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lulu_livres95's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
happylilkt's review against another edition
3.0
2.5 + The Fugitive bonus = 3 stars
Before I get started... awkward title for a book for those of us with young, burgeoning readers around, no? I read this as quickly as possible so as to return it the library ASAP... Next time I should do the ebook haha
Tangent: I am still *blessing* myself that the "dance club" on the highway we use to drive anywhere and everywhere has moved (closed?) and has been repainted ALL before my kids could read its name and ask me what "nude" means and "Pussycats! is that a pet store? Can we go there?" /End tangent
This is an irreverent collection of movie reviews of mostly 90s cinema. I had seen probably half of the movies and skipped the reviews of those I hadn't seen. The Fugitive is a nostalgic favorite of mine (that still holds up!) so the first review was the perfect start and is basically why I rated this 3 stars instead of 2.
(The reviews recap the movies, mostly funny occasionally slightly tedious.)
If you have seen the bulk of these and want to read some frivolous profane reviews as a light-hearted read, then enjoy.
Note: Consistent use of profanity and some rude/sexual humor.
List of movies reviewed: An * indicates the ones I enjoyed most
*The Fugitive - nostalgic favorite for me
*Love Actually - haven't actually seen this movie in its entirety but the title of this book is from this review ;-)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids!
Forrest Gump
The Notebook
*Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Face/Off
Back to the Future Part II
*Top Gun - this one was maybe my favorite and I have only seen this movie once.
Titanic
The Santa Clause
The Rock
Bad Boys II
Jurassic Park
The Lion King
Rush Hour
Garden State
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Reality Bites
Twilight
Speed
The Shawshank Redemption
American Pie
Before I get started... awkward title for a book for those of us with young, burgeoning readers around, no? I read this as quickly as possible so as to return it the library ASAP... Next time I should do the ebook haha
Tangent: I am still *blessing* myself that the "dance club" on the highway we use to drive anywhere and everywhere has moved (closed?) and has been repainted ALL before my kids could read its name and ask me what "nude" means and "Pussycats! is that a pet store? Can we go there?" /End tangent
This is an irreverent collection of movie reviews of mostly 90s cinema. I had seen probably half of the movies and skipped the reviews of those I hadn't seen. The Fugitive is a nostalgic favorite of mine (that still holds up!) so the first review was the perfect start and is basically why I rated this 3 stars instead of 2.
(The reviews recap the movies, mostly funny occasionally slightly tedious.)
If you have seen the bulk of these and want to read some frivolous profane reviews as a light-hearted read, then enjoy.
Note: Consistent use of profanity and some rude/sexual humor.
List of movies reviewed: An * indicates the ones I enjoyed most
*The Fugitive - nostalgic favorite for me
*Love Actually - haven't actually seen this movie in its entirety but the title of this book is from this review ;-)
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids!
Forrest Gump
The Notebook
*Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Face/Off
Back to the Future Part II
*Top Gun - this one was maybe my favorite and I have only seen this movie once.
Titanic
The Santa Clause
The Rock
Bad Boys II
Jurassic Park
The Lion King
Rush Hour
Garden State
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Reality Bites
Twilight
Speed
The Shawshank Redemption
American Pie
crystalstarrlight's review against another edition
4.0
Bullet Review:
I'm listening on audiobook and apparently no one has collated all the movies in this, so here's my list to help others like me and give a few of my thoughts on the movies/Lindy's opinions.
The Fugitive - Never seen, kinda sounds like a lot of Harrison Ford, now Liam Neeson, films.
Love, Actually - Maybe that's why I can only tolerate like 2 or 3 of the stories...
Honey I Shrunk the Kids - This one is a step away from her typical format of snarkily relating the plot.
Forest Gump - I never really got what the big deal of this movie was (dodges tomatoes).
The Notebook - Absolutely on point - could not finish the movie when we tried watching it again.
