Lucifer_666
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Weekend Movie List # 2Here's this weekend's movies
FRIDAY:
Muriel's Wedding BBC1
The Couching Trip BBC1
Twentyfourseven BBC2
SATURDAY:
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves BBC1
Terminal Velocity BBC1
Mrs Brown BBC2
Becket BBC2
The Virgin and the Gypsy BBC2
Mystery Men ITV
Little Women CH4
Austin Powers: The spy who shagged me CH4
Meteor CH5
SUNDAY:
Stigmata BBC1
A the big bad kaber and Bull Story BBC2
The Rainbow BBC2
Agatha Christie's The man in the Brown suit ITV
In the name of the Father ITV
Dude, Where is my Car? CH4
Three men and a Baby CH5
Vertical Limit CH5
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lord vader
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muriels wedding is good , and vertical limit rocks .
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Catnapper
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Pleeeeessseeeee DON'T pick Robin Hood.....I hate that film!
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Lucifer_666
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Oh you know what we must watch...robin Hoo.........Just kidding  
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Catnapper
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You'd better be just kidding
I'd be happy with....
Meteor
Terminal Velocity
The Couch Trip
Vertical Limit
and Mystery Men looks fun!
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Lucifer_666
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Mystery Men is not everyone's cup of tea but I loved it
I also really like Vertical Limit too
But I think you should decide this week Babe because me and Sta did lat week 
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Catnapper
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I forgot to pick a film  Seeing how it's too late to pick a film that's on tonight......I'll go with.......Mystery Men cause I've never seen it before or even heard of it either!
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Lucifer_666
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This is an interesting choice because even though I really like it...I can also see others not doing so.....I think you can tell its got alot of its character ideas from comic book characters...and I have to say that appealed to me straight away.....
Anyway should be fun 
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The Man Chump
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I love Mystery men!
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Catnapper
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I must be the only one who's never heard of it!
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Lucifer_666
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It did seem to be overlooked alot Babe even at the time of release if I recall correctly so your not the only one I'm sure
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The Man Chump
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Indeed it was before ben stiller got as big as he is at the moment, and getting geoffrey rush in was a genius stroke!
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Lucifer_666
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Will you do a review mate? ....go on you know you want to really 
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The Man Chump
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I have time set aside tonight
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Lucifer_666
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Good stuff mate 
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The Man Chump
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Mystery Men:
The story of some not so super hero's. done as a straight comedy it is classic Ben Stiller with some excellent lines (often missed on first viewing) like "He fell down an elevator shaft.......... on to some bullets"
It has a decent cast. Stiller, Hank Azaria (Simpson voices), Greg kinnear, Claire forlani, William H Macy, Jeanne garafolio (?) Geoffrey Rush, Eddie izzard and Paul Reubens (Pee wee Herman, and the voice of the Navigator) and they all play there part well. One of my favourite characters though is "invisible boy" (Kel Mitchell) and one of the best comedy ideas of someone who is invisible, but only when no-one is looking at him and he is not looking at himself!
I really enjoyed this film as it suits my sense of humour to a tee. The pace is good and the story is always busy enough to keep you interested. The characters are well constructed and shallow enough to always potentially be disposable without affecting the films comedy aspects.
It's not perfect, the film would benefit from being filmed a little lighter at times, and Also Mr amazing as a character is not quite believable as an amazing super hero and comes across as a bit dim and not really capable of catching Casanova Frankenstein in the first place.
But as a comedy you cant beat it for 2 hours of escapist fun!
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Catnapper
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 Great review Chump!
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Lucifer_666
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Yep exellent review Chump..  .. I love the Invisible boy too and the funny take on his power Though Ben Stiller's Mr Furious I laughed at throughout  But here wait.... I'll do my review soon and tell all then
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Catnapper
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Mystery Men
I taped it, then when I played it the other night I found out I'd missed some of the film off I don't know how much I missed but it didn't matter because at first the film seemed pretty average It felt like they could have done more with it.........BUT, and here comes the good news Luc and Chump!........the more I got into the film, the more I liked it! (Told you it was good news )
I liked the idea that they weren't some kind of incredibly good looking, gleaming white teeth, all American super heroes types but they were misfits, with problems at home and generally down on their luck types.
