You Know, like Peter and That Lot

Title:  The Graves

Actors/Director/Anything Worth Mentioning Right Away:   Bill Moseley is in this alongside Tony Todd.  It was one of the 8 Films to Die For.

Introduction:  This was purchased on clearance for $2.

Location:  Primarily in the same small town, but it looked to have some sort of location budget (or the town was just really creepy).

Plot:  Two sisters adventure on a last hurrah to find the… world’s… largest… thermometer?   Even typing that doesn’t feel right.   But yes, that is how this movie starts.   What they come to find is that this town is not only crazy but they’re also murderers.   You see, a cloud that kind of looks like the dirt that follows Pig Pen around infects these people’s minds and makes them want to kill.  I’m serious—if they ever made a real life Charlie Brown movie (please don’t) this is what Pig Pen’s mess would look like.   Anyway, these girls are in a fight for survival, which starts off almost right away and keeps going to the very end.   This is the pacing that this type of movie should have, as this movie is basically the opposite of The Reeds.

Acting:  One girl looks like a fake Jessica Biel, but you have Moseley and Tony Todd, so, you can’t go wrong.

Production:  It was in theaters, if only briefly, and looks as such.

Sex/Nudity:  Actually, no.   Though this movie does have what I like to call the P2 effect.  (Watch both movies and tell me what they share in common)

Special Effects:  When they’re there, they’re awesome.   In one scene, Bill Moseley gets his nose bitten off, which looks cool.   But in another scene, Momma gets stabbed in the face with knitting needles or something and they only show the back of her head.   So it’s hit or miss, but when you do see the blood it’s right on.

Overall Verdict:  This movie is called as such because it’s the sisters last name, not because of anything to do with a cemetery.  While the plot of it leaves something to be desired, the special effects are right on and at this point I’m only really watching most movies of this sort to see people be murdered and murdered brutally at that.  Unlike its counterpart, The Reeds, this movie delivers a much faster sort of action along with the blood I desire as a viewer.   The fact that it’s about two sisters and not a bunch of college aged kids out to party also helps in some way.  On a side note, is there really a World’s Largest Thermometer in Arizona somewhere?   And if so, did tourism drop after this movie came out?   I think that’d make an interesting documentary, whether or not the Thermometer even exists.   Side Note to the Side Note:  The stuff that controls them best can be said to look like Pig Pen’s dirt cloud, but it also kind of looks like a bunch of insects or the fart cloud we see in Ren & Stimpy.    Last Side Note:  When Bill Moseley gets his nose bitten off, he then stabs the girl that did it.  After she’s been stabbed, her sister finally knocks down Moseley’s character and kills him.   Why couldn’t the sister have done that right away his nose was bitten off and saved her from being stabbed?  I might just be over analyzing this, though, because at one time they seem to be carrying the wounded sister when moments later she’s walking around “no-selling” the injury.   And yes, to answer your question, this plot does remind me a lot of a wrestling match.   One sister falls down a hill or something (I wasn’t really paying attention) so the other takes the most punishment until baby sister comes back with a full head of steam.   Seriously, this movie should have optional commentary where it’s called like a wrestling match.   I’d do it for free.

It’s Really Just Tall Grass

Title:  The Reeds

Actors/Director/Anything Worth Mentioning Right Away:   No, not really.  Aside from being a part of the 8 Films to Die For, you probably have never heard of this movie before.

Introduction:  I got this movie on clearance for $2.  No joke.

Location:  It starts in a small city type environment, then moves into a boat and ultimately winds up, well, in the reeds.   So they must have had some budget.

Plot:  This movie pretty much has elements from other movies in it, as well just being a cliché horror movie in general.  I can break it down for you in four simple parts, with no spoiler warnings because, well, you don’t really need to view this for yourself.

1)      A group of college aged kids (ugh) decide to rent a boat to party on or whatever.   When the guys try and get it, they find out that the boat that was meant for them was damaged by the previous renters.   The guy basically tells them “No boat for you”, but they insist and eventually end up getting a boat for rent.   This part of the plot is not only cliché, it bugs the crap out of me because it has “veering off the chosen road and onto the dirty path” written all over it.   Most horror movies wouldn’t occur if people just stayed on the highway instead of taking the back roads because it’s this awesome shortcut this hillbilly told them about.   This is pretty much like that.   The guy who rents the boats says your boat is not available, so you go home and find something else to do.   Pushing the issue will only result in, well, this awful movie.

