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Fire Sale (1977)
Funniest movie in history -- to about 1% of the population
Alan Arkin, Rob Reiner, Vincent Gardenia, Alex Rocco, Kay Medford, Sid Caeser and a 7 foot tall black teenager named Captain F*@% in the most Jewish movie ever made. As I watched this on Fox Movie Channel earlier tonight I wasn't laughing -- because my mouth was hanging open too wide. Where to begin? Where?!? This movie has the highest per capita amount of asthma jokes I've ever seen. Just when you think there are no more laughs to get out of an asthma joke -- there's another! And all Ruthie wants is to visit her sister in Florida (pronounced Flaaaaahrida.) Need I mention that the patriarch of the family is in the garment business? And he has a sign on his door for his son to read which says "Keep Out Putz?" Need I mention that everyone talks down to the Spanish speaking men painting the house? Need I mention that Ruthie won't allow her husband to attend such an occasion in a sports jacket and slacks? Need I mention that Alan Arkin refers to the refrigerator as "the icebox?" Oh. . .oh, I'm starting to palpitate. This film is unavailable on DVD or VHS, but Fox Movie Network is pretty good about rerunning things. If they show it again, I am taping it.
A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)
Very nearly a god-awful train wreck
On the cusp of being insufferable. Somehow I stayed just slightly interested, but was it because I truly wanted to know what the "secret" was (which, I should say, is pretty damned obvious) or because I hoped Scarlett Johansson would put on a more sexy outfit? This movie is poor and what's more it's a disgrace to all the lonely, alcoholic Southern literature professors out there. Travolta wants his Oscar so bad he is willing to cry drunkenly in the bathroom after urinating blood. Sorry, pal. . .you were more believable is "Staying Alive." Not everyone can pull a Peter Fonda in "Ulee's Gold." If you want the against-type brave anti- hero Oscar you have to, um, actually act. . .not just pout on screen. Stop this director before he/she (name is vague on gender) directs again!
Ultrachrist! (2003)
Milk-through-the-nose funny!
Got this through Netflix and have watched it 3 times so far. If you like irreverent comedy with many layers to it (by which I mean The Simpsons or South Park or the Marx Brothers -- not Scary Movie 3 or lame skits on Saturday Night Live) you will go nuts for Ultrachrist! I don't know much about director Kerry Dye but I expect he is a madman with a lot of other great project to come. Without giving away spoilers, you should check this film out for the sexy-stigmata scene alone! A movie like this would be easy to do with a lot of cheap shots at religion, but this movie is not offensive (I attend church regularly and didn't get too angry -- Jesus IS the good guy here) and, in very small doses, makes you think. ..much like the best episodes of South Park. Anyway, I thought this was very entertaining.