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The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
Nostalgic Dino-Fun
I was unashamedly thrilled to see my childhood favorite had been released on DVD. Just played it for my girlfriend her her 7-year old son, who enjoyed it *nearly* as much as I had.
Re-seeing the film through 35-years-older eyes reveals it definitely is pretty cheesy, but in a heartwarming sorta way. Franciscus is a hyper-stylized stud-muffin who pairs up with exotic Gila Golan and the wise-for-his-years Lopi. Slower than I remembered too, with the fist half of the film almost entirely focusing on the gypsies/circus angle and low-simmering loveline. Oh well, it was still a hoot.
A B-movie with A+ (especially for the time) effects. Gwangi still rocks!
Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995)
Newly Hooked...
Just got into Bob & David and friends via the 1st/2nd Season DVD, and absolutely LOVE the blend of smart/dumb + the not-so-topical-to-be-dated material. So unpredictable (like an American Monty Python) with easily-identifiable characterizations... David Cross gives me hope (as another balded, bespectacaled geek) So amazing throughout!
Even the few low-spots are 5X better than your average TV fare... punching fun at *everything!*, the gag-a-minute pace interweaves unsuspected threads into a hilariously cohesive whole... I guarantee it's a hell of alot funnier than *that* sounds.
All social/theological/political/etc. views are subject to off-handedly- thoughtful ribbing.... so no prudes need to check this out. An enthusiastically ravenous recommendation from me! Too much to explain! I've not been so completely entranced since ????
Please release the 3rd/4th seasons soon! (+I'll be at Chicago's LIVE Hooray for America Show and pushing for the release od Run, Ronny, Run!)
Kimberly (1999)
4 "dads" = bad, bad, bad, bad...(w/Spoilers)
This includes "spoilers" but the thing is already so thoroughly rotten, it shouldn't matter, unless you want to be surprised at just how unbelievably lame a flick can be...
You know the kind of film you somehow find yourself accidentally watching and are unable to look away, as if it were a car wreck... Kimberly is one of those.
Sure she's adorable, but... really! In brief, she's coaching four buddies on a rowing team, and they all vow not to date her, but of course each does, without any of the others knowing... When she turns up pregnant, she tells the boys she wants them all to be dads... the guys bicker a little, but agree.
It's ludicrous! No one seems to want any kind of paternity testing, or cares that there's only a 1/4 chance they ARE the father (well, the one guy who KNOWS he's not, just pretends to not know because he's so darned sensitive)... The only one who calls her "a slut" is the one was cheating on his own girlfriend, so I guess that's supposed to nullify that prospect. (Of the remaining two, one's a spastic manchild who passed out drunk and doesn't know he never slept with Kimmie, and the other is a neurotic who actually IS the father, unless there was a 5th gun...)
So they're all being supportive, buying her things, arranging the medical care, wigging out their family members, etc. and when it comes to delivery time, things get all wacky with loads of "screwball hijinx" as everyone rushes to the hospital. The delivery scene continues this jarring "comedic" tilt...
In the end, the non-fathers discover they were somewhat misled by the Row Ho' as I like to call her, but golly gee, Kim's such a swell gal, they don't mind that this whole thing basically ruined their lives in one way or another. Never mind about the real dad... the guy whose main solo scenes show him in therapy... sure, let him think she's screwing EVERYONE, he can handle it.
Not to spoil EVERYTHING, I won't tell you whether the "rowing team" (out-of-shape and mentally disturbed as they are) wins the big race against the obligatorily clad-in-black bad guy team :)