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Post by sabin26 on Dec 25, 2014 3:52:32 GMT -5
I still love the classic A Charlie Brown Christmas and How A Grinch Stole Christmas.
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Post by Neverending on Dec 25, 2014 18:04:00 GMT -5
This is the first Christmas at our new home, so it's only fitting to end this year's celebration with... YOGI'S FIRST CHRISTMAS (1980) Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy show up at Jellystone Park to spend Christmas vacation at a lodge. And during their festivities, they wake up Yogi Bear and Boo Boo who were in their winter hibernation. Realizing that they've never experienced Christmas, Yogi and Boo Boo, along with Cindy Bear, try to stay awake long enough to celebrate the holiday. It's a great premise for a TV special, except, it's a TV movie and there's a B-plot about Yogi being hired to work at the lodge and getting into a bunch of hijinks. There are moments where it feels like "Yogi's First Winter Job" would have been a more appropriate title. There's also two characters, a hermit living by the lodge and an annoying brat, who want to ruin Christmas for everyone. Hanna-Barbera and their creative team did everything they could to fill the 90-minute running time and they succeed to an extent. But the TV movie is at its best when it focuses on Christmas. B+ |
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Post by Neverending on Dec 15, 2015 23:11:13 GMT -5
Entrapment (1999) In Entrapment, Sir Sean Connery spends the last holiday of the 20th century stealing art with a young Catherine Zeta Jones. I hope my life is that exciting when I'm 69. In retrospect though, it's not surprising that this is one of Connery's last movies. He's so... grandfatherly. It's almost laughable that he's Zeta Jones' love interest. Just the year before she was playing Anthony Hopkins' daughter in Zorro. What were they thinking? Still though, the movie mostly works. It has a 90's globetrotting adventure charm that's difficult to resist. It almost feels like a James Bond movie. Almost. And I like that it becomes a Y2K story after the Christmas heist. It's so funny now, and random, and shows the huge generational gap between Connery and Zeta Jones. She's blabbering on about computers and cyber crimes and Connery is just like, "... okay?" He's so old it's cute. They should remake this movie with Pierce Brosnan and Jennifer Lawrence. I'd pay to see that.
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Post by Deexan on Dec 16, 2015 8:38:27 GMT -5
Probably a body double, but I shall fap nonetheless.
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Post by Neverending on Dec 24, 2015 17:23:05 GMT -5
SANTA CLAUS: THE MOVIE (1985)30TH ANNIVERSARY Being born in the 1980's and growing up in the 90's meant you had two high-profile Santa Claus movies to choose from during the holidays, Tim Allen's Santa ClausE from 1994 and the Salkind's Santa Claus: The Movie from 1985. I'm still not sure which one is better. Allen's version has a dark undercurrent that's interesting to watch when you're an adult but the Salkind's version feels more authentic - if that makes any sense. It isn't about some random guy who becomes Santa Claus. It IS about Santa Claus. We see his origin, his success throughout many centuries and his struggles to remain relevant in the corporate boom of the 1980's. David Huddleston plays Santa Claus with some depth. John Lithgow is over-the-top, but amusing, as the villainous businessman trying to steal Christmas from Santa Claus. And Dudley Moore is the Elf caught in the middle. It's all very entertaining to watch, and the movie certainly means well, but it's also very soft. If you're gonna attack corporate America, you can do it in a more critical way than just having a goofy bad guy. Then again, I'm asking too much of a movie that was sponsored by McDonald's.
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Post by thebtskink on Dec 25, 2015 0:35:40 GMT -5
SANTA CLAUS: THE MOVIE (1985)30TH ANNIVERSARYBeing born in the 1980's and growing up in the 90's meant you had two high-profile Santa Claus movies to choose from during the holidays, Tim Allen's Santa ClausE from 1994 and the Salkind's Santa Claus: The Movie from 1985. I'm still not sure which one is better. Allen's version has a dark undercurrent that's interesting to watch when you're an adult but the Salkind's version feels more authentic - if that makes any sense. It isn't about some random guy who becomes Santa Claus. It IS about Santa Claus. We see his origin, his success throughout many centuries and his struggles to remain relevant in the corporate boom of the 1980's. David Huddleston plays Santa Claus with some depth. John Lithgow is over-the-top, but amusing, as the villainous businessman trying to steal Christmas from Santa Claus. And Dudley Moore is the Elf caught in the middle. It's all very entertaining to watch, and the movie certainly means well, but it's also very soft. If you're gonna attack corporate America, you can do it in a more critical way than just having a goofy bad guy. Then again, I'm asking too much of a movie that was sponsored by McDonald's. Dude. No. No one from our generation watched this movie. You're wrong. |
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Post by Doomsday on Dec 25, 2015 1:01:12 GMT -5
I've never even heard of that movie.
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Post by Fanible on Dec 25, 2015 5:32:20 GMT -5
I see Neverending also drank too much eggnog.
