no, no, no, no, no, YES! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no no......

Wait a minute.....

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!

We miss you Madeline. Thank you for all the wonderful times.

If something gets in your way, turn.

As one of my family's favorite movies and part 4 of my modern Christmas Film Trilogy* it is now time to give you some of my favorite scenes from Better Off Dead

Two dollars.


Oh Badger. Such a misunderstood ginger.


[Howard Cosell accent] Language lessons.


CHRIST--MAAAS.


Gee, I'm real sorry your mom blew up, Ricky


Now that's a real shame when folks be throwin' away a perfectly good white boy like that.


*The modern Christmas Film Trilogy

1. The Ref
2. Scrooged
3. Die Hard

4. Better Off Dead

Tron double post.

Since Dr. Mrs Just Another Movie Geek I and saw Tron Legacy today, we decided to revisit the original again last night. I must say, Disney's pulling of it off the shelves in fear that it would hurt the new films chances are ridiculous. The film holds up amazingly well and still looks great. As I am sure has been discussed before, we found the parallels between Flynn and Jesus (the user/God who walks the earth) and Tron and John the Baptist to be very interesting.

I will let the film speak for itself with some cool shots:

If I ever worked in this Cube Farm, I would be so very sad for my life:



Something I never noticed before, Alan is a "Day the Earth Stood Still" fan (look at yellow banner on left wall of cube):



"Mine is an evil stare"



And some Frame within the Frame shots:







Tron Legacy:

I would like to thank everyone who had a hand in making Tron Legacy. That was truly a great early christmas present for my eyes, ears and brain. A rare occurrence of a sequel that actually felt like a natural evolution from the first. The film (while treading in very similar waters) managed to become its own creation. Homages a plenty were throughout the film and brought many a smile to my face. The amazing soundtrack (provided by the ever wonderful Daft Punk) also did not betray its evolutionary roots from Wendy Carlos' ground breaking original score. This film was clearly a love letter to the original and to the fans. Just Another Movie Geek highly recommends.

-Smallish Spoiler: I can think of no better actor than Cillian Murphy to appear as David "the bad guy in the first one" Warner's son. I was quite surprised by that cameo.

Cyrano...

Of all the versions of Cyrano out there, Roxanne will always be my favorite:

More legally required rap

As we have mentioned before (see here) in the 80s it was required by law for all actors to perform at least 1 rap video/song.

More proof: C3P0 schilling for Star Tours

More Hitchcock

Came across this today. Interesting project. 1000 frames from each Hitchcock film. Makes for an interesting view on his work:

1000 Frames of Hitchcock

genesis

Martin Landau in North By Northwest. The original Creepy Crispin Glover:

Frames Within a Frame 01: Highlander

A new series for this blog, I give you the first "Frames Within the Frame"

Highlander (1986)

today's movie question to ponder...

Misunderstood classic...

or

early signs of Eddie Murphy's inevitable fall from greatness?

Dear Martin Scorsese fans

While the 2006 film The Departed was a good film* with some great performances and won some little awards...it can't hold a candle to the brilliance of it's source material:

The 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs



Mrs. Just Another Movie geek and I gave it a viewing last night (her first, my third) and I was once again floored by its masterful creation. A gripping thriller that really kept you wondering the whole time about the duality of each character. Even Mrs. JAMG who wasn't in the mood for a cop drama when we started was enthralled by the film at the end. If you have never seen either or only seen The Departed, I highly recommend you check out the original.





*Full disclosure: I have actually not seen The Departed. Few reasons why: A. Leo isn't my favorite actor in the world. B. The original was so wonderful, I never understood the need to remake it.