Hangover III, Lets get the RECORD STRAIGHT!!

HANGOVER III 2013, ++ CMD:: 

So I had high expectations with this movie, as I should have had.  But these weren't expectations to hate, but to expect, and to ENJOY..And once I took that mindset I did..ENJOY

The intervention makes sense.  Is it the exact replica of the first two?  NO.  That's the point!  Is the giraffe funny?  YES it is, actually within a composition of form context, it makes sense, since ALLEN, AKA ZACH GALAFIANIAKIS, is driving the Mercedes, WITH PLATES DADYSBOI, and there is a young kid looking on, and he comments as he did in the first one...  Composition. 

Up to that point in the movie, everything was "Gelling Perfectly"!  Plus the Jim Croche music was "classic!"

I especially liked it when Dr Price "got schooled" and had to write some prescriptions.  Had this been the first movie, everyone would have liked it, but since, it 'was sooo' hyped up, it was not as generally accepted.

BTW, Tijuana is the BOMB!!  There was SOME tangible tension at the wire cutting scene..it would be funny if everyone wasn't so uptight about it!  I like the "I'm killing Dougs Today!" plus when ZACH acts like Carlos' dad from part I, that was great!  How can you NOT like that??

How many times does this movie need to reassert itself?  Trust me, this is going to be the first positive review and everyone is going to jump on the band wagon.  I'm taking a leap and it feels great!  Ok so the Vegas part wasn't that good, this movie is only getting a 73%, but it's passing!

I especially liked it when Zach falls in love in the Pawn shop, who else would do that?  That is Zach 100% playing Allen.  What else do you want?? 

Again, I digress, but this movie finishes what it started..expect more praise!
::73%

A QUENTIN TARANTINO FEATURE!

Here are the reviews of 1 obscure Tarantino movie (is there such a thing) and some newer ones:  Remember, since I'm an owl, I don't always get the jokes, but I try. I won't bore you with Kill Bills, or Pulp, or Jackie Brown, although I might put in scenes that I love from those movies.  These are some new takes on Tarantino that you might not have "scene" yet..

In addition, the tree I live in has spotty internet service, so my Netflix doesn't get all the movies and sometimes they end abruptly, so bare with me..

Let's start it off with a lesser known flick:


DEATHPROOF:  2007, ++, ACT:  THIS MOVIE IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT TREATS IT'S VEHICLES LIKE MAIN CHARACTERS IN THE MOVIE ITSELF.  THE CARS ARE LITERALLY HOMAGES TO OTHER MOVIES AND REFERENCES TO SUCH FLICKS AS VANISHING POINT (WHITE '70 DODGE CHALLENGER).  THE CASTING IS EXCELLENT, FEATURING KIRK DOUGLASS AS STUNTMAN BOB, ROSARIO DAWSON, ROSE MCGOWEN (GREAT TO SEE HER IN A MOVIE), ZOE BELL AND TRACIE THORNS AS SOME OF THE EYE CANDY IN THE MOVIE. 

THIS MOVIE IS SPLIT UP INTO TWO HALVES, MAKING IT SOMEWHAT LONG BUT IT'S WORTH WATCHING UNTIL THE END BECAUSE IT BUILDS UP NICELY.  THE STUNTS ARE DONE VERY WELL WITH VERY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO DETAIL.  THE MUSIC IS EXCELLENT AS WELL, BUT THAT'S USUALLY A GIVEN WITH QUENTIN.  THE NOTABLE SCENES ARE THE SCENE IN THE BAR WITH A CAMEO OF TARANTINO, THE SECOND CHASE SCENE FEATURING A VALKERIE LIKE STUNT, AND OF COURSE, THE SCENE WHICH IS A "REMAKE" OF VANISHING POINT.  NUFF SAID.. DEFINITELY A "GUY" FILM BUT IT'S WORTH WATCHING:::83%




RESERVOIR DOGS: ++, DRM:  MUCH HAS ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT THIS CLASSIC, SO I WILL PUT A DIFFERENT SPIN ON IT IF POSSIBLE.  THIS MOVIE GOT MANY ACTORS GOING IN THEIR CAREERS AND MIGHT HAVE CAUSED SOME TO STAY WHERE THEY WERE.  I HAVE WATCHED THIS SEVERAL TIMES AND THE MUSIC/ SCENE CORRELATION DOESN'T ALWAYS "CLICK" AS WELL AS IN SOME OF TARANTINO'S OTHERS, BUT IT'S STILL WAY ABOVE AVERAGE.  EXPECT GREAT CINEMATOGRAPHY, CHARACTERIZATION, PLOT TWISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHY IN THIS INDEPENDENT MOVIE.

