This movie is a solid 6 in my book. I watched it as an MST3K episode but could have easily been entertained by it on it's own. I like heist movies and as easily as I knew this one was doomed to failure, I actually was getting nervous for this guy. Throw in a very bad slut, so really stupid greasers (well I guess most greasers are really stupid), and the finishing touch is the safe-cracker with class who I'm pretty sure was the shyster in the Trouble With Tribbles episode of Star Trek (one of the best loved ST TOS episodes ever) and its definitely a 6 rated low budget noir. Hey, Beast of Yucca Flats an under 2 rated movie? Absolutely, but High School Big Shot deserves much higher. The MST3K treatment almost does it a disservice, almost. There are some pretty good one liners to use in this, the MST3K boys did miss some good really spot on jokes but they passed because they are so PC and hold back from things like gay cracks, like in the beginning when the greaser tucks Marv's shirt in his pants (maybe too close to home for them?). High School Big Shot, I rate 6 out of 10, if you like noir see it first without the commentary. As a MST3K episode its one of the above average episodes, comes with a funny bread salesman short before it.
3 Reviews
Above Average MST3K, Not A Bad Flick Either (by bad flick standards)
verbusen17 January 2007
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Poor High School Marksman
hellraiser724 August 2023
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Warning don't read unless seen film.
This is another good one if not on my favorite's list, it's another of those odd youth crime movies back in the day and obviously not one of the best which isn't hard to see why.
Really like some of the skits like seeing Crow and Servo trying to break into Gypsy's diary but of course every attempt just makes both fit to be in the junkyard; that must be one heck of a lock Gypsy's using, though I also wonder what the heck Crow and Servo would want with it anyway.
Another good one was seeing Crow and Servo acting like hooligans, doing a drive by, and throwing morning breakfast at Mike. But of course, my favorite and an honorable mention in favorite skits was seeing the Robots and Mike parodying on the bread advertisement short, both that and this skit were just full of hilarity.
Even this film they riff on, the protagonist in the film I can't say I feel totally sympathetic toward as he's slightly enabling the situation in a way, but just kind of stupid. And of course, part of that stupidity is in consorting with a girl that is clearly using him; whenever the red flags were clearly visible I most of the time thought "To the streets with her!" The girl is clearly a s... that isn't in love with him or anyone but herself. You could say that's one of the lessons in the film, don't let anyone use you, if they're doing that then it's a sign, they don't truly love you back and to simply not settle for less but settle for more.
Of course, there were plenty of memorable riffs, really like what Mike and the bots say about the interaction scenes between the protagonist and the girl. Also, like how the Bots and Mike address some technical issues like one scene where the protagonist along with his partners are speeding up in a car and how there is clearly some reused stock footage or even how night just turned into day so fast, these things once again are signs on how discount store budgeted this film is.
The protagonist may lose his shots, but you can't in hilarity with this episode.
Rating: 3 stars.
This is another good one if not on my favorite's list, it's another of those odd youth crime movies back in the day and obviously not one of the best which isn't hard to see why.
Really like some of the skits like seeing Crow and Servo trying to break into Gypsy's diary but of course every attempt just makes both fit to be in the junkyard; that must be one heck of a lock Gypsy's using, though I also wonder what the heck Crow and Servo would want with it anyway.
Another good one was seeing Crow and Servo acting like hooligans, doing a drive by, and throwing morning breakfast at Mike. But of course, my favorite and an honorable mention in favorite skits was seeing the Robots and Mike parodying on the bread advertisement short, both that and this skit were just full of hilarity.
Even this film they riff on, the protagonist in the film I can't say I feel totally sympathetic toward as he's slightly enabling the situation in a way, but just kind of stupid. And of course, part of that stupidity is in consorting with a girl that is clearly using him; whenever the red flags were clearly visible I most of the time thought "To the streets with her!" The girl is clearly a s... that isn't in love with him or anyone but herself. You could say that's one of the lessons in the film, don't let anyone use you, if they're doing that then it's a sign, they don't truly love you back and to simply not settle for less but settle for more.
Of course, there were plenty of memorable riffs, really like what Mike and the bots say about the interaction scenes between the protagonist and the girl. Also, like how the Bots and Mike address some technical issues like one scene where the protagonist along with his partners are speeding up in a car and how there is clearly some reused stock footage or even how night just turned into day so fast, these things once again are signs on how discount store budgeted this film is.
The protagonist may lose his shots, but you can't in hilarity with this episode.
Rating: 3 stars.
My predictions were correct!
ericstevenson23 June 2016
Warning: Spoilers
I'm going to admit to complete bias in this episode. The main reason I'm giving this the full score is because I got the stinger right. I absolutely knew the scene involving the guy staring at the camera talking about the money would show up at the end. How right I was! Seriously though, this was a hilarious episode. I really love the out of theater segments too. I just find it interesting to see Crow and Tom Servo suffer more damage as they try to open Gypsy's diary. It's just such a funny series of images to see those robots playing with water pistols at the end too.
The preceding short was just great. I was so anxious before they said, "It's the circus of the Devil!". Another great one was, "Everybody down! The bread man is here!". The short was so goofy it was perfect riffing for this show. As for the movie itself, there were tons of great things as usual. I liked when the giant Tom Servo appeared in the theater and kept saying, "Movie bad!". It's great to see interaction in the theater itself. I wish I could remember the specific parts that made me laugh. I loved, "The school called. Everybody hates you" and "What's the idea of trying to make a fool out of me back there?", followed by "I thought it went okay". ****
The preceding short was just great. I was so anxious before they said, "It's the circus of the Devil!". Another great one was, "Everybody down! The bread man is here!". The short was so goofy it was perfect riffing for this show. As for the movie itself, there were tons of great things as usual. I liked when the giant Tom Servo appeared in the theater and kept saying, "Movie bad!". It's great to see interaction in the theater itself. I wish I could remember the specific parts that made me laugh. I loved, "The school called. Everybody hates you" and "What's the idea of trying to make a fool out of me back there?", followed by "I thought it went okay". ****
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