Harry Potter - It's incredible how many plot holes you can find if you spend a few minutes to think about it...
Face/Off - Never seen, but WOW what a WEIRD MOVIE.
Back to the Future 2 - She definitely could have gone harder into this one (this one seems shorter than most).
Top Gun - This movie is soooo full of testosterone. (Do not disagree with Lindy's assessment that Iceman is the hero and Maverick is the villain.)
Titanic - In contrast to Back to the Future 2, I love that she can wrap up this 3+ hour movie in less than 10 minutes.
The Santa Clause - In retrospect, this is such a 90's movie!
The Rock - Never seen; Lindy has seen a lot of Nick Cage movies! My knowledge of him is basically National Treasure, Ghost Rider, The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Valley Girl, which seem extremely tame and mild compared to the movies Lindy's seen.
Bad Boys 2 - Never seen; Lindy is definitely a purveyor of 90's/early 00's action flicks. (My opinion of the genre: MEH, you see one, you've essentially seen them all.)
Jurassic Park - I so remember this being HUGE in the 90's - it was de rigueur for the time (and for us kiddos, super edgy too - needless to say, I didn't see this until I had grey hair due to my restrictive upbringing).
Lion King - It's kinda weird to see this particular kids' movie on this list. I'm sure most kids'/Disney/animated movies could get this treatment - but Lion King is not the go-to movie for me to snark.
Rush Hour - Never seen, seems like a version of Lethal Weapon aka most buddy cop movies.
Garden State - Never seen; no lie, the only reason I've ever been curious is because Natalie Portman is in it, and I adore her.
Terminator 2 - I enjoyed the only two Terminator movies that were ever made (it was so sad they never made anymore, isn't it?). It's somewhat odd Lindy has never seen either but EH.
Reality Bites - Never seen; another one written in a slightly different format. LOL at all the 90's movies complaining about how awful things are in 1994. I would rather take a bath in living spiders than endure the whinging from privileged teenagers in a cushy time when your parents can buy you a BMW and send you to college for shizz and giggles.
Twilight - I just remembered - I became aware of Twilight because I was helping out a youth group and the girls were reading this. Are the books/movies trashy? Yes...but I could also include movies like the ones listed above along with some fan favs (I'm sorry, unpopular opinion time, but I hated "Hereditary" and do not think it was scary one bit). Just because teen girls like it, doesn't mean that it's automatically trash and okay to sh!t on. (Says the reviewer who's reviews from this time amounted to "At least she's not Bella!" :D )
Speed - Whoops, I thought she was talking about Speed 2 - I saw Speed and enjoyed it immensely. Keanu rocks.
Shawshank Redemption - Never seen; probably the movie from this book I am the least likely to ever watch.
American Pie - Never seen; okay, maybe *this* is the movie I am least likely to ever watch this.
I'm listening on audiobook and apparently no one has collated all the movies in this, so here's my list to help others like me and give a few of my thoughts on the movies/Lindy's opinions.
The Fugitive - Never seen, kinda sounds like a lot of Harrison Ford, now Liam Neeson, films.
Love, Actually - Maybe that's why I can only tolerate like 2 or 3 of the stories...
Honey I Shrunk the Kids - This one is a step away from her typical format of snarkily relating the plot.
Forest Gump - I never really got what the big deal of this movie was (dodges tomatoes).
The Notebook - Absolutely on point - could not finish the movie when we tried watching it again.
Harry Potter - It's incredible how many plot holes you can find if you spend a few minutes to think about it...
Face/Off - Never seen, but WOW what a WEIRD MOVIE.
Back to the Future 2 - She definitely could have gone harder into this one (this one seems shorter than most).
Top Gun - This movie is soooo full of testosterone. (Do not disagree with Lindy's assessment that Iceman is the hero and Maverick is the villain.)
Titanic - In contrast to Back to the Future 2, I love that she can wrap up this 3+ hour movie in less than 10 minutes.
