Shaft
Still has cool theme song.
Blacula
Bitten African prince still “lives.”
I’m Gonna Get You Sucka
Spoof of a weird genre.
Next: Movies about ships.
Movies about ships:
The Poseidon Adventure:
Luxury liner capsizes, few survive.
A Night to Remember:
Titanic without Rose and Jack.
The Perfect Storm:
Atlantic weather can be cruel.
Next: Movies about college.
Movies about ships
The Poseidon Adventure
Cruise ship goes belly up
Speed 2
Relatively fast ship eases landward
Titanic
Heroic iceberg ends shitty romance
Next: Horror movies
Bah, too late! >_<
**Movies about college. **
Animal House
Classic movie about slob frat
Accepted
Slacker builds his own college
Back to School
Old quipster wins diving match
Next: Christmas movies
Christmas movies
Jingle All The Way
Ah-nuld goes shopping for dolls.
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Director Opie misses the point.
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Griswald’s brother-in-law kidnaps his boss.
Next:
Movies made last year.
Christmas movies
The Santa Clause
Like Highlander, but with Santa
Die Hard
Yippie ki yay, mother fucker
It’s a Wonderful Life
Man discovers his true worth
ETA: Forgot to give a new theme, but I’ll leave it off since I was ninja’d anyway.
Movies made last year.
American Hustle
Phony Arabs bribe Jersey politicians.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Daydreamer Travels World Seeking Photo
Her
Nerd’s smitten with cell phone.
New topic:
Superhero flicks
Superman
Godlike alien becomes Earth hero
Batman
Rich guy secretly fights crime
X-Men
Mutants are disliked, but persevere.
New topic:
Baseball movies
A League of Their Own
Women ballplayers persevere during WWII.
Major League
Could the Indians really win?
The Kid from Cleveland
Delinquent finds extended baseball family.
Remember Rule 3. We never did the new category from post 43.
Next: Horror movies.
Horror Movies
Nightmare on Elm Street
Freddy kills some screaming teenagers.
Halloween
Michael kills some screaming teenagers.
Friday the 13th
Jason kills some screaming teenagers.
Next:
High Fantasy
The Fellowship of the Ring
Almost perfect Tolkien film adaptation.
Legend
Tom Cruise chills with Devil.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Bloated, disappointing first Bilbo installment.
Next: Revenge movies.
Revenge movies:
Death Wish:
Paul cleans up the streets.
Mad Max:
Max cleans up the roads.
The Godfather:
Michael cleans up other families.
Next: Biblical epics.
John Huston’s The Bible
“I liked the book better.”
The Greatest Story Ever Told
“Jamie Farr As An Apostle???”
The Passion of the Christ
“The S And M Gospel”
New Topic:
Abbott & Costello Movies
One Night in the Tropics
The comedy duo’s first film.
The Naughty Nineties
It immortalized “Who’s on first?”
Little Giant
Includes truly nonsensical mathematical formula.
Next: Movies about big business.
Wall Street
Greed is good. REALLY good.
Trading Places
How does short selling work?
Too Big to Fail
Banks collapse, bailout, remain greedy.
Next: Spy Thrillers
Spy Thrillers:
Diamonds Are Forever:
Jill St. John! Plot? Why?
Three Days of the Condor:
Robert Redford on the run.
The Manchurian Candidate:
Cold War, Frank Sinatra brainwashed.
Next: Teen sex comedies.
Elendil’s Heir, can we comment on entries as we go along? For example, I thought this one was particularly clever:
… and I’d like the Professor to know that I liked it. Is that okay?
Teen Sex Comedies
Superbad
Dick jokes can be funny.
Weird Science
The Dawn of Bill Paxton
American Pie
Gross out ended the nineties
Next: Die Hard Knockoffs
But of course!
Die Hard Knockoffs
Under Siege
Surprisingly decent naval Die Hard
Cliffhanger
Stalone Dies Hard on mountain
*A Good Day to Die Hard *
McClain sleepwalks through lazy sequel
Next: Blaxploitation movies