2)      While on the boat, they hit something which impales one of the passengers and causes them to stop (also leaving them open to being killed).    This is basically like a scene out of Rogue or Hatchet, take your pick.  We’ve all seen this one before.

3)      As her friends slowly (and I mean SLOWLY because this movie drags) start dying off, the one girl realizes that the killer has been doing this for years and one of the first victims was her mom or some such nonsense.   It’s probably intended to be this huge OMG moment, but in all honestly, it just falls flatter than a fart in church.    Of course, at this point in the movie I was less interested in the plot and just wanted to see people brutally murdered.   Le Sigh.

4)      In the end, they jump back to a scene where the main character almost runs over a little girl who was once her mother.   Wait, if her mom was killed as a little girl, how was this present tense girl even born?  Ugh.   And now, after sitting through an hour and a half of this crap, we’re supposed to just accept the fact that none of it ever happened and it was all a split second dream she had?   Whatever, Mr. Director.  I hope you get stuck on an endless flight somewhere and the only movie they show is Norbit.

Acting:  There are two main characters who kind of remind me of Rose and Mickey from Dr. Who, but otherwise, you know… They talk with accents, so that covers up any poor acting skills they may possess.

Production:  It looks like it could have been in theaters, and obviously it was for the 8F2D4 showcase, but still…

Sex/Nudity:  Surprisingly, none.  I was expecting some sort of sex scene to really “enhance” the plot because it seemed to be going nowhere rather slowly.  Oh, but, the lack of nudity is not a reason to watch this movie or avoid it.  Just try and fathom the plot and you’ll decide this movie is best left unwatched.

Special Effects:  When the spike or whatever goes through the guy it doesn’t look that bad, but this movie also could have had (and would have been much better) with a whole lot more blood and gore.

Overall Verdict:  While there are many movies you could watch instead of this movie and still get the overall feel for it, I still feel like this movie is just a wasted hour and a half.   Only if you are an 8F2D4 completionist  or whatever I am should you watch this movie.

Heh, You’re The Weird

Title:  The Good The Bad The Weird

Actors/Director/Anything Worth Mentioning Right Away:  It’s Korean, if that helps you any.

Introduction:  I got this from the library.

Location:  This movie had a pretty good budget because it takes place all over the place and has scenes involving trains.

Plot:  There are three main characters, obviously, in this movie and they are all somehow connected to a treasure map of sorts which is supposed to be brought in by someone but The Weird ends up with it.  The thing you have to understand about this movie is that, even up until the very last scene, it’s always moving and there’s always something going on.   To explain the plot would be to give you a play by play of the entire movie.   It’s action, it’s comedy, it’s everything a movie should be, honestly.

Acting:  It’s subtitled, but they seem to be really into it.

Production:  It looks like it was made for theaters.

Sex/Nudity:  No, no there isn’t.

Special Effects:  They’re quite good.

Overall Verdict:  For some reason (don’t ask me why) I really like western movies, but I like the odd western movies.  I find it hard to get into a straight western movie, even something like 3:10 to Yuma was good but I don’t ever see myself owning that DVD.   For whatever reason though, I really like westerns when the cowboys are Asian.  Don’t ask me why, I just think it’s cool for some reason.   This movie is like Suki Yaki Western Django in ways, except since it’s not Takashi Miike, it doesn’t have quite as much blood and guts.  In fact, it’s much more light hearted in a comedic way than something Miike would do, which is why there would also be room for this movie in my DVD collection.   This is definitely a movie worth multiple viewings.

Form a Possum!

Title:  Rango

Actors/Director/Anything Worth Mentioning Right Away:  Director Gore Verbinski reunites with Johnny Depp in an animated tale of comedy, adventure and water.

Introduction:  I first got this movie from the library and watched it, then shortly thereafter bought it because it is that good.

Location:  It takes place in the desert, but there wasn’t really money needed for location because it’s animated.

Plot:  A chameleon named Rango falls out of the back of his family’s car as they swerve to avoid an accident.   It’s kind of like Madagascar because this leaves the domesticated pet out in the wild of his natural habitat.  In any event, he makes his way to a town called Dirt, which is an all right town it just doesn’t know it yet (like Radiator Springs).   Through a series of events, Rango becomes the sheriff and must solve the problem of why the town has lost all of its water.

Acting:  Though animated, all of the actors involved provide great voices.

Production:  This was in theaters, sure, but visually it does look awesome.

