What Emmanuelle Movie Did You Just Watch?

[Captain Russ]

The Hitcher.

I vaguely recall seeing this when I was really young, maybe six or seven, so the entire nihilistic tone was lost on my prepubescent self.

In a pre-No Country world, it would be somewhat difficult to find many films that shared a similar ever-present dread conveyed so well, and mostly through the relationship between the protagonist and antagonist.

A rare find. Howell's mullet should have been nominated.

[B_Metal]

Stay away from the remake. As nice as Sophia Bush is on the eyes it's just not worth it. Rutger Hauer is pretty great in the original.

[Matt]

THE HITCHER is the goods, one of the best thrillers of the 80s. I heard that the remake was ass so I never watched it...although I did see a clip of the new version of the truck scene. ICK.

[B_Metal]

The new version would be just above terrible failure IF the original didn't exist. However since it does, terrible failure imho.

[Abraham Smashington]

Motherfuckin' Good Burger.

[Captain Russ]

Stay away from the remake.

I saw the the remake while waiting for a better movie to come on.

It was terrible. Sophia Bush should stick to blowing rich dudes for a living.

[B_Metal]

Agreed, although if she's down for some charity work I'm game.

[Bobby Bear]

Might as well finish the job and recast the whole movie.

What about hot Kirstie Alley and surfer girl Courtney Thorne-Smith?

Hmm. Good question, sir. Maybe... Rebecca Hall for Ms. Bishop? I'm probably not the best person to pick the students. There aren't many age-appropriate actors today I'm that big a fan of.

Someone like Jon Hamm might be interesting for Vine Principal Gills? He could bring just the right balance of smarmy superiority and class.

If Rosario Dawson were 10 or 12 years younger, she'd be great for Denise.

Mmmmmmmmmm... Courtney-Thorne Smith...

She really was very good in that movie. I don't think I'd ever seen her before, but she made a big impression with a role that could easily have turned sour.

.... From Beyond. It was a Stuart Gordon weekend for me.

NICE.

Indeed, my good man! It holds up incredibly well. Love the extra-icky unrated footage added for the DVD release.

Worth my while? Really?

Good sir, did you not see:

1. The tagline?
2. "H.P. Lovecraft's...?"
3. "From the creators of Re-Animator?"
4. The Empire pictures logo?

From Beyond is a must see.

Truer words...

Stay away from the remake. As nice as Sophia Bush is on the eyes it's just not worth it.

I've often wondered about whether she'd be enough to justify watching it. Does it offer nothing at all? I do like her quite a bit.

[Bobby Bear]

Coneheads

To my knowledge, this was the first time I'd seen this all the way through. The first thing that struck me was the incredible amount of comic talent (and how average much of the comedy is considering.) While it's not got all that much in the way of big laughs, I really like the concept and there's plenty of charm to be had, especially from McKean and Spade's relationship.

The third act climax had some lovely design work (and stop-mo, and matte paintings... ah, history!) although it's weird how out of place it felt, like a leftover from an earlier, very different draft. Maybe that's just a result of the story getting stretched a bit to meet the running time or something.

Sky High

If this didn't have such a good cast, I doubt I'd have watched it all. It's not that it's bad, it's just not aimed at me and I recognize that. Still, any excuse to have some quality Kelly Preston brought before my eyes is welcome.

Bobby's 80's Disco Party (By Disco, He Means Movies!)

Adventures in Babysitting

Delightful. Maia Brewton's performance is probably one of the best examples of child acting I've seen in ages. Shue was wonderful (and insanely cute), especially when dancing around her room, miming while she gets ready. Also, the improv blues scene was joyous.

Howard the Duck

I love this film. It's not just sexy punk-rock Lorraine McFly. It's not just body-horror Ed Rooney, or the way "George Lucas Presents..." leaps off the screen seconds into the picture. It's not even Admiral Ackbar helping bring an articulate duck to life on the silver screen. It's just the sheer craziness of it. I literally gaped when I saw the topless lady duck in the bath when Howard is propelled to Earth. It's absolutely, unashamedly crackers from start to finish, basically. There's a hilarious amount of inappropriate content of that nature, none of which I remembered if I ever did see this way back when.

