Sunday, February 1, 2009

The (real) First Post: Old Movies

The last post was more of an introduction, so let's get started with the real first post.
Today, we have some movies which are golden oldies, and oldies that are not so golden. It's the flashback to the 80s!

Airplane! (1980) ||||||||| (9/10)

What can I say? This is the funniest movie since before the invention of the projector. It combines the elements of a great cast, satire, and REALLY bad puns. If you have a thing for comedy, pick this up and roll in the aisles for a while (of course, this depends on whether your home theater has aisles)

The Terminator (1984) |||||||| (8/10)

The parallel future/past storyline of this movie makes it novel in itself, and when combined with an on-edge progression (and EXPLOSIONS), this movie seems like the action gem of the 80s. In fact, it probably is, with another great cast and a practically invincible antagonist. (And EXPLOSIONS). The only problem is the repetitive attacks, which can get boring fast.

Clash of the Titans (1981) || (2/10)

Another epic cast can't save this movie, which was torture in a DVD. Nothing can counteract the "special effects", which just plain SUCK. Harry Hamlin definitely was smoking something before the filming, and he was probably sharing it with the director, because he didn't cut almost all of the scenes and reduce the movie to about 52.6 seconds. If you like having your wrists slashed, then this movie will give you the same feeling with some salt.

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