Sex/Nudity:  No, because this is a kids movie after all.   Well… Let me rephrase that.   It is a kid’s movie of sorts.   In one scene, while sitting around the campfire, one character says he once found a spine in his fecal matter.   In the same scene, Rango- when explaining how he and a snake can be brothers- says his mother had a very active social life.   There are moments in here where, as an adult, you’re going to laugh out loud, but your kids might say, “Mommy, what does that mean?” depending upon how old/smart they are.  Also, somewhat early on in this movie, Rango inadvertently kills a hawk, which basically has a water tower fall down and crush its head.   While it isn’t exactly graphic, it is something that you might not want your kids to see if only because you have to explain the concept of death to them.

Special Effects:  This is animated in a CGI way, but I must admit it still visually stunning, also, big props for the Fear and Loathing scene early on in the movie.

Overall Verdict:  While this movie may not be age appropriate for everyone, as an adult male I cannot stop watching this movie.  I’m on my second time now and I keep picking up new things every time I see it.  Like so many movies before it, Rango is a movie that is primarily geared toward kids, but ultimately has pieces of humor and interest for adults as well.   I think Pixar really started the tradition of making movies where parents could take their children and the parents themselves would enjoy the movies.  But even something like Wall-E or Up (Both of which I absolutely love) are still at their core about 80% for kids and 20% for the adults.   Rango seems to be slightly more for adults than for children.   In the way that you’ll watch something like Toy Story and laugh here and there, I think Rango is the opposite for the kids.   Yes, parents will be laughing more than kids.   But really, this is just a good hearted western and thus far my favorite movie of 2011.  I liked this movie so much, in fact, that I bought a ten inch plush of Rango on eBay for $15 (not available in stores)  Even though I am an adult, I feel like a child watching this movie—never tiring of it and even though I know what’s going to happen it doesn’t make it any less funny or entertaining.

The Best New Horror Movie EVER

Title:  Seconds Apart

Actors/Director/Anything Worth Mentioning Right Away:  This is an After Dark original.  Aside from knowing that and knowing that it started twin boys, I had little other knowledge of it going in.

Introduction:  I purchased this DVD for an undisclosed sum at the advice of one Mr. Tim Sullivan.

Location:  All around town.

Plot:  This movie has an odd feel to it.   In the opening sequence, a group of high school aged kids are shown playing Russian Roulette.   What’s odd is that one of them loses (blows his face off) and not only do the others not freak out, they continue playing the game until they’re all dead.  As you watch this scene unfold, not knowing in full what’s going on, you’re left with a certain sense of suspense that sets the tone for the rest of this movie.

I don’t want to spoil the plot, because I feel like all that needs to be said is that this is one of the most original and second by second best movies I possibly have ever seen, but let me just say this.   For whatever reason, I really paid close attention to Orlando Jones in this movie.   Sometimes, he looked like a normal actor guy and sometimes he looked very weathered.   At first I wondered if he was simply just letting himself go, you know, because he was upset Mos Def kept taking all of his good roles.   But then sometimes he’d look like he was in any other movie he’d be in.   So I didn’t quite get it.   But in the end, you will get it.   And I recommend you watch this all the way through.

Acting:  Despite my not knowing anyone in this movie outside of Orlando Jones, it actually does have good acting in it.   The twins especially put on such a performance… it’s just one of the many reasons why it’s so easy to get sucked into it all.

Production:  Not only do I know that this movie was in theaters (and looks like such), I know that for whatever reason it did not play in Houston.  Boo.

Sex/Nudity:  There really isn’t any nudity, but there is almost a sex scene.  One of the twins comes close to having sex, but quickly panics and runs out.   I think if this scene were to have played out in full it would have taken something away from the character.  You have to understand they’re not like us, and having them act like us would’ve been the wrong way to go.   This scene actually plays out perfectly. 

Special Effects:  The big opening scene of Russian roulette and then the final scene with the fire are probably the biggest in terms of special effects.  In between that, there are some deaths (murders), sure, but they aren’t quite as big.   None the less, the special effects look rather realistic which, once again, doesn’t take anything away from being sucked into this plot.

Overall Verdict:  I’m going to be bold perhaps for the first time ever whilst reviewing a movie and say that this movie ranks right up there with the first time people saw something like The Exorcist or Poltergeist.   It has that ability to completely suck you into its own world, while at the same time you’re really not sure what’s going to happen next.  It couldn’t have been better done. 

