Mitch Baker Movie Review Dump

[brain galacki]

Okay trying this again... another movie dump

good morning forum, the AC in my apartment is not working today



KRUSH GROOVE (1985): Cool! A glimpse into the days of early rap music! Now I understand what THE FAT BOYS is all about (was this their origin story?), also shinning moments I remember when BEASTIE BOYS took the stage at the "talent show" scene of this movie. I enjoyed it. Apparently I need to see "Breakin'" after this now. 7/10

HALLOWEEN 5 (1989): The last HALLOWEEN movie of the 1980's and it feels like the general census on this one is that this movie SUCKS, but hold the fort, I didn't so much feel that way myself - I was in the mood for a classic 80's Halloween Film and I feel like I got it. Everything they are saying it true, the Dr. Loomis guy is yelling at the girl way too much, and the Michael Myers mask is goofy looking because the bottom part comes outward a bit (which I think was also the case in Halloween 4 which might have been why I didn't like that one haha), but by this movie I was used to it and it was a Halloween movie after all so I liked it. 6/10

BEYOND DREAMS DOOR (1989): I sure did NOT going in to this one expecting what was about to be - the monster with the claw poking out from behind the guy had me thinking it would be a goofy / cheesy 80's horror. It is an 80's horror, but more of an extremely complex and ambitions homemade horror that requires a lot of attention and focus and is not to be watched after midnight when you are falling asleep on the couch. (I wasn't really in the mood for this type of thing when viewing, so the fact I didn't like it too much isn't exactly fair). It deserves a re-watch and me paying closer attention, but I probably won't. 4/10

THE LIFT (1983): 80's Italian horror about a possessed elevator and oh yes oh yes it is everything you would expect with that description. It's not bonkers crazy or anything like that, most of the movie is a mystery-type film leading up to the elevator actually decapitating someone's head or arms (our biggest fear when getting off an elevator, right?), but it all still delivers and it is definitely worth the watch. 6/10.

SHAZAM (2019): Lordy my, looks like somewhere around here (3 years ago), DC super hero films started turning themselves around and they knew they needed to think outside of the box to actually make their movies interesting and worth watching. Good! This movie was actually very fun! I went in not expecting a lot, and had a great time. I probably laughed out loud by myself in my apartment more times than any movie in recent memory. Heck, I don't usually laugh out loud at movies at all. Still thinking about "it was a busy day at the business office" man with over-sized suit.   when I go home that is what I tell my wife. 8/10.

[brain galacki]

I am back with another movie dump



A KING IN NEW YORK (1957): A movie I had picked completely at random. I never thought of Charlie Chaplin as a guy like this. Older with white hair, no mustache, and you can hear him talk? And he has bad teeth! Okay I guess! 3/10

KING OF KONG (2007): Right up my alley of course with this short documentary about the battle to the Guiness Book of World Records 2007 high score in Donkey Kong, the hardest arcade game there ever was. A perfect documentary in a way where it has unique loveable and hateable characters, and arcade nerds which is exactly what I want - and maybe some twists and turns that they couldn’t have even plan for or scripted. Unfortunately falls a little flat at the end because we don’t get the type of ending that we all truly wanted - seeing Steve completely victorious and Billy’s downfall. It ends pretty abruptly with Steve getting a “good job, you tried” letter from the guy, but then short blips on the screen just note that right after this documentary was finished, Steve beat the high score (again). And then wikipedia / the internet tells us Steve is the reigning champ currently from a score he got in 2011 - and Billy was later ousted for using emulators in his high score, which is against the rules, so I’d imagine Billy is currently in Donkey Kong prison somewhere out there today. (9/10)

BAD TASTE (1987): Yes, something special indeed about a group of friends getting together every weekend on their free time to shoot a full length home-made horror film complete with all of the special effects they could pull off with the tools they were working with and the time period. This was the project of the guy who directed the Lord Of The Rings Movies (I was trying to watch his horror film that came after this, Braindead (?), but couldn't find anywhere online, so went with this). I wasn't particularly in the mood for a homemade horror like this one, but it's good for what it is I guess. I give it a 4/10, sorry.

SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING (2017): Wow, I really liked this, so far one of my favorite Marvel films as I am going down the list (and I am starting to go slightly out of order now so I can maybe see “Dr. Strange 2” when it comes out. There are enough Spider-Man movies out there and we could have all been easily burnt out on this with the Andrew Garfield Amazing Spider_Man’s movies both being mediocre and coming out just a few years before this one. So more Spider-Man movies seem unnecessary but this movie actually pulled off it being refreshing to the whole Marvel movie series thing, of course we all love his interacting with Iron Man and being a kid super-hero that wants to do more and take on missions with the big guys, right? Also loved that it was a re-boot of spider-man without it being a big origin story of him getting bit by a spider and discovering superpowers. I love that the introduction to this Spider-Man is just a little blip in the Civil War movie and then this actual first movie in this series takes off from there. I’m a fan of Michael Keating too. I like how I thought the movie was over when he was about to go to Homecoming, but then dun dun dun Michael Keating was her dad. (I shoulda saw that one coming but didn’t)! Fun! 9/10.

PUPPETMASTER II (1990): I make my way down the Puppetmaster series, the Full Moon horror franchise with more movies than any horror series I can think of (a total of 15 movies right now). These movies aren't particularly good, but I will keep watching all of them. They are short. This one featured a bad guy who was wrapped up like a mummy who had been preserved for 100 years or so. I don't remember much else. 4/10. 

[jeffradon2000]

fun fact, no one can go for official world records for donkey kong on our machine as it's also technically an emulator

[brain galacki]

okay sup



ANCHORMAN 2 (2013): Yeah, I watched this. I did laugh a bunch of times. When the van was crashing in slow motion and all of the things were flying in slow motion and hitting them? Come on, that was funny. I don't watch a lot of funny movies like I used to in the days of being 8 years old and my dad would have 3 stooges on all of the time, so I got to appreciate when there are bowling balls flying around in slow motion inside of a van and hitting guys and that is funny and it is okay to say that it is. I also liked the way he talked to his son like he was a man. Can I also say that the hits are "Every 1's A Winner" by Hot Chocolate, "Hold Your Head Up" by Argent, and "Jet Airliner" by Steve Miller Band. I gave this a 5/10 on letterboxd to look cool, but you know what, I enjoyed it. 6.5/10

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (2022): oh boy here's a big one - a lot of pressure here to give this one a 10/10, because everyone is doing it and this movie is so big, it attempts to be the ultimate movie movie and the ultimate "multi-verse" movie, and make you feel good and give you an idea of the true meaning of life! Sure, it did. I felt good. I like the idea of wow, there are infinite possible lives that we are living and the ones we are living in now we are not living to our fullest potential, but there are endless possibilities out there and yes you gotta smile and love it all, the end. there were times I didn't quite understand how the universes were intertwining, but that was okay. it wasn't important if you didn't understand what was going on fully. you just sit there and enjoy what was happening and love life. 9/10 for me. maybe I still will change my mind and go 10/10 later.

MANIAC (1982):  Scuzzy 1980 New York slasher from the same director as MANIAC COP. (Maniac to Maniac Cop, are such similar titles (and kind of similar movies) allowed?) (Is every movie this guy does just grimy New York City in the 1980’s?) I do like those kinds of movies. There wasn’t a whole lot to this one, and I would say it didn’t grab me much. Of course the ending scene is great for the 30 seconds we get of an arm being chopped and a head being torn off. 5/10 And wtf there’s a 2012 remake staring Elijah Wood?

BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING (1965): I'm shocked when an over 50 year old movie throws a twist at me that I was not expecting! I've had this one on my to-watch list for a while since in Colin Blunstone (of the Zombies)'s Wiki page had it listed that he appeared in this film. I was expecting a small acting role or something, but actually The Zombies appear on a TV screen randomly performing live for two full songs, and then in a radio clip more towards the end of the movie. So heck yeah to this world where The Zombies are just playing on the TVs and radios all over the place, and also a pretty great movie! Mitch you might like this one. 8/10

ALL MONSTERS ATTACK (1969): I loved this and it was short and I love short movies and I started this at like 1am after getting and playing the heck out of GODZILLA PINBALL *PREMIUM EDITION* - and you know I love how goofy that Gardagar monster or whatever his name is , but I wanted more in the end. Not the strongest of these movies probably but still great and I'll watch all of these movies. 3/10

[vanslater]

May 17, 2022 12:54:01 GMT -6 brain galacki said:

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (2022):

[/b]oh boy here's a big one - a lot of pressure here to give this one a 10/10, because everyone is doing it and this movie is so big, it attempts to be the ultimate movie movie and the ultimate "multi-verse" movie, and make you feel good and give you an idea of the true meaning of life! Sure, it did. I felt good. I like the idea of wow, there are infinite possible lives that we are living and the ones we are living in now we are not living to our fullest potential, but there are endless possibilities out there and yes you gotta smile and love it all, the end. there were times I didn't quite understand how the universes were intertwining, but that was okay. it wasn't important if you didn't understand what was going on fully. you just sit there and enjoy what was happening and love life. 9/10 for me. maybe I still will change my mind and go 10/10 later.
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[brain galacki]

Okay, here is another movie dump.



THE NINTH CONFIGURATION (1980): No idea why I picked this one, I suppose probably because I just wanted to pick the first thing on Tubi that looked interesting and I didn't want to spend an hour scrolling through movie options. It might have had it listed in the "horror" genre even, but it hardly was that really - more of a weird 1980's comedy, and not my type of humor, maybe more for people who are into 70's and 80's war / military related movies and for people who read books and stuff. None of those things is me. There isn't much of a plot throughout most of it, until maybe the last 20 minutes or so there is a bar fight that actually is pretty cool against some Nazi biker gang, that part I remember taking me by surprise and being kind of cool actually. But this movie overall was not for me. 4/10

MIDSOMMAR (2019): Now here is a modern horror (probably like the #2 or #3 all time most popular on letterboxd or something, I knew it was going to be good). I don't think I'd rank it above "Hereditary," but sure, it was good, bizarre, creepy, f*cked up, etc. I did not know going in this that the movie took place in sWeDeN and is based off some sort of Swedish cult (was any of that based on any actual cults or traditions IDK, I know there is a fake website set up to make it look like it is, but I'm not falling for it). At first I was like "oh this is interesting and the movie is very Swedish, I am going to show my mom!" but no, soon enough I realize I will never even mention this movie to my mother. Love the idea of open fields up in Sweden where the sun never goes down though, I would like to visit now. I don't think I need to say anything more about the actual movie. I gave it a 9/10 at first, but I'm changing it to a 10/10. 

STRANGE BEHAVIOR (1981): Okay, not a great movie, but a lot of interesting things her pertaining to Central IL: this movie was actually shot in NEW ZEALAND, and it is a New Zealand movie, but it is supposed to take place in GALESBURG, ILLINOIS of all places. This is especially cool to me because I spent a lot of time growing up in Galesburg because my grandparents lived there. I can't say any of it really looked like Galesburg. The actual college in Galseburg is Knox College, but in the movie it was "Galesburg College". I told my friend Kyle Rowhader about this movie and he says "oh yeah I love that movie, I have an antique booth where I sell cool stuff named after that movie!" Cool! I actually watched it because the soundtrack is by Tangerine Dream and it came out on vinyl for Record Store Day this year. (A pretty good soundtrack I do say so). But not a great movie even for an 80's slasher. The poster isn't even good. 2/10. 