The film had some genuinely funny moments like when 2 of them were arguing about Captain Amazing and Lance Hunt being the same person.....and one said they couldn't be the same because Lance Hunt wears glasses Then when the Mystery Men used a clothes shrinking weapon on Casanova Frankenstein's henchwomen, Mr Furious said his trousers were getting tighter too! Very funny!
The film was quirky with some great ideas for the Mystery Men's Powers..........not the usual X-ray vision, man of steel type hero, but someone who could throw cutlery incredibly accurately, another with her dead dad's skull in a bowling ball which bounced off things pinball style, The Shoveller who used his shovel as a weapon, Mr Furious who got erm very angry lol!, Invisible Boy who became invisible when nobody watched him and The Spleen who put the wind up his opponents!
Eddie Izzard played Tony P, one of the Disco Boys. loved his Saturday Night Fever routine Geoffrey Rush was so far over the top as Casanova Frankenstein that he came down the other side but you could see he was having a blast in the part. Looking through the credits I noticed the film's director, Kinka Usher, listed as Moe......who was that cause I can't remember the character?
All in all I'm glad I stuck with the film...... from thinking it a bit boring at first, by the end I thought it was a brilliant parody of all the superhero films......and I loved it!
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The Man Chump
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Glad to hear it Cat. Top review BTW.
Luc, Yours when you are ready!
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Lucifer_666
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Stop pressuring me man ....just stop it ...OKAY!!!!!!
Just kidding I will add mine tomorrow if thats okay  After all you two have raised the benchmark on which my review will be judged
Oh and yeah fantastic review babes too I'm glad you got to like it
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Lucifer_666
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Okay Mystery Men.... as I said before is not to everybody's tastes but I loved it, I think the first thing of note is the great cast which consists of William H. Macy, Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, Janeane Garofalo, Kel Mitchell, Paul Reubens, Geoffrey Rush, Greg Kinnear,Claire Forlani, Lena Olin, and Eddie Izzard.
I loved all the performances of all the stars but the one that really stood out to me was Stiller's Mr Furious..... I don't know what it is about Stiller but I adore when he plays these highly strung characters...anyone who has seen Heavyweights or Dodgeball know what I'm on about except in this it was his thing, his gimmick the thing that brings out his power to the surface or so he says throughout after all he did once lift a bus . One of my favourite scenes is when they are attacking Casanova Frankenstein's car and he's sitting in the back unconcerned while they are all doing their worst ..... the Blue Raja scrapes his fork along the paint work lol while Furious just screams on top and belly flopping in some kind of temper tantrum in fact the only one to actually do some real damage is the Bowler...it was a very funny scene. I also really liked the interraction between Furious and The Sphynx particularly as the latter keeps coming out with cryptic but ultimately unhelpful aphorisms like.....
"To learn my teachings, I must first teach you how to learn." or
"You must lash out with every limb, like the octopus who plays the drums." or
"He who questions training only trains himself at asking questions." or
"You must be like wolf pack, not six-pack."
It eventually gets to a stage where Furious can't take anymore and responds....."Okay, am I the only one who finds these sayings just a little bit formulaic? "If you want to push something down, you have to pull it up. If you want to go left, you have to go right." the Sphinx quickly replies "Your temper is very quick, my friend. But until you learn to master your rage..." but Furious interrupts ".......your rage will become your master? That's what you were going to say. Right? Right?" .....The Sphinx walks away saying "Not necessarily." .
I enjoyed the scene too where he decides to rejoin the group after going off in a temper and the Shoveler goes out to talk to him to broker the peace and of course pride is preventing him from saying sorry so he starts speaking like Kirk saying "..... losing......control.....rage ........building" or words to that effect until the Shoveller eventually puts him out of his misery . There is actually a few subtle references to William Shatner's recording lines for the animated Star Trek series throughout the movie which I thought pretty neat!!
