mrsir718 Reviews

Founders Day (2023)

A solid throw back to 90's post-Scream fun.

[10/10 · 16 January 2024]

Just finished watching Founder's Day. This was the smart satire on small town American values that Eli Roth's Thanksgiving utterly failed to be. Tremendous work all around.

The whole cast is great. I especially loved that horny couple that felt like they came out of a Gregg Araki film.

Also, did not know where it was going. Which extended past knowing who the killers were. These things don't usually wrap up with complex moral quandaries.

The whole thing feels like the best Dimension and New Line Films horror films of the late 90's but with more nuance than those films were capable of. Broad/silly when it needs to be but subtle/thoughtful as well.

The Drum Beats Twice (2008)

Here it is....

[13 January 2009]

Now, I've practically made a career out of watching "bad" movies. Not bad along the lines of Blade Trinity or the more recent Yes Man where it's just an unsatisfying experience. No, I mean films like The Giant Claw, Shark Attack 3,etc. Films that are vastly entertaining because of their faults. Films that make you feel like you are losing your mind watching them because they are so insanely bad. With that said, might I humbly suggest you watch TDBT.

There are WAAAY to many things to list here as to why this film is so special but it all comes down to one man's uncompromising vision... Kenneth F'ing Del Vecchio. He truly has done something extraordinary with this film. His performance is something that must be seen to be believed. It would be easier to describe the effects of acid to someone who is deaf than explain the joys of watching this man give a truly unforgettable performance. I know I'm coming off facetious with this but I PROMISE YOU, you will not believe your eyes or any other sensory receptor organ. Please just make it to the "drumming" sequence and your life will be changed forever. Enjoy and WOW.

Batman & Robin (1997)

words...fail me...but i'll try anyway

[1/10 · 31 July 2003]

Too say that Batman and Robin is one of the worst films ever is an affront to bad films everywhere. If Superman the movies' tagline was "you'll believe a man can fly", then B.A.R.'S should be "you'll believe a man will run out of the theatre and into the bathroom at the forty minute mark and vomit uncontrollably." And speaking of vomit, it's a great metaphor for this movie; it's loud ugly,colorful and a sign of something wrong. Everything in this movie from acting,writing,direction,costumes, art direction and even the f...ing editing is more messed up than watching your uncle hit on your sister. ok i'm done.