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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
parody and comedy perfection
Firstly, I am a big Beatles fan, and so my adoration of this movie is heavily biased. I did not see the Rutles until I had also been witness to countless Beatles books, movies and other such gossip that has been said about the real lads. But that is what heavily contributes to my liking of the Rutles - it is remarkably accurate in its story of the the boys from Rutland, and I feel the humour is best served when it hits closer to home. For instance, when the boys say how shocked and stunned they are to hear that Leggy Mountbatten has left them, it is identical to footage of John and George in Wales when they heard that Brian Epstein died, the scene is doubly funny when you know the truth behind it. Plus there are the whacky scenes of Eric Idle in the Ratkellar, trying to point where the Beatles first performed, and other great moments. I also own the hilarious vinyl record from the film (with hits like Cheese and Onion and Between Us), which makes a great companion to the movie. I only rated the Rutles 7/10, but that is an overall mark ,which is as high as I can give a comedy (what an elitist I am). But this amongst my favourite comedies of all time. Hup. P.S. - how can a comedy be bad if Bill Murray is in it? ha! (the Rutles are coming to Flushing,.....)
Deathstalker (1983)
One of the worst movies ever, but fun to watch
I had to give this film a 1 because it's that bad, but don't make this think that I didn't enjoy watching, because I laughed and laughed, and I even had a few questions. So half of the time I was laughing, half of the time I was saying "what in the hell is going on?" or "why would someone do this?" et cetera. I mostly enjoyed the terrible fog effects, the 80's style nude scene/battle/dialogue/nude scene, and the way that the warrior's swords flap in the wind when they ride their horses. And there's some crappy model effects (those aren't supposed to be real trees, are they?) and I still don't understand this guy that they find in the cave, what in the hell is he? A friend of mine told me about these movies and I thought I would give em a try, and I basically liked the film as people like Ed Wood films, I have no real enjoyment of what the film was meant to be, I look at it in my own hilarious way. So don't let this distract you if you really thought this was an action movie, it is, I just liked it for other reasons. It's much, much worse than Evil Dead, so it can actually make you think as though you are wasting your life by watching it (which came into my mind a few times). I guess the best thing for most people would be to have a few drinks, have some friends around, and laugh at this film. Maybe this is a bit harsh, but I don't think so, rent it and you'll see. Yo.