I also Cat loved that line aswell..."My pants feel like they're shrinking too." Other great lines from him were.... "Don't mess with the volcano my man, 'cause I will go Pompeii on your... butt." and ....."You must've torn out the "Q" section in my dictionary, because I don't know the meaning of the word "quit".
Who I was surprised at was Claire Forlani ..who has a relatively small part and not a particularly interesting one either, she's really only a window dressing character providing the minuscule sub-plot love interest.... I just think any actress would have sufficed for that role and I would have much preferred to see her challenged a bit more with a more bizarre part.
Like Chump I completely digged the Invisible Boy concept too which was a very unique and funny take on the whole premise of invisibility.....and I did question at the end where did his clothes go when he past the sensor? I also really liked Geoffrey Rush's performance who just seemed to be in his element playing it way over the top at any moment...... I think his fight scene with Furious where he's using his fingernail as a deadly weapon was brilliant... I laughed throughout!!
The movie is a real piss take on comic book heroes...even Champion City where it is all set is reminiscent of Gotham...or a strange 70's Dick Tracy city. and anyone who has read comics such as Marvel over the years will know they have created some weird heroes with weird abilities that appeared at the time perhaps a little cooler to me than they should have
The Superhero characters themselves originate from a comic called Flaming Carrot....which was the name of the main hero...... Of course he looked stupid and had no powers either he carried an array of stuff like rubber bands, playing cards, sneeze powder, etc in his utility belt. He was however a founding member of The Mystery Men but ironically it is he who does not feature in the movie which really is mighty strange. I thought they should have thrown him in somewhere!! Perhaps at the hero auditions?
Oh and before someone says about that Shrek song.....Mystery Men was the first film to feature the 'Smash Mouth' song "All Star" and clips from the film actually form the basis of the song's video......so there!! Though I still love the beginning of Shrek....
Mystery Men is a fun movie that really doen't take itself very seriously...It appeals because like many great movies the losers become winners, those that aspire to be and get ridiculed succeed in their endevours and of course provide us with the laughs along the way .its one of those types of movies that you can just sit down forget about everything in your life and enjoy and I for one can never watch it enough times!!
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Catnapper
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I missed the ST references Luc that's why I like reading your reviews cause I get to learn something new!
I think you'd have to watch it a few times to get all the references.......but it's a good excuse to watch it again!
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lord vader
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i didn't watch it , i bet it was tosh luc
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Lucifer_666
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Thanks babe.... yeah the Star Trek references where actually an idea between Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo who wanted to do it in a film for a long time.
What I didn't add in my review was that Garofalo was paramount on getting Stiller on board on the project in the first place....he was reluctant but she rang him up saying it would be fun for them both to work together and so he agreed apparently Stiller and Garofalo are very good old friends
Also an awful lot of the movie was unscripted and much of the dialogue was thought of on set by the actors themselves who were just told to run with it.
The idea of Frankenstein's nails being long and strange originated from Claire Forlani unusually enough
No its a good film Sta
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Catnapper
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Most of it was ad libbed.....you'd never have thought it
Have you got the dvd Luc cause I'm wondering what features are on it......a blooper reel would be good!
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Lucifer_666
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I do have the dvd....no blooper reel but it has the Directors commentary, deleted scenes, a docu on the origin of the comic characters. I think thats it... I have to recheck it now
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Catnapper
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Aww a blooper reel would have been very funny I bet!
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Lucifer_666
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Yeah I reckon so too...its unusual actually it wasn't supplied... I will recheck the dvd but I'm almost sure there is none 
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Catnapper
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Maybe they'll put one on when it's the 10th anniversary or something
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The Man Chump
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Good review Luc. I only have the video (ex rantal at that) but good choice of film indeed.
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Lucifer_666
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I hope so Cat....you would imagine that there would be a great one for it wouldn't you??
And thanks Chump.. ..I think its your turn to pick a film..
I'm putting them up now 
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