I agree, but I actually have never had a problem with Carpenter's Thing. I like John Carpenter in general, and am more lukewarm on Cronenberg, though the man definitely has a lot of talent. I also like the remake of The Blob from around the same time. All three are infinitely more graphic than the originals, but only…

I watched it. I enjoyed. All the parts that didn't seem like they were written by an emotionally stunted 5th grader were fun. A lot of the humor was just a tad too juvenile for my tastes. But I liked the Ghostbuster-y parts. I am assuming it's the Paul Feig-y parts that I don't care for.

To each their own, I found the remake revolting to watch, which I suppose was the point but is not something I'm going to be subjecting myself to again anytime soon. The original The Fly is such a cool iconic monster. I have, no joke, several action figures of the thing and a Halloween mask I got several years of use…

The Vincent Price version of The Fly was one of my favorites growing up. When I first saw the Jeff Goldblum version I was absolutely revolted and horrified in, I assuming, much the same way as many fans of the original Ghostbusters are about this new remake. And since the prevailing attitude from people my age has…

I don't see that many horror movies, but the concept behind this one interests me in an odd sort of way. It seems to be getting good reviews, so I might actually go see it.

Orlando Jones is the only one of the main cast who didn't actively annoy me, and he's the one that got saddled with the horrendously unfunny sequence where he gets a CGI bug removed from his ass. I don't often feel genuinely sorry for actors, but jeez…

Glad to see Josie and the Pussycats get some love, even if it seems to be the most-complained about choice in the comments. Hot Fuzz would be my top pick, but Wet Hot American Summer is a solid choice as well. I like quite a few comedies I know would never make anyone else's best of list (Kung Pow, Barry Sonnenfeld's…

Ghostbusters 2 is at least better than Men in Black 2. And Evolution. I think. It's been at least a decade since I've tried to watch any of those movies.

I should probably watch the first Back to the Future again, honestly. I'm beginning to think it was my reaction to the sequels more than the original that I'm thinking about here.

I would say you're far more in the majority than I am on that one. :) Not that I have any wish to go to war with Back to the Future fans.

I similarly don't get why people do go nuts for Back to the Future. Especially the sequels, which I barely got through (not helped by the fact that I'm no fan of westerns, either). The first one is a fine movie, I'll say nothing bad about it, but I have no love for it. Not in the way many, many people do.

I have come to realize this year that, although I do quite like Ghostbusters, I like it quite a bit less than a significant amount of people 5-10 years older than me. But still a lot more than I like Back to the Future. Or, frankly, Star Wars. I would have made a lousy 80's kid. My favorite film from the mid-80s is…

As a child I was super excited to discover Ghosbusters 2 on a shelf at Blockbuster video. Then I barely ended up finishing the movie. Meh.

Godzilla Final Wars is the "Van Helsing" of the Godzilla franchise. Overstuffed special effects fests far more interested in ripping off newer, more financially successful blockbusters than actually doing service to their own franchises. And both came out in 2004… not a good year.

My best friend in middle school's favorite movie was The Waterboy, so I have seen it easily a dozen times. I've done my time in the trenches.

I'm glad the movie is doing well in the reviews. I never root for any movie to fail in its purpose of entertaining those who want to see it. I'm still not terribly excited for this movie myself, but I've never been under the illusion that movies are made for me personally. There are far too many fucking Adam Sandler…

So far…

I find exceptionally detailed action figures, to the point where they really look like tiny versions of the actual actors, kind of creepy to begin with, so this… I would not want to be in the same room as this.

The chances of people I know seeing me here are much more remote.

As a teen, I went a few times to my local Hot Topic. The reason, of course, is that they had tons of Invader Zim merchandise. I always felt just slightly unclean stepping through the front door, though.