JUNO (2007): I've avoided this movie ever since it came out when I was actually starting off my senior year of high school because it never seemed like anything I would like or relate to in any way since I've never been a pregnant teen. turns out that waiting until this exact moment in my life to watch this classic(?) (maybe not classic, but a movie that most people have seen and know), was the perfect thing for me to do. It's a modern movie, sure. But 2007 was 15 years ago now so I guess it was somewhat of a nostalgic  throwback in time, specifically to FOLK PUNK and the FOLK PUNK MIDWESTERN Black Sheep Days! Sure, there wasn't like crusty folky lollipop'd punks in torn cutoff jean shorts covered in patches cooking vegan food or anything like that, it was more subtle. The "Mark" character is the washed up rocker that's passed his hey-day that used to play in bands that opened up for MELVINS and DINOSAUR JR. and other cool sh*t, which he talks about in the movie, heck they are talking about SONIC YOUTH, they are EVEN HOLDING that BANDS COVERING the CARPENTERS CD and talking about SONIC YOUTH (heck, SHONEN KNIFE is also on that CD, I HAVE that CD, WHAT ARE THEY doing talking about THAT CD in this MOVIE??), and yeah, no one is going to like that "Mark" character because he bails on his potential family and makes some sort of a move on a high school girl so f*ck him, but f*ck am I that old washed up rocker man in his 30's? But also Juno is really cool, I didn't expect her to be as cool as this in this movie. And yeah, the soundtrack with Moldy Peaches and Kimya Dawson or whatever is a throwback to I guess a whole folk punk era that came to it's peak a couple of years after this movie and this movie was probably a big part of that? I know that f*ck K Records and f*ck Plan-it-X, but weren't those labels very successful as a result of the success of Kimya Dawson and Moldy Peaches after this movie, which lead to bands like Defiance Ohio, AJJ, etc, getting more attention (This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb, lol) (Pat The Bunny?). how wild. I loved watching this now. 9/10, it might be a 10/10. 

YOUR VICE IS A LOCKED ROOM AND ONLY I HAVE THE KEY (1972): I don't know why I keep watching these random 1970's Italian horror films that are on Shudder. They aren't bad, they just aren't my thing. 2/10. 

[jeffradon2000]

oh wow, I was about to say you're probably about the same age as me when I watched Juno the first time. But Actually I did the math and you are older than I was when I watched Juno the first time, WOW WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT IT

[brain galacki]

THE GIANT SPIDER INVASION (1975): I was in the mood for a short 1970's sci-fi horror, and I got it. Look how cool that poster looks. We all know that the movie isn't going to be as good. But how will they depict a giant spider in the 1970's using the effects they had at the time?? After seeing movies like "Frogs" and "Night of the Lepus" I fully expected just close up shots of a trantula with some screeching sounds for added horror effects and then close up shots of people's faces in horror and that's it. Because of my low expectations I was very pleased seeing that they BUILT A GIANT SPIDER for this film, which most of it it appears to be CHASING PEOPLE because it was built around a truck or vehicle of some sort, like a giant parade float. So this movie was perfect, everything I could have wanted. 4/10

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (2021): I finally got caught up (enough) (kinda) on Marvel films to watch this. (I still have a few here and there to watch). What is this, like the highest grossing movie of all time at this point? And it's clearly designed to be just that. So much to the extent that it feels forced. It's not THAT great of a movie, really. Sure it's fun to an extent and it makes you feel good if you have seen all of the other spider-man movies in the past 20 years and have fond memories of at least some of them (like those of us that were in middle school when the Tobey McGuire ones came out). Ask yourself this question about this movie though - if the Tobey / Andrew Garfield movies did not exist, would this be a good movie where Tom Holland Spider-Man opens up a multi-verse and other random guys pop up that are supposed to be Spider-mans in other universes? No, it would not be that good of a movie. You all would be like wtf is this. So really deep down inside, it's not that great of a movie. But we all still eat it up, and I guess I did too. 8/10. 

SCARY MOVIE V (2013): I'd been wanting to watch any of "Scary Movie" to just find out what they are all about for quite some time. I've seen a lot of horror films at this point, so a comedy parody movie on horror movies would be good for me to watch, right? Well, this movie was bad. I guess it's what I expected. I was okay sitting there and watching 1.5 hours of stupid tv for this night. But it gets a 1/10 from me. Maybe I'll go back and watch the first one at some point. 

