#I failed you ricky martin

[thesupreme316]

Aew reacts to you falling asleep in most random places or falling asleep on them

You can choose either one

Orange Cassidy x Fem!Reader, MJF x Fem!Reader, Kenny Omega x Fem!Reader, Hook x Fem!Reader, Eddie Kingston x Fem!Reader, Ricky Starks x Fem!Reader, Christian Cage x Fem!Reader nick Wayne x fem

AEW STARS React to: You Falling Asleep in Random Places/On Them

Pairings: Orange Cassidy x Fem!Reader, MJF x Fem!Reader, Kenny Omega x Fem!Reader, Hook x Fem!Reader, Eddie Kingston x Fem!Reader, Ricky Starks x Fem!Reader, Christian Cage x Fem!Reader, Nick Wayne x Fem!Reader

Word Count: 937

Supreme Speaks: hey yall, i'm keeping my promise. Hopefully this is the start of making up for lost time, sorry for being away. I miss writing tbh. But antiways, thanks for being patient. NOW BACK TO MY SCHEMES. Plz remember that you are loved and appriecated.

Taglist: @hooks-martin @sheinthatfandom @triscillal @cassie0sstuff @eddie-kingstons-wifey @hookerforhook @batzy-watzy @wwenhlimagines

Warnings: slightly proofread, failed comedy, GIFS AINT MINE AGAIN GIFS AINT MINE (rights are to the original creators)

Orange Cassidy (Random place):

He’s not fazed

Homeboy is impressed that you can fall asleep anywhere

In fact, he joins you

He has seen you in every random place in the house

Bathroom, linen closet, the kitchen, and how you fell asleep on the steps of the porch??

He’ll never know

It’s a regular occurrence to play “Where’s Y/N?”

One time Trent and Kris came over and saw the two of you sleeping on the porch steps

He just left a sign beside y’all that said “come back later”

After your neighbor called the police for a wellness check

MJF (Random Place/On them):

He thought you were joking when you said you can sleep anywhere

But was genuinely concerned about how you fell asleep in the laundry room

Makes fun of you on Twitter and uses your pictures to describe other people’s matches

If you fell asleep on him, he would melt

I think he would show off that his S/O is sleeping on him with a smirk

Would yell at someone for disturbing you and would blame the other person for you waking up

“No babe, it was Adam’s dumbass voice that woke you up, not me.”

Will bring you closer if you move in your sleep

But make no mistake, if his cat falls asleep on him, you’re sleeping on the floor

Hook (On them):

I can see this man being stiff as a log when you fall asleep on him

Strokes your hair to keep you calm

Doesn’t eat chips for fear that they will awake you

He woke you up once…and that was enough for him

Only answer his friends if they’re asking yes or no questions (will only nod)

Drapes a blanket over you if you don’t have his hoodie on

Eventually, he will fall asleep with you

But he quickly moves to sleep next to you cause you a wild sleeper

One time you were boxing him in your sleep…and won…

Eddie Kingston (Random Place/On them):

Mans would try out your random sleeping places before waking up and crawling back in the bed

“I don’t know how lil mama does it…that shit hurt.”

However, he made a ranking list and the best place is the dining room floor

Finds it funny yet very disciplining, might use it as a punishment for when he misses workout sessions

Will carry you to bed with him cause again….he aint doin that shit

When you fall asleep on him, he just becomes a big ole teddy bear

If he needs to argue or tell someone off, he’ll whisper yell

Will make sure that you are warm by wrapping his hoodie over you

Once you’re asleep, Eddie will never move you or himself

Ricky Starks (On them):

I feel like as long as you don’t drool you’re fine

Or leave makeup on his shirt

If you do, you won’t hear anything about it until you wake up

“I love you babe, but next time, there will be a paper towel barrier.”

Tbh, depending on how tired he is, Ricky will fall asleep on top of you

I can see him just talking you to sleep per your request

Even after you fall asleep, Ricky still be talking cause why not

Like those above, he will scold people if they disturb you

Will put your phone on dnd

Kenny Omega (Random place/weird positions):

At first, cause he couldn’t find you, he would be in distress

He would look in every single bedroom or cushion-based location

Would feel better once he finds you in the bathroom tub (cause he heard your snoring)

I think Kenny would catch on to your locations very quickly

But if you find a new one, he’ll add it to your location list

Knowing Kenny, he would make this into a bit on Being The Elite (BTE)

Like every time there is a fight or argument, you are seen sleeping in a weird position (like back twisting or somethin)

“Y/N sleeping so we have to fight in slo-mo”

Christian Cage (On them):

MANS WOULD FEEL SO PROUD AND POWERFUL

He would feel so happy that you feel comfortable enough for you to fall asleep on him

Anytime you get sleepy, it doesn’t matter where you are, he will offer his shoulder or chest as a pillow

Places kisses on your forehead while your sleep

He moves a lot tho, not on purpose

But you quickly got use to it and would snuggle closer to him

Would use you sleeping as an excuse not to fight

“You better be lucky that Y/N is sleeping or I- wait, I don’t need to fight anyways. Luchasuarus, get him.”

Nick Wayne (Random place):

I am 100 percent certain that this man is easily influenced

Therefore

He will follow suit with your weird sleeping habits

If he sees you sleeping, he sleeping too so move over

Like Cassidy, he would actually like the random sleeping places

He would fall asleep anywhere

I feel like when’s he stressed, he would just sleep in a random place…even if he’s at work

Christian and Luchasuarus would be like where is Nick

And Nick would be asleep on a ladder

#aew #all elite wrestling #aew imagine #all elite wrestling imagines #aew hook #aew hook imagine #aew hook x reader #eddie kingston #eddie kingston imagine #eddie kingston x reader #aew nick wayne #nick wayne x reader #nick wayne imagine #christian cage #christian cage imagine #christian cage x reader #kenny omega #kenny omega imagine #kenny omega x reader #ricky starks #ricky starks imagine #ricky starks x reader #mjf #mjf x reader #mjf imagine #maxwell jacob friedman #orange cassidy #orange cassidy imagine #orange cassidy x reader

[jeysmullet]

headcanon of wrestlers reacting to their girlfriends defending them against someone else backstage??? darius martin x female reader, dante martin x female reader, hook x female reader, ricky starks x female reader, and isiah kassidy x female reader

Aew Men React: To Their Girlfriend Defending Them Backstage.

Pairings: Darius Martin X Fem!Reader, Dante Martin X Fem!Reader, Hook X Fem!Reader, Ricky Starks X Fem!Reader, Isiah Kassidy X Fem!Reader, Nick Wayne X Fem!Reader.

xoxo.

yall lemme say this before i write this.

@thesupreme316 is somebody i take writing style inspiration from in terms of writing head cannons , so please don’t try and say i’m coping them.

Darius Martin:

•This man is shy. like really shy when it comes to you.

• So when he was standing with the Lads and they heard some people arguing, when he figured out it was you arguing about him, this man’s face was hot.

• He would grab you from the person you were arguing with and drag you into a different, quieter area.

• All while still trying to calm himself down.

• “Why were you even arguing with them?”

• “Because they tried saying that you weren’t a good wrestler, and of course i had to defend my man.”

• And even if he tried he could not be a little upset at you for getting into a argument with your co-worker.

Ricky Starks:

•He is so cocky.

•Like this man could be standing around with his co-workers, and he like,

• “Y’all partners ever defended y’all like that?”

•Eventually he would have to drag you away and calm you down.

