It’s been a few weeks since the 24 Hour Movie Marathon for 2009, and I just realized today that I had forgotten to post the bloopers. So here they are.
The tribute videos that we do are not perfect, by any means. However, they also involve some thought and a small amount of planning, too. In our culture, though, the out-takes usually speak more about the character of those behind the electronic curtain.
Please be aware that there be spoilers here. Also, due to the content of some of the movies we watch, some of the subsequent videos and words in the following entry may not be suitable for some. You have been warned…
The Movie: Kung-Fu Hustle The Scene: Dave and Mark have a climactic battle. Why It Was Cut: This was our original envisioning of our Kung-Fu Hustle tribute. Our “wire-work” though, was awkward at best, and having Mark’s wife and kid sitting calmly on the sofa and watching him fly by just made it even more corny.
Cut due to being too silly. Even for us.
The Movie: Lars and the Real Girl The Scene: Jorge orders his new love doll, but something is wrong. Why It Was Cut: I don’t even remember why Dave cracked up. It’s not a good sign when you can’t keep it together so early in the event. 😉
Cut due to laughter.
The Movie: Near Dark The Scene: Four vampires hang out and discuss recent events. Why It Was Cut: Our first take of this was to try and make it appear as if I was on fire because of the tanning bed. However, we couldn’t make something realistic enough without burning the house down.
Cut due to really, really bad special effects.
The Movie: Batoru Rowaiaru (Battle Royale) The Scene: The newcomers to the island get their weapons. Why It Was Cut: I think this is my favourite blooper for 2009. Shelley just doesn’t stop rolling the whole time and adds a variety of sound effects. So awesome. You’ll also notice that she will point the camera at the floor whenever the take goes sour. So good.
Cut due to director FAIL.
The Movie: Batoru Rowaiaru (Battle Royale) The Scene: The newcomers to the island get their weapons. Why It Was Cut: We didn’t realize that Shelley was filming.
Cut due to cue FAIL.
The Movie: Batoru Rowaiaru (Battle Royale) The Scene: The newcomers to the island get their weapons. Why It Was Cut: I don’t even remember what the hell really happened here. I was wearing slippery socks and trying like nobody’s business to not slip and fall to my death as Rebecca attacked me. I think we just sort of petered out when it came to the battle part of the royale.
Cut due to general FAIL.
The Movie: Batoru Rowaiaru (Battle Royale) The Scene: The newcomers to the island get their weapons. Why It Was Cut: Shelley seems to be over-intense at the beginning, which causes her to crack up.
Cut due to dwindling intensity FAIL.
The Movie: Outpost The Scene: Shelley is investigating the supposedly abandoned Nazi bunker. Why It Was Cut: The goal of this was to spoof the lighting tricks in the movie. The lights would flicker and things would appear & disappear in the background around the main characters. Unfortunately, the camera had a light and we didn’t realize it until we were in the heat of things.
Cut due to equipment being too versatile.
The Movie: Outpost The Scene: Shelley is investigating the supposedly abandoned Nazi bunker. Why It Was Cut: We gave Shelley a mark, which she always hit, but there was some miscommunication. She wasn’t supposed to look at us until the last “lights on”. Unfortunately, she looked early.
Cut due to miscommunication.
The Movie: Outpost The Scene: Shelley is investigating the supposedly abandoned Nazi bunker. Why It Was Cut: This time Shelley didn’t look at me when the lights went on the first time. Unfortunately, she ended up looking at Dave during the next illuminating event. All I will say is that it’s a really good thing for Dave that I didn’t break wind when I was on the couch.
Cut due to Shelley being tempted by Dave’s stunning good looks.
The Movie: Moon The Scene: Dave gets GERTY to awaken one of his clones. Why It Was Cut: I don’t know where we were going with this. Rebecca was acting as the voice of GERTY (the body of which was played by Chris’ PS3 Box) and Dave was Sam. The joke was that I was Dave’s clone. Why I decided to use the voice I did? No idea. The last line pretty much sums it all up.
Cut due to GHEY.
The Movie: Moon The Scene: Dave gets GERTY to awaken one of his clones. Why It Was Cut: Dave just loses his shit. It was pretty late in the marathon, so this is not really an unexpected thing. Any of us would have done the same in his place, I think.
Cut due to Dave losing his shit.
Final Words
As always, these events are a lot of fun. Maybe in the future we can have satellite locations and each location makes their own tribute videos and posts their own bloopers. That would be a lot of work, but it’s definitely worth it.
Well, Dave & Sarah had their little guy, and since he’s a well-adjusted little dude, we’re proceeding with the 2009 Movie Marathon. Even though we already pre-emptively did it, we don’t care. We are rule-breakers.
The event shall be covered by as many nerdy tools as possible (talk about double-meanings).
Sections have been pre-written so that my fingers don’t fall off from trying to keep up with everything. As usual, please be aware that this entry will contain spoilers. Also, due to the content of some of the movies we watch, some of the subsequent videos and words in the following entry may not be suitable for some. Consider yourself warned…
What could be more engaging than a bunch of bodybuilders preening in front of the camera. Probably everything. However, in modern day everyone is obsessed with reality shows. Frankly, it probably doesn’t get more real than this.
