Friday (1995)

Friday. You might think of the song by Rebecca Black, or Friday the 13th. Hopefully not the first one, the second one is slightly more acceptable.

But no, this Friday is the first in a series made by Ice Cube. They are great movies. Ice Cube made this particular movie in 1995. It's not as old as The Rocky Horror Picture Show, but I think it has just as strong of a following. That's just my opinion, because when I decided to watch this movie on television, my dad, who at that time was 43 said to me, "Friday? I LOVE this movie."

I was surprised he had seen it. Considering what the movie's main topic seems to be.

This movie is about living/growing up in a "hood". I never thought it was as normal as my own small town; I always thought it was more violent and gang oriented. But, no, the moms still yell at their kids to not slam the door, drama happens with neighbors, people are nice without really wanting to be.

And my favorite part, standing up to a bully. Ice Cube's character, Craig, is just a nice guy who is spending a Friday with his friend because he was fired from his job. Deebo, the neighborhood bully/thug, decides to come up to them, at which point they hide their watches and necklaces so he doesn't take them.

As the movie progresses, you learn a lot about the neighborhood and the two main characters, Craig and his friend Smokey, and how they saw their neighborhood as a neighborhood, not really as the ghetto a lot of other people would see.

You learn that not only Craig and Smokey but that a lot of people have a problem with Deebo. Eventually you find out that Deebo was hitting his girlfriend (That's what I assume she is, it's not made extremely clear). The girl Craig likes is the girlfriend's sister, and he has had enough of Deebo acting like he's all that.

Finally, Craig stands up to him, and knocks Deebo out. The funniest part? Craig is a lot smaller than Deebo.

Everytime I see that ending, I start laughing like crazy. It's so funny what Chris Tucker (as Smokey) says, and he does this weird little head thing. This movie definitely cheers me up on a boring day, and I love watching it on Friday, because, well, the movie is called Friday and it just seems appropriate.

***Images found Google searching "Friday Ice Cube" and "Chris Tucker as Smokey"

Donnie Darko (2001)

Donnie Darko is about a boy who is very misunderstood and labeled as strange from his family, peers, and professionals. It's an excellent movie, with a very touching story line. 

Donnie doesn't have many friends, if any, at the beginning of the movie. The beginning of the movie is that a jet engine falls through the roof of Donnie's families home and right through his bedroom, that had he been in he would have been killed. He's alone a lot, but soon begins seeing a lot of different things. One of which is Frank the Bunny Rabbit. Frank is possibly one of the creepiest things I have EVER seen in my entire life.

Donnie becomes friends with a new girl at his school, and they begin dating. He falls in love with her, and she appears to love him. It's a little unclear of how much, though. That just adds to how the movie is. 

During this movie, you are given a glimpse into a person who feels alone, who has a lot of problems stemming from the ultimate revelation made towards the end of the movie. Donnie is so easily related to because I feel the way he does sometimes. As if everyone is simply watching you to see what you do for their own entertainment.

Whenever I watch this movie, I cry. I'll admit it; I bawl like a little kid. I do get rather creeped out by Frank, though. He just makes your skin crawl from some of the things he does and says and how he appears out of seemingly nowhere. 

The best interaction in the movie, in my opinion, is when Donnie and his sister are at the bus stop. It is possibly one of the most normal interactions in this film, between a little sister and her big brother. It's also my favorite set of lines. Donnie is given a cigarette by a friend, and he says to his sister, "What happens if you tell Mom and Dad about this, Sam?" Samantha replies with, "You put Ariel down the garbage disposal."

The ending to the movie was utterly unexpected for me when I watched it. I probably cried the hardest at that point. This is a film that is completely worth watching again and again, although you shouldn't watch it alone the first time, due to Frank the bunny rabbit. 

***Images were found just Googling "Donnie Darko"

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

Alright. So, any true cult movie fan can tell that my blog title is a play off one of the most popular, if not the most popular, movies of all time. The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a great movie that makes fun of horror movies, musicals, and comedies, while at the same time being a serious musical.

How often are you going to see a man wearing a corset successfully the way Tim Curry did? It's very rare. The storyline is crazy and hilarious. The songs are catchy, the title intriguing. This movie has such a devoted following that showings of it in a theater still sell out with people waiting in exorbitantly long lines.

The film's beginning wasn't well received in 1975 when it was released. It was ignored by everyone, or so it seemed. Just five short years later in 1980, the movie took off when someone had suggested to release it as a midnight cult movie, and from there, it exploded. Most of the great, classic cult movies start off in similar ways.

This movie has incredible amounts of strange events. As a whole, this movie probably should not make sense in the smallest way, yet it does. If you watch only parts of it without having seen it straight through, you would probably become confused, but also laugh a lot. Or be disturbed, one or the other.

My absolute favorite song in the entire movie is probably "Sweet Transvestite". My second favorite is definitely Meatloaf's song, which is called "Hot Patootie Bless My Soul". I love the different dances throughout the movie, and I admit that I have often danced along while I'm watching them. I enjoy the way the story is told, via a narrator and a point of view that isn't one of the characters.

A lot of people might say that this movie is low class and shoddy, but I disagree. Yes, parts of it are somewhat....eccentric and out there, but the storyline is incredibly out there. The devotion of all the actors to their roles was immense, which you can tell. It is very clear when you watch this film how devoted everyone was. All you have to do to see that is look at what they are wearing, and some of the scenes in it. Also you can see their devotion if you look at the number of shows they did as plays.



Tim Curry, then

Tim Curry even stated in an interview from 1981 that he probably wouldn't have had as large an impact on America, or even a film career without it. And how right Tim Curry is, at least on the impact he had on America. I'm certain that with his voice he would have at least become a voice actor, he has one of the best villain voices I have ever heard.

Tim Curry, now



Now, in 2012, 37 years later, I have watched this movie probably about a hundred times. I watched it online after friends telling me repeatedly to watch it. I was then determined to find it, and buy a copy. It took me months of searching, and finally I found it in a $5 dump bin at a Wal

I have also watched this movie with both of my grandmothers, who found this movie hilariously funny. Which I, in turn, found insanely funny that they both enjoyed this film just as much as I do.

This movie is definitely worth checking out for people who have never before seen it. And people who have seen at least parts of this movie should watch the whole thing, because I can almost guarantee that you will become a huge fan.

***Images found on Google by searching "Tim Curry then, and Tim Curry now"