My What Big Disappointment You Have

Title:  Red Riding Hood

Actors/Director/Anything Worth Mentioning Right Away:  This movie was directed by Christine Hardwicke, who did the first Twilight movie but also did Lords of Dogtown.  Considering my love for D-Town and the fact that I’d never seen the Twilight movies before, I decided to give this movie a shot.

Introduction:  We got this from the library (Like I’d pay to see it)

Location:  In an enchanted forest somewhere.  (Yes, they had big money and no whammys)

Plot:  This is similar to the tale of Little Red Riding Hood, only in this telling the Big Bad Wolf comes into the village and eats your friends if you don’t offer him a sacrifice because he also happens to be a werewolf.   I must admit that the idea of this movie- mixing the two story ideas together- is quite good, it’s just the execution of it.   For example, I’d really love to see a Zombie Bruce Lee fight a Vampire Bela Lugosi and I think it’d be awesome, but I’m sure there is a director, writer and actors out there somewhere that could screw up the delivery and make it look like, well, this.

Acting:  While there are some big names in this, my favorite is Lukas Haas.   Why oh why did he have to die and couldn’t he have been the Big Bad Werewolf?  That would’ve given this movie, like, a thousand bonus points.

Production:  This movie was in theaters, but I suppose this is where I should rant about the overall look of the movie.   The majority of this movie is very dark and black and white looking; with the only thing really standing out is Red Riding Hood because she’s red.   It reminds me quite a bit of the overall vibe I had while watching The Village.   Gina also informs me that this movie- even up until the end credits- is a lot like Twilight, which I still refuse to watch for my viewing pleasure.   As I think about this movie though, I wonder how else it could have been played out if not in seeming black and white.  If it was just done normally, and came out looking like any other movie in terms of color, then it would have lost some of its effect.   If it was set in a city like Lords of Dogtown… Hmm… That might actually be interesting.

Sex/Nudity:  Not so much, no.

Special Effects:  They mostly involve people turning into werewolves and as I’ve said before “Twilight money”.

Overall Verdict:  For whatever reason, the story of Little Red Riding Hood has been made for children (Hoodwinked) and now for the teens and tweens.   What I really want to see is someone make a darker version than this, an R rated version if you will, that is just intended to literally scare the crap out of adults.   It’d be icing on the cake if the end credits played and the Duran Duran song “Hungry Like the Wolf” came on, only covered by Lounge Against the Machine.   People might say this sort of rips off the idea of the end credits for the Dawn of the Dead remake, but screw them.   I think it’s gold.

Heh, You’re The Sucker

Title:  Sucker Punch

Actors/Director/Anything Worth Mentioning Right Away:  Zack Snyder directs a bunch of girls.

Introduction:  I got this movie from the library and luckily didn’t go see it in theaters.

Location:  In the mind of someone who seems an awful lot like Amanda Seyfried but is not.

Plot:  This movie is strange.   It has a plot that isn’t overly complex, it’s rather easy to follow, but at the same time, it’s not easy to explain.   It’s about the differences between the realities and dream worlds of several characters.   But does it even matter what they’re doing, when most of this movie is so hard to watch it makes you wonder how Zack Snyder ever directed it?

Acting:  You know, it’s Jena Malone and some other girls.   Do the math.

Production:   It was in theaters and has what appear to be big budget scenes and all, so, yeah.

Sex/Nudity:  Not nearly as much as you would think.

Special Effects:  Again, they are big budget and quite appealing, but there needs to be more to this movie than just show.

Overall Verdict:  The biggest point you need to take away from this movie is something said in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back:  “Because we’re walking, talking bad girl clichés”.   That pretty much sums up the why of this movie.   And while it is visually all right to look at sometimes (Which is more for the special effects than probably the intended reason) the biggest thing that also stands out for me happens to be the music.  If this had any other soundtrack to it, or just a normal score, I think it would have lost a lot and I wouldn’t have made it all the way through.    My ability to make it all the way through was based merely on the music and some of the action scenes, though sadly, a good movie that does not necessarily make.

Nobody Calls Me a Retard You Freaking Hobo

Title:  Hobo with a Shotgun

Actors/Director/Anything Worth Mentioning Right Away:  Rutger Hauer is in this movie which was once upon a time merely a Grindhouse trailer.

Introduction:  I got it from Netflix, but will one day own it.

Location:  Oh-Ca-nuh-duh.

