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Post by Dan E. Moderator on Oct 21, 2018 17:34:18 GMT
It's not much longer now. It's almost Halloween! Luckily, we've got another spooky movie to keep us occupied until the Great Pumpkin arrives. This Week: Bubba Ho-Tep Chosen by: CervantesReleased: 2002 Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis Director: Don Coscarelli Producer: Don Coscarelli,Jason R. Savage Writer: Don Coscarelli, Joe R. Lansdale Trailer: Full movie: |
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Post by cobretti on Oct 21, 2018 19:26:31 GMT
It's not much longer now. It's almost Halloween! Luckily, we've got another spooky movie to keep us occupied until the Great Pumpkin arrives. This Week: Bubba Ho-Tep Chosen by: CervantesReleased: 2002 Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ossie Davis Director: Don Coscarelli Producer: Don Coscarelli,Jason R. Savage Writer: Don Coscarelli, Joe R. Lansdale Trailer: Full movie: Hail to the King, baby. Bruce Campbell, who rule, plays Elvis, who also ruled. It takes a king to play a king. 5/5. |
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Post by scipioafricanus on Oct 21, 2018 21:41:58 GMT
JFK is black and Elvis lives.
Bruce Campbell plays it to perfection.
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Post by stratogustav on Oct 22, 2018 20:08:30 GMT
Sounds like a movie I would enjoy to watch.
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Post by Cervantes on Oct 22, 2018 21:59:43 GMT
Besides the crazy premise for the movie, Bruce delivers a very convincing performance - he nails down the character perfectly in a way that works both as an old, worn-down and discredited Elvis, and as a random impersonator who truly believes he is the king himself.
The drama/comedy/horror mixture is well balanced and it's not everyday that we get to see a good horror movie with a mummy as the villain. Solid 5 to me, really enjoyed it.
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Post by Balder on Oct 25, 2018 16:22:59 GMT
It's been sometimes since there has been a movie that I haven't seen and that I can watch somewhere. Sorry if my review disappoints someone here (that someone definitely being cobretti). I enjoyed it, keep that in mind though. "An okay-ish movie that had the potential of being really awesome. Sometimes, really big movies with a huge budgets are not the best thing as they tend to not be creative enough. In Bubba Ho-Tep it is sort of the other way around. The budget was so small that they could not fulfill their main idea, that idea being Elvis. Bruce Campbell sort of looks like Elvis, and the movie tells me it is Elvis, but what does he really do? He says "Thank you, thank you very much" and refers to himself as The King a couple of times, and that is pretty much it. No licensed music or movie clips from his career. He does not do anything that really resembles his icon except from those two phrases. Kind of sad really. They have some awesome ideas like Elvis teaming up with a Black John F. Kennedy (who has been dyed to be Black). It is quite funny, but I wanted a little more. This has been a fairly negative review, but it is worth watching once just for the ridiculous idea of Elvis not really dying and teaming up with Black JFK to fight a mummy at a rest institution." 2.5/5 |
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Post by cobretti on Oct 25, 2018 20:43:16 GMT
It's been sometimes since there has been a movie that I haven't seen and that I can watch somewhere. Sorry if my review disappoints someone here (that someone definitely being cobretti ). I enjoyed it, keep that in mind though. "An okay-ish movie that had the potential of being really awesome. Sometimes, really big movies with a huge budgets are not the best thing as they tend to not be creative enough. In Bubba Ho-Tep it is sort of the other way around. The budget was so small that they could not fulfill their main idea, that idea being Elvis. Bruce Campbell sort of looks like Elvis, and the movie tells me it is Elvis, but what does he really do? He says "Thank you, thank you very much" and refers to himself as The King a couple of times, and that is pretty much it. No licensed music or movie clips from his career. He does not do anything that really resembles his icon except from those two phrases. Kind of sad really. They have some awesome ideas like Elvis teaming up with a Black John F. Kennedy (who has been dyed to be Black). It is quite funny, but I wanted a little more. This has been a fairly negative review, but it is worth watching once just for the ridiculous idea of Elvis not really dying and teaming up with Black JFK to fight a mummy at a rest institution." 2.5/5  Bruce got some praise for his portrayal of the King from real deal movie reviewers. Also so worth noting, Don Coscarelli, the director of this movie, also directed Beastmaster. |
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