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Stranded (2001)
Gaaaag...choke...titter
Oh.My.God. This movie is SO bad, there are no words to describe the depth of lameness that this film puts forth. Vincent Gallo does nothing the entire movie but shout,"Face it! Admit it! We're going to die! Just ADMIT IT to yourself. Just face it!". Everyone else sounds like they are reading directly from the cue cards! Toward the end of the movie when the final three are supposed to be walking on the surface of Mars in front of what are supposed to be the Martian mtns., you can clearly see their reflections on the fabricated background...sort of like the old movies where you could see the hanging microphone drop down into the frame occassionally. This one is worth renting just so you can laugh your head off. It would be great for parties or MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000.
Holy cow....
Best in Show (2000)
WELL worth the $3.00 rental fee....
I must be several levels below intelligent when it comes to both wine tasting and movie watching because with wine, if it tastes good...if I like drinking it, then there ya go....it's good wine. If I laugh out loud in a movie, if I want to CONTINUE to watch it, BAM...good movie. I think some people just overlook the 'smack' of movies like Best In Show. You can criticize these characters as being 'stereotypical' all you want but the thing that makes them so damned funny is that they are so REAL. This movie does a fantastic job of developing each character so that we feel as though we really know them. I meet these people on a daily basis. What makes this so funny is that we are actually forced to see the humor in people that we might be overlooking in our daily lives. This is one of those rare movies that we can watch over and over and enjoy more every time.
Trapped (2002)
Crapped....
You know, I am so damned sick of movies of this nature that start out with a very unique plot and apply every single cliche reaction and played out ending until whatever ounce of originality it had to begin with is sucked dry. The movie ends up on a video store shelf as just another thriller. You've seen one, you've seen them all. My first gripe with this movie is that, just like the cookie cutter horror films...DON'T OPEN THAT DOOR..., these ridiculous 'parents' spend the entire movie doing everything in their power to force these kidnappers to kill their child without success. My second gripe is that the film starts out with beautiful cinematic effects that mimic the disjointed, confused state of the parent waiting to be reunited with her child...and then it just swoops into standard thriller fare. Boring. I didn't like this movie at all. I was bored with the characters...all of them. I was bored with the cinematography. They trashed a good plot and made me waste 2 hours that I could have spent watching Carnivale.
Yuck.
Buffalo '66 (1998)
Oddball hilarity
I watched this movie last night accidently. I like all genres of movies but, generally speaking, don't go in much for artsy, symbolism-encrusted statement films. This one was different. Vincent Gallo's acting was yes...very, very bad. But it was the atrocious acting that held me past the point of the dance studio. Most of the intriguing people I meet on a daily basis are bad actors at life. It's that quirky, unpolished delivery that makes it appear as though you're actually eavesdropping on these events as they unfold. Mainly, this film just made me laugh. It generates ironic humor and I can't believe that Quentin Tarantino didn't direct this movie.