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#41
Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by M.10rda - April 04, 2026, 09:55:15 AMTHE PAPERBOY (2012):
A total impulse watch, as if my subconscious clocked my reaction to HOUSEMAID's bonkers plot and then compelled me towards another major motion picture willing and able to tell HOUSEMAID to Hold Its Beer. Also I was in Orlando, FL and had spent the day at a park named "Gatorland" and THE PAPERBOY also takes place in Florida and really captured the whole vibe down there. My wife (who used to live in Florida) has spoken of this film to me for years, in hushed tones - not reverently, but more from like PTSD or something.
Zac Efron is the eponymous adult paperboy
who investigates a possible wrongful conviction by a bunch of racist redneck lawmen who falsified evidence and lied under oath. That's the plot but it's kind of besides the point, I suppose. More notably, John Cusack has a prolonged brutal sex (?) scene w/ a crying Nicole Kidman. Matthew McConaughey tells Cusack "I'm your pants" and then becomes the victim of a much bloodier PULP FICTION pawnshop basement scenario. Kidman squats over and pees on Efron's face. In the end, it's implied that the racist redneck lawmen were justified in their injust actions. 
Director Lee Daniels (who is black, somehow) has made some movies I find really tasteless, including PRECIOUS, a film which, in spite of its grossness and meanness, managed to garner a lot of critical acclaim. Daniels followed it w/ this ghastly thing, which understandably nearly ended his career. He must be a nice person though because Cusack and Efron came back (joined by a lot of other famous people) and helped Daniels make THE BUTLER, a decent and serious film. Efron makes little impression here while Kidman and McConaughey act so hard it made me embarrassed and Macy Gray just acts very poorly (to be fair, she's a singer, not really an actor). Cusack, I must say, is pretty good as an appallingly grotesque person. The best performance and most interesting character belongs to David Oyelowo (MLK in SELMA), who appears all too little. The whole movie is chopped and screwed to s**t, suggesting that Daniels et al didn't even know what they were going for on-set and tried to make something of it in post. It is, if nothing else, a remarkable freakshow.
1/5 But again, it depicts Florida quite accurately!
A total impulse watch, as if my subconscious clocked my reaction to HOUSEMAID's bonkers plot and then compelled me towards another major motion picture willing and able to tell HOUSEMAID to Hold Its Beer. Also I was in Orlando, FL and had spent the day at a park named "Gatorland" and THE PAPERBOY also takes place in Florida and really captured the whole vibe down there. My wife (who used to live in Florida) has spoken of this film to me for years, in hushed tones - not reverently, but more from like PTSD or something.
Zac Efron is the eponymous adult paperboy
who investigates a possible wrongful conviction by a bunch of racist redneck lawmen who falsified evidence and lied under oath. That's the plot but it's kind of besides the point, I suppose. More notably, John Cusack has a prolonged brutal sex (?) scene w/ a crying Nicole Kidman. Matthew McConaughey tells Cusack "I'm your pants" and then becomes the victim of a much bloodier PULP FICTION pawnshop basement scenario. Kidman squats over and pees on Efron's face. In the end, it's implied that the racist redneck lawmen were justified in their injust actions. Director Lee Daniels (who is black, somehow) has made some movies I find really tasteless, including PRECIOUS, a film which, in spite of its grossness and meanness, managed to garner a lot of critical acclaim. Daniels followed it w/ this ghastly thing, which understandably nearly ended his career. He must be a nice person though because Cusack and Efron came back (joined by a lot of other famous people) and helped Daniels make THE BUTLER, a decent and serious film. Efron makes little impression here while Kidman and McConaughey act so hard it made me embarrassed and Macy Gray just acts very poorly (to be fair, she's a singer, not really an actor). Cusack, I must say, is pretty good as an appallingly grotesque person. The best performance and most interesting character belongs to David Oyelowo (MLK in SELMA), who appears all too little. The whole movie is chopped and screwed to s**t, suggesting that Daniels et al didn't even know what they were going for on-set and tried to make something of it in post. It is, if nothing else, a remarkable freakshow.
1/5 But again, it depicts Florida quite accurately!
#42
Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...
Last post by indianasmith - April 04, 2026, 07:21:49 AMQuote from: Rev. Powell on April 03, 2026, 08:57:44 AM
Her arms are. . . oddly positioned!
#43
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Alex's even longer post th...
Last post by Alex - April 04, 2026, 03:40:01 AMI once had a 15mm undead army, although I used them in 25mm games of Warhammer Fantasy Battle as undead halflings. Wish I still had them. I sympathise with your backlog of figures to paint. During Covid I did clear my backlog, but its built up again since then lol (although I've been making good progress working through it).
#44
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Alex's even longer post th...
Last post by Dr. Whom - April 04, 2026, 02:45:03 AMRal Partha, now there's a name that takes me back. I limit myself to historical figures in 15mm, though. I've still got over a thousand of them unpainted (I've never dared to actually count them) so I am sticking to those.
#45
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Pizza browning
Last post by HappyGilmore - April 04, 2026, 02:29:11 AMQuote from: zombie no.one on April 04, 2026, 12:45:19 AMvisual reference:I wouldn't eat that
doesn't look too outlandish does it?
tuna is the only seafood I wanna see on a pizza though
#46
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Pizza browning
Last post by zombie no.one - April 04, 2026, 01:33:32 AMQuote from: lester1/2jr on April 04, 2026, 01:18:57 AMIn France, they put an egg in the middle of the pizza sometimes.
now this (to me) is beyond wrong...
other weird french food tradition: bread in a bowl with milk. like you would eat cereal, but it's just chunks of bread instead. wat
#47
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Pizza browning
Last post by lester1/2jr - April 04, 2026, 01:18:57 AMIn France, they put an egg in the middle of the pizza sometimes.
Here in Boston, there is a rivalry between Regina Pizzeria ( North End/ faux Italian neighborhood) and Santarpio's (East Boston, once Italian now Spanish neighborhood)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjXvEpVRTDA
I have never been to either. My sense is that Santarpio's is more fun and colorfull and Regina has slightly better pizza. I don't know what they do to it that makes it so allegedly great.
Here in Boston, there is a rivalry between Regina Pizzeria ( North End/ faux Italian neighborhood) and Santarpio's (East Boston, once Italian now Spanish neighborhood)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjXvEpVRTDA
I have never been to either. My sense is that Santarpio's is more fun and colorfull and Regina has slightly better pizza. I don't know what they do to it that makes it so allegedly great.
#48
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Pizza browning
Last post by zombie no.one - April 04, 2026, 12:45:19 AMvisual reference:
doesn't look too outlandish does it?
tuna is the only seafood I wanna see on a pizza though
doesn't look too outlandish does it?
tuna is the only seafood I wanna see on a pizza though
#49
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Pizza browning
Last post by HappyGilmore - April 04, 2026, 12:07:59 AMQuote from: claws on April 03, 2026, 01:44:11 PMActually, Tuna is one of my favorite pizza toppings. Tuna pizza is very popular here. You can find it on every menu from every pizza joint.I have so many questions. Like how did this start? Who did it? Was it after a soccer or rugby match and people were drunk? People away at Uni?
#50
Bad Movies / Re: Scary movie backstories
Last post by claws - April 04, 2026, 12:04:41 AMI wanted to post more, but realized I already did those for Trevor's same thread in January 
https://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php?topic=160449.0
https://www.badmovies.org/forum/index.php?topic=160449.0