TRUE GRIT (2010): I got really confused watching this movie because I had the feeling like I had already seen it before the entire time I was watching it, and I couldn’t tell if that was because I just recently watched the original or if I actually have seen the 2010 remake. I think this was a re-watch for me. It wasn’t a case of me being blown away by the Coen Brothers work like the perhaps similar feature of theres that came out a couple of years prior, No Country For Old Men? But maybe that’s because I knew what was going to happen in the movie the whole time. Coen Brothers movies are great when they are great because of unexpected twists and turns, IMO. Still great though. I’m surprised on how true to the original it was, I’m not sure if that’s a good or bad thing. Maybe better than the original but not by a lot. 8/10.

BRIGSBY BEAR (2017): Wow, I loved this. I saw Mitch watched it because Zack recommended to him, but hello guys? This looks right up my alley. Come on, Mark Hammil in a Rock-A-Fire-Explosion-esque type film of it's own? It did tug at the heart strings. There is a lot I loved about this, but DUH, there was a BRIGSBY BEAR UNDERGROUND FORUM just like ours where the main character finds out later on that he was just basically talking to himself on, or all of the other forum members weren't real, or just imposters played by his parents!! That's my life!!!! Actually yes, this whole movie is my life. Just me livin' and sometimes the only things you find are extremely cool and you are a complete nerd about, you are the only one in the world that is like that and that is OK I guess. Your real parents (and fake parents) will still love you for who you are. 9/10.

[vanslater]

May 25, 2022 12:45:05 GMT -6 brain galacki said:

SCARY MOVIE V (2013): I'd been wanting to watch any of "Scary Movie" to just find out what they are all about for quite some time. I've seen a lot of horror films at this point, so a comedy parody movie on horror movies would be good for me to watch, right? Well, this movie was bad. I guess it's what I expected. I was okay sitting there and watching 1.5 hours of stupid tv for this night. But it gets a 1/10 from me. Maybe I'll go back and watch the first one at some point.

SM1 holds up

[somejabroni]

I watched you me and Dupree last night and it wasn't very good

[brain galacki]

Here i am with another movie dump.



BOG (1979): I buddy watched this low budget 1979 horror with Aaron from America's Groove. It was a bad movie, but a good one for Memorial Day weekend! Reminded me of Lake Taylorville or something! (I did look up what actual lake this was filmed at, it was up in Wisconsin somewhere). Of course you don't see the monster up until the very end, and when you do, it will have you laughing. It's eyeballs were huge and goofy looking from what I remember, and the ending is pretty abrupt, someone just rams their car into BOG and he immediately bursts into flames and dies, THE END. 2/10

THE RED QUEEN KILLS SEVEN TIMES (1972): Another Italian horror, this time I watched because the soundtrack came out on vinyl for record store day once again. I suppose it wasn't the worst one of these movies that I had ever seen for an early 1970's slasher, and it kept my attention the whole way through. Maybe there was some sort of twist at the end. 4/10

MILES DAVIS: THE BIRTH OF COOL (2019): A perfect Miles Davis documentary for me, who really had a lot to learn about Miles Davis. I had forgotten that he was born and spent his early life in Alton, Illinois! (Is Miles’s childhood home still standing, or is there any sort of museum in Alton?) (I should know this) And as I suspected before, Miles Davis was such an important musician in the history of jazz not only for the music he created but because of his bringing up and coming jazz greats together (John Coltrane, Bill Evans, (everybody on Kind of Blue), and later on Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, etc. etc. (cool that all of these people were interviewed). And now I have a better understanding of all of Miles’s different wives and the importance they played. 7/10

MOON KNIGHT (2022): Not really a movie but it's on Letterboxd and I watched it!! Probably not my favorite Marvel series I have seen so far either, sorry. I was into it in the first couple of episodes, but by the very end of the series I did not really care about anything going on. Cool that it was shot in Egypt and stuff I guess. 6/10