•That doesn’t mean the cockiness stopped.

• “You were arguing over me?”

•Like moral of the story, he would make you never wanna defend him again.

Dante Martin:

•He’s kind of shy like his brother, but he’s really sweet about it.

•When he dragged you away from the person you were arguing with, he would make sure you’re okay.

• “Are you okay? Did they say something about you?”

•When he found out you were arguing because you were defending him, he got really smiley.

•Like this man’s face could explode with how red his face got.

•But then he got into somewhat of a parent mode.

• “Baby, you could’ve gotten in trouble. I don’t want you to have to watch everyone else wrestle and you can’t, and it be my fault. I love you though, and thank you for defending me.”

•He’s just a little smiley ass baby.

Hook:

• Hook try’s to act nonchalant about it, but at the same time he gets really happy about it.

•Like he’ll try to use his hoodie to hide his smile, but it fails.

“He’ll try to let y’all end it on y’all’s own, but he’ll end up taking you into a different room when he feels it’s getting a little bit to far.

•When you finally calm down, you notice how smiley he is.

•He gets red in the face when you start picking at him.

•He’s just overall happy his girl defended him like that.

Isiah Kassidy:

•Isiah would record it.

•Like i have absolutely no doubt he wouldn’t record it, and then use it as a vlog bit.

•When he finally stops recording because he notices y’all are getting louder, he’ll pull you to another room.

•When you calm down, you notice his phone in his hand.

• “You recorded that didn’t you?”

•He would try to lie and say he didn’t but to be honest we all know he can’t lie.

• “I’m never defending yo ass again.”

•He very… unique.

Nick Wayne:

•I feel like Nick is very levelheaded.

•Like when he sees you, he automatically drags you away.

•He realizes you could get in trouble, so he calms you down before it gets any worse.

•When you finally told him why you and the person was arguing, mans would turn so red.

•When he finally gets his face back to a normal color, he thanks you for defending him.

•He also tells you not to get in trouble with the boss because of him.

Love? Hate?

Send requests🖤

xoxo.

#aew #ricky starks imagine #aew hook imagine #aew imagine #nick wayne imagine #isiah kassidy imagine #darius martin imagine #dante martin imagine #hook aew imagine

[lazanskywrites]

Glee Was Ahead of It's Time.

You either love or hate Glee there is absolutely zero in-between. It's like the "cilantro soap-tasting gene", you decide whether you like it or not in one try. In my opinion, Glee is a masterpiece and I am prepared to die on this hill. Here are my top five reasons why Glee is one of my favorite shows.

My controversial take though, Glee was only good until halfway through season five. With that being said, the first reason why Glee is my favorite show is because the original cast is iconic. The original Glee Club members slowly fizzle out of the show, having random cameos here and there. This is why, to me, the last seasons are hard to watch. No amount of new characters will top the original characters, they were funnier and had better acting.

The fourth reason Glee is my favorite show is because the comedy was ahead of its time. Countless skits in the show are similar to those in today's comedic world on TikTok or YouTube. But Glee is slowly losing popularity as other shows and movies are produced. The writing and comedic timing of these attached clips are another reason why I and plenty of others still watch Glee.

The third reason I love Glee is for their celebrity cameos. John Stamos, Neil Patrick Harris, Britney Spears, Ricky Martin, Olivia Newton-John, and Jennifer Coolidge, the list goes on and on. Every celebrity has an important role in the episode or the season they're featured in. For example, John Stamos' character was dating a teacher involved in the Glee Club. Ricky Martin was a Spanish teacher who taught the Glee Club about Latin music. And Olivia Newton-John was alongside Jane Lynch's character in a music video.

The amount of A-list celebrities the directors were able to feature in only six seasons is outstanding. It shows how popular this show became as more episodes were filmed.

Fourthly, Glee would be nothing without the music (literally). Were all the covers good? Absolutely not. But the good covers were good covers. Every character has a handful of songs that were praised in the Glee fandom, but Rachel, Mercedes, and Blaine had hit after hit. As much as I dislike both Rachel Berry and Lea Michelle, she can sing. Rachel's standout song for me was "Don't Rain On My Parade", it perfectly highlights her vocal talent and the attitude her character brings to the show.

Mercedes has just as powerful of a voice as Rachel and Mercedes does not hold back. Her character was hilarious and full of talent, but she often got overshadowed by her peers. There are songs her peers had performed I think she would've performed ten times better. This isn't a solo, but it's my favorite song of hers. The context of the song is hilarious and the music video is pure 2010s vibes.

Finally, Blaine Anderson. On TikTok, there is a joke being spread that any song Blaine has covered in Glee is better than the original. They call it the "Blaine Anderson effect". Similar to the "Kelly Clarkson effect" which is when Kelly Clarkson covers a song and outdoes the original artist. I listen to Blaine's covers like they're originals. I could go on and on about how many good covers he has in Glee. Today, Darren Criss still performs outstanding covers. My favorite Blaine cover has to be "Bills, Bills, Bills".

The fifth and final reason why I love Glee is none other than Jane Lynch. Without fail, she'll always be the funniest character in every episode. What I appreciate about her character is the soft side she tries to cover up with crass jokes towards students and colleagues. Realizing why she is protective and patient with Becky it makes you see her from a different perspective. I love Sue Sylvester so much that I dressed up as her for Halloween.

It takes a certain person to truly enjoy Glee so it's not surprising that I'm one of the only people out of all my friends who enjoy watching an episode or two every night.

You thought I was kidding about the Halloween costume?

#glee #blog #suesylvester #blaine anderson #mercedesjones #rachel berry #naya rivera #glee club #matthew morrison #music

[herotome]

Lets say that the entire gang decides to get lit at karaoke! Who sings the most, who's the hypeman that doesnt really sing but still cheers everyone on, and who sings at MOST one (1!!!) song if forced to, but only a song everyone hates? Bonus: What would their go to songs be?

I've answered a couple of karaoke asks like

What if MC serenaded them a sweet (or raunchy) song

and I could swear there was another one... where Dart was singing "Toxic" by britney spears and did a mic drop?? But my memory is failing me... Maybe I'm making it up haha.

Uh anyway. Getting lit as a group! (With the caveat that Dart doesn't drink and Mia probably won't drink!)

Warden would gingerly be cheering everyone on, just kinda There and smiling but not wanting to participate much like most bosses at any employee gathering lol. He'd try to sing some inoffensively bland radio pop song but at the last minute Griffin will queue up an Aqua song and push MC to go do a duet. (Probably Bumblebee, much to Warden's mortification when he stammers through "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am.")

Griffin... if sufficiently drunk would be a mic hog, but Griffin usually has great self-control and wouldn't get schwasted without a significant reason lol -- so she'd just do a couple of songs and then focus on getting everyone involved and participating. He'll probably do Ricky Martin and Carly Rae Jepsen songs - and has those lyrics memorized.

Mia would be beet red embarrassed but does rise up to the challenge of singing a couple of songs. Probably Selena Gomez songs.

Dart would sing exactly one song and depending on his mood it is either a rock ballad or something very obnoxious specifically to spite someone (ie, Toxic by Britney Spears).

Jade would not! want! to sing! But would end up losing some kind of bet with Griffin and, thoroughyl wine drunk, would sing some sultry morose number like a Hozier song or Lana Del Ray's Young and Beautiful. A little ways into the song she'd start floating and by the end of the song she'd be nestled against the ceiling drunkenly trying to nap up there. The gang are gotta have to get at her with a sufficiently long stick...

