Midnight Screenings: "Bad Teacher" and "Cars 2"
Brad and Jerrid share their thoughts on "Bad Teacher."
Then, Jake and Virtual Boyd talk about "Cars 2." Was it as highly sexual of an experience as "Mr. Popper's Penguins"?
Then, Jake and Virtual Boyd talk about "Cars 2." Was it as highly sexual of an experience as "Mr. Popper's Penguins"?
I loved Cars 2. Sure it's not a masterpiece like the last few Pixar films, but it's them going back to the more lighthearted films they were doing in their infancy, and throwing a bone to the younger crowd after psychologically scarring them for three films in a row.
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How have they psychologically scarred children?
Their films have always been great for children. A sad movie is not psychologically scarring.
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An admitted hyperbole, though my 4 year old niece still hides during the incinerator scene from Toy Story 3.
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Well, it was a dark and intense scene, and the movie was really made for people who saw the first two Toy Story movies, which means that it was intended for an audience of people that are at LEAST in their mid to late teens. Of course your niece was scared; she's freaking four years old. However, I doubt that she'll be forever afraid of incinerators because of this movie. If that was true, then I'd never be able to look at sperm whales the same way again after seeing the terror that is Monstro from Pinocchio.
Movies like this won't fucking TRAUMATIZE little kids. Having a terrible accident that results in serious injury or death will traumatize little kids. Your niece may still hide from the incinerator scene, but she hasn't even entered kindergarten yet. She'll be fine.
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Lucy Punch does tend to pull off the obnoxious characters pretty well (ie: Eve Draper in Hot Fuzz).
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I heard that there is a spinoff movie made or being made where it's all planes and other aircraft. I believe it is supposed to be called "Planes"
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I heard the same thing, though Pixar has nothing to do with it, Disney is doing those on their own.
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George Carlin indeed did do a voice on the first Cars movie. I've never seen the movie, so I checked Carlin's Wikipedia.
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Hey Brad just wanna say ive been a fan of you for a while but first time posting but im really diggin this style of reveiw chattin with your friends like this and the bruno mattei show and on some episodes of brad tries itd be really cool to impliment your friends alot more plus jake is a really funny guy oh and next time you send him to a kids film lend him the camera again
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How do you decide who goes to the shitty movies?
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Good question!
I bet Brad always gets to go to the "main"/"better"/"not kids" one, due to it being his site.
I mean, think about it, he is now the only one to have gone to every "main" movie.
Other than that, names out of a hat? Or, if someone doesn't care about the "main" movie?
If it's random, I pity whoever doesn't get to see Harry Potter opening night.
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We basically just decide amongst ourselves. On the Harry Potter midnight, Jake and I are seeing "Winnie the Pooh."
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Brad, you have to see Winnie the Pooh??! Oh, I feel sorry for you.
I think you two might be the only people in the world seeing that movie. Opening against Potter, it shall fail.
Yes, I am seeing DHs at midnight, and yes, I like Harry Potter too much
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I am a mother and I would NEVER take my son to a midnight showing. Hell I hated it when I worked overnights at Wal=Mart and these people brought there 10 years old and younger kids into the store. I even yelled at one woman who brought her 5 year old kid to the store and then asked him to get her bread all alone at 3 in the morning and then it took him like 15 mintues to find the bread and then find his mother and when he comes back she yells at him for taking too long and for grabing the wrong type of bread and just about ready to slap him. It was the last straw for me. It also got me suspended for 3 days. But it was worth it. I always wanted to tell off these stupid parents. Now I got to so hey one thing off the bucket list lol.
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HOLY SHIT!! You like IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY!! That's my favorite sitcom!!
And, yes, Horrible Bosses should be awesome because CHARLIE is in in it
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Good reviews!
Bad Teacher holds no interest for me at all! So the only way for me to see it is if and when it's on regular TV someday!
Cars 2 holds even less interest for me as I never watched the 1st movie! Cars aren't my thing at all!
Damn no theater lovin' this week! well, now you got a new hobby going to see every horrible movie's midnight showing in the hopes of capturing the elusive backseat mating of the Spingfield Hillbilly White-Trash!