Dave: Wow. Mr. Olympia? Chris: That means he’s actually bigger than the whole universe.
Arnold is talking about how lifting weights is like cumming. It’s very disturbing. Another interesting thing about this movie is that the bodybuilders all sound like they’re having sex whether they are lifting weights or flexing…
Dave: Remind me to make a sound-based video game called Porn or Pumping Iron?
10:45 – Our first reference to “lamentation of their women”. Thanks, Chris!
Rebecca wonders if Arnold watches this movie and feels ashamed now. We pretty much figured that he’s probably exactly the same.
Jorge: Man. He’s so horrible. He probably runs California the same way. Rebecca: When I run California it’s like I’m cumming all the time. Chris: That’s the commercial advertising California tourism. Arnold says “California. When are you cumming?”.
The Verdict
This movie shows that anyone in any profession can be a prick. Arnold comes across as being a supreme prick, which is not really a surprise. As ridiculous as the premise of the movie may seem, it’s actually really watchable. I guess the overall message of the movie is that as long as you practice what you do and be an asshole to everyone, you can achieve your dreams.
Arnold is posing with his…er…women.
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This movie is about the end of the world. It stars every famous Canadian actor. So three people.
So far this movie is making me feel very awkward. The premise is interesting. What would you do with your last day on the planet? I have no idea what I would do.
The movie is sort of stilted. The dialogue is great. I suppose it’s like real life, which is probably the point. It’s definitely a Canadian movie.
There’s a point in this film one of the characters (Sandra Oh) needs a ride home and the guy (Don McKellar) she’s walking with tries to flag down a car. It’s full of guys that look like they want to rape her.
Rebecca: That’s the bad touch car. Chris: I dunno. It’s the end of the world. It might be the good touch car. Dave: I think it’s the only touch car.
One of the characters is basically going through his list of women that he’s wanted to sleep with. I guess as a movie it’s doing its job. Everyone in the room is discussing what they would do on the last day of humanity. Apparently Dave would get as much of the Clap as he could.
I’m really enjoying this movie. Everything that Sandra Oh is in is good. Well…movies, anyway.
The Verdict
This movie is great. I really enjoyed all of the twists. I would recommend this movie to anyone. It’s certainly not the happiest movie, but then, that’s probably not the point. It’s sad that the behaviour of most of the people in the movie is probably the way that most people would actually be in real life.
The list.
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Dave and Jorge had agreed to do away with each other. But then…
This is a murder story that takes place in Hollywood. It looks like an interesting caper. William Holden plays a down-on-his-luck screenwriter looking for a score. He ends up partnering up with Gloria Swanson who is a has-been who dreams of a triumphant return to the movies. She’s got some strange fantasies and drags William’s character along with her.
Man they made some great movies in the olden days.
Holy crap. I just figured out why this movie is called Sunset Blvd. Right now Norma Desmond is going uber dramatic.
I think that Norma Desmond should have been in the X-Men. Her eyes open impossibly wide, rendering everyone afraid!
The Verdict
Another great movie in the lineup. Wow. Very powerful. I’m glad this one was playing today. We need to watch an old movie every year.
This is a movie about bad guys messing with the wrong people. You can’t judge a book by it’s cover. And a small slum is the reason why.
I flip flop on my opinion of this movie. It’s so over-the-top, but at the same time it appeals to my childhood sensibilities. I love me some fantastical kung-fu action!
One of the best characters in this movie is the landlady. She has the same crazy eyes as Gloria Swanson from the last movie…
Jorge: That lady is a black belt in Gloria Swanson. Mark: Seventh Dan in Gloria Swanson
This movie is weird. But it’s fun.
The Verdict
This movie is either cerebral or it isn’t. If you try to find meaning you might go insane. There is no rhyme or reason to it. Coming up with a pose is going to be interesting.
The inhabitants of Black Ham Alley defend their cutest kid.
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POV fight with ThunderCat of the Five Toe School of Iron Finger Eye Poking.
This movie is about a guy who uses unconventional methods to find his dream girl. Er….yeah…
Right now Lars and his “girlfriend” are sitting down to dinner with his brother and his brother’s wife. Chris points out an interesting development…
This movie is another surprising one. Like Last Night, the pacing is pretty interesting. Slow, and yet it does move somehow. This movie is possibly more about Lars’ family and friends than himself.
Chris: I think his brother has clued in that Lars is only doing this to get a second helping of food…
One of the things about this movie that strikes me as being completely unrealistic is that everyone is so supportive of Lars. I find it hard to believe that people would be so supportive.
The pizza has arrived and Dave has asked us to help ourselves. There are a number of jokes about some of us just eating more than our fair share…
Jorge: I’ll take box number two and three. Chris: I’ll take box number two and y’all can split box number three. Dave: Funny. Rebecca: No. Box number three is the real girl.
