Leprechaun 2

1) Generally I enjoy watching horrible sequels to horror movies but this might just be the exception to the rule. Instead of building off of the horrible plot of the first movie, they just decided it would be best to make the plot about the Leprechaun trying to find a bride.

2) The kicker is that he can only find a bride every 1000 years or something. I guess that means, contrary to the first movie, that he leaves his gold unoccupied when seeking out a mate. And if he was seeking out a mate shouldn't he at least have tried to get Jennifer Aniston to stick around from the first movie?

3) And how can he make all this magical stuff appear? He makes all these mirages pop out that somehow TKO everyone. That one guy thought he was making moves on that girl but he was actually sticking his head in between some lawnmower blades? SMH.

4) I get all the rules about what TKO's vampires, witches, and most ghosts. But I had no idea that iron was what killed leprechauns. In the first movie it was a four leaf clover. I guess I should figure this out to be a true horror buff lol.

D-

Mighty Ducks

1) I'm not much for Disney movies (obvi) but this has got to be one of the 10 best movies of all time. It's got a little law stuff, some motivational sports revenge, and a little romcom on the side. Just solid all around material.

2) I always have this debate with myself about whether this or the Karate Kid is a better movie. I still haven't made a final decision but it is tight that they reference the Karate Kid in this movie.

3) It also has one of the most motivational scenes (outside of 8 Mile obvi) when Bombay says YOU'RE GOING DOWN RILEY.

4) The worst part about this movie is it's no longer in my possession. @Joel conveniently "borrowed" it before taking off to Louisiana smh.

A+

The Changeling

1) Reminds me of a mix between Poltergeist and Paranormal Activity. Unfortunately the movie just seemed to move to slowly. In the Poltergeist or PNA at least there was some development. Here, the guy just kind of goofs around while barely anything creepy happens.

2) The guy should've probly done some prior inspections of the house. If I was gonna move across the country (not ever happening) I'd at least look around at the neighborhood or see if anyone had ever died in the house. After he moves in that one group even tells him he shouldn't live there!

3) That being said the guy never even seems really creeped out. You never see him scream or run out of the house too terrified to come back. I guess I always wonder in the Paranormal movies like this why the people don't just jump ship. If the Cone became haunted I'd be out of here in a heartbeat lol.

4) At the end of the day it's hard for me to get on board for the ghost stories where the ghost isn't actually evil. I mean, that poor kid obvi needed some redemption, but I don't know if a horror movie is the way to go. Instead of doing all that spooky stuff, why doesn't the kid just make a bunch of evidence of his death available to the guy to take to the police? Would solve his dilemma while avoid scaring the guy.

C-

House on Haunted Hill (1959)

1) It was really original in that it kind of set the foundation for movies where people try to stay in a haunted house for some purpose. Halloween Resurrection is a pretty recent copy (plus the whole Michael Myers thing).

2) Also original was the whole theme that if the house ended up engulfing you, you got to stick around and haunt everybody else that came in.

3) I did get confused because I thought the deal was once the door was closed to the place nobody could get out. But then that Annabelle chick is just hanging outside the window spooking people out?

4) One of my problems with these older movies is the kind of stuff that spooks people. Don't get me wrong, I get scared about super dumb stuff all the time. But the scene where that 1 pound door hanging skeleton pushes that girl into the pit of doom is kind of goofy. It's like, just push the skeleton out of the way or cut off the puppet hangers on the top of it lol.

At only an hour and 11 minutes, I'mma be tuning in,

B

21 Jump Street

1) I never watched the 80s version so maybe I'm out to lunch, but I didn't think it was that great. I mean, it was pretty funny and had it's moments and stuff, but didn't really live up to all the hoopla it was getting.

2) It's hard for me to understand that one of the main plot lines was just Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum fighting about how much attention they are getting in the fake high school. It's probably not worth getting that riled up about lol. The other problem was how long the end dragged on for. That whole last preparation for the showdown scene just kept going and going.

3) I never realized that the original guy besides Johnny Depp made a guest appearance in the hit TV show Friends as one of the bullies in season 2 named CARL.

