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Hey, You Drunk My Battleship!

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

You Drunk My Battleship
Battleship is a movie about the Navy versus the Aliens, in boats.  It’s based on the popular board game, also called Battleship.  The original board game is actually kind of a dumb game with a lot of parts that you end up losing, and the movie is also pretty bad.
In this movie, Liam Neeson is the head of the Navy and has a bad relationship with the guy that’s sleeping with his daughter.  He sends the guy off to investigate some space garbage that turns out to be an alien warship.  The ship makes a big bubble game dome over Hawaii.  Liam is on the outside and pretty much out of the movie while the aliens and the boyfriend and a guy with no legs with a lot of speaking lines are on the inside.  They play two AC/DC songs (never do it twice — Iron Man didn’t even do it twice), fist fight with aliens, and then rope a retirement community into manual labor on an old battleship.  The part with the old guys was pretty awesome.  Spoiler Alert: Then they beat the aliens.
Just because Hasbro cut corners on this movie doesn’t mean that you should take it easy when you see a shit show like this.  A board game that turns into a blockbuster is a reason to celebrate.  So, what are you gonna drank with that?  Introducing “You Drank My Battleship”:
Battleships are basically big stupid cruise boats full of sailors, so you need a cruise-line-sized cup to hold this drank.  We picked up a couple of *giant* plastic goblets from the party store on the way to the movie.  Big cups are not easy stowaways when sneaking into movies, so carry a big bag.
Cruise ships are all about Pinas.  You know what I’m talking about.  Pick up the pina colada mix at the same place you buy the rum (we recommend airplane bottles, which are as easy to sneak on to real cruise ships as they are into movies), then ask for cups of ice from the concession stand.  They’re stingy with ice, so you’ll need to send your buddy too.
Pour the mix, ice and rum into the goblet when you’re ready and then get ready for the garnish.  ”You Drank My Battleship” needs a depth charge, and we picked the most alien thing we could get our hands on.  On your way to the movies go to a healthy store where they sell kombucha.  Apparently this stuff is alive.  Pour a shot glass of kombucha and bombs away. Boom!
The healthy drink mixes pretty good with the pina colada and the bubble goblet kind of reminds of you the game dome on screen.  It’s a great drank for a shitty movie.  We hope you enjoy.
You can learn more about Battleship at IMDB, the popular internet movie website.
A couple of disclaimers that should have been included on the movie poster:
This movie is not in 3D.
The acting in this movie is really bad.  Your editors love bad acting, but this acting is so bad that it makes bad acting hard to love.
The aliens look like they were stolen from Halo 2. Halo 2 is another game, and actually more fun to watch then this movie.
No one ever says “You sunk my Battleship.”  How could this have been overlooked?  Seriously.  Who screwed this up? This guy.  (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0388375/)

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Battleship is a movie about the Navy versus the Aliens, in boats.  It’s based on the popular board game, also called Battleship.  The original board game is actually kind of a dumb game with a lot of parts that you end up losing, and the movie is also pretty bad too.  There are no aliens in the board game. (more…)

30 Minutes or Less. Actually, it’s like 90 minutes. Pack accordingly!

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Wait Aziz!  Don't drink that drink!  He put a Mentos in there...

Wait Aziz! Don't drink that drink! He put a Mentos in there...

30 Minutes or Less is a movie about a kid who gets a bomb strapped to his chest and is forced to rob a bank by a couple of rednecks.  We think the reference to 30 Minutes has something to do with the kid being a pizza delivery driver because it has nothing to do with how long the bomb is on his chest (pretty much all day), and it definitely has nothing to do with how long the movie is (This movie is way longer than 30 minutes.  Pack for a regular length movie!).  (more…)

Conan the Barbarian: They massacred his family. They enslaved his people. They will tip accordingly.

Sunday, August 21st, 2011

"When a Sumarian feels thirst, it is the thirst for blood. And vodka."

"When a Sumarian feels thirst, it is the thirst for blood. And vodka."