DR. STRANGE 2 (2022): I saw this one in the theater with my little brother, LOL, in iMax!!! Love the movie theater experience, but I gotta say again that iMax is TOO LOUD!!? Am I old?? But heck, I know my hearing is not as good as most people after years of rock shows so if I am saying something is too loud it probably is! rofl… but this movie, I agree with buffaaron, somejabaroni and everyone else - there were plenty of cheesy moments but it was fun - also I read too many reviews before seeing it to know that there would be ‘horror elements’ and maybe some throwbacks to Evil Dead - almost to the extent that it was very intentional and even somewhat forced, but idk, I’ll take it. It’s weird and nice seeing that in a Marvel film that movie bros and normies like my brother (who has never seen any Evil Dead film) are getting put infront of them? Marvel are really pulling the “omg all of the universes are in danger and this super hero is so powerful, this is so epic, this is the most epic movie ever made” card, and I don’t know how much they are going to be able to keep doing that? idk maybe they always will and it will probably get old if it hasn’t already! 8/10.

[brain galacki]

GERONIMO (1993): I picked a random VHS tape to watch, and got this one that I really had to force myself to watch!! A young Matt Dameon, and at this point I completely forget anything else. It felt really long. 3/10

BETWEEN WORLDS (2018): I couldn’t figure out what to watch on this night and said “what the heck, I’m gonna try a random Nic Cage movie. Pig? Willy’s Wonderland? Color Out Of Space? Mandy? It seems like on recent films you can not really go wrong. Even if it’s bad it’s gotta be somewhat good, right? No, this was a bad bad movie. (I’m sure there are plenty more). The acting was bad (Nic Cage might have been the best), the story was bad. It was bad.
1/10

FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982): Wow, this was the essential 80’s high school movie I had been missing out on the whole time. Not much here other than pure 1982. I know it’s a good movie when I start hearing sound clips used by bands that I’ve been listening to for years and years without knowing where those clips are from. Then my brain just automatically plays the clip in my head like it’s a movie I know by heart. “All I need are some tasty waves, cool buzz and I’m fine” - what band has that clip?? Is it Hospital Job? ?? This is going to bug me. Other than that we got Devo, Buzzcocks, The Cars, Blondie, Ramones, Licorice Pizza (the actual store), Perry’s Pizza, Galaga, Pac-Man (the whole mall arcade), it’s all a time and era that you’re floating through in this movie. 9/10

THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE (2016): Not a completely bad modern horror film at all, and legit scary a lot of times especially if it is late at night and you are in the right mood for it. I guess my main critique of it is that they really did make a lil ‘flick’ here that’s just an autopsy, and them pulling unexpected goopy / bloody things out of this body and acting baffled gets kind of repetitive and old quick 😂 kind of felt like the movie Twister where it was “okay, they are really trying to make tornado chasing into a horror movie, almost too hard” same thing, except with an autopsy. 5/10.

WHEN THE WIND BLOWS (1986): Certainly an interesting watch for this 1986 animated British film I picked at random. Starts off with an intro of David Bowie’s song “When The Wind Blows” that was written for this movie (and isn’t good IMO). The movie is good. More just like an interesting twilight zone episode drawn out and in cartoon form, and that doesn’t end well. I guess it won’t make you feel good. But I don’t know if I necessarily felt that bad either. Some reviews say that old couple was being oblivious and naive to the events happening around them, I feel like I admire the guy’s positive attitude and determination to carry on a somewhat normal life in retirement. 7/10.

[brain galacki]

happy to share with you another batch of movies, forum <3



TITICUT FOLLIES (1967) I watched this documentary by Frederick Wiseman (maybe the most notable work from this legendary documentarian who just films things the way they are and presents them in short clips, edited shots without any narration) - on the State Prison for the Criminally Insane at Bridgewater, MA in the 1960’s. Knowing that, going into this film you know you are about to see some f*cked up sh*t. I appreciate this as a snapshot into the 1960’s in general. And this is one of those things where practices of the prison might have not seemed as questionable at the time this was released in 1967 (even though it did shake things up), but as time goes on the more outlandish and inhumane these practices seem. (I could hardly watch a scene where they were sticking a feeding tube up a guys nose who was on a hunger strike, intertwined with shots of him later being deceased) (yeah, that was the worst part for me for sure) (I am sorry, I don’t know why I watched this). Too difficult to give a rating to / 10. I wouldn’t say it was my favorite documentary and I wouldn’t say I would recommend it to anybody though.

