Midnight Madness

BATTLE FILM ROYALE 2012 

After The Beastmaster, I screened
Juan of the Dead as the second screening of this
marathon.  It was a hit.  Since, I've seen Juan of the Dead already,
not going to blog it again.  Let's move on to the third screening:

Midnight Madness
Right at midnight, this third movie started.
It was a very good surprise for me.
This is an 80's movie I've never ever heard of.
It has that one guy from American Warewolf in London
as a main character.
This is also the movie debut of Michael J. Fox.
This was an all cheese fest.
I loved every minute of it.
Reminded me of my own grindhouse nights.
It had lots of different moments that
are so memorable.
The Pabst Blue Ribbon factory tour, the miniature golf scenes,
the Bonaventure hotel scenes, are among the favorite stuff here.
Lots of characters.
We were all laughing with the movie and sometimes at the movie.
I can't wait to own this for my 80's section.
Best scavenger hunt movie ever (not sure if I've ever seen
other scavenger hunt movies, but, you get my point). 

The Beastmaster

BATTLE FILM ROYALE 2012 

This year, a group of friends and I, decided to throw our
very first annual movie marathon.
It was five of us in the group and each of us were to
pick two movies that we can screen for others.
The movies can be any movies of any genre.
Very random.
It was an awesome all nighter experience.
We were able to pull off a total of 6 movies this year.
Five of those, I've never seen.  So here's my comments on
the first one:

The Beastmaster
I always hear about this movie but never made time
to watch it.  It's one of those classic adventures from the 80's that,
unless you saw it as a kid, the magic isn't the same as an adult.
This was the first screening of the night.
It was pretty cheesy and cool creature effects.
Since I didn't grow up with this, I didn't like it as much
as most people who did.
It was a pretty basic storyline:
Guy who talks to animals and saves a kingdom.
Cool cheesy music.
I enjoyed it as a nice surprise but not enough to be called
a fan. 
Some creatures did look a little scary.

Chico & Rita

Chico and Rita
Nice and cute love animated story
from Spain, Cuba, and the U.K.
This was nominated for Best Animated Movie
at this year's Oscars.
I like the style of this animation.
And the music is also cool.
It's basically has one of those sappy Casablanca story lines.
We humans make mistakes and sometimes
our mistakes become regrets later in life.
This is a story about eternal love and fame.
Nothing special just two love birds who go through
different emotions and heartbreaks.
This almost could of been a nice musical too.

This movie was served with "Molletes."
I know it's not a cuban thing but I felt like making them.
At least it's latin inspired.

Klown

Klown
Man, this had me going for a while.
Very awesome raunchy comedy from Denmark.
A hit at last year's Fantastic Fest.
This is a mix of The Hangover and Sideways.
With that said, the final moment of the movie
disappointed me.  They could of done things a little
different to still have what they wanted.
Besides that final moment of the movie, everything else
was hilarious.
This is definitely a drinking movie.
And now all I want to do is to plan a trip to go canoeing in Denmark.
The raunchiest parts of this movie is not the action but in
most of the dialogue.
I mean, there's scenes of old people talking about pearl necklaces.
Can't believe he did that to his own mother in law. Wink, wink!!
Crazy canoe movie here.
There's an American remake that is in the works with Danny McBride
and Todd Phillips involved.
We'll see how that goes.

New Release Tuesday: Headshot

Headshot
This movie kind of sucked.
It was a little confusing and not interesting.
The back cover of the DVD stated that this was
an Action/Thriller from Thailand.
Well, I'm here to report that there was hardly any action on
here. 
You don't see that many movies coming out from Thailand.
I got pretty excited when I first heard about this movie last weekend.
There was not one scene that was memorable here.
But I learned something new: some people can
see the world upside down.
Stay away from this one.
Other Thai movies I recommend better are:
The Protector, Chocolate, and Ong Bak.

80's Monday: An American Warewolf in London

80's MONDAY 

Every first Monday of every month is 80's Monday.
There's a lot of movies that came out in the 80's
that were so popular that I haven't seen.
I'm an 80's kid, so this segment will give me a chance
to catch up on some of those popular typical movies from this period.

An American Warewolf in London
Finally got to see this 80's horror classic.
One thing I got to say about this,
damn those are some good special effects and make up.
Now, every thing is digital and can easily be done.
But, back in the day, the effects looked a lot better.
Looks fake,  but in a good way.
So here we have a warewolf movie with some
cheesy lines and a hook-up with a nurse.
Then there's the last 20 minutes of warewolf action.
Pretty cool stuff.
I like the build up.
And I love the music.
There's like 2 to 3 different versions of "Blue Moon."
I didn't know why I didn't see this a lot sooner.
But, there's a reason for everything.

Closer

Closer
A movie about cheating and love. 
Jesus, why would I want to watch something like that?
So yes, this one took years for me to see.
But, I got it out of my system.
Actually, it wasn't that bad.
It was pretty much alright.
My favorite character here is played by Clive Owen.
Pretty cool how he handles his stuff.
But, didn't like the outcome to this movie
and of the characters. 
That's the movies for you.
It was getting a little irritating every time
they skip a year or two without telling us until
moments later.
Oh crap, this is three months later.
But, that's just my personal opinion.
Kudos for a smooth ride through.