#261: Sharknado [2013]

You’d think it would be horrible, but I say it’s better than any big-budget monster movie Hollywood’s produced for twenty years.

Plot-wise it’s super stupid, of course, but that goes for pretty much all monster movies.  I think maybe the low budget cheese has a certain disarming effect on the stoops.  Maybe a big budget is exactly what monster movies don’t need?

If Jurassic Park only had a budget of two million dollars, they probably wouldn’t be able to afford Goldblum.

Title: Sharknado
Director: Anthony C. Ferrante
Score:   5/8
Verdict:    Safe to watch, but maybe bring some distractions.

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#253: Cul-de-sac [1966]

The greatest heist movie ever. A bit of a cheat, really, as Cul-de-sac is one of my all time favourite movies. Most heist-films focus on the planning and execution of the big heist.  Cul-de-sac picks up after the heisters have gotten away, and shows us while you may think the answer is money, and freedom, the question is people, and eggs.

Interrestingly, I believe this marks Donald Pleasence’s first apparance in the year of film 2014.  Strange… You rock, Donny!

Title: Cul-de-sac
Director: Roman Polanski
Score:   6/6
Eggs:   I like eggs…

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