Showing posts with label time-travel. Show all posts
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Thursday, September 16, 2010

Day 22: The Hourglass Sanatorium

Method of Acquisition: Borrowed

Runtime: TBD Year: TBD


Plot: A man looks for his father in a sanatorium but ends up in wibbly wobbly timey wimey adventure with multiple hats.

Review:
It was Polish. There were a lot of Jews. Like the guy walks down some stairs and there are at least 3 dozen. Then he will like go under a bed, end up in Africa or Mexico or something and then a bunch of Jewish dudes. There is also a little creep wearing all stripes. I loved it, but it made absolutely no sense. It was a struggle to come up with a one sentence summary.

Friday, September 3, 2010

Day 9: Trancers 3 & 4

Method of Acquisition: Borrowed

Runtimes: 75 minutes, tba Years: 1992, 1994

Plot: Jack Deth travels from 1992 to 2353 to 2005 and then to another dimension where there are vampires.

Review: The Trancers series is fucking amazing! Helen Hunt is only in the third one for about 5 seconds and Jack gets a reptillian android as a new bestie and just when he gets told at the end of Trancers 3 that they are now partners, Trancers 4 opens with Jack turning him into a lamp. The Trancers get even better since in the first 2 movies they are basically zombies. The third, they are soldiers that control their tranciness. The fourth they are vampire nobles. Fucking awesome.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Day 7: Cool World

Method of Acquisition: Borrowed

Runtime: 101 minutes Year: 1992

Plot: Brad Pitt enters into a cartoon world and has adventures with its creator and its inhabitants.

Review: The visuals are rad but by no means high quality. Even for 1992, the animation is not great however that just adds to the charm. The plot is secondary to the action. For example, Brad Pitt leaves the 40s, goes to the other world, and then goes back to the real world but in the 1990s and doesn't bat an eye. As far as I can tell, having him come from the 1940s was purely to justify his choice in suits. The roles of women are kind of pathetic. Holli Would, the main female character, is kind of just a crazy whore. Brad Pitt's animated girlfriend does nothing but whine. While not a feminist masterpiece, it serves its purpose. The back of the box uses the word "splashy". It fits.