WORST holiday ever. It's Megan's 2nd favorite but I'm the one who's miserable the entire time. The only good thing is I'll be helping out at the haunted car wash this evening, which will be the only fun I'll have tonight.
I was bored and starving for a good movie to kick off the "halloween" season earlier this month.
Unfortunantly, I found these movies instead.
A trilogy of films I've heard a few good things about and decided to give a try. Here's my short review on each one.
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The year is 1976 and a group of young adults go off to a farm to film a porno. Little do they know the elderly lady who owns the land (with her husband) is a pycho killer.
Yep.... that's it. VERY slow, boring and overall DUD to kick off the trilogy with.
The second installment is the best of the 3 (which isn't saying much) but it takes place in 1918 and focuses on the old lady when she was younger and how she became who she was in the first movie. I enjoyed it being a "day time" horror movie. The setting and costumes were nice. The story doesn't play like a horror until the very end, with the best scene going on while the credits rolled.
If you haven't noticed already, it's the same girl in all 3 films for some reason.
Dennis Hopper's also in the cast as well. Playing a crazy weed-selling man with a mysterious past. By all accounts, this movie should be remembered by someone you would think??
But after watching, the slow pace and odd story line, I can see why the public has forgotten it ever existed.
I guess the point of the movie was to show how uncaring Gen X is to death. At least I think that's what the ending was trying to say. But who knows. I won't be coming back to this movie ever again.
Ah! A story of how these teenagers had one crazy summer trying to save someone's house (whom they just met) by getting everyone to attend her rock concert, only to then be foiled and have to win a boat race from uppity rich people in order to trade the trophy for the house.....yep, that was the plot.
Boy this movie missed completely what made 80s movies fun. Its "wild moments" included the same guy from their group getting somehow caught underneath a fat man eating chili 3 times in the film.
I'm assuming he farts a lot on him? I guess that's the gag but the only thing we see afterwards is the ambulance people arguing over who has to give him mouth-to-mouth. (just like in real life?)
I wanted to like this movie. But all I saw was a failure. No wonder its never mentioned in the Hall of Fame for 80s movies. I gave it a try because "Lucas" (also from the 80s) is an excellent movie that no one ever talks about.
But this was a far cry from being an unsung classic that's for sure. Too bad they couldn't figure out how to use Cusack for something better.
But when one bad desicion comes back to haunt him, he has to figure a way out of it and free himself from town for good or die.
Not a bad movie. I can see what people saw in it back in the day. But today, there are much better stories being told. There's nothing wrong with this movie. But I can see why it's been forgotten.
Have a good weekend folks!
It was written way back in 1846, so the pace is slow, but I didn't mind it. I read stuff like this all the time. It IS a little long and that's the only negative thing I can really say about it.
Is it worth reading? I don't think so, unless you want to know about the first vampire story ever written. For that matter, it would probably be worth it.
It's public domain, so finding a free or cheap copy is relatively easy.
Michael Douglas to a pay cut to star in it and I think it's the best thing he ever did. I remember watching this for the first time when renting it out and liking it.
Now? It's gotten even BETTER over time. Worth checking out!
I'm not sure if I'd always pick this above the regular, since it is new and that's the only reason I'm trying it now. But a cashew one would be great if they made it!
Just saying...
Fact is, it did huge numbers at the box office so I'm sure we'll see another sequel in the next 5 years.
I feel it was just many scenes strung together by a thin plot. Not Pixar's finest. Thast being said, I was never crazy about the first film either but think it's at least better than this one.
I'm not sure if or when Pixar can regain their magic. I'm not ready to write them off yet, but to me, it isn't looking good for the company at this point.
It's a perfect movie, that's entertaining and engaging the entire way through!
A few months ago I heard the 19th and final season came out this year.
I had no idea the series was still running 20 years after its creation! So I decided to try watching ALL of the seasons.
I only made it to season 5.
The show is hilarious and the first 4 seasons are virtually perfect. The humor is excellent and though season 5 let's the "storyline" get in the way of more silly moments of the two teams goofing off, it still finishes strong and overall is a great story arc.
