Hated Directors

Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel just arrived in Bloomington today, and I'm likely going to see it within the next week.  That got me thinking about a Side Pieces topic.  Riley has repeatedly voiced his intense displeasure for Wes Anderson, or the white Tyler Perry, such that I can't really imagine ever doing an Anderson movie as a mediocre pick.  Riley would surely veto, quickly and forcefully.  I don't think I feel that negatively about any director, but there are certainly a handful I don't like.  I've never understood what's so great about John Hughes.  I haven't seen any of his 80's high school movies, but the clips I have seen look awful.  Michael Bay is garbage, but all the 'splosions still appeal to my animal brain, such that I've seen almost all his movies.  What about you guys?  Are there any directors whose style immediately ruins a movie for you?

Top Comedies

I love a good comedy, but I'm not sure there are many which are entertaining from beginning to end. I'm trying to brainstorm a top 5 list. Ones which come to mind in no particular order - Airplane, Monty Python: Holy Grail, Blazing Saddles, The Hangover, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The most recent decent comedy I've seen is "We're the Millers," but it's not in the realm of as funny as the one's mentioned. To me, modern comedies are unnecessarily vulgar; The Hangover was brilliant and made less funny by the elevator pictures as the end. What's did I miss? What should I see?

Semi-funny story. I went to the Emergency Room a couple years ago and Blazing Saddles was playing in the lobby. I told Chel they should just play Blazing Saddles in every waiting room. I wish they had just left me there to laugh away the issues.

Worst Best Movie

Just watched a pretty solid documentary called Best Worst Movie. It's about the cult phenomenon surrounding the movie Troll 2. I didn't even know that was a thing. It's a thing. I'm fairly certain I saw it or parts of it as a kid, but I don't know 100%. I definitely would love to catch it at a public screening. It really is like Rocky Horror, which I enjoyed in person.

What other bad movies would you want to watch in public?

Starship Troopers and Blade Trinity are definitely up there for me. Possibly Mortal Kombat as well.