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Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
If you try and succeed in making a bad movie, is it a failure or a success?
Over twenty years after its release, Freddy Got Fingered continues to be a misunderstood $15 million dollar prank at everyone's expense.
Prior to getting the greenlight (ha) to make his own movie, Tom Green had managed to become a sort-of underground figure of anti-comedy. Sort of a poor man's Canadian Andy Kaufman. His role in Road Trip brought him a modicum of fame, and with that fame came offers for movies. Tom Green, in his infinitely stupid wisdom, decided that he could either try and make a legitimately good movie and fail or he could intentionally try to make the worst film ever made and give the finger (ha) to the studio.
The result is, as Nathan Rabin of the AV Club put it, a borderline Dadaist provocation. It's a Zen riddle of a movie. If you intentionally set out to make one of the worst films ever made and succeed, is it a failure or a success?
For me, it's a success. It's a must-see for anyone who claims to hate the Hollywood system.
Last Known Position (2021)
Great promise ruined by one twist too many
For the majority of the show, Last Known Position had me hooked. Great premise: a group of scientists are on a top-secret expedition with many twists and turns along the way, all culminating in a face-off with a creature thought to be only the stuff of legend.
The show completely trips at the finish line, though. Just when it seems it's ending, they throw in a few twists too many and completely undermine every bit of character development they've gone through. There was a ton of missed opportunity as well, from the motivations of the characters to the motivations of the creature itself.
I'm really disappointed. Maybe the TV adaptation will do better.
The Newsroom (2012)
Preachy, sanctimonious and filled with unlikable characters.
This is the kind of show that people swallow in droves because it makes them feel like they're doing something progressive, to help the country become better.
The truth is, all they're doing is watching an obnoxious piece of garbage that preaches to the choir while offering nothing of actual value.
Like most of Aaron Sorkin's work, the rapid-fire dialogue distracts from the fact that there's no genuine intelligence. There's not even the slightest amount of character; we're stuck with a group of people who are all convinced that they're crusaders against ignorance and complacency even though reality constantly proves them wrong. Nobody in this show is remotely likable even though the show seems convinced that they're engaging. I would rather spend an entire day in a Starbucks among the worst kind of fast-food, beanie-wearing trust-fund hipsters than among any of these characters for more than a minute.
So-called plot points go absolutely nowhere, and the ones that go anywhere at all go in directions that contradict everything that came before them. For example: the entire third season drops the lawsuit at the center of season two. No explanation, no nothing. It just acts like it never happened. And yet people want to say this show has some of the best writing ever. PLEASE.
Regardless of political leanings, this show is at best a mess and at worst it's Aaron Sorkin's post-Oscar ego eating itself until it dies.
Hilda (2018)
Brilliant. One of the best animated series of all time.
As someone who grew up in the 1990s, animated series are among my favorite things. I grew up with the best of Nickelodeon, the Disney Channel, Cartoon Network and all of that, so when I say that Hilda is one of the best animated series ever made, I mean it.
The animation is so beautiful, with such vivid colors and adorable (and terrifying) designs for the characters and creatures. But even the gorgeous animation takes a backseat to the writing, which is just incredible. Hilda avoids all the cliches of typical animated series and respects its audience. The writing is intelligent, deeply emotional and compliments the art style perfectly. It's also refreshingly optimistic, unlike a lot of modern animated series that rely on cynicism a little too much.
This is proof that television can be an art form, and easily one of Netflix's greatest accomplishments.
The Nostalgia Critic: The Wall (2019)
The moment DW's ego collapsed in on itself
It goes without saying that Doug Walker's ego had been inflating to dangerous proportions a LONG time before this video came out, but this was the moment it collapsed into a vortex from which even light couldn't escape.
Everything about this so-called "review" is awful, but the most awful of all is how completely tone-deaf DW's interpretation of The Wall is. He obviously did no research into how it was influenced by Roger Waters' loss of his father in WWII, the abusive school conditions in mid-20th century England, and the descent of England into fascistic Thatcherism. This was the moment where only die-hard, in-denial NC fans could deny that Walker's reach exceeded his grasp.
In a nutshell, all this video is is a fortysomething minute fanfiction by someone who has no interest in context, history, or actual intellectualism. I would say the soundtrack is like a low-grade Dollar Tree Weird Al parody, but frankly that's a hugei nsult to both Dollar Tree and Weird Al.
Avoid this one at all costs.
The Nostalgia Critic (2007)
Never before has someone with so little to say said so much.
I used to be a huge fan of the Nostalgia Critic. I had just graduated from high school and was going off to college, so I was very nostalgic about my childhood and it was interesting to see movies and TV from that time "reviewed" with a skeptical eye.
However, much like Barney and beds shaped like race cars, I grew out of it. When I matured, I realized that Doug Walker doesn't have the ability to back up his passion. He's a YouTube-era Salieri. He claims to be a comedian and critic, but his insight into comedy and pop culture is nonexistent.
Even without all the Channel Awesome controversy, this show would still be awful. It's not enough to make people laugh. A fart can make people laugh. But to make people laugh while also stimulating them intellectually and emotionally? That takes talent. Talent which Doug Walker, sadly, does not have at all. This show tries to pass off empty shock humor and shallow pseudo-intellectual non-philosophy as entertainment. Even Family Guy has gotten more genuine laughs out of me than this show.
As long as there are idiots who want to pass themselves off as being smart, Nostalgia Critic will have an audience. In the end, though, you'd be better off trying to live off of Big Macs.
