September 1, 2011
August 6, 2011
MotW: This is Spinal Tap
Year: 1984
Time: 83 min.
Rob Reiner's cult satire about a fictional heavy metal group named Spinal Tap spoofs nearly every facet of rock 'n' roll -- from vacuous modern songwriting and half-baked album promos to pyrotechnic concerts. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer portray the washed-up, aging British rockers whose tresses and egos outstrip their talent, with Reiner appearing as the filmmaker who's chronicling the band's calamitous comeback tour.
When I heard that none of my Finns had seen This is Spinal Tap, I had to make it the Movie of the Week.
The movie opens with a live performance. And then the band explains how their first two drummers died - one in an unexplained gardening accident and the other chocking on someone else's vomit. We go to a party with the band where they're the guests of honor but have no idea who the people are. My favorite part is the performance of Big Bottom and I was walking around the house singing it in anticipation of seeing the movie. Sampsa and Niko loved the part where Nigel is complaining about the catering because the bread is mini and one of the olive's doesn't have a pit. Everyone laughed out loud when the eleven-amp was explained. Barbershop raggae at Elvis' grave. Their third drummer spontaneously combusted onstage, leaving only a green stain on his seat. Tin-foiled-cucumber in the pants. Stonehenge. Need I say more?
Notable Quotes:
"They're not going to release the album because they think it's sexist." "What's wrong with being sexy." "Sex-ist."
"What's that on your finger?" "My gum." "Why's it on your finger?" "Because I might want it for later." "Well, put it on the table, not your finger." "I might forget it if I put it on the table." "Can't take him anywhere."
"We've got armadillos in our trousers. It's really quite frightening."
"Listen. Listen to the sustain." "I don't hear anything." "Well, you would if it were playing."
"But these go to eleven."
"It's such a fine line between stupid and..." "Clever."
"I'm not asking you, I'm telling you - kick my ass!"
Niko's Rating: *****
Juho's Rating: *****
Annsi's Rating: *****
Sampsa's Rating: *****
My Rating: *****
August 1, 2011
MotW: Just Go With It
Rating: PG-13
Year: 2011
Time: 116 min.Year: 2011
When plastic surgeon Danny Maccabee lies to his girlfriend that he is a divorced family man, he recruits his office manager and her children to role-play as his ex-wife and kids -- generating a flood of farcical results and unintended consequences.
I loved this movie! My Finns loved this movie! It was all around a great movie. I recommend it to anyone and everyone.
Notable Quotes:
"Devlin!"
Niko's Rating: *****
Juho's Rating: ****
Annsi's Rating: ****
Sampsa's Rating: ****
My Rating: *****
July 23, 2011
MotW: Jonah Hex
Year: 2010
Time: 82 min.
Enlisted by a Union soldier (Will Arnett), scarred bounty hunter Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) scours the Wild West in pursuit of Turnbull (John Malkovich), a crazed voodoo master with a scheme to assemble a devastating weapon that will destroy the government and lift the Confederacy. Based on the cult DC Comics hero, this action Western co-stars Michael Shannon as strange circus impresario Doc Cross Williams and Megan Fox as beautiful gunslinger Lilah.
Jonah Hex has a machine gun on his horse. Let me repeat that - a machine gun on his horse.
I'd heard nothing but bad things about this movie and my brother-in-law (a massive comic fan) had never even heard of Jonah Hex, but he likes Megan Fox so he rented this movie.
Jonah Hex's face made the movie really, really hard to watch and it took me out of every scene he's in.
Not a fan of Jonah Hex as a character at all, but I am a massive fan of John Malkovich, Wes Bentley, and Jefferey Dean Morgan. Malkovich made this movie worth watching, as he does with every movie he's in. Wes Bentley made Ghost Rider watchable and JDM is John Winchester (no one beats that).
Notable Quotes:
"Five coffins. Sure you don't need eight?"
"Hey, Hex, what happened to to your face?" (shoots the gun out the window) "Cut myself shaving. What happened to yours?"
"Get lost or get dead."
"Dead likes dirt. Dirt likes dead. Simple as that."
Niko's Rating: ****
Juho's Rating: ***
Annsi's Rating: ***
Sampsa's Rating: ***
My Rating: ****
July 16, 2011
MotW: Season of the Witch
Year: 2011
Time: 113 min.
In 14th-century Europe, a courageous knight (Nicolas Cage) leads a group of weary warriors across impossibly treacherous terrain in order to transport a suspected witch (Claire Foy) believed to be responsible for spreading the devastating Black Plague. Filmed on location in Austria, director Dominic Sena's supernatural adventure also stars Ron Perlman, Stephen Graham, Ulrich Thomsen and Stephen Campbell Moore.
You can't go wrong with Ron Perlman. You can go very, very wrong with Cage, but you can't go wrong with Perlman.
