More kidlets cheat death, which makes death very angry. We don't like to see death get angry.
This was another movie on my family's Worst Movies to Watch on Thanksgiving. For those that don't know, my family has a Thanksgiving tradition of trying to find the perfect bad movie. It started out whatever year Bad Girls came out on video. Ok, that was 1994. We actually used to just watch movies on Thanksgiving. Anything to get my dad not to watch football. Then that year came and we decided that was the worst movie we had ever seen. The next year, my dad said "Do you think we can find a worse movie than Bad Girls?" so we try to top it each year.
I thought it might be enjoyable and laughable. This movie was very very funny. It was all so serious about its whole theory of death and whatever. Then when the people died, they never died how you thought. You would think they were going to die a million different ways before they actually did. Then when they did, it was so laughable but you know it was that way on purpose. Best line of the movie was whatever she said about the pigeons, which caused me to yell "Death by pigeons!" Those are deadly birds, better watch out.
Also, I thought the movie was going to end all cheesy, but the last scene didn't let me down. Highly entertaining, total cheeseball movie.
Rating: B-
Tommy Lee Jones must chase Benicio Del Toro as a renegade assassin that was filmed in Portland so it might be worth seeing it for our exciting bridges.
This was another movie on my family's Worst Movies to Watch on Thanksgiving. For those that don't know, my family has a Thanksgiving tradition of trying to find the perfect bad movie. It started out whatever year Bad Girls came out on video. Ok, that was 1994. We actually used to just watch movies on Thanksgiving. Anything to get my dad not to watch football. Then that year came and we decided that was the worst movie we had ever seen. The next year, my dad said "Do you think we can find a worse movie than Bad Girls?" so we try to top it each year.
We didn't get to see the end of this movie since we started watching it the same night that we ate at Melting Pot, which was a bad idea because I fell asleep 20 minutes into it. Then we watched it again the morning we were leaving. We had to stop it when we left for the airport. I have no idea how much of the movie was left.
In the parts I saw the movie shows you why Benicio's character kinda went cuckoo and is killing random people in this movie, but you don't really care. If this movie wasn't shot in Oregon, it would be just one boring long chase movie with no point. Maybe Tommy Lee Jones catches him or maybe he doesn't but whatever!
If you do happen to live in Portland though, I would say catch it on cable because it is funny. When they drag Benicio into the FBI building in Portland, it is the library downtown. When they take him out a secret side door it is the Schnitzer hall. Benicio escapes out a neighborhood that is in NE or SE Portland, turns a corner and he's in downtown. Tommy Lee Jones is in the waterfall park area near Keller Auditorium at one point and looks across the street into the skate park under Burnside. It's hilarious! If you aren't from here then the movie would probably not be that funny.
I might regrade this if I ever see the end of it, but until then…
Rating: C
The bland, boring cop from The Fast and the Furious moves to Miami where he once again is going to take down a bad guy who just happens to enjoy racing cars. What are the chances? The only good thing about this movie is the song by Kinky in the trailers. May y mas y mas!
This was another movie on my family's Worst Movies to Watch on Thanksgiving. For those that don't know, my family has a Thanksgiving tradition of trying to find the perfect bad movie. It started out whatever year Bad Girls came out on video. Ok, that was 1994. We actually used to just watch movies on Thanksgiving. Anything to get my dad not to watch football. Then that year came and we decided that was the worst movie we had ever seen. The next year, my dad said "Do you think we can find a worse movie than Bad Girls?" so we try to top it each year.
I didn't seem to get the complete plot according to the website since what I wrote up there isn't completely true. I actually enjoyed this movie more than the first one. Probably because Vin Diesel bugs the crap out of me. He thinks he is a tad too special. The bland, boring cop guy is still totally bland and boring and talks like a complete dork. Why would any girl pay attention to him? Ick! Model turned actor guy, uhhh, don't know his name had more personality than boring dork.
This movie was filled with racing and racing and more racing but it was supposed to. I was glad that squishy girl from the commercials wasn't in it more because I didn't want to see her squishy face. Ludacris once had his hair out in a big afro and it frightened me.
Rating: C+
Eddie Murphy is one of three guys who gets laid off after the economy goes downhill. They decide to star a day-care center out of their house which drives their main competitor, Angelica Huston, crazy.