KUSO (2017): I picked a movie at random on shudder. This one had weird poster art and was described as a “modern body horror” so I figured was somewhat up my alley. No, this is not really an actual movie but instead a really long art piece or a really long “adult swim” show. Unique in it’s own way, but especially after the weird things I have watched the last couple of nights, I really just want a normal movie right now. 1/10 for me.

EBIRAH, HORROR OF THE DEEP (1966): Any Godzilla movie is going to be a fun watch and somewhat short, really the perfect type of movie to come home to and put on after a show or a long day at Dumb Records. Since I’m learning more about the monster battles in Godzilla Pinball Premium™, it was logical for me to make sure I watch “Ebirah” (the lobster monster), since that is the first of the tier 1 monster battles. BUt anyways, the movie was fun! We get Godzilla, we get Ebirah, we get Mothra (oh yes we all love Mothra), we even get a touch of Rodan randomly (that was Rodan, right?). This makes for a good time, I rank this Godzilla film somewhere in the middle. The best part is them hitting that giant boulder back and forth and having a great time. 5/10

THE INITIATION (1984): I remember this being a pretty decent 80's slasher set in a college or sorority! That's about it! 6/10.

WONDER WOMAN 1984 (2020): Seems like anyone who has seen THIS one knows that this is a train wreck of a superhero film, mostly because the story is just so thrown together lackluster and lacking of much substance. Towards the beginning I took a minute to go heat up some Gallina’s pizza in the microwave and I feel like I completely missed them explaining why exactly the whole movie was in the year 1984. Or wait, the first Wonder Woman took place in World War II didn’t it? And she like doesn’t die or age or something, so she’s just been existing as Wonder Woman from WWII to the present day, and this sequel just happens to take place somewhere in the middle there? Well I hope they don’t make more of these movies. I’m not afraid to say it - she is not a good actress!! I thought DC movies had gotten to the point where they knew what they were doing and they were good now!! I guess not!! 3/10.

[brain galacki]

Wow, I have seen a lot of movies and have a lot of catching up to do with my real computer!!!



FRIDAY THE 13th PART 2 (1981): Boy, these early Friday The 13th movies are pretty mediocre when it comes to 80's horror ... I guess it's still a fun time to watch them. But still, we don't get the classic Jason mask and by the end of the short film I am scratching my head saying "thisss is it??" "this is supposed to be one of the most classic horror franchises of all time??!?"... I do think it picked up towards the end with some (pretty much expected) twists. It gets a 5/10 for me, very average film.

UNINVITED (1988): Okay I am so far behind on movies now, this is still around the time I discovered the wonders of TUBI and how endless the amount of obscure horror movies on that platform are. This one called "Uninvited" from 1988 is about a killer cat - or some sort of cat that has a smaller gremlin cat come out of its mouth and murder people. The main cat is an orange tabby, kind of like Pepperoni Pizza but lighter and fluffier. The dumbest part about this movie is that it takes place on a boat. Why would you chose for a horror movie about cats to take place on a boat?? there is at least one point where they are holding an actual cat on a smaller boat as it is moving and you can tell that the cat is NOT having a good time. And seriously, if you are thinking about watching this movie, you are really good just watching a 2 minute highlight reel on youtube or something. The parts where the little cat coming out of the bigger cat's mouth are incredible, everything else is pretty boring. 3/10. 

THE LADYKILLERS (1955): A fun and refreshing 1950's movie! I picked a movie out completely at random and was not expecting something like this! I love this gang of misfit 50's british burgalurs pretending to play violins in an older woman's home! They are so great and fun! In the second half I realized that the man's face looks so familiar in a way because he is OBI-WAN KANBLO MI!!! OMFG! Realizing that made this movie so much better even! And he's a villain in this movie! And then at the end it started getting twists and turns, like this is where more modern Cohen brothers films get inspiration from! I loved it! 9/10!