STEVE BUSCEMI AS MR. PINK REPRESENTS WHAT REALITY IS TO ME (can't change it, just accept it) AND THE HOT HEADED MR. ORANGE IS OUR PERCEPTION OF OUR WORLD AND THE WAY IN WHICH WE ARE DELUDED TO THINK WE CAN CHANGE IT OR "MOLD" IT.  MR. WHITE, HARVEY KEITEL, IS SANITY AND THESE ELEMENTS COLLIDE WELL IN THE SCENE IN THE HIDEOUT WHICH IS SIMILAR TO A PLAY.  THIS MOVIE WAS VOTED "BEST INDEPENDENT FILM" BY ESQUIRE MAGAZINE AND IS A MUST SEE IF YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT MOVIES AND FILMS::90%









INGLORIOUS BASTERS:  ++ DRA:  I HAVE SEEN THIS MOVIE ABOUT 4 TIMES AT DIFFERENT PERIODS AND AT DIFFERENT TIMES & I THINK DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT IT.  IT'S STILL A GREAT MOVIE AND VERY TARANTINO, IT'S JUST THAT BRAD PITT'S PERFORMANCE HITS ME WRONG SOME TIMES.  HIS ACCENT JUST DOESN'T JIVE 100% OF THE TIME.  OK, SO THAT'S OUT OF THE WAY.




THE WAY THE PLOT IS PUT TOGETHER IS GENIUS, AND IT REALLY GETS YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE WAY THE CHARACTERS WORK.  CHRISTOPH WALTS PUTS IN A STANDOUT PERFORMANCE AS THE HUNTER AND MELANIE LAURENT WILL MAKE YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH HER.  THE SCENE IN THE BAR WITH THE GUY FROM MADMEN IS A STANDOUT AS IS THE MEXICAN STANDOFF SHORTLY THEREAFTER. 

DOES TARANTINO LOVE THAT OR WHAT?  I ALSO LIKED THE GHOULISH SCENE IN THE END AND THE TRAGEDY OF THE GERMAN HERO.  REALLY A STANDOUT MOVIE AND IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES, SHORT OF KILL BILL 1.  I PUT THIS SLIGHTLY ABOVE PULP FICTION IN RATING, SIMPLY BECAUSE IT WASN'T AS OVERLY GLAMORIZED AND I LIKE THE HISTORIC ELEMENT::94%



#DJANGO UNCHAINGED

DJANGO UNCHAINGED: 2011 ++ ACT:: THINS ONE HAD IT ALL, AND YES IT WAS A RESPONSE BY TARANTINO FROM SPIKE LEE'S TYPICAL WHINY ATTITUDE OF SAYING THAT TARANTINO USED THE "N" WORD TOO MUCH IN JACKIE BROWN..WOW, JUST GO TO A KNICKS GAME..REGGIE..

ANYWAY, THAT ASIDE, THERE IS GRATUITOUS USE OF THE "N" WORD, BUT AS TARATINO SAID, HE HAS THE RIGHT TO BE AND ACT LIKE ANY CHARACTER..THAT'S HIS ARTISTIC RIGHT.

JAMIE FOX PLAYS THE LEAD WITH HONOR AND A SUBTLE DEVILISH GRACE.  SAMUEL JACKSON IS HIS USUAL, NOT USUAL SELF, AND PUTS ON A STAND OUT PERFORMANCE.  THE HUNTER FROM INGLORIOUS, CHRISTOPH WALTZ, IS RIGHTEOUS AS THE BOUNTY HUNTER AND I LOVE THE CORRELATION.  I BELIEVE BOTH OF THESE MOVIES ARE RELATED, BE IT SUBCONSCIOUSLY OR NOT BY TARANTINO.

STANDOUT SCENES, THE FIGHT SCENE WHERE LEO IS INTRODUCED AS CANDIE MAN..ALSO, THE INITIAL SCENE WHERE THE TOOTH ON TOP OF THE COACH IS INTRODUCED..THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE A CHARACTER!

I ALSO LOVED WHEN MIAMI VICES OWN, WHAT'S HIS NAME, IN THE SCENE WHERE THEY ARE ARGUING OVER THE MASKS IN A LYNCH MOB.  THAT IS CLASSIC COMEDY AT IT'S BEST. 

