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lQizzar
- Likes to watch lots of old movies and TV shows
- Remembers about a million movie review scores from IMDb, Metacritic, and Rotten Tomatoes (for example, the movie Spy Kids (2001) has 5.6 71 93%)
I like to remember movie scores because there are always interesting patterns between scores and I like to compare them, like 6.2 68 64% and 6.2 47 34%. You probably won't get why, but it's just what I like I guess.
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An error has ocurred. Please try againFirst movie downloaded: Batman (1966) [PG]; download date: November 4, 2022; Latest movie downloaded: The Italian Job (1969) [G]; download date: February 12, 2023;
Bonus: 100th movie downloaded: Love Actually (2003) [R]; download date: February 12, 2023;
Missing titles: AstroPop (2007) [Included in PopCap Hits! Vol. 1 with Bejeweled 2] Tetris (2009) [PSP; downloaded after Tetris DS] Archer Maclean's Mercury [PSP; downloaded after Railroad Tycoon II]
Reviews
Home Alone (1990)
A mildly amusing little black comedy
Several years ago, my friend at school told me about his favorite movie, and at that time, I've never even heard of it; now, over half a decade later, I got a chance to watch the cult classic holiday film he was talking about: Home Alone.
The movie that turned young Mac Culkin into one of the biggest child stars in movies, Home Alone follows the comic exploits of Kevin McCallister, the youngest of a large family, as he tries to survive being alone in his house after being left behind when his family goes on a Christmas vacation. Meanwhile, two bumbling criminals Harry and Marv (played hilariously by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) try to break in the McCallisters', knowing that they're on vacation; what they don't realize is that Kevin was left behind, and end up thinking that they were going to be shot. When they realize it was only a prank, they break in again, underestimating Kevin and his other pranks, and end up getting their just desserts, and Kevin seems to be enjoying all their suffering.
It was a sweet, little black comedy that ends with a kid who enjoys the suffering of two criminals being tortured by his traps, but that was a bit later in the film; for me, I think the first half was a bit slow, and I think I expected a bit too much when I hear all about Kevin and his traps. But nevertheless, it was still quite fun of a quite bleakly funny "family" comedy.
7.3/10;
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Home Alone
Release year: 1990
Certificate: PG
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catherine O'Hara
Genres: Adventure/black comedy
Synopsis: The youngest kid of a large family is inadvertently left behind when the family goes on a Christmas vacation.
IMDb rating: 7.7/10
Metascore: 63/100
Rotten Tomatoes score: 67%
(25/11/22)
Mind Your Language (1977)
Hilarious Classic
I watched MYL on TV on this channel that shows old shows (called HITS), including "Three's Company", "Cheers", "Columbo", and many more.
In the midst of all the different shows it had, there came "Mind Your Language"; when I watched it, I laughed my head off.
The naïveté of the foreigners are to the point where you'll burst yourself laughing at the ways how ridiculous they misunderstand things; in one episode, a character shoplifts an item that says "free offer inside", but thinks it meant that the item itself was free; it's not only just situations, but also words; (after all, they are learning English) for example, it is mentioned in one episode that a character defined the word "polygon" as a "disappearing parrot"; where the word "polygon" itself sounds similarly to "Polly gone", that's what he must've thought.
The characters are also hilarious, especially Juan, Ranjeet and Ali. The beloved Juan Cervantes, known for his quip "¿Por favor?", and his other classic lines. ("One right feet, one left feet!")
Above all, MYL is still one of my most favorite sitcoms that still makes me laugh no matter how many times I rewatch it.