Last week, I suddenly realised that although I’ve been sixteen for five months, I’d never taken advantage of my new legal status and bought a lottery ticket. I happened to be passing a newsagent, and thought, what the hell, and bought one.
I checked the numbers yesterday. I got four numbers out of six! I’ve won a whole £38, which may sound like very little but is thirty-eight times the original price of the ticket, so yay.
As it happens, my exams finish on Tuesday, so that night, my friends and I were planning to have a sort of party/night in combined, and I rather think my £38 will finance it. We’ve arranged for toffee popcorn, a couple of pizzas and as yet unspecified quantity of Smirnoff Ice and Raspberry Archers Aqua. The only thing that remains to be decided is what film(s) we should watch. I’ve been thinking about it for a while, and would really appreciate suggestions.
There are, however, a few that have already been vetoed:
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[li]Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Some of the others wanted to watch it, and we’ve all seen the first one, but I refused point blank to see the sequel as I have a severe phobia of snakes. The book kept me up nights.[/li]
[li]Monsters Inc. One friend has seen it about twenty times and insists on delivering the dialogue at the same time as the characters.[/li]
[li]Starship Troopers. Bleugh.[/li]
[li]The Shawshank Redemption. We watched it the last time we did something like this.[/li][/ul]
So, having dispensed with all of those, any ideas? I don’t want it to be a horror flick, but apart from that, the possibilities are endless…
…which is why I need help. Please.
OK, if you are drinking and watching a movie, I am about to suggest the greatest drinking game ever.
Rent Dude, Where’s My Car?. Pop it in and commence the playing. There is only one rule here - every time you groan in disgust with the lame or cliched joke, you have to take a drink. We’ve played this a couple of times. It also works well with Tango and Cash we’ve found.
Originally we used shots because we didn’t think we would be drinking that much, but after one of my buddies threw up half way through the movie (we were all quite trashed) we decided that it’s safer to use beer or something because the movie is that bad. I’ve played the game 4 times and I still haven’t made it through and been able to remember the entire movie rather than bits and pieces.
Also, drink a bit before playing the game. A few shots or a few bottles of whatever while you eat dinner and talk. Then put in the film. Good times.
When such an occasion arises, my friends and I like to watch really crappy movies with totally stupid premises and campy dialogue. Here’s a couple that we laughed at 'til we cried:
Shadow Warriors: Hulk Hogan & friends have to rescue the US gymnastics team (!!) which has been kidnapped by evil terrorists (including Billy Blanks of Tae Bo fame)
Best of the Best II: Julia Roberts’ brother wants to revenge his best friend who was killed by Ralph Moeller (German guy of Gladiator “fame”) in some kind of urban gladiator (!! ha !!) club. AFAIK, there is no Best of the Best I.
Death Ring: Crazy millionaire guy organizes manhunt. See Steve McQueens drunk son fly a helicopter! Watch out for Patrick Swayze’s younger crazy brother sitting in a cave! (The meaning B-actors takes on a whole new meaning)
How about a comic horror film? I suggest Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Sticky popcorn is an integral plot element. Don’t forget the Crazy Straws[SUP]TM[/SUP].
In college, one of my friends was the manager of a movie theater. One night, after it closed we hauled a keg into the theater and watched Timecop with Jean Claude Van can’t-act-worth-a Damn. I think the only way to watch that movie is with a strong buzz on.