Mowgli Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 I was quite intoxicated yesterday and rented the wrong movie, and got treated to this scene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 I've always enjoyed Broken Lizard's content even if a lot of it isn't the best. They dropped a new movie today, Quasi, on Hulu and I expected it to be a stoner medieval film kind of like Your Highness. It's actually not that at all, and while it's not exactly the best movie, I laughed enough. If you like their sense of humor you'll enjoy it, even if you're not Jon Stewart....on weed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argonath Diver Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Oh, that's out today? Of course it is, I had forgotten the release date when I saw the trailer. I adore Super Troopers, Club Dread and Beerfest, but hated Slammin Salmon. This trailer looked pretty terrible, I thought. I have a Hulu account in theory, perhaps I'll give it a look tonight after this kickass thunderstorm passes through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlyaP Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 4 hours ago, Mowgli said: I was quite intoxicated yesterday and rented the wrong movie, and got treated to this scene Hey you leave that movie alone, it's perfectly fine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 16 minutes ago, Argonath Diver said: Oh, that's out today? Of course it is, I had forgotten the release date when I saw the trailer. I adore Super Troopers, Club Dread and Beerfest, but hated Slammin Salmon. This trailer looked pretty terrible, I thought. I have a Hulu account in theory, perhaps I'll give it a look tonight after this kickass thunderstorm passes through. Criminally underrated. It's terrible, but in the so bad it's good kind of way. Bill Paxton as Coconut Pete is fucking hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argonath Diver Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Yep even though the other two are much more popular films, I think Club Dread is perfect as someone who spent his teens ridiculing 80s slasher flicks. Great commentary track back in the DVD days - in fact every film of theirs, on repeat, is even better with the commentary track. Rabbit being legitimately tanked in Beerfest for the yodelling password was a great story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 12 minutes ago, Argonath Diver said: Yep even though the other two are much more popular films, I think Club Dread is perfect as someone who spent his teens ridiculing 80s slasher flicks. Great commentary track back in the DVD days - in fact every film of theirs, on repeat, is even better with the commentary track. Rabbit being legitimately tanked in Beerfest for the yodelling password was a great story. You'll probably get a kick out of this long form interview from today: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/420-spectacular-with-broken-lizard/id1451137834?i=1000609776345 In Beerfest Lemme does a scene where he takes a bong rib, holds, takes a shot then chugs a beer and blows it out. They made him do it five times in a short period using the real deal because they said it kept looking wrong on camera. Then they told him they got it perfectly on the first shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumHam Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 I guess I need to watch Club Dread again. I remember loving like the setting and vibe, but not actually liking the plot or much else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argonath Diver Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 I mean it's silly, but they're going for a goofball 80s parody vibe of 80s slasher flicks, so it's an odd concept for people that expect just a Super Troopers stoner horror movie. I just like the corniness throughout, and like I said I spent a ton of time in my teens watching crappy horror movies hoping for a shower scene, so it struck a cord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Exactly, they try and make it as absurd as possible. The plot isn't very good, but the jokes are if you like their style. The Broken Lizard stuff is like a lot of what the Wayans Brothers did. Either it's for you or it isn't. Not everything hits, but when it does it's very enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quijote Light Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 I disagree. What usually makes Broken Lizard projects work is that they make true parodies. Their films are genuine genre films, but are absurd. They might follow tropes, they usually do, but they are actual films that follow whatever “rules” there are for the genre. Club Dread is genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 13 hours ago, IFR said: If I were to cite my top five movies of all time, fixed titles are 12 Angry Men, 2001, and Kurosawa's Ran. The next two often change, but sometimes this movie finds itself on that list. That and City of God are my 2 favourite films by far. Neither get anywhere near enough praise. If I were the boss of all police I'd make every new officer watch 12 angry men once a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Um, 12 Angry Men is a very highly regarded film. It's on the AFI top 100. Do appreciate the City of God suggestion during the pandemic though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Tywin et al. said: Um, 12 Angry Men is a very highly regarded film. It's on the AFI top 100. Do appreciate the City of God suggestion during the pandemic though. from the man in the street (hardly anyone i know has seen it), not critics etc. Though it is very high on the IMDB list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 The 1997 remake directed by William Friedkin is pretty good as well, and has an amazing cast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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