Anime is a sub genre of entertainment that has taken America by storm this past decade. Usually consisting of bright colors, whacky storylines, and occasionally some "sexiness", anime lovers are looked as nerds and losers. I'm here to divulge to you a secret: for the most part, they are. BUT, that could be said for any superfan of anything: wrestling nerds, music nerds, TV nerds, the list goes on. Personally, I have never really been into anime, other than a passing interest in the Pokemon TV show in my youth. Over the summer, my buddy The Dane Train introduced me to a film called Armitage the 3rd and from there, I have slowly began to take anime more seriously and not hate it as much as the rest of the "normal" people do. While I edge towards the more adult science fiction anime films, Tokyo Godfathers, a film released in 2003, caught my eye and took a slot on my Netflix queue. As you can expect from it being in the "Watch This!" section, I absolutely loved it.
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My friend Vinny brought it to my attention that all I seem to do is hate on Val Kilmer. Make no bones about it: from his films to his abilities to his bad attitude, I have no desire to go out of my way to watch anything he has done. His early work is inevitable, however, because he ended up in movies I could not refuse in my youth; namely the shit-tastic Batman Forever and the decent Real Genius. The film today on Watch This! is my favorite Val Kilmer movie of all time: Top Secret!
As a popcorn jockey, I watch a lot of kid films come and go, in and out, every year. Everything from book adaptations to talking animal CGI films rolls into my neck of the woods and proceeds to dumb down the American population with its unfunny jokes and uninspired ideas. Not to sound old or full of nostalgia, but when I was growing up the kids movies at my viewing disposal had character, they had heart, and most importantly, they did not treat the audience like they were braindead idiots. There's a reason someone can watch "Flight of the Navigator" past the age of 10: it's a legitimate GOOD movie. I'm not going to get into that film however; today, my "Watch This!" pick is a Canadian film entitled The Peanut Butter Solution.
Original Post Date: 9/9/2009 You say worst Batman film ever? I say "FUNNIEST BATMAN FILM EVER!" |
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