Plot:  Rutger Hauer plays, well, a hobo who wanders into a town just looking for enough money to buy a lawnmower so he can start a landscaping business.  I know it’s just a movie, but really, if you’re a hobo and you are looking for work in landscaping, come to Houston.   You can start off as a mere clipper but one day you could be the boss.  Anyway, as the story progresses and this hobo goes through his trials and sees things he’d rather not, he finally decides- upon witnessing a robbery first hand- to get a shotgun instead of a lawnmower.   Then he starts serving up justice… hobo style.   Fun fact:  The difference between a homeless person and a hobo is that a hobo travels.  I’ve always wondered why all homeless people don’t travel.  I’ve also wondered about the names because if you live “under the bridge” or “dumpster behind Walmart” then aren’t those places technically your home?  Sure, you can’t get mail delivered there, but still it’s a place you go to sleep every night.   At the same time, a hobo is the true homeless person, as he rarely goes to sleep in the same place more than once.   So anyway, this movie concludes with this big scene where this girl makes a case about how the homeless live on the streets and by ruining the streets we’re ruining the home of the homeless (See, I told you they had homes!), which just makes all of the homeless people mad and, well, they kind of outnumber those who do have homes.   It’s something worth thinking about if you’re not just into this movie for the blatant violence.

Acting:  The acting in this is good.

Production:  There are a lot of colors in this movie, where sometimes the scene just seems to have a very blue hue to it (or another specific color) and that must be pointed out as something that not only makes this movie stand out but it makes it a visual delight.

Sex/Nudity:  Not so much.

Special Effects:  Let’s face it, a lot of people in this movie get shot and there is bloodshed.   This actually comes off looking rather good.

Overall Verdict:   A long time ago (Not that long) I read a book about journalists who were supposed to be the modern version of Hunter S. Thompson.   Some of them were weaksauce, but I did find one who was most interesting.   He wrote (among other adventures) a book about living as a hobo.   I thought this was a great idea- not just because of his approach to writing the book, kind of going undercover, but also just because who wouldn’t want to be a hobo?   I wanted to be a hobo ever since I read that book.   It never seemed like such a bad life to me, as long as you kept your nose clean and tried not to get stabbed in your sleep.  This is the second movie I watched based on a Grindhouse trailer and I have to say that it is most excellent.   Whether or not you get the background of it, read deeper into the plot than perhaps intended or even know who Rutger Hauer is, the point remains that watching a hobo go around with a shotgun (and seeming endless supply of bullets) and blasting bad people makes for some good watching.

One of These Things is not like the Other

Title:  Hatchet II and Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

Actors/Director/Anything Worth Mentioning Right Away:  Hatchet 2 returns with almost the entire same cast and NOES has pretty much some teen actors in it you’d expect with someone who is not Robert Englund as Freddy. 

Introduction:  I bought Hatchet 2 and got NOES from the library.

Location:  Hatchet 2 is still where Hatchet took place.   NOES is in some small town somewhere.

Plot:  In Hatchet 2, the gang goes out to look for the tour boat that was lost in the first movie.   This is filled with a lot of clichés in horror movies such as people saying Victory Crowley isn’t real and this is all just a waste of time (the non-believer) just to be killed mere moments later.   NOES pretty much comes off the way the first one did way back when and the sequels.   Someone is haunting my dreams, blah blah blah.  The kids thought initially that Janitor Fred never did them no wrong and that he was seeking his revenge because he was falsely accused.   In the end it turns out that the kids told the truth and the parents were sort of justified in their killing of old Freddy.   But hey, let me ask you this, since probably nobody cares about the plot of the new NOES… How cool is it that a bunch of parents kill someone and then instead of him exacting his revenge on them, he takes it out on their children?  It’s kind of like how when you die your children will inherit all of your debt.   And, I mean, really, you can always have more kids.   The mom from Friday Night Lights should just be happy Freddy isn’t trying to kill her.

Acting:  Kane Hodder actually portrays Victor Crowley’s dad in this one and does a great job as a somewhat serious actor.  Tony Todd is also great in Hatchet 2 as he has a much bigger role than the original.   Someone who is not only not Robert Englund but also happens to have played Rorschach as well as a goofy redneck in Semi-Pro is now playing Freddy in NOES, so I’ll just let that settle with you there.

Production:  They both look to be made for theaters, though NOES has a much bigger budget look to it.

Sex/Nudity:  Not so much, but some in both I guess.

Special Effects:  They actually look good in both.   There is a lot more blood in Hatchet 2 than in the original.

