slackmo's response is entirely accurate. there are some great lines and memorable scenes, but ultimately the movie is quite lackluster.
walken: "I'm a criminal. my word doesn't mean dick."

TTDIDWYD also has some really strange actors with minor roles -- Don Cheadle, Jenny McCarthy, Glenn Plummer (black dude from Showgirls)

GARY! ON THE KICK DRUM! COME COME! ON THE KICK DRUM! THAT'S GARY!

Wow. Vera Farmiga acts her ass off.

I just read the synopsis on metacritic. Sounds depressing.

You forget, I love depressing. Edit: Maybe not this brand of depressing. But she's fantastic.

Bunny Lake is Missing

Awesome, awesome film. I had absolutely no idea what the outcome of the movie was going to be until about 15 minutes from the end. Maybe even just 10 minutes. Highly recommend it. It's too ridiculous to pass up.

Wow, awesome artwork. I'll definitely track that one down.

Edit: Just read the synopsis on Netflix. Was Flightplan a direct ripoff? I never saw it, but the plot sounds exactly the same.

Caught this damn near by accident, and it was pretty fantastic. Highly recommended for fans of Gattaca, Eternal Sunshine, or Winterbottom in general, who might just be the most interesting director working these days. Great cameo from a SOMB favorite that I refuse to spoil.

So they do that Forest Gump trickery and bring him back from the dead?

Not as terrific as I wanted it to be. The little interview segments with Cohen were interesting, but some of the performances were a little weak.

Antony, Rufus, and Nick Cave were all very, very good, though.

The U2 bit at the end was less than inspiring, for whatever reason.

I would happily spoil that for everyone were it to happen.
John Cazale, The Greatest Movie-for-Movie Actor Ever.

"In the future... love is a dangerous game."

That's a terrible tagline.

Finally got a chance to see Beer League. (Please do not confuse with Beer Fest.)

This is really a throwback to the good 80s comedies like Revenge of the Nerds and Back To School. Lots of sex, nudity, drugs and politically incorrect humor.

Hell yeah.

You know the trailer must've started with, In a world...where nothing is what it seems..."



From your description, how could we not confuse it with Beer Fest?

Well, I said *good* comedies. I thought Beer Fest sucked.

I've commented on both Beerfest and Beer League in this thread (probably should be a little ashamed); and:

Beer Fest >>>>>Beer League

I'm a huge Stern and Artie Lange fan, but Beer League was just bad on so many different levels. That's not to say Beer Fest was great...it's a mediocre renter and exactly what you'd expect it to be, but it did have some very funny moments (and definitely had more funny scenes than Beer League).

Reach The Rock. (1998)

I quickly forget that this was written by John Hughes for whatever reason.
I love the soundtrack in particular and it does feel strange hearing it in the context
of the film.

Definitely one of my favorite soundtrack CDs. Movie is pretty good too.

I just had the unfortunate experience of seeing this piece of shit:



To call this a bad Tarantino ripoff is an insult to that mediocre sub-genre. I want my $8.50 back. The only unannoying characters are played by non-actors Common and Alicia Keys.

Beer Fest was pretty good. It's advertised like a dumbass titty movie (which is what I'm assuming Beer League is) but it's really not. I can see if you were looking for something more along those lines, you were in for a disappointment. It's another funny Broken Lizard effort with a ton of funny, quotable lines.

"An HJ is $10. A BJ is $11. An RJ is $15. A ZJ is $20."

"What's a ZJ?"

"If you have to ask...(Pffft)..you can't afford it."

an old fav:
a newer fav:

My son and I are sitting at home sick, but luckily this came in the mail today (I saw it last year at the Indianapolis Film Festival), and I was excited to show it to him.

I love Can't Hardly Wait. I used to fall asleep to that several nights a week for many, many months. Not entirely sure why -- guess it was just familiar.

There is so much about this cover that makes me not want to see it. Just the cover and the title and the quotes from the reviews all together... it's an amalgamation of terrible.

