

This is a quest to find the perfect movie to make fun of while drinking with friends. There are certain criteria, violence, cool characters and a tone that takes itself pretty seriously. Why make fun of a movie already making fun of itself?
Todays Entry: Doomsday (2008)

Violence:
Heads are smashed.
Limbs are unceremoniously removed.
A body gets run over by a tank and explodes like a blood-filled balloon.
A fucking rabbit explodes! How often do you get to see that
Grade: A
Characters:
It's always nice to see Bob (Smee) Hoskins but he has nothing to do but waddle.

Its a bad sign when the only memorable character is a chick with tribal tatoos and even now I can't remember if she actually has any lines (although her sendoff is pretty amazing).
Rhona Mitra plays the lead and I'm all for movies about badass chicks, but her character traits are limited to 'can-remove-eye-and-use-it-as-a-camera.'
The main bad guy has a decent Mad Max-vibe and although he's forgettable he wins points for having one of the greatest character intros of all time, dancing out in front of crowd of cheering cannibals to the song 'Good Thing' by -- wait for it -- the Fine Young Cannibals (I just got it. Genuis).
Grade: C
Overall:
Even though Marshall's in on the joke, the movie takes itself just serious enough to make it fun to sarcastically rip on with friends. Unfortunately the movie completely falls apart in the last third when Rhona finds herself in the scottish countryside and the movie LITERALLY goes medieval.
If you're not adequately drunk by the time Malcolm McDowell shows up, you're in serious trouble (but that goes for real life as well).
Drinking Grade: B+
Actual Movie Grade: B-
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