Sunday, July 4, 2010

Sunday Double Feature: SLC Punk!


Checklist:
[ ]Bad guy has facial hair
[x]Dead family member
[ ]Bad guy “wants to deal with it myself”
[ ]“NOOOOOOOOO!!!”
[ ]Someone gets impaled
[ ]Someone gets a limb/head hacked off
[ ]Someone explodes
[ ]Someone dives out of the way of an explosion
[ ]“I want him alive”
[x]Hard ass chick
[x]Runs out of ammo
[ ]“We got company”
[ ]Character that doesn't follow the rules
[ ]Wilhelm
[ ]Cocky douche bag
[ ]Someone/something farts,poops,pukes,gets hit in the junk, or gets some sort of bodily fluid -besides blood squirted,thrown,or splattered on them.
[ ]Bad guy has a theme song
[ ]Token black guy
[ ]Black guy dies first
[ ]“Aw hell no”
[ ]SSSSLLLOOOWWW MMMOOOTTTIIIOOONNN!!
[ ]Old man mentor
[ ]Animal/robot/sidekick for comedy relief
[ ]Guy named Jack
[ ]Bad guy uses a pun
[ ]Crotchety old man
[ ]Midget
[ ]Monkey
[x]Uncomfortable scene where the cute guy/girl finds out unattractive friend wants to be more then friends or likes them more then a friend.
[ ]Bad guy laughs at at his own stupid joke
[ ]Character that is taking revenge
[ ]That overused scene where the two characters almost kiss but get interrupted by something
[ ]Someone trips during a chase scene
[ ]Character misses chance to shoot bad guy because he is too busy staring or listening to what the bad guy is saying
[ ]Explanation via a chalkboard
[ ]“Last hope”
[ ]Martyrdom
[ ]Blonde in distress
[ ]“Shes gonna blow!”
[ ]Car/vehicle flies off a cliff, then explodes
[ ]Henchmen waiting around and passing the time by talking to one another
[ ]Character says something blatantly obvious
[ ]Intro includes narrated back story
[ ]Deus Ex Machina
[ ]Impossible throw/shot
Cliche Total: 4/45

Things You Might Have Missed By Leaving To Make A Sandwich During The Movie:
Being called Heroin Bob but hating needles, accidently doing Acid by running through sprinklers with Acid in your pocket, handing another guy your glasses so they dont get broken when youre about to kick the crap out of someone, accurate depictions of the famously stupid alcohol laws in Utah, beating the crap out of Nazis, bitting rednecks in the leg, and FINALLY: trying to sink a car in the Great Salt Lake only to find that it floats.

Quote(s):
"The thing about me and Bob, and pretty much all of us was we hated red necks more then anything else...period."

So for the 2nd half of the double feature I decided to not follow the formula per say that I usually tend to follow. I am only going to do the checklist (because this is a blog about cliches) and the things you missed while making a sandwich. This movie was really interesting for me to watch because I could relate to it on many levels. Not just because well, the people who run this blog are from Utah, but just because I know what its like to have the same outlooks on life that the main character has and how he progresses through his life. I really enjoyed this movie and I am giving it 3 Utah inside jokes out of 5.

1 comment:

  1. Dude this movie is awesome. It is one of my favorite movies!!!!

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