I loved the twist at the end. This movie all in all wasn't bad. There some really good parts, good CGI stuff. There were also some rather inexplicable parts - like Cage peeling a hard-boiled egg in the middle of the woods after at least four days voyage.
Notable Quotes:
Niko's Rating: ****
Juho's Rating: ***
Annsi's Rating: ****
Sampsa's Rating: ***
My Rating: ****
July 9, 2011
MotW: Sucker Punch
Year: 2011
Time: 110 min.
In this mind-warping action thriller, Baby Doll (Emily Browning), a girl slated for lobotomy in a 1950s-era asylum, leads a group of young female inmates in an attempt to escape both their mental fantasy worlds and the actual institution where they are prisoners. To accomplish her plan, Baby Doll must steal five objects -- but is the man who's trying to stop her real, or a figment of her imagination? Zack Snyder (Watchmen) directs.
I've wanted to see this movie since the first time I heard about it so when my brother-in-law rented it, I was really excited to watch it.
It's a beautifully made movie. The action scenes were brilliant, but it left us slightly confused. I'd watch it again though.
Notable Quotes:
Niko's Rating: *****
Juho's Rating: ****
Annsi's Rating: *****
Sampsa's Rating: ****
My Rating: ****
July 2, 2011
MotW: Transformers: RotF
Year: 2009
Time: 147 min.
Unlikely hero Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) and his foxy girlfriend, Mikaela Banes (Megan Fox), return with tough-as-nails Capt. Lennox (Josh Duhamel) to assist the Autobots in another epic battle against the evil Decepticons in this supercharged sequel to the 2007 megahit. Blockbuster impresario Michael Bay brings his trademark pyrotechnics to the proceedings, while comic whiz Rainn Wilson joins the cast as a college professor.
Better than the first! I am obsessed with Transformers now!
Action-packed, hilarious... Good Lord, I love these movies!
I especially love the twins and the little stereo Decepticon. They're so funny.
Notable Quotes:
"Punk ass Decepticon, any last words?"
"Now I'm crying again! This sucks!" "You'll be okay, Mom"
"That hurt, man!" "It's supposed to hurt, it's an ass-kickin'."
"Makes you wonder... if God made us in his image, what made him?"
"Easy, warrior goddess."
"You live with your mom." "No, my mom lives with me. Big difference."
"He's like a munchkin. Little people are mean. Tell him he's tall!"
"Mean robots suck."
"He dead. He totally got ate."
Niko's Rating: *****
Juho's Rating: *****
Annsi's Rating: *****
Sampsa's Rating: *****
My Rating: *****
June 25, 2011
MotW: Transformers
Year: 2007
Time: 143 minutes
Based on the popular toys that transform into giant robots, this live-action Michael Bay megahit finds the planet Cybertron inhabitants engaging in a secret war for control of Earth's natural resources, which they desperately need for fuel. But much of the action centers on young Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf), an unlikely hero whose first car turns out to be an Autobot and helps him win over his dream girl (Megan Fox).
A lot of people have been telling me to watch Transformers and I've scoffed. My nephew Bryce is a HUGE fan and has all the Autobot action figures and he even has a Bumble Bee full-head mask.
I have to admit that the movie was awesome and I would watch it again and again. It was funny, action-packed, and made sense.
My sister and I both agree that all stereos are evil Autobots out for world domination and that's why you should have an mp3 player.
Niko's Rating: 5 stars
Juho's Rating: 5 stars
Annsi's Rating: 5 stars
Sampsa's Rating: 5 stars
My Rating: 5 stars (I'd give it 6 if I could)
June 18, 2011
Movie of the Day Update
Hey, everybody. I just wanted to let everyone know that we are still doing the Movie of the Day, but it will now be Movie of the Week. We're so fraking busy right now that we can't sit and watch a full movie every day.
Movie of the Week will be posted every weekend. Current Movies of the Week (ones who got the highest ranking in the Movies of the Day category) will be reorganized and we'll display the Movie of the Month. When we have twelve, we'll do a Movie of the Year and so on and so forth.
This week's movie is Captivity, a good ol' fashion torture flick. We watched it weeks ago, but I've been so busy that I couldn't post it.
We've already watched a movie for next week and it was awesome!
Movie of the Week will be posted every weekend. Current Movies of the Week (ones who got the highest ranking in the Movies of the Day category) will be reorganized and we'll display the Movie of the Month. When we have twelve, we'll do a Movie of the Year and so on and so forth.
This week's movie is Captivity, a good ol' fashion torture flick. We watched it weeks ago, but I've been so busy that I couldn't post it.
We've already watched a movie for next week and it was awesome!
