H is for The Heartbreak Kid (2007), Film #236

September 6th, 2009

I haven’t seen the original The Heartbreak Kid (starring Charles Grodin) in a long time, but I don’t remember it being as irritating as this remake. This time Ben Stiller takes on the role of the newlywed who meets his true love on his honeymoon. The big problem: we are never given a reason to care about this guy nor want him to find happiness. He doesn’t deserve it. He marries for the wrong reasons, has second thoughts for the wrong reasons, behave wrongly with the girl that he meets, handles the breakup wrong and even manages to screw up his potential happy ending. He’s an ass and you can’t capture an audience with such an unlikable loser as a central figure.

Nothing else about the film matters much. It’s nice to see Stiller’s father Jerry Stiller playing his fictional father and the new love interest is played by the remarkably striking Michelle Monaghan, but what’s the point? I’ll never watch this pile of drek again and you should avoid ever watching it in the first place.

G is for The Gnome-Mobile (1967), Film #235

September 6th, 2009

F is for From Hell (2001), Film #234

September 4th, 2009

E is for Equilibrium (2002), Film #233

September 4th, 2009

D is for Drive Me Crazy (1999), Film #232

September 4th, 2009

C is for Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), Film #231

August 29th, 2009

B is for Bubba Ho-Tep (2002), Film #230

August 27th, 2009

A is for The Aviator (2004), Film #229

August 27th, 2009

On a Mission from God: Film #228 – The Blues Brothers (1980)

August 26th, 2009

Film #227 – Run Ronnie Run (2002)

August 25th, 2009

Sagas of a Star World: Films #225 & #226 – Battlestar Galactica (1978) & Conquest of the Earth (1981)

August 25th, 2009

Oh, Deer: Films #223 & #224 – Bambi (1942) & Bambi II (2006)

August 23rd, 2009

Static Air: Film #222 – Radioland Murders (1994)

August 21st, 2009

A Bigger Boat: Film #221 – Jaws (1975)

August 21st, 2009

Spy-Lite: Film #220 – Condorman (1981)

August 18th, 2009

Gonzo: Films #218 & #219 – Where the Buffalo Roam (1980) & Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

August 18th, 2009

May the Schwartz Be With You: Film #217 – Spaceballs (1987)

August 16th, 2009

To the Hills!: Film #216 – Race to Witch Mountain (2009)

August 16th, 2009

BLON-DIE!!!: Films #202 – #215 – The Blondie film series: Part One (1938 – 1943)

August 14th, 2009

Da Da Dum!: Film #201 – The Cannonball Run (1981)

August 14th, 2009

Swing, Baby, Swing: Film #200 – Swing Parade (1946)

August 10th, 2009

Almost Wonderful: Film #199 – The Wiz (1978)

August 10th, 2009

Film #198 – Logan’s Run (1976)

August 10th, 2009

Crime Pays: Film #197 – Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

August 4th, 2009

The Twilight Time: Films #185 – #196 – The Latter-Day Ed Wood films (1965 – 1976)

August 2nd, 2009

Hey! Hey!: Film #184 – Head (1968)

July 30th, 2009

Lost at Sea: Film #183 – Lt. Robin Crusoe, USN (1966)

July 22nd, 2009

Film #182 – Sleeper (1973)

July 22nd, 2009

Are You Ready for the Summer?: Film #181 – Meatballs (1979)

July 22nd, 2009

Caped Crusaders: Films #171 – #180 – The Batman theatrical films (1943 – 2008)

July 14th, 2009

Super Enough for Me: Film #170 – Super Mario Bros. (1993)

July 13th, 2009

Rock, Roll and Remember: Film #169 – American Graffiti (1973)

July 13th, 2009

Murphy at the Peak: Film #168 – Coming to America (1988)

June 28th, 2009

Carry On Filming: Films #162 – #167 – The Early Carry Ons (1958 – 1962)

June 28th, 2009

Everything According to Plan: Film #161 – The Sting (1973)

June 28th, 2009

Hello, Pretty Pretty: Film #160 – Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy (1968)

June 24th, 2009

Bad Kitty: Film #159 – Cat People (1982)

June 24th, 2009

Challenger of the Unknown: Film #158 – The Lost World (1925)

June 24th, 2009

The Owls are Not What They Seem: Film #156 & #157 – Twin Peaks (1990) & Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)

June 21st, 2009

Doesn’t Quite Sing: Film #155 – Dreamgirls (2006)

June 21st, 2009

The Game’s a Foot. The Right One: Film #154 – The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)

June 21st, 2009

I Am…You Get the Idea: Film #153 – Spartacus (1960)

June 19th, 2009

I’ve Seen About Everything: Film #152 – Dumbo (1941)

June 19th, 2009

Kings of Broadway: Films #150 & #151 – The Producers (1968 & 2005)

June 19th, 2009

No More Pancakes: Film #149 – Zelig (1983)

June 19th, 2009

The Hunter Becomes the Hunted: Film #148 – The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

June 19th, 2009

Nice One, Earth Dick: Film #147 – Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)

June 19th, 2009

Refried Star Wars: Films #143 – #146 – The Star Wars Animated Adventures (1997 / 2004)