4) I guess as a bonus it was one of the only Johnny Depp movies that he didn't personally freak me out in.

It was still pretty funny,

B-

Wolf Creek

Before I set off camping tonight I might as well review a spooky movie to creep me out lol.

1) I don't really know what all the fanfare was about. Generally I seem to wonder what the big fuss is whenever some independent film gets worshiped but I figured this might be different since it was a horror movie. Guess not lol.

2) I'm still not wild about these torture movies and this is pretty illustrative of this. That part where the girl gets paralyzed makes me naucious (sp?) just thinking about it.

3) On top of that, why does this guy have superhuman recovery powers? The girl shoots him and he gets flipped over in his car but he can still operate a sniper rifle with top level accuracy? Doesn't make much sense.

4) Overdone theme with some goofy killer that was too sadistic.

D

I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Watching scary movies everyday is really running laps around reading about torts lol.

1) A pretty solid sequel. A lot of times, the sequel to a horror movie (or subsequent movies after that) can really blow. Fortunately, this one was okay. Actually having looked at my review of the first movie, I'd have to say that I actually probably underestimated it quite a bit.

2) The solid cast made it pretty tight too. The brother from Eastbound & Down is on it, as well as Mekhi Phifer from the critically acclaimed movie 8 Mile.

3) I guess if a killer tried to get me on the Fourth of July each year, I'd be a little more skeptical of taking a free trip some stranger on the radio gave to me. Seems like some poor planning on their part.

4) Actually speaking of which the title is kind of misleading, because it's actually 2 summers after the first movie. I dunno if the fisherman was just busy or something in the interim period but it should be called 'i still know what you did the summer before last' lol.

Nothing too wild,

C

The House of the Devil

1) Big shout out to @danger for recommending this one. It was pretty solid all around. Girl needs money so she goes and babysits and all this crazy stuff starts going on with the creepy family.

2) It had one of the scariest jump-out-of-your-seat moments that I've had in forever. There's this part where her friend leaves the house and this creepy guy starts talking to her. Then he just says- 'so your not the babysitter?' and pulls out a gun and just kills her. It was just so crazy unexpected /o\

3) The rest of the movie was pretty unpredictable/original. They did a solid job of making it seem like it was made in the 80s.

4) My only real beef with it was just how malicious/unforgiving/disturbing the whole movie was. Back on one halloween, me, the colonel, milhouse, and the old lady friend watched every halloween movie. At the end of all of them we all just had this feeling that was like, man the ending to that was messed up. I got that feeling again but it only took 1 movie.

5) Tight how Dee Wallace was in the first part of the movie. She's in a wreck of horror movies and is a KU grad!

B

American Reunion

What's good blog world. Back from tha long hiatus and gonna gii before July gets over \o/

1) It was pretty solid. Stifler always makes it rain and this movie wasn't any different. My only beef with these American Pie movies is that they always have these cheesy problems to deal with that don't really make sense. Like why do they have to have that Kevin/Vickie story drag on for 4 movies? SMH.

2) It does make me wonder why they always hate Stifler. I mean, after the second movie they were all good with him and then hate him for some reason before the 3rd movie. Then they ended that movie being good but hating him here again. Doesn't make that much sense.

3) I felt bad for that poor doctor guy who flew out to his girlfriend's high school reunion only to get dumped and then had to watch her make out with some other dude lol. Bet that flight home wasn't much fun lol.

4) Quality move at the end having Stifler gii with Finch's mom. Didn't really see that coming.

Solid stuff,

A-

Update July 2012

Wgbw, sorry for the delays lol. Have to take the most important test of my life so I've been busy lol. Anywho, to entertain you till I can post next week, here our my top two songs of the year. Think of them as last year's IT GIRL.

First off, what I thought was the lead song for song of the year: POST CARD FROM PARIS

And the one that I think might end up ousting it for song of the year (obvi not taking into account TSwift's new album): THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY (no not by Katy Perry lol)

Not sure either of these are better than IT GIRL, but leading the pack in 2012 so far.

FOE,

-buff