Dear Mr. Vernon,
We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice 97 minutes to watch this movie. But we think you're crazy to consider this an acceptable piece of art. You see us as you want to see us: in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions.
Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and Emilio Estevez play the same characters they always play because they have little-to-no acting talent.
We discuss how John Hughes is responsible for an entire generation of horrible pop culture, we wonder why people love John Bender so much, and that every adult that still likes this movie is nothing more than a defective neo-maxi-zoom-dweebie.
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We all know the awful sound of connecting to dial-up. But can you imagine a whole movie as painful as that? Yeah? Then join us as we tear apart the sickly-sweet 1998 romantic comedy about two people conducting emotional affairs: "You've Got Mail." This box office blockbuster pulled in a quarter of a billion dollars by making infidelity look like a fun walk through Central Park in the fall.
Tom Hanks plays "NY152," a successful executive for a chain of mega-bookstores who has everything—except the most important thing of all: true love. Meg Ryan plays "Shopgirl," a perky pixie of a woman who runs a small bookstore, yet secretly wonders if she hasn't dared to dream big enough.
Hang out with us as we discuss the magic of having a pen pal, if the patent for sharpened dildos is still available, our loving homage to the memory of Nora Ephron, and the cathartic joys of burning down orphanages.
Yes, you read that correctly. Don't worry; it's a good time.
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This week we have a Bogie in our sights as we tear apart one of the most acclaimed movies in Hollywood history, "Casablanca." This 1942 film noir "masterpiece" tends to stirrup the emotions in critics, but we feel that it's time to put it out to pasture.
Humphrey Bogart plays Rick Blaine, a broken-hearted nightclub owner who has given up on the world after being jilted by a woman he only knew for a week. Ingrid Bergman plays Ilsa, the prodigal lover who now needs Rick to help her husband escape Nazi peril.
We wonder why this movie thinks it's totally fine to have one of its hero characters, Captain Renault, extort sex from fleeing refugees. We also question how fugitives on the run have such extensive wardrobes and we opine on the equine countenance of the film's star.
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With today being Election Day, we considered covering a movie about the Apocalypse, but instead decided to tear apart a movie about a U.S. president. So we went with the 1995 so-called romantic comedy "The American President." It's the movie responsible for subjecting the world to seven seasons of "The West Wing."
Michael Douglas plays Andrew Shepherd, a widower president who instantly falls in love with an environmental lobbyist, Sydney Ellen Wade (Annette Bening) as his re-election is creeping up. And he has to decide whether the cost of following his heart outweighs the potential consequences blah, blah, blah, etc, etc, etc. Oh, it's a painful one.
We break down Aaron Sorkin's entire formula and annoying dialogue, we wonder why the president's daughter needs a permission slip when she's constantly followed around by the Secret Service, and we try to figure out whether it's prostitution for a lobbyist to date the president or just simply a total lack of ethics. But mainly, we're just enraged that a movie this bad is so popular. No wonder this election is between those two awful candidates.
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