In short*, sensational.

* Deliberate punnage.

¡Three Amigos!This doesn't hold up quite as well as I thought it would. Laughs are surprisingly few and far between, and it just seems to coast along with no real thrust and an over-reliance on the (admittedly great) schtick of the leads to carry the flick. Nonetheless, Lovitz and Hartman generate a tremendous amount of goodwill, even if they were only in one scene.

[Abraham Smashington]

Coneheads and Howard are both great.

[Matt]

ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING is great, totally worth it for the blues bar scene alone.

Um...I'm a babysitter

Da DA da da dum...

Fucking killed me.

[Martin]

From Beyond is a must see.

I'm currently watching Transformers Prime with my kid, and Jeffrey Coobs is doign the voice of ratchet. And guess what? In one episode he has a huge syringe of green stuff he injects himself with! I was fucking geeking out all alone in my living room....

So...

The Killer Elite

That was pretty average, all things considered. Statham has this talent to be in average projects to could be so much better. I mean, I loved the setting, but the more it drags, the more I became bored.


The Darkest Hour

Middle of the road sci-fi movie for the MTV generation. The concept the aliens is pretty neat, but overall, so fucking average. It felt like one act of a good movie. And after, I watched...

Vanishing of the 7th Street.

I watched this based on the Brad Anderson name alone, despite having shitty actors like Anakin Skywalker (who wasn't that bad in Jumper and Shattered Glass), the fucking Pest and Thandi "Halle Berry light" Newton. What a waste of time. Boring, having killing shadows that are repelled by lights and linking it to the Crotoan mythos was lazy.

What's hilarious: none of these fucks had the simple idea of lighting a bonfire and keeping it fed all the time. But the nice thing is that it made The Darkest Hour look like a masterpiece.

[Martin]

ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING is great, totally worth it for the blues bar scene alone.

Um...I'm a babysitter

Da DA da da dum...

Fucking killed me.

And it has THOR!!!!

[Martin]

Howard the Duck

I love this film. It's not just sexy punk-rock Lorraine McFly. It's not just body-horror Ed Rooney, or the way "George Lucas Presents..." leaps off the screen seconds into the picture. It's not even Admiral Ackbar helping bring an articulate duck to life on the silver screen. It's just the sheer craziness of it. I literally gaped when I saw the topless lady duck in the bath when Howard is propelled to Earth. It's absolutely, unashamedly crackers from start to finish, basically. There's a hilarious amount of inappropriate content of that nature, none of which I remembered if I ever did see this way back when.

In short*, sensational.

* Deliberate punnage.

¡Three Amigos!This doesn't hold up quite as well as I thought it would. Laughs are surprisingly few and far between, and it just seems to coast along with no real thrust and an over-reliance on the (admittedly great) schtick of the leads to carry the flick. Nonetheless, Lovitz and Hartman generate a tremendous amount of goodwill, even if they were only in one scene.

Agreed with 3 amigos. Nostalgia is a bitch. Howard also aged poorly. It's an ok movie I guess, but this whole teasing of a punk-rock Lea Thompson nearly naked is still very frustrating. Nearly as Casual Sex having none of it.

Also, ffter learning of Jeffrey Jones's pedophila habits, this whole Dark Overlord of the Universe buiness really was a codeword for childfucking, right?

[Bobby Bear]

I'm currently watching Transformers Prime with my kid, and Jeffrey Coobs is doign the voice of ratchet. And guess what? In one episode he has a huge syringe of green stuff he injects himself with!

There's a neat little meta touch like that in the Deep Space Nine episode "In the Cards," where Combs, as the Vorta clone Weyoun, announces that he has an active interest in the concept of immortality.