Bad movies rule.

Or maybe I'm just a glutton for punishment.
Arriving in tomorrow's mail from Netflix, are 2 movies that critics and viewers alike have said sucked.
Skinwalkers and Lindsay Lohan's I Know Who Killed Me.

I don't know why I chose these 2, but I'll watch them and report back.
Most movie reviewers don't know which was worse for Lohan's movie, the script or her acting, but I'll attempt to figure it out.
Maybe it will be both.

Fall Out Boy covers Pantera. I mean butchers it.

On November 19 in Buffalo, New York, it has been reported that they covered Pantera's Walk during a secret Fall Out Boy show at the Mohawk Place where they performed under the name Schrute Farms.
A fan filmed the sacrilegious butchering of the song.
You can see it below.
Nothing is sacred anymore, Dime is spinning in his grave.

Freddie Mercury 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991

16 years ago today, music and the world, lost one of it's brightest and most talented musicians.
He was born under the name Farrokh Bulsara, and was the lead singer of the rock band Queen, who were inducted in to the Rock N' Roll hall of fame in 2001.

Statue of Mercury in Montreaux.

He was a singer, songwriter, and loved by millions of fans around the world.
His sexual orientation was always under question, they couldn't ever leave him alone, always wanting to know if he was gay.
A question he didn't answer with the truth, but never lied either, he just didn't answer.
On November 23, 1991, Freddie Mercury told the world in a press conference he had AIDS.
24 hours later, he passed away.
It was a sad day for fans of Freddie and the band Queen, and I don't think any fan will ever forget hearing the news.

His death and the announcement, made news around the world.
The remaining members of Queen held a tribute concert on April 20th 1992 at Wembley Stadium to a sold out crowd of 72,000, and more than 1 billion viewers watched it live.
I was one of those people glued to my tv that day to watch the tribute to one of the worlds finest musicians.

Queen had an astounding 29 records, which still sell today.
New fans find their music and are amazed at the voice and talent of the bands brilliant front man, thanks to movies and video games like Guitar Hero.
He will never be forgotten by long time fans, and the music will live on as new generations discover the wonder of Queen.
If asked to pick a favorite song, I couldn't do it, so I'll just post one of the ones I really like a lot, or two.

You are missed Freddie.

New Cloverfield trailer. Looking bad ass

Check this out!
What the fuck is that?!

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Ratatouille (2007)

I can't recall the last time I watched a children's movie that was actually good for children.
Until tonight.

We just finished watching Ratatouille, and I do believe that this is one of the best children's movies, heck, one of the best movies, I have seen in a few years.
It has an amazing all-star cast, including Peter O'Toole as the famous food critic Anton Ego, Brad Garrett as Gusteau, and Patton Oswalt as Remy, who is probably most famous for his role as Spence on King of Queens.

Ratatouille is the story of a young rat named Remy who has a natural gift for finding good food. He can smell if it's fresh, he can smell if it's been poisoned by the humans, and his father employs him as the colonies poison checker due to his incredible gift with food.
After the colony had been found and the rats fled, Remy is separated from his family and friends, and finds himself in Paris at the restaurant of the famous chef he admired and wanted to be like.

He ends up helping another young man struggling to find his way, Linguini, who turns out to be the son and rightful owner of the restaurant.
The two of them help each other, Remy helping Linguini keep his job by helping him cook, and Linguini helping Remy to trust humans and fulfill his dream of being a chef.

But this movie is so much more than that.
Right from the start, there are moral and ethical lessons being taught.
Do not steal, do not take credit for something that isn't yours, treat people right, and to follow your heart and your dreams to be whatever you want to be.

I was very impressed with Ratatouille right from the start.
Pixar has once again outdone themselves with their brilliant animation.
When the above scene shown on my tv screen, I oohed and ahhed at the gorgeous view Linguini had of Paris from his very small and poor apartment.
He lived in what amounted to a dumpy cheap apartment, but that view, man, that view was stunning.
To be cramped up in there with that kind of view, would have been worth so much.
But it was the story, the story telling, and the lessons, that were an absolute joy to watch unfold on the screen.
This is the type of children's movie studios should be making.

In our current world condition, wars over everything, political correctness, back stabbing, stealing from large corporations and leaving people with nothing, people taking credit for others works, this movie teaches all the right lessons in a way that children can understand.
It would be great if adults watched it too.
I think people have forgotten that we are in this big old mess together, and we must rely on each other, help one another, and be good people to one another.
It wasn't a heavy handed message at all, but it was there loud and clear.
There were a few moments I gasped at the way each lesson unfolded, and I made a head nod motion toward my tv screen, and said yes, so right.

This is seriously one of the best movies I have seen in years.
I will be adding it to my movie collection even though my sons are grown, it is a must have.
It was beautiful, stunning actually, and left me shaken inside and inspired to keep on going, to keep on striving, because anyone can be who and what they want if they just do it.

