Day 59 - Hot Tub Time Machine

Day 59 and I went to the local cinema to watch Hot Tub Time Machine. Hot Tub Time Machine is a tale of 3 middle aged dudes and one 20 something nerdy guy who get transported back to the 80s mysteriously via a Hot Tub Time Machine. John Cussack and a couple other recognizable dudes star in this, Chevy Chase even has a small role and everyone does just fine. At first it may seem a little cliche, especially the nerd 20 something and he sort of is, but it's not annoyingly so. This is a modern style comedy, in the same vein as the Hangover and I can't think of anything else at the moment. It's a tad on the stupid side, I guess, so don't expect it to tickle the part of your funny bone that has a brain. That's not to say its Dude Where's my Car either. It walks the line. Ramble ramble ramble, don't avoid this movie

3.8 squirrels out of 5

Day 58 - Up in the Air

Day 58 and I watched Up in the Air. Up in the Air is about a guy played by George Clooney who lives life on the go. His job is to go around and fire people. On the side he also gives motivational speeches about how to life with the bare minimum of attachment. If you like George then this movie will be a treat, he fits the role perfectly. I love George myself so no complaints there. Another aspect that I have to give credit to is the directing or cinematography, I need to look that up but it's really good in this movie. It gives the movie another entertaining part. The wide angles and the way the planes are moving around and plus I just like airports. There's style here, and I appreciate that. The movie has some humorous parts but I don't really remember laughing out loud, its more in the amusing area. I did think this was maybe a little longer than it needed to be, not that it's long but it seemed to meander a little bit.

4 backpacks out of 5

Day 57 - Charlotte's Web

Day 57 and I watched Charlotte's Web. We all know the story of Charlotte's Web so I won't say much about that end of this movie. This is a fairly recent (2006) retelling of that famous story and its got Dakota Fanning in it, as well as Edgar's wife in Men in Black. This movie is a delight to watch. All the animal's interacting with each other is laugh out loud funny, especially the crows. Wilbur is cute beyond words. The only guy I had a big bone to pick with is Dakota's father, who seems hellbent on getting rid of Wilbur! How can anyone hate poor sweet Wilbur? I can't really level anything against Charlotte's Web this is really a great movie, if you're not above watching a family movie give this a shot. I know this is short but what else can I say?

4 yo-yos out of 5

Day 56 - Dream Cruise

Day 56 and I'm tired so I watched Dream Cruise because it's an hour long, sue me. Dream Cruise is about this guy, Jack, who had a traumatic experience when he was younger that ended up with his friend or brother drowning and he blames himself for it. Jack is, of course, haunted by what seems to be his dead acquaintance. Jack has a client who he has to entertain or something and he's also having some with his client's wife. Jack's client invites both Jack and his wife on a boat trip and things start to become strained and it turns out the client knows of the adultery! Going into this movie, even just seeing Masters or Horror on the cover you have to set your bar pretty low. The main guy, Jack, is played by some actor who is barely acting. There's one scene where he faints because he remembers he has a teeny cut on his leg and its just so bad. The client's wife is pretty awful too. The guy who plays the client isn't horrible though. The middle part of this movie is where you see a slight glimmer on this turd, mainly the part where Jack is wrestling with a hand. Its only good because it's so bad. Especially because the wife, who is dealing with a struggle of her own yells out, "I could use a hand!" Pass on this, unless you like bad horror movies.

.9 hands out of 5

Day 55 - Special

Day 55 and I watched Special. Special stars Michael Rapaport as a meter maid who is content with his life. Content as in bored. He doesn't feel like he's really going anywhere or has anything to offer. So he signs up for a clinical test of a new antidepressant and guess what? He now has super powers! At least he thinks he does. He decides he's going to be a super hero and goes around trying to help people. This kind of reminds me of Big Fan in that after a while, you're not really rooting for the main guy, you just feel bad for him. You wish he'd wake up and take some damn advice. The only time I really cared for the guy was when he was getting his ass kicked. Everything is just so-so in this movie. It's kind of an interesting idea but poor execution.

