Forgot to mention this before, but I did a crapload of karaoke on Saturday, and a friend of mine took a bunch of video because I think he wants to embarrass us all. I don't know if he'll upload them somewhere; however, if he does, you all will be the first to know, because apparently I am a glutton for punishment.
Army of Darkness (1993): So much silly. I prefer Evil Dead II because it combines the best of The Evil Dead and Army of Darkness, but Army of Darkness is still fun. Any excuse to let Ash loose on medieval times is a good one, anyway.
Star Wars (1977): Had a ton of fun watching the Star Wars movies with everyone -- I love 'em to death, but that doesn't mean I can't have a laugh for two at their expense. Every fan of Star Wars has to have mocked Luke's whininess at some point, for instance. And C3PO ... well, it was a lot of fun cracking wise on him, haha. But there's enough quality to it that I can never forget just how much the movie hooked me when I was a kid. It's an awesome space adventure ramped up to 11. Star Wars will always be fun.
The Empire Strikes Back (1980): This is the one that made me fall in love with movies forever. It's just dark enough to be really interesting (unlike Revenge of the Sith, which is the type of over the top dark that gets fanboys drooling), but keeps enough of the fun, adventure and excitement of the first movie to really hook people in. My favorite sequence was always the chase through the asteroid field -- the awesome music (this was before every John Williams soundtrack sounded exactly the same), the maneuvering through the asteroids, Han Solo telling Threepio to STFU ... everything about that scene is awesome.
Return of the Jedi (1983): Annnnnnnnnd this is where George Lucas starts to lose it. Everything on Endor is just embarrassing. The first two movies show that there's a way to do kids movies (and, yes, the Star Wars movies are for kids) without making them look stupid. The third movie gives you Ewoks. God WTF. I hate the Ewoks more each time I see this. Everything outside of Endor is still cool, but Endor itself can go die.
Radioland Murders (1994): Watched this with Molly after the Star Wars funfest. Took a bit for me to get used to the crazy pace, but after I settled it, it was a lot of fun. The murder mystery itself is fine; however, I really enjoyed all the comings and goings in the radio station and the interactions among the writers, actors, producers and grunts. I need to be in the audience for some kind of radio revival someday.
The Lost Skeleton Returns Again (2009): Really disappointing. They take basically everything that works in The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra and overplay it way too much so that it comes off like one lame Family Guy joke that goes on too long. Even the Lost Skeleton loses a bit of his hilarity! (But he's still funny.)
On the queue for this week: Sunset Boulevard (1950), South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999), How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Total Movies: 168 (The Taking of Pelham 123, The Station Agent, The Final Destination, Silent Movie, The African Queen, Departures, Moon, Bound, Solaris, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rifftrax), Wristcutters: A Love Story, In the Loop, Public Enemies, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Rifftrax), Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Lagann-Hen, District 9, The Magnificent Seven, Night Moves, My Name is Bruce, Big Fan, Almost Famous, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Nosferatu, Drag Me to Hell, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Kara no Kyoukai 1-7, 9, Zombieland, Ninja Scroll, Primer, Re-Animator, Summer Wars, The Changeling, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Ponyo, Eden of the East: The King of Eden, Porco Rosso, Something Something Something Dark Side, Castle in the Sky, Robot Carnival, Halloweentown, Whisper of the Heart, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, Fiddler on the Roof, Kiki's Delivery Service, Genius Party, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, The Sky Crawlers, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, My Neighbors the Yamadas, THX 1138, The Stepfather, Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks, Tremors, Horror of Dracula, The Brood, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, Rabid, Inglourious Basterds, Them!, The Yakuza, Alphaville, Ghost in the Shell, Priceless, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance, Whip It, A Boy and His Dog, Fletch, The Blind Side, Speed, June 17, 1994, Nobel Son, Invictus, Toy Story 3, The Two Escobars, Soylent Green, Up in the Air, Tyson, This Is Spinal Tap, The Proposition, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, The Informant!, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Macross: Do You Remember Love?, Coco Before Chanel, The Vanishing, Inception, Mind Game, Pale Rider, The Hurt Locker, Roujin Z, Broken Blade, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Black Christmas, Crazy Heart, The Man with Two Brains, Ninja Assassin, Panic Room, Mobile Suit Gundam I-III, Casablanca, Stray Dog, Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva, Memories, The Gold Rush, Paprika, Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness, An Education, Eden of the East: Paradise Lost, Dr. Strangelove, Doomsday, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Natural, Bungaku Shoujo, The Book of Eli, To Kill a Mockingbird, Aim for the Ace!, Animal House, The Princess and the Frog, Char's Counterattack, Date Night, Cool Hand Luke, Kiss Me Deadly, An American Werewolf in London, Teen Wolf, Logan's Run, The Naked City, Dirty Harry, Swingers, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rifftrax), Harper, Chinatown, Hoosiers, The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, Inherit the Wind, Airplane!, Emperor of the North, The Happening, Santa's Slay, Candyman, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Mega Piranha, Phantasm, Goldfinger, The Thing, Black Sunday, The Devil's Backbone, Blood and Black Lace, The Hustler, Zombie, Macross Frontier The Movie: The False Songstress, Young Frankenstein, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Army of Darkness, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Radioland Murders, The Lost Skeleton Returns Again)