THIS MOVIE HAS ANOTHER MEXICAN STAND-OFF, ALA INGLORIOUS, AND ALSO HAS A HOMAGE TO IE CLOCKWORK ORANGE, WHERE THE BOUNTY HUNTER ASKS THE HARPIST TO "STOP PLAYING BEETHOVEN" AS HE IS DEMEANING THE SLAVE WIFE OF DJANGO.  TOP NOTCH TARANTINO.  MUSIC WAS PERFECT, PHOTOG WAS EXCELLENT.  MORE MORE MORE :::93%

This week's Movie Showcase! I'm a Cyborg But That's OK!

I'M A CYBORG, BUT THAT'S OK

If you can find this movie of Netflix, it's worth a watch because it is a very unique love story with excellent characters, plot structure and comedic elements, without trying too hard. 

Starring Su-jeong Lim, Rain, Hie-Jin Choi and directed by Chan-wook Park, it is a whimsical story about a girl who is taken to a mental institution because she thinks that she is a cyborg.  Subsequently, she doesn't eat, but only "connects" herself to appliances and her other "friends" which include a soda machine, a light, a television and other machines.

She finds someone who is equally "touched" who thinks that he can be invisible if he wears a paper helmet and walks like a rabbit.  Together they find out how to be "normal", in as much a way as a cyborg and a rabbit thief could be.

Without giving away the plot and surprises, it is filled with funny moments that are also pretty heart warming.  The characters are very well acted and the storyline moves with ease.  A highlight is when the male role convinces the female role that he has to "fix" one of her machines, thus allowing her to eat otherwise she will die.

I didn't know what to expect from this one, but it was one my quirky favorites which is a must watch if your on a date with someone with an open mind and doesn't mind subtitles.

91%

Movies PART I

The first three or four letters denote the genre, the next is the year, the next is how "famous" or well known the actors are.  For instance "++" is a very commercial film with well-known actors.  "--" means the actors are new or not "mainstream", but sometimes this is a good thing.  Also, they may be breaking into the mainstream."0" or "00" means they are often foreign or completely unknown actors. 

THR, 06, +: THE NEXT THREE DAYS: R CROWE'S PERFORMANCE IS BI POLAR IN THE BEGINNING, ACTING JUST LIKE AMERICAN GANGSTER. LOOKS CONFUSED MOST OF TIME (I THINK HE DOES THIS ON PURPOSE?)  BUT HE GETS BETTER WITH THE RAID ON LAB. A DEFINITE HIGHPOINT WAS SHOOTING THE COUSIN FROM DEPARTED (KEVIN CORREGAN-MAN IS HE ANNOYING SOMETIMES!). THE STORY DRAGS A LITTLE BUT GETS INTERESTING; ESCAPE, CHASE, ETC ARE WELL DONE.  IT FEATURES CLIMACTIC MUSIC DURING THE CHASE SCENE TO CREATE TENSION. LIAM NESSON IS BELIEVABLE, BUT HAS A SMALL ROLE. THE GIRL FROM I LOVE YOU MAN (RASHIDA JONES) IS ACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE TRIES TO FALL OUT OF THE DURING THE CHASE SCENE. BRIAN DENNEHY LOOKS SICKLY. RZA CAMEO::71%   
 

THR, 04, +: VANILLA SKY:  DIRECTED BY CAMERON CROWE, THIS HAS GREAT ACTING AND THANKFULLY TOM WASN'T TOO TOP GUN WHICH WAS GOOD..PENELOPE IS HER USUAL CHARMING SELF AND COMPLIMENTS TOM.  WAS SHE STANDING ON A BOX THROUGH THE WHOLE MOVIE THOUGH? SHE'S TALLER THAN TOM IS.  I HAVE TO QUESTION IMITATION OF TOTAL RECALL, MATRIX, THOUGH BUT OVERALL, I DID LIKE THIS MOVIE.  CAMERON DIAZ ACTS LIKE A TOTAL PSYCHO WHICH SHE DOES EXCEPTIONALLY WELL  THIS IS WORTH SEEING JUST TO SEE THAT SIDE OF HER:: 84%

  

ACT, 10,+ +: EXPENDABLES 2::THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THESE MOVIES BUT IT HAS CHUCK NORRIS IN IT WHICH IS A DEFINITE PLUS AND GIVES IT SOME CULT FOLLOWING POTENTIAL. THE FEMALE ROLE IMPROVES THE MOVIE AND SHE WAS SOMEWHAT CHARISMATIC THE SECOND TIME AROUND. (YES I SAW IT TWICE, DON'T ASK) ARNOLD WAS VERY CHEESY THOUGH AND MADE ME CRINGE A FEW TIMES. THERE WAS A SET THAT LOOKED HORRIBLE AS WELL. TACKY AT TIMES BUT WATCHABLE:::: 70%

