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"The Adventures Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" 1984
Great script, great cast, young Johnathan Lithgow and Christopher Llyod, Peter Weller in one of his best rolls, and bonus Jeff Goldblum as they new guy.
Whole thing is still a perfect package, looking like a B movie you'd totally skip.
Such a great movie!
I got this at a DragonCon. They did a pre-release showing and gave these out to the audience.
The Long Kiss Goodnight
https://imdb.com/title/tt0116908
Geena Davis and Samuel L Jackson. He said in 2019 that it was his favorite role. It was released after a flop for Davis and director Renny Harlin (then her husband), and may have had poor press related to that.
It has an unlikely hero, plenty of action sequences, some fun performances (I had to pause it after a funny line from Brian Cox cracked me up), and heart. Solidly entertaining. But low expectations might help.
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and Renfield were absolutely amazing and I think they fit the bill
Renfield
I'm perpertually locked in Cage but both my s/o and myself passed out on two seperate watch attempts π«
I'll give you the first one, way better than it had any right to be. 2nd was ok.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Surprisingly good action and a decent plot to boot.
First movie that comes to mind is the Power Rangers movie starring Bryan Cranston from like 7 or 8 years ago. Went fully expecting another Transformers-esque butchering of a nostalgic trip. Was delightfully surprised by the deep and relatable characters. I recommend it as an above-average super hero movie.
I actually loved this one, although the product placement was off the wall
the product placement was off the wall
And on the wall. And some of the walls themselves are ads. Also the rubble remains of some of the walls are also still product placement.
But yes, it's a pretty good film.
Event Horizon. The trailers made it seem like just another 90s sci-fi horror flick trying to ride the Alien high, but it ended up being such a good movie with a tight script, beautiful set design, actually smart characters, and great acting.
Teknolust (2002)
CW: y2k aesthetic, Tilda Swinton in multiple roles.
Do not read wikipedia's synopsis of it first unless you want to spoil it. you can find it here on archive.org.
I loved Hudson Hawk. The story was bonkers, the musical numbers were entertaining and had a great ending.
I'm giving away my age, but Benny & Joon. A story about two mentally ill people falling in love, and the script isn't even that great, but all the actors really sell it and it is such a quirky heart warming and funny movie.
Clerks. It should be some stoner Seinfeld flick but it actually lines up pretty well with La Divina Comedia and the dialogue, although sometimes a bit clunky, is very well written.
I assure you we're open.
37?! Like, in a row?
βTry not to suck any dicks on your way to the parking lot!β
I'm not even supposed to be here today.
Warrior with tom Hardy/joel edgarton/nick nolte. Marketed as a shitty MMA cash grab. Itβs fantastic. Also has like 2 finales that crescendo so hard one after the other.
Battleship.
Yeah, the movie based off the board(?) game.
Feel free to fire up the torches and start handing out the pitchforks, because I'm not playing by the rules.
It doesn't just look like it will suck, it looks like a 'so bad it is bad' type of movie, an overbudgeted 'this is what is wrong with movies these days' sort of unmitigated hot wet trash from a dumpster fire in the bad part of town.
It isn't well written.
It isn't well acted.
I honestly can't even promise a good time.
These are the thoughts that went through my mind when I read about it before watching: "This is going to be awful and a waste of my time. These actor names kinda look familiar but I don't know who any of these people are. Is Rihanna her first name or last name? Isn't she just a singer. It better not have that stupid umbrella song. Wait, Liam Neeson is in this? Is he doing okay? Did he lose a bet? Does he need money? I bet that evil Jar'jar forced him to to do this. Wait, running time over 2 hours?! How is that even... the board never took more than like 15 minutes... except cheaters moving their... fuck me, I already need a drink."
Go into the movie with that mindset. Be angry at it before it starts.
Doom 2005 wasn't bad.
The FPS sequence made me go
You should check out the movie Hardcore Henry π
Disco Polo
It's a very unserious movie and that's what makes it work. It's just pure Polish nostalgia-based comedy with nothing to prove
Star Trek First Contact
My proof reading has failed me yet again (original fuck up: Star Trek First Conact)
Not sure if this exactly fits the assignment, but most people think Silent Hill (first one) was a garbage movie that made no sense. And it was if you never played the games. If you did play the games though, you can see the movie is incredibly faithful to the atmosphere. They used a lot of the OST by Akira Yamaoka too, which is an amazing soundtrack. I really liked the acting as well (except for the little kid, but itβs rare to find convincing child actors anyway). Monster design was great. I think they combined cg and practical effects so it made some things a lot more convincing.