1.7 force fields out of 5

Day 54 - The Men Who Stare at Goats

Day 54 and I watched The Men Who Stare at Goats. This movie has all kinds of good people cast, George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor and Kevin Spacey. There's even the bad ass general bad guy from Avatar in here. I haven't meant to, but I got two Kevin Spacey movies in a row and every movie I see him in makes me like him even more. He's a hero. So is George Clooney. This is a movie about some experimental stuff the military did in the psychic and paranormal field. They were trying to create super soldiers with psychic abilities - Jedi Warriors. This is a movie that perhaps is not for everyone. I've only heard of one person I know of that liked this movie. Its got a sense of humor that won't agree with everyone, but I love it. Its got a dry sense of humor I guess. There are a bunch of men who are maybe a little loony but are given legitimacy by the government so they take themselves super seriously and believe that they actually have super powers. If that isn't a little funny to you then you probably shouldn't watch this.

I'm gonna give this 3.9 clouds out of 5

Day 53 - The Usual Suspects

Day 53 and I watched The Usual Suspects. The Usual Suspects is about a bunch of criminals who kind of fall into each other and decide to take on a job. One job turns into another and before you know it they have satan himself mad at them. Not actually satan, but the bad guy crime boss equivalent of satan. This is a pretty good movie, especially if you like crime thrillers. I found myself kind of drifting at parts or feeling lost, as there seems to be a lot of twists and stuff to pay attention to. It was just a slight feeling, so don't get discouraged. I don't really mind feeling as such but some people do, so just know that. Still sick, this review sucks, but this movie surely does not.

4 cigarette lighters out of 5

Day 52 - A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon

Day 52 and I watched A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon. This movie is about a 17 year old named Jimmy. Beyond that it's kind of hard to nail what this movie is exactly about. It reminds me of Forest Gump that way, only not as good. On one hand Jimmy is chasing this rich girl who won't let him spoil her virginity and trying to prove to her that he's a nice guy, but he goes around screwing everyone else at the same time. On another hand he's trying to scam people out of money so he can run away to Hawaii. His dad really wants him to follow in his own footsteps and go to some local college for business. Everyone in this movie seems to be way smarter than they should be. Jimmy is a hustler, no doubt about that, but also his little sister hustles people at a bowling alley, and she has all the command on the english language of people 3 times her age. I believe this is billed as a comedy but I didn't really find it all that funny. bleh

1.4 goofy old haircuts out of 5

Day 51 - Lake Mungo

Day 51 and I watched Lake Mungo. Lake Mungo is about a young girl who drowns one day. It's all told in a documentary style which I love. It is fiction but when it's told like a documentary it makes it much more believable. Anyway, she drowns and it seems that her ghost is haunting her family. Things keep happening and twists are added. This is a fairly creepy movie and it kind of reminded me of Paranormal Activity. Sorta. It's similar in the way it's told, through old footage and things like that. I can't exactly remember, I'm not sure now that Paranormal Activity was told as a documentary, I think it was just purely home video. I'm sick, I don't know what I'm talking about. Lake Mungo is an excellent movie though. I usually don't go for Horrorfest-type stuff but this is really well made. The actors are believable and nothing is really out of the ordinary. Except for maybe the cell phone footage at Lake Mungo, I found myself wondering if every single girl in such a large group would be taking video at the same time. That's minor though. Some may find this a little boring or dragging, so if you have ADD you probably won't want to watch it.

I'm gonna give Lake Mungo 4.1 tapes out of 5.

Day 50 - Old Dogs

The big day 50 and I watched Old Dogs. I wish I could have had a bigger and better movie but this is just how it is. Old Dogs is about two best buds who are big time marketing executives. John Travolta and Robin Williams play the two best buds. Travolta is more of an extrovert crazy guy and Rob is kind of a shy guy. One day Rob discovers he has some long lost kids from a previous fling and kind of gets stuck with them for two weeks. They all fall in love and yadda yadda yadda. This is a pretty generic movie. There are parts that are funny but not enough to really put this on any list of movies you must watch. This is a forgettable family movie, that's about it.

