Popcorn Has An Awesome Poster To Match The Film
I ran across Popcorn on Tubi one night and based on the movie poster, I watched the film. I was not disappointed, and the movie was as cool as the poster. That’s saying a lot because the poster art is on point. We’ll get the analysis of this out of the way first. It is done in classic B Movie style. There are loud contrasting colors, the title is in a creepy font along the bottom, and of course some creepy graphics that’s clearly art. My favorite part of this poster are the chick’s eyes. They look frozen, bulging, and she’s crying. One day, when I have enough wall space, I’m going to add this poster to my collection. On to the plot.
No Idea What To Expect With This One
This wasn’t what I expected. Honestly though, I didn’t know what to expect. Normally, I see a movie that has cool art, a cool actor, older production year, or an intriguing name and I watch it based on this. Rarely do I read about a movie before hitting play. The basic plot is that a film group at a college hosts a B Movie marathon at an old theater to raise money for their club. Naturally, there is a psychopath who is mad and kills a bunch of people. So, you get to see The University of California Ocean Side and an old movie theatre too. You know it, the old theatre was my favorite part. I was taken back when one of the double joystick remotes was used. This was how I drove my remote-controlled cars as a kid. There’s an app to drive toys around now, I’m sure.
Old Theatre? I’m In.
Near where I live, there is an old theater. Through the years it has been several things but, currently it is a church. As in Popcorn, there is the huge marquee sign on the front of the theater and the ticket booth in the front. Seeing all these things are neat but, in Popcorn you see them functioning. I can only imagine the streets of Anderson, SC being painted by the lights of the giant sign so many years ago. The ticket booth is empty now so there is no machine. Much less a machine that prints tickets. I can hear the laughter of moviegoers mixed with the clicking of the ticket machine that this booth would have once held. On another note, the movie is dated in other ways. People are dressed up and even wearing masks in the theatre. You can’t do that anymore.
Popcorn Taught Me Some Interesting Film History
This movie presented some interesting ideas. According to Popcorn, theatres used to do creative things to make the films interactive for viewers. In one movie there is a man with electric powers so the seats shock people. Another film has a giant insect, so they have a giant prop that flies over the crowd. Finally, one feature calls for a scent to be released to coincide with the movie. I asked a couple of older fellows I know if there was any truth to this and learned that theaters really did this. Here folks is another reason I wish I could time travel. How much cooler would a sci-fi B movie be with things like this? All the movies in Popcorn are fake but they were well done. They even took time to make the Japanese movie have the stereotypical voice over issues.
Comedy Horror Balancing Act
All and all, Popcorn was a comedy horror balancing act. In my opinion, the comedy outweighed the horror a little too much. As far as it being creepy, there was a scene where a character was in a dark room and occasionally the lights would flash. As this happened you would see something moving. I found this a little creepy. Additionally, a man’s double walks into a bathroom with him. This would freak anybody out. It was the comedy of the psycho that got irritating to me.
The psycho in this movie played the part and played it well. Comedy and horror here hinged on this guy though. Popcorn’s antagonist reminded me of Heath Ledger as the joker in some ways. I am not saying it was anywhere near the performance Ledger gave, just a similarity. The character was crazy, and I mean would make anybody nervous to be around him crazy, but it was so over the top that it was comical and irritating. Heath brought that what I imagine a real psychopath would be like in person performance, but the comedy was lacking. I think with Ledger, he got the lack or level of comedy right. If Popcorn could have kept the crazy and tuned down the comedy, it would have been an improvement.
Date Night With My Pretty Wife
I will certainly watch Popcorn again. In fact, I’m trying to talk my pretty wife into a movie date night to watch it again soon. Popcorn and Intruder too. If you haven’t read my blog on Intruder, you can do that here. Anyway, this 1991 film caught me off guard and I have no regrets having put my watch time into this instead of Delta Force II. No offense Chuck, this was just the better choice that night. I would have liked to see them not put as much comedy in the movie and have used real B movies instead of fictional ones. I imagine there would have been licensing issues had they went this route. Regardless, this was a good one.
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