MotW: Captivity
Year: 2007
Time: 85 minutes
After a night of drunken decadence, self-absorbed fashion model Jennifer (Elisha Cuthbert) awakens to find herself locked in a cellar with fellow prisoner Gary (Daniel Gillies) and under the watchful eye of a voyeuristic captor with a penchant for sadistic mind games. As the two try to escape, their invisible overlord sees every move they make. But all might not be what it seems in this tense chiller from director Roland Joffé.
This movie opens up with a person making a plastercast. We see gas or some sort of toxic liquid being poured into a measuring cup. Then we see a guy plastercasted from his shoulders up, his wrists tied to the table. The liquid is poured into a funnel and kills the guy.
The person kills a girl by showering her with acid.
Jennifer (Cuthbert), our heroine, is forced to funnel blended bits and pieces of the dude's victims. He uses a Q-tip to clean the side of her mouth and then he wipes the Q-tip on his lips.
This movie has some of the best deaths I've seen in a while, but it needed more of them. :-)
Niko's Rating: 5 stars
Juho' Rating: 4 stars
Annsi's Rating: 4 stars
Sampsa's Rating: 5 stars
My Rating: 5 stars
May 23, 2011
Team Xtreme Remastered
I've spent the past three days watching Mama, Tsavo, Storm and the Chesticles, and 2nd Generation put their blood, sweat, and tears into their new albums.Mama has an actual permanent band now. Before she would just grab whoever was available and then on tour either Tsavo or 2nd Generation would play with her. She has a complete band now with her childhood friends Caleb Luckhardt (guitar, vocals), Joey LaRue (keyboard), Ezra Morningside (bass), and Micah Bonea (drums).
Mama has played a handful of clubs with just Caleb playing guitar. I've been at every one of the shows and I've seen them in the studio and they are amazing. The vibe is sort of like a garage band except that the singer is the most famous musician in the world already. They're just five friends jamming and that's really cool to see. It's also cool when they all bust into The Offspring's Pretty Fly.
I had an interesting moment last night at White Lightning. I was minding my own business, helping Jay at the bar, when a random person started cursing at me and then threw their martini in my face. The person was swiftly escorted out of the bar and Mama, who was onstage, said, "There will always people who strive to make others unhappy and then there will always be karma to bitch slap them back in their place."
May 14, 2011
May 5, 2011
MotD: Ten Inch Hero
Rating: R
Year: 2007
Time: 102 min.
Four quirky young friends -- led by Piper (Elisabeth Harnois), who is searching for the daughter she had to give up for adoption -- share touching moments and laughter about their personal struggles as they work at a small sandwich shop in Santa Cruz, Calif. Meanwhile, pretty Tish (Danneel Harris) makes a sport of sex, and quiet Jen (Clea DuVall) embarks on an online romance, both to the commentary of smart-mouthed buddy Priestley (Jensen Ackles).
This movie is absolutely adorable. Not adorable as in watch it with your family. There's adult content (language, nudity, etc.) so it's definitely not for the kiddies.
Notable Quotes:
Niko's Rating: ★★★★★
Juho's Rating: ★★★★
Annsi's Rating: ★★★
Sampsa's Rating: ★★★★
My Rating: ★★★★★
Year: 2007
Time: 102 min.
Four quirky young friends -- led by Piper (Elisabeth Harnois), who is searching for the daughter she had to give up for adoption -- share touching moments and laughter about their personal struggles as they work at a small sandwich shop in Santa Cruz, Calif. Meanwhile, pretty Tish (Danneel Harris) makes a sport of sex, and quiet Jen (Clea DuVall) embarks on an online romance, both to the commentary of smart-mouthed buddy Priestley (Jensen Ackles).
This movie is absolutely adorable. Not adorable as in watch it with your family. There's adult content (language, nudity, etc.) so it's definitely not for the kiddies.
Notable Quotes:
Niko's Rating: ★★★★★
Juho's Rating: ★★★★
Annsi's Rating: ★★★
Sampsa's Rating: ★★★★
My Rating: ★★★★★
May 4, 2011
MotD: Rock-A-Doodle
Rating: G
Year: 1991
Time: 74 min.
Animator Don Bluth renders the rousing musical tale of Chanticleer (voiced by country singer Glen Campbell), a foolhardy farm rooster who believes his crows can actually make the sun come up and shine. When the sun rises one morning without Chanticleer's crow, he leaves the farm in disgrace and runs off to become a rock 'n' roll singer. But in his absence, a sinister, sunshine-hating owl (Christopher Plummer) prepares to take over.
You know when you watch a movie from your childhood and it's better than you remember? Yeah, Rock-a-Doodle was not one of those movies for me. I was completely obsessed with this movie, but I have no idea why. And still don't.
It is a great movie, don't get me wrong. It is perfect for everyone in the family. Maybe we just weren't in the mood for it.