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Post by Neverending on Sept 25, 2016 15:07:15 GMT -5
Watch Joel Silver talk about Die Hard for an hour. He names names, so it's worth watching just for that. |
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Post by Justin on Sept 25, 2016 20:05:48 GMT -5
Oh god the suit.
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Post by Neverending on Sept 25, 2016 21:24:51 GMT -5
It's what you wear when you give no fucks and hate everyone. The moderator literally asked him, "how did you burn so many bridges and still have a career?" His response: "if you stare at the river long enough, you'll watch your enemies float away." When asked if he would make a Lethal Weapon 5 he said, "I rather be dead" and then talked shit about Lethal Weapon 3 and 4. Dude's awesome. I can hear him talk shit all day. John Landis is another one who's hilarious and does an insane amount of shit talking. |
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Post by Dracula on Sept 25, 2016 22:39:10 GMT -5
It's what you wear when you give no fucks and hate everyone. It's the suit that gets worn when The Joker starts letting himself go... |
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Post by Neverending on Dec 1, 2016 14:15:36 GMT -5
GHOSTBUSTERS II (1989) Before the Internet, I had no idea people "hated" this movie. I liked it. Everyone I knew liked it. And in retrospect, it's arguably better than the remake. That being said, I understand why people dislike it. The villain is underwhelming and the first 30 minutes (or around there) are pointless. But once the Ghostbusters are doing Ghostbusters stuff and the river of slime is at the center of the story, the movie is pretty good. There's no reason to be anti-Ghostbusters II. Most of it is entertaining. It pales in comparison to the original and it is somewhat misguided, but its heart is still in the right place. They could have made a Ghostbusters III in the 90's and audiences would have still shown up for it.
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Dec 1, 2016 23:30:25 GMT -5
I like Ghostbusters II enough. It's obviously inferior in every way to the original, but in terms of comedy sequels you can do far worse. I agree with you here.
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Post by Neverending on Dec 2, 2016 1:13:36 GMT -5
I like Ghostbusters II enough. It's obviously inferior in every way to the original, but in terms of comedy sequels you can do far worse. I agree with you here. The big mistake was re-introducing all the characters. We didn't need to spend half an hour watching the Ghostbusters go back in business. The movie should have gone from the baby carriage scene to the holiday montage and then spent those 20-30 minutes developing the villain and the river of slime. |
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Post by Neverending on Dec 24, 2016 14:28:14 GMT -5
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Call me crazy but the Muppet Christmas Carol kind of sucks. I enjoyed it as a kid, watched it almost every year, but it doesn't hold up when you're an adult. Tonally, the movie is off. Michael Caine is WAY too good for the fucking Muppets. It feels like he's acting in another movie. He just doesn't blend well with the silly humor and lame songs. Although his scenes with Kermit and some of the other Muppets are pretty good. I also like Gonzo and Risso as the narrators. Basically, I think the movie would have worked better if they had played it straight and the only humor came from the narrators.
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Post by Neverending on Dec 24, 2016 16:39:58 GMT -5
The Night Before (2015) It's amazing how terrible this movie is. Michael Shannon is great. No clue how they got him. There ARE funny scenes. But overall I don't know why this movie got made. How many times is Seth Rogen gonna play the same character and tell the same story? He's at risk of turning into Adam Sandler. His movies are just getting lazy now. I know that may seem a bit harsh considering that This is the End and the first Neighbors are really good movies. But this isn't a bump in the road. It's a pothole. I don't want this movie to be foreshadowing. Seth Rogen really needs to evolve.
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Post by PhantomKnight on Dec 25, 2016 22:01:40 GMT -5
KRAMPUS (2015) Recently, I accused Green Room of not ultimately working because there was nothing about the characters to make you care about whether or not they make it out alive. One could argue the same can be said for Krampus...but I think that's the point. Krampus is a horror/comedy that can best be described as if Christmas Vacation turned into Gremlins, but with a few slightly more darker aspects thrown in on top. And I dug it. This is a movie where you're either going to get on board with the tone or you're not, and I did. Krampus is nothing great, mind you, but I found it to be a fun, unique and different kind of Christmas movie. Co-writer/director Michael Dougherty clearly wants to re-capture some of the magic of 80's genre movies like this, and he mostly succeeds by combining dark humor and thrills pretty well. While never hilarious, the movie got consistent and decent laughs from me and while not particularly frightening, the main horror set-pieces do work, except for some badly CGI-ied Gingerbread Men. But speaking of Krampus himself and his minions, the film boasts some impressive creature designs/practical effects that go a long way in helping the movie be effective enough. Getting back to the characters, obviously Max (played by Emjay Anthony) is the emotional center here, but while the other characters all start out as dicks to varying degrees, there are these little moments peppered throughout that help them subtly become more endearing. Adam Scott, Toni Collette and David Koechner are all good in that regard. Scott's dry humor especially makes scenes that much more entertaining. Krampus may not excel at anything, but it functions quite well as what it wants to be, and I could see it becoming a new traditional Christmas-time viewing for me. ***/****
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Post by Neverending on Dec 1, 2017 1:03:34 GMT -5
Falling in Love (1984) This movie should be called Falling Asleep. Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep play two New Yorkers who live in the suburbs but work in the city and use that to cheat on their spouses with each other. It's told in a slice-of-life sort of way and that's just boring. If there's no drama to this infidelity, why should I care? It's just two slices of white bread with nothing in between. Although I guess it's nice to look at New York during the holidays. Maybe they should have edited this movie into a tourist commercial.