Overall Verdict:  Now the big overall verdict and the question of why to review these two movies together.  It’s quite simple really:  They share a common bond in movies that bothers me, but one goes one way and the other goes another way.  In Hatchet 2, when Reverend Zombie is recruiting a, shall we say, posse to hunt down and kill Victor Crowley, one redneck says, “Who’s Victor Crowley?”   When it is explained to him, he replies, “You mean like Jason Voorhees?”  Now, the funny thing about this (for most people) is that Kane Hodder plays Victory Crowley but also played the Jason character when it mattered.   What bothers me about it is that the movie seems to be violating some sort of fifth wall, if you will, by incorporating a movie monster into a movie.   I’m not saying that these two movies are in any way related, but honestly, if that guy can reference Jason then why can’t Freddy be referenced in NOES?   If someone comes up to you and says, “I’m having these nightmares and the guy in them wants to kill me.  And if I die in my dreams I’m really dead”, I’d be likely to reply “Oh, you mean like the Nightmare on Elm Street movies.  Oh that Freddy!”    But people in the NOES movie don’t get that reference and a lot of people are non-believers.   So I guess it bothers me because you can reference Jason in one movie, which for all extents and purpose Jason himself is actually kind of in, but yet in another movie these kids have no idea who Freddy is.   I mean, come on, Johnny Depp is still relevant.   So, mainly, I think some kind of line needs to be drawn.   More importantly, as to not offend the viewer (in this case me), I think future directors and movie makers need to take a nod from Adam Green and let this stuff out of the box.  The fact that the kids explain Freddy to each other just makes me want to pull my hair out because none of them will say, “Oh, like in that movie”.   Maybe instead of trying to do a straight remake that can never quite compare to the original, they should try to add a new twist where Freddy is already something people know about because of his movie history.   And I’m not just saying this for the NOES crowd, I’m saying it for everyone.   (Though the Halloween remakes were really well done)  I mean- and this may just be me- but wouldn’t it add a sort of new level of terror to things if Freddy discussed first as being just a fictional character from the movies, but then later within the movies there was doubt put into your mind about whether or not he was real.  I’m no movie maker, but I think something like this needs to happen because these endless studio remakes are doing more harm than good.

The Birds 2: Al Gore’s Revenge

Title:  Birdemic

Actors/Director/Anything Worth Mentioning Right Away:  Not a one, but it’s okay.   No one really has a Wikipedia page anyway.

Introduction:  I bought it because it looked awesome.  I was right.

Location:  Several different places in a small town, but I don’t honestly know if they had their permits or not.   Some of it looked to be done Cecil B. Demented style.

Plot:  So there’s this guy and he meets this girl he went to high school with only she doesn’t really seem to remember him.   Then they get into contact again and go through some events which just make you wish you’d never watched a single movie.  Ever.   The guy lands some kind of million dollar deal at whatever his job is, then manages to drive a car that gets 100 miles per gallon and then he gets investors to help him create a billion dollar industry.  All the while the girl is a model and she’s just landed a great gig with Victoria’s Secret.   Eventually (and thankfully) the birds begin to attack and pretty much kill everyone for no real reason.   Why do the birds attack?  Who cares, these awful characters die (mostly all of them) and that’s all that really matters.   In fact, pretty much all of the characters that do die end up that way because they don’t follow the classic horror movie rules.   When you’re on the run from killer birds, don’t get out of your car for anything. Yes, this movie is hilarious but it ranks right up there with Rubber as one of my new favorite movies.

Acting:  No one in this movie can act.  Period.

Production:  It wasn’t make for theaters and let’s be honest, the camera work and audio are not the best.   But really, if your problem is the camera work or the audio then you really aren’t digging deep enough into the cheesiness of this movie.  Also, it should be noted that in scenes like when they first date and talk about what they do for a living, this comes off feeling like a training video you’d watch at your first day of a new job.   And later when he meets her mom it feels a lot like an infomercial you might stumble upon at 2 in the morning because Comedy Central has bills to pay too.

Sex/Nudity:  No nudity, but there is an awkward sex scene of sorts.

Special Effects:  They are AWESOME.  Imagine if you could edit birds into your movies using Microsoft Paint on your computer.   This is what that would look like.

Overall Verdict:  While this is quite possibly one of the worst produced movies ever made, it is also one of my favorites.   All those involved owe something to both Ed Wood and the Mystery Science Theater 3000 gang because without any of them people wouldn’t see the good in this movie buried deep underneath all of the bad.