Thank you for the ask!! This was a fun one :D

#RO: everyone #herotome ask

[p1325]

Here's the list of the mixes I used: Madonna - Everybody (Ibiza Club Mix) Madonna - Holiday (DJ Pantelis 2014 Club Mix) Madonna - Like a Virgin (Henriq Moraes Private Club Mix) Madonna - Material Girl (DJ NiKoH Private Edit) Madonna - Crazy For You (Tony Moran Circuit Club Mix) Madonna - Into The Groove (Andrew Cecchini & Sandro Pozzi Club Mix) Madonna - Live To Tell (Matt Pop's At Close Range Club Mix) Madonna - Papa Don't Preach (Nick Lamprakis 2019 Club Mix) Madonna, Ricky Martin - La Isla Bonita (Mash-Up Club Mix) Madonna - Who's That Girl (White Label 2002 Club Mix) Madonna - Causing A Commotion (Silver Screen Mix) Madonna - Like A Prayer (George Tsilipakos Club Mix) Madonna - Express yourself (VIP Posh Club Mix) Madonna - Cherish (Mirror Ball's Ocean Club Mix) Madonna - Dear Jessie (Junior Cortez Make A Wish Club Mix) Madonna - Vogue (Space Hunter Club Mix) Madonna - Erotica (Underground Club Mix) Madonna - Deeper & Deeper (Thunderpuss Unreleased Club Mix) Madonna - Fever (Peggy's Nightclub Mix) Madonna - Rain (Razor & Guido Club Mix) Madonna - Secret (Junior's Luscious Club Mix) Madonna - Bedtime Story (Junior's Wet Dream Mix) Madonna - Human Nature (Runway Club Mix) Madonna - Frozen (Extended Club Mix) Madonna - Ray of Light (Calderone Club Mix) Madonna - Drowned World / Substitute for Love (BT & Sasha's Bucklodge Club Mix) Madonna - Power Of Goodbye (Deep Connection Club Mix) Madonna - Nothing Really Matters (Club 69 Vocal Club Mix) Madonna - Beautiful Stranger (Calderone Club Mix) Madonna - Music (Calderone Electro Anthem Mix) Madonna - Don't Tell Me (Tracy Young Club Mix) Madonna - What It Feels Like For A Girl (Above & Beyond 12" Club Mix) Madonna - American Pie (Victor Calderone Extended Vocal Club Mix) Madonna - Die Another Day (Dirty Vegas Main Mix) Madonna - American Life (Ohad Rimert Club Mix) Madonna - Hollywood (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duck Mix) Madonna - Nothing Fails (Ornique Club Mix) Madonna - Love Profusion (Ralphi Rosario House Vocal Club Mix) Madonna Hung Up (Confessions Club Mix) Madonna - Sorry (Ander Standing Reconstruction Club Mix) Madonna - Jump (Offer Nissim Club Mix) Madonna - Get Together (Peter Rauhofer Private Vocal Mix) Madonna, Justin Timberlake & Timbaland - 4 Minutes (MAGIXX 2018 Club Mix) Madonna - Give It 2 Me (Eddie Amador Club 5 Mix) Madonna - Miles Away (Johnny Vicious Club Mix) Madonna - Celebration (Edson Pride Private Mix) Madonna - Revolver (Paul van Dyk Club Mix) Madonna - Give Me All Your Luvin' (Alessio Silvestro Club Mix) Madonna - Girl Gone Wild (AVICII's UMF Mix) Madonna - Turn Up The Radio (Martin Solveig Club Mix) Madonna - Living For Love (Erick Morillo Club Mix) Madonna - Ghosttown (DJ Mike Cruz NYC Club Mix) Madonna, Nicki Minaj - Bitch I'm Madonna (Rosabel's Bitch Move Mix) Madonna, Maluma - Medellin (Stormby Club Mix) Madonna, Swae Lee - Crave (Dirty Disco Mainroom Club Mix) Madonna - I Rise (Thomas Gold Extended Club Mix) Madonna - I Don't Search I Find (Craig C's Found Vocal Mix) Madonna, Tokischa - Hung Up (Djane Ali Club Mix) Madonna, Sam Smith - Vulgar (Brett Brisbois Classic House Mix)

#madonna #house #edm #remix #pop #pop music #megamix #Youtube

[mountinez]

hi nikka!

9, 23, 29, 30 for the song ask game!

hi, k! (missed you sm on my asks btw <3)

9: A song that makes you happy: "la da dee" this song is super silly, the lyrics are silly, and there is nothing much important or a deeper meaning about this song. but it makes me happy. idk why, tbh! just listening to it brings a smile to my face.

23: A song that you think everybody should listen to: "papaoutai" by stromae. i literally worship stromae, to me he is the greatest artist alive we have. so i rep everything he does. and this song is just a small proof of how this man should be more recognized. he uses his struggles to make music, but in such a strong way. he is so brave in this song, he mixes genres, he is not afraid to deal with complex subjects. also, the music video for this song is precious. everyone should watch it <3

29: A song that you remember from your childhood: believe me or not, the song that reminds me of my childhood is not a brazilian song. it is "livin la vida loca" by ricky martin. idk, this song was like a hit around here in the '90s (it still is). when i listen to it i literally remember me trying to ride a bike and failing miserably.

30: A song that reminds you of yourself: i had to pick three for this one;

"triste, louca ou má" by francisco el hombre. i think this defines how i feel about myself. it's a brazilian song that talks about a woman who refuses to be subjugated to what society wants of her. a verse "your house does not define you, you are your own home" <3

"celebrity skin" by hole. this one is more like i think other people feel about me. ofc i had to pick this song, idk it has everything to do with me, imo.

"there she goes" i prefer the sixpence none the richer version. this one is the song about who i am. because it is a bittersweet song. once i read about it being a "sappy" song because it has an initial high note, and then a low note at the end (something like that) and it brings a bittersweet feeling. a happy melancholy. idk if that makes sense, but i think this pretty much can define who i am. someone said once it is about meth, which makes sense... and well... better stop talking now.

send me numbers

#florist <3 #my god there are lots of songs that define me idk #sorry for cheating k :( #ask games

[rurpleplaysmuttingtonac]

Lucy was washing up the dishes when there was a hesitant knock on the front door. Intrigued by who was visiting her now, she was stunned to see Martin stood there, looking very sheepish.

"Martin?"

"Don't worry, I've not come back to cling onto our relationship" Martin said, trying to sound casual but failing to hide the pain in his eyes. "I've come to apologise."

She took a step back to let him into the little kitchen and started to get lunch ready, needing to do something with her hands as she tried to rein in her temper.

"I'm sorry that I called you a slut" Martin said, regret etched into every aspect of his face. "That was unforgivable."

"It's not unforgivable" Lucy interrupted him. "Let's face it Martin, we both said things we regret last night. I'm sorry for what I said as well."

"I can see that you're going to be a lot happier now" Martin said, his heart aching with sorrow.

She frowned "What do you mean?"

He rolled his eyes "Lucy, you brought Ricky back to life. What else was I supposed to think was your reasoning behind that choice?"

Lucy bit her lip "I was angry last night and I feel...at peace now he's back. It was my fault, our relationship. You were right that I was the one to seduce you, and in hindsight, I was using you."

Martin nodded soberly. "I just wish I could've been enough for you."

She felt even worse now "Martin, it's not your fault that we're not compatible. It's just how it is. You are still my friend, despite our failed relationship."