Sorry so short, I'm getting sick!

This gets 2 bear scats out of 5

Day 49 - Ninja Assassin

Its day 49 and I watched Ninja Assassin. Ninja Assassin is about ninja assassins. There's these ninja assassins who are trained from very early childhood to be all they can be and be super killers. Our hero, who is named Raizo, was an orphan and the twinkle in the leader's eye and he seems to be the best out of everyone else. He's got a little love interest in there. That's all told in flashbacks and in present time there's some big conspiracy going on with the ninja mob and all kinds of stuff. It's all just a vessel for the action. Which is bloody. Bloody bloodly mcbloody. It's like Ninja Gaiden 2: The Movie. Blood. There's limps flying all over the place, slo-mo glory shots of limbs getting cut off, blood splattering. More Blood. At first its great, blood. But it seems like the first action shots you see are just as intense as the latter ones. BLOOOOOOOOD. The result is that I kind of started getting bored. The action is just as intense, only they maybe start adding a couple more people to the fights. I think they could have shortened it up a bit as well, the story segments seem to drag at parts. This is an action movie, watch it for the BLOOD.

This gets 3 limbs out of 5

Day 48 - New Moon

Day 48 and I had to watch New Moon due to certain love interests. New Moon is the 2nd in a series of supernatural teenager romance novels and now movies. I'm sure there's no one that will read this that hasn't heard of Twilight and already has an opinion on it. Edward is a sulky too-cool-for-school Richard Simmons sparkly vampire, Bella is some aloof teenage completely enamored with Edward and Jacob is a ripped. I really find Edward annoying and thankfully and mercifully he is not in this movie a whole lot. Instead Jacob takes his place as a major love interest for Bella, and he's a little more charismatic to humans and not so catered to robots as Edward is. As a result this is a lot more enjoyable than Twilight, to me at least. There are some cool shots in this movie, particularly the one with Bella waiting in the window as the seasons pass. The special effects are well done and there seems to be attention paid to subtlety. I can't believe I'm saying this but I somewhat enjoyed this movie. I'm leaving.

Sadly I'm giving this movie 3.5 muffins out of 5.

Day 47 - The Ex

Day 47 and I watched The Ex. The Ex is about a couple who just had a baby! So of course the mom can't work so it's up to her husband to hold down a job. He has a hard time holding down a job because he can smell BS a mile away and tends to call people on it. He gets fired and decides to work for his wife's father. Her dad runs an advertising firm and it's all goofy stuff in there. The "YES BALL" is an imaginary ball that people mime throwing for some reason. He has to swallow his pride and tough it out. That gets harder with a guy named Chip. Chip is so passive aggressive and I love it, it's hilarious. Zach Braff plays the hubby and he does a good job and Amanda Peet is the wifey. This is a pretty funny movie, partly because of the passive aggressiveness of Chip and because everything goes wrong for Zach. I don't want to give too much away, it's a funny movie though. I wouldn't really say this is a romantic comedy, although there is relationship stuff in there, it's hardly the focus. Give it a watch.

I'll give The Ex 3.7 sticky note apologies out of 5.

I really wish I could remember what they called those sticky note apologies!

Day 46 - That Thing You Do

Its day 46 and I watched That Thing You Do. That Thing You Do is a movie about a small time band's rise to stardom. They start with high school talent shows and end up being on TV! It stars a whole bunch of guys and I don't know any of their names. Liv Tyler is in this, as is Tom Hanks who also wrote and directed it. This movie is set in the 1950s so everyone has goofy hair and old awesome cars. This is billed as a comedy but I don't know if I'd really call it that. I'd say it's more of a lighthearted drama movie instead of a comedy. That Thing You Do is a fairly entertaining tale, I would have liked it to be a little more funny but that's not really a bad thing.

