Irrelevant But Awesome

Joel, Chris, Megan and Jason all review Jim Henson and Franz Oz's The Dark Crystal Joel's Thoughts:  It’s hard to imagine flat out disliking this movie. Even if fantasy is not your cup of tea and you’d prefer your Henson full of slapstick and silly comedy (Though he does that amazingly as well) you can’t help but just be in awe of what is accomplished in this movie. Henson and company set out and succeed in telling a fantasy epic in a live action movie with no humans. It’s not the best puppet work ever captured on film, but at the time it was. Remember, at this point we had The Muppet Show, and the first Muppet Movie had been released. But the intricate and ambitious character design in this movie is like nothing that had ever been attempted at that point. The movie proves that puppets aren’t just useful for comedy gags. The movie is completely serious and plays the characters straight with never a wink to the audience. It works and it creates a thrilling epic that is s...

Starting June 21st, we're declaring this to be the Summer of Netflix. Okay, that's cool and all. But what does that mean? That's a great question, bold font. Starting June 21st, we (Joel, Myself and others) will post our thoughts on a different movie (that's available on Netflix) every single day until the end of summer. That seems like a lot of work. Why do that? It's not! We're movie junkies, watching movies on Netflix is like eating lunch for us. Plus, with summer vacations coming up, we know most people have a lot more time on their hands and you can't sit at the beach all the time without melting away, right? And Netflix is everybody's favorite pastime. Ok. so you're not wrong about that. But why do we need you to tell us what to watch on Netflix? *Shrug* I don't know but doesn't it seem fun?! Plus, how much time do you spend browsing through Netflix, wanting to watching something but just can't make up your mind on exactly ...