"I still consider you a friend as well" Martin said. "Although, I'll keep my distance for a few days as I need to get over this."

She was tempted to hug him. "Martin, I am truly sorry. I never wished you any pain, despite how self-consumed I was at times."

"Just give me time" was all he said.

#Muttington AC #Asylum Challenge #TS2 #Part Two #Lucy Hernandez #Martin Phillips

[byneddiedingo]

Ricky Nelson and Angie Dickinson in Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959)

Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, John Russell, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Estelita Rodriguez, Claude Akins, Malcolm Atterbury, Harry Carey Jr. Screenplay: Jules Furthman, Leigh Brackett, based on a story by B.H. McCampbell. Cinematography: Russell Harlan. Art direction: Leo K. Kuter. Film editing: Folmar Blangsted. Music: Dimitri Tiomkin. 

I could never countenance plagiarism, but as they say, if you're going to steal, steal from the best. Even if you're Howard Hawks stealing from Howard Hawks, which happens almost shamelessly in Rio Bravo. No one who loves Hawks's Red River (1948) as much as I do could fail to miss how much of Rio Bravo is, let us say, borrowed from that film. There's the byplay between Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) and Stumpy (Walter Brennan), which echoes that of Dunson (Wayne) and Groot (Brennan) in Red River. Ricky Nelson's young gun Colorado Ryan is a reworking of Montgomery Clift's Matthew Garth. And Angie Dickinson's Feathers could almost be a parody of Joanne Dru's motormouth Tess Millay. But the Hawksian borrowings don't stop with Red River. When Feathers kisses Chance for the first time and then goes in for a second kiss in which he participates more enthusiastically, she comments, "It's better when two people do it," which is a direct steal from a similar scene in To Have and Have Not (Hawks, 1944) when "Slim" (Lauren Bacall) tells "Steve" (Humphrey Bogart), "It's even better when you help." The two movies share not only a director but also a screenwriter, Jules Furthman, who is joined in Rio Bravo by Leigh Brackett, who earlier worked together on another Bogart-Bacall-Hawks movie, The Big Sleep (1946). Even the composer of the score for Rio Bravo, Dimitri Tiomkin, gets into the borrowing game, taking a theme from his score for Red River and handing it over to lyricist Paul Francis Webster for the song, "My Rifle, My Pony, and Me," sung by Dean Martin's Dude and Nelson's Colorado. Rio Bravo maybe isn't as great a movie as Red River, and it probably signals some creative exhaustion on Hawks's part that he not only borrowed so heavily from his earlier work but also felt it necessary to remake Rio Bravo in two thinly disguised versions, also starring Wayne, as El Dorado (1966) and Rio Lobo (1970). But is there a more entertaining self-plagiarism, and a surer demonstration of what made Hawks one of the great filmmakers?

#Rio Bravo #Howard Hawks #Ricky Nelson #Angie Dickinson

[jimsmovieworld]

GIGLI- 2003 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

One of the greatest movies of all time.

Gigli (rhymes with really) is a gangster/debt collector with a "heart of gold". He works for mob boss Lewis who tells him to abduct Brian, the mentally challenged brother of a federal prosecutor in order to blackmail him into dropping charges...

Things are complicated when Lewis hires another contractor to watch Gigli and Brian.

The contractor is Ricky (Jennifer Lopez), shes as beautiful as she is annoying. She almost exclusively talks in monologues. She never does anything physical in the movie but talks a good game. She says thats she knows a move where she gouges your eyes and takes your memories.

Naturally, Gigli is keen to bang her but surprise surprise.... shes a lesbian. Thankfully thats never stopped Ben Affleck and he proceeds to woo her....

Also, Gigli might be gay.

As Gigli and Ricky grow closer with Brian, the baywatch loving, mentally challenged guy they abducted, they start to have a crisis of conscience and consider starting a new life....

Gigli is one of the biggest box office bombs ever and is widely considered one of the worst movies ever made. How did the film turn out this bad exactly?

Some of the blame has to fall on Martin Brest who wrote and directed this. Unlike a lot of movies this bad, the director actually has a lot of experience. He directed Beverly Hills Cop, Midnight Run and Scent of a woman. After the release of Gigli he completely disappeared from the film industry and i wasnt able to find any comments from him about this film.

Another problem was that it was written as more serious and Sony wanted to cash in on the stars and made it more like a romcom against Martin Brest's wishes.

The budget for Gigli was 75 million dollars which seems impossible as most of it takes place in Larrys apartment, a whopping 52 mins of the runtime take place in there. Affleck and Lopez' combined salary added up to about 25 million dollars but i cant understand where the rest of the money went.

Christopher Walken and Al Pacino both appear in a scene each. Its hard to say which is stranger. Pacino is dressed as Tony Stark playing a character called Starkman who rambles incoherently about whether a thumb is a finger. Walken wants to get a big bowl of pie, some ice cream, put some on his head, his tongue will slap his brains out trying to get to it.

Mmmmmm good, interested?

With the exception of Ricky, Gigli, Brian and Lewis, every other character in the movie appears for only one scene, does something insane and then we never see them again.

Giglis mother invites him over to inject medicine into her ass. When he gets there she is wearing a pink thong and tries to bang Ricky.

Ricky's ex turns up at the apartment in a rage, tries to initiate a three way, fails, and then slits her wrists. Then they just disappear like nothing ever happened.

Part of what makes this movie so funny is how many awful lines theyre are. Everyone talks so crazy its unreal. Like when Ricky wants Gigli to go down on her:

Gigli was the first film to sweep the top five categories at the Razzies and was destroyed by critics everywhere. It doesnt seem to have found an audience the same way Troll 2 and The Room have but its one of my favourite movies of that kind. Its so needlessly offensive/very dated and at points it goes so off the rails you cant believe what youre watching. An essential watch.

One of my favourite movies.

#gigli #movie #film #movie review #2000s movie #so bad its good #box office bomb #cult movie #martin brest #ben affleck #jennifer lopez #jlo #christopher walken #al pacino #justin bartha

[papermoonloveslucy]

LEAVE THE DRIVING TO US!

Lucy & Busses

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles - but what about busses?  When all other forms of transportation failed, there was always reliable bus transportation to rely upon. 

In May 1944, the St. Louis (MO) Public Service Company issued bus passes with film promotion for the Lucille Ball motion picture Meet the People co-starring Dick Powell. Such ads on bus passes were not uncommon in larger cities. 

Busses were common forms of transportation for touring theatrical performers, including Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra. In early July 1947 they performed in Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin before hitting the road for Akron, Ohio. At the last minute, Arnaz and his brother-in-law, Fred Ball, the band manager, decided to fly to Detroit to see Lucy’s play Dream Girl, while the rest of the orchestra traveled to Akron by bus. Disaster struck as the Checkerway Charter Coach driver James O’Brien fell asleep at the wheel. A westbound truck driver tried to swerve out of the way but couldn’t avoid the out-of-control bus. Nearly everyone inside was hurt - some seriously. The two band members who took Desi’s and Freddy’s regular seats up front were hurt the worst.

THE (BUS) TOUR

“The Tour” (1955) ~ Possibly the most famous example of Lucy and busses came in this memorable episode of “I Love Lucy” when Lucy and Ethel take a bus tour of Hollywood and Beverly Hills while Ricky has lunch with Richard Widmark. This episode integrated studio-shot footage, second unit location filming of the bus in Beverly Hills, and actor doubles. We see Lucy and Ethel boarding the bus (#134) and later walking towards what is supposed to be Richard Widmark’s house, but was in actuality the Arnaz mansion on Roxbury Drive. 