I'll give this 3.1 clock radios out of 5.

Sorry guys, I'm really tired.

Day 45 - 48 Hrs.

It's day 45 and I watched 48 Hrs. 48 Hrs stars Nick Nolte as a tough cop and Eddie Murphy as a wisecracking convict. Don't stop me if you've heard this before because apparently this is Eddie's first film! We start the movie with a convict getting freed by one of his jabronie friends. His jabronie friend is none other than Sonny Landham. Doesn't sound familiar? He was Billy in Predator. Isn't it funny that his name is Billy in this movie too? He even pulls out a huge knife at one point. I wonder if that's a nod towards Predator or just coincidence. Anyhow, the two guys kill a couple cops and what not and Nick needs some help so he gets Eddie out of prison for 48 Hrs to help him find these guys. They have a hate-hate relationship. Eddie is awesome and so is Mr. Nolte. This isn't really a comedy, despite Eddie Murphy being in it, although it does have funny parts. A great buddy cop movie, watch it.

4.1 beer glasses on the floor out of 5

Day 44 - Rashomon

Day 44 and I watched Rashomon. Rashomon is about a particular scene of an apparent rape and murder and four different versions of that story. Each of the four people tells it a different way and the movie doesn't tell you how it actually happened. Its an interesting movie that way. It asks "how trustworthy is a man?" On the other hand, this is from 1950 and a such the cinematography is a little dated. I understand that this was quite the movie for it's time so I'll cut it a little slack. I am not from the 1950s however, and it was a little rough on my attention span. The acting is a little overdone and the music was a little cheery for what was going on, it kind of reminded me of a looney tune at times to be honest. The concept of this movie is really the main reason to watch it and I do enjoy a movie that asks the viewer the questions.

I'll give this 3 pearl inlays out of 5

Day 43 - Cobra

Day 43 and I watched Cobra. Cobra is an autobiography, I believe, of Sylvester Stallone's early years as a cop who goes by the name "Cobra." Cobra is one crime annihilating mega dude. He takes the laws into his own hands. . . TO THE XTREME. Other people keep trying to tell him the bad guys have rights or some bologna but he doesn't pay them no mind, he's got his own set of morals. Cobra is a standard awesome action movie. Cobra drives around this old bomber car and the thing could have it's own movie. He uses it to push some cholo's car out of the way, he gets mad of course but he can not harm the Cobramobile. It's too strong. Put Cobra behind the wheel and it's lights out, unless he crashes it into a boat. Nothing short of a boat will stop the Cobramobile. Nothing stops the Cobra.

3.7 prunes out of 5

Day 42 - Big Fan

Day 42 and I watched Big Fan. Big Fan stars Patton Oswalt who is a NY Giants fan of great proportions. He calls a midnight radio show all the time and him and his friend, played by Kevin Corrigan, go to games all the time to watch their favorite team. From the parking lot. At first, it's easy to like Patton's character, he's kind of a loser and he really loves football. Then one fateful evening he meets his idol and follows him around a little bit and tries to meet him but ends up getting beat up by his own hero. After that it's hard to really feel for Patton and I found myself rooting against him. Patton did a good job in the role its just the character that's questionably off-balance mentally. He just refuses to listen and help himself about anything. There's little teeny sprinkles of humor here and there, most of it is of the darker variety but there's not many moments that are even smile inducing. Kevin Corrigan has some of the better lines in the movie, especially when he's trying to give any sort of advice. Big Fan is just an ok, if not frustrating movie.

2.5 more natural rootbeers out of 5

Day 41 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

It's day 41 and I watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. What a movie! Eternal Sunshine is about a guy who has a rough break up and comes to learn of a new procedure in which you can have people erased from your memory. He goes through with it but during the procedure he decides he'd rather hang on to the memories. Jim Carey is fantastic as a guy who's an introvert and Kate Winslet plays a compulsive extrovert. Their love story is a shining example of opposites attracting, and they obviously click and it's great. During the procedure is when this movie truly shines. Jim Carey is in the middle of his memories as they're being erased. There's subtle things going on like books turning blank and there's whole things disappearing or degrading. It's really quite something to watch, it's like a 40+ minute dream sequence and it feels ahead of its time. It's quirky and humorous and sad and I just can't get over it. In watching this movie you can't help but wonder if you'd go through with something like this if it were available. There's so many angles to that question explored in this movie and I don't want to get into it too much and spoil the fun. If you haven't seen this movie yet you're seriously missing out.

