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Zhong guo chao ren (1975)
Roger Ebert & I like this movie.
For years, I never told ANYONE I had even SEEN that movie. And, I sure as HELL never told anyone that I had LIKED it! It was deserving of the title "cheesiest movie of the year" & could well have been nominated for the ALL-TIME award. Yet, I had enjoyed it. It became my secret shame.
Then, one day, months, perhaps years later, my favorite Movie Critic, (with whom I agreed about 90% of the time), did something that made my heart sing & my soul feel relieved; Roger Ebert listed it as a "guilty pleasure"!
Of all the THOUSANDS of movies he had seen in his career, one of only TEN listed, was INFRAMAN! This didn't prove my sanity, of course. But, it DID prove I was as sane as Roger Ebert & I'll take that any day.
Star Trek (2009)
This movie... Inhales Forcefully
1. Star Trek is NOT an action franchise, it is a moral/philosophical one. It almost always teaches something relevant to contemporary audiences. This failed. UTTERLY. 2. Spock does NOT have 'casual sex' or elective sex for that matter, he is subject to his Vulcan reproductive drive every seven years. 3. THEY DESTROYED VULCAN! NOT A BASE, NOT A COLONY, THE ENTIRE PLANET! 4. IF THEY DON'T REVERSE THAT IN THE VERY NEXT MOVIE, THEY WILL NEVER MAKE ANOTHER CENT OFF OF ME, SO HELP ME, SURAK.
Note to film makers: Classic Trek fans, or Trekkies, would prefer Deep Impact over Armageddon. Figure out why before you make another attempt.
Terrore nello spazio (1965)
A great example of bad sci-fi; a virtual steaming celluloid TURD
There is only one reason I can't give it a 1. It has better production values than some other sci-fi that made it to the big screen. (Remember the gorilla suit/space helmet combo?)
Other than that, it is some of the worst overblown, melodramatic, badly written & executed cinema it has ever been my misfortune to endure. I know what you're saying to yourselves: "don't hold back, tell us what you REALLY think". OK, from the overacting to the over-spaciousness of the spaceships, REALITY seems to have been ignored. Take for example the collars of the suits that rise to mid ear and eye level. Didn't the actors complain about the functional intrusion into the field of vision? Did anyone listen? I could go on, but that would deny you privilege of going on your own cinematic scavenger hunt. Have fun... if you can.
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
Clearly the Cheech & Chong of the new millennium
Take Cheech & Chong, add about 30 years, leave an extra handful of brain cells UNfried, and you have Harold & Kumar.
Yes, it covers the base level humor, so it will satisfy the Benny Hill fans, and it has a full ration of stoner humor too, but it also goes in some new directions that reveal a bit of intelligent design. (One of the things that bothered me about Cheech & Chong, was feeling let down by the lack of intelligent humor to balance out the lowbrow content.) Harold & Kumar get everything right that Cheech & Chong did, plus, they throw in some goodies for those of us who still have a full set of functional lobes.
I look forward to the sequel.