Welcome everyone. This blog mainly exists as a way of tracking all the movies I've been watching and some of the initial thoughts and general feelings I've had about them.
Rating System
5/5 - Fantastic movies; movies which need to be seen and enjoyed by everyone.
4/5 - Movies which are very good but don’t have that spark which compels you to make others watch them as well.
3/5 - Average movies; watchable and enjoyable, but nothing which elevates them higher. The baseline all movies are given before watching.
2/5 - Can be watched but really bland and forgettable.
1/5 - Minimal to no reason to watch these films. It may have some redeeming factors e.g. it’s so bad it’s good or there’s one character that’s awesome enough to make it not a total waste of time.
0/5- Total waste of time. Nothing redeemable about these films.
As with every review blog/site, this is all my own personal opinion so feel free to take everything with a grain of salt.
Also I'm Scottish so all reviews will be in UK English. Get used to theatre, colour and words ending in -ised.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
#363/#80 Blazing Saddles
(Rewatch)
Mel Brooks’ take on satirising the western genre.
It’s a toss up whether this or Young Frankenstein is my favourite Mel Brooks film. All of his films have their own merits but those two are by far the pick of the litter.
Each section of this film works as its own self contained skit but still manages to maintain a solid central narrative. It’s got a great cast of talented actors (all of which get at least one scene in which to shine), some fantastic jokes and some insanely quotable lines. It’s also very good for deconstructing some of the hatred and bile that has accumulated over the years in regards to race relations. It’s wonderful for just turning hatred back on those spewing that bile and making them look like even bigger idiots than they already are.
It might not be the most pc of movies but it’s still funny as all Hell even 40 years on. 5/5
