June 2024

The Godfather poster, 1972 movie poster, Marlon Brando poster, Mafia film poster, Vintage movie poster

The Godfather (1972)

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The second and probably most iconic line from The Godfather is “Make him an offer he can’t refuse.” I’ve heard TV shows use this and even people in everyday talk. Having been able to pay attention to the dialog this time, I learned exactly what Don Corleone meant when he said this. I mean, I always understood but, Michael Corleone gave an example with details of such an offer. A man was told that he could release someone from a contract for 10K, and the manager refused. The following day, Don Corlone’s offer came in. For 1K they would buy the contract out. Now, with a pistol to the manager’s head, it was explained that either his brains or signature were going on the contract. That folks is an offer you can’t refuse.

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Beavis and Butt-Head Do America Original Movie Poster Art from 1996

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)

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Probably the most important part of Beavis and Butt-Head’s lives was their TV. In our movie, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, their TV is stolen and this is just about the only thing that will get them off of the couch…besides school for some reason. So, with the only piece of entertainment they have gone missing, they must go on a quest to find it. Naturally, for anyone who knows anything about this show, their lack of intelligence paired with dumb luck lands them in situation after situation that somehow works out with Mr. Anderson in trouble and them as heroes. It just dawned on me that another important part of their life wasn’t mentioned in this movie – nachos. I wonder how that happened. Oh well, nachos or not, they save the day and still somehow don’t score.

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George A. Romero's Day of the Dead (1985) original Movie Poster

Day of the Dead (1985)

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Zombie movies almost always present a sense of hopelessness and Day of the Dead is no different. A group of scientists, military personnel, and civilians are trapped in a small underground compound. Their existence is confined to this concrete prison. Their occasional escape is a helicopter which they use to look for other people and supplies I suppose. I don’t think the film ever says. There are a couple of scenes where the dialog shows how hopeless they are. The characters go on about their lack of new equipment and fight each other rather than unite, which is a characteristic of hopelessness – they have given up. One of my favorite characters, a doctor they call Frankenstein, has a great personality to contradict the loud lead by terror military commander. He calmly reminds him, “Where would you go?” He was right, there was nowhere to go – they were hopeless.

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Modified Pets poster from 1974, the image of the 2 females in collars has been removed, black field with white words Pets remains

Pets (1973)

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It’s going to be hard to approach a blog on Pets without some philosophy. I say this, and can because I am one, but artists are typically weirdos. I use “weirdos” as an endearing term and in no way offensively. First, I want to say that I think there are artists and there are people who enjoy art. There is nothing wrong with either of these. I want to clarify because I am talking about artists and not people who enjoy art – I mean people who are born with a gift as an artist. A mentor of mine unlocked this understanding in me. He explained that artists always see the world, life, and everything differently than everybody else as part of their gift. With this comes some exclusion and what can be “weirdness.”

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