The critics all told me not to see...

[domjoe]

"The Guru", but they were wrong: I loved it!


Are there any other negative movie crits I should ignore?

 

[Guest]

Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Take it from this Mexican, really good fun and authentic. Off the chart acting by Jose Depp and others. The DVD includes a great cooking bit.

Perdita

 

[dr_mabeuse]

Napoleon Dynamite.

It's not at all what you expect. It's very good.

---dr.M.

 

[rgraham666]

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.

Obviously written by a guy who loved the old '30s serials and made a movie out of it.

It's not great cinema, but it's a lot of fun.

 

[maggot420]

joe vs the volcano

critics hated it but i thought it was...well, something.

 

[cantdog]

joe vs the volcano

critics hated it but i thought it was...well, something.

Perhaps it was the romance of those steamer trunks.

 

[shereads]

"The Guru", but they were wrong: I loved it!


Are there any other negative movie crits I should ignore?

"The Slut Next-Door" is redundant after the first five minutes, but if you're bored and alone at the Comfort Inn and need something to watch besides tragic news while you eat potato chips from the snack machine, it's got some interesting perspective shots. I don't remember reading any reviews, but they were probably negative. Ignore them.

 

[cantdog]

I bet the Comfort Inn is too far away, isn't it?

Unrequited boredom. It's not passion, but it's friendly meant.

 

[shereads]

I bet the Comfort Inn is too far away, isn't it?

Unrequited boredom. It's not passion, but it's friendly meant.

Honey, that particular Comfort Inn was neither comforting, nor far enough away.

It was a Christmas humbug.

 

[Bridget69]

I never take the critics' word.

 

[cantdog]

The critics and everyone else seemed to love Red Dawn and Top Gun. That's all you need to know to realize your policy is a wise one, Bridget.

Rats. I was hoping you were trapped in the Comfort Inn right now, and it was in New England someplace, shereads. I'd be in the car in seconds. Vicodin and snowstorm notwithstanding. Maybe the boredom is requited after all.

 

[shereads]

A serious recommendation of a less-than-serious movie, of which I was reminded by the mention of "Joe and the __"


Rent "Volcano." Tommy Lee Jones tries to save his lover and an assortment of "Poseidon Adventure" stereotypes from lava when a volcano erupts beneath Beverly Hills, L.A. The humor escaped most of the people in the theater, but Beverly Hills did not escape the lava.

Sample: Attempting to salvage art masterpieces before the Museum of Art is overtaken by lava, workers unveil "Garden of Earthly Delights" after loading it into a truck.

"Man. This Hieronymus Bosch is heavy."

"His major theme is man's pursuit of the pleasures of the flesh in defiance of God's will."

"No, it's just heavy."

 

[cantdog]

"Man. This Hieronymus Bosch is heavy."

"His major theme is man's pursuit of the pleasures of the flesh in defiance of God's will."

"No, it's just heavy."

Tommy Lee Jones is really fine with deadpan.

 

[Guest]

The South Park Movie.

How many musicals can successfully utilize these lyrics (delivered by an elementary school guidance counselor to a room full of eager young minds)?

It's Easy, Mmmkay
South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut

There are times when you get suckered in
By drugs and alcohol and sex with women, mmkay.
But it’s when you do these things too much,
That you’ve become an addict,
And must get back in touch.

You can do it,
It’s all up to you, mmkay
With a little plan you can change your life today.
You don’t have to spend your life addicted to smack,
Homeless on the streets, giving hand-jobs for crack.
Follow my plan, and very soon you will say, “It’s easy, mmkay?”

Step 1: Instead of ass say “buns,” like “kiss my buns” or “you’re a bunshole.”
Step 2: Instead of shit say “poo,” as in “bull-poo,” “poo-head,” and “this poo is cold.”
Step 3: With bitch, drop the ‘T’, ‘cause “bich” is Latin for generosity.
Step 4: Don’t say fuck anymore, ‘cause fuck is the worst word that you can say.
So just use the word “mmkay.”