  

ACT F, 94, 0: NAKED WEAPON:THIS IS AN INTERESTING ASIAN FIGHTER-GIRL-SEMI -SEX-ROMP WITH DECENT ACTION. I ACTUALLY LIKED THIS ONE AT TIMES!  PRODUCTION IS ACCEPTABLE BUT AT TIMES GETS VERY TONGUE IN CHEEK (AT LEAST I HOPE THAT'S THEIR INTENTION)...IF YOU ARE IN THE MOOD IT'S FUNNY.  THE FIGHT SCENE AT THE END WAS UNREALISTIC.  I PREFERRED THE ONE IN THE CAGE.  WERE THE TWO GIRLS LOVERS OR JUST FRIENDS??::72%

  

THRF, 99, 0: GOTH: DIRECTED BY GEN TAKAHASI, THIS IS AN ADDICTIVE MOVIE WITH SOME INTERESTING DYNAMICS. THE LEAD GIRL RIN TAKANASHI IS STOIC BUT EMOTIONAL WHILE THE MALE ROLE KANATA HONGO IS ODD BUT FITS THE CHARACTER.  THE MUSIC LEADS INCREMENTALLY. THIS IS A NONCHALANT LOOK AT JAPAN WHICH I ENJOY, SIMILAR TO THE GRUDGE. FEATURES SUBTITLES ONLY BUT IT LEADS TO THE IMAGE OF THE MOVIE.  IT HAS A CLEVER TWIST AND EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHY.  THIS ONE STUCK WITH ME AND I WATCHED IT A FEW TIMES WITHOUT GETTING BORED OR TIRED OF IT::: 92%

  

ACT, 09, --: MACHINEGUN PREACHER THIS HAS THE GIRL FROM DUE DATE (MICHELLE MONAGHAN) AND SOME GRATUITOUS VIOLENCE AND DRUG USE.  A  TYPICAL MOVIE ABOUT AN ANTI HERO, THE PACING IS SPOTTY AT TIMES BUT THE CHARACTERS ARE DEVELOPED WELL.  IT'S ALSO A TRUE STORY SO I GUESS THAT'S MEANS SOMETHING:::69%

 

ACT, 10,+: IRONCLAD: RUSS ANDERSON DIRECTS THIS ACTION MOVIE WITH GOOD CASTING AND SOME VERY VIOLENT SCENES WITH GOOD EFFECTS. ACTORS WERE CONVINCING (BECCA COOPER AND SCOTT RODLIN) AND THE PLOT MOVED WELL.  THE FEMALE ROLE WAS NOTEWORTHY AS WELL AS LEAD MALE.  THIS GENRE IS PRETTY FULL OF THESE BUT IT WAS ENTERTAINING:: 74%
  

 

DRM, 11,0: CITIZEN GANGSTER: DIRECTED BY EDWIN BOYD, THIS HAD INTERESTING CASTING (SCOTT SPEEDMAN, KELLY REILLY) ANDTHE FEMALE ROLE WAS ATTRACTIVE AND STOOD OUT.  THIS WAS SET IN GREAT TIME FRAME AFTER WWII SO IT HAS SOME GREAT SCENES AND SETS, AS WELL AS AUTOS..VERY GOOD ACTING MADE THIS A SURPRISINGLY GOOD MOVIE WITH NEW ACTORS RECOMMENDABLE::85%

 

ACTF,10,--: SECTOR 7: THIS WAS A MIXTURE OF ALIENS AND RESIDENT EVIL AND THE ACTORS OVERDID IT A LITTLE.  THE EFFECTS WERE 'RUN OF THE MILL' BUT CGI OVERKILL BY THE END.  THERE ARE TOO MANY OF THESE MOVIES PLUS JOVAVICH (I AM A FAN BTW) ALWAYS, JUST ALWAYS,  WINS WITH THE RESIDENT EVIL MOVIES:: 67%

 

ACTF, 08,--: GO JOE: AN EXCELLENT MARTIAL ARTS/ SWORDSMAN MOVIE WITH AN INTERESTING STORY. THE MOVIE IS PRODUCED WELL WITH GOOD CHARACTER DEV, A SURPRISING ENDING AND EFFECTS::PLEASE WATCH THIS MOVIE, YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED: 86%

  

HOR, 11,--: HELLAVATOR SEEMS A BIT LIKE THE M NIGHT SHYAMALON MOVIE WITH AN ELEVATOR, SOME TYPICAL CAMPY F FAIR.  I TRYIED TO LIKE THIS BUT COULDN'T DUE TO THE PLOT DRAGGING AND CHARACTERS THAT AREN'T MEMORABLE.:: 53%

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HORF, 10, O: COMA IS A PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER/ HORROR MOVIE THAT TAKES SOME IMAGES FROM JU ON, BLACK WATER, AND THE RING. ACTRESSES ARE CONVINCING PROVIDING SEXUAL TENSION AND SOME OF THE YOGA SCENES ARE EROTIC. CAN YOGA BE DEADLY?