Now Lars’ girlfriend is dying. I think it’s really all a big scam. I suspect that Lars is actually playing everyone in town and will get a big payout as the townsfolk donate to the cause that he invents for Bianca.
The Verdict
Another great movie. Ryan Gosling did a great job. So far I think that the marathon is 5 for 5 already. That’s awesome!
This movie is about…three guesses…yes. A bad lieutenant. It’s pretty awesome so far. Within minutes you get the idea that the Harvey Keitel is not a very nice person. He drops the f-bomb with his kids in the car – to his kids – and then buys some crack, places illegal bets and snorts coke…
Dave: Holy shit. I think this movie should be called “busy lieutenant”. Shelley: I think it’s more like “good-with-his-time” lieutenant.
Wow. Harvey just pulled over 2 girls who were driving without licenses and have just come from a night club where they smoked dope. He basically asks them to show him some ass and pretend to suck him off so that he can masturbate…
Jorge: I guess that makes him a beat cop, eh?
The back of the case implies that Harvey’s character is seeking redemption. If he is, he has a funny way of going about it. He’s pretty much had nothing but every bad substance known to man pumped into his body.
The Verdict
Well. This was the first crappy movie of the night (for me). It looks like Harvey just wanted to do a movie where he could be a prick and get away with it.
Dave figures that the best way to redemption is to be so bad that he wraps around to good again.
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This movie is a mystery and an amusing look at relations between English and French Canada.
Some comments have been made about how the French cop is really bowlegged…
Rebecca: It is because he has to accommodate his extra large French Canadian balls. Le grand sack.
There are definitely some silly parts in this. Sarah and Chris were saying that the NHL wouldn’t grant permission for the movie to use any material, so they created many derogatory names for a lot of the folks from the NHL (which they renamed).
So far I think this is my favourite movie of the night. We shall see. It’s got a good mix of action and humour.
The Verdict
Definitely one of the best movies I’ve seen at one of the 24H events. Hard to believe that this is a Canadian film, as it doesn’t really look like the typical Canadian flick. I am totally going to buy this movie at some point. I will definitely watch this again. And I will possibly learn to speak French
These cops have their differences, but they sure cut the mustard.
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Aren’t you glad that I didn’t use the “cut the” joke with this movie?
This is a movie about vampires. I’m too tired to remember what I read when I was voting for these things.
The actor that plays senator Nathan Petrelli from Heroes, who has just been bitten by some crazy woman. Now he’s been hauled into a vampire Winnebago. Interesting…
Right now Nathan (I’m calling him Nathan) is coming to terms with his Vampire-ness. Lots of really weird stuff going on in this movie. There’s a guy here with eyebrows that are crazy. They are crazy huge.
Chris: He’s growing them out for Browvember
So far there is typical vampire lore going on here. Sunlight burns the crap out of them. They don’t have the typical vampire teeth, though. Shelley thinks that one of the vampires should be badass by sticking a hand out into the sun and lighting a cigarette off of their flaming arm.
Also, the accents are awesome.
The Verdict
Not the greatest movie ever, but not too bad. Just a very atypical vampire movie. I think there are mixed opinions about this movie, but that’s all right.
The vampires are trying to protect their game from the sun.
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This movie can be summed up by Dave’s warning to Shelley…
Dave: You might not like this movie because you have feelings…
Battle Royale is about a place where a group of students fight to the death. It should be interesting. I suspect that if anyone in the government watched this there would be bad ideas implemented. Oh wait…
The movie is very dark, but oddly enough, there are some light moments. As there is only one survivor, you get to see how the kids all interact with each ohter. Some try to run away, while others accept their roles.
Shelley loves the fact that these kids are all killing each other but are still petty, concerned about crushes on boyfriends and so on. Also notable, Shelley’s word for “tazer” is “zap-a-roo”.
The pacing of the movie is really great at this point. It’s tough to pick who is evil and who is not.
The colours in this movie are really strange. It’s like they removed pure black from the film, so everything looks really fake at times. The music is also strange. It’s like they took random pieces of music and layered it on top of the video, rather than a score that someone composed for the movie itself.
Some of our names for the people: The Bomb Makin’ Dudes, Little Miss Joggeroo, Emo guy, Hominahomina, Johnny Depp, Crazy Bitch, Wakawaka, Spike Spiegl, Nokia.
The Verdict
The movie was kinda cool but ultimately weird in the end. There was something about immortality granted by cell phones and a hand-held jizz cannon.
There can be only one.
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Everyone is assigned their weapons for the final battle.
A group of mercenaries has been sent out to retrieve some sort of Nazi treasure. However, something is preventing them from getting it and they don’t know what it is.
I’m thinking that these may not actually be zombies but German super-soldiers. Sort of like Captain America but evil.
Looks like these mercenaries have their work cut out for them. Seems the Germans perfected their super-soldier formula and the “good guys” are screwed.
The Verdict
A pretty cool thriller. Not so scary, I think. But defintely suspenseful. A great story without a happy ending, which isn’t necessarily bad for a film.
