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Tucker and Dale vs Evil

10/26/2016

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B-
​2.57

College students mistake two sloppy rustics for murderous hillbilles.

Directed by Eli Craig
Starring Tyler Labine and Alan Tudyk
Initial Review by Shane Setnor

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In sports, two-thirds is a pretty good number to hit. If you’re an MLB coach and your team wins two-thirds of its games, welcome to the HOF. If you’re an NBA player and you hit two-thirds of your shots, welcome to the HOF. If you’re Mike Vick and you only kill two-thirds of your dogs in your dog-fighting ring, welcome to the dog-fighting HOF, which I believe is located across the street from PETA for trolling purposes.

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But succeeding in only two-thirds of a movie just isn’t going to cut it. Now, you can get away with only two-thirds of a movie being good and end up with a solid score if you hide the crappy third in the middle. But, like when you’re waiting tables, the beginning and end is where you make your money. You can’t start or finish poorly. 


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2016 Mediocrities

10/16/2016

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Best Picture

2001: A Space Odyssey
Amadeus
Inside Out - Winner
The Princess Bride
Room
We Need to Talk About Kevin


Best Actor

​F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus - Winner
Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation
Oscar Isaac, The Two Faces of January
Choi Min-sik, Oldboy
Jason Mitchell, Straight Outta Compton

Best Supporting Actor

Benicio del Toro, Sicario
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation - Winner
John Houseman, The Paper Chase
Tom Hulce, Amadeus
Mandy Patinkin, The Princess Bride
John C. Reilly, We Need to Talk About Kevin

Best Writing

Amadeus - Winner
Chi-raq
Four Lions
Inside Out
We Need to Talk About Kevin
World of Tomorrow

​Best Review

Bobby on Straight Outta Compton
Bobby on We Need to Talk About Kevin
Jon on A Trip to the Moon
Jon on Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Jon on World of Tomorrow
Lane on The Paper Chase - Winner
Lane on White God






Best Jefe

Blair
Bobby
Bryan
Jon - Winner
Shane

​Worst Movie

Escape From Tomorrow
Jane Eyre
Meet the Patels
Pee-wee's Big Holiday
The Ridiculous 6 - Winner

​Worst Female Performance

Clair Danes, Stardust
Julia Jones, The Ridiculous 6 - Winner
Michelle Pfeiffer, Stardust
Elene Schuber, Escape From Tomorrow
Robin Wright, The Princess Bride


Nonsense Award #1 - House of Coddle Award (overly-forgiving characters)

Timothy Bottoms, James Hart, The Paper Chase
Kang Hye-jung, Mi-do, Oldboy
Synnove Macody Lund, Diana, Headhunters
John C. Reilly, Franklin, We Need to Talk About Kevin - Winner
Vinessa Shaw, Dierdre Banks, Side Effects

Nonsense Award #3 - Dingo Award (best pet)

Faisal's crows - Four Lions
Bing-Bong, Inside Out - Winner
Egg Snake, Room
Gerbil that Kevin kills, We Need to Talk About Kevin
Hagen, White God
Best Director

Lenny Abrahmson, Room
Milos Foreman, Amadeus
Cary Fukunaga, Beasts of No Nation
Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey - Winner
Park Chan-wook, Oldboy
Lynne Ramsay, We Need to Talk About Kevin
Steven Spielberg, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Best Actress

Emily Blunt, Sicario
Brie Larson, Room - Winner
Teyonah Parris, Chi-raq
Kate Siegel, Hush
Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin

Best Supporting Actress

Joan Allen, Room
Drew Barrymore, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Winner (Tie)
Angela Bassett, Chi-raq
Elizabeth Berridge, Amadeus
Kirsten Dunst, The Two Faces of January
Phyllis Smith, Inside Out - Winner (Tie)

Best Scene

Unplugging HAL, 2001: A Space Odyssey - Winner
One-take home invasion, Beasts of No Nation
Hallway hammer fight, Oldboy
Westley and Inigo fence-off, The Princess Bride
Abner Doubleday improvises the rules to baseball, The Ridiculous 6

​Best Line

"I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint,"  Amadeus - Winner
"Can ten years of imaginary training be put to use?", Oldboy
"My name is Inigo Montoya.  You killed my father.  Prepare to die," The Princess Bride
"Just because you're used to something, doesn't mean you like it. You're used to me," We Need to Talk About Kevin
​​"I am very proud of my sadness because it means I am more alive," World of Tomorrow

Gamemaster

Bobby
JR
Phil - Winner
Sean
Shane

Worst Jefe

Ashli
Cook - Winner (Tie)
JR
Sean
Topper - Winner (Tie)

​Worst Male Performance

Roy Abramsohn, Escape From Tomorrow
Charlie Cox, Stardust
Taylor Lautner, The Ridiculous 6 - Winner
Spike Lee, School Daze
Adam Sandler, The Ridiculous 6
Vanilla Ice, The Ridiculous 6

​Nonsense Award #2 - Sean Riley Award (best barf-inducing moment)

Seeing the blind and limbless neanderthal women, Bone Tomahawk
Split balls to brains, Bone Tomahawk
Hiding in the outhouse, Headhunters - Winner
Oh Dae-su eats an octopus, Oldboy
Lil Pete is fellated by a donkey, The Ridiculous 6
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​Nonsense Award #4 - Drew and Joe Award (most uncomfortable moment)

Pruitt's speech about his dead wife, The Invitation
Greg shows Rachel his awful film, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Oh Dae-su's incest is revealed, Oldboy
Oh Dae-su takes out the warden's teeth, Oldboy
Kevin doesn't flinch when Eva catches him masturbating, We Need to Talk About Kevin - Winner
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2001: A Space Odyssey

10/8/2016

10 Comments

 

B+
3.24

Primate progress is tracked from tool use to interplanetary travel.

Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, and Douglas Rain
​Initial Review by Bobby Schmidt

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​I need to stop picking Kubrick movies that I rate so highly. I'm never quite sure how to review them without just simply gushing and rambling. But, if any Kubrick flick deserves that... it's 2001: A Space Odyssey. 

I like to think that there's no such thing as a perfect movie, that there has to be some flaw, be it technical, plot based, directing, acting... something. But, 2001 may be as close to perfection as there is, at least in my likely biased eyes. I'm not going to go on as long as I probably could here, but want to simply touch on a few things that make the movie so worthy of praise. When I get to the plot, I will absolutely be leaving a ton out, as there is just a ton to unpack... even if the movie wasn't two and a half hours! 

I'll start where 2001 does... with music. I love the overture intro, as it essentially prepares you for what's to come (more on that later). I won't pretend to know much at all about classical music, but the importance and fit of 2001's score is undeniable. The music always worked along side the visuals, adding to the immersion in any given scene. Since most of the film goes without dialogue, it's vital to have such a powerful score. The film won a well deserved BAFTA for best Soundtrack


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