We can do it, it’s all up to us, mmkay.
With a little plan we can change our lives today.
We don’t have to spend our lives shootin’ up in the trash.
Homeless on the streets, giving hand-jobs for cash.
Follow this plan, and very soon you will say, “It’s easy, mmkay?”

Step 1: Instead of ass say “buns,” like “kiss my buns” or “you’re a bunshole.”
Step 2: Instead of shit say “poo,” as in “bull-poo,” “poo-head,” and “this poo is cold.”
Step 3: With bitch, drop the ‘T’, ‘cause “bich” is Latin for generosity.
Step 4: Don’t say fuck anymore, ‘cause fuck is the worst word that you can say
Fuck is the worst word that you can say.
We shouldn’t say fuck, no we shouldn’t say fuck, fuck, No!

You’re cured, you can go!

We don’t have to spend our lives shootin’ up in the trash.
Homeless on the streets, giving hand-jobs for cash.
Follow this plan, and very soon you will say, “It’s easy, mmkay?”

It’s easy, mmkay?
It’s easy, mmkay? ...

Mmkay ...

 

[shereads]

The South Park Movie.

"Bigger, Longer and Uncut."

All in all, a fine motion picture.

 

[shereads]

Tommy Lee Jones is really fine with deadpan.

Yeah, well he's not so deadpan when that lava is chasing his girlfriend.

 

[BooMerengue]

I saw a movie not to long ago I would buy if I could find it. It's called A Mad Dog Time starring Richard Dreyfuss, Jeff Goldblum, Ellen Barkin and Diane Lane. I turned it on cuz I was bored, not being real big at watching TV, and I was mesmerized. It's a mob flick, but not like any you have ever seen. The dialogue was electric. The plot was amazing. The characters so real you wanted to be best friends with all of them. And it has a surprise in it that makes you grin big non stop through all the bloodshed, and raw sex.

Find it.
Watch it.

I have no clue what the critics said about it.

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

Tank Girl.

Don't know what the critics said about it, but since it ended up on Comedy Central and was found in the Bargain Section at the Video Store I doubt it was complimentary.

Fairly cliched science fiction, but the first attempt (besides Fritz the Cat) to make a movie out of a cult comic. It's very watered down compared to the comic, but has some great one-liners. Great comic picture splice-ins. And incredible early 90s grrl music.

Overall very enjoyable and funny.

"You gotta think about it like the first time you got laid. You gotta go 'Daddy, are you sure this is right?'"

 

[china-doll]

Battlefeild Earth...


They were right.


Read the book instead.

 

[cantdog]

Ellen Barkin and Jeff Goldblum. They were in Buckaroo Banzai. I loved that one.

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

Ellen Barkin and Jeff Goldblum. They were in Buckaroo Banzai. I loved that one.

That was a brilliant fricken movie.

 

[eric shawn listo]

That was a brilliant fricken movie.

One a da best! Wish it had become a series.

 

[rgraham666]

Another vote for Buckaroo Banzai.

It's not my planet, monkeyboy.

I also liked Weird Science.

I'm pondering the imortal wods of Socrates, who said "I drank what?"

 

[Lucifer_Carroll]

Another vote for Buckaroo Banzai.

It's not my planet, monkeyboy.

I also liked Weird Science.

I'm pondering the imortal wods of Socrates, who said "I drank what?"

That's Real Genius.

Though Weird Science was good too about two computer geeks that produce the perfect woman who ends up having some heavy duty goddess like powers.

 

[SnoopDog]

So many people here seem to love 'South Park - The Movie' (me included). I recommend 'Team America'. It's freaking hilarious, it'S just great to see the good old puppets back in action. It's full of action, gore, naughty lines and beautifully crafted backgrounds, puppets and props.

The only major two problems are:
1.) The soundtrack is good (Harry Gregson Williams and Matt-and-Trey-songs), but nothing compared to 'South Park - The Movie'.
2.) You probably won't really like the movie if you're a fan of George Bush's politics or if you are very patriotic.

Snoopy, 'Määääht Dääähhhmon'