Being a Nazi super-soldier is simply Thrilling.
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A movie with Sam Rockwell as a guy on the Moon harvesting energy to be used on the planet. His only companion is a robot named Gertie.
With only two weeks to go, Sam starts to have problems with reality. These problems are actually somewhat dangerous for his physical well being.
Sam gets into an accident and the complex enacts a backup for him. We discovered that Sam has at least one more clone. His clone rescues him from one of the communication stations and they both get into a discussion about what’s really going on.
Slowly the mystery is taking shape and it doesn’t look like it’s working out for either Sam. Perhaps they are both clones?
The Verdict
A great movie. Sam Rockwell does an awesome job, as always. It was tough to figure out what the ending was going to be, but the ending was perfect.
Sam gets Gertie to help him out.
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Jim Carrey plays Joel, a guy that falls for a woman named Clementine. She has her memory erased after a nasty fight, and he decides to do the same thing. As its happening he tries to rebel.
Joel is going through a lot right now. His memories are being erased and his mind is going through a craaaazy time as each memory he has is plucked from his brain.
Clementine is a very impulsive person while Joel is the opposite. They are the typical movie couple that doesn’t get along. But they do. Joel is rebelling because one of the memory technicians is stealing his memories, and really, Joel does not want to let go.
Joel tries to protect his memories of Clementine by taking her to the darkest recesses of his mind. He drags her to some pretty embarrassing moments, but it seems to work.
The Verdict
This was a pretty cool movie. Jim Carrey isn’t always my cup of tea these days. I like movies that play with your mind, and this one certainly does.
Dave and Rebecca are partying it up while they erase Jorge’s memory.
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Dave expresses his feelings to his new love…
We Made It!
For the record, Dave and I made the full 24 hours. Rebecca, Shelley and Chris were not quite there, but didn’t do too badly.
For me, all but one of the movies was great! I think – moviewise – this was the best year for me.
Another year, another sleep-deprived night of hilarity.
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Thanks and Links
Big thank yous go out to Dave and Sarah for hosting. It’s always nice to go somewhere that feels like an extension of home. Also, Sarah remembered that last year I did not get to have any of her awesome guacamole, so she made a double batch. Believe me, I believe I ate enough to make up for last year.
As with the other Movie Marathons, this year’s offered a number of funny out-takes. I will detail some of them here for your enjoyment.
Please be aware that this entry will contain spoilers. Also, due to the content of some of the movies we watch, some of the subsequent videos and words in the following entry may not be suitable for some. You have been warned…
The Movie: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid The Scene: Butch and Sundance are on a cliff and have run out of options. Why It Was Cut: This wasn’t really a blooper. Other than Claire crying in the background and Isha turning around while she was snacking, this clip wasn’t bad. The only problem with it was the disjointed ending, as well as the fact that we stopped filming just before Joe said hold me.
Cut due to better line prospect.
The Movie: The Iron Giant The Scene: Doesn’t exist in the movie. We created a scene where some scientists create a new version. Why It Was Cut: We filmed the scene but it turns out that the camera wasn’t running until the end. Dave did this last year during our “Raising Arizona” spot, where he didn’t press the button hard enough and ended up recording the parts in between the actual ones (start was stop and stop was start, if you know what I mean). We call this “Davin’ it up”.
Cut due to being cut already.
The Movie: Glengarry Glen Ross The Scene: Doesn’t really exist in the movie, at least not exactly like this. Why It Was Cut: This scene was cut because Dave cracked up way too early and the whole scene could have been done better. We ended up doing a re-take in which Dave doesn’t crack up until the end. Disturbingly, in both clips, Dave latches onto the Pacino line about my balls.
Cut due to not enough swearing.
The Movie: Hard Core Logo The Scene: Doesn’t really exist in the movie, at least not exactly like this. Why It Was Cut: Joe and I didn’t even realize that this was being filmed, so this is just random banter. The second take was way better anyway.
Cut due to not knowing this was being filmed.
The Movie: Dolemite The Scene: Entirely made up. We wondered what it would be like if Dolemite went for a job interview. Why It Was Cut: In the original movie you could see a boom mic hanging down in quite a number of scenes. We wanted to replicate this, but every time Dave looked at the mic he’d lose his shit.
Cut due to Dave losing his shit.
The Movie: Dolemite The Scene: Entirely made up. We wondered what it would be like if Dolemite went for a job interview. Why It Was Cut: Dave cracks up due to the name I made up for the organization who is interviewing him: Neil Bobs Spitz and Swallows.
Cut due to Dave losing his shit, again.
The Movie: Dolemite The Scene: Entirely made up. We wondered what it would be like if Dolemite went for a job interview. Why It Was Cut: One of the ideas we had was to have the boom mic tap Dave on the head. Here we see what happens when an unstoppable force meets a very movable object.
Cut due to Dave almost dying.
