Saturday, January 07, 2006

Just starting to use Blogger for Word, so I apologize for any formatting weirdness here to start off with.

Oh, and its been asked about the rating system. I guess you could say that it’s a little different from the usual. You have to have the mindset that of “the more beers, the better”. So with that in mind, the rating is how much fun the movie is to watch. Five beers (you get them all!) is the most fun, while 1 is the least. Weird, I know. But have you looked at my picture?

Fear – 1981 (Murder Syndrome in IMDB)

          This was supposed to be The Living Dead, I rented from my Online provider. The second half of Terror Tales, Vol. 3. But that rental has been a real let down. First off, instead of The Living Dead, I get an early Giallo (which I don’t, as a rule, rent, as I’ve already got plenty of movies to see) And the copy of Here Comes the Vampire was messed up, with the subtitles too far down, so that I couldn’t read them, and no English Audio track. So that rental was a big bust. Oh, and Fear was really boring and stupid. A ‘who dun it’ the solution of which was obvious from about 30 minutes in. Its only saving grace was some fake gore that was SO fake, I laughed out loud

One out of five beers, and I’d make it a zero, but there was that fake gore.

Godzilla: Final Wars – 2005

     Now this is what I’m talking about. I really love Godzilla movies. How can you not love guys in rubber suits, with super explosions? The only thing that could make ‘em better would be some naked women. Oh, well, you can’t have everything I guess.

But this one comes pretty close. First off, there’s just about every monster Toho ever invented in here somewhere. Hell, even the American Godzilla puts in an appearance (and gets his ass handed to him by the real Big G!). And Mothra shows up, to help out. Gotta love a giant bug that worshipped as a god by twin fairies. This is a rip roaring climax to the Godzilla saga. Toho says that they are retiring the franchise for awhile, and this was a good flick to go out on.

But wait!  I have a complaint. I kept waiting the whole movie, knowing that the third “good guy” monster was going to join Godzilla and Mothra for the ultimate tag team. And he never show’d. How can they have left out Gamera, the children’s friend? I’m crushed.

Anywho, it’s a good flick and a great time. Especially good to watch with the kids, as there’s nothing here they can’t see, and you can safely root for “More Destruction!”.

Four out of five beers (could have been five, it they’d just thrown in Gamera!)