They board a Tanner Gray Line Motor Tour, which was an actual guided tour at the time. The Gray Line still operates sightseeing bus tours to this day.

Once aboard, the interior of the bus was recreated in the studio. The tour bus driver was played by Benny Rubin. Other passengers include Barbara Pepper (who takes the seat Lucy wanted), Audrey Bentz (the large woman who sits on Lucy), Vivian’s stand-in Renita Reachi, Desi’s stand-in Bennett Green, and Lucy’s future stand-in Joan Carey are also aboard. 

LUCY: Pardon me, this seat is taken. PEPPER (not moving): It sure is, honey.

The tour bus route as it appears today, thanks to Google Earth! 

“Lucy Moves To NBC” (1980) ~ The special opens with a tour bus covering the very same route as in “The Tour”. Lucille Ball (playing herself) gets off the bus and we realize she has hitched a ride home! 

“Lucy Gets Lucky” (1975) ~ Lucy Collins takes the bus to Las Vegas to see her favorite star, Dean Martin. The bus lets her off at the MGM Grand, but Lucy’s budget has her staying at the less glamorous Cactus Flower Motel. 

Stone Pillow (1985) ~ When Florabelle is mistakenly herded onto a bus to the Brooklyn shelter, an overweight woman accidentally sits on her. A similar thing happened in “The Tour” in 1955, when Lucy Ricardo was switching seats on a bus tour of the movie stars’ homes.

SPEAKING OF BUSSES...

“Fred and Ethel Fight” (1952) ~ While trying to repair the Mertzes’ relationship, Lucy and Ricky fight and Ricky leaves. She schemes how to get him back. 

ETHEL: I'll call up Ricky and tell him you've been run over by a bus. LUCY: Run over by a bus? Well, that seems rather drastic. ETHEL: Oh, we'll only pretend. Have you got plenty of adhesive tape and bandages in the house? LUCY: Well, that all depends. ETHEL: On what? LUCY: On what kind of a bus I get hit by, local or express. I hope you got the number of the bus that hit me.

“Getting Ready” (1954) ~ No sooner has Lucy agreed to take the train to Hollywood, she re-considers. She peruses the bus schedule, which has been redacted to obscure the brand name: Greyhound. 

“Tennessee Ernie Hangs On” (1954) ~ When ‘Cousin’ Ernie visits, he refuses to accept a bus ticket home. The episode becomes about how to get Ernie on the bus home without hurting his pride. 

RICKY: Get a load of this. LUCY: What is it? RICKY: This is a bus ticket to Bent Fork. LUCY: He won't take it.

“California, Here We Come!” (1955) ~ Just before the gang leave for California, Lucy’s mother (Kathryn Card) shows up unexpectedly. How did she get there from Jamestown? 

Mrs. McGillicuddy: I took the bus. It let me off right in front of the door. Lucy: Wait a minute. The bus doesn't come down this street. Mrs. McGillicuddy: That's what the bus driver tried to tell me.

“Visitor from Italy” (1956) ~ Mario (Jay Novello), a Venitian gondolier they met on their trip to Europe, shows up on the Ricardos’ doorstep looking for his brother. He refuses to accept bus fare to San Francisco, where they believe his brother has gone. 

RICKY: (Returning home) Well, that's that. LUCY: You get him on the bus? RICKY: Yep. He's on his way to San Francisco. I stayed there until the bus pulled out.

The doorbell rings. It is Mario’s brother. He’s been visiting a sick friend - Sam Franceso, not in San Francisco. Of course, the episode is best known for Lucy making pizza.

“Lucy and Superman” (1957) ~ Carolyn Appleby (Doris Singleton) tells Lucy and Ricky about the film they saw starring Marilyn Monroe. Although the title is never mentioned, it is clearly a description of Bus Stop, also starring Don Murray. It was released in August 1956, two and a half months before this episode was filmed. The story, from a play by William Inge, takes place primarily at a desolate bus stop cafe. 

“Lucy Meets Sheldon Leonard” (1967) ~ Lucy's excuse for being late to work is that the smog was so thick she couldn't find the bus.

“Lucy and Viv Reminisce” (1968) ~ Instead of flying her out, cheapskate Mr.  Mooney sends Viv a bus ticket to travel 3,000 miles to come and nurse Lucy when she breaks her leg.

“Leave The Driving To Us” ~ was the advertising slogan of the Greyhound Bus Company. It was first used in 1956 and appeared for the next 40 years. It was used as a punchline in “Lucy the Laundress” (1970), “Lucy Helps Craig Get a Driver’s License” (1969) and “Lucy and the Used Car Dealer” (1969).  

BUS SPOTTING

1940 ~ A New York City bus passes by the Roxy Theatre where Desi Arnaz was performing when he eloped with Lucille Ball.

1955 ~ “Lucy Visits Grauman’s” includes stock footage of a bus passing by Grauman’s Chinese theater, where the Clark Gable / Jane Russell film The Tall Men was premiering. 

1957 ~ “Lucy and Superman” includes a rare insert shot of the street below the ledge where Lucy intends to ‘crash’ Little Ricky’s birthday party as Superman. This view shows a city bus stopping outside 623 East 68th Street. This disproves Lucy’s assertion to her mother in 1955′s “California Here We Come” that the bus doesn’t come down their street! 

1957 ~ In “Lucy Wins a Racehorse” a bus unloads passengers headed into Roosevelt Raceway in this establishing footage. 

1958 - Busses in the distance line up to go through customs headed in and out of Tijuana in “Lucy Goes To Mexico”. This second unit footage was shot on location using actor doubles. 

1966 ~ The iconic double-decker busses of London crowd Picadilly Circus in this establishing footage from “Lucy in London”, a special shot on location. 

SPECIAL BUS ROUTES

“I Love Lucy Comics” (1961) ~ “The School Bus” has Little Ricky missing the bus! 

“Lucy is a Process Server” (1964) ~ Tracking Mr. Mooney to the train station, a bedraggled Lucy passes a winter-themed travel poster for Greyhound. 

2013 ~ A Toronto sightseeing bus is wrapped with advertising for an “I Love Lucy” stage show. 

Busses for the “Lucytown Tours” in Jamestown NY stop at the Lucy-Desi Museum. 

The Rat Race (2011) ~ In the film, Cuba Gooding Jr. drives a tour bus full of Lucy look-a-likes!  

In a scene deleted from the film (but included on the DVD extras), the bus-load of Lucys encounter a tour bus full of Rickys!

Finally, the most famous bus driver on television, Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason) makes a cameo appearance at the end of “Lucy Visits Jack Benny” (1968). It seems money-hungry Benny charges busses of tourists to tour his Palm Springs home. The tour includes a hamburger or hot dog. Bus driver Kramden opts for a hamburger with dollar bill lettuce!  

#Bus #Busses #I Love Lucy #Lucille Ball #Vivian Vance #Desi Arnaz #Jackie Gleason #William Frawley #Cuba Gooding Jr. #Greyhound Bus #Doris Singleton #Jay Novello #Kathryn Card #Tennessee Ernie Ford #Benny Rubin #Barbara Pepper #Jack Benny #Lucie Arnaz #Gale Gordon #TV #Here's Lucy #The Lucy Show #Lucy in London #The Rat Race #Dick Powell #Bus Pass #Bus Stop #Bus Driver #Double Decker Bus #London

[thesupreme316]

Any wrestler with face paint, painting the reader face like their for a match like Darby Allin and his skull face paint?