When I arrived in Arizona for Thanksgiving weekend, my niece wanted to do a sleepover at my parent's house to hang out with me. She had Finding Nemo. I said I wanted to see that. Then my sister-in-law convinced my niece that she wanted to watch this movie instead. Joy! Well, with all the talking and other stuff that happened during this movie it was probably good that I'll see Finding Nemo later.
I kinda saw this movie. It was on but I also had to read three books during it. That's okay, I still followed the plot! It was more amusing than I thought it would be. I couldn't help but I laughed everytime a grown man was in the broccoli or carrot outfit that they were wearing at various spots in the movie. Typical kid movie that won't completely bore adults that have to watch it, especially if you have to read stories in the middle of it.
Rating: C
Ben AFLAC has had his memory erased and is trying to figure out what has happened the past two years. It’s based on a Philip K. Dick story and directed by John Woo.
I thought the movie started out pretty interesting, but then ended not so great. I remember laughing that the main detective lady from Cold Case was in this movie too. I had forgotten that Uma was in this movie, so she must not have made a big impression on me. The movie is slowly coming back to me and I vaguely remember how it ends. It must not have been that great of a movie since I can’t remember too much about it.
Grade: C
Plot Outline: The Looney Tunes search for a mans missing father and the mythical Blue Monkey.
Ok Brenden Frasier is still hot. The movie… hmmmm. The kid behind me thought it was the funniest thing ever. But it was pretty much typical Looney Tunes stuff. The underlying story is Elfman's character fires Daffy, fires DJ (Frasier) who happens to be the son of a spy pretending to be an actor (who always plays a spy pretending to be a actor) who happens to be "the biggest star" (Timothy Dalton) and gets into a fight with WB's other biggest star, Bugs Bunny. DJ's dad is trapped by the Acme Chairman (Steve Martin) and DJ (and Bugs, Daffy and Elfman) must go save him. Mr. Chairman wants the Blue Monkey which can turn humans into monkeys (and can change them back again.) Daffy gets to be the hero for a change and Brendan gets to wear great tight T-shirts. So fun for kids and mom's too.
LamW - 1
Tic-prone Nicholas Cage and Sam Rockwell are con men planning their next big score when Cage's daughter shows up out of nowehere.
It is a lighthearted movie. Nicholas Cage is super cool. His obsessive compulsive tics were hilarious. Sam Rockwell should have been in the movie more but he was cool too. The daughter was great and passed as a 14-year-old. I think she's like 21 or 23 in real life.
When I saw the preview, I thought I could figure out the twist of the movie but it wasn't what I thought. I didn't expect it. I really enjoyed the movie. Highly recommended fun movie.
Rating: B+
Category: Uncategorized — velveetahead @ 9:46 pm
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life
This movie is supposed to be better than the first, but does it include a scene where she runs around in a circle slowly while her boobs bounce?
This was the first movie of our Thanksgiving tradition of trying to find the perfect bad movie. It started out whatever year Bad Girls came out on video. Ok, that was 1994. We actually used to just watch movies on Thanksgiving. Anything to get my dad not to watch football. Then that year came and we decided that was the worst movie we had ever seen. The next year happened and my dad said "Do you think we can find a worse movie than Bad Girls?" so we try to top it each year. We have only topped it once since then, in my opinion. It was the year I watched Pitch Black. I think that is the worst movie. I wanted everyone in that movie to die. uggg.
Anyway, so that's our tradition and this was one of the movies we watched. After watching all of them, I declare this one to be the worst of the pick but not as bad as Pitch Black or Bad Girls.
Things that made it bad:
- She punches a shark in the face.
- The shark growls. Didn't know they did. Didn't know you could hear that underwater. She rides the shark fin like a dolphin.
- Her boyfriend baddie's accent turned from British to Scottish
- Her boyfriend baddie wasn't Clive Owen.
- For being a tomb raider, only the first scene was in a tomb.
Things that made it good:
- I watched this immediately after eating turkey so I fell asleep through most of it.
- I got a good laugh out of her riding all English proper on a horse with her legs over one side after straddling a jet ski in the previous scene. Oh so ladylike.
- I didn't have to hear most of the retarded dialog because my niece and nephew (4 and 1 1/2 years old) were running around yelling.
Grade: D