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Post by Neverending on Dec 2, 2017 23:43:33 GMT -5
CASPER’S FIRST CHRISTMAS (1979) Everything about Casper is weird and creepy and depressing. In this holiday special meant for children, Casper is sad because Santa Claus never visits his home. Well, Casper, I don’t think Santa delivers gifts to dead people. Added to that, the abandoned house he shares with Hairy Scary is about to be demolished. Who the fuck is this Hairy Scary? Some kind of pedophile ghost? So anyway, Yogi Bear and the rest of the Hanna-Barbera gang show up to fix the place and then Santa arrives. Yay! Can’t wait for December 26th when everyone goes back to their regular lives and Casper is left with that pervert Hairy Scary. But hey, kids, at least we got a kickass soundtrack out of it.
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Post by Wyldstaar on Dec 3, 2017 0:51:46 GMT -5
CASPER’S FIRST CHRISTMAS (1979)Everything about Casper is weird and creepy and depressing. In this holiday special meant for children, Casper is sad because Santa Claus never visits his home. Well, Casper, I don’t think Santa delivers gifts to dead people. Added to that, the abandoned house he shares with Hairy Scary is about to be demolished. Who the fuck is this Hairy Scary? Some kind of pedophile ghost? So anyway, Yogi Bear and the rest of the Hanna-Barbera gang show up to fix the place and then Santa arrives. Yay! Can’t wait for December 26th when everyone goes back to their regular lives and Casper is left with that pervert Hairy Scary. But hey, kids, at least we got a kickass soundtrack out of it. Hairy Scary is a Hanna-Barbera creation for the series Casper and the Angels (1979), which aired on Saturday mornings. It's a perfect example of everything that was wrong with US cartoons in that era. The series is an abominable mash-up between Casper, Charlie's Angels and CHiPs, while also being set in the distant sci-fi future in order to try and capitalize on the popularity of Star Wars. |
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Post by Neverending on Dec 3, 2017 2:53:37 GMT -5
CASPER’S FIRST CHRISTMAS (1979)Everything about Casper is weird and creepy and depressing. In this holiday special meant for children, Casper is sad because Santa Claus never visits his home. Well, Casper, I don’t think Santa delivers gifts to dead people. Added to that, the abandoned house he shares with Hairy Scary is about to be demolished. Who the fuck is this Hairy Scary? Some kind of pedophile ghost? So anyway, Yogi Bear and the rest of the Hanna-Barbera gang show up to fix the place and then Santa arrives. Yay! Can’t wait for December 26th when everyone goes back to their regular lives and Casper is left with that pervert Hairy Scary. But hey, kids, at least we got a kickass soundtrack out of it. Hairy Scary is a Hanna-Barbera creation for the series Casper and the Angels (1979), which aired on Saturday mornings. It's a perfect example of everything that was wrong with US cartoons in that era. The series is an abominable mash-up between Casper, Charlie's Angels and CHiPs, while also being set in the distant sci-fi future in order to try and capitalize on the popularity of Star Wars. |
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Post by Wyldstaar on Dec 3, 2017 11:43:36 GMT -5
Scatman Crothers makes everything seem better than it really is. He's the only reason the Harlem Globetrotters cartoon got a second season. It's just as well that he wasn't around to voice Jazz in the Transformers movie. If they'd killed Jazz with Crothers voicing him, there'd have been nerds rioting in the streets.
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Post by IanTheCool on Dec 3, 2017 11:58:50 GMT -5
No! I wont do it!
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Post by Neverending on Dec 3, 2017 15:37:58 GMT -5
REINDEER GAMES (2000) A great director can take a terrible script and make the necessary changes in order for it to be good. But only a special filmmaker can take a horrible script, shoot it like it is, and somehow end up with a decent movie. John Frankenheimer has several classics on his resume. Birdman of Alcatraz and The Manchurian Candidate are two examples. So how the heck he end up directing Ben Affleck in Reindeer Games is anyone's guess. This was even his final theatrical release. On the surface, that may seem sad, but Reindeer Games is very admirable. The script by Ethren Kruger (Transformers: Dark of the Moon) is incredibly stupid. 90% of it doesn't make any sense. And yet, Frankenheimer manages to construct an edge of your seat thriller. Anyone who has seen the movie, and remembers the casino heist, will know what I'm talking about. In addition to all this, he cast Gary Sinise as the villain and gets a very memorable performance out of him. And if that ain't enough, a young Charlize Theron has a nude scene that perverts to this day have never forgetten. So, yeah, this isn't Die Hard or Lethal Weapon or even The Last Boy Scout, but it's a good alternative to the norm. |
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