So Bruce Campbell was in a movie and they killed him off? The Bastards! was there any Evil Dead/Army of Darkness parodies in it at all?
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Also, how did Cars get a sequal when alot better Pixar movies that deserve a sequal don't! I'd really like an Incredibles 2!!! I'd figure they'd do it while Superhero Movies were still in semi-style!
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Cars was a much bigger hit with the kids, ever notice how there seems to be more Cars merchandise then other Pixar movies
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CASH MONEY, bro. the cars merchandise is worth several billion dollars. That is a GUARANTEE there would be a sequel. Maybe more than one.
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Jake smokes?
Good man, never quit.
Be proud of your hobby.
It's your body, and not your friends/families/the governments. Do what you want with it.
This pressure to quit, and the new boxes, are all bullshit. Everyone knows cigarettes are bad for you. It's not remarkable, and nobody cares.
Freedom to smoke ftw.
Also, good reviews. I am looking forward to Bad Teacher. Pixar, I could care less about. Especially a sequel to one of the few movies that critics didn't universally love.
Also, why does he go by Virtual Boyd?
And yes, Larry the Cable Guy is MOTHERFUCKING. SHIT.
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It's to distinguish between having 2 Brians. Virtual Boyd is the character he played in my movie "Game Boys."
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Oh, yeah, that sounds familiar.
thx
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I thought Jake was smoking a joint.
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After the first Cars left very little impact on me (although it was not a bad film at all), I wasn't expecting much at all from the sequel - in fact, leading up to the release I echoed the sentiment above about Cars not really deserving a sequel (especially when The Incredibles doesn't have one yet). However, after seeing it in 2D last night (also a midnight show with some friends), I was completely awestruck by how much more interesting, entertaining, and fun this movie was in comparison to its predecessor. Michael Caine's character was a complete bad-ass and everything involving the espionage subplot (short of the more annoying Mater moments) was great. The movie looked great, too (though, Pixar - duh). There were plenty of really great action sequences that made me quite happy (particularly the opening sequence with Finn McMissile). The only issue this movie has (that was, I think, inevitable) is the volume of Mater scenes. You will either tolerate/enjoy the character, or you will completely detest him. If it's the latter, any enjoyment of the film is hampered quite a bit. I personally tolerated the annoying stuff - even laughed at some of the genuinely funny moments of his, which was surprising - so I wouldn't downgrade it for that, myself.
If I gave the first movie a 6/10, this movie deserves a good 8/10. Very nice improvement, I think.
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Jake: You seem like a good guy, but I don't know if being pissed at the parents who brought their kids is okay.
They are not your kids, it is not your business. The kids are not being beaten, molested, or forced to watch extreme pornography, so there is no abuse, so you should stay out of their business.
Now, would I bring kids to 12:00 showing? Well, once they were 9 or 10 or 11 or so, maybe. Certainly not at age 0 or 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or so. But that's just me having a different parenting style. It's not for me to say which is better, or tell other parents what to do.
Note: I am not actually a parent.
You seem like a cool guy, but those comments kind of bothered me.
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Jake is expressing his opinion about these parents, not stopping the parents from bringing their kids to the film or bothering them about it. Since when did having an opinion about people qualify as interfering in there business?
PS. I think it is kind of dumb as well. But after seeing parents bring their kids to see Watchmen I'm not too surprised.
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It is a SIN that there's a Cars 2, but the Incredibles hasn't been touched since it came out.
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If you think kids at a midnight showing is bad, I saw a 9:00 showing of Harry Potter 4 opening day and there were 4 years olds in the movie. I mean, GoF wasn't the scariest Harry Potter, but after CoS, they should have known better.
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Jake is always hilarious in these reviews.
In other news, I looked up Brave, it's definitely Scottish and looks very interesting. The only thing that really got me is that one of the characters is named "Lord MacGuffin." I can't help giggling about that.
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You let Jerrid see a good movie? Did you get the tickets switched?
I'm glad you got to see a movie you guys both liked. Now to see how the boys LOVED Cars 2.
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It sounds like Cars 2 will be Pixar's cash cow so they can make good movies that may not make as much bank.
