Hot Tub Time Machine Review

Hey everybody.  As Mike said before, sorry we haven’t been posting up any reviews lately.  We’re quite busy with other things (like watching movies, getting laid and paid and feeding kids).  Okay, maybe not all of those things, but we have been quite busy.  However, all of the important times we have in our personal lives won’t keep us from posting our reviews and keeping you guys entertained by reading our awesome reviews.  So without further ado, PREPARE TO HAVE YOUR MIND BLOWN OUTTA YOUR ASS!!!!!! (Just kidding).

                What better way to start this review off at a random time, then to review a movie with a very random idea.  That movie of course being “Hot Tub Time Machine”.   Now when I first saw the trailer to this movie, I thought to myself “How the hell can a movie involving a hot tub and a time machine work?”  This idea for the movie seemed very, very spontaneous, but sometimes good things can happen when crazy unexpected shit is put together.

                In this film we’re brought to the attention of three friends.  Adam (John Cusack), Lou (Rob Corddy) and Nick (Craig Robinson).  As we watch the lives of these three characters, we see that their lives are quite miserable and sad.  Adam’s girlfriend walks out on him to leave him with nothing, Nick is working at a luxurious pet shop giving colon cleansing to dogs while suspecting his wife of cheating on him with another man, and Lou is so depressed with his life that he attempts to commit suicide.  With this action, they all decide that they need to take a break from their long and dreading life by visiting their old hangout place at a ski resort.  Tagging along with them is Adam’s technology-obsessed nephew, Jacob (Clark Duke) who dislikes Lou for his asshole remarks and foul-mouth attitude towards him.

When they arrive at their destination, they notice that the resort is nothing like it used be when they were younger.  The only cool thing that stands out among the resort is the hot tub outside of their room.  The hot tub looks so awesome to them that they all decide to skinny dip in the hot tub while getting shitfaced to alcohol and other illegal drugs they brought along with them.  After a crazy night of insanity within the hot tub, they notice that their surroundings are quite different.  So different, that they start to see people at the ski resort dressed in throwback 80’s clothes.  For a moment they assume that it’s an 80’s theme weekend at the resort, but slowly they find out that there in the actual year of 1986.  Freaking out and not having a clue of what to do, they run into an unexpected maintenance man (Chevy Chase) who tells them that their hot tub is broken and at the same time hinting that he could take them back to their present time.  However, he warns the four not to change anything in 1986.   In other words, he tells them that everything that happened before in the past, must happen again (due to the whole space-time continuum theory).  But knowing the four and what incidents that happened in their past before, we can assume that they take matters into their own hands.

This movie was surprisingly good.  There’s a good amount of sex jokes and poop humor, but the script makes the comedy so clever that it works.  I would describe the comedy of this film as “Fun Humor”.  To me, there would be times where the joke would be funny and times where it wouldn’t.  But for the jokes that wouldn’t be funny, seemed to have everyone else laughing their asses off.   What really drew my attention towards the story was the chemistry that the four actors had towards each other.  The communication amongst them reminded me of the four protagonists in “The Hangover”.  Every actor seemed to fit their role and element perfectly and each of them made us care about them all the way through the film, even when one of them did inappropriate crap towards each other and/or anyone else.  But with the good comes the bad, and the bad being just a couple of things I didn’t like.  (1) Whenever a random comedic scene happened in the film, I felt that some scenes were too random and not very explainable.  I know that the scene is supposed to reflect the title of the film but it still should’ve had more effort for explanation.  (2)  A similar situation happened around the end of the film.  When it comes to a movie involving time travel, I would expect it to do clever scenes that benefit the character(s), due to a certain change that occurred in the past.  I won’t say whether it does or doesn’t in this film, I’ll just say that the climax of the film went just a little too fast and it could've been better.  That kinda sucks, because I didn’t feel that “Back to the Future” reminiscing whenever I watch a movie or television show that involves time travel.

But despite all of my negative opinions, this is a really fun comedy.  If you enjoy “The Hangover”, “Back to the Future” and every other film that involves the 80’s, you oughta check this film out.  Hell if you grew up in the 80’s and still love it (even though the culture is 3 decades old) I highly recommend you to check out this movie.

My Rating:  SEE IT!!!!

Next Review:  Clash of the Titans? Kick-Ass, maybe?  See ya soon!!!!

