Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Batman and Robin


Principal cast: George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chris O'Donnell, Alicia Silverstone and Uma Thurman.
The Gist: The 4th installment in the pre-Chris Nolan Batman series and the most puntastic disaster of them all, complete with Bat nipples and Batman AmEx cards.
Year: 1997
Who's Responsible: Joel Shumacher
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content: Mild action violence and tons of punny sexual innuendo
Run time: 2 hours and 10 minutes of misery
Suggested drinking game: Drink every time 1. anyone uses a pun or one-liner 2. there is a close-up of butts or nipples 3. Batman and Robin argue 4. Poison Ivy does something seductive 5. Batgirl does something she's not supposed to 6. Mr. Freeze freezes someone (the puns alone will have you reeling pretty fast)
Suggested drink/snack: Freeze Pops
Why you should watch it: It's so cheesy, you have to see it to believe it. Every pun and one-liner is stomach churningly bad to the point where it starts to make you laugh at them.
Why you might want to avoid it: You just watched Batman Begins or The Dark Knight and don't want to vomit watching what preceded them.
Overall Bad Movie Night rating: B+
This is a BAD movie, the worst in the history of comic book adaptations, perhaps. If lines from Arnold like "Ice to meet you!" and "Cool party" make you giggle due to their insulting nature to screenwriters, you'll love to laugh at it. If not, you should spend 2 hours chilling elsewhere - excuse that pun.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Pootie Tang


Principal cast: Chris Rock, Wanda Sykes, JB Smoove, Jennifer Coolidge, Missy Elliot, Todd Barry, Dave Attell, Kristen Bell and David Cross.
The Gist: Pootie Tang, a pop culture icon and crime fighter, tries to resist the charms of Jenifer Coolidge as an evil Corporation run by The Man try and use Pootie to spread their negative messages and products
Year: 2001
Who's Responsible: MTV and The Chris Rock Show
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content: Language, mild violence and silly sexual situations
Run time: 70 min
Suggested drinking game: Drink every time 1. Pootie says something in his own "language" 2. Wanda Sykes is seen dancing 3. Chris Rock coaches Pootie 4. a female is degraded 5. the Belt whips someone 6. Trucky is repeated 7. Pootie does something that improves his positive image
Suggested drink/snack: Tang
Why you should watch it: Many reasons: Pootie's phrases, Wanda's dance moves, Chris Rock as a corn stalk, David Cross in black face, the way women throw themselves at Pootie, and because it's a pretty funny blaxploitation film written by a WHITE guy (Louis CK)!
Why you might want to avoid it: If you are not a fan of absurd, random stupidity. You have to enjoy the sense of humor portrayed to enjoy it.
Overall Bad Movie Night rating: B+

Make no mistake about it, Pootie Tang is not a good movie, but it is so silly and parodies blaxploitation in a unique way that it is often a laugh riot in its incredibly short run time.

Leprechaun in the Hood


Principal cast: Ice T, Coolio and Warwick Davis
The Gist: The fifth installment in this "franchise." Ice T steals the Leprechaun's gold and the little guy gets real pissed.
Year: 2000
Who's Responsible: Rob Spera, whose main credits include Skinemax projects such as Midnight Temptations 2
MPAA Rating: R
Content: Naughty language, violence, drugs and some sex
Run time: 90 min.
Suggested drinking game: Drink every time 1. The Leprechaun rhymes 2. someone is killed 3. you hear a one-liner 4. Ice T is ghetto 5. drugs are used and finish your drink if The Leprechaun raps.
Suggested drink/snack: Lucky Charms
Why you should watch it: Warwick Davis' leprechaun rap.
Why you might want to avoid it: The painful one-liners, and because it is a straight-to-video film called LEPRECHAUN IN THE HOOD.
Overall Bad Movie Night rating: C+

Whenever the Leprechaun is not killing or rhyming can be agonizingly dull, but the dumbfounding script and his rap at the end give it some redeeming value.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Anaconda