Notable Quotes:
Niko's Rating: ★★★★
Juho's Rating: ★★★★
Annsi's Rating: ★★★★
Sampsa's Rating: ★★★
My Rating: ★★★
Year: 1991
Time: 74 min.
Animator Don Bluth renders the rousing musical tale of Chanticleer (voiced by country singer Glen Campbell), a foolhardy farm rooster who believes his crows can actually make the sun come up and shine. When the sun rises one morning without Chanticleer's crow, he leaves the farm in disgrace and runs off to become a rock 'n' roll singer. But in his absence, a sinister, sunshine-hating owl (Christopher Plummer) prepares to take over.
You know when you watch a movie from your childhood and it's better than you remember? Yeah, Rock-a-Doodle was not one of those movies for me. I was completely obsessed with this movie, but I have no idea why. And still don't.
It is a great movie, don't get me wrong. It is perfect for everyone in the family. Maybe we just weren't in the mood for it.
Notable Quotes:
Niko's Rating: ★★★★
Juho's Rating: ★★★★
Annsi's Rating: ★★★★
Sampsa's Rating: ★★★
My Rating: ★★★
May 3, 2011
MotD: The Tomb
Rating: TV-MA
Year: 2009
Time: 89 min.
Literary scholar Jonathan Merrick (Wes Bentley) becomes entranced with the mysterious Ligeia (Sofya Skya) and vows to help her battle a fatal disease. But he's shocked to learn that Ligeia has found a way to extend her life by stealing people's souls. She soon convinces Merrick to join her in a decrepit seaside manor where they can focus on her pursuit of immortality -- a choice that may cost him his fiancée, and eventually his sanity.
My Finns were wired from our show at the Frozen Star on May 13 and they wanted to watch a movie. Sampsa wanted to watch a Dario Argento movie and I said no. So we comprimised with The Tomb, a film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story Ligeia.
I love EAP, especially his shorts like Ligeia. I am also a big fan of Wes Bentley. This movie fell short of my expectations. You have Pit and the Pendulum, Tell-Tale Heart, Murders in the Rue Morgue... pieces of literary and cinematic perfection made decades ago. And then you have The Tomb. Made two years ago, all the special effects in this movie couldn't help it.
Maybe it's because I am a true Edgar Allan Poe fan, but I was not impressed by The Tomb.
Notable Quotes:
Niko's Rating: ★★★★
Juho's Rating: ★★★
Annsi's Rating: ★★★★
Sampsa's Rating: ★
My Rating: ★★
Year: 2009
Time: 89 min.
Literary scholar Jonathan Merrick (Wes Bentley) becomes entranced with the mysterious Ligeia (Sofya Skya) and vows to help her battle a fatal disease. But he's shocked to learn that Ligeia has found a way to extend her life by stealing people's souls. She soon convinces Merrick to join her in a decrepit seaside manor where they can focus on her pursuit of immortality -- a choice that may cost him his fiancée, and eventually his sanity.
My Finns were wired from our show at the Frozen Star on May 13 and they wanted to watch a movie. Sampsa wanted to watch a Dario Argento movie and I said no. So we comprimised with The Tomb, a film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short story Ligeia.
I love EAP, especially his shorts like Ligeia. I am also a big fan of Wes Bentley. This movie fell short of my expectations. You have Pit and the Pendulum, Tell-Tale Heart, Murders in the Rue Morgue... pieces of literary and cinematic perfection made decades ago. And then you have The Tomb. Made two years ago, all the special effects in this movie couldn't help it.
Maybe it's because I am a true Edgar Allan Poe fan, but I was not impressed by The Tomb.
Notable Quotes:
Niko's Rating: ★★★★
Juho's Rating: ★★★
Annsi's Rating: ★★★★
Sampsa's Rating: ★
My Rating: ★★
May 2, 2011
MotD: The Good Girl
Rating: R
Year: 2002
Time: 94 min.
Justine (Jennifer Aniston) longs to start a family, but she and her loving husband (John C. Reilly) seem unable to conceive. So when the frustrated "good girl" meets a creative, passionate young man named Holden (Jake Gyllenhaal), she gladly escapes into a new world of emotional and sexual awakening. It doesn't take long, however, for Holden's passion to bloom into a poisonous obsession, putting Justine's very world at risk.
Halfway through this movie I looked at Sampsa and Pickles and said, "This movie is messed up." It was funny and disturbing and hard to understand at some points.
I'm not a big fan of Jennifer Aniston or Jake Gyllenhaal and they were not why I continued to watch the movie. I am a huge fan of John C. Reilly, Zooey Deschanel, and Tim Blake Nelson.
Depending on your sense of humor, this movie could be revolting or absolutely hilarious. Seeing Tim Blake Nelson naked or John C. Reilly jerking off may not be your cup of coffee, but luckily we were all in the right state of mind for it.