SORRY FOR THEE DELAYYY

Pairing(s): Darby Allin x Fem!Reader, Jeff Hardy x Fem!Reader, Finn Balor x Fem!Reader, Tama Tonga x Fem!Reader, Ricky Starks x Fem!Reader

Word Count: 817

Supreme Speaks: i had fun writing this cause jeffery is back and my heart is full (i hope he is healthy and everything is going great in his life). thank you to @hookerforhook for being so patient and allowing me to write your request. Also I hope everyone is doing well and please remember that you are loved and appreciated.

Warnings: slightly proofread, gifs are not mine, i repeat gifs ARE NOT MINE

Taglist (if you wanna be a part of it, lemme know):  @hookerforhook  @hooks-martin @sheinthatfandom @wwenhlimagines @triscillal

Jeff Hardy: (MY FIRST WRESTLING CRUSH AND FELLOW CAROLINIAN)

IS VERY EXCITED TO HELP YOU

Typically with him, he would allow you to pick out the colors

“I like those colors too darling” (I will always love this man)

Will dedicate some looks to you and your favorite color

When you said you wanted to start painting your face, Jeff immediately bought the supplies and gave you tips

“Okay this brand is the best with brushes, but if you want to use your fingers use this brand” (again I love this man)

Will coordinate looks with you

As you do your first look, he will look at you with love and admiration (he feels honored that you wanted to start wearing faceprint)

Believes that faceprint shouldn’t have structure, just do what you want aka abstract

Jeff will ensure that your faceprint looks good, even if you don’t think so

Will only fix it up if you want him to, not a second before

“Of course sweetheart, I’ll help you” (I can just hear that beautiful country accent in my head)

Will post your face paints on his instagram/twitter

Darby Allin:

This man would be excited internally, but would not allow you to see it

On the outside: Oh cool, yeah I’ll help you

On the inside: WE ARE SO GETTING MARRIED

Will show you how to achieve the iconic look

After failing a couple of times, you just asked Darby to paint your face

I CAN TELL THAT THIS MAN WOULD BE SO GENTLE WITH YOUR FACE (pause)

Like you wouldn’t even feel his fingertips that’s how gentle he is (again pause)

Darby would talk you through what he’s doing 

“Okay I’m going to apply the stitches around your mouth…stop moving…no you’re not ticklish, you’re just childish”

I feel like for him he would use brushes especially around your ear

Will give you the proper tools to take off the remaining faceprint, even though most of it will be in the ring after your match

Darby would be the one to take aesthetic photos with you

And would constantly reference your face paint as his “most perfect look ever”

Finn Balor:

THIS MAN WOULD BE HELLA EXCITED

Definitely would ask you to do something comic book inspired

Venom, Spiderman, Carnage, Spawn, etc.

“DO GWEN STACY”

“WHY ARE YOU YELLING?!”

Would giggle as he puts on your face and bodypaint on (or as the makeup artist does)

Like Jeff, he would definitely give you recommendations for brands of paints

Has many makeup wipes on standby incase you don’t like any of the looks

Definitely would do a throwback look to his Demon era

Tbh, I think Finn would also give you the arm decorations that he uses as well

Expects you to have an alter ego as well

Wants to do a couple look if you guys can or in a match

Everyone lost their shit when you and Finn stood across the ring from Edge and Beth Phoenix 

Tama Tonga:

Although he doesn’t do faceprint anymore, I had to include my husband

He kept his face paint simple tbh

When you asked for inspiration or advice he simply said

“Do what your heart desires”

“Who are you? Bob Ross?”

“A Tongan Bob Ross….yes”

Would definitely do his past face paints on you

Doesn’t want you to talk as it breaks his concentration and makes him giggle

Tama would definitely reminiscence with his brother about the days they use to put on the faceprint

He would bring back his face paint just to match with you for one match/night

Everyone would lose their shit on twitter and take it as a sign of the old G.O.D coming back

“Nah I’m just supporting my girl”

Bonus** Ricky Starks: (cause of that one time he painted his face to mimic Darby)*

THIS MAN WOULD BE CACKLING

Long story short, you wanted to poke fun at your opponent who wears faceprint (Abadon, Rosemary)

This man would grab the nearest makeup artist and ask them to do an “inspired” look

“I don’t know you would make this look good…it looks like they got dressed in the dark”

Would post progress photos to his story

Gives you tips on how to mock your opponent

When your look was finished, man STRAIGHT UP CACKLED

“I’m surprised that you actually look very cute yet scary”

Would definitely pinch your cheeks to tease you

But then gets upset that the paint ended up on his fingers

….would definitely take credit for the work….

#aew #all elite wrestling #aew imagine #njpw #njpw imagine #wwe #wwe imagine #tama tonga #tama tonga imagine #ricky starks #ricky starks imagine #finn balor #finn balor imagine #darby allin #darby allin imagine #jeff hardy #jeff hardy imagine

[oldgooddaysoldgooddays]

98

Don Draper and his second wife have a threesome and I wonder what that’s like. Frankly the idea of any compounding body heat in today’s climate - and I mean the literal climate, not some societal one - is ungodly. Everybody seems poised for tomorrow’s immobilising 40 degree Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) crescendo, including the Guardian who say “even the healthy could die”. I eye ambulances parked with two wheels on the pavement and two on the road, attending to fallen octogenarians. I haven’t seen so many of them since covid was at its height. I sit with M after his meditation course outside a pub in Islington, watching a man tiredly slap a bongo drum and walk by. Then a priest on a hired bicycle with the seat adjusted majestically high. Then several old classic cars with anaemic turn signals. A man leans on the adjacent pub bench and puts his ass cheeks very near my backpack, near than I’d like. It reminds me of the videos I see online where people hold balloons to their dogs’ anuses and their flatulence fills said balloon. One woman releases the gas back into the face of her bichon frise and it snarls viciously We talk about the heat and the ponds and meditation. I ask how M finds his new mantra. He says it reminds him of a name he’s been using a lot in emails recently. We discuss marriage as a concept and joint bank accounts as a concept. The cost of childcare, for some reason. If snakes were straight and couldn’t bend at all. Whether having sex with a first cousin is incest. How long “Living La Vida Loca” singer Ricky Martin’s recent incest and battery charges will put him away for. How one can have sex with a biological nephew. Whether it’s okay to call your mother “mummy” well into your thirties. It’s not. We talk about when children decide to “leave home” because they’ve had enough and usually just make it to the end of the block before returning. I recount how stressful it was when our family toilet broke and it coincided with my kidney infection. The memory of the feelings were acute even if the memory itself is fuzzy, but I remember feeling weak in my father’s eyes for pissing a lot, and yelping in pain when I did so. I was instructed to ration my pissing because it would overwhelm the toilet, to piss with meaning and intention. Is it so baffling, I ask M, sipping my alcohol-free beer - itself the colour of piss - that I am the way I am? I get home with a headache and the distinct sense that my best song-making days are behind me. I listen back to The Blame pt. 3 and it sounds so free. They mark the sweet spot of 2019 where I had the buoying interest of the label but hadn’t yet signed the deal. There were more songs in me than my computer could keep up with. They’re my finest work, and sadly made before I understood what mixing or mastering was. The way-too-loud drums rattle my headphones. This EP will give you tinnitus and not a lot else, but to me there is total experimental joy, so long as I adjust the volume 30 times throughout the track. Pre-pandemic really hits different. I ought to get these songs remixed and re-mastered. I turn back to what I’m currently working on and try to inject some 2019 into it. Failing, I make a cucumber and garden pea gazpacho, taking my anger out on the sourdough and creme fraiche and dill with my handheld blender. G writes me he got married today. That his astrologer told him it was either now or September, so they chose now. I tell him an astrologer predicted the demise of my music label relationship, had urged me to sign the deal in a specific timeframe and I didn’t. Now it’s burned to the ground

[museswithinx]

"Anyone with a pulse can get that, how does that make me special?" She countered with a quirked brow, disbelieving that was the best he could do. With an amused smirk, she knew she got him there. "I think both of you drew some blood."