Glee: Hell-o Review

Tuesday was the return of Glee.  It seems to take place a little bit after they won sectionals.

 

Finn is sorta dating Rachel and he is off his game and kinda depressed after what happened with Quinn. Schue has a talk with him and tells him that he may need to take some time out and rediscover himself.  After a doors Montage of Finn being awesome, the two other cheerleaders ask him out to separate him from Rachel.  In the library Rachel meets Jesse St. James, the star of vocal adrenaline.  While Finn is out on his date he realizes that he wants to be with Rachel but he finds out about Jesse and tells Schue.  Rachel is confronted by the glee club about her relationship and Sue also tells her that she can't give up on love.  Rachel talks to Jesse and decides to keep their relationship a secret, but Jesse might be out for more than just Rachel.  Finn has one final talk with Rachel and says that he won't give up on her

 

I can't wait to see how everything unfolds here.  With Finn trying to win back Rachel, Rachel with Jesse (even though we know he's no good for her), and the Glee club trying to keep it all together.

Schue is comes to the principal where he finds out that Sue has come back after she blackmails Figgins.  Schue is with Emma and they are starting to date then Emma reveals that she has never "been intimate" with a guy.  Schue confronts the Vocal Adrenaline coach about Rachel's relationship but ends up making out with her.  She ends up giving him the same advice he gave Finn.  While Emma is setting up for a date she has a conversation with Terri.  Emma talks with Will and again gives him the advice that he needs to learn how to be alone and puts their relationship on hold. 

 

Throughout this episode, I must say I applauded Mr. Schue for how awesome of a pimp he is.  I mean, he got the Emma, Vocal Adrenaline's coach, what more could you want?  Too bad though it was all shot down when they both left him so that he could find himself.  I can't wait to see the journey they have set for Schuester in the season to come.

I have one question that did bug me, Why is there a band ready to play in that music store?  I guess those guys are just waiting for someone to come along who wants to play some music.  Also I found this hilarious one liner from Finn when he learns about Jesse, "is he bigger than me"  I did not expect that phrase to come from him.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed the random band there at the store.  It was a good "WTF?" moment.  The one thing I noticed in the episode is after Finn does his song he begins handing out high-5s, Artie raises he hand for a high-5 but Finn just passes him by.  Granted this is right before a cut, so it made sense that maybe they didn't plan for that to be noticed, but I'm weird like that.

See Ya & Till Next Time,

Mike & Razz

South Park: 200

Sorry I haven't done any posts for South Park but I think episode 5 is a good place to start with season 14.  This one was epic even though it ends with a cliff hanger.  We get to see a buttload of celebrities, the gingers, Muhammed... well sort of, and the return of the question "Who is Eric Cartman's father?"

This episode starts with Stan calling Tom Cruise a fudge packer after he sees him literally packing fudge in a fudge factory.  So he gets together with all the other burned celebrities to sue South Park but it turns out all they want is Muhammed so they can become invulnerable to ridicule.  This issues the return of Hennifer Lopez or Mitch Conner, turns out he didn't die after all.  Mitch wants to sell Muhammed's power and gets Cartman to help once he tells him that he can tell him who his real father is.  In the way of the celebrities are the ginger extremists who want Muhammed's power and threaten South Park and this triggers the Celebrities to release Barbra Streisand on the town

I can't wait to see how all this ends. I think all this throwing back was an appropriate way to celebrate the 200th episode.  Also I am gonna say the first two episodes didn't really "wow" me a whole lot but 'Medicinal Fried Chicken' had a hilarious moment with all the men of the town bouncing down the streets on their Scrotums and I liked 'You have 0 Friends' for the parody on Facebook and also for that Kip Drordy kid too.

See Ya
Razz

An "A" For Being Awesome

Hey guys sorry that we haven't been posting as much but with the return of South Park and the second half of Glee just around the corner we will be back.  So since we haven't posted in a while I thought I would give my thoughts on this little photo I found on the web.

This is a detention slip for a kid that made a "that's what she said" joke.  First of all props to this kid becuse "you need to push it in further" is one of the best opportunities to make that joke.  I gotta say I wish I could be that teacher because I would not have sent him to detention, I would have just said "why don't you call it a half day kid" as I was rolling on the floor laghing at it.  Also if I was this kid's parent this would be up on the fridge door.  There is one thing I am asking myself though, is it really innocent when a 12 year old girl has to yell out "you need to push it in further"?  Well I hope this brightened your day a little bit like it did mine.