MONSTER DOG (1984): Can I now direct your attention to the MONSTER DOG film - ALICE COOPER is STARRING in it - it's basically a werewolf film, but instead of saying "werewolf" they say "monster dog". Why? I don't know.  The movie isn't that good, and the image quality for the one that is on Tubi is poor, like a bad VHS rip or something. I think there is a part where Alice Cooper's fake band is doing a music video for a song "monster dog" and that is maybe the best part. 2/10

TETSUO THE IRON MAN (1989): This movie had been on my list for a while because it comes up in lists of essential "body horror films" that I see everywhere. 1989 Japanese black and white film. I watched it all and it's pretty much a wacky art film piece, from the very start. There's little to no dialogue and I guess it's probably something you really got to be in the right mood to watch. I am not sure if I was in that mood, but I can not deny its really well done and on a realm of its own, somewhat right up my alley. 8/10

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THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN (1957): Probably as good as it gets as far as short 1950’s sci-fi / horror films go! The shortcoming of most of those films is that they have really cool posters, but the entire film is spent leading you on and leading the monster up to the imagination of the viewer. The Incredible Shrinking Man has to be creative with the tools and effects they had to work with in the 1950’s from the start. I wanted to watch this movie to pay attention to whatever camera effects and giant things they had to assemble to make that man look small (like giant living room furniture, giant match boxes and pencils, etc.). Took a surprising turn at the end to become some philosophical “the world is beautiful and God knows we are here even when we seem small” message. 8/10

THE FOG (1980): Definitely really eerie, and definitely a John Carpenter classic movie, soundtrack, all star 80’s horror cast and all. Watching a movie for me now where just the fog taking over and moving throughout a city seems too… basic? obvious? over-done? but this movie was the first I guess, and in the year 1980 when it came out especially it probably was very scary. I guess I was hoping this would be an all-timer for me, and it wasn't, but it was good. 7/10

MEAN MAN: THE STORY OF CHRIS HOLMES (2021): I had to add this one to my list after seeing DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION PART II where Chris Holmes being real drunk in his parent's pool is a highlight of the film. Where is Chris now? What has he been up to? Well, he's been living in France, where he is the most appreciated. He doesn't know how to speak French (maybe he needs to download duolingo??). This movie is about how Chris Holmes overcame his alcohol problem and addiction and got back on the right track and all of that stuff, but honestly it seems like all of his bands and projects since W.A.S.P. have sucked. (Not that I'm a huge fan of W.A.S.P. to begin with) (honestly I'm more of a fan of 80's metal in theory than in what I actually listen to). 4/10.

THE BONE COLLECTOR (1999): Watching something on VHS seems so much cooler than it actually is, and it seems like so much of what is actually out there on the shelves of thrift stores on VHS is actually crap from this era. It's got Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. Other than that I found this movie to be boring and not good. I did not care enough to follow it too closely and was falling in and out of sleep. 3/10. 

TONY HAWK: UNTIL THE WHEELS FALL OFF (2022): Watching this after midnight at a friends house really took me back to a time. A time when I only had basic cable growing up and I couldn’t watch music videos on VH1, didn’t have MTV or anything like that, and I remember the nights before Green Day’s American Idiot came out in 2004 and I was 14 staying the night at Benny Crossen’s house and we stayed up way too late watching the VH1 special on the TV in his basement and it was the making of that music video with the green slime coming out of the American flag. Maybe some episodes of Jackass too and skateboarding videos and other stuff. Oh yeah and before that in 2000(?) I’d be over there playing Tony Hawk on N64 (u know it) all the time. This documentary took me back to an era and it was inspiring and it wasn’t all entirely about skateboarding. But you know that I have never been able to do an Ollie or a kick flip, but I’ve always still ridden around town and have been around this crap my entire life and always had to listen to George not shut up about how Tony Hawk and all of those other greats skated the ramps of Skanks Skates once. I always loved running all the way up the tall ramp in the back and holding on and then just sliding down. Take me back to 1999 take me back to Dumb Fest. The soundtrack was great too of course. I’m on my way to some skateboarding art museum exhibit in Fort Wayne right now. 10/10.