An easy 5 sink baths out of 5

Day 40 - Interview with the Vampire

It's day 40 today and I watched Interview with the Vampire. I just noticed that the title is not Interview with a Vampire, it is Interview with THE Vampire. This movie is about the vampire life and what those creatures of the night deal with in their "lives." Brad Pitt plays a brooding vampire that ends up regretting his choice to become a vampire and still has a conscience and what not. He doesn't like taking lives but every once in a while the hunger takes him. Tom Cruise plays the vampire that turns Brad Pitt into one. Tom's vampire takes joy in seducing people and feeding on them and is trying to push Brad to get past his morality and embrace what he has become. Tom is awesome in this movie and now this has got to be one of my favorite roles he's done. Kirsten Dunst is also in this and I think this was her first big role and she does a really good job despite being super young. Even Antonio Banderas joins in on the fun! This movie did tend to drag in parts and it was a little theatrical I thought at some parts. For sure an interesting movie though.

I'm gonna give this 3.5 rats out of 5

Day 39 - The Ladykillers

Day 39 and I watched The Ladykillers. The Ladykillers is about a hodgepodge group of criminals who get together and scheme to rob a casino. They also decide to set up base in an old lady's basement. I enjoyed this movie mostly for the dialogue. Tom Hanks plays a professor who talks extremely eloquently and seeing him talking to anyone is good for a smirk. If that's not your cup of tea Marlon Wayans does his usual black dude heavy slang talk and it's good for a laugh most of the time. There's also J.K. Simmons who plays a guy who is almost smart enough to do what he tries to do all the while dealing with IBS. There's also a doofus football player and an awesome asian guy who everyone calls "The General." I love movies like this that have a bunch of quirky personalities interacting with one another.  There plan hits snags along the way, of course, and I never really felt like the movie was dragging. This is a remake of an older movie and I'd be interested in seeing that just to see the differences. There's better movies out there but I don't think you can really go too wrong if you decide to rent this some night.

The Ladykillers gets 3.8 fingers out of 5

Day 38 - 2012

Day 38 and tonight I watched 2012. 2012 is about the world going crazy and pretty much ending. If you're not too annoyed with all this mayan calendar stuff by now you may just enjoy this movie. This is a disaster movie done just about as well as it can be. Ample time is spent on the characters so you sort of care about what happens to them, you've also got people of all walks of life involved somehow. It feels like a fleshed out story, which is just icing on the cake because this movie is a special effects orgy. Waves are crashing, buildings are falling over, cars are flying all over the place, volcanoes are exploding and all kinds of other stuff is going on, and it's going on on a huge scale. It's a fun movie to watch. It's not overly sappy and there's enough comic relief so things don't get too tense so all of you people who think this may scare you don't worry. That all being said there's only so good a movie like this can really be I think. It's a fun movie, don't expect an enthralling and intricate story of anything at all. That doesn't mean it isn't enjoyable though.

The worst thing in the movie is easily John Cusack's daughter, it's like all she can do is scream "mommy" or "daddy."

This gets 3.5 pull-ups out of 5.