See Ya,
Razz

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief Review

This review train is just chugging along with the next review: Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief.  WOO WOO!

In the midst of Hollywood going gaga over book to movie adaptations (Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings) it seems like everyone is trying to copy off their success and this movie is both no different yet is different to all the other copycats out there.  The story follows Percy Jackson, your typical teenage kid until he finds out that his mom got it on with Posideon and he's actually a demigod similar to those in Greek Mythology.  Along with that we learned from the first 5mins that Zeus is missing his lightning bolt and blames Percy as the thief.  Zeus gives Percy 14 days to return the bolt, or else Zeus is going God Mode all over Olympus and Earth.

Percy isn't alone in his quest to find the bolt.  His best friend, protector, and Satyr - Grover and Demigod Annabeth join in him touring America to find clues as to who the lightning thief is while also saving Percy's mom from Hades.  Sound familar?  Like a certain boy wizard and friends?  Yeah...I didn't think so....

I think my biggest problem with the whole movie was how much Greek mythology is inside the U.S. according to the movie.  Medusa living in a garden shop in Maine?  Olympus' entrance is the top of the Empire State Building?  A secret demigod only training camp somewhere in the northeast?  The gateway to Hades is under the 'H' in Hollywood?  Really? 

Now blame me for not reading the books but I think the movie could have explained why most of Greece's mythology decided to pack their bags and come over to the U.S.  If you've read the books, please let me know.

Other than that I did enjoy the movie.  Most of the actors/actresses cast were good choices.  I do think that Hades could have been cast better, but only if they casted James Woods.  I loved his Hades in Hercules, and is still my favorite Hades (but not my favorite Devil, that's different).

Rating:  RIFF IT

Till Next Time,
Mike

The Wolfman Review

Moving on to the film in line, we come across The Wolfman, a reboot of the 1941 classic.  Lets see how it holds up, shall we?

The movie follows Lawrence Talbot (Del Toro) as he comes home to native Britain following his brother's death.  After overlooking his brother's wounds the villagers believe it to be the bear owned by the local gypsies that are passing through town.  Lawrence goes to investigate only to be bitten, and cursed, by a werewolf.  From then on it's a battle between the bestial side that is the werewolf and remaining both alive and sane as a man.

Now I have to say, this movie does good on its own.  I think the best part from my perspective was seeing that most of the make up was actually prostetic make up and not all special effects.  Most of the special effects are done while the transformation takes place and here and there while Benicio is a werewolf.  In a day where 3D effects are the norm, I felt good seeing a guy covered in fake hair slashing people left and right.

Other than the throwback to prostetics, I'd have to say that Anthony Hopkins plays a great old man, though most of the time you'd think he was just like some kind of troll that lived in a mansion.  That and Benicio Del Toro's mouth breathing through the film helped give me something to laugh about.  I mean seriously, Del Toro's character seemed like an obessed stalker with asthma than a cursed man/wolf hybrid.

Rating:  RIFF IT

Till Next Time,

Mike

Edge of Darkness Review

I'm on a role or something tonight!  On to the second movie, Edge of Darkness.  It's the first movie that Mel Gibson has been in since the whole "Sugar tits" incident.  Let's see how he's done for himself.

After picking up his daughter from the train station, Detective Thomas Craven (Gibson) takes her home to catch up on how she's been.  While steping out his front door, Craven watches as a masked assailant guns down his daughter in front of his eyes.  At first this seems like someone from Craven's past as a homicide detective was looking for revenge, but as Craven digs deeper he soon finds out that she really was the target.  Now driven by self guilt and the loss his daughter, Craven begins his own investigation on what lead to his daughter's demise.

Now without giving too much away, I will say that this movie was well made.  Most of the scenes kept a natural sense about them by having little to no background music accompanying them.  You feel bad for Craven, but you also want to see him get revenge by any means possible.  It has a feeling of a noir detective film, but that's not exactly what it is.  The only real downside to it all is that at points it can drag and make the movie seem longer than it actually is.  I will say though that if you like honest detective films where you learn with the character the facts, go see it.

If that doesn't do it for you, go see it to see Mel play a cop on the edge.  Hell, he even has a line in the movie where he says, " I'm on the edge and have nothing to live for, so don't get in my way."  Come on, you know you want to see that.

Rating:  SEE IT

Til Next Time,

Mike