Friday, September 13, 2013

FATAL ATTRACTION (1987)

Michael Douglas is a lawyer in NYC who doesn't like home security systems.  He loves his wife and little daughter, but one weekend when his family goes out of town he lets his balls get the better of him and he hooks up with a Dee Snider impersonator.  If that wasn't already bad enough it turns out that she's also completely insane.  Whoops.  Things quickly turn from bad to holy fucking shit bad when this psycho decides show him the true meaning of "not gonna take it".

I've never seen FATAL ATTRACTION before and I was kinda shocked at how shocking his film was.  I can only imagine that back in 1987 it had people tripping out!  Things start out innocently enough and I thought Douglas was an idiot for hooking up with Close.  I would have felt a little more sympathy for him if he'd been drunk or something, but whatever, he does what he does thinking that both parties involved are responsible adults....but ohhhhh no this chick starts stalking him the very next morning!

Lackluster nudity, 80's fashions, strong direction, cute dog, cute rabbit, NYC street scenes, good pace, I really enjoyed FATAL ATTRACTION.  The story is pretty much timeless.  Even nearly 30 years later this shit still happens everyday.  Recommended.

Thursday, September 12, 2013

OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (2013)

Terrorists attack the White House, blow up a bunch of shit, kill a fuck ton of people and threaten to kill the President.  Now the only guy who can save the day is Secret Service dude Gerard Butler.

As far as action movies go, I enjoyed OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN.  The action was pretty much non-stop and a lot of the kills had a certain FPS feel to them.  The stuff I didn't care for was the patriotic music, the inspiring speeches, the CGI looked kinda cheap at times and that Secretary of Defense character was really annoying.

Blood, high body count, cussing, fire, various vehicles, annoying kid, zero tits, predictable story. Would I ever voluntarily watch it again?  Probably, it'd be some good mindless fun to have on in the background while doing laundry. 

Part 2 - London Has Fallen (2016)
Part 3 - Angel Has Fallen (2019)

 I thought the explosion was on the left side?