Day 37 - Poseidon

Mayday 37 and I watched Poseidon. Poseidon is really a more modern version of Titanic, minus the love story. We start out with a giant boat and it's new year's eve and everyone is celebrating and then there is a wave. It doesn't take long to get down to the nitty gritty and throw all the people on board a real party. Not long enough I thought. I guess I would have liked a little more introduction. After the wave hits the crew tells everyone to stay in the ballroom and there's a few that aren't content to just wait for rescue. We've got a father and daughter with her boyfriend, some dickish ex navy guy (he comes around though), a butthole guy who doesn't last long, a girl that's afraid of everyone, an architect and a mother and son in the crew that decides to go. A few drop fairly predictably in the face of certain obstacles. I didn't really feel much connection to anyone, the characters aren't all that endearing. Again it's hard to feel nervous for someone when you don't really care either way. The special effects were good enough. If you love disaster movies this is probably a good movie but I need more than a love for a genre to make me like a movie!

This gets 2 bolted pianos out of 5

Day 36 - Ping Pong Playa

It's day 12x3 and I watched Ping Pong Playa. Ping Pong Playa, in a nutshell, is a family friendly Happy Gilmore for ping pong. Ping Pong Playa features C-Dub, who is an aspiring basketball player and talks like a gangsta, who ends up having to teach a ping pong class. Pretty standard plot, the kids end up looking up to him and he teaches them stuff and stuff, nothing crazy. There are a few funny parts here and there but it all feels on the generic side. This seemed to have a good deal of montage scenes, so that was nice if you're into that kind of thing. There's not a whole lot to say about this movie, if you liked the setup of Happy Gilmore, of a sports freak getting into a different sport kind of thing, then give this a shot. It's perfectly average. . . I guess.

I'm gonna give this 2.7 word ejaculations out of 5

Day 35 - The Octagon

Day 35 and I decided to go a little old school and watch The Octagon. The Octagon features Chuck Norris fighting some ninja terrorists. It's got it all on paper. I can't even comprehend how they managed to mess something like this up. The dialogue any time Chuck is involved doesn't come off natural and it's groan inducing when he's talking with the girl that takes his keys by mistake. I can't remember her name. The fighting is almost boring thanks to the awesome work of the sound effects crew. Punches land with a limp-wristed thud or something else underwhelming. You can't really call this a crappy action movie because there isn't all that much action. So what about the plot? The plot chugs along just a tad faster than grass grows and I found myself bored for most of the movie. I can't really thing of a huge reason to watch The Octagon. . . unless you're a crazy Chuck Norris fan. This just doesn't live up to the legend!

This gets .8 ninja stars out of 5

sorry Chuck

Day 34 - The Taking of Pelham 123

Day 34 and I watched The Taking of Pelham 123. This movie has John Travolta and friends taking over a subway train and Denzel Washington plays a tunnel traffic controller guy or something and he gets caught in the middle of it all. Travolta plays such a good bad guy and I love seeing him in such a role. Denzel also plays a pretty good average, slightly sheepish guy. I just want to say this seems to have a really long credit sequence at the beginning. Even though the movies playing so you have something to keep you occupied while the credits are happening I was still like, "crap there's a lot of crapping credits." Travolta's character seemed to kind of sway back and forth between reasonable and crazy at sort of random times. I can see why, I mean he's under a lot of pressure but it seems kind of weird when it does happen. It is a decent movie, though. I wouldn't say it does anything revolutionary, really. The coolest thing about it is Travolta's interactions with people. Other than that, it's a pretty basic hostage kind of movie.

I'm gonna give this 3 webcams out of 5

Day 33 - Shutter Island

Day 33 and I took a trip to the theater to see Shutter Island. Shutter Island is about a cop that goes to an island that also houses a mental institution to investigate a missing patient. Well things quickly appear to be amiss and right at the beginning, within the first 5 minutes we come to my major gripe of the movie. The music. The music is just way overpowering and overdone at some parts its almost laughable. They're driving up to the gate of the facility, going through the checkpoint and the music is going nuts. We haven't even got the chance to build up the kind of tension that would call for music like that yet! There's another part later on when the music was a little much but it doesn't happen often. In fact I can only remember twice that I thought the music guy needs some attention or something. Other than that this movie is a twisty rollercoaster and its a fairly fun ride. I guess you could say that it may drag on at parts but I didn't really think so. I do have to say that after watching this and having seen The Departed that Leonardo DiCaprio plays a good stressed to the max guy.

