October Movies - Week 2

Good Afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen,

Just a few hours until the big Vegas trip... but yeah, until then it's only the busiest few months of the year where I work & it wouldn't be so bad if literally anybody knew how to cover for me... or cared to do so... but at least I got to see a few movies...

October 11 – The Care Bears Movie (1985)
 
Yes, the first movie about the Care Bear plush toys… where they stumble down from the land of Care-a-Lot in the clouds, meet a few kids, and a magician’s assistant who stumbles upon the Necronomicon, and hijinx ensue when he starts unleashing an evil spirit because he doesn’t want to feel like a loser. Is it cheesy & sappy? Of course. Is it under 80 minutes? You bet ya! Is there a way for me to own a plushie of my favorite character? That’s the point! That being said… seeing the movie as an adult, it kind of delves into some deeper meanings than I remember watching it as a child. What do we mean?
 
Rating - ???/10 – You can hear me & Bobby from the Grindbin talk all about it on EVERYTHING I LEARNED FROM MOVIES!!!
 
October 13 – The Bear (1988)
 
Did I mention that it’s OctoBEAR?!? Well… now for a French film about a cub who is orphaned… but stumbles along & finds an adult male (Bart the Bear) but there are also a few hunters with dogs after them… and hijinx ensue. Now this comes from French director Jean-Jacques Annaud who did some other “minimal dialogue” movies like “Quest for Fire” and the cinematography is beautiful, the animal performances are pretty dang good, human actors are great, but I’ll tell you… it’s not a movie for everybody. There are kinda slow periods… and you have to pay attention which is a death nail nowadays for some movies… but I’d recommend checking it out. I still remembered it from watching it as a kid in the theatres!
 
Rating – 9/10 – Don’t want to watch it? You can still hear about it on the podcast…
 
October 15 – Salem’s Lot (2024)
 
We had seen the original TV event last year… and it was okay… but very 70’s TV with no blood, etc. and seemed really long at parts. Now enter the remake that I think was finished back in 2021 & they’ve been sitting on it for three years? Usually not a great sign… but it’s set in the 70’s as well (kind of has to be with the story) about a man returning to his childhood town looking for answers as to why he left (?) and wouldn’t you know it… vampires! That being said, THIS movie… the 12-year old kid is the main character. Thirty-something writer is just kind of there to bang out a secretary & drive the kid around in later scenes but that’s about it. Also different for this one is… there’s definitely more blood & violence… but it’s borderline cartoony violence (so could be on TV with a few edits) & not super gory just… better creepy cinematography & stuff. The movie is a little slow in the middle & some plot threads just don’t make sense… but the last 20-30 minutes turns into a cartoony violent eruption & I thoroughly enjoyed it, though I know most hardcore gory horror fans will feel disappointed.
 
Rating – 9/10 – I really enjoyed it & feel free to check it out on Max this spooky season

VIVAAAAAAAA VIVAAAAAAA LAS VEGAAAAAAAAAAS!!!

​Steve