mtaylor-44844 Reviews

Grease 2 (1982)

Masterpiece Movie Making - Better than the Original!

[10/10 · 27 November 2023]

One of the rare occasions when the sequel is better than the original and not only that, one of the greatest movies of all time.

Before there was Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt, before Christian and Satine, before Johnny Castle and Baby, there was the greatest onscreen couple ever - Micheal and Stephanie! Who will ever forget Michael lighting Stephanie's cigarette before jumping over a police car and racing off into the night?

You will smile, you will love, cry and feel covered with warmth all over in this timeless movie.

The soundtrack is perfect! Every song you will cherish forever with each etched into your memory such as these gems:

Cool Rider

Who's that Guy?

Charades

Girl for All Seasons

(Love Will) Turn Back the Hands of Time

Prowlin'

Rock-a-Hula-Luau

We'll Be Together

Score Tonight

Do It for Our Country

Back to School Again

Cinematography A+: Who's That Guy, Turn back The Hands of Time, Prowlin' sequences. Terrific!

Costume and Design A+: Girl for All Seasons stage show. Amazing!

Direction A+: Who can take a script that was sooo bad and turn it into a classic? Brilliant work!

Acting A+: Stephanie offers Michael a bite of her hamburger -"Bite?" -"No thanks!" Awesome!

Cast: A+: Perfect cast! Michelle Pfeiffer may still have nightmares about this career choice, but she has to get over herself and understand the world loves Grease 2.

Music and Score A+: I want a C-O-O-L R-I-D-E-R. I need a C-O-O-L R-I-D-E-R as she dances off into the distance

Plot A+: Michael being undetectable as the cool biker is better than Clark Kent secretly as Superman. Plot twist!

If you haven't seen Grease 2. Do it. Do it for your country, the red, white, and the blue. It's Uncle Sam who's asking, so your mother will approve. Just think about it -- it would be like as if you were doing it for the Statue of Liberty, or the Grand Canyon, or the New York Yankees... it would be like as if you were doing it for... Disneyland!

Do It for Your Country.

Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light (1987)

Excellent 80s cartoon series

[10/10 · 4 October 2023]

Visionaries, Bionic Six, Galaxy Rangers, Robotech...I felt these titles were just as good as GI Joe, Transformers, MASK, Gummi Bears and Inspector Gadget but never got the attention that they deserved. Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light is another excellent 80s cartoon series that you don't want to miss.

Visionaries takes place on the planet Prysmos. Two groups rise to dominance from the devastation the world to wage war upon each other. It's a fantasy world mixed with sword & sorcery/magic and new age weapons/technology in the vain of Thundarr the Barbarian/He-Man, but much darker.

A central character named Merklynn emerges (like Dungeon Master from Dungeons and Dragons) that conducts a test on both groups trying to gain dominance of the land and awards each person who completes his test with magic imbued banners/weapons/armor/vehicles that summon majestic creatures and terrifying monsters based upon each person's true nature or personality.

Classic series. Make sure to check it out!

Watership Down (1978)

Don't support these criminals. General Woundwort is the good guy.

[10/10 · 6 January 2023]

These rabbits are no different than the law breaking, mass murdering rebels in Star Wars or the four misfits from the wizard of oz who broke into someone's home and murdered a woman. These are the bad guys presented to you as the good guys. They play chicken with cars in the road, hit on and harass female rabbits at night in their home when they just want to be left alone, break into another group's territory and steal their women as if they were objects to begin with. General Woundwort had every right to be POd.

All kidding aside... The film is a classic from the first time I watched it as a child of the 80s and it holds up even today as a classic. The music by Angela Morley and the art style is spellbinding, the voice dialog is perfect and it has a great overall flow to the film never leaving you bored throughout. Unlike a typical Disney movie for kids, this is made for all ages and gets you involved in the movie world. I won't explain the plot to spoil it, just see it. The director/producers did an excellent job fitting an entire book into a film. 10/10.

Elephant Parts (1981 Video)

A classic

[10/10 · 1 May 2022]

I used to watch this on Laser Disc back when I was a kid and to this day as an adult I still remember every skit and every song. Memorable and funny. Recently, I went searching for the songs and skits on youtube they still hold up well. Hidden gem, check it out.

Big Bug (2022)

This film took the wrong direction

[8/10 · 17 February 2022]

There was potential for this to be a big movie but the director made the wrong movie. Big Bug was a mix of Romance, Comedy and Sci-fi. If only the director changed priorities placing sci-fi first and pushing romance and comedy down. If he kept the look and feel of the characters, sets, etc in this and focused on making a serious sci-fi dystopian where every function of life from farming, healthcare, policing, etc was under control of AI and humans really had no purpose in life, served no purpose in this society and were useless but were kept in boxed units where the virus made them home confined and the AI had two political parties debating domestic policy for the future of humans, I think would have made an interesting setup and then go wherever you wanted with it.

You may say sci fi dystopian films are a dime a dozen - i agree but 90% of them are bad, this had potential to be amazing. We only have movies where robots are the direct enemy or where they serve humans as slaves but I haven't seen one where humans are secondary to robots and exist in a world made for and controlled by robots where AI plays the role of a beneficial omnipresent god that humans rely upon for life and survival but controls humans because they are violent.

While watching this film, I was actually watching this other version of the movie in my mind that I wish was on screen. See this movie, it's worth at least a viewing even if you don't like it. The director is the one behind the film classic, Amelie.

Faeries (1981 TV Movie)

One of my favorites 10/10

[10/10 · 1 September 2020]

This is a movie that has stuck with me over time. Back when I was a child, Watership Down was coming on TV but Faeries was showed before it. Luckily I was able to watch the entire thing and it became one of my favorites. Watching it as an adult still has the same effect! Great movie! Don't miss out