Vince in classic form. Evil Ben. Rocks. Go see it. End of story. And stick around afterwards for “Fatty did a funny”!
Category: Only Cool Movies
9.5 Blazing Saddles
Re-watched this old classic recently with boo, we were bustin’ a gut… it’s so hard to find stuff this brilliant any more… must have single-handedly made the word “nigger” laughable and irrelevant… big comic book larger-than-life laughs on a budget that was probably so small that Mel Brooks (and Richard Pryor and all the other writers) could get away with following impulses pretty much anywhere they went…
“‘scuse me while I whip this out…”
9.5 Pulse
I just realized, several toe-tapping hours after the end of this movie-trip-around-the-world, that there wasn’t a single spoken word of English in it! It was that good that I didn’t even notice. I want to see this one a hundred times more!
Fortunately, I found the
7.5 The Life of David Gale / 12 Angry Men
Old and new commentaries on capital punishment. Neither one has any final answers, of course, but at least they both attempt to provoke a few questions…
9.0 Pirates of the Carribean
Ahoy! You there! Go see this, ya scurvey-riddled scum, ya!
It was an awesome good time – Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom both ripped it up, big time…
9.0 High Fidelity
Jammed with wit, Ferris-Bueller-protagonist-as-narrator-style, and a running alternative-music subtext perfect for those of us reared on the late-70’s punk rock thingee. GREAT supporting characters, too, including John’s ever-present sister, Jack Black (whooop!), and extended cameos by Tim Robbins and Lisa Bonet. All that is mere icing on the cake of the main storyline, John Cusack’s study of the long line of girlfriends that have dumped him (at least in his mind). ’nuff spoilin!
9.0 White Oleander
Intense bittersweet movie about a girl who gets manipulated equally by her imprisoned mom desperate for control and the foster home environments she parades through. Great supporting characters along the way. There’s a lot of ground covered so there’s not room for too much depth, but watching Astrid strengthen while finding her confidence was inspiring.
9.0 Old School
Vince Vaughn is my man. Damn. And anything Will Farrell touches is gold. And blubber. And small red pubic hairs. Damn. (Oh, sorry, “EARMUFFS!”) Go see this movie!
9.0 Blue Crush
Nobody else liked this, but c’mon, beautiful badass girls kicking butt on beautiful waves? I can’t get enougha that! Until I looked it up on IMDB, I was totally convinced they just recruited three surfer girls for this flick. Go ahead and believe it yourself…we are we are…
9.0 LOTR The Two Towers
Saw the opening show of the second in the trilogy. The good stuff continues… make sure you catch Legolas get ON to this horse… I will say no more, go see it!