The Movie: Audition The Scene: Somewhat made up. Isha plays the evil woman who does bad things. She’s going to go to town on the poor man in the sack, beating him with a big plastic thing. Why It Was Cut: Dave indicated that he would cover his head for the first hit and then flip over so Isha could hit him harder. Isha misinterpreted the instructions and started waiting for Dave to turn over with his butt in the air. I couldn’t keep it together.
Since Dave & Sarah are having a baby early next year, the 2009 Movie Marathon has been moved to 2008.
As usual, we will be covering the event using all the tools in the nerd kingdom, so sit back and enjoy.
I have all of the movies titled already in preparation for the day. Stay tuned! Also, please be aware that this entry will contain spoilers. Also, due to the content of some of the movies we watch, some of the subsequent videos and words in the following entry may not be suitable for some. You have been warned…
Here we have a disturbing view of the future. You know. The future being the year 2000.
The movie is total cheese, but it is pretty awesome so far. How can you not love a movie with Sly Stallone and David Carradine? Even Martin Kove is in it. This movie is all kinds of awesome.
Chris: How come the real year 2000 wasn’t as cool as this?
It’s a strange dystopian vision of the future, that’s for sure. America is not the most friendly place in the world, according to this movie. As to be expected, the special effects are nothing compared to today’s movies. However, given the times it’s relatively gory. This movie must have been pretty shocking back in the day.
You’ve got to wonder how starved for entertainment folks in the past were with such horrible dialogue and wooden delivery.
[Currently Sly is chasing after some poor guy that just called his character Frankenstein. It’s pretty funny.] Mark: They need to play the music from Benny Hill for this chase.
There is a group in the movie called The Resistance that is trying to sabotage the Death Race. Most of their ambush projects look like they were made by kindergarten art classes.
The Verdict
It’s a horrible, horrible movie. But it was pretty hilarious. So bad that it’s hilarious. It’s watchable, but probably not over and over again.
Dave and Isha take it where the sun don’t shine courtesy of Fireplace Tool Joe.
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Davekenstein takes down an innocent for 80 points.
It’s been a while since I’ve seen this movie. At least ten years. I saw this film when I was in university, I think. Actually, now that I think about it, I think I also saw this movie when I was a kid.
I’ve always love how this movie starts out. Going from a sepia tone to colour. In fact, I haven’t watched the digitally remastered version and I have to say that they did a really good job.
Butch and Sundance have just finished off a job and are celebrating in a brothel. Isha got really excited…
Isha: I KNEW there’s be old-time whores in this movie! Jorge: Versus what, new-time future whores?
This movie is amazing. What’s strange, though, is that you could never apply the same formula to a modern movie. Maybe that’s what makes this a classic.
A lot of jokes were made about this being the precursor to Brokeback Mountain due to the closeness of Butch and Sundance. Cathy came up with a pretty hilarious line…
Cathy: Could you imagine if these two actually made a porn together? That would be the best selling porn ever!
Crap, we just had a blown fuse for the first time in our run!
After a few minutes we’re back on schedule.
The Verdict
This movie is awesome. It has one of the best endings of all times. This movie is definitely one that you could watch a few times. I mean, any movie with Cloris Leachman as an old hooker is a winner in my books!
Dave Cassidy and the Sundance Jorge make their final stand.
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Joe Cassidy and the Sundance Chris get ready to escape the posse.
Our first true black and white movie and the oldest of the bunch. Constance Porter is currently smoking cigarettes and then throwing them into the ocean. She also seems to be resistant to all forms of dirt.
During one of the scenes, after picking up a bunch more people, Constance is using her typewriter…
Isha: Is she using her typewriter? Rebecca: She’s blogging. Old-time blogging.
Wow. For an old movie the special effects are pretty good. The issues that are dealt with are pretty serious as well. Lots of moral quandries.
The Verdict
The movie was really compelling. There were a lot of really great moments. The struggle of humanity away from humanity. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone.
Rebecca comforts Chris. How long will it take to be rescued?
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This is one of the best animated movies of all time. I’ve seen it a number of times, and Mrs. J actually didn’t mind this movie so much.
She has high standards.
The Iron Giant is the story of an alien robot that crashes on Earth and befriends a little guy named Hogarth. It’s a story about outcasts and understanding. The animation is really great, and the voice work is great.
We tried to figure out the different actors that participated…
Jorge: Is that robot Brad Garrett? Sarah & Rebecca: Vin Diesel. Jorge: Really? Sarah: Yeah. Jorge: Wow. Cool. They even have the same hair.
The Verdict
If you ever want a good family movie that’s not too “kiddy”, this is your movie. Not only are there powerful lessons, it can be awesomely upbeat and ends in a way that’s powerful and moving. I know that when Baby J is old enough, she will be watching this movie with us.
The Iron Giant has the whole world in his hand. Or just Dave.
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The scientists create a new Iron Giant. Unfortunately it’s not as cool as the first one.
This movie doesn’t sound like the most exciting prospect. The machinations behind the real estate business? Oooooooh!
However, with such a stellar cast, it will most likely be an amazing film. So far, Jack Lemmon, Ed Harris, Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey? Holy smackerel!
