Friday, March 31, 2006

Top Ten Lame Movies I Like

  1. You've Got Mail. Totally saccharine, very predictable, full of Tom Hanks-style retarded sideways head bobbing and a ridiculous amount of AOL product placement, but I still like it. It speaks to my bizarre fantasy of owning a small bookshop.
  2. Practical Magic. Silly chick-flick full of editing gaffs and bad 90's fashion. I guess I like it because it's about close sisters and since I don't have a sister, I watch this movie sometimes and pretend. (Guess that makes me lame, too!)
  3. What a Girl Wants. Pure teen fluff starring Amanda Bynes and the very handsome Colin Firth. What's not to like? She finds out her dad is some British lord or something, goes to England to meet him, falls for a cute British boy in the process, and gets her parents back together by the end.
  4. Matrix: Reloaded and Revolutions. I know that's 2 movies, but they might as well be one big long one. These two sequels came nowhere near the brilliance of the first. I like them mainly because of the new characters introduced and the fashions and fight scenes. The big Zion dance party, however, I can seriously do without.
  5. Everyone Says I Love You. I could watch this Woody Allen flick over and over again. I love it on a purely aesthetic level because the story is so full of creepiness and misogyny that my ovaries would shrink if I paid serious attention. The scene where the neighbor kids sing and dance at Halloween is priceless, however.
  6. Underworld. Shamelessly convoluted, full of plot holes, and contains a silly & contrived love story. But it's got vampires and werewolves fighting each other in fancy leather outfits! Don't forget Bill Nighy -- he totally steals every scene he's in.
  7. The Librarian -- Quest for the Spear. Just outright silly. Admittedly, it is cool to see a librarian running around the jungle and tangling with bad guys. Plus, his girlfriend rides a motorcycle.
  8. The Craft. Another witchy-poo movie about four teenage girls who do magic, make trouble, fall out with each other, then seek revenge. Fun to watch with a tub of popcorn. Just don't choke from all the laughing you'll do.
  9. The Fifth Element. This movie is tres horrible but it makes up for what it lacks in plot and character development with deliciously campy characters and costumes. "Multipass!"
  10. Who's That Girl? What a stinker! Madonna does her "best" Marilyn Monroe impression for two hours while you try not to stare at the giant black eyebrows that live below her platinum blonde hair. However, this flick contains quite a few laughs and one of my favorite movie lines: "I had her in me cab once."

So there you have it. My ten favorite lame movies...not "cool" lame, just lame. Enjoy.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

um, i am all about the craft as well. i can't even remember how many times i have watched it! sign me up for the lame club!

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