#137 Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Two great actors working together with hilarious results.

"I was born on the side of a hill."

5/5

#136 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Undecided on this one. Going to watch parts of it again tonight and think about it.

4/5

#135 Modify (2005)

Basically bmezine in video form. People do a lot of retarded shit to themselves. Would've been more shocking had I not been an Internet Veteran.

4/5

#134 Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter (2009)

I would have enjoyed this more had I watched it when I was hyped up on Watchmen. Seven months later, the enthusiasm has waned and this just wasn't as interesting to me as it should have been. A shame.

2/5

#133 Adam (2009)

4/5

#132 The Last House on the Left (2009)

3.5/5

#131 History of the World Part 1 (1981)

5/5

#130 Fighting (2009)

1/5

#129 Inglourious Basterds (2009)

5/5

#128 Adventureland (2009)

2/5

#127 Crank 2: High Voltage (2009)

4/5

#126 Shorts (2009)

First of all, whoever was running the screening should be fired. I've been to multiple screenings in Memphis and at Malco theaters, and this was by far the worst experience I've had. The movie was set to start at 7pm, but they didn't start letting the huge crowd in until 6:50. Each individual person was being patted down and scanned with a metal detector and forced to return any cell phone whatsoever to their cars. Without regard for the moviegoers, the film started promptly at 7PM, so about half of us missed the first 15 minutes. Security was very rude and there were a lot of unhappy parents with their children thinking they were coming to a fun, free screening. Instead we went through what felt like airport security. The other screenings I've attended were for FoxSearchlight films. Their staff was courteous and nice without checking everyone for weapons and cell phones. I'm going to chalk it up to Warner Bros pansy asses being the culprit here for all the trouble. No one who valued their time would try to pirate this shitty, pathetic excuse for a movie anyways.

As for the movie, it was terrible as well. Just a complete mess. Editing was bad, CGI was highly questionable and it had none of the character of Spy Kids. 'Shorts' should never have been made. I hope everyone involved in creating this garbage gets anal cancer.

1/5

#125 The Soloist (2009)

3/5

#124 Dragonball Evolution (2009)

1/5

#123 District 9 (2009)

5/5

#122 Chocolate (2008)

5/5

#121 Dune (1984)

Dune takes place in the year 10,191. That should be enough to let you know things are going to be... different. Sandworms, time-traveling spice, weirding modules, floating fat men, psychic children, and some good old fashion betrayal and political drama create an epic space opera. Pretty much panned in its day, Dune now has a cult following. I suppose if I saw this in 1984 I would be expected to hate it, but 25 years later it seems ahead of its time. It's pretty difficult to think a few hundred years into the future, yet alone 10,000. A unique sci-fi movie to be sure, sometimes it can seem goofy and cheesy, but it still manages to set itself apart from current sci-fi movies that like to rehash ideas. For a 25 year old movie, it still has fresh concepts that I haven't seen done in other movies. Or I don't watch enough sci-fi.

4.5/5

#120 I Love You Man (2009)

Not the best comedy of the last few years, but holds its own. Plenty of funny scenes here, though I never fell out of my chair or hurt my face laughing.

I slappa da bass, mon.

3.5/5

#119 Driven To Kill (2009)

Steven Seagal saw the success Taken had with the avenging-my-daughter plot and wanted his piece of the pie. After all, Seagal was kicking ass and saving his family long before Liam Neeson was a bad ass. A valiant effort, the movie isn't as bad as you'd expect a direct-to-DVD release to be. Some good ass kicking scenes remind you of why we all enjoyed these movies in the early 90s.

3.5/5

#118 Second Skin (2008)

Second Skin is a documentary that follows a bunch of depressing people that are addicted to WoW/Everquest. It really is pathetic how these people allow their lives to be ruined and controlled by this game. One, maybe two couples in this movie would look unassuming walking down the street. The rest are disgusting slobs. A single person in this sees the error of his ways and changes his life for the better, while his cousin becomes addicted to the game as he quits playing. One kid even shot himself in the head at his computer desk while playing Everquest apparently because he fell in love with a dude playing a female character. I can't help but laugh at the idea. Pathetic.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/87648/second-skin

4/5

#117 G.I. Joe The Rise of Cobra (2009)

Forget all the rumors you heard this summer - G.I. Joe is not the worst film ever made. Joe doesn't have the CGI budget of Transformers, but in the end it doesn't matter; this is a better summer action movie than T2. I went in prepared to be disappointed but was pleasantly surprised. I was actually happy when I left the theater, instead of feeling like someone took a steamy dump on my face after Transformers 2.

4/5

#116 Coraline (2009)

Creepy story and great, unique looking animation make Coraline worth seeing.

5/5

#115 Gigantic (2008)

Gigantic is a movie that is a series of scenes that just as they begin to become interesting, they end and another one begins, never reaching their full potential. Quite disappointing when the movie would have been much better if it stayed on course to a more interesting conclusion. Overall, it's a series of lost opportunities and then it ends. Paul Dano plays the quiet indie film guy and Zooey is the peculiar girl he falls for. Sub-standard indie crap, and I even like both of these actors. I liked John Goodman's character the best. What was up with Zach Galifianakis as a homeless hitman stalking Paul, but in the end all the times he got his ass kicked it may have been him playing Fight Club? Nothing is explained to any end in this film.

The only thing gigantic about this is Paul Dano's chin. He could give two people chin implants and still have enough left for himself. Leno ain't got nothing on Dano's chin.

2.5/5

#114 Delicatessen (1991)

4/5

#113 Lord of the Flies (1963)

5/5