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Reviews
R.S.V.P. (2002)
Watched it for Mewes...enjoyed the Mewes bits...could discard the rest.
I really enjoy watching Jason Mewes doing what he does best...which isn't so much acting as it is lending his persona to this project or that project in the form of some previously agreed-upon lines. I think he's a funny guy and wanted to see how he did in a non-Smith project.
He did about the same as he does -in- a Kevin Smith project, they just gave the character a different name...but I've got no quarrel there.
The movie itself...well, I barely got through it. It swiped plot from all over the place, from Hitchcock to Clue, the board game. It also reminded me of a very badly-done play I saw in college in which the murderer was also obsessed with Leopold and Loeb...that's right, L-O-E-B, not L-O-B-E. I had trouble getting through that play as well.
Was it just me, or did American Psycho and other such current movies factor mightily in this as well? I kept getting American Psycho vibes.
Anyway...if you're a fan of Jason Mewes, by all means watch it to see him. Otherwise, if you're looking for a good horror film, your money's best spent elsewhere.
Paradise Hotel (2003)
Silly, but oddly intriguing (not that you'd admit to it)
Yes, this show is stupid. Yes, this show is a waste of time and resources. Yes, I believe it's as real as a cat's affection around dinnertime. I agree to all these things and more. Yet, for some reason, when it airs I can't look away. If I went out of my way to watch it, I suppose that would mean Fox truly had me by the giblets.
Really, though, is it any worse than any of the other proverbial wads of already-been-chewed gum that Fox has lobbed in our direction? More trite than Temptation Island? More scripted than Survivor? Nah. It's the same recycled garbage in a shiny new package. Same tans, same thongs, same junior-high antics, same in-your-face sex, same "boot 'em off one by one" plot and same "leave the audience hanging" mentality. Nothing to see here, folks, move along home.
That said, it's that much time that I'm not worrying about what happened at work today, that much time that I can turn on mental autopilot and go back to my term papers with fresh eyes later. We have precious little to do in this life than reproduce, be generally decent to one another (more or less), keep our work area clean, and entertain ourselves until we die.
As Malcolm McDowell said in the title role of Caligula (par.)- "Relax! It's only a show!"
Beings (1998)
Absolutely horrid.
I thought that I would enjoy the movie because it featured Malcolm McDowell, one of my favorite actors. I was quite wrong. I would never believe that so good an actor could be so tainted by the surrounding cast.
Aside from the horrible production quality (boom mic dipping down in the opening scene, BAMBOO AND PALM TREES in the "english forest"), the plot is subtle as a mack truck and the whole thing is stupid beyond words. Some of the characters even drift in and out of their accents.
I kept hoping that at some point, McDowell's character would kill and eat the family to liven things up. Never happened. Oh, Malcolm, how could you?
Strange Invaders (1983)
Boy, do I feel silly now.
I saw this movie when I was 4 or 5 and had nightmares about being chased by hovering blue balls (that shriveled you up- yes, I know that's backwards) for about 15 years. I finally saw it again and I feel pretty silly about it all now. This movie is many things, but definitely not nightmare-worthy. It's extremely ponderous, not much happens, and the plot is pretty inconsistent. What on earth was Louise Fletcher thinking getting on board with this one? Rent it if you're hardcore into B movies, but otherwise avoid like the plague...and just to be safe, keep little kids away from it.