Jaws (1975)

By The Midnight Movie Crew, September 1, 2010 7:41 pm

Huge week this week for the club, big movie and our first competition (see below)!!

If this is your first time visiting the Midnight Movie Club then may I suggest that you check out the About Us page (remembering that those are ridiculously old photos and Lee no longer has a moustache… Dan does still walk around carrying butter knives like that though!?).

Highlights this week:

  • Fair warning Lee says the F word three times (possibly four… maybe five… mmmm six?) and Dan says it once.
  • The shortest synopsis yet!
  • Dan brings up the soundtrack for a change.
  • The icon of the Orca
  • Lee and Dan’s favourite scenes.
  • Dan loves Hooper, Lee loves Brody… lots of man love.
  • Lee doesn’t care about Mythbusters.
  • Dan doesn’t actually read shark or whale books.
  • Frankly Lee and Dan are terrified of sharks.
  • Alien and Jaws.
  • Stargate SG1 and Jaws.
  • Giant sharks versus hovercrafts.
  • There is a lot of Jaws the game talk.
 

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Lee’s Rating: ★★★★★★★★★★
Dan’s Rating: ★★★★★★★★★★

The competition!!

Now for your chance to win the novels Jaws and Jaws 2 all you need to do is help us spread the word about the Midnight Movie Club --  YAY!!

And it’s open to anyone worldwide -- YAY!!

Entries close on 9/9/2010 -- (ummm are we still saying yay?)

Three ways to enter:

Click on this Twitter button:

Like us and leave a comment on our Facebook wall:

Leave a review on iTunes (and let us know in the comments).

Lee and Dan will write everyone’s name down on tickets and draw them out of a hat on the 10/9/2010 (Australian time) -- they’ll probably announce the winner on the site and on Twitter and Facebook…

Next week the boys are going all country and watching Young Guns 2!

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Nothing but a ramble

By The Midnight Movie Crew, August 25, 2010 9:00 am

Making your way in the world today takes everything you’ve got.

Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot.

Wouldn’t you like to get away?

Sometimes you want to go… and not watch Jaws this week.

That’s right Lee said he didn’t feel like watching Jaws and Dan folded like a cheap cards table and so they decided a ramble in the Bronx (do you see what I did there?)  was what was called for.  If you follow the Facebook page or on Twitter you probably saw the call out for questions already.  Well now behold the answers!!!

Listen as Lee and Dan talk:

  • buddy films
  • Hot Fuzz vs Shaun of the Dead
  • hovercrafts (really! there’s more!)
  • movies that they haven’t seen but are going to watch
  • film and dread
  • Schwarzenegger
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • self fulfilling prophecies
  • films that scare them
 

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Next week the boys promise to watch the giant shark movie!!

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Zulu (1964)

By The Midnight Movie Crew, August 18, 2010 9:14 am

This is a film that Dan already loved and Lee had never seen!

Highlights:

  • Lee has about three hours of sleep all week so he’s hearing things and jumping at shadows
  • Dan owes Lee for Avatar: The Last Airbender and Farscape.
  • The boys do actually talk about Zulu.
  • Rol is not mentioned.
  • Dan undermines Lee’s synopsis.
  • It’s the harmony podcast!
  • Character development talk.
  • Dan impersonates the Welsh.
  • The film is surprisingly not racist.
  • Nakedness and the rating system.
  • The film Inception…
 

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Lee’s Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆

Dan’s Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆

Next week Lee and Dan actually won’t be watching Jaws until the following week but they’ll still be here talking movies next Wednesday!!!

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Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995)

By The Midnight Movie Crew, August 11, 2010 3:31 pm

Lee and Dan face off in the fight of the podcast as this week they talk about Die Hard With a Vengeance!

The highlights…

  • Accuracy is the name of the game
  • Everyone hates having to do the synopsis
  • It’s fight night!!!
  • Dan peaks early
  • Die Hard 3′s original title was Riddle-fest!!
  • Lee cares about you
  • Fight night turns out to be fizzer…
 

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Dan’s Rating: ★★★★★★★★½☆
Lee’s Rating: ★★★★★★★★½☆

Next week we’re watching one of Dan’s favourite films Zulu (Lee is sceptical having never seen the film)

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The NeverEnding Story (1984)

By The Midnight Movie Crew, August 4, 2010 9:04 am

I don’t wish to alarm anyone but it appears that Lee and Dan have turned out another completely coherent, thought out, on topic and hovercraft free podcast.

I know.

I’m scared too…

The highlights:

  • A hard film to explain to people what’s it’s about (well for Lee anyway)
  • Who’s read the actual book?
  • Lee and Dan explore their memories attached to this story and reading in general
  • Mourning lost childhoods
  • Dan mocks Lee for reading Doom novels
  • The library is out to get Dan
  • The effectiveness of the absence of music
  • Dan assures us he wrote a very good blog post regarding X and Y generations
  • Lee calls all other movie podcasters lazy bastards
  • It’s okay not to be cool
  • Artax!!!!!!
  • All twenty-year-olds are arseholes
  • Puppets are freaking awesome!
  • Sometimes authors are a little precious
  • Things get deep
  • Don’t give up your childlike wonder
  • The parallels to The Princess Bride
  • Dan says something controversial about The Princess Bride
  • Does anyone know how long Bastian is in the school reading??!?
  • Lee now actually does have an iPad
  • Guests
 

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Lee’s Rating: ★★★★★★★★★★
Dan’s Rating: ★★★★★★★★★☆

Next week Dan and Lee are watching Die Hard: With A Vengeance!

