Watched Carrie last weekend. Didn't pay much attention to it until the spot where she flips out and starts killing everyone. Sadly, she ends up killing even the people who actually cared about her. Whoops.
When I was sick I caught the end of Buckaroo Banzai. Haven't seen that since I was a kid. I was amazed at how many big name actors were in this. Peter Weller as Buckaroo (he's best known as Robocop). Jeff Goldbloom. John Lithgow as the villian. Christopher Lloyd. I think I had more fun identifying actors than enjoying the shitty special effects and crappy plot.
Before that I watched Christmas Vacation, or "I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit he is! Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where's the Tylenol?"
I remember this being funnier than it was. Apparently 80's humor is just too old-fashioned because I didn't laugh much in this movie. About the time I actually did laugh was when the cat got fried. Laughing at a cat being fried? What kind of sick fuck am I? I also laughed when Clark did his rant above, especially when he said "Hallelujah holy shit!"
Before that I watched Bunraku. Great visuals, generic plot, boring characters. Gackt over-emoted like an emo douche. Unlike Buckaroo Banzai I spent most of this movie mistaking actors for other actors. I thought Ron Perlman's character looked like Will Ferell. The bartender reminded me too much of Jason Statham. And the main character reminded me too much of Brad Pitt with a pedo 'stache. Oh, and the second in command reminded me too much of Alex from Clockwork Orange.
