Search

Search only in certain items:

Tell Your Children (Reefer Madness) (1936)
Tell Your Children (Reefer Madness) (1936)
1936 | Crime
Dry as a bone but straight-up hysterical, the same year that doctors were prescribing and recommending 'healthy cigarettes' to the average consumer this violently clueless scare tactic was launched unironically into the public about how "the scourge of marijuana" is destroying America's moral fiber lmfao. Honestly makes weed look fucking awesome, especially in the face of whatever puritanical bullshit people thought it was a threat to at the time and even now. The acting is full-send idiocy, these people act like meth-heads rather than people who just took one hit of bum ass 30s pot. Made me utter quotes like "damn those are some weakass buds" and "oh shit he's going 45 look out!". Obviously this is disgusting, stupid, and reprehensible to anyone with half a brain cell but shockingly has some decent cinematography and editing tricks as well as being - truthfully - not all that much more reductive and over-the-top than today's average pot PSA or Hollywood movie involving drug use. Still needs to be made fun of today, because - despite what we may think - not every idea in this laughable fear-mongering trash's head has fully dissipated over the years. Alone it's fine but this is some mega "watch with friends and goof on it" curriculum.
  
40x40

Rowan Atkinson recommended Being There (1979) in Movies (curated)

 
Being There (1979)
Being There (1979)
1979 | Comedy, Drama

"Peter Sellers movies, I would have to have in on him. I’m tempted by Being There. Again, one of his more serious things, but a beautifully attenuated performance I thought he did in that. I haven’t seen the movie for a long time. I’m always nervous about saying, “Oh, that was a brilliant movie,” if you haven’t seen them for 15 years or 20 years, because you may go back to them now and think, “Oh, ah, well actually, it’s not great.” Or at least, “It’s got those great bits that I remember, but there’s a lot of stuff in between that is very unimpressive.” But I seem to remember the only thing that really spoiled it — and it was very much the fashion at the time — was the sort of bloopers edit over the end credits. And I thought that movie in particular did not suit and did not need shots of Peter Sellers cracking up. But obviously the producers or the distributors said, “Look, it’s a Peter Sellers movie and it hasn’t got a lot of laughs in it. Can we just stick something silly in the end?” And that is what they did, and it didn’t completely ruin the film, but it came very, very close, in my opinion."

Source
  
The New Legends of Monkey
The New Legends of Monkey
2018 | Fantasy
9
7.3 (9 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
The New Legends of Monkey is the Netflix reboot of the 70's 'Monkey' (aka Monkey Magic) and follows a similar storyline, Demons are over running the world and a monk named Tripitaka must free the Monkey King and track down the sacred scrolls.
Most people will remember the original Monkey as seeming a bit low budget and silly so when you first see the 'The New Legends of Monkey' you may be forgiven for thinking that it's going to be different, Monkey is good looking (& doesn't have his cloud), the fights and action scenes are well choreographed and there is some tension. It is different, it's been updated but, as you watch you realise that the humour is still there, Monkey is now a himbo, vain and self centred but in a likeable way, none of the gods know what it's like to be human but all still have their own problems with make them likable. Tripitaka is the straight monk to all the gods foolishness as she tries to keep them on mission.
The series is silly without being stupid and does allow for character growth as having some emotional scenes and, overall dose a good job of re booting the original.