I know you're not supposed to judge a film by its cover but sometimes they just make it so hard.

This film did nothing for me. I typically like Soderbergh, but this didn't excite, interest, or mortify me. It was just there.

I'm really excited to see The Science of Sleep next week. I have it on top of my Netflix queue, so I'll have to make sure I send something back over the weekend, then they'll get it on Monday and hopefully send that to me for Tuesday.

From the public library:

You know how the only reason to watch early Jackie Chan movies is for the fight scenes? Well, the only reason to see Busby Berkely movies is for the musical production numbers...there's only 4 in this one (and a couple of sappy ballads), but worth the wait through a silly romantic plot. Gene Kelly's classic MGM flicks and music videos of the 80s all start back here with Berkeley's WTF fever dreams of experimental camera angles and overly lavish concepts. The Lullabye of Broadway number, in particular, is amazing...and surprisingly dark.


150 dancers and a full orchestra hoofin' it on one huge stage


Not a DNA helix--it's 50 girls at 50 "waltzing" pianos.

BTW--the old lady from Titanic, Gloria Stuart, is the love interest. See what she looked like as a hottie in the 30s.

meh.

By 1935 standards I should have said.




Don't even bother.

The Devil Wears Prada--
Quite predictable through and through, but you could do worse. Streep has fun with her icy Amanda Priestly. Stanley Tucci is great as the friendly gay guy, because he doesn't play his role all queeny the way movies like this usually handle such a character.

Though it did have some genuinely funny parts in the first half, it suddenly becomes ultra-depressing and unbearable. Weird, weird flow. I can't imagine how young'uns would react to it.

Not much joy to derive from a film like this, but it was solid.

Certainly worth it for the near-constant hard-on.

When I saw previews I thought it would be really good, then firends of mine told me it wasn't. Finally saw it, and with my low expectations I thought it was pretty good.

Watched it again on DVD. Very underated. Ridiculous, but very enjoyable.

Can't believe I'm saying it, but you really undersold this one. Way, way fun.

terribly disappointing.

Once again, nothing at blockbuster, so I finally sat down and watched this:



It was ok, and had some very funny moments. I think they did just about at much as they could possibly do with the premise, but there's really only so much you can do (and unfortunately I think any potential for camp was stripped by all the pre-game hype). That being said, the film ran about 1:45, which normally wouldn't be too long; but this film had a lot of fat and could easily be trimmed down to 90 minutes.

The Descent

Better than it had a right to be. Certainly worth a rental


This Film Is Not Yet Rated

It didn't tell me much I didn't already know. Reinforced my belief that the MPAA is a censorship comittee.
It was interesting seeing them put up shots from films that got an R right next to similar shots from movies that got an NC17.
Rent it.

An oldie but a goodie:

H*E*A*L*T*H (1980) directed by Robert Altman

One of the rare birds of Altman's pics where he continued to play on the multiple characters in the political setting of a 'Health' convention. A typical casting for the period. Carol Burnett, James Garner, Lauren Bacall, Glenda Jackson, Henry Gibson, and my fav Donald Moffat as

Col. Cody. I caught this on cable a year ago and just got around to watching it. Probably falls into the 'for Altman fans only' catagory but it's certainly interesting.


The Hulk (2003) directed by Ang Lee

My only excuse for wasting my time on this was the fact that it was on TV. Perhaps I'm in a minority about it but this just wasn't very good.

David Lynch's "Dumbland"

I am a one-armed duck-fucker...

I just saw this for the first time.

That's funny, I see that ALL THE TIME. Everytime someone tries to hotlink images from impawards, actually!

Whoa, Dude! Really?

oops

fixed (maybe?)

Incredibly cheesy at times, but the effects were pretty great. Surprisingly dark movie too, especially the last 20 minutes or so


Big disappointment, especially given Judge's track record. I know what he was going for, but the execution seemed way off. Lazy analogy: Office Space : South Park Movie :: Idiocracy : Team America.

Oh, and that Luke Wilson is a shit actor.