really gives a look into a real life family and problems that arise when kids come and the fun goes away. I would also highly recommend you get the 2 disc DVD, I watched almost every extra and just ads to the enjoyment of the film.




Well, that's the list for now. Apatow is on an amazing run of cinema. Lets hope he can keep it up and shell out even more hilarious films! If not...we have these amazingly good movies to keep watch on dvd!

My Tube

Not too much to blog about of late. I am enjoying my summer off. Went to LA and am going to Vegas next week so that should be fun. I got half way to my list of 100 movies but I don't think there is anyway I will finish it, seeing as I have a month left and oh 48 movies more to see.

So here are some clips that have peeked my interest off you tube. The first one is a great video by Miles Fisher. This video is really well done and the actor has an uncanny resemblance to Christian Bale, or at least how he looked during the movie American Psycho, which the video is playing homage to. The music is eh ok...check it out you will not regret it! The video is a cover of a Talking Heads song called This Must Be The Place.





The second video is from the upcoming Tron sequel. At first I though this clip was a video game but then I realized it was not, a bit of a surprise at the end of the clip. I would watch it in HD if you can (I can! I got a new cpu with a HD screen) If you wish to just simoply click on the videos and watch them directly on YouTube. WELCOME TO TRON!



The last one is a review from my favorite Angry Video Game nerd, even if you have never watch the angry ones reviews before you must watch this one. He probably found the worst game ever made! It has to do with chickens, pandas, shower scenes...yah and much more. So go watch it now!!!

Video Games | ScrewAttack | Angry Video Game Nerd: Plumbers Don't Wear Ties

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

My Real Childhood Heroes

I was a lucky kid, I had a older brother who would mostly put up with me and my dad was a manager for Toys R Us while I was growing up. For some reason I recall this moment over and over again as a kid: Me and Kevin (before mentioned older brother) were counting up our GI Joe's and finally reached that magical kid number that at the time seemed like the largest number in the world, we has finally counted up our Joe's and had 100 of them.

While this moment resonates in my mind is a mystery, but it does and I can remember being in his room for the final count. It seemed like we accomplished something that day, but really all we did was collect 100 GI Joes that cost $3.99 a pop. GI Joe was my toy, it was the cartoon I would watch and love as a child. I own the GI Joe animated movie from 1987, some kids were into Transformers I had my real american heroes. I can remember that playing with the Joes was a way of bonding for me, not only with Kevin but also with kids at school. I would often hang out with kids and play and compare GI Joe's it was an instant way to get to know them.

This was suppose to be about the new GI Joe movie titled G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra. I guess GI Joes were more then just a toy to me, but they held many great memories. I was a tad to young to be hardcore into Star Wars (that would come during my teen years) and besides The Real Ghostbuster toys for me it was pretty much Joe or nothing.

I mean look at these character designs, who can look at Snake Eyes, Storm Shadow, or Firefly and not say they look fucking awesome (and have kick ass code names to boot). Snake Eyes never even talks and he is on the coolest guys in cartoon/toy history, I would even go as far to say he is somewhat Boba Fett like.

You also had some hot chicks, Baroness and Scarlett. Even the bad guys were cool looking. Destro with his shiny metal dome head and Cobra Commander had some good suits, the classic Blue hood look is my favorite. I know they are not wearing the suits in the movie, I am sad but I really understand. It worked mostly for the X-men franchise, and I am not sure if you have seen some of those old uniforms but they would not work in real combat situations.

So the movie? Sure I have some issues with it, like I wish it was made with a better cast but some early reviews are showing that it could be a fun summer action flick. I am really looking forward to seeing it because it reminds me of a simpler time when I was just a kid who would go outside and make my own little world with my toys. The movie sucking will not take that away. If the movie is good it will just add more interest to going back to my childhood and buying some more of those cool new GI Joe toys, I always look at them when I go to target...who knows maybe I will buy some next time I see them.

Old Top Ten Lists

Being a movie lover since birth I felt it necessary to keep track and rate almost every movie I have ever seen. I started grading movies and keeping track of those movie starting in 1997. Here are my top ten lists since then, looking back I somtimes question my choices but its still fun to see what I was thinking back then and what I think now. 

1997

1. L.A. Confidental 

2. The Game 

3. Men In Black

4. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 

5. Jurassic Park: The Lost World

6. Face/Off

7. Chasing Amy

8. The 5th Element

9. Starship Troopers

10. Scream 2

1998

1. Saving Private Ryan

2. The Truman Show

3. Good Will Hunting

4. Armageddon

5. Titanic

6. Out Of Sight

7. As Good As It Gets

8. Ronin

9. The Wedding Singer

10. Halloween: H20

1999

1. American Beauty

2. The Sixth Sense

3. Go

4. Rushmore

5. Dogma

6. The Matrix

7. Fight Club

8. Three Kings

9. Office Space

10. Star Wars- Episode 1: The Phantom Menace

2000

1. Best In Show

2. The Green Mile

3. X-Men

4. Cast Away

5. Mission Impossible 2

6. High Fedelity

7. Charlies Angels

8. Unbreakable

9. The Perfect Storm

10. Girl, Interrupted

2001

1. Lord Of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2. Life As A House

3. Traffic

4. The Royal Tenebaums

5. Oceans 11

6. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

7. The Mummy Returns

8. Snatch

9. Shrek

10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

2002

1. Bowling For Columbine

2. Spider-Man

3. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 

4. Road To Perdition

5. Signs

6. Catch Me If You Can

7. Austin Powers in Goldmember

8. The Ring

9. Van Wilder

10. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2003

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2. Lost In Translation

3. Kill Bill Vol 1

4. School Of Rock

5. Bubba Ho-Tep

6. Big Fish

7. Finding Nemo

8. X2: X-Men United

9. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

10. T3: Rise of the Machines

2004

1. Garden State

2. Spider-Man 2

3. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

4.  The Incredibles

5. Sideways

6. Kill Bill, Vol 2

7. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle

8. Napoleon Dynamite

9. Farenhiet 9/11

10. Saw