Snow White & The Huntsman

Watching movies is supposed to be something you enjoy.

However, some directors seem to believe otherwise.

They seem to think that their viewers deserve to suffer.

Weren't there supposed to be dwarfs in this movie?

Let's not split hairs. The only reason Kristen Stewart was cast as Snow White in this movie was because she slept with the director. Considering that this was supposed to be a feminist movie, maybe they should have chosen their lead based on something other than 'Who's willing to sleep their way to the top'?

Especially when that 'actress' has only one facial expression. That of having just been smacked in the face with a plank of wood.

In case you couldn't guess, I'm not a fan of Kristen Stewart.

I am, however, a fan of Chris Hemsworth, which is why I decided to buy this movie.

King Arthur

Ok, so, funny story.

I was supposed to be reviewing Star Wars: Phantom Menace today, but a slight hiccup has occurred. Turns out that the copy I own is too scratched to work with my laptop's DVD player. As such, reviewing it would prove challenging in the least.

So, instead I'm going to review the 2004 cinematic attempt to put the legendary King Arthur back into the public conscious.

"True story."

Spoiler warning: It didn't work.

Blazing Saddles

There is no possible way to talk about this movie without it getting political.

What about "Racism is bad" is so hard to understand?

A bit of history may help.

In 1968 comedic creator Mel Brooks decided to make a movie mocking Adolf Hitler. His stated goal was to make Hitler and the Nazis into such a joke that nobody would ever be able to take their ideas seriously ever again.

In 1974, he decided to try and to the same thing to the concept of racism.

Strange thing is, this movie pretty much predicted current American politics.

And it did it to such a creepily accurate degree that I'm seriously beginning to think that Mel Brooks may be psychic.

George Of The Jungle

If you haven't noticed by reading the title of this Blog, my name is George.

So let's flash back to 1997, when I was only 11 years old and moving to a new school.

Then this movie came out.

Admit it, you're humming the theme song.

Thing is though, I actually really like this movie. It's funny, has good talent and Brendan Fraser's just so darn likeable.

And he spends most of the movie wearing nothing but a loincloth, so that's a plus.

Flubber

Today's movie poses something of a conundrum for me.

I mean, I have fond memories of it. All of my friends and co-workers love it too.

But, thinking back, I can't really say much about it that I genuinely liked.

In fact, there's quite a lot that I would outright loathe in any other movie.

Aka: Robin Williams mucks about: The movie.

So let's have a watch and try to work out why this particular film is so fondly remembered despite having just about every cliche in the book.

Spartacus

I fear it may be impossible to talk about this movie without mentioning the political climate of the time.

However, this is supposed to be a light-hearted review, so I don't want to weigh it down.

If you want to know the details, you can read up on it here.

With that out of the way, who am I talking about?

This guy.

The first thing I notice about this movie is the sheer length. I own the extended edition, so it clocks in at over 3 hours.

So watching this movie feels like a marathon by itself.

Red Reaper

If you've never heard of this movie, I wouldn't blame you.

This is one of those movies where you see the DVD cover and you just know it's going to be painful to watch.

And this is the better version.

That rechead up there is a woman named Tara Cardinal, who not only starred in this movie, but also wrote, directed and produced it.

You can tell there this is going.

But there's worse.

One of the executive producers is a guy named Uwe Boll. If you've not heard of Uwe Boll then let me tell you what he's famous for.

1; Using German tax loopholes to screw investors out of money.

2; Making atrociously bad action movies such as Bloodrayne.

3; Challenging film critics to boxing matches so that he can beat them into submission.

Classy.