I tried watching season 6 and it appears from this moment on, the series tries to take itself more serious and making a "cinematic" dramady out of the series which loses the main ingrediant of what made it so special in the first place. It never took itself serious.
Trying to build a story with little humor, buries the fun of watching. I felt like I was being forced to watch someone play a video game and make up their own story along the way. I was bored and didn't make it to the halfway point of season 6 to realize this series wasn't for me.
Again, I love the first 5 seasons. The story ends and you can walk away never having to wondeer what happened to your favorite goofballs in a world galaxies away.
But believe me...if you watch even further, you'll find out they became miserable attention-seeking characters that tried to take themselves serious when all fans wanted was something to laugh about.
Too bad.
It was at my local Family Dollar. $6 for 18 pack. Such a good deal that I almost bought 2 cases but decided to try it first. I'm glad I did.
It's good. But just cherry flavored RC, nothing more special than that. I'm happy to have tried it, but after this I'll go back to drinking the regular brand I think.
It's pretty tasty, comes in a tall can and sells for $1! I wish RC would make a bigger push mainstream and go up against these other sodas. I truly believe RC could increase its market share if an effort were made.
I don't know if it's still in stores but I can tell you I loved it when I bought a few last month.
Good stuff! Here's to hoping they have more exclusive flavors in the meantime!
Little sliders aren't much but tasty enough to grab a bag when I'm passing through. Any leftovers when I get home I like to spice up with extra pickles, mustard and a few different sauces I have around the kitchen. These puppies are delish!! Just wish we had a place closer to us I could ge them more often!
I tried it.
Couldn't help myself.
On sip of the coke and I was good. Taste like Oreos mixed with diabetes. Thankfully, my kids finished off the rest.
Although when it came to the cookies....after one bite they never finished them.
Yes. Disgusting. Taste like molasses mixed with peppermint. Really strange flavor.
"A" for effort "D" for delivery.
These will NEVER be coming back. So if you want to try them, get it now.
Or come by my house...I still have a few cookies left.
I love pop tarts even though my kids hate them. I tried it....meh. You can taste the flavor but after the first pack, I found myself wanting the actually pie instead.
I'm just happy to find something that's not "pumpkin spice" which is the most popular flavor this time of year.
Even passed them around to all my co-workers and they felt the same way too.
What a dud!
Now I'm an old man who grew up with the old flag so I'm very sentimental I know, but it just looks better to me. I bought one years ago when I moved away and still have it to this day. I also have a flag pole with an american flag which has seen better days and needs to be replaced, so maybe I'll replace it with my old stat flag?
Have a good weekend folks!
So good.
Fun story of a man trying to get over an ex-girlfriend. It has one of the best scenes in movie history showing what he felt like the day after they slept together. Hilarious.
It's a forgotten classic that I get to appreciate once again and I'm thankful for that. I need to go back through my mind and try to remember other gems from my past that deserve a re-watch like this one.
Well worth your time, whether you've seen it before or not!
The acting is good. The look of it is great. The true story behind it all, basically writes itself as its based off a true story about the police looking for someone who was writing dirty letters to people in town, in hope her neighbor got arrested for it.
The true story is worth checking out....the movie, isn't. It misses the obvious comedy such a story would present. If everyone is offended by the letters (which they were in real life) the movie degrades that by showing everyone uses such language in town, they just don't like to see it in writing? It made no sense.
The movie didn't have to be so crass. But instead, it was and its a shame because this could have been great.
Dang. Pass. Not worth your time.
Complete waste of time. Ugh! Utter trash!
Starter tile, whenever you place another matching tile in the same direction you get 3 points. Pull the blue one you get 3 points plus you can change the direction for future tiles. Neat expansion but with only 6 tiles it goes largely ignored in the game when played. I love this expansion but wish it had more tiles associated to it. If it did, this would be a much better expansion.
