2009, Year of the Blart

One of the most fun articles I've read in many a moon. Some excerpts:



""Paul Blart"'s a movie for the recession economy, filmed in a world full of crap being protected by people who can't afford to buy any of it."

"...everyone here is fat, out-of-shape, working a minimum-wage job with no prospects for advancement and deeply pissed off about it"

"It's unapologetically suburban (filmed in Massachusetts, set in New Jersey) and absolutely marginalized. Its main locales are functional: Blart's mess of a home, the bank within the mall where checks are deposited, and the horrific T.G.I. Friday's type restaurant the holiday party takes place at. It is, in short, incredibly depressing and zero fun whatsoever."

I remember catching Paul Blart on a plane, sans sound. You could tell it was terrible beyond belief, but even then it still had that uber-bad intrigue to it, like Freddy Got Fingered or Highlander 2: The Quickening, two movies I love. Maybe I'll have to give it another go! Por que no?


IFC, you made my day. Thank you much.

Restless

IFC keenly listens in on my apartment

I was practically having this exact same discussion just a few hours ago. IT'S SO FRUSTRATING. I want some guts in my movies, and not just guts for the sake of guts but guts that stand for something. 1989 had guts. 1999 had...a lot, maybe not always guts but it had a lot. 2009? What? In terms of the mainstream, we got, District 9, maybe? At least it was something fresh. And just not fucking Rotten Tomatoes fresh but actually fresh, something new, a chance at change, stir up the pot a little. Fucking crock pot if you ask me, nothin's cookin.'

Shit man what happened to the '90s? I ask myself this question every day!

Time to go to bed!

Source: The House Next Door

The 'Other' Anderson

An intriguing/decent-enough piece on Paul W.S. Anderson's (yes, the other Anderson) sci-fi horror classic Event Horizon (and yes, I did say classic). Courtesy of The Quietus.

Which reminds me...

I never remembered to post this even better article from IFC on the man that is the darkside of the Anderson. Trash, yes, but fun, inspired, oftentimes dark trash, almost a modernized Roger Corman (Death Races withstanding). His most recent production, Pandorum, was brutally overlooked in my mind. Tons of fun.

Source: IMDb baby.

More genius advertising

In response to IFC's 50 Greatest Trailers of All Time, Jeffrey Wells of Hollywood Elsewhere posted this piece of ingenius work:



In addition, a commenter on the blog listed yet another list (from Empire), also worthy of discussion.

My only response to this madness (other than that the Cliffhanger bit is wonderful) is the following:



I would comment further but I gotta run. Until then, enjoy the trailers, they're top-notch.