Day 27: Blind Side and Blues Brothers

The Blind Side

Whose Movie: Steph's

Rating: Still good the second time around.

This was one of our Black Friday finds this year, we got it for $5.   Matt was really reluctant to watch this movie at first, but he got pretty into it, but then it turned into a football movie, and he quickly lost interest.  I really enjoyed it the second time, I even cried still  :)  I think this movie is heartwarming, and I love how it's a "happy-ending" movie.

Blues Brothers

Whose Movie: Steph's

Rating: Totally Awesome!

Okay, how did SNL movies evolve from this to MacGruber?  Seriously?  My favorite thing about this movie, is the music.  The music rocks!  I always want to get up and dance whenever Ray Charles comes on and sings "Shake Your Tail Feather." My second favorite thing about this movie is the comedy.  Dan Akroyd and John Belushi were so great together.  The comedy is very subtle, not in your face like Will Farrell or Mike Myers or anyone else in recent years.  Their comedy is in a facial expression, in a movement, in a tone of voice.  This is classic comedy at it's best.  It's what made SNL great back in the 70s, and what SNL lacks now.

Two more B movies: Boondock Saints and Borat.

Day 26: Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles

Whose Movie: Mutual Buy

Rating: Funny, duh

We bought this movie last year on Black Friday from Wal-Mart for a dollar.  Totally worth the money.  We are both Mel Brooks fans, so we own most of Mel Brook's movies.  This is the first one to pop up in the alphabet.  Even though we've each seen this movie a few times, we were still able to watch last night and laugh.

Three B movies left: Blues Brothers, Boondock Saints and Borat.

Day 25: Blacula

Blacula

Whose Movie: Matt's

Rating: *SIGH* 

This movie is awful. Terrible.  It sucked.  It said so many things about race and homosexuality that I wanted to hang my head in shame for watching it.  The only redeeming quality was that it was easy to make fun of it.  I can't even begin to describe the movie.  I've posted the trailer below.  Watch it.  If you are at all interested in the movie, we'll let you borrow it.

Day 23 & 24: Big Fish, Big Trouble in Little China and the Bill and Ted Movies

Big Fish

Whose Movie: Mutual Buy

Rating: Awesome

This movie is one that we both love.  First of all, it's a Tim Burton movie, so that automatically makes it one that I like, and then add to it the amazing story, and it can't go wrong.  We still laughed at the jokes.  We caught a continuity issue and laughed about that.  Then when it ended, we were both is tears.  It's a touching story, that is enjoyable to watch.

Big Trouble in Little China

Whose Movie: Matt's

Rating: Awesomely Cheesy

When Big Fish ended Matt said "Now for a movie that's a little less sad, and a lot more awesome." This movie is bad, in a super cheesy way.  The dialogue is awful. And the plot seems incredibly rushed.  But the awesome part is the fight scenes and Kurt Russell.  Nothing beats a bad Kurt Russell movie, and we still have two left in our collection.

 

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

Whose Movie: Mutual Buy

 

Rating: It was okay

If I remember correctly, the Bill and Ted movies were a nostalgia buy. It had been such a long time since I had watched this movie, that I had forgotten that the whole point was that Bill and Ted were like God's in the future, and they needed to be kept together for the future to happen.  I enjoyed the historical aspect of it, and I enjoyed the historical figures running amok in the mall.  Other than that, this movie was bad, but not as bad as it's sequel.

Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey

 

 

Whose Movie: Mutual Buy

 

Rating: Just awful

 

Okay, so this movie sucked. Majorly.  It seemed completely unnecessary, and the plot was very contrived.  The end though, took the cake for the worst part of the movie.  Seriously.  Watch it, and then tell me if you think this was awesome.  I think the only reason we have this one is because it came in a combo pack with the first movie.

Next up in our collection: Blacula, Blazing Saddles and The Blues Brothers.

Day 22: Big

Big

Whose Movie: Steph's

Rating: Timeless

When we were driving home from getting dinner last night, Matt was trying to remember why he loved Big so much when he was younger.  I began naming off reasons why I loved the movie: Tom Hanks, It was funny, the piano scene, it always makes me cry in the end.  None of those reasons were why Matt loved it.  When we finished watching it last night, Matt finally remembered why he loved it so much growing up, and I agreed with him: It made you think you could grow up and work for a toy company as a job.  That's the reason why kids love this movie.  Tom Hanks gets to make money by playing with toys and then he takes the money he earns and he can blow it on stuff like giant trampolines, crazy clothes and his very own pop machine in his apartment.  The movie is all fun, but it still has conflicts, like when Tom Hanks changes after getting a girlfriend and forgets about being a kid.  And no matter how many times I watch this movie, I still tear up in the end.

Next up: Big Fish, Big Trouble in Little China and The Bill and Ted movies :)