The boy lead is PERFECT. Meaning, nothing he does goes wrong or IS wrong. He knows everything, he's the best at fighting, an expert escape artist and instant wiz on everything vampire. AND he doesn't fear them at all! Yep....just like every American kid in 1975 I'm sure.
It's pathetic watching people go through the generic motions of what beats a vampire. Making a cross out of tongue pressers is something that apparently works. And you don't even have to believe in the cross. In fact, these people no nothing of God but are somehow able to call on him by quoting the Lord's Prayer and He answers them.
Also, if you ever get bit, here's the cure; A rabies shot with a makeshift cross laying on your chest..... I wish I was joking about that.
Even the iconic scenes from the original film are bungled here.
So disappointing because the look of the film is good. But without the heart...it's a pointless waste of time.
Place these toll booths to gasin points for every building located on a road tile one completed and 2 points for any meeples on it. Then, flip it over and place on another uncompleted road and score 2 points for each road building. It's an ok expansion. I love the importance they place on building roads but most times people forget they even have a toll booth and choose not to place one on the board in the first place. For that reason, I don't play with it as often as I'd like.
Tunnels
Whenever these tiles are played, players may place their tokens and connect roads from one tunnel to the next, increasing points to their road. Any expansion making roads more valuable is welcome in my games. But there's so few of these tiles that it seems you place your tokens out quick and then the expansion means nothing going forward. I don't mind adding it to my games but I wish it came with more tiles and tokens to make the game more relevant as it went on.
Ukriane
Just a promo tile they made to support the country. They stated that you can "make you own rules" but I just keep it as a regular tile and add it to the base game. Nothing special.
Watchtowers
Surround these tiles to gain the points indicated on the watchtower. I love the idea but rarely are these surrounded and when they are, they rarely yeild big points which is why most people just ignore them when they come out. A shame, because I like the idea, I just wish there were more points allocated to completing them. That way there would be more interest in them when they came out.
Almost done folks! See you next week for the wrap up!
I've lost my voice.
Simply Incredible.
Almost makes me want to believe.....but we face the Phillies next, so I'll stayed reserved.
LET'S GO METS!!!!
When scoring these tiles you get an extra point if the road follows the direction of the arrow from the previous tile. Just another way to score more points on roads which I like. I use this one a lot in my games but don't think any of the others have figures out a good way to score big points on these yet so my group largely ignores these tiles which is sad. I think they have a lot more potential than most people give them credit for.
Spiel Dochi
Just 2 promo tiles that if they weren't so cheap I wouldn't bother getting.
This was one of the last expansions I got when I was collecting a bunch of them. Every time I tile is placed you put plague tokens out from each previous tile. When it hits another player, they must remove their meeple. I love this expansion because each one of the tiles are tempting to place a meeple by or on it. You run the risk of being removed. Last time we played with this one, I got every tile! That will never happen again. Another expansion I would play every so often.
Just a promo tile that's a four way road. Nothing special but something I usually shuffle into all the games with play for fun.
The Messangers
Each player get a messanger character they place on the scoretrack. Instead of scoring they can split the points to move their messanger up the track. Every 5th space they can collect a scroll which gives them a one time ability in the game. I find this one interesting as well and use it in games every so often. I once collected every scroll and ended up dominating the game because I had all these special abilities and ran away with the score. So if played, you should never ignore it. Good expansion.
Monastaries
Similiar with Japanese Buildings, I've played with both expansions in the game, making any meeple available to occupy the buildings. This cuases a significant shortage in meeples, which really made the game interesting. I was able to score a TON because others had meeples tied up in these buildings. However, I came in last because they were still able to stock up points by laying the tiles in a way that would add to their final score. Fun expansion. Though I wouldn't play with it in every game.
Peasants Revolt
When played next to a road/city that player loses 4 vp when scoring the tile OR before a tile is played they can lay their meeple down only losing 2 points instead. I love this expansion. 2/4 points isn't going to decide the game (in most cases) and it certainly adds more flavor to the games I've played in the past. Solid expansion.
