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Great Performances: Jesus Christ Superstar (2000)
It's the music stupid.
I ran across this on TV last night and thought it was the 73 version. While I didn't think the movie held a candle to the play when I saw it many moons ago there wasn't much on and thought I would give it another chance. As this went on I thought, I don't remember it being this bad. Then I saw it was the 2000 version not the 73. Not even going to go in to the acting. It's a musical and if the music don't work then all the acting in the world can't save it and this music not only didn't work, it was on strike. Half the voices were so high pitched I wondered if the singers were huffing helium before their numbers. Was there a special on sopranos during casting? Even when a good voice was found the arrangements were god awful. Instead of the songs flowing smoothly it seemed that every line in a number of songs was chopped off, as if it was being spoken at the end rather than sung. I grew up in the JCS era and still have my original vinyl stored away and am sure that the 40 year old record would still have a smoother tone than the songs in this show.
Dark Rising: Bring Your Battle Axe (2007)
Get yourself some wine and crackers
This movie kept me up one night not because it was scary but because it fell into that category of movie that is so bad in that way that you can't tear yourself away. Cheesy is the word. Bare bones plot, bad FX, guys and girls on a camping trip, skin shots and some gratuitous sex(that means it has nothing to do with the plot, just there because it's sex) and, because it's the 2000's and not the 70's said sex is between girls. They make many more like this they are going to have to start building drive-ins again.
The plot isn't difficult to follow being on the thin side not to mention one doesn't know if it is supposed to be horror or comedy. Father accidentally opens portal to other dimension. Daughter gets sucked in and is converted to be a demon fighter. 20 years later guy having problems with letting go former girlfriend organizes camping trip with former gf and friends. Would be witch recites the portal again and little girl, now all grown up, springs through, followed by a demon who starts killing the friends. Standard horror plot though there is a bit of a twist on the guy gets girl usual ending. It's so bad it's good though no who, why or wherefore is given as to why this girl is kidnapped and trained as a demon fighter other than the fact that there is a demon. Also the training scenes are so disjointed and quick cut that one might not figure out what the hell is going on.
Citizen Kane it ain't but for good, cheesy can't stop watching, it more than fits the bill.