The Santa Clause - In retrospect, this is such a 90's movie!
The Rock - Never seen; Lindy has seen a lot of Nick Cage movies! My knowledge of him is basically National Treasure, Ghost Rider, The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Valley Girl, which seem extremely tame and mild compared to the movies Lindy's seen.
Bad Boys 2 - Never seen; Lindy is definitely a purveyor of 90's/early 00's action flicks. (My opinion of the genre: MEH, you see one, you've essentially seen them all.)
Jurassic Park - I so remember this being HUGE in the 90's - it was de rigueur for the time (and for us kiddos, super edgy too - needless to say, I didn't see this until I had grey hair due to my restrictive upbringing).
Lion King - It's kinda weird to see this particular kids' movie on this list. I'm sure most kids'/Disney/animated movies could get this treatment - but Lion King is not the go-to movie for me to snark.
Rush Hour - Never seen, seems like a version of Lethal Weapon aka most buddy cop movies.
Garden State - Never seen; no lie, the only reason I've ever been curious is because Natalie Portman is in it, and I adore her.
Terminator 2 - I enjoyed the only two Terminator movies that were ever made (it was so sad they never made anymore, isn't it?). It's somewhat odd Lindy has never seen either but EH.
Reality Bites - Never seen; another one written in a slightly different format. LOL at all the 90's movies complaining about how awful things are in 1994. I would rather take a bath in living spiders than endure the whinging from privileged teenagers in a cushy time when your parents can buy you a BMW and send you to college for shizz and giggles.
Twilight - I just remembered - I became aware of Twilight because I was helping out a youth group and the girls were reading this. Are the books/movies trashy? Yes...but I could also include movies like the ones listed above along with some fan favs (I'm sorry, unpopular opinion time, but I hated "Hereditary" and do not think it was scary one bit). Just because teen girls like it, doesn't mean that it's automatically trash and okay to sh!t on. (Says the reviewer who's reviews from this time amounted to "At least she's not Bella!" :D )
Speed - Whoops, I thought she was talking about Speed 2 - I saw Speed and enjoyed it immensely. Keanu rocks.
Shawshank Redemption - Never seen; probably the movie from this book I am the least likely to ever watch.
American Pie - Never seen; okay, maybe *this* is the movie I am least likely to ever watch this.
sirrydactyl's review against another edition
5.0
This book was hilarious! I laughed out loud so much and kept reading parts aloud to my fiance. AND! The essays within around absolutely reread-able. Love this. Absolutely would recommend to those who love to poke fun a bit at modern cinema. :)
lauraborkpower's review against another edition
3.0
Really light and fun and inspired me to re-watch The Fugitive, which is, truly, the only great movie.
jenmangler's review against another edition
3.0
I had a lot of fun reading this book. It made me laugh several times. I wanted to read it because of her essay on Love, Actually, a movie my whole family likes (this is a very rare occurrence). I'm not sure how it's possible to agree with everything she writes and still enjoy the movie so much, but I do.
bibliovino's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
5.0
I’ll admit that there is one movie in this book I haven’t seen, but I won’t tell you which one because it’s probably the critically most acclaimed. Otherwise, I relived so many wonderful cinematic experiences of my teens and got to laugh out loud at Lindy’s glorious commentary. I haven’t looked yet, but I hope she’s doing these recaps on TikTok now. If you watched blockbusters in the nineties, you have to give this a listen.
thebacklistbook's review against another edition
challenging
tense
slow-paced
2.0
That was the least humorous thing I've read that was trying to be funny. Her COVID stress oozed right off the page.
The essay on twilight and Titanic were the highlights of the book. Honestly I feel quite ambivalent about his book. I didn't love it, didn't hate it. It just exists.
The essay on twilight and Titanic were the highlights of the book. Honestly I feel quite ambivalent about his book. I didn't love it, didn't hate it. It just exists.