Her lips twitched as he mocked her look. "Ehhh," she murmured, giving him a little wobble of her hand that it was only maybe half-true. He proved her point as he proceeded to lie in response to her question. "I'm sure it's exciting in the moment, but it's the same thing. It's the same type, the same 'hey, darling, get me a drink/come back to mine.' It's why Aubrey broke your heart," she said, glancing over to catch his genuine reaction to that, "someone, besides your family, actually cared about you and what you thought. You act a lot like your dad, but you're not a thousand year old original vampire, so some of it has to be just that: an act." Looking over at him, she prompted, "right?"

"Clearly you've never seen me naked or you wouldn't be asking," he retorts as if that alone should make anyone feel special. "Pretty sure I drew more blood, but I suppose he's trying to save face. Poor lad."

Deniz just shook his head at her. "I know the truth." As she picked apart his response and pointed out certain things, he ran a hand through his hair and kept his gaze looking straight ahead. This was certainly not a conversation he wanted to be having. "You're wrong. Aubrey didn't break my heart. Deniz Mikaelson doesn't get his heart broken," he insisted with an air of coolness. "There's plenty of people who care about me, it's not only family. Now if you are done trying and failing to profile me..." He reached for the radio, finding a station playing Hispanic music and turning it up as Ricky Martin came on.

#ofstrengthisms #( deniz mikaelson ; ) #( deniz & ruth tag ; ) #answered #//he hates this thanks LOL #he nope'd so hard

[nixotinix]

Here we go. Songs that I associate with Heartless characters, pairings, and groups of characters. I would drop links, but I'm still figuring out this whole Tumblr thing. So if you wanna give them a listen, you'll have to look em up on YouTube or something. big sorry. Fml.

Also gonna be a lil long, so scroll past if you don't wanna read all this.

These characters belong to @abd-illustrates !

Pairings (could be romantic)

Alastor Creed x Dock: Mortals and Fools- Death Note: The Musical

Alastor Creed x Lorelei: Villainous Thing- Shayfer James

Alastor Creed x Lorelei(or Dock) pt. 2: I Love You For Psychological Reasons- They Might Be Giants

Bandy Bellamis x Lance Lothaire: Never Gonna Give You Up- Rick Astley (I fucking wish I was kidding ngl)

Bandy Bellamis x Lance Lothaire part 2: Two Trucks- Lemon Demon

Lorelei x Diana Shikari: Livin' La Vida Loca- Ricky Martin

Flint Solveig x Eira Hale: Pretty Women- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (basically them trying to convince the other that they're 100% straight)

Pairings (not romantic/rivals)

Doppel/Glass: Call Them Brothers- Regina Spektor

Alastor Creed/Heartless/Lorelei: Stalemate- Death Note: The Musical

Alastor Creed/Dock/Lorelei: A Story Told- The Count of Monte Cristo

Alastor Creed/Lorelei: Music of the Night- Phantom of the Opera (wow another musical with Creed shocker)

Alastor Creed/Lorelei pt. 2: A Little Priest- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

The Grand Jury (the 6 we know): Cell Block Tango- Chicago

Lorelei/Diana Shikari: Angel of Music- Phantom of the Opera

Individual Characters

Heartless: Body- Mother Mother

Alchemy Valentine: All That Jazz- Chicago

Flint Solveig: Holding Out For a Hero- Bonnie Tyler

Eira Hale: If I Fail You- Black Friday (let's pretend the son is the prince okay thx)

Doppel (the OG): Stick it to the Man- School of Rock: The Musical

Glass (not the OG): Mr. Glassman- Scotty Sire

River Dial: Jolene- Dolly Parton (she gives me such strong "been heartbroken but will still smile" vibes I cannot describe it)

Alastor Creed: Purple- Andrew Stein (everyone say it with me now- "Andrew Stein aka MandoPony is an asshole and should be in jail")

Dock: The Dismemberment Song- Blue Kid

Lorelei: Isabella's Lullaby- The Promised Neverland

Lorelei pt. 2: The Ballad of Sara Berry- 35mm: The Musical

Bandy Bellamis: Show Stoppin' Number- The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals (Bandy and Lance are just. Chaos.)

Diana Shikari: Wrecking Ball- Mother Mother

Lance Lothaire: Meant to be Yours- Heathers: The Musical (don't ask why I do not know)

#can you tell i love musicals #abd illustrates #heartless #alastor creed #lorelei #dock heartless #diana shikari #bandy bellamis #lance lothaire #alchemy valentine #flint solveig #eira hale #doppel/glass #river dial #tw swearing

[wonderfulworldofmichaelford]

Is It Really THAT Bad?

Gigli is perhaps one of the most infamous films ever made. Originally to be a straight mob film brought to the world by Martin Brest, director of classics such as Beverly Hills Cop, Midnight Run, and Meet Joe Black, the executives decided to do what they do best: meddle. The film was then changed into a rom-com vehicle for stars Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez to bank on their wildly popular real-life romance. Unfortunately for the execs, there wouldn’t be much to cash in, since the film bombed to the tune of less than a tenth of its budget. And that would be one thing if it were merely a bomb, that wouldn’t be something worth discussing to any great degree, but this movie goes beyond that.

This film has widely been panned as one of the worst films ever made, bar none. It frequently finds its way onto “worst films of all time” lists, was mocked as a side effect of computer viruses in Weird Al’s song “Virus Alert,” and is just in general regarded as a terrible, terrible film. Ben Affleck certainly thinks so; according to Matt Damon, his eye twitches when the film is mentioned, and according to Kevin Smith, bringing this movie up is a surefire way to end any argument you might be having with Affleck. It’s not surprising he feels this way about the film either, since this film’s failure helped derail his career until he managed to bounce back later in the 2000s and 2010s with better roles and some great directing gigs. But here and now, in the year 2020, far removed from the media craze surrounding the “Bennifer” romance and all the craziness this film had to offer, I must ask an important question:

Is it really THAT bad?

The Good

So what’s really shocking here is that there are some genuinely great performances, though sadly most of them only last a single scene. I think the one that most people go to is Christopher Walken as a cop who wanders into Gigli’s apartment and rambles on for a few minutes, eventually going off about pie before walking out of the film, never to be seen again. It brings to mind such memorably awkward one-scene appearances such as his minor role in Pulp Fiction with how utterly bizarre it is. As much as I love Walken, though, I have to say the real scene-stealing one-scene wonder here is Al Pacino as the mob boss Starkman, who manages to make his mark on the film with but a single scene under his belt. He comes across as genuinely affable and yet completely unhinged, cheerfully discussing facts about the human thumb before blowing the brains out of an idiotic subordinate and gleefully showing us how to be truly intimidating. It’s easily the best performance in the movie.