It's not often that Sampsa actually laughs during a movie. He actually enjoyed this and laughed out loud a couple of times. Score for me. :-)
Notable Quotes:
"I wanna crack your head open and see what's inside."
"The couple that prays together stays together." "I heard that the couple that lays together stays together." "Well, you heard wrong."
"I don't know what to say about Jesus. I'm stoned."
"One person's liberation is another person's... badness."
"You're a hooker, you hooker!"
"It would be easier if I were a hooker like you then I could calm down all over town."
Niko's Rating: ★★★★★
Juho's Rating: ★★★★★
Annsi's Rating: ★★★★★
Sampsa's Rating: ★★★★★
My Rating: ★★★★★
Year: 2002
Time: 94 min.
Justine (Jennifer Aniston) longs to start a family, but she and her loving husband (John C. Reilly) seem unable to conceive. So when the frustrated "good girl" meets a creative, passionate young man named Holden (Jake Gyllenhaal), she gladly escapes into a new world of emotional and sexual awakening. It doesn't take long, however, for Holden's passion to bloom into a poisonous obsession, putting Justine's very world at risk.
Halfway through this movie I looked at Sampsa and Pickles and said, "This movie is messed up." It was funny and disturbing and hard to understand at some points.
I'm not a big fan of Jennifer Aniston or Jake Gyllenhaal and they were not why I continued to watch the movie. I am a huge fan of John C. Reilly, Zooey Deschanel, and Tim Blake Nelson.
Depending on your sense of humor, this movie could be revolting or absolutely hilarious. Seeing Tim Blake Nelson naked or John C. Reilly jerking off may not be your cup of coffee, but luckily we were all in the right state of mind for it.
It's not often that Sampsa actually laughs during a movie. He actually enjoyed this and laughed out loud a couple of times. Score for me. :-)
Notable Quotes:
"I wanna crack your head open and see what's inside."
"The couple that prays together stays together." "I heard that the couple that lays together stays together." "Well, you heard wrong."
"I don't know what to say about Jesus. I'm stoned."
"One person's liberation is another person's... badness."
"You're a hooker, you hooker!"
"It would be easier if I were a hooker like you then I could calm down all over town."
Niko's Rating: ★★★★★
Juho's Rating: ★★★★★
Annsi's Rating: ★★★★★
Sampsa's Rating: ★★★★★
My Rating: ★★★★★
May 1, 2011
MotD: Razortooth
Rating: R
Year: 2006
Time: 90 min.
When four college students trek to the Everglades to conduct extra-credit research for their biology professor, they become prey to a huge man-eating eel with nasty incisors that's been terrorizing a nearby Florida community. As they try to kill the bloodthirsty beast with the help of a few local residents, the kids uncover their professor's true motive for sending them to the swamp. Patricia Harrington directs this chilling horror flick.
If you like gory monster B-movies that make absolutely no sense, you will like this movie.
Supposedly this movie takes place in the Everglades. I don't know if you guys know this or not, but I grew up in Okeechobee, which is the Everglades. Everyone in the movie has an accent, which is not appropriate, but like I said... the movie doesn't make any sense.
The eel is awesome. Not the best beastie we've ever seen, but certainly not the worst and you see it often, which is nice.
Notable Quotes:
Niko's Rating: ★★★★
Juho's Rating: ★
Annsi's Rating: ★★★
Sampsa's Rating: ★
My Rating: ★★★
Year: 2006
Time: 90 min.
When four college students trek to the Everglades to conduct extra-credit research for their biology professor, they become prey to a huge man-eating eel with nasty incisors that's been terrorizing a nearby Florida community. As they try to kill the bloodthirsty beast with the help of a few local residents, the kids uncover their professor's true motive for sending them to the swamp. Patricia Harrington directs this chilling horror flick.
If you like gory monster B-movies that make absolutely no sense, you will like this movie.
Supposedly this movie takes place in the Everglades. I don't know if you guys know this or not, but I grew up in Okeechobee, which is the Everglades. Everyone in the movie has an accent, which is not appropriate, but like I said... the movie doesn't make any sense.
The eel is awesome. Not the best beastie we've ever seen, but certainly not the worst and you see it often, which is nice.
Notable Quotes:
Niko's Rating: ★★★★
Juho's Rating: ★
Annsi's Rating: ★★★
Sampsa's Rating: ★
My Rating: ★★★
April 30, 2011
MotD: Cirque de Freak: the Vampire's Assistant
Rating: PG-13
Year: 2009
Time: 109 min.