Shin Gojira (2016)
Over 60 years later, Toho remains the undisputed home of Godzilla
Two years after Gareth Edwards somehow managed to make the most boring Godzilla film in existence, Toho stepped in to remind us where it all began and how it should be done.
I can see why this movie resonated more in Japan than it did elsewhere. The amount of time given to the bureaucrats, scientists and politicians may seem inordinate to some, but in my opinion this is the one Godzilla movie where I get as interested in the human characters as I do Godzilla itself. It's actually a breath of fresh air to follow government officials as opposed to soldiers or civilians.
Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi do a phenomenal job in bringing this vision of Godzilla to life. Their background in anime really shows; the wide-angle lenses and quick cuts make the scenes in the offices just as action-packed as the scenes where Godzilla attacks, and before you even know it you're invested in the story and desperate to see your heroes make it out alive.
I know Godzilla (2014) has an audience, as does Godzilla: King of the Monsters and Godzilla VS Kong, but try as those movies might, they can't hold a candle to Toho and their mastery of the kaiju genre.
All Hail the True King.
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
An instant classic, and one of the greatest films ever made.
Evelyn Wang's life is falling apart.
Her marriage has lost its passion, her relationship with her daughter is strained, and the laundromat she runs with her husband is being audited.
And from this simple framework, we get a film that pulls out all the stops and becomes more and more insane before pulling the rug out from under you and revealing itself to be a simple story about love, optimism, and googly eyes.
This is a watershed movie. Like Pulp Fiction did in the 1990s, EEAAO has come along to remind us that big budgets, all-star casts and mega-studio backing is nothing compared to imagination and passion. And there are very few movies with as much imagination and passion as this.
This is a movie that could've only been made today. It's a perfect mix of modern technology and old-fashioned ingenuity. It couldn't have happened without digital editing but with its minimal budget, it works wonders.
And at the center of it all is Michelle Yeoh, reminding us all that "past your prime" is a myth. She gets to show off every single one of her many talents, from dance and martial arts to subtle and not-so-subtle humor. She's absolute dynamite. And while she is unquestionably the star of the film, Ke Huy Quan is the heart and soul. It's a comeback performance on the level of Robert Downey, Jr. In Iron Man. And on top of both of these excellent performances, we also get brilliant from from Stephanie Hsu, James Hong and Jamie Lee Curtis. It's a treasure trove of great acting.
I could go on and on forever about this movie. It's a game changer and a life changer. It reminded me why I fell in love with movies in the first place, and in an industry full of unnecessary live-action remakes and endless superhero spin-offs and sequels, EEAAO is in a class all its own. An absolute masterpiece, and my new favorite film of all time.
My Adventures with Superman (2023)
A refreshingly earnest portrayal of Superman
After fifteen plus years of hyper-realistic, melancholy versions of classic superheroes, it's great to finally get something that's old-fashioned in the best possible way.
The people behind Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra have created another series that's not only beautifully animated but genuinely heartfelt. Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olson are all very likable characters even if they do remind us of Aang, Katara and Sokka.
It's also nice to have a Superman who's driven by a genuine desire to do the right thing. Unlike Zack Snyder's Supes, who had an overbearing savior complex, this Superman is a hero with heart. His clumsiness and kindness are endearing to where you really root for him when he starts battling the bad guys. It's a simple thing that the self-important people running the DC film universe seem to have forgotten.
DC has always had the edge when it came to animated series, and that streak is continued with My Adventures with Superman. I can't wait to continue watching it.
Velma (2023)
Everything you've heard is true.
I honestly thought HBO couldn't top Santa, Inc. As the least funny thing ever created. I was wrong.
It's not just that the show isn't funny, even though it absolutely is not funny at all... it's that it's miserable. It is so mean-spirited that you wonder what was going on in Mindy Kaling's head while creating it.
There isn't a single thing that works. The voice acting is mixed, the animation looks like every other animated show on TV, the plot is nonexistent and just one meta-joke after another, the whole spirit of the show is hypocritical and (again) mean, and worst of all it completely betrays a set of beloved characters that have survived decades of changing culture.
Joseph Barbera and William Hanna aren't so much turning in their graves as suffering a full-on post-mortem heavy duty spin cycle.
Mindy Kaling and HBO should be absolutely embarrassed and ashamed of themselves.
Breaking Bad (2008)
This show is the standard by which all other TV shows will be measured from now on.
Breaking Bad isn't just the best TV drama of all time. It's the best TV series of all time, regardless of genre.
I've seen every episode at least twice and there isn't a weak one among the bunch. Even the filler episodes like "Fly" are brilliantly written, brilliantly acted, brilliantly directed... there simply isn't a false move throughout the entire run.
Vince Gilligan and company were ingenious in their decision to plan everything out before they started making the show because every development feels so organic and everything works on multiple levels. There are tons of surprises but nothing ever feels contrived.
I simply can't praise this series enough. It's a masterpiece.
The Dark Knight (2008)
Over-rated and self-important, but saved by one phenomenal performance.
In the 14 years since its release, The Dark Knight has become a modern classic and frankly I don't get why.
Yes, it has an all-star cast, yes, it is well-shot, and yes, it does treat Batman with a lot of realism, but outside of that it's badly written and in the end it just feels empty.
That being said... there's no denying that Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker is one for the ages. It's incredible. If you had told me back in the day that the pretty boy from A Knight's Tale would give an Oscar-worthy performance as a comic book villain, I wouldn't have believed it. But I certainly believe it now. This movie is worth seeing once just to watch Heath Ledger work. It's a tour-de-force that you very rarely see.
So, yeah. For me, The Dark Knight is a mediocre movie built around one shining diamond of a performance. Make of that what you will.