Some of the lines in this movie are hilarious, for instance…
You ever take a dump made you feel like you’d just slept for twelve hours?
Gold. Solid gold.
Man, I watch these guys work, and they are slicker than oiled eels. It really gets you wondering about how low some people can go.
The Verdict
It’s a depressing movie. It doesn’t end well at all. Even though it did. You have to watch it to know what I’m talking about. I wish that we counted how many times they used the word fuck in this movie. I can safely say that the number of times they said fuck is much higher than the number of people that died in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
A professional Real Estate meeting.
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Some of the boys in Real Estate, discussing things politely.
This is an interesting mocumentary about a punk band on a last-ditch tour of Western Canada. Mockumentaries are pretty cool, so I’m looking forward to it.
It’s well done. It’s raw and honest (if you can call a work of fiction honest). The characters take you through a series of emotions. Sometimes you hate them, sometimes you love them. It’s like watching a car ride?
The Verdict
Not too bad as far as movies go. I don’t know if I would bother seeing it again, but I am glad that I did. The music was pretty good and the acting was pretty awesome. The ending was…interesting.
Meet Softcore Diagram.
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United we stand, divided we entertain the hell out of everyone.
This movie is all about the Big O. If you don’t know what that is, I’ll take a sec and wait for you while you Google it.
Back? Good.
This movie is about disfunctional relationships and the healing thereof. There are some pretty hilarious moments in a film dealing with an awkward topic.
Jack: Are you eighteen? Kristen: I think you mean the age of consent, which is sixteen. Dave: Too bad you’re twelve. Shelley: And still full of the clap
[Jack runs into Kristen’s father at the video store.] Mr. Taylor: The world needs more teachers like you. Dave: I mean, you’re no Danny DeVito… Rebecca: He’s like a big teddy bear. Dave: Yes! Shelley: He’s like a big teddy bear inside. Dave: YES!
Wow. This movie actually has a Danny DeVito montage! I don’t know if it’s awesome or horrible.
The Verdict
Well, this movie did not turn out the way that I thought it would. I think we were all genuinely surprised by this story. I have to say that I’m not sure if I like the message this movie conveys. Ah well. It was still a good watch. Awkward moments aplenty, but good. The lesson? No matter how hard you work at something, you will get fugged over by Danny DeVito.
What we named our eyenas.
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One of the love scenes that was cut from the movie.
We’ve been trying to get this movie for four years. For some reason nowhere seems to carry this. So far we’re not even ten minutes into the movie and it might be giving Glengarry Glen Ross a run for it’s money in the fuck department.
There is no way in hell this movie can possibly be taken seriously.
Isha: There’s something about the way they block their scenes that reminds me of the way we block our scenes when we do our videos. Dave: What? Like they only had fifteen minutes? Isha: Yeah. We’re on a schedule here!
Wow. Now we’re about twenty minutes in and we have a very realistically portrayed massage parlour scene. It’s interesting that their fight scenes are so unrealistically done compared to their massage parlour scenes.
There are a lot of scenes of absolutely nothing in this movie. It’s like they kept the camera rolling at all times. Also, the fact that the boom mic is hanging down in most of the scenes is also all kinds of awesome.
The Verdict
I feel dirty that we bought this movie. Somehow our quest seems empty. But, it was funny. Shelley pointed out that her favourite parts were when Dolemite was rapping. I would have to agree. Rudy Ray Moore’s line delivery is horrible unless he’s ‘preachin’.
Our first horror movie of the night, this one promises to be much better than last year’s selection. There is apparently going to be a lot of gore and blood, but nothing so far and we’re twenty minutes in.
Dave: This movie needs more torture or I’m not going to make it.
The movie is moving slowly and feels like a romantic comedy more than anything else. But inside information indicates that this is all going to change soon.
The shit was just scared out of Isha, which scared the crap out of the rest of us. Dave is now awake. The movie has shifted into the realm of the creepy. The tension was built for a while and now that the first little shocker is out of the way they’re building it up again.
[One of the characters just settled down for a drink out of a bottle in his own house (which has obviously been tampered with).] Dave: This tasted like burlap, dog and extra tongue. Damn this is good Bourbon!
Now the movie is even worse than I thought it could ever be.
[The horrible woman is now cutting of this poor guy’s feet after shoving needles in his eyes.] Dave: What the hell could ever top this?
The Verdict
What. The. Hell.
Isha is replacing her lucky rabbit’s foot.
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When you order and receive a Dave-In-a-Sack™, you have to make sure it’s dead.
Ah, Stephen King. It’s been a while since I’ve watched anything by him. The last book I read was the last of the Dark Tower trilogy.
This is a sort of Lord of the Flies type of movie. Everyone is stuck outside of their normal routines and trapped together. On top of it all the threat of the mist is looming outside.
This movie contains a reference to brass balls. Our second tonight.
A lot of this movie is horribly unbelievable, but at the same time it makes me feel sick. Especially how it ends.