Things get freaky fast for 16-year-old Darren Shan (Chris Massoglia) when his friend (Josh Hutcherson) takes him to a circus that's chockfull of sideshow oddities. There, he meets vampire Larten Crepsley (John C. Reilly) and receives a life-changing bite on the neck. As the newest member of the mysterious Cirque du Freak troupe, Darren keeps company with Madame Truska (Salma Hayek) and sparks a war between the vampires and their rivals.
Cirque de Freak: the Vampire's Assistant is one of my favorite vampire movies and one of my favorite movies of the last decade.
I love the fact that John C. Reilly as Crepsley is a bad ass vampire without looking or sounding like a Frenchman from the 17th Century. I also am a huge fan of good vampire v. bad vampire (or in this case, vampanese).
Notable Quotes:
Niko's Rating: ★★★★★
Juho's Rating: ★★★★
Annsi's Rating: ★★★★★
Sampsa's Rating: ★★★
My Rating: ★★★★★
Year: 2009
Time: 109 min.
Things get freaky fast for 16-year-old Darren Shan (Chris Massoglia) when his friend (Josh Hutcherson) takes him to a circus that's chockfull of sideshow oddities. There, he meets vampire Larten Crepsley (John C. Reilly) and receives a life-changing bite on the neck. As the newest member of the mysterious Cirque du Freak troupe, Darren keeps company with Madame Truska (Salma Hayek) and sparks a war between the vampires and their rivals.
Cirque de Freak: the Vampire's Assistant is one of my favorite vampire movies and one of my favorite movies of the last decade.
I love the fact that John C. Reilly as Crepsley is a bad ass vampire without looking or sounding like a Frenchman from the 17th Century. I also am a huge fan of good vampire v. bad vampire (or in this case, vampanese).
Notable Quotes:
Niko's Rating: ★★★★★
Juho's Rating: ★★★★
Annsi's Rating: ★★★★★
Sampsa's Rating: ★★★
My Rating: ★★★★★
April 29, 2011
MotD: Ginger Snaps
Rating: NR
Year: 2000
Time: 108 min.
The teenage years prove especially difficult for sisters Brigitte (Emily Perkins) and Ginger (Katharine Isabelle), who have an unexplained fascination with Goth and death. On the night of Ginger's first period, she's bitten by a werewolf and quickly develops several new traits -- including an aggressive sexual appetite. But as Brigitte tries to reverse the transformation, she must also hide her sister's mounting victims.
I was genuinely excited to watch this movie. Like everyone else, I'd seen bits and pieces of it, but I'd never actually seen it. I've seen the sequel and prequel but never the original.
The movie opens with a woman finding her toddler playing with their dog's severed foot and then finding poor Baxter ripped apart and still attached chained to his dog house.
We then watch as sisters Bridgette and Ginger Fitzgerald stage their deaths for a school presentation. During a game of field hockey the sisters play Seek and Destroy, a game where they pick a person and imagine their deaths. They choose Trina Sinclair, the resident queen bee. Trina's friend overhears and tells her about it. Trina nails Bridgette and she falls right onto a mutilated dog corpse.
They go to kidnap Trina's rottweiler, only to find that it's been killed by the "Beast of Bailey Downs" already. Ginger gets her period for the first time and then the "Beast of Bailey Downs" attacks her. They run away from it, which ends up leading it right onto a road where drug dealer Sam hits it with his van.
When they get home, their parents are at counseling, Ginger's wounds are already healing. The wounds become hairy and somehow Trina's rottweiler (who I thought was dead already) decides that Ginger is Satan.
Ginger starts smoking pot, wearing tight outfits, and making out with guys.
Sam and Bridgette, being the only ones to believe that it was a lycanthrope that attacked Ginger, start talking about it.
While Ginger's sleeping, Bridgette looks and finds that she has grown a tail.
Bridgette tells Sam that she's the one changing into a werewolf. They discuss silver and leeches, both thought to purify the blood. He gives her his earring which he started wearing after he got an infection.
Ginger has sex with Jason, a guy from school, even after he makes the mistake of asking, "Who's the guy here?" She then kills the neighbor's dog, Norman. Bridgette pierces Ginger's belly button and puts Sam's earring in it.
After Trina sees Bridgette talking to Sam, who she likes, she knocks her down during field hockey. Ginger proceeds to break her nose. While Ginger's getting lectured by the principal, Bridgette sees Jason rushing down the hall, crotch bleeding.
Trina shows up at their house, looking for her dog. Ginger drags her into the house and she ends up hitting her head on the counter, dying. They put her in the freezer and then bury her.
After her mother brings Monk's Hood home, Bridgette locks Ginger in the bathroom and goes to see Sam. He gives her a syringe with a sort of Monk's Hood tea in it. When she gets home, the bathroom door is broken in.
Ginger is at the school looking for Jason and showing her goodies off to his friends. She ends up killing the guidance counselor. She kills the janitor because she doesn't like the way he looks at Bridgette.