:69%

  

COM,09,+: GENTLEMEN BRONCO: JARED JESS DIRECTS THIS MOVIE THAT TAKES A LITTLE GETTING USED TO BUT IS RECOMMENDED BECAUSE OF 2 CHEESY ACTORS FROM DINNER WITH SCHMUCKS ( THE ONE THAT DRESSES LIKE A FAUGHN AND STEVE  CARELL AS WELL AS THE ONE FROM CLEVER STORY.  THE CASTING WAS SPOT ON, PLUS A SNAKE THAT POOPS.  ALSO A SURE FIRE WAY TO NAME YOUR MAIN CHARACTER IN A SCI FI BOOK, JUST END IT WOULD ANOUS, IONUS, OR OINUS::85%

  

HOR, 68:+: ROSEMARIE'S BABY; ROMAN POLANSKI'S CLASSIC WITH A GREAT MIA FARROW. THERE IS A VERY INTERSETING SEX SCENE IN THIS ONE, AS WELL AS A GREAT MONTAGE SEQUENCE WHICH IS NOTWORTHY.  A TRUE TIME CAPSULE PIECE AND WORTHY HORROR PSYCH MOVIE, ON A SIDE NOTE, MY MOM WATCHED THIS WHILE SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH ME!;; 91%


  

COM, 11--: JESUS HENRY CHRIST: WOW WEIRD MOVIE, ALMOST HAD POTENTIAL UNTIL THE PLOT COLLAPSED, REVIVING AT THE END BUT AT THAT POINT, I WAS ASLEEP::::67%

 

ACT,11, +::: KILLER ELITE::JASON STATHAM IS PASSABLE IN THIS OBVIOUS ACTION MOVIE AND FOR SOME REASON MY EX LOVES HIM..GRRRR. WE KNOW YOU CAN KICK, WE GET THAT..LET'S SEE SOMETHING ELSE, TENDS TO GET GOOD ROLES, ALTHOUGH HE ALWAYS PLAYS THE SAME PERSON.. BARELY RECOMMENDED..72%
 

ACTF 11,--: BATTLE ROYALE: THE ORIGINAL HUNGER GAMES, SOME ELEMENTS DEFINITELY WORK BETTER IN THEIR NATIVE JAPAN BUT SOME OTHERS DO NOT. JAPANESE FATALISM AT IT'S BEST, IT WORK THAT WAY BUT DIALOGUE SUFFERS. GOGO FROM KILL BILL 2 HAS AN INTERESTING, ALSO VIOLENT ROLE. WATCH IT TO COMPARE;;;82%


  

DOC, 09,--: COLLAPSE: A SOMEWHAT NEGATIVE VIEW OF THE FUTURE IN THIS DOCUMENTARY, BUT RUPPERT MAKES AN INESCAPABLE POINT, HOW CAN WE KEEP LENDING AND BUYING MIDDLE EASTERN OIL?:::85%

 

DOC, 08,--: THE REINACTORS: AN ENTERTAINING, YET LONG, DOC ABOUT IMPERSONATORS ON HOLLYWOOD BLVD. MEET THE FAKE SUPERMAN, FREDDY, AND MARILYN MONROE, SHOWS THE CUT THROAT SIDE TO THESE LOOK ALIKES WAY OF LIVE. WAS JOHN SPARROWS THAT EMACIATED?:::75%

  

DOC, 12,--: CRAIGSLISTJOE: CAN SOMEONE TRAVEL THE US AND LIVE SIMPLY ON CRAIG'S LIST BARTER SYSTEM AND GENEROSITY? APPARENTLY, BUT I THINK HAVING A PROFESSIONAL CAMERA MAN WITH YOU HELPS, HEY HE MANAGES IT, SOMEWHAT::83%

  

