Here is an interesting rule I discovered about movies: A bad horror movie can be funny, but a bad comedy can never be scary.
For example, "Alone in the Dark" with Terra Reid was an awful horror movie. It fails in every way as a horror film, yet some how manages to succeed on a comedic level. It's funny, but on an unintentional level. This provides a kind of "Plan B" for horror movies. I guarantee if you watch Alone in the Dark as a comedy movie, it totally works.
She's supposed to be a brilliant scientist in "Alone in the Dark" Funny, amirite?
Boba Fett is lame and people who like him are lame.
Okay, I just have to get this out there. Boba Fett is a stinky character and he represents everything wrong with fandom today. Let's first of all examine just precisely why Boba Fett is lame and overrated in the first place.
If you look at the events of the original Star Wars, you can see that Boba Fett is a disposable character at most. He makes his first appearance when Vader hires him to capture Han Solo, a task which he failed at. It was Lando that ultimately hands Han Solo over to Vader.
In The Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett supposedly "talks back" to Darth Vader in a surly way, and this makes him a bad-ass. Watch the scenes again - can you really say that tone is surley?
His lines were:
"As you wish"
"He's no good to me dead"
"What if he doesn't survive? He's worth a lot to me"
Wow. What a badass, eh? Seriously, though, he comes off as a disgruntled lackey at most. He in no way challenges Darth Vader's authority. The last line comes off like he's asking Vader to throw him a bone because he's broke and he really needs the cash. It's a wonder Vader doesn't just bitch-slap him and tell him to shut his mouth, because he bungled the mission.
I finally got around to watching Scarface with Al Pacino. It's one of those movies that's been on my viewing list for years, but I've never made an effort to watch it because of the fanbase. I know it's not right to judge a movie or any piece of media by it's fanbase. Still, it seems like every Guido I've met and every hip-hop type I've come across is really into Scarface. I think this is why I avoided watching the movie, despite it being on my "movie list" for so long.
