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The Ten (2007)
Funniest Movie of the Summer
This movie is just balls-out goofy fun! Bravo David Wain! Please don't wait another 10 years to make another movie. This flick is definitely not for everyone. A sense of humor is required. I realize mainstream comedies are all about people getting hit in the head with champagne corks, tennis balls and various food items, but other things are funny, too. There's more to comedy than funny faces, crazed animals lunging at throats and obvious jokes you see coming a mile away. Not that The Ten is high-brow humor, it just comes from a different place than most Americans are used to. Ever notice how when you go to see a comedy people in the theater always laugh the hardest at gags they already saw 20 times in the trailer? Too many people need to be told when to laugh and don't know how to react when something comes out of left field. And The Ten comes from far left field.
Those of you who love this movie should get STELLA on DVD and laugh your asses off at the antics of Wain, Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter. Those of you who hated this movie can go fly a kite!
Idiocracy (2006)
Very Funny
Social satire at its best. I generally resent films that rely too much in sight gags, but these are brilliant. The film offers a rare mix of absurdity and humor that hits really close to home. It works both as a silly comedy and as a cautionary tale for a world that is dumbing down, a world in which Larry the Cable Guy is considered a comic genius, the fastest-growing sport involves guys driving around in circles and people still haven't figured out that professional wrestling is scripted. Just look at how few people on the Internet can put sentence together, much less figure out how contractions and homonyms work. We're a country people who don't know when to use "your" or "you're," so we've just adopted "ur." And so it begins.
Mammoth (2006)
A Lot of Fun!
I watched this over the weekend and thought it was one of the best SCI-FI originals I've seen. Sure, it's all over the map story-wise, and the Mammoth isn't very scary or visually impressive, but I laughed quite a bit and enjoyed the performances. The main cast is top-notch and they seemed to have fun working together. I kept thinking that I'd like to see these characters return in another movie or a series. Most of the characters in these SCI-FI flicks are just one- dimensional monster snacks. Tim Cox also does a nice job directing. I remember his short film, "The Man With No Eyes," airing during the "Exposure" series that SCI-FI ran several years ago.
Overall, a nice little '50s B-Movie throwback. Since they canceled "Farscape," these licks are the only reason I watch SCI-FI anymore. Good to see them finally using good actors and good directors. Hope to see more of that.
Night Train to Terror (1985)
God bless the coked-out 80s
Say what you will about cocaine, but it got a lot movies greenlit in the '80s. Apparently, a lot of them didn't get finished and here are three that would have otherwise been lost forever, dragged into a hole in the ground by a stop-motion spider demon. This movie is a lot of fun and even shows touches of brilliance. Overall, it's a fine curiosity and perfect viewing with friends who love cinematic oddities. It maybe crap, but it's more entertaining than most big-budget Hollywood movies I've seen recently. You have to see this movie to believe it. As stated before, a highlight is the stop-motion animation that pops up from time to time. There is a deadly "Beetle" that looks more like a big wasp that stalks members of the "Death Wish Club," and a big demon statue that comes to life and kills a mop-headed kid in the third story. Then, a big spider monster comes out of the ground to drag a monk down to Hell. Fun, fun, fun!