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Evil Bong (2006)
So bad it's good
My mum often picks up cheap horror movies she finds at yard sales for me, and sometimes she brings home those DVDs with a handful of horror movies on them that generally suck. But I was looking over one of them and noticed the title "Evil Bong." It's the only movie I've ever watched on the disc, and probably the only movie I've ever watched on ant of those DVDs. It's one of those movies were the plot is just so ridiculous, and the budget so low, that you laugh through the entire thing. A great movie to watch with a group of friends. If you enjoy the type of movies that are so bad they're good, I would recommend this to you. I've seen it about a dozen times and still put it on when I'm with friends. I can't believe there's more of them!
Split (2016)
Mentally ill people are not a horror movie plot
Tired old trope of using a person with a mental illness as a plot for a scary movie. Unoriginal, and ableist.
Mental illness, especially misunderstood illnesses like dissociative identity disorder, are incredibly stigmatized in our society. They're often seen as scary, and the people suffering from them are often labeled as dangerous, making it difficult for them to receive help and support. Movies like "Split" further this stigma.
There is very little media representation for people with DID, many people don't know much of anything about the illness, so when movies present it as something that makes people dangerous, others have no reason not to take this as a fact.
In reality, people with DID are not abusers, but people who themselves have been abused. DID is an illness that develops after long term exposure to trauma occurring before the person turned nine years old. It develops because the trauma is too much for the young person's brain to handle, so their personality "splits" off into different parts, so that they don't have to. Movies show these alters as violent, but really, people with DID are usually only a danger to themselves. Showcasing them as the kind of people who would kidnap and abuse teenage girls is a gross inaccuracy, that again, wouldn't matter so much if it wasn't basically the only media representation of this illness.
Because of the belief that these people are violent and dangerous, not only is it difficult for them to find support, but societal biases are often internalized.
Mentally ill people are not violent abusers. But the stigma furthered by these movies contributes to the belief that they are. Mentally ill people need support, they need to be normalized, they do not need any more horror movies that use them as the scary abuser. I hope that in the future we can move past movies like this, and towards acceptance. Mentally ill people deserve better.
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
One of my absolute favourites!
I have watched this movie at least 10 times since my friends first introduced me too it, and it still hasn't gotten old! If you love weird funny movies you need to give this a watch.
I loved the mockumentary style and I felt like it really added to the kind of humour the movie has, the characters were perfect, and there wasn't a scene where I didn't laugh at least once. Taika Waititi is BRILLIANT!
I would say I'm recommending it to all of my friends, but I've already shown it to pretty much everyone I can think of! It gets an easy 10/10 from me.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (2016)
Not the original but still amazing
I have been a huge fan of the original 1975 film since I first watched it 4 or 5 years ago. I lost track of how many times I have seen it, but it would be over 10, I can say the lines along with the actors. I have also been a huge fan of Laverne Cox and her work since I starting watching Netflix's Orange is the New Black, so when I heard they were remaking rhps and Laverne was going to star in it I was excited. Nervous of how it would turn out, but excited.
And Fox didn't disappoint. From the beginning they said the goal of the remake was to bring the movie into the 21st century and I think having a transgender woman like Laverne Cox play the lead role of Dr Frank n Furter was a great way to do that. I know from reading trans women's reviews of the original that there are a lot of mixed feelings on the character and I think that in 2016, having Frank be played by and referred to as a trans woman was exactly the way to go about it.
Of course, no remake could ever beat the original, throughout the whole movie I was comparing it, saying what I missed and what should have stayed the same but I definitely had more good comments than bad. I absolutely loved the cast. Adam Lambert as Eddie was just perfect. The character redesigns were amazing as well. As much as I missed the energetic and squeaky voiced Columbia, I still loved the way she was portrayed in this one. The only real problem I had with the costumes was the fact that Rocky wore long shorts!
All in all this was a great movie, it was fun and funny and the songs just made you want to dance. Exactly what rhps should be! No remake is perfect, and I wouldn't recommend it over the original, but I would probably recommend it along with it.
Ghostbusters (2016)
LOVED this movie
I have never seen the original 80s Ghostbusters and it never really interested me, but when I heard about the reboot with all female leads I was excited. Especially after hearing Melissa McCarthy was one of the leads. I wasn't sure how much I would actually enjoy the movie since the original never interested me but I was pleasantly surprised. The characters were funny and likable, my favourite being Holtzmann (played by Kate McKinnon.) Seeing the movie as someone with no real knowledge of the original I can't talk about any comparisons between the plots but as it's own movie I think it was interesting and clever and it made me laugh. Overall, it was a great movie, and I LOVED the idea of remaking a classic all male movie with female leads. I hope I see more movies like this.
The Ridiculous 6 (2015)
Disgusting racist, an all around awful movie
I had no intentions of watching this movie after hearing about the amount of anti Native American racism, but my cousin put the movie on and honestly, it was even worse than I thought. The movie is so disgustingly racist I can't even believe it was released in 2015.
Some memorable moments include a racial slur in just about every other sentence during the intro, Adam Sandler in red face, and various racist jokes, including calling a young native women "Poca-hot-tits." To be completely honest I had to turn it off part way through, I just couldn't get through it. After Sandler's movie "Pixels," which has been reviewed as widely misogynist, I didn't think he could get any worse but it almost as if he is doing this on purpose. This film was actually so racist that multiple native American actors casted as extras walked off the set, saying they just couldn't do it. The film has also spurred a few online petitions asking that Netflix remove it from their website. And honestly, the movie still wouldn't even be good if it wasn't a racist mess. The jokes weren't good, the setting and plot was nothing special, there was absolutely nothing about this movie that could hold my interest. In fact, if it was possible I would rate this movie less than 1/10, but that's as low as IMDb allows. I think it would be better for everyone if this movie was wiped from existence, along with Adam Sandler's career.
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995)
An absolutely adorable love story!
To be honest when the movie first started I wasn't sure how I felt about it, but once it got going my mind was made up fast! I absolutely loved this movie, it was one of the cutest, sweetest romance movies I've watched in a long time. The characters' relationship was adorable, it felt real and I was rooting for the girls the whole time. It was also really nice to see something a little different and more diverse than the girl + boy that you usually see in every movie that comes out. Anyone looking for a movie about teenage love needs to give this a watch, I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys romantic movies. I can easily give this a 10/10!