The Noel Network: Midnight Movie Exchange

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November 1, 2014

[Midnight Movie Exchange] Jewel of the Gods

"Fuck you, too, movie."

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October 19, 2014

[Midnight Movie Exchange] The Gods Must Be Crazy 4 (aka Crazy Hong Kong)

"Those are the only major fuck ups. There's smaller ones, but those three are what makes this film a horrible waste of everyone's time as it's now almost impenetrable and I only managed to keep my focus on the film through sheer force of will (and pausing now and then to text Jak how awful it is). Which is a shame, because there are other potentially interesting elements that we're not being allowed to enjoy."

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October 11, 2014

[Midnight Movie Exchange] The Gods Must Be Crazy 3 (aka Crazy Safari)

"I was very skeptical of how they'd blend this horror/action/comedy about hopping vampires with the adventures of N!xau in the Kalahari plains, but they do a pretty decent of job working those outside elements into the structure of the established Gods Must Be Crazy franchise. The vampire (Chan Lung, in a pantomime part that grew on me) is now himself the mysterious object who falls from the sky and, after discovering the paper is what keeps him from going on violent rampages and that he can be led around by a bell, N!xau (just referred to now by the actor's name instead of the character Xi) and his people put the vampire to use as a golem beast of burden, carrying heavy loads and having him smash head-first into trees so as to knock loose their fruit, and the children come to adore playing with him in the fields as they toss bells back and forth and watch him fly."

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October 4, 2014

[Midnight Movie Exchange] Episode 9: The Gods Must Be Crazy 2 (1989)

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September 6, 2014

[Midnight Movie Exchange] Episode 8: Disorderlies (1987)

"It is what it is. It was a cheap vehicle to just kinda sell the Fat Boys, basically by ripping off Three Stooges movies, and it's not good. It gave me a few chuckles in a few scenes here and there, but it kinda falls flat. And yet, it's largely harmless. It's not like a horrible 'oh dear god why' trainwreck of a movie, it's just this kinda bland thing that came, went, you can see why it was there, why they were trying to sell these guys. And, to be fair, it does actually sell the Fat Boys for what they were. That was pretty much their schtick."

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August 3, 2014

[Midnight Movie Exchange] Episode 7 - Lupin the 3rd: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy (1974)

"I didn't really mind that there wasn't much plot, because it was basically just what excuse can we have for a string of gags. And some of them were really amusing, there were a few that got me to legitimately laugh out loud, like when Jigen turns and looks at him, and suddenly his hat flips open with a little visor. For no reason."

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