The Ten perhaps deserves no major acclaim–as a sketchy chapter-driven film, it misses often enough to make it casually pleasurable. But it’s never less than amiably and enjoyably silly, and there are a few bits that are amazing, especially Liev Schrieber as a suburban homeowner sucked into a competition with his neighbor over CAT-scans. And it makes casual fun out of religious law, anal rape, and the death of children — what’s not to love? Certainly worth your time, although I’ll recommend Smiley Face again as being the best bet for funny-films-that-did-poorly-at-the-box-office-and-are-now-available-on-dvd.
I also have been watching The Love Bug with Max, who John is probably wondering about. I forgot the power of Dean Jones. And there’s a scene where Herbie tries to commit suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. The car actually perches on the railing, teetering precariously over the Bay. Hilarity! Now I’m going to queue up The Apple Dumpling Gang for its long-forgotten opium-withdrawal scene, Knotts and Conway wracked with feverish rage….
Skipping the Lindsay Lohan remake of ‘The Love Bug’: very wise. No child, let alone adult, should have to be exposed to that.
i assumed the love bug with lindsay lohan was a searing, cinema-verite take on herpes?
thenk yew! thenk yew very much!
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I liked the Futurama movie about the way I liked The Simpsons movie. Often funny, rarely astounding, worth seeing–especially for fans.
The new Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs is stranger, funnier, and worth seeing–for non-fans.
“worth seeing-for non-fans”? not worth seeing for fans? worth seeing on account of the non-fans in it? help me out here.
last night i watched dirty work with norm macdonald. why did no one ever recommend this to me? it predictably flags towards the end, but it’s quite funny, with some quintessential macdonald moments. some very funny people in small roles: chevy chase, don rickles, christopher macdonald, david koechner in a tiny cameo, and even john goodman for about 7 very funny seconds.
it is directed by mike’s alter ego, bob saget. hmmm maybe that’s why no one ever recommended this film to me–we didn’t know till the aristocrats that bob saget is really both evil and funny.
worth seeing, even for non-fans…
I have never seen Dirty Work. I hate Artie Lange, so avoided it. But now it’s on the list.