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Amazing Stories: Mummy Daddy (1985)
Not on par with other Amazing Stories.
Pretty much the silliest Amazing Stories episode out there. There were good things and bad things in this one (mostly bad things). The mummy costume was really great, I have to give it that. However, I had two problems with the episode. It lost me one minute in as far as humor. I can't say that I laughed at one joke. Also I can honestly say that this is the most ignorant representation of the South I've ever seen on film. It was insulting at every possible turn and used every stereotype it could muster. It seems that stereotyping in films is off limits unless it's against "rednecks" or the South in general. In the end, I just couldn't enjoy the episode because I was too put off by its stupidity.
Signs (2002)
Only for those willing to think.
Anyone who says this was a bad movie because it was not what they expected, is a complete moron. The whole gimmick for this movie is just that; to throw you off. I've never seen a movie so well thought out. Just because half the movie was over your head doesn't mean it was bad. It just means you have the thought process of a baby monkey. Before you write a review, make sure it's not an insult to your own intelligence.
This wasn't meant to dazzle you with special effects. It was meant to make you think. M. Night Shyamalan isn't your average director. He makes a good story with some good effects thrown in as an accessory. As apposed to ID4, where there were lots of cool special effects with a silly story thrown in as an accessory. Don't go expecting it to all be spelled out for you. All of your questions will be answered if you just pay attention.
Men in Black II (2002)
There really is a hell.
Never have I sat down and watched a movie so definitive of all that is unholy about sequels. I've figured out how the production of this movie came to be. It goes like this:
Three studio executives sitting around a poker table. "Hey, you know what we should do? Make a sequel to that Men In Black picture." "You know, that's a good idea! We can have that talking dog sing Aretha Franklin songs and smoke cigars." "Yeah, that'd be funny to see."
Five guys off the street who had heard from a friend that the original Men In Black was good wrote 40 or so random scenes and put them all together in no particular order. They called their abstract collage Men In Black II (or MIIB so they could fit it on the backs of action figures). Barry Sonnenfeld read the script whilst sitting on the pot and said "We'll start shooting Friday". He then proceeded to direct the movie from 600 miles away over Yahoo! Messenger. They used the first take for every scene and did the special effects with Microsoft Word 97 (Don't ask me how, but they did it). Then Rick Baker made some really good creatures only to have them shown for.00000273 of a second.
With filming complete they made the Burger King toys then began editing the feature. With a lack of anyone who knew how to run the editing software they were forced to turn the entire thing into one enormous flip-book. You can know see a screening of the flip-book at your local theater.
Good work Hollywood execs you've made us all dumber once again!