30 - 4/17 - Watch a movie that shares its name with a band
There are like 6 bands or artists, according to Apple Music, with the name Jaws. A little bit of a cheat? Yes. But this movie was so in the spirit of this LB series, that I felt like I had to include it in here.
This feels like a rib on the previous Jaws franchise. Like someone making a Troma-esque midnight movie only with a 23…
Vanilla Ice is Johnny Van Owen, called V by his crew. Definitely not a stand in for Robert Van Winkle. His crew, who are also his DJ, a dancer on his shows, and… uh, was the other guy a technician or something? It was never really explained. They also apparently all practice martial arts. While traveling on tour on their motorcycles, despite not packing clothes or having any equipment or anything, one of their bikes breaks down and they have…
The cast was very strong here(especially Pattinson), save Ruffalo (who I usually like!), but just felt like he came from a different movie.
The script is perhaps a little scattershot, as it touches on some things but doesn’t have a lot to say about any of it.
It’s also probably 20 minutes too long… but I can’t say I was bored.
3.25 but I’m giving it a tentative bump.
This could have stood to maybe be a little more consistently funny, but it’s got a lot of really fun bits, and some great visual gags. Definitely glad I saw it on a big screen.
15. 10/6 - Watch a horror movie with a purple poster.
(I’d definitely say the poster I picked counts as purple)
This was pretty gloriously fucked up all the way around. Some really great performances by Moore, Qualley, and Quaid. While well paced, it may have run a little long in the first two acts, but that’s very, very slight nit-picking. But when it picks up steam, JESUS. The last 40 minutes are about as uncomfortable (in a good way)…
