Birds of a shitfeather flock together.

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At least someone had the balls to be the bisexual alcoholic trailer park supervisor.

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Being in the film thread, I watched The Big Dirty again this week. Makes me want to pull a Big Dirty. They've got a big ol machine like that at the mall, but I think it's a lot riskier than the movie theater they did it at, because this one is centrally located.

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Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006)

This film was so close to becoming a Canadian classic. It started off so well and just kept building from there, but holy crap did it drop it in the 3rd act. Humour gave out to more slapstick and the big baddie reveal was really underwhelming, you're left thinking "who is this guy and why should I care?" It would really be nice to see a Canadian film that doesn't revolve around hockey as the framing device, but when hockey players are on your 5 dollar bill I suppose it's hard to shake away. I was also right to be a little weary of how many of the jokes I would understand given where I grew up in Canada, as it's very much Ontario/ Quebec humour. Still, seeing Rick Mercer as a kind of hybrid between Don Cherry and Glenn Beck was pretty funny. Overall the film had a lot of good moments to it and it's not often I get to see 100% Canadian films so I give them a modicum of leniency to begin with and Bon Cop, Bad Cop is no different. Good for a watch if you're from that part of the world, but if not I can't see you getting much out of it but an average buddy-cop movie.

6.5/10

What Canadian classics are there?

Watching Van Helsing right now. So boring.

Hard Core Logo (1998)
Ginger Snaps (2000)
Black Christmas (1974)
Juno (2007)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Heavy Metal (1982)
My Bloody Valentine (1982)
Whale Music (1994)
Passchendaele (2008)
Cube (1997)
Jesus of Montreal (1989)
Men With Brooms (2002)
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2005) & Countdown to Liquor Day
Young People Fucking (2007)
Strange Brew (1983)
Porky's (1982)

Pretty much every David Cronenberg movie, etc.

There is only one Canadian classic - Grizzly Rage! I only saw a part, a couple of years ago and still can't get it out of my head, it's this ... let's say, memorable.
Anyway, as ya'll probably know the 3d Titanic is coming, if it's anything like this tumblr makes it to be, I might actually go and see it for the lulz ;)

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The Howling (1981)

For whatever reason by the late '70's early '80's there was a revival in werewolf movies and this was one of the frontrunners. It's got a pretty decent score and the effects are pretty impressive for the time. This movie definitely had a profound impact on Neil Marshall's 2002 debut film Dog Soldiers, especially with how the werewolves looked. That said though, the film isn't perfect, it has a really strong and profound opening, then just kind of rides this wave of quality, dipping and raising throughout the movie. There's one really memorable sequence with a lady on the phone, but besides that the movie did have some problems.

6/10

What about Trailer Park Boys: The Big Dirty? Or is that TPB: The Movie? I could swear there were three TPB movies, right?

Also, had no idea Heavy Metal was Canadian. Well done!

The Big Dirty is often just shortened to Trailer Park Boys: The Movie. As to there being three movies, this is kind of true, but not really. There was a feature film released in 1999 that kind of set the scene that would start off the 1st season, although heavily retconned. It had many of the same actors, but in different parts, most notable was Mike Smith, who played a documentary crew sound man instead of Bubbles.


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Delicatessen (1991)

I can't believe i slept on this one for so long. I've known about its existence for a couple of years now but always put it off. Even when I found it on streaming Netflix I put it into my instant que but never got around to watching it until last night. Better late than never I suppose! This is easily one of the best dark comedies I have ever seen, which really says a lot. What makes this work so well is that much of the humour is entirely of your own creation, like it was portrayed as straight-faced but because the misfortune is always at the expense of someone else you can't help but laugh, which is how dark humour is meant to be. Not only that the timing and delivery is absolutely spot-on and there is a wide array of idiosyncratic characters that are all memorable in their own way, like the woman who hears voices inside her head and tries (and fails) to kill herself in overly elaborate ways like that one vintage Mickey Mouse comic.

9.5/10