Reviews

I saw Scrapple when the director brought it to Colorado State University, and I had a blast. The story was very entertaining and -- living in Colorado -- I recognized a bunch of my ski-bum friends in the on-screen characters.

If you haven't seen it -- and provided you can actually find a place that's showing it -- go and watch. You'll be enjoyed, I guarantee.

At the very least, it's great to see what a porcine drug trip looks like. :)

I went to see Spice World on opening night with some friends (no, I am *not* a 12-year old Girl -- I'm a 21-year old College Student), fully expecting to see a 2-hour long commercial for the Spice Girls. The only other people in the theater with us were some teeny-boppers dressed up like the Spice Girls and some gangsta wannabes, who were probably hoping that there might be a flash of nudity. By the end of the movie, the wannabes had thrown all their drink ice at the movie screen and were booing it out loud. This is one reason not to watch this movie, even on video at home. There is a chance the ice you throw at the tv screen may somehow harm it, and your booing will wake the neighbors.

The teeny-boppers were not impressed with everyone else's responses to the film (violent vomiting, painful spasms), but I'm sure they've seen it another 40 times on video, alternating it with viewings of Titanic.

In short, this is a bad movie. A very, very, very bad movie. If you have read Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", then think of it this way: it is only slightly better than a Vogon poetry reading.

I wouldn't advise you to see it, but if you do, look out for:

1. The suits the tv guy wears. He's a pretty spiffy dresser.

2. The bus-jumping scene. This was just kitschy enough to *actually* be funny.

3. Roger Moore. Pity him. He was once a Bond.

I didn't expect much from a movie with Mario VanPeebles, but this was worse than even I could imagine. I went to Solo expecting a brainless action flick -- I was just hoping to have a night of mindless entertainment. I couldn't imagine that it was going to be quite so bad, though. The story (about a cyborg who learns compassion, friendship, blah blah blah) was horrible, and, as another reviewer said, cliched to the max. Character development was non-existent and we didn't have any vested interest in them. I was hoping the kid who helps Solo discover his humanity would get whacked, so I wouldn't have to deal with his annoyingness any longer. Maybe if they had done this movie tongue-in-cheek it would have worked better; it certainly couldn't have been worse. As it was, the only thing I took away from Solo was a new disrespect for Mario Van Peebles and a sore butt. Don't try to endure this movie, and if you have to see it, don't go solo; bring a friend and crack jokes at it for an hour and a half.

I've seen Prince of Darkness only twice in my life. The first time I saw it I was about 10 years old, and it scared the snot out of me. About 10 years later or so, I saw it again, and it wasn't very frightening at all. It may be that Prince of Darkness suffers from the same fate as Exorcist and Jaws -- it's dated. 12 years ago it may well have been a scary movie, but today it's fairly tame, and I expect to see it on the Family Channel's Halloween Film Fest one of these years.

This movie pulled out none of the stops. 80s High School movies aren't usually this painful to watch. The story had potential to be a fun High School movie, but fell far short of the mark. If it weren't for the fact that I couldn't sleep and it's the only thing on TV, I wouldn't have seen it -- and right now I wish I could have gone with my first impulse and given those sleeping pills a shot.