HMM '13: Once Bitten

It's October!  The doorway to not only the start of the greatest food season (early October to Christmas), but also to sexy nurses, zombies, and grown men dressing up like ponies.  That also means it is time once again for Halloween Movie Madness!  This year, I'll be taking a look back at the movies of my youth.  Every movie this year was released before I turned eighteen.  These are the Halloween movies that shaped me into the man I am today.  Some of them are scary.  Some are funny.  Some are fantastical.  Some are just weird.  And not all of them are good.  But to me, they are all Halloween movies.  Now, stand back, for your own safety! 

Once Bitten
1985

If you haven't been able to tell yet, my parents didn't care what I watched when I was a kid.  It didn't matter if it was scary, gory, or sexy, they didn't care.  If they did, I probably wouldn't have seen Once Bitten when I did.  I mean, let's face it, you don't normally let a kid who is eight watch a movie where the main plot is about a virgin trying to get into his girlfriend's pants. 

Why I Love Forget Paris & You Should Too

My last Why I Love post was for a dark, goofy comedy.  This time, we're going to touch on a goofy romantic comedy: Forget Paris. Forget Paris stars Billy Crystal as Mickey, Debra Winger as Ellen, two people who meet in Paris through unusual circumstances, and then proceed to have a dysfunctional marriage that rivals my parent's.  At least this one ends better. 

I don't remember the first time I watched the movie, but I do remember really liking it.  I actually showed it to my wife on the same weekend getaway that I made her watch The Stupids.  That's besides the point.

Let's take a look at some of the reasons that you should love Forget Paris as much as I do.

Why I Love Drop Dead Gorgeous & You Should Too

Thanks to the response I got from my write-up on The Stupids, I figured I would write a little bit about another severely underrated movie: Drop Dead Gorgeous.  This 1999 release is a mockumentary that follows a group of high school girls as they prepare for and compete in the local level American Teen Princess beauty pageant.  It features murder, mayhem, and general idiocy.  It also happens to be one of my top five comedies.

Let's take a look at why I love this movie so much.  And yes, there are spoilers ahead.

Why I Love The Stupids & You Should Too

As busy as things are lately, I have been watching a lot of movies.  I have been waiting until everyone else is sleeping, and then watching a movie almost every night for the past month and a half.  I have mostly been focusing on movies I haven't seen before, but I've also had a growing desire to watch one of my favorite nutball movies of all time.

I'm not trying to say that this movie is one of the best ever made, because it clearly is not.  That's not what this is about.  The movie deals with death and the after life, time travel, aliens, postal conspiracies, talking foliage, pets that are smarter than their owners, illegal arms deals, assassins, daytime talk shows, and Tom Arnold.  There really is something for everyone.  You might not enjoy the entire movie, but if you watch the whole thing and can't name a single part that you liked, you do not have a sense of humor and should immediately rethink the direction your life is headed.

Reminder: Tomorrow is Groundhog Day

If you hate winter, tomorrow can be a pivotal day for you.  Tomorrow is that day where everyone heads to Pennsylvania to watch a rodent come out of a hole.  Legend has it that if it's slightly overcast tomorrow morning, Spring will come early.  If not, it's six more weeks of Winter!

No one really cares about that though, because there is something much better about Groundhog Day: Bill Murray.  One of the greatest comedic actors of all time (Garfield movies notwithstanding) has the greatest Groundhog Day movie of all time: Groundhog Day!  And while it is a great movie to watch any time of the year, it doesn't get much better than watching it tomorrow.  That way, if you happen to get stuck in the same time vortex as Mr. Murray (I dare not disrespect him by calling him by his first name only), you at least have a great movie running in the background.

Also, there are many thoughts on how long he was stuck in the loop, but there is a great, and very in-depth, article that figures it to be somewhere around thirty-three years and three hundred and fifty days.

Christmas Special Mania '12: Scrooged

It's December, and almost Christmas!  Therefore, I've decided to do a follow up to my surprisingly popular Halloween Movie Madness!  Every night  through Christmas Eve, I will be watching a different Christmas movie or special and then rambling on about them, sometimes even being coherent!  

Scrooged
(Paramount Pictures, 1988)

Since I ended HMM with Bill Murray, I thought it would be fitting to have a movie starring him kick Christmas Special Mania.

HMM '12 Day 17: Ravenous

It's finally October! That means two very important things: Pumpkin Pie Pop-Tarts are here, and Halloween is near! My favorite thing to do in October to prepare myself for Halloween is to, of course, watch movies that I feel best exemplify the season. Now, this doesn't just mean extreme gore fests (of course, I do love me some gore), but I like to include movies that have that Halloween feel. Anyway, let's get to Day 17 of Halloween Movie Madness 2012!

Ravenous

(20th Century Fox, 1999)

Tonight's film is Ravenous.  Every time I watch this movie, it makes me hungry.  I know that probably sounds crazy given the subject matter of this movie, but I can't help it.  The stew looks really good.