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Checked out This is the End. Absolutely hilarious horror movie about friendship.
134. Daredevil
I watched Friday the 13th Part III while killing time until Hannibal was on. This was the very first Friday the 13th movie I have ever seen (I don’t count Freddy vs. Jason). Last night’s episode of Hannibal was far scarier and more intense than F13III ever wished it could be. Hell, in the first five minutes alone, Hannibal trumped Jason.
Anyway.
Not a good movie and I’m pretty sure that if I had seen the first two, it wouldn’t have helped at all. This is the one that introduced “classic” hockey mask Jason to the world. It also had a ton of really forced 1982 3-D scenes. I started with Part III, because Netlfix (3 through 8 are available on streaming).
I’m not sure how there are 11 of these movies out in the world.
133. Thwippidy Dippidy
Seriously guys, I am better at Spider-Man than anyone. And I am also disappointed in all of your for your lack of support of “Pork Fist”, with the exception of Jason Young who greeted my phone call to him with a rousing “Pork Fist!”. He’s good people, no matter what I’ve said in the past that may contradict that.
132. A Truly Superior Spider-Man
Once again, I prove that only I know how to create a truly Superior Spider-Man. This time: catch-phrases. Next time you’re in a fight or need some sort of rallying cry or pep cheer, I dare you to not utter the phrase – as loudly and proudly as possible – “Pork Fist!”
“Fuck Your Thimble” is also still a viable catch-phrase.
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Watched The Abominable Dr. Phibes for Gutter Trash, which will be up soon.
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So cable wasn’t working for me, so I rented some movies.
Dark Shadows. Just stop it, Tim Burton. You and Johnny Depp need to stop hanging out. Or better yet, just hang out ALL the time, but don’t make movies together anymore. Also for someone who is supposed to be a “visionary” artist and an “original”, he hasn’t made a movie that wasn’t a remake or an adaptation since…? Corpse Bride? Before that? Ed Wood? Only kinda?
Killing Them Softly. Brad Pitt movie about the mafia and hitmen, but mostly it’s about the American economy and way of life and how we’re all fucked. It’s slow and talky, but very good.
The Collection. Sequel to the film “The Collector”, a severely underrated horror movie from the writers of the “Feast” movies. They also did this one, and John Gulagher has a cameo. “The Collection” is fine, pretty much its biggest fault is that it’s not the original – which I recommend. A lot. And yeah, like I said, “The Collection” is fine. Oh, and Bubbles from “The Wire” is in it.
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I’m house-sitting/cat-sitting. This is the first time I’ve stayed here since Max (the most awesome cat in the world) died. I miss him. These other two cats are just turds. It’s not the only reason I miss him, but still…
Also, cable television gets worse and worse every time I watch it. Y’know, except for the good stuff. I just watched two episodes of the resurrected “Teen Titans Go”. Who is this for? I get that it’s for kids, but really? Looking back, the superhero cartoons (all the action/adventure cartoons, really) of my childhood are pretty terrible, but they are also still faithful representations of those characters. Stuff like this and “Ultimate Spider-Man” are such dumbed-down drivel, it makes “Superfriends” and “Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends” seem like the audience was being written up to. At least “Teen Titans Go” has some awesome looking Dan Hipp designs going for it.
“Batman: Brave and the Bold” got it absolutely right when it could have gone absolutely so wrong.
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Crotch touch.
I watched V/H/S again last night. I don’t know if I remember mentioning it here on the blog. It’s a found footage horror anthology. I think there are six stories plus a framing tale. Like most anthologies, there are some great stories and some bad ones. The first time I watched it, I felt that the bad outweighed the good and didn’t come off caring for it too much. I watched it with my friend last night, I figured she might enjoy it and we were looking for something interesting, and I was looking forward to seeing the really good segments again. I actually came away this time enjoying the movie more as a whole and think it’s a lot stronger than the initial viewing led me to believe. There’s a sequel out with a new set of directors, and I look forward to it being on Netflix.
