Wednesday, November 06, 2024

Blink Twice (review)


 Thought this would be an interesting film. I was wrong. 

Main character doesn't make sense and changes her her persona completely in the 3rd act without reason. The overall story drags and doesn't offer much of a payoff. 

Such a waste of time. Why do they even make movies like this? 

Oh right, for idoits like me to be tricked into watching it. 

Tuesday, November 05, 2024

CLASSIC Comedy

Monday, November 04, 2024

Tales of the Neverending Story


 I never knew about this lost HBO show from the early 2000s until a few months ago. It's a re-telling of the movie with new adventures in it. 

It's better than the last two movies yet still isn't perfect. I wish in a reboot, they'd explain all of these poor attempts at sequels to be Sebastion getting older while rereading his story and losing his imagination more each time. Which in turn leads him to hand the book down to the next kid in line to enjoy. 

This series had some good ideas but instead of being a reboot I wish instead they could've made it something it. 

Worth checking out if you enjoyed the first film though. Most of the episodes are easily located on YouTube. 

Friday, November 01, 2024

All Saint's Day


 MUCH better holiday than yesterday!

We always hold a party at my church. Which I sadly can't stay long for because of my dinner theater tonight. But I do enjoy this holiday. We've always celebrated it since I was a kid. Probably why I have more fond memories of it than when I was a kid. 

Have a good one folks!

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Happy Halloween


 Happy "stay out all evening getting candy for kids who are crying and fighting the whole time, while you're praying for it all to end....including your life" Day. 

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. 

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

The "X" Trilogy Review

 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. 


X

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. 

Maxxine

The last (I hope) and latest movie to come out takes place in 1985 and circles back to the girl from the first movie. She's now a porn star (good for you) and is trying to break into movies. But must avoid a serial killer who is somehow connected to her. 

The ending is ridiculous and makes for a terrible ending to a dismal trilogy. 

Waste of time. Megan and I are going to start re-watching old movies from now on. Nothing new is good anymore. 


Tuesday, October 29, 2024

River's Edge (review)

 

1986. Keanu Reeves and Crispin Glover starred in a movie together about finding a dead body of one of their classmates who had been killed by their best friend and don't know what to do. 

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.