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So Springfield went ga-ga over having legally Blonde 2 filmed there? I can relate, I now live at Smith Mountain Lake, VA and to this day the locals around here (fully 1/3 of which pretty much *are* Larry the Cable Guy) still like to tell stories about when Bill Murray & co. came down here to shoot What About Bob?.
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Boy do I have good news for you guys, they've already GOT a third movie lined up. It's a direct-to-dvd spin-off called Planes.
I'm not even kidding you.
Anyway, I'm probably going to see Cars 2 anyway just because it's Pixar and I feel obligated. I thought the first one was just a strictly average family movie, this one sounds like the same sort of deal. I mainly want to go see it to get a look at the teaser for that swords and sorcery flick they seem to be planning and the Toy Story short.
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Kelly, are you sure that isn't just the Asylum ripoff of Cars?
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http://pixarblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/cars-spin-off-planes-confirmed-2nd-toy.html
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I always love hearing Jake's view on movies. ^_^
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I'm a Pixar enthusiast myself and I still enjoyed Cars 2 no matter what you guys say. I was actually a little shocked that the sequel is darker than the previous one. But the kids I went to at a 4PM showing still enjoyed it.
Mater is actually the best thing about the two films and kids can relate to his personality which is why he was given a larger role in the sequel. But you guys are a little older than me, so I'm sure you still don't care about that. Shame because I was watching Mater's Tall Tales the other day and I can't help but wonder if it makes a great 'Brad & Jerrid' episode or spinoff show where Jerrid tells a wacky story to Brad about his past before he tells Brad that he was there with him too. If you guys did see Mater's Tall Tales, you wouldn't understand it or just didn't care. Still, Mater's Tall Tales is an hour and ten minutes shorter than Cars 2.
As for Bad Teacher, I think I'll give it a Blu-Ray rental.
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Jake is fucking hilarious.
Take him to every movie you see.
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I agree with Timerider. For the sake of comedy, please keep subjecting Jake to the worst movies you possibly can. His angry tirades are some of the absolute funniest things I've ever seen. I laughed harder at this video than I did his description of Mr. Popper's Penguins. Sorry Jake, but your anger is a gift to be shared with the internet.
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Out of all the great Pixar movies they make a sequel to arguably the worst one, Cars.
I love the children's photos bit near the end.
I cant believe Bruce Campbell actually dies.
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CARS 3: DEATH RALLY
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"Did you at least take pictures of the children?"
Funniest part of the Cars 2 review, lol.
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I love Jake when he gets riled up about a movie, it's so hilarious.
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Did "Vin Diesel" not show up again?
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Good point. I retract what I said.
It's just oftentimes when someone says something so passionately, which is there right, they then overstep there rights and interfere.
5 year olds at Watchmen? Wow, I wish my parents were that stupid sometimes. They were the other end of the scale, EXTREMELY OVERPROTECTIVE, and that is probably the reason I am so quick to rush to the defense of "stupid" parents who bring their kids to Last House on the Left and let them watch whatever they want.
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im not sure what the guy's name is, but the sort of redheadish looking guy with the goatee who saw cars 2, and saw the sex in penguins, i like him. he's funny.
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The VW Bus, Fillmore, was played by George Carlin.
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Thanks for reminding me about that death of the shoe in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. A memory I have repressed for twenty years
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Ugh... Children related Rage.... I hate, hate, HATE it when parents bring their extremely young children to movies! And the worst part is, those parents are SURPRISED when their kids act out during the movie and everyone around them are pissed off. Seriously, you give a hyper-active child sugar & soda, put them in a dark room where they have to sit still for 2 hours and it's at LEAST 4 hours AFTER a good bedtime! What do you think is going to happen? o_O
What's worst though, is when parents bring their BABIES to the movie. Not just little kids, but BABIES. When I saw a midnight showing of SUPER 8, a woman had her NEWBORN baby with her. I'm talking this kid was less than a month old. This was a baby who was so new, they they had it wrapped up in a blanket so tightly, it looked like a loaf of bread with a baby head. And of course, this movie had EXPLOSIONS. And what happens? The baby starts CRYING, but the woman for 10 minutes refuses to take the baby OUT of the theater while it cries. An usher had to tell her to leave.
