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Idle Hands (1999)
Too dumb and gross.
I can't figure out who this movie is for. The humor was too juvenile and disgusting, so you'd think maybe it would appeal to 13 or 14 year olds, but it was very R rated with a lot of drug use, innuendo, and a fair bit of nudity. But viewers over the age of 18 or 21 would most likely find the humor too immature to really find it funny. I chuckled a couple times just because I was supposed to, but the characters were so unlikeable and the scenes so disturbing and ridiculous, it just wasn't that funny. I think I lost a few brain cells just from watching it.
Jessica Alba looked great in this but her character was completely implausible... how could she possibly have been attracted to Anton? Every encounter with him he was acting like a complete nutjob. To me, humor works best if it's believable. The closer to real life, the funnier it is. This movie was so absurd I just couldn't find it funny, and it was gory to the extreme, with blood and gibs splattering everywhere, things getting impaled or sliced up. Monty Python can pull that sort of thing off and make it funny, but here it was just sick.
I wanted to like this movie. I like the era it's from, late 90's, I like the actors, it had great music, and the idea of it was funny on the surface. The trailer made it look good, and I found a few writeups on the internet listing this as a must-see for Halloween. But for me, it goes into the junk pile along with movies like Joe Dirt or The Core.
Superman (1978)
One of my all-time favorite movies.
What can I say? This is a beautiful movie, and still one of the best superhero movies of all time. It's only superseded by the sequel, Superman II, although I realize I'm a minority opinion on this.
It starts with Christopher Reeve, the perfect person to play Superman in the 70's. Then there's the costume, a faithful recreation of the comic book version, bright colors, red shorts, and all. Finally, the music; not only is the main theme one of the most iconic and recognizable in all of movie history, but the incidental music is also fantastic. Just listen to the soundtrack and be swept away.
The picturesque shots, the depiction of Krypton, the humor, the romance, this movie is truly a thing of beauty. My only complaint, and it's a minor one, is the overall plot. It's a bit corny, the conflict and how it's resolved. People still make fun of it to this day. That's why I think Superman II is honestly a better movie. But hey, still, this is how superhero movies should be done.
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Great action, great storytelling, questionable plot decisions.
A lot of critic's complaints I had heard were about how Rattner was great with action, but weak when it came to handling characters and drama. I have to disagree, I think Rattner got a bum rap there. The storytelling was just fine. You got a good sense of the emotions and struggles the characters were going through without getting too bogged down with drama.
This is an action movie. Any decent superhero movie should be primarily an action movie. You don't take a box of tissues to a movie like that. You're there to see stuff get blown up, see explosions, things flying around, etc. You're there for a great ride. X-Men 3 delivers. It's a great ride from start to finish. I do think some of the characters were underutilized, and the movie was too short, but that's not my biggest gripe about the movie.
Here goes... I left the theater feeling kind of let down. I think the main thing that nagged at me, and kept me from being totally blown away by this movie, was the story itself. It wasn't the overriding plot of the X-Men vs. The Brotherhood vs. "everyone else", or the "cure for mutation" thing that bothered me. That was great. It wasn't Jean Grey as Dark Phoenix, and that whole conflict that bothered me. It was what they did with some of the characters.
I don't want to give too much away, but basically there were casualties on both sides. Some major characters ended up either killed, or changed, presumably forever. I don't think that should happen, especially not in a movie. I'm there to be entertained, and to feel great at the end. If I'm left feeling disturbed about some of the major plot decisions, then I'm going to hesitate to give a movie high marks when I talk it up to people who haven't seen it.
I'll say this though... stay through the credits. It's crucial. The story is not over until the credits are over.
Packin' It In (1983)
So bad it's almost funny, just because it's SO BAD!
I first watched this movie back in the mid/late 80's, when I was a kid. We couldn't even get all the way through it. The dialog, the acting, everything about it was just beyond lame.
Here are a few examples... imagine these spoken real dramatically, way over-acted: "Oreegon? You're going to Oreegon? Why would anyone want to go to Oreegon?"
"Survivalists? Nobody ever told us about any survivalists!"
This movie was SO bad, my sister and I rented it again for her 16th birthday party, just so our friends could sit around and laugh at how awful it was. I don't think we were able to finish it then either!