Jackass 3D (2010)

There really isn't that much to say about Jackass 3D. The only questions that can be answered are is it funny? Is it worth to see it in 3D? How crazy are the stunts? Should I take a girl?

This is coming from a big Jackass fan, I have enjoyed all of their previous films and still watch the old episodes when they play on MTV, so I may be to much of a fan. $50 million opening weekend means they must be doing something good though.

Quesiton: Is it funny?
Answer: Jet airplanes, 10 ft deep snake pits, midget fights, flying port-o-potties and taser filled obstacle courses. If that doesn't answer it for you then probably not.

Question: Is it worth it in 3D?
Answer: Jackass 3D was filmed using the same technology as Avatar.....so yes.

Question: How crazy are the stunts?
Answer: See question one. There is a variety that will keep you guessing what your going to see next.

Question: Should I take a girl?
Answer: If the girl is ok with slow motion 3D male nudity, slow motion 3D poop and guys getting hurt a lot then yes. Otherwise you may need to cover her eyes a little bit.


It may not be as funny as Jackass 2, but it is very close and with the 3D it may be the best movie of the series. Jackass 3D is a fun, hilarious movie that will keep you laughing the entire time and is well worth the $200 it takes to go to a 3D movie.


When To Watch Rating: Drunken Guys Night

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Machete (2010)

After being betrayed by the organization who hired him, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.

What started as an brilliant trailer for the Rodriguez/Tarantino Grindhouse Films has finally come to the big screen as it's own feature. It features an awesome cast of Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal, Jeff Fahey, Jessica Alba, Don Johnson, Cheech Marin and Lindsay Lohan. This looked to be the ultimate B-Movie, and I love a great B-Movie.

It starts out with heads rolling, blood spraying everywhere and naked women. The ultimate guy movie. But the movie fails to end with such a force, which made me leave the theater feeling let down by Machete.

The characters in the movie are great. Everyone is their own unique, over the top, B-Movie star. Of course when Steven Seagal is the ultimate Spanish speaking villain in any movie, you can't go wrong.

There is nothing bad to say about the first three-quarters of this movie. Perfection in my mind. The movie seems like it is building up to a huge "war" between two forces at the end of the movie, and with the way the movie started it looked like it was going to be epic........and then it happened. It's one of those movies that looked like their budget ran out before they could shoot the last scenes. Maybe it was intentionally that bad because Robert Rodriguez knows what he's making, and knows it's a B-Movie, but it was a giant letdown. 

The first hour and a half of this movie are so good that it is still worth seeing, its just a shame that it couldn't finish as strong as it started.

When to Watch Rating: Drunken Guys Night

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Piranha 3D (2010)

After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area's new razor-toothed residents.

After seeing the trailers for this early in the summer I thought it looked like the worst movie that would come out in 2010. When the reviews started coming in though I kept hearing about the film makers doing it right and not trying to make it some hit 3D teen movie. That it was made knowing it was a B-Movie and made it over the top with boobs and gore. So I decided I had to see it.

I would say they got it about 65% right, there are many great elements to this movie. There is one epic scene where the piranha's finally make it to the Spring Break festivities and it doesn't disappoint. It has Troma film written all over it. I don't want to spoil any of it, but if there is one reason to see this movie, this scene is it (if your into Piranha's ripping people apart).

Many of the characters are great B-Movie rolls, Jerry O'Connell playing the coked up girls gone wild director. Ving Rhames chopping up piranha's with a boat propeller, Christopher Lloyd and Richard Dreyfuss (all that needs to be said).

The rest of the movie seemed to be exactly what it shouldn't. A teen "comedy" that really isn't funny. It really seemed to bring down the movie and at times made me wonder why I wasted the money to be there. There is a very boring relationship subplot for the main character that really doesn't get explained very well and takes up way to much screen time.

Overall it was a fun trip to the movies, it had what was promised, boobs and over the top gore.  There really isn't any other reason to see if besides that.

When To Watch Rating: Drunken Guys Night

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Dead Snow (2009)

A ski vacation turns horrific for a group of medical students, as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies.

I saw this for the first time in the theaters last summer and absolutely loved it. It started out very slow (almost walked out of the theater), had terrible acting and looked horrible. Then came the nazi zombie's. Perfect B-Movie. The whole theater was a mixture of people dying laughing and people being completely grossed out by the over the top violent fight between the vacationing college kids and the nazi zombie's. It was one of my favorite B-Movies I could remember.

I watched the movie again just to have a laugh and was disappointed that it didn't hold up watching it alone. In fact it didn't hold up watching it with two people. The movie was still slow, bad acting and looked terrible, but without being on the big screen with a theater full of people, all of the deaths seemed cheap and not as funny. I thought I remembered over the top violence, heads getting chopped off, limbs severed ect...but instead saw mostly close up shots that didn't show any of that, just sound effects then a body dropping.

There are still some great scenes in this movie that lived up to what I remembered from the theater, but overall the film just doesn't hold up even as a good B-Movie unless you can have that theater experience.

When to Watch Rating: Drunken Guys Night

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