Their mom finds Trina's body and decides to help them by setting their house on fire and running away with them.
Bridgette infects herself to save Sam. In Sam's van Ginger fully shifts into a werewolf. Back at their house, she breaks out of the van. They get the stuff needed to make the Monk's Hood stuff and while they hide in the pantry, Sam makes it.
As he goes to find Ginger, Ginger-Wolf mutilates Sam. Brigitte picks up the dropped syringe, and follows the blood trail downstairs. She tries to drink Sam's blood in an attempt to calm Ginger-Wolf, but chokes on it. Ginger-Wolf senses Brigitte's insincerity and kills Sam in front of her, then leaps at Brigitte. As Ginger-Wolf stalks Brigitte through the basement, Brigitte returns to the room where they grew up, finding the knife that Ginger had been using to remove her tail. Brigitte holds the cure in one hand and the knife in the other. The movie climaxes as a final showdown occurs, where Brigitte refuses to leave, only to infuriate Ginger-Wolf, and ends as Ginger-Wolf lunges at Brigitte who stabs her with the knife, instead of the cure. As the movie goes dark, Brigitte lays her head upon Ginger-Wolf, sobbing, listening until its breathing finally stops.
Ginger Snaps is by far one of the best werewolf movies ever made. I highly recommend it to anyone, especially werewolf lovers.
Notable Quotes:
"High school's a mindless breeder machine. Total hormonal toilet. I'd rather just wait it out in my room."
"Seek and Destroy." "Okay, Trina Sinclair." "Excellent selection. Continue." "Trina Sinclair DOA on the hair dye aisle. Perished while seeking matching berets on nothing but diet pills and laxatives." "Bicycle shorts stuck up her ass track."
"God, I hate our gene pool."
"Are you sure it's just cramps?" "Just so you know the words 'just' and 'cramps' don't go together."
"Something's wrong... like more than just you being... female. Can you just say something please? (bursts into the bathroom stall and sees the scratch marks) Whoa." "Whoa? That's it? Whoa? I can't have a hairy chest, B! That's fucked!"
"You gave it to Jason. You had unprotected sex and you infected him." "Oops?"
"Jesus Christ on a bicycle!"
Niko's Rating: ★★★★★
Juho's Rating: ★★★★★
Annsi's Rating: ★★★★★
Sampsa's Rating: ★★★★★
My Rating: ★★★★★
Year: 2000
Time: 108 min.
The teenage years prove especially difficult for sisters Brigitte (Emily Perkins) and Ginger (Katharine Isabelle), who have an unexplained fascination with Goth and death. On the night of Ginger's first period, she's bitten by a werewolf and quickly develops several new traits -- including an aggressive sexual appetite. But as Brigitte tries to reverse the transformation, she must also hide her sister's mounting victims.
I was genuinely excited to watch this movie. Like everyone else, I'd seen bits and pieces of it, but I'd never actually seen it. I've seen the sequel and prequel but never the original.
The movie opens with a woman finding her toddler playing with their dog's severed foot and then finding poor Baxter ripped apart and still attached chained to his dog house.
We then watch as sisters Bridgette and Ginger Fitzgerald stage their deaths for a school presentation. During a game of field hockey the sisters play Seek and Destroy, a game where they pick a person and imagine their deaths. They choose Trina Sinclair, the resident queen bee. Trina's friend overhears and tells her about it. Trina nails Bridgette and she falls right onto a mutilated dog corpse.
They go to kidnap Trina's rottweiler, only to find that it's been killed by the "Beast of Bailey Downs" already. Ginger gets her period for the first time and then the "Beast of Bailey Downs" attacks her. They run away from it, which ends up leading it right onto a road where drug dealer Sam hits it with his van.
When they get home, their parents are at counseling, Ginger's wounds are already healing. The wounds become hairy and somehow Trina's rottweiler (who I thought was dead already) decides that Ginger is Satan.
Ginger starts smoking pot, wearing tight outfits, and making out with guys.
Sam and Bridgette, being the only ones to believe that it was a lycanthrope that attacked Ginger, start talking about it.
While Ginger's sleeping, Bridgette looks and finds that she has grown a tail.
Bridgette tells Sam that she's the one changing into a werewolf. They discuss silver and leeches, both thought to purify the blood. He gives her his earring which he started wearing after he got an infection.
Ginger has sex with Jason, a guy from school, even after he makes the mistake of asking, "Who's the guy here?" She then kills the neighbor's dog, Norman. Bridgette pierces Ginger's belly button and puts Sam's earring in it.
After Trina sees Bridgette talking to Sam, who she likes, she knocks her down during field hockey. Ginger proceeds to break her nose. While Ginger's getting lectured by the principal, Bridgette sees Jason rushing down the hall, crotch bleeding.