DOC, 11,--: NATURE  BIRDS OF THE GODS: A TRULY EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE, YOU SIMPLY NEED TO SEE THESE OTHERWORLDLY BIRDS PREPARE TO DANCE, ENTRANCE, AND EVEN MATE WITH THEIR FEMALE COMPANIONS, THESE BIRDS ARE LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A DALI PAINTING:: 91%

 

DOC,09,--:: END OF THE ROAD:::, A COMPELLING TAKE ON THE INFLATION CRISIS, SOMETHING MANY PEOPLE WANT TO IGNORE. IT DIDN'T PUT ME TO SLEEP, IS THE US AND WORD ECONOMY A PONZI SCHEME ITSELF???:81%

  

ANI, 10,+:: DANTE'S INFERNO; VERY GOOD (ANIMATED & VIOLENT) DEPICTION OF THE ACTUAL INFERNO WITH CIRCLES INTACT. GOD, IS HE STILL JUST TRYING TO SAVE HIS GF, WIFE, PRINCESS?? HOW OLD IS THAT THEME, BUT IT IS MEMORABLE WITH EXCELLENT ANIMATION, VOICE ACTING, AND OVERALL EFFECT::89%

THR, 11,+::MEETING EVIL: SAM L JACKSON AND JAWL MAN LUKE WILSON FROM SCARY MOVIE HAVE RAPPORT, WORK WELL TOGETHER. ALSO GIRL FROM TALLADEGA NIGHTS HAS AN ENORMOUS LINE THAT'S HILARIOUS. SLJ YELLS AND SCREAMS AND HAS SOME GREAT LINES, AS USUAL. A QUIET THEN VERY LOUD MOVIE AND MUSIC WAS HORRENDOUS AT TIMES...CAN'T THEY FIX THAT? DID STEPHEN KING DO THIS BEFORE??::76%

  

THR, 01,+::CYPHER; THE ACTOR PLAYS A DUMB DAVID DUCOVHNY AND LUCY LIU IS ATTRACTIVE BUT NOT BELIEVABLE. THE PLOT IS MATRIX/LAWNMOWER MAN/ CLOCKWORK ORANGE. PLUS MAY CAUSE SEIZURES WITH IT'S RIDICULOUS BRAINWASHING MONTAGES;;;59%

  

DOC 08,+: ZEITGEIST; ADDENDUM; SEQUEL TO THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED FIRST MOVIE. PRESENTS A CONSPIRACY THEORY FUELED DEPICTION OF AMERICA, THE FED RESERVE BANK, INFLATION AND DEBT AS A PYRAMID SCHEME. A MEMORABLE PART WAS WHEN TIME SQUARE GOES COMPLETELY DARK:::93%

 

DOC, 07, -; CHASING GHOSTS: BEYOND THE ARCADE: A REALLY INTERESTING DOC ABOUT THE LONG FORGOTTEN WORLD.OF THE ARCADE HALLS, AND DIMLY LIT ARCADES FILLED WITH LONG HAIRED YOUTHS WHO PLAYED DONKEY KONG, PAC MAN, AND SPACE INVADERS. ALSO INCLUDES FAMED STAR BILLY MITCHELL WHO HAD A PERFECT PAC MAN SCORE AND WAS AWARDED A PLAQUE BY NAMCO. THEY BATTLE IN A FIGHT FOR SUPREMACY IN A NERD FILLED COMPETITION FOR BRAGGING RIGHTS. NOTABLE PORTIONS WERE THE CHARACTERS AND HOW SERIOUSLY THEY TAKE THESE GAMES. ALSO WATCH SPECIAL WHEN LIT ABOUT PINBALL:::83%

  

COM, 04,++::SNL: BEST OF CHRISTOPHER WALKEN: ARGUABLY ONE OF THE BETTER HOSTS, AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE ACTORS THIS IS A MUST SEE TO COMPARE TO JOHN BELUSHI, CHRIS FARLEY, CHRIS ROCK, DAN ACK, AND OTHERS, IT HAS SUCH CLASSICS AS COL. ANGUS, THE CORINTHIAN, TRIVIAL PSYCHIC MAN, AND THE MINOTAUR MAN JOB INTERVIEW, I NEED MORE COWBELL!!. HE IS A CLASS ACT:::92%

  

COM, 00,++:: SNL, BESTOF CHRIS FARLEY::SINCE WE ARE COMPARING SNL HOSTS, THIS HAS TO BE ON THE LIST. FARLEY'S COMBO OF PHYSICAL HUMOR WITH TIMING IS SORELY MISSED. MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER SKIT, SKIT WITH PATRICK SWAYZE AS CHIPPENDALE DANCER, MY DADS MAYOR, EL NINO ARE ALL HILARIOUS. ALSO HE HAD SOME MEMORABLE GUESTS MAKE THESE GEMS::91%