June 19th, 2009

The Neverending Story: Film #142 – Shenmue: The Movie (2001)

June 19th, 2009

They Scare Because They Care: Film #141 – Monsters, Inc. (2001)

June 19th, 2009

If You See One Star Trek Film This Year, Make It This One: Film #140 – Ömer the Tourist in Star Trek (1972)

June 19th, 2009

Baby, He’s a Star: Films #136 – #139 – The Prince theatrical film canon (1984 – 1990)

June 19th, 2009

Return Engagement: Film #135 – Munster, Go Home! (1966)

June 19th, 2009

Stéréotypé, mais décent: Film #134 – Banlieve 13 (2006)

June 19th, 2009

He’s Okay!: Film #133 – The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave (1998)

June 19th, 2009

Fits Like a Glove: Films #131 & #132 – The Ace Ventura Films (1994 / 1996)

June 19th, 2009

The Emperor Has No Clothes: Film #130 – Star Trek (2009)

June 19th, 2009

Fun, But Dated: Film #129 – Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

June 19th, 2009

This is All I Need: Film #128 – The Jerk (1979)

June 19th, 2009

Strength in Numbers – Film #127 – A Bug’s Life (1998)

June 2nd, 2009

Who You Gonna Call?: Films #125 & #126 – The Ghostbusters films (1984 & 1989)

June 2nd, 2009

Disney’s Move Forward: Film #124 – Meet the Robinsons (2007)

June 2nd, 2009

A Smaller Epic: Film #123 – Willow (1988)

May 31st, 2009

A Lemon: Film #122 – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

May 31st, 2009

He’s a Good Cop: Films #118 – #121 – The Dick Tracy 1940s features (1945 – 1947)

May 31st, 2009

Not Like Lightning: Film #117 – Bolt (2008)

May 30th, 2009

The Wacky West: Films #115 & #116 – Support You Local Sheriff!/Gunfighter (1969 / 1971)

May 30th, 2009

Stories to Tell: Film #114 – The Brothers Grimm (2005)

May 30th, 2009

Would You Believe?: Films #110 – #113 – The Get Smart Films (1980 – 2008)

May 28th, 2009

In A World He Never Made: Film #109 – Howard the Duck (1986)

May 28th, 2009

Good Things?: Films #103 – #108 – The Disney “Package” Films (1942 – 1949)

May 28th, 2009

The Last Hurrah: Film #102 – Clash of the Titans (1981)

May 25th, 2009

Hey! Listen!: Film #101 – Horton Hears a Who (2008)

May 25th, 2009

No Glory: Film #100 – Meet the Spartans (2008)

May 25th, 2009

Tales from the Road (Mostly): Films #095 – #099 – The “Vacation” series (1983 – 2003)

May 15th, 2009

But Someone’s Got to Do It: Film #094 – Dirty Work (1998)

May 15th, 2009

Film #093 – The Passion of the Christ (2004)

May 15th, 2009

The Big Picture: Films #083 – #092 – Ed Wood’s classic films

May 11th, 2009

Trust Me, It’s a Classic: Film #082 – Kung Pow!: Enter the Fist (2002)

May 11th, 2009

No Thanks: Film #081 – Wanted (2008)

May 11th, 2009

Who is Doctor Who?: Films #079 & #080 – The Doctor Who theatrical films (1965 / 1966)

May 11th, 2009

The Right Formula: Film #078 – My Favorite Brunette (1947)

May 11th, 2009

Puny Humans!: Films #075 – #077 – The Hulk films (1977 – 2008)

May 11th, 2009

It Starts Here: Film #074 – What’s New Pussycat? (1965)

May 11th, 2009

Not Too Bright: Film #073 – Sunshine (2007)

May 11th, 2009

Not Toying Around: Films #070 – #072 – The Toy Story films (1995 – 2000)

May 6th, 2009

Bald nerve: Film #069 – THX-1138 (1971)

May 6th, 2009

They Walk Among Us: Films #066 – #068 – The Jurassic Park series (1993 – 2001)

May 6th, 2009

Brave Bird: Film #065 – Valiant (2005)

May 6th, 2009

A Lot to Answer For: Films #061 – #064 – The Scary Movie series (2000 – 2006)

May 6th, 2009

The Not-Too-Distant-Future Ain’t What It Used to Be: Film #060 – Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1995)

May 6th, 2009

Oh, Behave!: Films #057 – #059 – The Austin Powers series (1997 – 2002)

May 6th, 2009

Return to Glory: Film #056 – Enchanted (2007)

May 6th, 2009

It’s not the years, it’s the mileage: Films #052 – #055 – The Indiana Jones series (1981 – 2008)

May 6th, 2009

A Good Start: Film #051 – Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

May 6th, 2009

Greetings, programs!: Film #050 – Tron (1982)

May 6th, 2009

Ed Wood’s Glen or Glenda Revisited

April 10th, 2009

A View of the Past: Film #025 – Apocalypto (2006)

February 12th, 2009

No Deal: Film #024 – Mad Mission part III: Our Man from Bond Street (1984)

February 12th, 2009

Real Gone: Film #023 – Cars (2006)

February 12th, 2009