Trina shows up at their house, looking for her dog. Ginger drags her into the house and she ends up hitting her head on the counter, dying. They put her in the freezer and then bury her.
After her mother brings Monk's Hood home, Bridgette locks Ginger in the bathroom and goes to see Sam. He gives her a syringe with a sort of Monk's Hood tea in it. When she gets home, the bathroom door is broken in.
Ginger is at the school looking for Jason and showing her goodies off to his friends. She ends up killing the guidance counselor. She kills the janitor because she doesn't like the way he looks at Bridgette.
Their mom finds Trina's body and decides to help them by setting their house on fire and running away with them.
Bridgette infects herself to save Sam. In Sam's van Ginger fully shifts into a werewolf. Back at their house, she breaks out of the van. They get the stuff needed to make the Monk's Hood stuff and while they hide in the pantry, Sam makes it.
As he goes to find Ginger, Ginger-Wolf mutilates Sam. Brigitte picks up the dropped syringe, and follows the blood trail downstairs. She tries to drink Sam's blood in an attempt to calm Ginger-Wolf, but chokes on it. Ginger-Wolf senses Brigitte's insincerity and kills Sam in front of her, then leaps at Brigitte. As Ginger-Wolf stalks Brigitte through the basement, Brigitte returns to the room where they grew up, finding the knife that Ginger had been using to remove her tail. Brigitte holds the cure in one hand and the knife in the other. The movie climaxes as a final showdown occurs, where Brigitte refuses to leave, only to infuriate Ginger-Wolf, and ends as Ginger-Wolf lunges at Brigitte who stabs her with the knife, instead of the cure. As the movie goes dark, Brigitte lays her head upon Ginger-Wolf, sobbing, listening until its breathing finally stops.
Ginger Snaps is by far one of the best werewolf movies ever made. I highly recommend it to anyone, especially werewolf lovers.
Notable Quotes:
"High school's a mindless breeder machine. Total hormonal toilet. I'd rather just wait it out in my room."
"Seek and Destroy." "Okay, Trina Sinclair." "Excellent selection. Continue." "Trina Sinclair DOA on the hair dye aisle. Perished while seeking matching berets on nothing but diet pills and laxatives." "Bicycle shorts stuck up her ass track."
"God, I hate our gene pool."
"Are you sure it's just cramps?" "Just so you know the words 'just' and 'cramps' don't go together."
"Something's wrong... like more than just you being... female. Can you just say something please? (bursts into the bathroom stall and sees the scratch marks) Whoa." "Whoa? That's it? Whoa? I can't have a hairy chest, B! That's fucked!"
"You gave it to Jason. You had unprotected sex and you infected him." "Oops?"
"Jesus Christ on a bicycle!"
Niko's Rating: ★★★★★
Juho's Rating: ★★★★★
Annsi's Rating: ★★★★★
Sampsa's Rating: ★★★★★
My Rating: ★★★★★
April 28, 2011
MotD: Rottweiler
Rating: R
Year: 2004
Time: 94 min.
Man's best friend turns into one unlucky soul's worst nightmare in this horror flick set in 2018. After Dante (William Miller) escapes from a detention center for illegal immigrants in southern Spain, he faces down a half-robotic Rottweiler with steel incisors -- and a thirst for blood. What ensues is an unrelenting pursuit that leaves the desperate fugitive with no respite from the hellish hound.
I had high hopes for this movie, but... this was one of the dumbest movies I have seen in a long time. Pathetic plot. Ridiculous looking dog. Terrible acting. Horribly tedious. Did I mention not scary in the slightest? Avoid this horrible attempt at movie making. I nearly nodded off within the first fifteen minutes and I would have rather watched the weeds grow in the lawn.
Notable Quotes:
Niko's Rating: ★★★
Juho's Rating:
Annsi's Rating: ★
Sampsa's Rating:
My Rating:
Year: 2004
Time: 94 min.
Man's best friend turns into one unlucky soul's worst nightmare in this horror flick set in 2018. After Dante (William Miller) escapes from a detention center for illegal immigrants in southern Spain, he faces down a half-robotic Rottweiler with steel incisors -- and a thirst for blood. What ensues is an unrelenting pursuit that leaves the desperate fugitive with no respite from the hellish hound.
I had high hopes for this movie, but... this was one of the dumbest movies I have seen in a long time. Pathetic plot. Ridiculous looking dog. Terrible acting. Horribly tedious. Did I mention not scary in the slightest? Avoid this horrible attempt at movie making. I nearly nodded off within the first fifteen minutes and I would have rather watched the weeds grow in the lawn.
Notable Quotes:
Niko's Rating: ★★★
Juho's Rating:
Annsi's Rating: ★
Sampsa's Rating:
My Rating:
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