"The Book of Eli"

You've heard the story told several times before: nuclear fallout has turned the US into a post-apocalyptic wasteland. The world is a violent place, made more violent by groups of raiders who have banded together for protection from other groups of raiders. Denzel Washington plays Eli - a lone-wolf character who is a total bad ass. What makes "The Book of Eli" (2010) different is he is in possession of a book. A book that Gary Oldman's Carnegie wants. A book that will change the wasteland forever - whether good or bad will be determined by who gets their hands on it. 

"Black Swan"

We don't get many dramas in our collection. As you may have noticed, we like being entertained (or stupefied), and dramas can be a bit . . . dramatic. When I noticed that "Black Swan" (2010) was next (followed immediately by another terrific drama with Mila Kunis, "The Book of Eli"), I did a quick count of the dramas on our top two movies shelves. For the record, we're only about halfway through the top shelf right now. I counted about 5 or 6 dramas in the top two shelves. So to extrapolate those numbers out, we can say that in a collection of about 400 movies (give or take, we've never actually counted), we have maybe 15 dramas.

"Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure"

Luckily we only own "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989) and not the horrible sequel. I'm pretty sure the sequel is available on streaming services, but we're choosing to pretend like we don't have access to it. We have enough movies to get to without wasting our time on it. But get ready for a most excellent journey through time, dudes!

"Be Kind Rewind"

Feel good comedies aren't very common. And when they are, they're not very good. This is a movie that was left forgotten, made you feel great, but was largely fantastic.

"Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon"

Next we're covering "Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon" (2006). This is an extremely polarizing movie. If you're into it,  you're all in. If you're not into it, this movie will never catch your attention.

"Battlefield Earth" This Movie is Bad and You Should Even Skip Reading This Post

Let's not beat around the bush here. This movie is bad. It is widely reviled, and is considered to be one of the worst movies ever made. Yes, those are 7 different links, including admission by the screenwriter. So why don't we just jump into this and get it over with.

"Balls of Fury"

Well we got away from stupid comedies for a little while. Looks like we dove back in to them. Hard. "Balls of Fury" (2007) tried to take advantage of the popularity of "Dodgeball": using a forgotten sport at high stakes to make a comedy. "Dodgeball" started this trend, the trend moved on to peak for the movie "Dodgeball", and the last successful ridiculous sports movie was "Dodgeball".

The "Back to the Future" Trilogy

I wonder if Zemeckis knew what he was doing when he wrote these movies. They are pure fun - not out to prove anything other than movies are entertaining. That's exactly what this trilogy is: entertaining. For some reason my "Back to the Future Part II" will not work in my Xbox, so we weren't able to watch it. I've seen it a million times, though.

"Alien vs Predator" & "Alien vs Predator: Requiem"

I wish we owned other Alien and Predator movies. We own "Prometheus" and "Predators", which we will be watching later on in the P's. So for now we're watching "AvP: Alien vs Predator" and "AvPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem" Yep, they seriously tried to trend the titles up by starting them with the acronyms. So the second one has TWO subtitles! Snazzy!

"Avatar"

James Cameron's wildly-praised "Avatar" (2009). I want to keep this review short.

"As Above, So Below"

Every time I'm positive the "Found Footage Film" (FFF) genre has finally died, another one comes out which doesn't completely suck. "As Above, So Below" (2014) was one of those movies. It was a really good movie, but could have been significantly enhanced had it not been FFF. This review I want to do with as few spoilers as possible, since it is a thriller that depends on the unknown to scare you.

The box art is fantastic.

"Anchorman" & "Animal House" - They go together so well!

We decided to double-down on the Cult Comedy Classics this time around. We hit two of the most famous comedies in cinematic history: "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy" and "Animal House". We were going to watch "Anchorman 2", but thankfully we couldn't find it to stream anywhere legally. If you have not seen either of these films, you owe it to yourself to change that as soon as possible.