The Verdict
Wow. This movie was awesome. But at the same time I hate how it goes. I HATE IT. I’m glad I watched it, but I feel really, really bad for the main character. Like…sick to my stomach bad.
The aftermath of Dave’s charity-based rampage.
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Nothing like washing away the horror from our eyes by using a comedy thriller. It’s been a while since I’ve seen this movie, but in the first few minutes some of the cheese is flooding back.
This movie is so cheesy it can’t possibly be scary to anyone older than the age of eight. Currently Kevin Bacon and his compatriots are busy pole-vaulting across the barren countryside. So ridiculous.
Ooooh! A jazz-hands death! Sweet!
I’ve dozed off a few times during this movie. It’s not that it’s not exciting. It’s just…uh…meh. It’s not really that exciting.
The Verdict
Cheese-filled cheese croissants with cheese on top. A fun romp, for most. A cult following? Not for me though.
Joe is about to get his hair styled by Graboids.
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Joe and Isha get attacked by the Graboids. Look how worried they are!
This is a first. A stand-up comedy act. It should be interesting due to when this was filmed. Rather than being a self-contained story, this piece is specific to the 80’s, so Eddie would lay all kinds of bombs that would make people feel really uncomfortable if he did that same kind of humour today.
This movie brings back a lot of memories of listening to Dr. Dimento and the Sunday Night Funnies on CHUM FM.
This movie is all swearing and crazy opinions. It’s pretty entertaining.
The Verdict
It’s awesome to watch just because of the time period it takes place in. Things have really changed over the last few years. A lot of Eddie’s stuff is hilarious just because of his incredible delivery. The guy just oozes confidence.
We Made It!
So we made it (sort of). Dave made it all the way through. Chris and I nodded off for a few minutes during Tremors. But, like troopers, we did pretty good as a team. A big thanks to everyone for hospitality, electronics, equipment and food.
The crew at the end of the night.
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Last night I arrived in Ottawa after a brief, seven hour bus ride.
When we got to Dave’s I couldn’t believe how much snow there was. To think that the storm hadn’t even hit at that time…
This is the snow that was at Dave’spre-storm. Check out the snow angel made vertically.
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Now I am sitting in Dave’s living room, ready to begin the festivities.
I will be periodically updating this throughout the day with text, pictures and movies (most likely adding those up to several days later), so stay tuned!
Ah, who can forget this gem from the eighties? I think the more appropriate thing to say would be what does one have to do to forget this gem from the eighties?
When we were younger this movie was the bomb. We thought it was so cool and that the action was amazing. In actuality, this movie, introduced to me by my friend Frank, was something that rekindled my interest in martial arts.
Now, a few decades later, I watch it and shudder. The action scenes are horrible. While some of the choreography is technically sound, it’s implemented so horribly that it makes it unwatchable.
Most of the dialogue sounds dubbed, and the music is hilarious.
The awesome thing about this movie, though, is that it is a piece of our childhood. Our sorry, sorry childhood.
There are so many cheesy lines that one can’t help wondering why this movie was run in the theater.
Maybe it was the fact that…
They dubbed over Bolo’s voice so it sounds like he actually went through puberty.
Van Damme does the splits no less than seven times.
They played Karate Champ.
They got what appears to be a Far Eastern guy to play a Middle Eastern guy.
You get to see Van Damme’s butt, which is covered after a few seconds by a burgundy pair of briefs.
The kid playing a young Frank Dux is more convincing than Jean Claude.
This movie is essentially one of the best forms of birth control.
Ever.
Actually, it’s also one of the funniest movies to come out of the eighties, even if it’s not always funny. This is because it has some of the funniest lines are delivered by the traileriest trashiest characters ya ever done saw!
If you haven’t seen this movie, you really should. It’s a great flick that strikes a chord with each person on some level. Not giving anything away, I can say that the movie centers around the theme of family.
The kid they get to play Nathan Jr. is also awesome in this movie. Cute as a button!
For the record, this movie has better fight scenes than Bloodsport.
Also, there is 400% more yodelling.
The reality of the situation finally hits Joe.
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I saw this movie a number of years ago, in a strange situation.
In any case, at the time I didn’t really pick up on all of the subtleties. Watching it now reveals some exceptionally witty dialogue and subtle humour.
One note of trivia: Rick never does say Play it again, Sam. In fact, the closest he comes to that line is Play it, Sam.
This is one of those movies that stands the test of time. Even though it was filmed a long time ago, it can still move you.
Bogey was (and will always will be) one of the best actors ever, in my humble opinion, anyway.
It’s one of those movies where the ending isn’t really as happy as you would like it to be. For it’s day, it dealt with a lot of touchy issues.
One thing that all of us movie-watchers agreed on was that Victor Lazlo was one of the most open-minded and forgiving characters ever. Bogey told him, in no uncertain terms, that things happened between him and Bergman. And Lazlo just nodded and took it on the chin.
Bogey doesn’t take rejection very well.
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I’ve never really heard of this movie. According to Sarah it’s based on a book. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this story before.