Funny thing though, when I went to see X-Men: First Class, another couple tried to see it with their baby. Thankfully, the manager refused to let them into the theater, because they said the child was too young to be there.
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Ugh, I kno, rite? Get 'em the DVD!
Even worse are the grown-up children who can't shut the fuck up during flicks.
Also, Jerrid's laugh is infectious.
I crack up every time he does.
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Cameron Diaz also played a teacher in the movie "the box," which was a piece of fucking shit. maybe if she played this teacher in "the box" it would have been a slightly better movie...... nah it would have still sucked.
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So where is midnight heat Brad? lol.
You say to just watch it if I wanna see the Springfield sites...yet i can't find it, been tryin since i first started following your site..any tips?
~Terry
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Well, Jake, most people don't take advice when it comes to how they raise their children. Even less if that person doesn't have own kids.
Which is okay for the most part but when stubborness comes with stupidity, you get the next generation of trashy people.
And, because you asked: I would never take a 3 year old kid to a midnight screening. I wouldn't take my kids to the cinema at all until they are at least 6 years old. When they are fit for school, they are fit for the big screen and able to understand a movie.
I'm not saying that younger children are stupid, but the big hall, the darkness, the huge screen, the loud sound, bright flashes... no. Just no.
But seeing how many parents use the TV as a babysitter, they probably think it's A-okay.
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Gasoline set to blow up at a certain frequency? Riding with Death? Ben Murphy?
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Cars 2 sounds like a Dreamwors movie.
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and How To Train Your Dragon felt like a Pixar movie.
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Still haven't seen it. But you know what I mean, they generally take the low road when it comes to humor. Or more so that Pixar usually.
And I'm generalizing here, so yeah, for what it's worth.
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Oh I know what you meant (I don't care, I absolutely HATE the Shrek movies) but How To Train Your Dragon was the best animated film of 2010, even better than Toy Story 3. Pixar just happens to hold a monopoly on the Oscar category.
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My mom took me to the midnight showing of Aladdin when it came out in 1992, when I was 3. She worked late and had an 82 mile commute, so I think she deserves some slack.
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I'm not sure if Jake is more pissed about seeing a Larry The Cable Guy movie or the fact there were no naked titties in the theater and he's got a major case of blue balls.
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OMG! I want truckosaurus NOW
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I understand geeking out over movie shootings. I was really excited when they were shooting the second matrix film in Oakland, right next to where I used to hang out every day - me and my friends got caught trying to walk around the set like three times.
I have broken windshield glass from a car that the twins' escalade crashed through.
Great reviews for movies I don't want to see even a little.
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... Yeah, I liked the over easy joke. I have no excuse for myself.
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It sounds more like it's a remake of San Fransisco International with the exploding fuel additive.
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so what happened to lightening mcqueen?
...the movie sound really dark ....and i am sad that green lantern is bad ...sigh
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I thought Legally Blonde 2 was funny as hell movie. :<
And what's with Bad Santa? I thought that was a horrible piece of... badness. Not funny, not interesting, not delightful... just boring. Why do I keep hearing all these praises for it?!? Then again... District 9... ugh.
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Its Princess Merida, yes Pixar is doing a princess. Based on the bear and the bow story. Its going to be Scottish which also means its going to be epic.
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Jake is becoming my favorite of the CS crew.
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You guys are hilarious (also, I second the "Dragging-Jake-to-more-goddawful-premieres" thing).
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Are you fucking high Brad? You liked the incredibly offensive and horrible Bad Teacher but you hated Transformers 3? That's insulting!
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Man I usually don't watch the V Logs until I see the movie first, but this I had no intention of watching and I'm happy I did. Brad you totally need more Jake reviews, this dude is hilarious.
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I liked the midnight screenings reviews a lot this summer. This is one of the reviews I overlooked I admit but all in all you are all really great together in my opinion.
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A sad movie is not psychologically scarring.
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Your articles are really informative. Now i am checking your post daily for latest updates
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