3 Movies in March
Monster Squad
I think I’ve only seen this movie once when it was released in the 80’s. I probably saw it on cable or VHS at the time. I really don’t remember it except for some of the lines (”Wolfman got nards…”). This was a good treat, being released on DVD for the first time in 2007. I was surprised that the cinematography on it was so nice (the widescreen helped too) and some of the effects were tight (Stan Winston did a few of the effects including the Gill-man and Frankenstein make-up). The rest of the movie is forgettable and a lot of it doesn’t really make sense. I am waiting for the director’s other movie, Night of the Creeps make it to DVD.
Night of the Comet
Wow, this movie is really bad. It probably could have used more zombies. Why don’t they remake this one? It had a great premise, but blew it. The worst of it, however, is the god-awful 80’s pop that drenches the movie. Not good 80’s pop, but brain-melting pop that was written for the movie with some guy with a keyboard and a rhyming dictionary.
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
A entertaining documentary about how the MPAA rates movies inter-cut with lots of thrusting and oral sex (cuts from movies that got screwed by the MPAA). While not pedantic, the doc did seem to enjoy itself way too much in exposing the members of the MPAA ratings board - like a stupid college prank.
Next up: Angel-A, Wolf Creek, and Darkness Falls