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* Yellow asterisk: funny (maybe).
* White asterisk:
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Blue asterisk: not mine.
No asterisk: it probably
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OTHER CRAP:
Catch the deluxe
version of Other Crap in real time, with all the bells and whistles,
here.
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Surf School (Unrated)
(2006)
Surf School is sort of a combination of a sports cliché film and
the Revenge of the Nerds. Corey Sevier is an East Coast lacrosse
stud. The season is over, he has already been awarded a scholarship,
and his mother talks him into finishing his senior year in
California so he can play in a lacrosse league there and stay sharp.
When he hits Laguna High, he finds that he is no longer a big man on
campus, and that it is the surfers at the top of the pecking order.
He fits in well with a group of nerds.
The surfers are on their way to an invitation-only senior trip to
Costa Rica for a High School surf championship. Corey convinces the
nerds to show up in Costa Rica a week early, take surfing lessons,
and beat the evil surfer dudes at their own game. In addition
to wanting to win the surfing contest, the group is interested in
getting laid, so there are three Swedish blondes in the film to show
their breasts. The nerds have rooms booked at a commune run by two
aging hippies who can't return to the U.S. because of some of their
more radical activities in the 60s. The surf instructor turns out to
be a drunk who has somehow lost the last 30 years of his life since
he was a surfing champion.
IMDb readers rate this 1.1. I would put the proper score closer
to 4 or 5. Yes, it is bad, but not entirely without chuckles. Most
of the acting was way over the top, and the plot was completely
predictable. The film is competent technically. This is the same
caliber of film as some of the weaker National Lampoon films. In
other words, a D.
Scoop's notes:
1. This has a good chance to become the lowest rated film of all
time at IMDb. There are about 600 votes at IMDB, and more than 400
of them have scored it 1/10. The most positive demographic group
(females under 18) scores it 1.5 out of ten, while three of the
groups score it a perfect 1.0! Of the top 1000 IMDB voters, a group
which usually offers the most accurate score, there have been 72
votes
of which 70 are "1/10" and the other two are "2/10". That is
astounding. There are a few glowing comments at IMDb - all obviously
written by people involved with the movie. Every one of the positive
reviews was from somebody who never reviewed any other movie -
except one, who also reviewed Death to the Supermodels (2.1 at IMDb
and an E- from me.), and gave them both 10/10. Those two movies were
both directed by the same guy!
2. More important, here is the pertinent film
clip from Surf School from another imager named Gman
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Notes and collages
Beastmaster
Tanya Roberts was a Bond girl in A View to a
Kill in 1985.
She made Beastmaster in 1982 and Sheena (see
Hank's section) in 1984.
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Mischief
I recently capped Kelly Preston in 1986's 52 Pick-Up, and would have
liked to see more than the brief and poor-quality scenes of her on a TV. I
have seen a ton of caps of her in 1985's Mischief, so I decided it was
time to see the movie. Set in a small Ohio town in 1956, the coming-of-age
comedy tries to be the American Graffiti of the mid-50's, but it doesn't
quite make it.
Jonathan, a shy high school senior, has no luck with girls until he
makes friends with the new kid in town, Gene, a rebellious sort who is
loved by the ladies. With encouragement from Gene, Jonathan's luck starts
to change, but not before a series of misadventures, many of which are
very funny.
It's no Graffiti, and it does drag in spots, but it is still very funny
and a lot of fun to watch. Oh yeah, and Kelly's nude scene is a classic.
Scoop's note: Tuna and I also recommended it, for various reasons. Good
music, good nudity, some multi-dimensional characters, come classic cars,
and overall good fun.
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