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Nothing But Trouble (1991 Sling)
#1: The Bernstein/Berenstain Bear situation is absolute evidence that something occasionally messes with our timeline/reality. The fact that Dan Aykroyd wrote, directed, stared in a batshit crazy movie with Chevy Chase and John Candy and it was off my radar for over 30 years is further evidence of said timeline/reality chicanery!
#2: Stephen King directed/wrote only one movie. Maximum Overdrive. Opinions vary wildly (its a hot mess that i adore). But its very clear that he channeled his inner 12 year old when building the content: tons of AC/DC, killer cars, crazy deaths (including a little league massacre), basement full of guns, antiestablishment hero who gets the girl, and so on. This....finally....brings me to my review.......
My mind was blown during the opening credits as i didnt know Aykroyd ever directed. Turns out he did...only once. And, as with my king comment above, i think he did the exact same thing. channeled his inner 12 year old: insane haunted fun house filled with traps/gadgets/rube-goldberg-inventions, freaky judges, mutant men babies, run ins with the law, meat grinder deaths, random musical number, incredibly huge sets filled with random sh@t, and so on. All of that, COMBINED with Candy, Chevy, Demi, Taylor Negron, and this flick should have been a cult comedy classic in the vein of Strange Brew. Alas theres one small catch....the writing is terribly boring. It all happens but does so with no sense of humor or character other than "everything looks weird". A shame really as this could have been epic.
#3: During the scene where the group Digital Underground (w Tupac!?) randomly shows up and does a musical number (which i enjoyed) it occured to me that this film very much pairs with the FAR better but equally lost in time Doctor Detroit. Dan plays multiple quirky, weird, over the top, characters in a wacky comedy and finds ways to interject musical numbers.
Going on Nothing But Trouble and Doctor Detroit imdb pages is a bad idea, there's a ton of recommendation for other 80s comedies. Some i need to rewatch, some i never saw. Those were the days 😁
The Luckiest Man in America (2024): I know why, but every time I see Paul Walter Hauser in a movie, I'm impressed by how good he is. And I know he is, I shouldn't be surprised because I've seen him in a lot of stuff, and sometimes he's the reason why I'm watching the movie. Anyway, he's still good here and the movie's good. I was aware of the history of the events adapted here, they obviously changed a few things, like they usually do.
Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le pacte des loups, 2001): An okay movie full of style, that was well received back then, still well reviewed now, but I couldn't get into it. 24 years later, I still can't get into it. That's too bad, because it's really well made. Mark Dacascos character is by far the most interesting, but obviously gets killed midway through.
Kill Them All and Come Back Alone (1968): An Italian director, shot in Spain, with Italian and English audio tracks, an international cast, and the title appears in French. All the things we love from a good Spaghetti Western. I really like this genre, but I'm severely behind in my knowledge, so I do what I can. There's always something interesting in those movies, even the boring ones I can't help but watch, these Italian dudes are crazy. I bought this on a whim because it's 2 movies (with The Hellbenders (1967) in glorious 4k, and the genre is underrepresented in that format.
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ReplyDeleteNothing But Trouble (1991 Sling)
#1: The Bernstein/Berenstain Bear situation is absolute evidence that something occasionally messes with our timeline/reality. The fact that Dan Aykroyd wrote, directed, stared in a batshit crazy movie with Chevy Chase and John Candy and it was off my radar for over 30 years is further evidence of said timeline/reality chicanery!
#2: Stephen King directed/wrote only one movie. Maximum Overdrive. Opinions vary wildly (its a hot mess that i adore). But its very clear that he channeled his inner 12 year old when building the content: tons of AC/DC, killer cars, crazy deaths (including a little league massacre), basement full of guns, antiestablishment hero who gets the girl, and so on. This....finally....brings me to my review.......
My mind was blown during the opening credits as i didnt know Aykroyd ever directed. Turns out he did...only once. And, as with my king comment above, i think he did the exact same thing. channeled his inner 12 year old: insane haunted fun house filled with traps/gadgets/rube-goldberg-inventions, freaky judges, mutant men babies, run ins with the law, meat grinder deaths, random musical number, incredibly huge sets filled with random sh@t, and so on. All of that, COMBINED with Candy, Chevy, Demi, Taylor Negron, and this flick should have been a cult comedy classic in the vein of Strange Brew. Alas theres one small catch....the writing is terribly boring. It all happens but does so with no sense of humor or character other than "everything looks weird". A shame really as this could have been epic.
#3: During the scene where the group Digital Underground (w Tupac!?) randomly shows up and does a musical number (which i enjoyed) it occured to me that this film very much pairs with the FAR better but equally lost in time Doctor Detroit. Dan plays multiple quirky, weird, over the top, characters in a wacky comedy and finds ways to interject musical numbers.
Going on Nothing But Trouble and Doctor Detroit imdb pages is a bad idea, there's a ton of recommendation for other 80s comedies. Some i need to rewatch, some i never saw. Those were the days 😁
DeleteThe Luckiest Man in America (2024): I know why, but every time I see Paul Walter Hauser in a movie, I'm impressed by how good he is. And I know he is, I shouldn't be surprised because I've seen him in a lot of stuff, and sometimes he's the reason why I'm watching the movie. Anyway, he's still good here and the movie's good. I was aware of the history of the events adapted here, they obviously changed a few things, like they usually do.
ReplyDeleteBrotherhood of the Wolf (Le pacte des loups, 2001): An okay movie full of style, that was well received back then, still well reviewed now, but I couldn't get into it. 24 years later, I still can't get into it. That's too bad, because it's really well made. Mark Dacascos character is by far the most interesting, but obviously gets killed midway through.
Kill Them All and Come Back Alone (1968): An Italian director, shot in Spain, with Italian and English audio tracks, an international cast, and the title appears in French. All the things we love from a good Spaghetti Western. I really like this genre, but I'm severely behind in my knowledge, so I do what I can. There's always something interesting in those movies, even the boring ones I can't help but watch, these Italian dudes are crazy. I bought this on a whim because it's 2 movies (with The Hellbenders (1967) in glorious 4k, and the genre is underrepresented in that format.