Just want to remind everyone that the Stepford Wives movie watch is not tonight because I'll be working. Thursday is my only free day this week, but that also conflicts with D&D, I believe. What time works best for everyone? Before that meeting? After? I'm cool with anything.
Undefeatable (1994): This time the full version because I got it off Netflix. Kind of wish I didn’t, though, since the bit of this movie that isn’t on YouTube is actually fairly repulsive and horrible. I was almost apologizing to my brother as we watched it. Ugh. If you watch this movie, stick to YouTube. Other than that scene that no longer exists, this is still a gloriously dumb, fun movie. Ninja Terminator is still Godfrey Ho’s best, though.
Troll 2 (1990): Gotta admit I was somewhat disappointed with this -- I thought it would be worse! Not that it isn’t putrid, but when you have a reputation as the most awful of awful movies, you have to live up to it, you know? Troll 2 actually has semi-competent special effects, so that immediately disqualifies it from “best worst movie ever” status. Sorry. But it was fun watching this with my brother and mocking the acting (truly awful), the characters (all stupid and easy to hate), and the ending (goes on about five awkward minutes too long).
Harry Brown (2009): Solid thriller, though it doesn’t cover much ground that hasn’t already been tread upon by similar movies (Death Wish, The Brave One, etc.). The main draw is Michael Caine since he brings a different sort of air to a role like this. For instance, Clint Eastwood always looks like he can kick your ass; however, Michael Caine looks like he could kick your ass, but it would take some real effort. He had those skills once upon a time, but they’ve slowly eroded away. He really sells that feeling, which adds a lot to the movie’s tension. The story is mostly whatever, but Michael Caine makes it worthwhile.
On the queue for this week: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Patlabor: The Movie (1989), Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993), The Stepford Wives (1975), Best Worst Movie (2009)
Total Movies: 183 (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, Sunset Boulevard, South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, How to Train Your Dragon, Sunshine, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, The Andromeda Strain, The Game, The Shining, Singin' in the Rain, Iron Man 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Major League, Undefeatable, Troll 2, Harry Brown)
