Welcome to 2019 my friends. So sometime this year, if all goes well, I will publish my 1000th blog. That is just amazing to me, that I have been doing this for so long now. I’d love to time it on the actual anniversary in August but only time will tell on that one. I decided that the way to celebrate is to borrow a page from the book of Linkara. I am going to spend time this year going back to old blog’s and either republishing (since like many video reviewers I am not fond of my early stuff) or following up on them. This is because as year’s pass opinions change and very often examples that didn’t exist eight years ago do now. For instance, I once said Kevin Spacey was the worst Lex Luthor on film. Silly me, then I saw Aaron Eisenberg. Of course there will be new stuff, including a lot of Batman talk I hope as Detective Comics hits 1000, but that’s my focus for 2019.
So let’s ring in the new year and start to celebrate this milestone today, with this little follow up:
I talked a long while back about how when I certain movies the first time I didn’t realize how bad they were. Like when I saw “The Phantom Menace” I was so excited to see a Star Wars movie I totally overlooked how bad that movie is. I later figured it out when I couldn’t sit through the DVD.
That happens sometimes, we get so hyped about a movie we don’t realize at first just how lame it is. Then we re-watch it and…yeah. Pretty bad. I did five of these but over the last eight years or so I have discovered five more examples for what I mean. These aren’t guilty pleasures, movies I knew were lame and still love them, these are movies I am embarrassed to say I loved at one time. And yes “Hate” is a little harsh let’s say I understand they aren’t very good.
Green Lantern
Yeah this is a huge one for me. I had waited years to see this. My favorite super-hero growing up, who I even wanted to dress up as for Halloween, finally on the big screen! So I watched it and loved it. Looking back though, it’s not a perfect movie. It’s not god awful, but there are problems with it. My favorite is the scene where Hal first becomes Green Lantern only to..go to a bar with his girlfriend. The pacing was all over the place with this one. Nostalgia Critic summed it up when he said it looks like Green Lantern, but it doesn’t feel like Green Lantern.
Mama Mia
In a different article I called this movie one of my favorite musical movies. Course the big thing there is that i don’t see many musical movies. I saw the musical in New York and it was a lot of fun. So much so that I transferred that fun to this movie, which was just badly cast. I mean who the heck casted this movie and what were they high on? But more than that, the movie just doesn’t translate as well to film. It’s as if they literally copied the stage play, and you can’t do that. There are things in a play you just can’t do in a movie. You need more of a structure and flow. Which this film doesn’t.
Twister
Ah, here’s one I never discussed before. Gee you’d almost think I’d nearly done 1000 articles or something. This is the 90’s Helen Hunt/Bill Paxton film about tornado hunters who, well, hunt tornadoes. Yeah that’s really about it this movie is about as empty of characters as you can get. But I admit I saw it in theaters and got hooked by the effects. I’m glad these kind of movies didn’t last forever. The poster compares it to Speed but that movie had a need premise, the premise of this movie is simple:Tornadoes!!!
While You Were Sleeping
I mentioned this in a Christmas article a few weeks ago, and I admit when I saw it I liked it. Looking back, man is the story cliche and predictable. I guess the charm of Sandra Bullock one me over or something. This is the one where Sandra Bullock is in love with a man who is in a coma, but ends up falling for his brother while his family thinks she is already with the guy in the coma (even though they never met). Man, sounds kinda like a sitcom episode more than a movie.
Fever Pitch
I am a Boston Red Sox fan. Hell yes I was thrilled they won again this last year. And hell yes I loved this movie based around the 2004 World Series win. But let’s be fair, this Jimmy Fallon movie is not that great. The plot is flimsy and the characters not well done. Barrymore is trying but Fallon obviously can’t pull the romantic stuff off. There is a reason his movie career went nowhere. Is this movie god awful? No, but would I like it if I were not a Red Sox fan? Probably not.
Any movies you guys liked at first but not anymore? Comment and let me know.
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