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Pak-Man

It was actually hard to hate this movie. It was a stupid idea competantly executed. It's that special FUN kinda stupid. You don't wanna give this movie an F. You wanna give it an E because it tried. :^)

The Riffing was awesome as always. It was good to see a Packers cheer in a Rifftrax. :^)

Tyrant



    I'm with Pak. It's a movie that, conceptually, is ridiculous but it was very well made considering. I nearly broke a rib lauging at the Happy the Helicopter bit. Definate 9 out of 10.

mrbasehart

Quote from: Pak-Man on December 27, 2006, 01:48:46 PM
It was actually hard to hate this movie. It was a stupid idea competantly executed. It's that special FUN kinda stupid.

I agree.  I think it's down to McConaughey's performance and Christian Bale's rather "pubic" beard.   ;D

SecretAgentSuperDragon

#18
Man, it was a really funny one. Loved Mike's McConaughey voice, and the jabs at Bale's accent(thicker than clotted cream). The movie itself was... uh... well it was.
This one was harder to follow than Dr. Moreau. All I could see is "OK, Dragons burn tomatoes, McConaughey comes with his bald head and chiseled arms, they start screaming, the guys from Point Break get eaten by a Dragon, the gang decides to go to London, and they kill one dragon. It saves the world, the end???"

It pains me to think about it, but I might actually have to watch this one without the rifftrax to figure out what the heck is going on!!!

Tyrant

Quote from: SecretAgentSuperDragon on December 28, 2006, 11:17:48 AM
Man, it was a really funny one. Loved Mike's McConaughey voice, and the jabs at Bale's accent(thicker than clouded cream). The movie itself was... uh... well it was.
This one was harder to follow than Dr. Moreau. Al I could see is "OK, Dragons burn tomatoes, McConaughey comes with his bald head and chiseled arms, they start screaming, the guys from Point Break get eaten by a Dragon, the gang decides to go to London, and they kill one dragon. It saves the world, the end???"

It pains me to think about it, but I might actually have to watch this one without the rifftrax to figure out what the heck is going on!!!

   Actually, you got it about right right there. I don't think watching the movie riff-less will help.

Sophie

#20
Well, I really don't know what to say about this movie, other than to agree that it was a pretty ridiculous story that didn't make much sense, but overall it was well made. I think most of the comedy came from the fact that it took itself seriously, when, let's face it, it's about dragons. DRAGONS, people! But it was silly fun and the riffs were great.

I have to mention my favourite part was when the tanks stop on the road to London, and Mike says "You know if they take the A22 in from East Grinstead, they might get killed faster." East Grinstead is my hometown, I've driven the A22 many times, and I never thought I'd hear either of them mentioned in a Rifftrax so it was a pleasant surprise. (Technically though, if they're coming from Northumberland they wouldn't get there faster, as East Grinstead is 30 miles south of London. But I digress ;)) Thanks for the small hometown shout-out, Mike :)

Pak-Man

It was a funny riff and a valid point, "So by that logic there's only ONE male fish?"

Tyrant

Quote from: Pak-Man on December 28, 2006, 03:08:56 PM
It was a funny riff and a valid point, "So by that logic there's only ONE male fish?"


   I loved that. I also love that the ONLY MALE DRAGON ON THE ENTIRE PLANET resided in London which is *gasp* where our hero happens to live. What a coincidence!!!!


   I haven't seen such an obvious strangling of basic logic in a movie like that since Armegeddon.

   

SecretAgentSuperDragon

If Christian Bale was able to pluck eggs out of the dragon's cooch while it was sleeping, why couldn't they just find the male dragon, wait till it sleeps, then pull a Lorena Bobbit on it?

I guess if they did that though, McConaughey wouldn't have died, so....

I'm trying to weigh out the pros and cons here. ::)

Shinigami

Quote from: SecretAgentSuperDragon on December 28, 2006, 08:41:35 PM
If Christian Bale was able to pluck eggs out of the dragon's cooch while it was sleeping, why couldn't they just find the male dragon, wait till it sleeps, then pull a Lorena Bobbit on it?

I guess if they did that though, McConaughey wouldn't have died, so....

I'm trying to weigh out the pros and cons here. ::)

That was the dead dragon.  But you still have the fact that Batman was reaching into a dead dragon's snatch.

kodiakthejuggler

Quote from: SecretAgentSuperDragon on December 28, 2006, 11:17:48 AMLoved Mike's McConaughey voice, and the jabs at Bale's accent(thicker than clouded cream)

Uh, don't you mean "Clotted Cream"?


Quote from: Sophie on December 28, 2006, 11:47:43 AMI have to mention my favourite part was when the tanks stop on the road to London, and Mike says "You know if they take the A22 in from East Grinstead, they might get killed faster." East Grinstead is my hometown, I've driven the A22 many times, and I never thought I'd hear either of them mentioned in a Rifftrax so it was a pleasant surprise. (Technically though, if they're coming from Northumberland they wouldn't get there faster, as East Grinstead is 30 miles south of London. But I digress ;)) Thanks for the small hometown shout-out, Mike :)

It's a small world...

after all!

;D

SecretAgentSuperDragon


mrbasehart

Quote from: Tyrant on December 28, 2006, 04:45:16 PM
I loved that. I also love that the ONLY MALE DRAGON ON THE ENTIRE PLANET resided in London which is *gasp* where our hero happens to live. What a coincidence!!!!

Exactly.  There's also the fact that Dragons don't seem to be that much faster than a Helicopter, yet they can cross the ENTIRE atlantic ocean en masse to destroy American civilization!  How do they feed on their journey? I'm pretty sure you can't get ash from sea water...  ;D

SpinyNorman

Another good Rifftrax. I don't think it really got going until the McConaghy-bashing started.

I couldn't get over the 12 year old allowed into and around a major construction site. Not only that, he is then encouraged to wander around on his own AT THE DRILL HEAD!!! I hope they had done some health and safety assessments of that risk!

When you add together all the plot holes and inconsistencies in the film, believing in dragons was actually the easy part!


stirrell

Quote from: Sophie on December 28, 2006, 11:47:43 AM
I have to mention my favourite part was when the tanks stop on the road to London, and Mike says "You know if they take the A22 in from East Grinstead, they might get killed faster." East Grinstead is my hometown, I've driven the A22 many times, and I never thought I'd hear either of them mentioned in a Rifftrax so it was a pleasant surprise. (Technically though, if they're coming from Northumberland they wouldn't get there faster, as East Grinstead is 30 miles south of London. But I digress ;)) Thanks for the small hometown shout-out, Mike :)

In an episode of MST3K (I don't remember which one currently) Crow contacts the nephew's uncle's friend of the drummer from Survivor (I don't remember it exactly, but you get the idea). This is after paying exorbitant lecture fees for Yakoff Smirnoff. Anyway, he says something to the effect of, "We turn now to  a butcher's shop in Sanford, Maine..." I was born and raised in Sanford, Maine and it is a town of about 20,000. In Maine. I would hazard a guess that most people on this board living outside of Maine and New Hampshire have never heard of Sanford, Maine. I always wondered where the reference came from... if the folks at Best Brains knew someone from there or if was just chosen completely at random. It was very cool, though :-).