This week's Entourage gave us a front row seat into the messy world of box office numbers. It's become a sport recently to predict how movies will do on their opening weekend. It's also become something of a precursor to the fate of a film and/or box office star. So you can see why Ari hasn't unleashed the Gold-Member on Mrs. Ari in a few weeks due to superstition. This is a big day for him, The Ari Gold Super Duper Talent Agency (maybe if I keep calling it that, the Entourage guys will change the name?) and the usually aloof Vince, who much like the Chenbot has become self-aware. The normally vacant prettyboy starts off typically lax about the impending box office numbers, but once Turtle mentions that eight-legged freak Tobey Maguire and Spider-Man's record breaking holy grail opening weekend, Vince turns all green eyed monster. No not the Hulk, you comic nerds (or is that just me) he gets supremely jealous over Tobey's big, umm, numbers. Will Vinnie trump Tobey? Could Aquaman take on Spider-man? Will Mrs. Ari and little Ari ever meet FACE to VAG again? The answers to these questions and MORE coming up!
I hate getting woken up by the telephone, and I think I'd hate it even more if I was woken up by Ari Gold. I can't imagine that his is the first voice anyone wants to hear in the morning, especially E. Ari's in bed so he wants E to talk dirty to him. Shudder...
Ari is explaining to Eric the importance of today. Today, Aquaman opens and the magic opening number goal is... $95 million. WOW. That's a pretty big prediction. Just to let you know how big, theoretically if the fictional Aquaman did open to $95 million it would be the sixth biggest opening of all-time (after Spider-Man, Star Wars: Episode III - The Revenge of the Sith, Shrek 2, X-Men: The Last Stand and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire). Those are some pretty big fins to fill. Eric feigns interest and heads back to bed, but Ari is ready for his day, after denying his wife sex on game day. It might be opening day, but Ari tells Mrs. Ari to keep her legs shut. Once the movie opens he'll unleash his pent-up Jewish fury on her, he promises. Mrs. Ari, never missing an opportunity to rip off her husband's balls, asks what if the movie doesn't open? Ari doesn't appreciate the lack of support and storms off into the bathroom. Jeez, let's hope this movie does open; I can't imagine what Mrs. Ari would be like not getting the one thing out of Ari that she actually likes.
At the boys' house, chef Johnny Drama is making Vince the least manly breakfast ever: 3 soft boiled eggs, boiled chicken, wheat toast and jam. He also gives him some orange juice so he can wash down his mydol and birth control pill. What did I have for breakfast? I went outside and killed a deer with my bare hands and ate its meat without cooking it. Why do you ask? Regardless, Drama makes this light breakfast for Vince promising that it won't upset his stomach. But Vince, being ever the cool cat, says he's not stressed about the day. Drama laughs it off and tells him that even if he doesn't realize it, he is stressed.
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Comments (11)
Front row!
I think Vinnie's life of wandering down streets looking at girls is OVAH!
The scene where the boys almost get crushed by the crowd was played nicely. Vinnie first looks like he's digging the squealing attention, then gets a look of sheer panic on his face.
1 of 11 | Posted by whawha
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Posted on June 22, 2006 7:59 PM
Say what you want about Eric--he is still the cutest Irish boy EVER.
"Kressler Von Vagina": classic. Cracked me up!
SO glad you are covering Entourage. Alas, I don't have HBO, so I'm having to make do with season 2 on DVD.
Oh, how I love these boys. (Except Turtle. Ew.)
2 of 11 | Posted by maybeimamazed02
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Posted on June 22, 2006 8:07 PM
Another nice subtle thing going on in Entourage:
Vince utterly rules the boys' lives.
Vince gave Eric the Maserati last year (even though the dealership gave Vince a "free" lease for promotional consideration).
But then Vince felt like giving it to the Nerds...and Eric doesn't even make a peep. He's been conditioned to just accept that Vince is King.
3 of 11 | Posted by whawha
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Posted on June 22, 2006 8:12 PM
This show is as good as it is because the boys are still raw (even if they're from Queens) and inexperienced in the Hollywood ways. I pray they don't change the characters to suit Vince's new-found fame. Turtle is a greedy douchebag and can hit the road as far as I'm concerned, while Drama is well-played by Dillon as an almost-was.
Eric is a nice Irish boy who is fiercely loyal to his best friend, so I can fully understand his role. He has had his moments when he would not compromise his standards and his friendship with Vince when Vince was ready to make bad mistakes (remember Mandy?). Ari's character as played by Jeremy Piven suits this actor's abrasive persona quite well. I'll bet he's just like that in real life; a minor player dying to get up in the world and getting slapped down by the real powers. Mazar's character is overplayed with her trash mouth. Her kid will probably pop out and yell, "Hey, WTF is going on?"
Guess what I'm saying is that "Entourage" is exaggerated but fun to watch. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
4 of 11 | Posted by Tony A.
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Posted on June 23, 2006 5:28 AM
BTW, that was "rice rocket" for the motorcycles.
5 of 11 | Posted by davidgrote
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Posted on June 23, 2006 6:58 AM
God, I love this show...I agree that I hope that Vince's super-stardom doesn't change these guys too much. I LOVED that they all celebrated by shotgunning a beer--they're so adorable.
I thought it was kind of lame that they ended up beating Spiderman. As Johnny Drama said, Spidey has a much bigger fan base, although maybe having James Cameron and the Vince-Mandy tabloid story helped drive the numbers.
I TOTALLY agree, I was so excited when they showed the movie. I was hoping, though, that Vince would be wearing the Aquaman suit, haha...
6 of 11 | Posted by TheEmancipationofGigi
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Posted on June 23, 2006 8:10 AM
Gigi:
They couldn't show Vince in the ol' orange and green scaled body suit...He is sooo a "winter." Those spring colors would clash...
7 of 11 | Posted by whawha
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Posted on June 23, 2006 9:39 AM
Been reading forever. First time poster:
The Valley= over hills of LA no beach breaze and hotter than hell b/c of it.
8 of 11 | Posted by loader4life
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Posted on June 24, 2006 12:01 AM
I just have to say that whoever is writing this blog is completely missing the point and sheer comic genius of this show. First of all, any show on HBO that has the layered sublety of great writing needs to watched at least twice to get everything. The rapid fire dialogue requires one to watch again , which inevitably leads to discovering something that was missed the first time. For you to write that Drama said "race rockets" (which I assume is NOT a typo because any self respecting writer would edit before posting)doesn't make a lick of sense while "rice rockets" is funny as hell. As far a I'm concerned the best bits are anything that comes out Drama's mouth and the fact that Jeremy Piven enters each scene he's in like a bullet fired from a gun. Now I'm all for satire and mocking characters on tv as well as real people, but the your point of view is seriously lacking anything even remotely humorous.
9 of 11 | Posted by cawright
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Posted on June 27, 2006 8:05 PM
This was one of my favorite episodes of this show!!!
10 of 11 | Posted by GD
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Posted on June 29, 2006 7:17 PM
The Valley is kinda like the New Jersey of L.A. I've lived here all my life and yep, it's hot as hell and all the good stuff is over the hill. But I still love it to death :)
11 of 11 | Posted by MaritheKlutz
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Posted on July 11, 2006 4:22 AM