Shia LaBeouf is in this movie, so it’s probably good. I thought he was awesome in Transformers
Mark: [On John Voight.] Why do people keep giving him work? Cathy: Because he’s awesome.
For the first family film we’ve had at one of these, I have to say that so far it’s pretty cool. The pacing is great and keeps feeding you enough information to keep you engaged at the overall plot. Revelation by flashback can be really effective.
Cathy: Did you know the only natural enemy of the hole is the pile?
Definitely a great movie. Make sure to see this one.
Cursed to dig for 100 years leads to some weird finds.
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This movie is about a couple of older ladies living in a big ol’ house. The house is in a horrible state, and the ladies live with a bunch of cats and raccoons.
Isha said that this movie is a cult classic.
I think that the type of cult she’s referring to are those cults that end up killing themselves waiting for aliens or comets to help them escape from the planet.
This movie gave me the opportunity to call home and check in on the troops.
It’s been almost an hour now and I’m contemplating gouging out my eyes with a coffee cup.
Looking out the window, I can see the snow piling higher and higher. I’m going to go out and shovel under the pretense of being a good person. When in reality, I will be shoveling because I will go insane if I have to watch this for too much longer.
Isha just let it all go when she got her 300th cat.
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I am pretty sure I’ve seen this before, but it’s feeling like a new film at the moment. Especially with the remastering of the DVD we’re watching.
Nothing like a bout of gang violence to get the evening started off right!
I think that all gangs should dress as colourfully as the gangs in this movie. It makes it easier to tell what they are trying to be. Nowadays, the gangs are so confused and far more subtle than the gangs shown here.
Plus the gangs in this movie are tougher than real life. I mean, come on! The Roller Skating Gang? You don’t find toughness like that every day.
This movie is so cheesy it’s awesome. It’s essentially like watching a video game. It surprises me that they took over twenty years to actually make a video game about it.
It has all of the elements. A goal to reach. A cadre of enemies to fight to get there. Weapons to upgrade to (dropped by said cadre).
So good.
Don’t mess with the Lounging Pants Various Household Utensils Gang.
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I get the idea from this movie that Dave wants the Warriors to come out and play…
I saw this movie a long time ago. It’s a sci-fi flick about a group of people stuck in a prison of sorts.
It’s all kinds of awesome, this movie. Filmed with a very tiny budget, it made do with little and delivers a huge, crazy ride.
It’s a suspenseful thriller, showing how a small cross section of humanity copes with a stressful situation. In some way, it reminds me a little of Lord of the Flies.
If you have a need for endings that explain everything, though, you might want to avoid this movie. I am not giving anything away by saying it doesn’t end in a way that will leave you with certain key knowledge.
This is some complicated math!
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Joe designed the perfect prison. Can you tell why?
I heard about this movie a while ago, and was really interested because of the nature of the story. I don’t really want to give a lot away, but it’s a cat-and-mouse thriller that puts a twist on an issue that’s in the headlines far too often.
Ellen Page is an impressive actress. I saw her in Juno and thought she was incredible.
If you don’t like spoilers, don’t read the next few lines.
We are about 45 minutes through the movie and I have to say I AM SO FUGGIN’ UNCOMFORTABLE RIGHT NOW!
All of the guys in the room have assumed protective poses.
This movie is incredible. The cinematography is amazingly frustrating. It reveals just enough to leave you on the edge of your seat.
End spoilers.
I have this sinking feeling I’ll be missing something.
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Dave makes sure he’s not missing anything after a harrowing experience.
This is an Italian horror movie. It’s supposed to be crazy gory and scary. Seeing as it’s dark in the room (the lights are out), maybe it will actually be scary.
There is a reference to it in Juno, which is pretty cool, as I was curious about this film.
Well, about ten minutes into the movie, I didn’t find it so cool anymore, so I decided to sleep. It wasn’t very scary. It was just loud and stupid.
Basically the movie was about hallways and ketchup and weird, creepy music. Last year’s horror film was way scarier.
I want to sleep, but I want to see this movie more. I saw a trailer for it about two months ago and thought it would be something that I might be interested in.
And…it has officially lost me.
It could have been a good movie for me until they took some of the realism and threw it out the window.
F!
Sad to say, but this is the direction this movie went in when it decided to be something weirder than what it should have been..
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FAIL!
We never finished. We all went to bed.
Whether it was the shovelling of endless amounts of heavy snow or the back-to-back one-two punch of the last two movies, I can’t say.
But we all basically decided that sleep was more important than Kevin Bacon.
Here is an extra movie, as well as some bloopers we hope you enjoy. There are no movies for the last two, because filming a bottle of Ketchup and Mustard would probably make a better clip, but I’m outta ketchup…
Dave and Goliath.
Never cut off the Hong Kong chief of police.
Trying to call out the Warriors. Not very well, I might add.
Still hasn’t called them out correctly yet…
The blooper of the night. Dave’s second call-out was too high, resulting in hilarity.
Barking Space 
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