  

DOC, 11,0: ANTICS ROAD SHOW: FOLLOW BANKSY, FAMED STREET/ CULTURE CRITIC ON HIS VARIOUS WAYS TO GET HIMSELF INTO ODD SITUATIONS SUCH AS BEING CHASED BY THE GHOSTS AND DRESSED AS PACMAN IN A SUPERMARKET. ALSO SOME OTHERS LIKE ARTISTS WHO PUT UP CONES IN ODD PLACES TO MAKE PEOPLE WALK AROUND THE ROPES IN A MAZE OR INTO A WALL. ALSO HE RODE A MARIO KART IN REAL STREET WITH TRAFFIC. SOME OF THIS IMPROMPTU ART IS BEAUTIFUL SUCH AS WHEN THE CARS WERE DRIVING THROUGH PAINT TO MAKE ABSTRACT ART. THIS IS WHAT FREEDOM IS ALL ABOUT. ALSO SEE EXIT THROUGH GIFT SHOP. THE UNDERGROUND STREET MOVEMENT IS ALIVE AND WELL::89%

  

DOC, 10,-:: THE PARKING LOT MOVIE: I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT ABOUT THIS MOVIE BUT I WAS SURPRISED. PARKING LOT ATTENDANTS IN A FAMILY/POTHEAD ENVIRONMENT DESCRIBE THE EBB AND FLOW OF CARS. THE ACTUAL FILMING/ PACE/ AND OVERALL STYLE MAKE A TYPICALLY MUNDANE SUBJECT INTRIGUING AND WORTH A LOOK::76%

 

DOC, 11,-: THE HIGHEST PASS: I HAD MUCH HIGHER EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS MOVIE ABOUT MOTORCYCLISTS THAT TRAVEL UP THE HIMALAYAS BUT I WAS DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE THE TIMING WAS SPORADIC, THE GURU WAS VERY ANNOYING AND IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO BE ICE ROAD TRUCKERS ON MOTORCYCLES. SOME NICE SCENERY, BUT YOU CAN GET THAT FROM MUCH BETTER MOVIES. I FELL ASLEEP DURING THIS::59%


  

DOC,10,0: ART OF FLIGHT: I ACTUALLY GOT CHILLS AS SOME OF THESE EXTREME SPEED SKIERS AND BASE JUMPERS SKI AND THEN TAKE OFF, DOING FLIPS IN THE AIR ATTACHED TO PARACHUTES. PUT THUS ON YOU BUCKET LIST OF THIBGA TO DJ AND WATCH IT. FILMING AND SCENERY WAS GREAT.::90%


  

DOC, 09, -: FIXATION: THESE NUTS GO FULL SPEED INTO TRAFFIC WITH LEG BRAKES ON THEIR BIANCI TRACK ALANTE BIKES W/ ONE SPEED...PRETTY GNARLY. THEY STOP BY SKIDDING OUT. YES THEY ARE GROWN MEN RIDING BIKES, BUT IT'S A "FREEDOM" THING. I WANT TO LIKE IT...PACING OFF, FOCUS UNCLEAR, BUT IT'S WORTH A WATCH, STAND OUT SCENE WAS A GUY WITH A BIKE AND SUIT ON THE HIGHWAY, BEATING TRAFFIC!:::75%

  

COM,11,+: BUTTER, WHEN DID THIS MOVIE COME OUT? JENNIFER GARNER IS CREEPY AND CRAWLY, THE GIRL FROM THE NEW TRON IS GREAT, AND THE OVERALL MOVIE WAS INTERESTING, ENDING WAS ODD. KIND OF LIKE BEST IN SHOW IN A WAY:73%


  

COM,09,+::ADVENTURELAND:::DOES JESSE EISENBERG PLAY THE SAME CHARACTER IN EVERY MOVIE? KRISTEN STEWART SAVES HIM IN THIS MOVIE WHICH HAS A FEW GOOD LAUGHS. KRISTEN WIIG IS IN IT AND IS HER USUAL NONCHALANT, FUNNY, NOT MEANING TO BE FUNNY WAY OF ACTING. I SAW IT TWICE AND IT'S NOT HORRIBLE, SOME NICE NOSTALGIA AND OLD SCHOOL CARNIE STUFF. :::78%


  

