Ah, the memories...

Who knew that Mikey would go on to help carry a magic ring to a volcano?

 

Just for the memories...

 

 

The annual Nic Cage I'll star in any pile of garbage to pay for my dinosaur skull collection has produced a whole bunch of terrible movies that are just plain terrible with the occasional B movie gem. Statistically, Willy's Wonderland, which I guess is a 5 Nights at Freddy's knock off, is much more likely to land in the just plain terrible pile than the so bad it's good pile and that trailer did nothing to sway me the other way.

Looks about the same level as Drive Angry, and thats good enough for me.

I forgot how much Enter the Dragon's plot mimicked a typical James Bond plot. Take out the kung-fu and replace it with a poker tournament and you basically have Casino Royale.

Cowboys & Aliens

Terrible, all 2h15m were terrible.

19 hours ago, Gfted1 said:

Cowboys & Aliens

Terrible, all 2h15m were terrible.

I kind of liked Cowboys & Aliens. It wasn't nearly as stupid as I expected it to be given the silly premise. The plot is simple and not weighed down by unnecessary details. The aliens are here to get gold. Why? Who cares it doesn't matter. Our heroes want to rescue their loved ones. That's all you really need for a movie like this. It's a simple stripped-down action-adventure with a silly premise that plays it straight and weirdly that worked for me.

Edited January 18, 20215 yr by Keyrock

The final nail in the coffin for me was when:

It turns out the cowgirl is yet another kind of alien, that apparently can regenerate from death WHEN THROWN IN A FIRE!

I do think C&A would have worked better if the played it campy instead of playing it straight, but I still found it a mildly entertaining action adventure flick. I'm not going to put it in my movie pantheon along with the likes of Yojimbo, Pulp Fiction, and Samurai Cop, mind you. 

Cowboys and Aliens played it straight? I thought it was camp from the start. I enjoyed watching Daniel Craig in a silly role. It is a good break from his Bond work.

4 hours ago, Keyrock said:

I'm not going to put it in my movie pantheon along with the likes of Yojimbo, Pulp Fiction, and Samurai Cop, mind you.

Hey, wait a minute.

1 hour ago, Hurlshot said:

I enjoyed watching Daniel Craig in a silly role

Did you see Logan Lucky?

2 minutes ago, Achilles said:

Did you see Logan Lucky?

Yep. He was great in that and Knives Out.

Just now, Hurlshot said:

Yep. He was great in that and Knives Out.

Knives Out was great...once

1 hour ago, Malcador said:

Hey, wait a minute.

I did put Samurai Cop in there for comedic effect, but I do legitimately love that movie. For what it is, it's nearly flawless. I have a love of B movies and Samurai Cop is on the Mount Rushmore of B movies. It's amazingly entertaining. 

Edited January 18, 20215 yr by Keyrock

37 minutes ago, Keyrock said:

I did put Samurai Cop in there for comedic effect, but I do legitimately love that movie. For what it is, it's nearly flawless. I have a love of B movies and Samurai Cop is on the Mount Rushmore of B movies. It's amazingly entertaining. 

 

 

17 hours ago, Achilles said:

Knives Out was great...once

I watched Knives Out this week. Very good twists.

17 hours ago, Keyrock said:

I did put Samurai Cop in there for comedic effect, but I do legitimately love that movie. For what it is, it's nearly flawless. I have a love of B movies and Samurai Cop is on the Mount Rushmore of B movies. It's amazingly entertaining. 

Oh, I agree. 

Also, has a great intro theme.  Not sure which NES game it's from

 

 

 

Edited January 19, 20215 yr by Malcador

Personally, I think that new Cage movie Willy's looks hilarious. I'm sure the film as a whole will be mediocre at best, but I mean that any scene with Cage one-lineing and beating up whatever will be gold.

And I loved Drive Angry ... although I tend to think of that movie as William Fichtner's Drive Angry. 😛

First time hearing about Samurai Cop. Did see Blind Fury an embarrassing number of times. Does that count?

Nothing about Blind Fury is embarrassing, not even the car chase scene.