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Dazed and Confused

Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Sasha Jenson, Matthew McConaughey

People like to make comparisons between this movie and “The Stoned Age”. There really is no comparison. Dazed is far better than Stoned could ever hope to be.

First, Dazed has a cast of stars before they became famous. Jason London, Ben Affleck, Mila Jovovich, Joey Lauren Adams, Parker Posey, Matthew McConaughey, Renee Zellweger (trust me she’s in there…uncredited). Throw in Adam Goldberg (he’s “that guy” in most everything you’ve ever seen) and Marissa Ribisi (twin sister of Giovani) and you have a cast that works very well for this kind of movie.

The soundtrack for Dazed is phenomenal. Granted, if you’re not big into classic rock (specifically, stuff from the 70’s), you may not like it. But they have a lot of great music in the movie. And all the songs complement the scenes they are in, unlike some movies, where the songs seem to be randomly placed in the movie.

Dazed also provides you with TONS of great quotes and individual scenes. Pretty much anything McConaughey says is gold. “That’s the thing about high school girls. I get older. They stay the same age.” “You got a joint on you? It’s be a lot cooler if you did.” “Alright, alright, alright.” I also love how Wiley Wiggins grabs the bridge of his nose with his fingers every five seconds. Did the director tell him to do that or is that how Wiley interpreted his character?? But my favorite scene by far is the scene towards the end of the party at the moon tower, where Benny is sitting in the back of his truck, stands up out of his chair, almost falls over because he’s so drunk, and sits right back down. When he sits back down, he’s got that look on his face like he’s just done a days worth of manual labor. Priceless.

I get the feeling whenever I watch this movie, that this is how high school was in the mid to late 70’s. And that’s pretty cool. Any movie that can make you feel like you are experiencing real life is a great movie in my book.

So if you are debating between “Dazed and Confused” and “The Stoned Age”, go with Dazed a confused. It’s a MUCH better movie. (Unless you are looking for cheap nudity. Then go with “The Stoned Age”.)

Today’s post comes from the Dubber. It’s about Dune. Mainly the soundtrack. Enjoy!

Dune (1984)

Well I was looking at On Demand last night and was browsing through the Encore section, when I stumbled upon the original Dune. Well I love this movie (even though it’s horribly inaccurate compared to the book) so I press play and settle back to a nice 3 hour geek-a-thon. The beginning credits start to roll and the anticipation mounts. The second credit flashes on the screen. All music performed by…

TOTO. My jaw dropped. I never knew that. I was like, “WTF??? Toto did all the music for this film??” So I was very distracted for the rest of the movie, still dumbfounded by the fact that all the music I was hearing was done by Toto. I kept waiting for Paul Mu’adib to turn to Chauni (Sean Young, who was HOT by the way; then I remembered the whole “Einhorn is a man” thing from Ace Ventura and decided to not pursue that line of thought any more.) Anyway I was waiting for him to turn to her and say “Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you. There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do. I bless the rains down in Aarakeen. Gonna take some time to do the things we never had.”

Stand By Me

Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell

Sometimes you watch a movie from when you were a kid and you remember how awesome it was. And you wonder, how it is that you forgot that this movie was awesome.

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah

Finally got to see the second installment of Kill Bill.

Granted, this was not as good as Vol. 1, but it’s still a great movie. I love Michael Madsen and still can’t believe that was actually Daryl Hannah in this movie. Looks nothing like she did in Splash. (Maybe that’s because she doesn’t have a giant fish tail and isn’t topless through half the movie.

I again loved the way Tarantino mixes in the references and homage’s to old martial arts movies. Brilliant move.

I did think the final fight between Bill and Kiddo was a bit anti-climactic (especially after the ending fight in the first one). But it’s still a rewatchable movie.