Office Space Movie Review

Gabe and Dan kept quoting it and made me watch it on full volume in the library. A review of Office Space (1999) dir. Mike Judge. Spoilers ahead.

I've seen this criticism of Fight Club before, and I found it again looking for a photo for this article. "Boo hoo! You have a stable job in a good economy! You have no idea how bad it will be in 2026!" People like this make me wonder if they have any sense of reality, or if they are so egocentric that their problems are automatically more important and gargantuan than those from past generations. Everyone in the movie is miserable. Some people are constantly at risk of being fired, no matter how hard they slave away for Initech. Some people get fired for no reason. One has already been fired, and the company refuses to tell him because they love taking advantage of him. Peter is called into work 7 days a week just to be bullied and mocked by the higher-ups. How many voicemails did Lumbergh leave on Peter's phone when he was a little late for work? I think it said 37. His job is undervalued, and there is no incentive for him to bother. Not to mention his girlfriend that was cheating on him the whole time. Peter wins because he is the only one unwilling to play the game. 90s America gets glazed so hard by pop culture it's unbelievable. If you actually pay attention to the movie, you would know that the problems you face are not new. Suffering is not specific to a particular time and place. Maybe watch the movie instead of victimizing yourself at every turn. 4chan users are such losers.

I felt for Joanna. I can see why Peter wanted to be with her. The 15-flair minimum thing made me so mad. As someone who works in service, I was glad that the "bad guys" won in the end. Peter never got punished. Joanna got a better job. Michael and Samir ended up in a better company. Milton got his vengeance. Lumbergh's company ended in ash.

The color in this movie looked sharp and vivid, even through Gabe's laptop screen. The songs were great too. 90s rap has such a dated yet timeless style to it.

Peter owns a Nintendo 64. 7/10

The Blair Witch Project Movie Review

 Heard it was good in an Emperor Lemon video.

 A review of Blair Witch Project (1999) dir. Emperor Lemon.

This movie gets a lot of leeway by being a movie. If it were a YouTube video, I would be bored and go watch Jason Graves instead.

But since it is a movie, I kept watching and I felt the tension building the whole time. When Josh disappeared? Uh oh.

How did they release a soundtrack for this movie? Where is the music?

The ending was scary. The dude facing the corner doesn't make much sense until you remember the beginning of the movie. 

7/10 we had to watch Simpsons afterward to calm down.

Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer Movie Review

 I read the books when I was 7. A review of Judy Moody And The Not Bummer Summer (2011) dir. John Schultz.

Judy Moody herself

It seems like there are a lot of references to the books. I'm surprised Stink's Jawbreaker wasn't a bigger deal. That's his defining character trait. Aside from idioms. From what I remember.

The casting was good. I thought the kids were a little young at first, but it makes sense that Stink is 6 and Judy is ~10. Jaleel White plays the teacher Mr. Todd, and he's great. I recognized him immediately. Aunt Opal is my favorite character.

The Moody family has an Xbox 360. No cookie in this one, though. The car chasing the Bigfoot truck was a great scene. And you'll never guess who it was. Judy's obsession with Bigfoot only starting so she can flex on her friends is good character development, since she is rather self-centered and opportunistic. And she suffers for it. She shouldn't be mean to Frank like that.

Poop sandwiches sound terrible. 3/10, would totally move to Judymoodyville.

Jingle All The Way Movie Review

My dad wanted to watch it. A review of Jingle All The Way (1996) dir. Brian Levant, starring Rainier Wolfcastle's IRL counterpart.

 Minnesota reference. 10/10.

Not actually. This is a wacky, zany, goofy little flick. Spoiler alert. There's an underground crime ring for bootlegging Turbo Man dolls. Sinbad as a mailman is great casting, it's really funny when he blows up the radio station with a mail bomb. Kaczynski was caught during this movie's production.

The Turbo Man costume is decked out. Why does a parade costume need a functional jet pack? The final scene when Arnold Schwarzenegger flies around with it is really fun.

Jake Lloyd as Arnold's son is adorable. It's like seeing your teacher at the grocery store. But Ted is evil. Worst attempt at homewrecking ever.

Arnold was called a pervert for chasing a kid through a playground. 4/10