Saturday, April 5, 2025

Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up REVIEW

I love Looney Tunes, so I dragged Travis along to the theater.

There were a lot of funny jokes. Also a lot of lame ones. I liked Farmer Jim's animation, and Daffy laying eggs. Also funny how Daffy gave Porky brain damage in the beginning. Wasn't big on the "pie" joke or the joke-like solution to their housing issue. The influencer scene was really bad and out of nowhere. A lot of the jokes felt half-baked.

The characters don't blend well together. Daffy is a weirdo. Porky is a weirdo. Making Porky the straight man doesn't work too well compared to, say, Bugs or even Speedy. At the same time, Daffy can't admit he's a weirdo. The reason Daffy works so well is because he thinks he's completely reasonable.

Eric Bauza did great as Daffy and (I think) the alien. His Porky sounds too similar to Daffy, which distracted me the entire movie.

4/10, earth didn't even blow up a single time.

Saturday, March 22, 2025

Heretic Movie Review

 It was on HBO in the hotel. A review of Heretic (2024) dir. Scott Beck and Bryan Woods.

Greg Graphin'

Why does the psycho killer have to like "Creep" by Radiohead? That song already gets a bad enough rep as it is. It's a good song! 

I disagree with the idea that all religion is about control. Most of them hold us in slavery under control of the law. However, Christianity frees us from the control sin has over us. Christianity demands nothing

 I also don't think "the great prayer experiment" proves or disproves anything. You did a scientific experiment on God's providence and concluded nothing? It's almost like you shouldn't put YHWH to the test. Remember that God gives daily bread to all people, even to all evil people! It's not something you can test scientifically, because God is not a game. He is not a cosmic vending machine. God does not require our prayers; prayer is a response to faith, and he does answer them because he says he does.

 4/10, not surprised Hollywood thinks God is evil but not impressed either.

Saturday, March 8, 2025

Lover Come Back Movie Review

TCM was airing it and I didn't wanna watch Fox News. A review of Lover Come Back (1961) dir. Delbert Mann. 

Doris Day is really good at acting. But Rock Hudson's character is so off the wall. "My cousin is an astronaut and my brother is a doctor and my uncle is a scientist and my father is a philosopher and my grandfather is a philanthropist" and Doris looks very gullible. Ain't no way. 

 This movie is really funny. I laughed whenever something exploded. Chimp brain comedy. But there is also a greater irony in the mistaken identity plot. I laughed so hard every time the CEO tried to kill Hadley. Hadley did nothing the whole movie except get blamed for everything. 

It was surprisingly risque. Nothing is shown, but there is implied nudity 2 or 3 times and they go to a burlesque house. This was made in the days of the Hays code

The moose is the best character. 6/10