TNT AUGUST 19, 2008

GUILTY PLEASURE MOVIES, YOU KNOW THE ONES YOU LOVE.....BUT REALLY DON'T WANT TO ADMIT IT. KINDA LIKE DEE SITTING AROUND WATCHING STEEL MAGNOLIAS 2 OR 3 TIMES IN A ROW...OR JOHNNY B WATCHING BREAKIN 2 ELECTRIC BUGALOO...

HERE ARE OURS FROM TODAYS SHOW. FEEL FREE TO LIST YOURS, JUST LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW.

SCOTT'S LIST:

1. EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE....CLINT EASTWOOD, SANDRA LOCKE

It starred Clint Eastwood in an uncharacteristic and offbeat comedy role, as Philo Beddoe, a trucker and brawler roaming the American West in search of a lost love while accompanied by his friend/manager Orville and his pet orangutan, Clyde. In the process Philo manages to cross a motley assortment of characters, including a pair of police officers and an entire motorcycle gang (the "Black Widows"), who end up pursuing him for revenge.

2. BIO-DOME!!!......REALLY??? ALLOW ME TO EDITORIALIZE A BIT....

BIO DOME (PAULY SHORE) MAYBE BECAUSE IT IS TRUELY HARD TO FATHOM FIRST WHO DECIDED TO PUT BILLIE BALDWIN AND PAULY SHORE IN THE SAME FILM THINKING THIS WOULD END WITH SOMETHING POSITIVE SECOND HOW YOU COULD BE A PART OF THAT MUCH BAD ACTING, BAD DIRECTING, AND ALL AROUND BAD MOVIE MAKING WITHOUT BEING REMOVED FROM FILM MAKING ALL TOGETHER. SO I GUESS I WATCH THIS ONE IN SHEER DISMAY. NOT INTERESTED SO MUCH AS FACINATED

3. SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT....BURT REYNOLDS, SALLY FEILD

As the movie begins, rich Texan Big Enos Burdette (Pat McCormick) and his son, Little Enos (Paul Williams), are trying to find a truck driver willing to haul Coors beer to Georgia for their refreshment. Unfortunately, due to state liquor regulations of the time, shipping Coors east of Texas is considered bootlegging, and the truck drivers who had taken the bet previously had been discovered and arrested. At a local truck rodeo, the Texans locate legendary truck driver Bo "Bandit" Darville (Burt Reynolds) and offer him US$80,000 (US$270,000 in 2007 dollars) to haul 400 cases of Coors beer from Texarkana, Texas to the "Southern Classic" stock car race in Georgia - in 28 hours. Bandit accepts the bet and recruits fellow trucker Cledus "Snowman" Snow (Jerry Reed) to drive the truck (Snow brings along his dog, a Basset Hound named "Fred", for company). Bandit purchases a black Pontiac Trans Am, which he will drive himself as a "blocker" car to deflect attention away from the truck and its cargo.

The duo reach Texas ahead of schedule, load their truck with Coors, and immediately head back towards Georgia. Shortly thereafter, Bandit picks up professional dancer and apparent runaway bride Carrie (Sally Field), whom he nicknames "Frog" because she was "always hopping around". However, by picking up Carrie, Bo becomes the target of Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Gleason), whose handsome yet very simple-minded son Junior (Henry) was to have been Carrie's groom.



D'S LIST:

1. POINT BREAK...KEANUE REEVES, PATRIC SWAYZE

Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves), is an FBI agent and former Ohio State quarterback who, with his partner Angelo Pappas (Gary Busey), is investigating a string of bank robberies. Suspecting a connection between the bank robbers, known as the Ex-Presidents because they use masks of former US presidents, and local surfers, Utah goes undercover to infiltrate the surfing community. Knowing little of the lifestyle, Utah convinces surfer Tyler (Lori Petty) to mentor him.

In the process, Utah develops a complex relationship with Bodhi (Patrick Swayze), the charismatic leader of a gang of surfers who accept Utah into their midst. While Utah goes undercover in the hope of finding the bank robbers, he finds himself increasingly attracted to their adrenaline-charged lifestyle.

The Bodhi/Utah dynamic gets more complicated as Utah begins to zero in on Bodhi as the likely ringleader of the Ex-Presidents. Utah learns that Bodhi and his gang rob banks in order to fund their lifestyle, and as a form of rebellion against a social system that they believe "kills the human spirit". This creates an internal struggle for Utah, as his fondness for Bodhi and the lifestyle he epitomizes conflicts with his duty and responsibility as an FBI agent.

By the end of the film, Utah lets Bodhi seek his own death surfing the giant waves of Bells Beach, Australia.


2. THE BURBS...TOM HANKS, CARRIE FISCHER, BRUCE DERN

In his typical "good guy" mode, Hanks plays Ray Peterson, a loving family-man with an ordinary life in a stereotypical "white bread" suburban neighborhood. This changes when a mysterious family, the Klopeks, move in next door. Ray's two neighbors (work-shy slacker Art and paramilitary nut Rumsfield) believe the Klopeks are actually a family of murderers who killed Walter, the old man in the next house over. Ray, along with the other two civilians-turned-detectives, attempt to solve the mystery.

3. URBAN COWBOY...JOHN TRAVOLTA, SISSY SPACEK.

The movie starts out with Bud Davis moving to Houston, Texas from Spur, Texas.[1] He soon finds work at an oil refinery with his uncle Bob. Bud quickly discovers and embraces the city's nightlife, which is centered around a bar called Gilley's (once,a real country bar owned by country singer Mickey Gilley located in Pasadena, Texas).

Bud meets Sissy in Gilley's, and after a quick courtship, the two get married. It isn't long after the wedding that they visit the bar, and they learn that a mechanical bull has been installed recently. Bud finds himself excelling at the mechanical rodeo, but feels both protective and perhaps a bit threatened by Sissy's desire to learn to ride. Bud forbids Sissy from riding it, causing a rift in their still new relationship.