Anyone can cook, the motto of the famous French chef Gusteau, and indeed, anyone can be something.

Major movie suckage.

This looks like the worst movie ever.
Wow.
I watched this twice, and I still am amazed this movie even got made.
What movie am I talking about?
Major Movie Star, starring Jessica Simpson.
Watch this and place your bets on how soon this will be on DVD.
I don't even think it will hit theaters, this looks straight to DVD to me!

Writers Guild on strike as of 12:01am today!

Get the latest news on the strike which could totally halt any new movies or tv show scripts from being written.
We may all end up watching repeats of soap operas, night time dramas, comedies, all our fave shows.

Hopefully this will end soon and both sides come to some sort of agreement.

Hostel Part II (2007)

On Halloween night, we also watched Hostel - Part II.
Synopsis:

Three female college students take a detour from their partying, enticed by a beautiful European woman who promises seclusion, safety and maybe even romance. What they get is a living hell where they are sold to the highest bidder who's fondest wish is to kill them slowly. Hostel 2 also follows 2 American men who, on the flip side of the coin, are willing to pay to join an exclusive club where a life will end at their hands...any way they like. It's a story of human monsters and the almighty dollar as only Eli Roth could tell it.

Hostel Part II stars Bijou Phillips, Lauren German, Heather Matarazzo, Roger Bart, and Richard Burgi.

The Two American men are brothers (Bart and Burgi) and they have paid to join the club of people who outbid each other to be able to kill a person any way they want to.
There was also a woman who outbid several other people, in order to kill one of the girls too.
She ends up taking the life of our first college girl victim, Lorna, played by Matarazzo.
Lorna dies a very slow at first, torturous death.

This leaves Beth (German) and Whitney (Phillips) to be killed.
Burgi picks Whitney and is so excited through the entire movie, right up until it's time to actually do the deed.
He wants to kill, believes it will give him power, that people will just sense he's a dangerous man and never fuck with him again.
Bart gets Beth and through the whole movie, he's squeamish and unsure if this is what he wants to do, the total opposite of his brother.
But when it comes time to actually kill, Burgi can't go through with it after his first cut into Whitney.
He makes a mistake with a hand saw, and refuses to fulfill the contract he signed.
The contract states that if you go in the room, you must kill the person inside it.
Breach of contract means death for you, and Burgi meets his end at the hand of a pack of flesh loving dogs.

Bart who at first seems like he wants to help Beth get free, is actually just playing a game with her, making it seem like help, kindness, and then he turns into the monster he really is, the killer his brother couldn't be.
But Beth gets the upper hand and gets away.

It was a great twist to her character, to the whole movie, to have her be able to go free.
I won't tell you and ruin it in case you want to check it out, but I laughed my ass off when she was able to leave.

A warning to the guys who may want to watch this. You might want to have a few drinks and wear a cup.
There's a scene with a penis and some cutters that will have you clutching your balls and crying for your mommy.

I really enjoyed this one. Slightly less violent and less bloody than the first Hostel, but had a better story, we learned more about our characters and more about the club that that killers want to join.
Scale of 1 to 5, I give Hostel Part II a 4.

Fido (2006)

I rented a couple movies from Netflix for our Halloween in, and so last night and again this morning, we watched Fido.

Synopsis:

Timmy Robinson's best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when FIDO eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido a part of the family. A boy-and-his-dog movie for grown ups, "FIDO" will rip your heart out.

Fido stars Carrie-Ann Moss, Billy Connolly as Fido, Dylan Baker, Henry Czerny, and K'Sun Ray as Timmy.

Fido is about all the living dead, the zombies, who after the great zombie war in the 1950's, are now either used as pets or servants like mailmen, milkmen, and gardeners, those types of jobs, and controlled through the use of a special collar created by Zombcom.
Some other zombies which could not be used, are in the areas known as the wild. Each town is fenced off from the wild, and basically each other.
People who screw up and set their zombies free by choice or accident, are sometimes punished by being dumped into the wild where the flesh eating zombies run free.

Timmy Robinson and his parents, finally get a servant zombie of their own even though Timmy's father Bill Robinson hates them because during the war, he was just a kid and had to kill his zombified grandfather.
He is still afraid of them.
But they finally get their own zombie and Timmy names him Fido.
During a game of catch, Fido's collar is accidentally shut off by the walker of a neighbor, Mrs. Henderson.
Then he eats her.
Then she becomes a zombie and bites someone else.
Timmy tries to stop it all, but can't, and pretty soon the town has a wild zombie problem again.

This is a hysterically funny movie. It's very dark humor though, not everyone will laugh.
It has a rating of 4 stars on Amazon, and some pretty decent reviews.
This isn't your typical zombie movie though, but if you are a fan of zombie flicks, it's worth checking out.
You can check out the trailer, and then rent it.
It's totally worth it.