Principal cast: J-Lo, Ice Cube, Eric Stoltz, Owen Wilson, Danny Trejo and Jon Voight
The Gist: Documentary filmmakers J-Lo and Ice Cube go on a nice little jungle cruise trying to capture rare footage of a tribe (that probably doesn't want to be filmed) but run into Jon Voight, a creepy snake hunter who commandeers their boat to catch big ass snakes.
Year: 1997
Who's Responsible: Colombia Pictures
MPAA Rating: It was one of those dumb PG-13 horror movies
Content: Jon Voight's creepiness is enough to get a PG-13, but there is some bone snapping and regurgitated animals to go along with it
Run time: 90 min
Suggested drinking game: Drink every time 1. Jon Voight leers 2. Ice Cube does/says something ghetto 3. there's a shot of J-Lo's butt 4. something/someone is regurgitated 5. a snake kills someone 6. someone goes into/out of water 7. Owen Wilson is horny 8. anyone calls for "Mateo"
Suggested drink/snack: Snake Bites
Why you should watch it: Jon Voight. The man takes creepy to a whole 'nother level. Be patient and stay for the wink at the end. Plus, the bad CGI snakes are fun to laugh at too.
Why you might want to avoid it: The movie takes a while to get going. The dumb film crew takes forever to figure out what Voight's character is actually doing.
Overall Bad Movie Night rating: B+

Despite its absurdity, the cheesy dialogue, surreal snakes and Voight's over the top performance make this an enjoyable drunken view.

Deep Blue Sea


Principal cast: Thomas Jane, Sam Jackson, Michael Rappaport and LL Cool J
The Gist: It's the classic tale of scientists test Alzheimer's cure on sharks, sharks get genetically modified, angry and hungry as fuck, and scientists try to out-wit the sharks' pre-meditated attacks.
Year: 1999
Who's Responsible: Warner Brothers
MPAA Rating: R for some gory, out-of-fucking-nowhere deaths
Content: Blood, unnecessary explosions and Saffron Burrows in a wet T-shirt
Run time: 1 hr 45 min
Suggested drinking game: Drink any time a shark eats someone. Drink anytime there is an explosion. Drink anytime someone mentions research. Drink anytime someone says shark. Drink anytime you groan at the dialogue.
Suggested drink/snack: Shark fruit snacks.
Why you should watch it: For Samuel L Jackon's tremendously inspiring speech interrupted by him being bitten in half by a pissed off shark.
Why you might want to avoid it: It's a really dumb, low-brow action movie and 99% of it is completely implausible.
Overall Bad Movie Night rating: A-

The shitty CGI sharks, silly script, dumb plot and unnecessary explosions make it look like a made-for-SyFy film, but perfect fodder to make fun of with your friends.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

The Country Bears



Principal cast: Christopher Walken and the voice of the kid from Sixth Sense
The Gist: A bunch of animatronic bears who live with humans (which no one seems to find weird) reunite their band to save Chris Walken from crushing their town hall
Year: 2002
Who's Responsible: Disney
MPAA Rating: PG because the bears are kinda creepy
Content: Nothing worth noting
Run time: 88 min
Suggested drinking game: Drink any time a bear creeps you out, and every time you feel sorry for Christopher Walken. Basically, you should be drinking almost nonstop. It's the only way to get through this.
Suggested drink/snack: Gummy bears.
Why you should watch it: To see Christopher Walken at his lowest. Even lower than SNL.
Why you might want to avoid it: Many reasons. Mainly because there is little redeeming quality. Walken doesn't even play any cowbell.
Overall Bad Movie Night rating: D-

The idea of watching an actor like Christopher Walken interact with animatronic bears sounds funny enough, but the boring Disneyland ride the film is based off of would be a funner time.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Turkish Star Wars

First installment: Turkish Star Wars (Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam)


Principal cast: Did you seriously think you will have heard of anyone in this thing?
The Gist: Some men have to ward off horseback riding skeletons and giant Red Cookie Monsters while Star Wars clips and Indiana Jones music plays behind them on a projector
Year: 1982
Who's Responsible: Turkey
MPAA Rating: I don't think Turkey has a rating system; it'd probably be PG-13
Content: Violence, to some extent
Run time: 90 min
Suggested drinking game: Drink every time 1. footage or music is stolen from an American production 2. there is an error in the subtitles 3. there is a karate chop 4. a punch or kick misses 5. there is a laser beam 6. there is an annoying sound 7. there is a jump cut 8. the Red Cookie Monsters are on screen 9. a household product is used different than its purpose
Suggested drink/snack: Tacos with ground turkey, or Star Wars fruit snacks
Why you should watch it: Your mind will be blown. It is astounding how blatantly this film steals from Star Wars and Indiana Jones. We know their budget was non-existent, but I've seen several student films far better than this.
Why you might want to avoid it: There are these random yellow swirls on the screen that come out of nowhere along with intermittent high pitched wails. If you get dizzy or nauseous easily, these "techniques" might do you in.
Overall Bad Movie Night rating: A

Though there is some mind-numbingly awful screen time and the entire thing is incoherent, this low budget failure is fun to laugh at.