You Missed Your Stop

I found this idea on tumblr at this address http://fakecriterions.tumblr.com/

Brilliant stuff. I decided to try my hand at it with this classic film that is in desperate need of a criterion restoration.

After my last post, I will admit that it is extremely hypocritical that I promised new content... and then failed to deliver. Six months passed without even a single follow-up post. Anyway, it's time for another go. Oscar season is in full swing (the Golden Globes are tonight). I don't have any thoughts or ideas-- of any kind-- at the moment. When I do, I'll post... but don't quote me on that.

Sorry for the lack of posting. I've actually been in search of legitimate employment, so I had to put off YMYS.com for a little (long) while. Let's go ahead and call it a Sabbatical.

At any rate, I don't have much news or opinion to offer at the moment. However, I would like to share that the title of this long-awaited post was largely inspired by the 1993 BOMB We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (Image Shown Below).

That's right, it's that movie you begged your parents to go see after they wouldn't let you see Jurassic Park, and then had no idea why they were both in such foul moods after the show. I mean, what could a movie featuring dinosaurs, aliens, magic cereal, and the vocal talents of Jay Leno and Martin Short possibly do to upset anybody?

If you need an idea of how bad this movie really was, consider the fact that it was produced by Spielberg and grossed only $9 million at the box office.

This movie, Jumanji, and anything featuring Leslie Nielsen are all classic examples of those movies you saw when you were too young to tell if something sucked, so you dragged your parents to the multiplex and made them sit through it, and then forced them to listen to your idiotic raves about how great it was for hours after the screening. In fact, if you were a real shit about it, you probably even made them buy you an action figure resembling a character (or six) from the film. Not really sure why I went into all of that, but in short, 'We're Back!'

Look for more posts to come...

http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/toystory3/

The more I see, the more I like. Just when I think Pixar couldn't get any more EPIC (in RE the Best Picture nod for 'Up', only the 3rd animated film to be nominated for the award after Snow White 1937 and Beauty and the Beast 1992), they go and do something like this. I didn't feel too optimistic about this 3rd installment in the Toy Story saga, but this new HD trailer is hysterical. Check it out.

In the next few days I plan on seeing each of the 10 best picture nominees, so look for a report on that.

*Up for Best Picture*