I gotta give this 4.2 rule of fours out of 5

Day 32 - Fletch

How many ways can I put together this sentence: I watched Fletch on day 32. Fletch is about a suave reporter who gets a proposition offered to him to kill a guy. The guy hiring him says he's got bone cancer and that Fletch would be doing him and his family a great service in killing him so that he doesn't have to go through the pain of the condition and so his insurance will pay out. So Fletch sets out to try to see if there's any validity to the claims by tricking people into giving him information. Chevy Chase does well in this movie talking fast and weaseling out of hairy situations. There's a lot of witty things he says and a lot of them are pretty funny. I like the names he gives himself the best. This movie has it's parts but it also gets a little boring at times. Some of the jokes fell flat for me and I found myself getting bored when he wasn't trying to swindle some person. Thankfully, for a lot of the movie he is trying to fool people. If you're a fan of Chevy definitely give this one a watch if you haven't already, the rest of you, wait for a lazy afternoon.

Fletch gets 3.3 water buffaloes out of 5.

Day 31 - Dead Snow

Today is day 31 and I watched Dead Snow. Dead Snow is a foreign zombie movie set it some snowy mountains. The zombies here are a special breed - NAZI ZOMBIES. These aren't really your regular zombie, they're a little more capable than average. The characters in this movie are pretty bad in an almost good way. They're all aspiring doctors I guess and one is superphobic about blood. It comes up a couple times to help establish that fact, a lady cuts her finger and he gets perturbed. Then once the real blood starts flying it never comes up again. He totally forgets his phobia and we just forget about it the rest of the movie. Another lady seems really scared of everything going on and then she's determined and brave minutes later. This movie isn't going for anything serious, though. There's a ton of gore once the zombies start attacking and that's when the movie gets good. The violence and the humor within the violent situations is the reason to watch this movie. Not a gigantic reason, but that's why I'd suggest it at all. Intestines have never gotten stuck on more things I don't think. Maybe it's a problem in the Netherlands or wherever this takes place, but people should be more careful with their guts.

My favorite scene is definitely the self-amputation part.

I'm gonna give this 3.2 snagged entrails out of 5.

Day 30 - Full Metal Jacket

Day triple-ten and I decided on Full Metal Jacket. Full Metal Jacket is a movie based around the Vietnam War and a few saps caught in the thick of it. The first half of the movie features R. Lee Emery yelling at new recruits. We see all the pressure recruits go through during basic training and one of them gets driven off the edge. Once they're done with all that fun they get shipped out to Vietnam. The movie seems to center around the Joker character but I wouldn't call him the star of the movie. Instead, everyone involved paints a sad picture of the war. Some people just like killing people. One guy is bragging about how many kills he has and doesn't seem to flinch once he has to admit some are women and children; he even jokes around about it. There's other things in the movie that send off the same dismal feelings. A pretty good war movie, just don't go in expecting an action movie.

My favorite parts were any time a recruit was getting yelled at by Mr. Emery.

I'm gonna give this 4 jelly donuts out of 5.

Day 29 - Eight Legged Freaks

I watched Eight Legged Freaks on today the 29th day of this blog day. Eight Legged Freaks is kind of a cornball monster horror movie. There's a guy named Joshua, which is an awesome name for a character, who owns a spider shop. Joshua feeds theses spiders of his crickets from the pond down the road. Little does he know that a toxic waste barrel found its way into the pond and contaminated the whole thing! Radioactive crickets being fed to spiders is not a recipe for success. Soon they grow and break out and start terrorizing the town, starting with pets. There's a bunch of cliche characters in here, the capable female sheriff, the blundering depute, the conspiracy theorist, the old barber, etc, but it's not to the point that you get annoyed. It is a humorous movie and there a lot of small nods and winks and bad puns if you're paying attention. It's a decent movie for what it is.

I'm gonna give this a solid 3.6 furry cat butts out of 5