"An American Werewolf in London"

Next up is "An American Werewolf in London" (1981). There are not many movies quite like this one. And I think that's OK. This movie is a fantastic mix of horror and comedy. Not quite like "Zombieland" or "Army of Darkness". The comedy is a bit darker, which fits the plot so well. Believe it or not, this was written and directed by the director of "Animal House", which we'll be watching very shortly.

"Almost Heroes"

"Almost Heroes" (1998) is the untold story of Bartholomew Hunt (Chris Farley) and Leslie Edwards (Matthew Perry), who lead a team of third-rate explorers racing Lewis and Clark to the Pacific Ocean first. This tale was untold for good reason, as the IQ of the entire crew combined is about the same as your average Kardashian.

"Airheads"

If you've seen "Airheads", you were probably flipping through the channels on a weekend around 9am and settled on Comedy Central. It always seems to be on, either be for or after "Without a Paddle". It's just one of those movies that draws in viewings when nothing else is on. Don't let that diminish this movie. I love this movie, to the point I think this movie was made for me. Heavy Metal, comedy, an original plot that aged well, and Lemmy Kilmeister. What more do you need?

"The Addams Family" & "The Addams Family Values"

Just about everyone has heard of the Addams Family. They started off as a comic in 1938 as the antithesis of the American nuclear family. This comic spawned the very well-known black and white TV series "The Addams Family" which ran for a couple seasons, followed by a couple of cartoon series (and appearing in several other cartoons) and a trio of movies; 1991's "The Addams Family"; 1993's "Addams Family Values"; and the doomed-to-fail "Addams Family Reunion".

But if you haven't heard of the Addams Family before today, we have bigger things to worry about.

"50 First Dates", "Big Daddy", "Mr Deeds", "Happy Gilmore", "Billy Madison" - Or, way too much Adam Sandler!

Are you ready for this? I don't think we were!

As you can see, I have these in movie collections, and have them filed under "A" for "Adam Sandler". So we're watching them all here. We didn't watch them all at once, however. We would like to keep some of our intelligence. These were watched over the course for three days, and I wrote the reviews as we watched each movie.

"Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" & "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls"

Perhaps one of the stupidest movies ever made, "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" was (and still is) a cult hit that spawned an immediate sequel ("Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls"), a cartoon that ran for three seasons (which mostly everyone forgot about), and a widely ignored third movie. We're just discussing "Pet Detective" and "When Nature Calls"in this post, as I don't own any of the cartoon, and watching just the courtroom scene of the third movie by accident made me hate everything in this world for about five minutes. This is also a rare instance where the sequel is significantly better than the original. 

"Accepted"

Let's be honest, "Accepted" was a fairly forgettable comedy about a group of misfits who were rejected from all the colleges they applied for, so start their own college to steal money from their parents. Things take a turn when they find that other students have found themselves accepted into the fake college. Bartleby (played by Justin Long) struggles with allowing everyone to feel accepted in a world that doesn't want them, and keeping everything under control.

"Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"

Based off a book of the same name, "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" is the untold story of Abraham Lincoln's night job as a vampire hunter. It sounds ridiculous, but it is a rather fun movie. Most people wrote this off as a goofy and campy retelling of history, but it is not. There is no "goofy and campy", and is a solid action/horror movie. They manage to fit most everything that happens into his actual history, so nothing is as crazy as one might think.

"28 Days Later..." & "28 Weeks Later"

Well, didn't take us long to get into a double review post, did it? We're starting off strong with "28 Days Later...", and immediately ruining it with "28 Weeks Later". It's amazing how polarizing these two titles are.

Welcome to the Collection

The movie collection you have the pleasure of hearing my prattle on about. 

We love movies. And as you can see, we have a large collection of movies with varying degrees of quality and popularity. . We have our movies split up into several categories: Comics, Kids/Family, Muppets, Tolkien/Narnia/Star Wars, and Everything Else. We also have a pretty small anime collection and some TV series. Chances are I will not be reviewing either of those sections in this blog. All-in-all, we have somewhere around 400 titles.