Well, it would be at least if not for Justin Bartha of National Treasure fame. He plays a mentally handicapped man named Brian, and while he’s certainly playing into the Hollywood ideas of the mentally handicapped, he doesn’t ever feel totally offensive or cringey. The fact he’s never really treated as the butt of the jokes and actually gets a relatively happy ending is pretty good too. Bartha definitely did a good job with this character who I feel would likely be horribly offensive in the hands of others.

The movie is also genuinely amusing at a few points, and not entirely in an ironic sense. Scenes where Ricki intimidates some punks at a restaurant are amusing, but sadly they are few and far between. Ironic enjoyment can definitely be gleaned though, as there’s a lot of awkward dialogue or just strange and ridiculous scenes (again: Christopher Walken and Al Pacino).

The Bad

So weirdly enough, the biggest issue with this film is actually the two leads, which is even more baffling because they were dating in real life. I guess the movie is something of a cautionary tale detailing how some couples just don’t function as well onscreen as they do offscreen. Anyway, let’s look at their characters one at a time:

First is Ben Affleck’s Gigli, the title character. Now, at the start of the film, Gigli is your average mob enforcer, but as soon as he meets the self-described lesbian Ricki, he becomes what is known as a

In fact, Gigli might be one of the biggest, saddest simps of all time, because the girl he’s after is supposedly a lesbian (we’ll get to that in a bit). Affleck managed to play this character type far better in the film Chasing Amy, but he had the luck of being directed by Kevin Smith in his prime with a script that wasn’t forced to shoehorn in a popular tabloid romance. Here, his every romantic interaction becomes awkward, and his declaration of love is just sad, creepy, and pathetic. What’s worse, in the end, he seemingly gets the girl, a stark contrast from Chasing Amy. It comes off as really gross and cringeworthy.

Then we get to Ricki. While she’s written a lot better for the most part, the fact she is referred to exclusively as a lesbian for the entire movie is a bit… odd. It leads to so many unfortunate implications, cringeworthy moments, and perhaps one of the most uncomfortable sex scenes ever, and all of this could have been avoided if the film had stopped calling her a lesbian and used a neat little word that begins with a B: BISEXUAL. It is abundantly clear Ricki is a bisexual from the point she meets Gigli’s mother, but this possibility is never brought up or discussed at any point whatsoever in the film. Ricki is a lesbian as far as this film is concerned, even after she has sex with Gigli and decides to run off and start a life with him in the end.

The lack of romantic chemistry between these two makes all the scenes that are flirtatious between them come off as awkward, and frankly there’s just something nasty about a film where a guy basically pesters a “lesbian” until she relents and has sex with him, something only exacerbated by Ricki saying “It’s turkey time. Gobble gobble” to get him to engage in intercourse with her. I’m guessing there was a similar dynamic between them in earlier drafts that had this creepy romance shoehorned in when the execs decided to make this a “Bennifer” vehicle. It’s unfortunate because for the most part, the two play off of each other really well, but when it comes time for the lovey-dovey stuff, they just drop the ball hard.

Is It Really THAT Bad?

This movie has a legendary reputation that it most definitely does not live up to. Gigli is honestly an okay, if still trashy, film. I would not argue this movie is high art, or even great, but it’s certainly not unwatchably bad and certainly veers closer into the waters of “so bad it’s good” than genuinely horrible. The awkward line deliveries and solid performances from side characters certainly help keep this film afloat, even when the awful romance shoved into this goofy gangster film tries its hardest to sink it.

With an IMDB score of 2.5, it currently sits at #19 on the Bottom 100, and frankly I feel that’s an overstatement born of resentment from when the film first came out. Watching it now, in 2020, it certainly isn’t the most horrible thing to ever grace my screen; I think a score more in the mid to low 5 range would be a much better fit for it, maybe even a 5.5 if I was feeling especially generous. Again, I can’t really say this movie is great, or amazing, or even a must-see, but it’s amusing and not nearly as bad as I was led to believe for years. If you’re going to watch it, definitely don’t watch it for the romance, because this movie fails at the “rom” part of “rom-com.” It is, however, pretty good at the “com” part, intentionally or otherwise.

#Is it really that bad? #review #movie review #Gigli #Ben Affleck #Jennifer Lopez #rom-com #crime movie

[rurpleplaysmuttingtonac]

Martin could tell that Benedict still wasn't right. It was now a week since Sophie's death and still, Benedict carried the burden of it around with him like a storm cloud above his head. Martin knew that he was one of Benedict's closest friends in the manor so when they were on their own in the lounge, he cornered him on it.

"It's not your fault" he said simply.

Benedict, who'd been staring aimlessly in the direction of the telly and not watching it, jumped and turned towards him at these words. 

"I should've saved her. I should've been more alert, more focussed-"

"Benedict, Death isn't kind or generous. He tricked you and that's not a snub to your intellect."

"I don't care about looking stupid!" Benedict snapped. "I care that a friend dear to us all died because I failed!"

"No, she died because - bless her soul - she didn't eat anything for hours when food had been made for her. When I came downstairs that day, she was on that exercise bike and she told me she was starving. I told her there was food for her downstairs but she decided not to eat. If she'd have eaten, you wouldn't have had to try to save her. Sophie wasn't stupid and she cared for you as a friend. She wouldn't want you to suffer like this, we all know this."

"I'm supposed to be in charge" Benedict said hopelessly. I'm supposed to keep you all alive and safe. How can I protect you all when one of our number has died under my watch?!"

"It wasn't your fault" Martin repeated patiently. "Remember, we are all adults here. None of us are children who need constant monitoring. You always make a point to have fresh meals on the counter, sometimes making yourself late to work to leave us something tasty to eat in your absence! Nobody is accusing you of not caring about us and our safety."

Benedict nodded slowly, still feeling depressed.

"Think about it" Martin said. "A month ago, I know Lucy would've loved to rant at you but she was trying to comfort you yesterday and even Ricky, who you don't have the best relationship with, was prepared to reassure you. You, as much as you think you're a bad person, are not. Beatrice wouldn't be with you if you were truly evil, and I don't befriend tossers either."

Benedict snorted with laughter.

Martin took heart from the sound. "It will hurt for a while and you need to let the grief hurt you. You need to process it now, rather than repress it for later. Because it'll spring back at you when you least expect it, and you'll suffer far more then than you will now. We're all in the same boat, we all miss her. All we can do now is cherish her memory and the person she was."

Benedict closed his eyes, willing himself to believe Martin's words. He knew his friend was right. Sophie wouldn't want any of them to suffer, she hadn't been a malicious person. 

He opened his eyes again and they were full of tears. 

"I just miss her so much" he said quietly. "Every time I see Bea or Jordan crying their eyes out, I feel like I should be responsible."

"Remember that you did try" Martin said. "Jordan walked away, unable to see his girlfriend like that. He ran away from the problem and at least you faced up to it and tried. That counts. He might wish now that he'd done more to save her when he had the highest relationship here with her than anybody."

Knowing that he'd done all he could, Martin got up from the sofa, patted Benedict on the shoulder and left the lounge just as Beatrice entered.

Without Benedict seeing, she squeezed Martin's shoulder and mouthed "Thank you" motioning towards her boyfriend.

Martin smiled, realising that she'd heard his conversation with Benedict. He nodded once and mouth "Anytime" before heading upstairs to bed. 

She walked up to him and stroked his head before leaning over and kissing his forehead. He smiled sadly, turning towards her as he got up. As soon as he did, she pulled him to her and kissed him deeply.

"C'mon, let's go to bed."

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