ACTF, 11-: PHASE 7: AN ARGENTINE MOVIE WHICH SURPRISES WITH EXCELLENT PACE, CHARACTERIZATION, THRILL AND SUSPENSE, IT'S WORTH A WATCH. THE ARGENTINE TAKE ON AN END OF THE WORLD SCENARIO IS INTERESTING AND THE CHARACTERS CALLING THEMSELVES "PIPI" IS AMUSING. OLD THEME BUT THE CULTURAL ASPECTS GIVE IT SOME CHARM::82%


  

COM,12,+:BERNIE:: ANOTHER SURPRISE. MOVIE BY JACK BLACK WHICH IS DECENT AND MAKES A GOOD BLACK COMEDY. MATTHEW MCCAUNEHEY (OR HOWEVER YOU SPELL HIS NAME) IS BELIEVABLE WITH SHIRLEY MCCLAIN PUTTING A GOOD PERFORMANCE. DEFINITELY AN OFF BEAT PREMISE, BUT WORTH A LOOK IF YOU LIKE JACK BLACK:::81%

  

COM, 10,++: TALLADEGA NIGHTS: ANOTHER WILL FARRELL & JOHN C REILY MOVIE THAT IS ONE OF THE BETTER ONES, ECLIPSED ONLY BY STEP BROTHERS. BOSS FROM OFFICE SPACE IS VERY GOOD IN THE ROLE, COUNSELOR FROM ROLE MODELS IS DECENT AND THIS HAS THE FAMOUS, BABY JESUS LINE. PLUS DECEASED ACTOR OF GREEN MILE..GREAT CRASH SCENES AS WELL AS SCENE WITH FERRELL AND DAD OUT OF APPLEBEES:::85%


  

COM, 13,++: SEVEN PSYCHO PATHS: I HAD HIGHER EXPECTATIONS WITH THIS MOVIE SINCE CHRISTOPHER WALKEN, WOODY HARRELSON, SAM ROCKWELL, AND COLIN FARREL, BUT IT WAS TOO LONG, UNFOCUSED, AND AT TIMES DISJOINTED. IT HAD POTENTIAL BUT IT LEFT ME LIKE ONE OF THE VICTIMS IN THE MOVIE, BORED TO DEATH. WATCH IT TO SEE C. WALKEN. BTW COLIN, HOW MANY ACCENTS DO YOU FAKE IN A MOVIE AND WHO DOES YOUR EYEBROWS?...JEEZ:::72%

  

DRMA, 12,++: FLIGHT: WOW DOES HE KNOW HOW TO PARTY IN THIS MOVIE. DENZEL IS HIS USUAL ADAPTABLE SELF AND PLAYS THE ROLE SIMILAR TO AMERICAN GANGSTER. BTW HE'S DENZEL SO YOU CAN'T ARGUE TOO MUCH. HEAVY DRUG USE, DRINKING, SMOKING ETC, I ALMOST HAD TO CALL FOUR PEOPLE AFTER WATCHING THIS..JUST KIDDING..HAD SOME HIGH POINTS BUT THEY WEREN'T BALANCED WELL WITH THE LOW POINTS. STANDOUT SCENES WERE DRAMA IN THE AIRPLANE::70%


  

THR,10,++: INCEPTION::I NEEDED TO WATCH 3 TIMES TO GET IT...GET IT? EASILY ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES, LEO IS GREAT AS ARE MOST IN THE CAST. STANDOUT SCENES ARE THE SNOW BATTLE AND THE DREAM TEST SEQUENCES. MANY OTHER ACTORS USED THIS TO BUILD CAREERS:::94%  




THR, 71, ++:  A CLOCKWORK ORANGE::ALRIGHT, NOW FOR A SERIOUS KUBRICK FILM.  BASED ON THE NOVEL BY ANTHONY BURGESS, THIS DISTURBING TALE OF A SOCIETY GONE WRONG AND DOMINATED BY "ULTRA VIOLENCE" IS EXTREMELY WELL EXECUTED IN TERMS OF PACING AND CHARACTERIZATION.  MALCOLM MCDOWELL PLAYS IT BRILLIANTLY AND SO DO SOME OF THE SUPPORTING CAST.  MEMORABLE SCENES ARE THE "SINGING IN THE RAIN" SCENE, THE "HOGS OF THE ROAD SCENE", AND OF COURSE THE TORTURE THEY PUT HIM THROUGH WITH THE SOCIAL EXPERIMENTS.  IT'S A MUST WATCH, BUT I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT. 
THE SCENERY, COSTUMES, MUSIC, MOOD, AND OVERALL EXECUTION ARE ONE OF A KIND!:::97%