365 Movie Challenge - Week 22

Week twenty two was a steady week of movie watching in between work and going to Comic Con.

Below are my movies of the week:

May 26         

               Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (Directed by Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg) Not as good as the original but the humor was still there. Rob Corddry was great as an overzealous Federal Agent. Neil Patrick Harris comes through again as well.

May 27

               The Toy (Directed by Richard Donner) Brewster's Millions and this were my introduction to Richard Pryor growing up. The premise of the movie is a bit weird, about an unemployed reporter who is hired to be a spoiled brat’s toy.

               Bullet to the Head (Directed by Walter Hill) Sly is back to his old ways in this action film about a hired gun teaming up with a cop to find out who hired him, and then killed his partner. I can see why this movie didn't last long in theaters, it isn't very good.

May 28

               Road House (Directed by Rowdy Herrington) This movie is RIDICULOUS!!! But that makes it so enjoyable. Patrick Swayze stars as Dalton a well-known bouncer (I didn't know they had reputations) brought in to clean up a small town bar filled with the wrong type of people. The action and dialogue is over the top but like I said, it helps make this movie a classic.

May 29

               Mr. Baseball (Directed by Fred Schepisi) Tom Selleck stars as a Major League Baseball player in a bit of a slump who is traded to a team in Japan, thus making him a fish out of water in a new land. The sub-plots in the movie are nothing new, guy loves girl, girl's father doesn't approve, guy and girl's father don't get along.

               Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (Directed by Peter Hewitt) Just because the first one was popular doesn't mean you have to make a sequel. If you are going to make a sequel to a movie featuring George Carlin make sure to use Carlin for more than five minutes in it. I didn't remember this movie being as bad as it really is; now I know.

               Cheaters (Directed by John Stockwell) I can neither confirm nor deny that I cheated in High School but if I did it was not on the scaled that the kids in this film did. Based on a true story a teacher and eleven students conspire to cheat their way through the State's Academic Decathlon. After winning the competition one of the team members becomes jealous and reveals something fishy might be up which brings on even more media scrutiny.

May 30

               Touchback (Directed by Don Handfield) Star High School QB leads his team to a state title on the final play of the game but also ends his career due to an injury. Fast forward 15 years and he is a struggling soy bean farmer married with two kids and in financial trouble with the bank. During a suicide attempt he is transported back 15 years to the week of his injury. He plans to do things differently and make it all right, but does he?

May 31

               Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (Directed by Morgan Spurlock) I watched this documentary from Morgan Spurlock in prep of going to the Denver Comic Con (which I must say was a blast) about the different type of people that head to San Diego Comic Con each year. It was an interesting look at the different things available at a Con. I found the portfolio reviews very interesting and was glad they showed two different people looking to get reviewed. Commentary was provided throughout the entire film by some of the top directors and geeks out there today, including Joss Whedon, Robert Kirkman and Kevin Smith.

44 Different Movies Watched in May. 248 Movies in 151 Days

June 1

               Mallrats (Directed by Kevin Smith) Kevin Smith's follow-up to Clerks was widely panned by critics but I still find it enjoyable to watch. I was never a mallrat growing up but I can see why some of my friends were, especially back when malls were more popular.

               Killing Lincoln (Directed by Adrian Moat) Interesting film narrated by Tom Hanks about the final days of President Lincoln's life as well as the assassination plot thought up by John Wilkes Booth that was originally intended to be just a kidnapping plot. I had never heard about in detail the other plots to kill high ranking government officials on the same night until watching this film. Billy Campbell did a very good job as Abraham Lincoln especially after seeing Daniel Day-Lewis in the same role months earlier.

Movies Watched: 250

Movies To Go: 115