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Total Recall (2012)
A Homeless Man's Minority Report
I find it very ironic that the last name of the director of this turkey is Wiseman, for the purpose of this review I will refer to this genius auteur as Dumbman. This needless remake by Dumbman is completely void of the fun and thrills that the original movie exuded. Dumbman is clearly a man obsessed with the love of his wife which can only explain the constant screen time of Mrs. Dumbman who does not have a fraction of the intensity and scariness that Michael Ironside showed in the original film. The most famous scene in the original is the FX scene involving a very large older woman stopped at a checkpoint, in the remake this scene was completely wasted and has a very lackluster payoff. The original film is never going to be confused with Casablanca but it had its merits and those merits stayed with the viewer many years after it was available at the theater or on VHS home video, where I first saw it. This turkey by Dumbman completely left my mind right after I got my money back by the theater manager. I assume that after I write this review I won't think about this movie again until I hear about Dumbman and his wife filing for divorce. Don't waste your money on this one, go see The Dark Knight Rises again.
Big Boy (1930)
Wait A Cotton Pickin' Minute!
The movie "Big Boy" can be thoroughly enjoyed if you put into the context of when it was made. It may seem very bizarre to audiences today to see someone in black-face but be rest assured this was the norm for the 20's and 30's. This is not the norm for the 2000's or is it? In 2004 a Wayans Brothers movie called "White Chicks" was released and featured black men in white-face. I was truly offended that in the year 2004 such racism on screen could still be depicted.
Although "Big Boy" is not considered a classic it still has key elements of hilarity. Just as "White Chicks" relied on the exaggerated mannerisms of The Wayans Brothers in white-face Jolson's exaggerated black man is one of the elements that keeps the viewer smiling throughout. This is a recommended movie that was made 74 years before the dismal racist "White Chicks"!
Leap Year (1924)
And Don't Call Me Fatty!
The negative review of this little seen movie must come from somebody who is a huge Virginia Rappe fan. Leap Year is by no stretch a comic masterpiece but it has it's share of belly laughs. I didn't find that there was much jumping up and down and grimacing in front of the camera in this picture. Arbuckle is a very agile man who could pull off some nice stunts with the best of 'em. The compromising situations Arbuckle's character finds himself in is what sets the tone for the hilarity that ensues in Leap Year. Aside from this movie being shown in 1921 it hadn't been shown until some 60 years later. The picture has a beautiful tint to it and is recommended to fans of silent comedy.