We’ll keep this brief because there’s maybe seven lines of dialogue in this entire movie, five of which are in the info-dump at the beginning (expertly narrated by none other than Morgan Freeman).

Let us just start by saying that, in his defense, Conan was born to really terrible parents. And that goes a long way towards understanding his behavior. For starters – rather than stay home while very pregnant – his mom decides to go fight against this army of barbarians with dreadlocks trying to enslave and kill her people. Then, when she gets killed (duh), his dad gives her a c-section, right there in the field. With like, an axe type thing! Then he hangs around and keeps fighting and gets killed too, leaving Conan to fend for himself. Very iffy parenting. Very iffy medical care. Very iffy decision-making. But undoubtedly a family of tough bitches. (more…)

Transformers 3: Robots on the Moon and in Space*

Monday, August 8th, 2011

    Optimus Prime: "I'm here to transform normal ingredients into an amazing drink!"

Optimus Prime: "I'm here to transform normal ingredients into an amazing drink!"

Pop Quiz.  If Michael Bay got in a bar fight with John Favreau, who would win?  Obviously Michael Bay.

Ok, if Brett Favre showed up and him and his buddy John tried to tag team Michael Bay, who would win?  Trick Question, because the answer is still Michael Bay.  Also, this would never happen because fighting Michael Bay is pretty mush a suicide mission… in space.  Why?  Because of Transformers 3!  In Space! (more…)

Cowboys & Aliens: Two great tastes, together at last.

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

First contact.

First contact.

Some movies are sweet because they are about exactly what they say they are about. Like Snakes on a Plane*. Or Music and Lyrics.

It’s not clear from the title, but this movie is about cowboys and aliens, in general. But also, specifically, are they bros? Turns out: no.

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Captain America: The First Avenger. Extremely Loud. And Incredibly Close.

Monday, July 25th, 2011

More of a gestalt here, really.

More of a gestalt here, really.

Your editors beat the heat this weekend at Captain America: The First Avenger, which is a cool movie about a cool country in a cool theater. It’s also required reading for anyone planning to see The Avengers next Spring. If that’s you, feel free to suggest cocktails in the comments section (we will ignore your suggestions). (more…)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part II: Everyone. Chill.

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

"Bitches s**k my d**k cuz I look like JK Rowling" - Lil' B, "Wonton Soup"

"...because I look like JK Rowling." - Lil' B, "Wonton Soup"

Look. Is this the most influential movie review website on the internet? Yes. Can our reviews make or break a film, and do we take that responsibility seriously? Certainly. Super seriously? Way.

But do your editors get invited to fancy Hollywood premiers much? No. Ever? Shut up. (more…)

Green Lantern: Ryan Reynolds vs. A Cloud of Diarrhea in Space

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

You be the judge.

You be the judge.

Real quick ‘cuz we based this one on a goof.

Every time your editors sat through a preview for Green Lantern, we’d nudge each other in the arm and say “that alien looks like Kelsey Grammer” when that purple alien shows up. Didn’t make us want to see the movie, but we got a kick out of that part. So we made a cocktail about it!

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X-Men First Grade: Reboot and Rally

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

He wishes.

He wishes.

Your editors have been burned by prequels before, and since this is that, we were pretty sure X-Men: First Grade was going to be booty (spoiler alert: it is).

That said, we wanted to see it for two reasons. Firstly, it’s a blockbuster. We are totally gay for blockbusters.

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Super V8: There’s a monster from another movie in my cup!

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

I'd sure buy these guys a drink.

I'd sure buy these guys a drink.

Your editors saw Super 8 this weekend.  If you like Spielberg movies from the 80s, then you’ll probably like this JJ Abrams film from the today that’s made to look like a Spielberg movie from the 80s.  Personally, we like “Goonies” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “Indian Jones” (both with and without cocktails), so we were psyched about this one.  Super 8 was fun to watch, there are a lot of explosions, a good number of kid-style fat jokes (one of the kids is a fatty), kids with braces, and lens flares like in Star Trek.  A lot of lens flares!  And there’s a monster.

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