Day 18: Be kind Rewind

Be Kind Rewind

Whose Movie: Mutual Buy

Rating: Gets better as the plot evolves

The last time we saw this movie was in the theaters, in California, with our wedding party, a couple days before the wedding.  So this movie has a bit of nostalgic value to it, which is probably why when we saw it in the $5 movie bin in Wal-Mart, we couldn't pass it up. Last night we unwrapped it from it's cellophane, and watched it for a second time, and it was still a decent movie.  It still had a few funny moments (Hello, it IS Jack Black after all) and it still made me tear up in the end.  We had forgotten that the end doesn't really wrap up the movie though, and that was still disappointing.

Next: All 3 Beatles movies, followed by Beetlejuice

Day 17: The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight

Whose Movie: Mutual Buy

Rating: Best of the Batman movies in our collection

Okay, we know this should technically be in the 'D' section, but we organize our movies not only in Alphabetical order, but we also keep series movies together and in order. So, we watched The Dark Knight again. We each saw it twice in theaters when it came out, and at Free Friday Flicks when they showed it. This is also the newest movie (by release date) that we've watched in our collection so far.  This movie is really good.  It doesn't lose anything in multiple viewings, except maybe we didn't laugh so hard at The Joker's magic trick.  The effects are amazing, the story is amazing and the acting is amazing.  I think they do a great job at setting up the next movie.

Next: Be Kind Rewind, followed by 3 Beatles movies (Hard Days Night, Help, and Magical Mystery Tour)

Day 16: Batman Returns and Batman Begins

Batman Returns

Whose Movie: Mutual Buy

Rating: Great

Another Tim Burton Movie :) We learned that Tim Burton's Batman isn't so great at keeping his true identity a secret.  In the first movie, he totally told Vicky Vail, and in this movie, not only did he tell Catwoman, he totally ripped his mask off and revealed his identity to Shrek. But whatever.  What's great about the Tim Burton Batman movies is that you get a backstory on the villains. You get to find out how they became who they are.  This movie was just as great as the first one, and Danny Elfman's score just makes the movie fifty times better (can you tell I'm a Danny Elfman fan?)

Batman Begins

Whose Movie: Mutual Buy

Rating: Awesome

And then we have the reboot of the series.  I think that Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan's Batmans are awesome in their own way.  What Matt and I like about this one is that Wayne Enterprises is actually mentioned, and it's explained that the company is how Batman can actually be Batman.  Matt thought the backstory ran too long, but I thought it was necessary in order to set up the movie and the next one.  A superhero is nothing without his backstory :) Christian Bale makes a great Batman, and Liam Neeson as always if flipping awesome (which makes one wonder why he's in Battleship). 

Next up: "The Dark Knight," "Be Kind Rewind," and "Beatles: A Hard Day's Night."

Day15: Batman: The Movie and Batman

Batman: The Movie

Whose Movie: Mutual Buy

Rating: Terribly Corny

Okay,so this was a nostalgia buy. We both loved watching this Batman series when we were kids, and bought it on a whim.  The last time we watched it was before we went and saw "The Dark Knight" for the first time.  It's horribly corny, and there are so many problems with the plot that I could write pages on it.  The thing that bothered me the most though was that every time it when to the "super criminals" hideout, the shot was crooked. Like SUPER crooked. Seriously, it annoyed the heck out of me.  Parts that made us laugh the most (we laughed and mocked the ENTIRE movie) was every time Batman and Robin had to solve one of the Riddler's riddles. "A Sparrow with a machine gun." "Of course, that is the only answer obviously."

Batman

Whose Movie: Mutual Buy

Rating: Awesome

If Matt had to choose a favorite movie, he said last night he would have a hard time choosing between this and "Back to the Future."  After watching the disaster of the other Batman movie, we decided to watch this one as well.  This one, besides the 80s fashion, has aged really well. And plus it's a Tim Burton movie :) Jack Nicholson was awesome as The Joker.  And Danny Elfman's score is awesome as well.  Prince wrote a bunch of songs for the movie as well, and they played only when the Joker was making mischief. Matt said "This leads me to believe that Prince is a terrorist, what with his sponsering of The Joker's activities and all." This is the first of several Tim Burton movies in our collection, as he's my all time favorite director.

Three more Batman movies left in our collection. Then after Batman we have Be Kind Rewind. 

Day 14: Back to the Future III

Back to the Future

Whose Movie: Matt's

Rating: Great. A perfect Trilogy

This movie was just as good as the first, but it prompted Matt to comment at the beginning "How the hell did they get approved to make the same movie 3 times?"  What we love about this trilogy is the continuity.  We also commented how Michael J. Fox and the guy who played Biff had the most "identities" in the movies, with Michael J. Fox playing the most "characters." 

This was the first of our trilogies, or movie series'. Next trilogy or series up in our collection is Gidget and then Indiana Jones, so it'll be a while.

Next up in our collection is our first franchise: Batman. We have 5 Batman movies to watch, in chronological order, starting with the 1960s Batman movie, and ending with The Dark Knight.

Day 13: Back to the Future II

Back to the Future II

Whose Movie: Matt's

Rating: Just as awesome as the first one

This has always been my favorite in the trilogy, and I think it's because so much goes on, and Doc and Marty have to try and accomplish so much.  These movie are super well made, and the continuity between them and within them is amazing. Every time you watch, you catch something new.  These movies are timeless, and that's what I love most about them.

Day 12: Back to the Future

Back to the Future

Whose Movie: Matt's

Rating: Super cool, and totally quotable

So we watched this movie. We quoted this movie. We loved this movie.  Do I need to say anymore?