And just for everyone who wants it:

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Demolition Man (1993)

By The Midnight Movie Crew, July 28, 2010 9:29 am

This week Lee and Dan visit the dystopian future of the Sylvester Stallone film Demolition Man and for once turn out a podcast that feels semi polished and professional.  It may have more to do with Dan’s editing or perhaps Lee’s ban on hovercraft shopping for the 60 minutes or so it took to record.

The highlights:

  • the most justifiably complex synopsis yet
  • Sandra Bullock wears tight pants in this and Dan is the sexist one
  • apologies for past sins (hovercrafts are mentioned)
  • Lee has seen the future and is unimpressed
  • Dan agrees.
  • There is actually some intelligent discussion regarding futuristic settings
  • Where the hell was Al Leong?!!
  • There is a lot of discussion around some of the more sizeable plot holes
  • Does the three sea shell joke still work?
  • Hand towels can be icky…
  • Dan talks fire and ice
 

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A note from Lee…

There is some mention of a video in the podcast and unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances there is no video however it would have been hilarious and would have involved me making a cup of tea illustrating my apathy towards Demolition Man.

Regards
Lee

Dan’s Rating: ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆
Lee’s Rating: ★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆

Next week Dan and Lee are watching The Neverending Story, cue the music…

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Rumble in the Bronx (1995)

By The Midnight Movie Crew, July 21, 2010 9:05 am

This week Dan and Lee go to the world of Kung Fu and hovercrafts in Rumble in the Bronx.  The warning is that they talk about the movie for about ten minutes and then discuss hovercrafts for what feels like hours.

Enjoy!

  • Dan discusses the definition of art
  • Lee is confused about wallflowers at singles dances
  • Rumble in the podcast!!
  • Lee delivers potentially the worst synopsis yet
  • There is a subtle reference to hovercrafts
  • Dan’s mixed heritage is revealed
  • Housewife corner with Lee and Dan
  • Rats ate Lee’s jacket
  • Crappy dialogue
  • There is an audio clip missing which may show up somewhere else during the podcast – try and work out where as I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
  • Dan doesn’t need a big television
  • Racism raises it’s ugly head again
  • Brotherhood of the Wolf is awesome!
  • The lack of cushions
  • Jackie Chan lays some truth on the bad guys
  • Another subtle reference to hovercrafts
  • Dan turns to Wikipedia Lee turns to Amazon…
  • Dan hates Bruce Lee
  • Jackie Chan is a classy dude
  • Radioactive beer man!!
  • It’s a Jackie Chan love-in!
  • More tiny references to hovercrafts
  • Buying a hovercraft!!!
  • More hovercraft related information
  • The hovercraft malarkey continues…
  • Chickens and the demise of Dan’s second favourite
  • Dan and Lee eventually go back to talking about Rumble in the Bronx
  • The cup of tea test is back!!
  • Lee was wrong twice but you shouldn’t blame the Coen Brothers
  • The worst Amazon pitch you’ll ever hear
  • Dan and Lee finish on an in-depth discussion of Sylvester Stallone’s buttocks.
  • Well actually they end on how Lee still hasn’t finished Dan’s new header image (but there are blueprints!!)
 

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Next week Demolition Man!!

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Major League (1989)

By The Midnight Movie Crew, July 14, 2010 10:02 am

No trailer this week for the movie Major League as it was bloody hard to find a semi-watchable one and the only one that was actually found was one that paints Tom Berenger’s character as an evil stalker… ummm kind of like how Dan and Lee paint his character…

Highlights (?):

  • Lee’s opinion on how you are this week
  • 1989 in film
  • Dan didn’t recognise Rene Russo
  • Big baggy jumpers
  • Tracey (Lee’s better half) doesn’t like Charlie Sheen
  • Dan lies about the films he hasn’t seen
  • Lee gets on the edge of his seat in the Mighty Ducks films
  • Lee worries about them treating the game like a job
  • Dan likes wearing American sports clothes but not so much playing sport
  • This week it’s Dan who brings up the topic of balls
  • Dan sums up the rules of baseball as “you have to hit the ball and run around a diamond”
  • Lee praises Charlie Sheen behind Tracey’s back shhhhh
  • There are hair spoilers for Major League 2
  • Oh that’s racist
  • Dan likes the Dorn character…?
  • More mighty moustaches
  • Celebrity spotting… well the janitor from Scrubs anyway
  • In depth discussion regarding racism and voodoo
  • Lee proposes a gender census of the Midnight Movie Club massive
  • Frankenhooker
  • The podcast does lose the plot a little after the 38th minute
  • Captain Archer is a definitive role
  • Lee says “Faith of the Heart” a lot
  • Lee goes to Amazon
  • Dan questions the validity of listening to Lee wandering around online shops
  • Despite the general arse’n around during the final 15 mins you should stick around for the special ending of the podcast
 

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Next week the boys are watching Rumble In The Bronx with Jackie Chan… well not with him… on their own…

Fine, here’s the stalking trailer:

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Dragnet (1987)

By The Midnight Movie Crew, July 7, 2010 7:32 pm

Just because Dan and the Hadrian’s walkers are off doing their thing and… umm walking we are still pushing forward to keep you guys entertained!!  Show some love by popping over and donating some sweaty cash!!

  • Dan and Lee invented the concept of Cheetos gloves…
  • Dan does some major league foreshadowing.
  • Lee and Dan declare that Tom Hanks used to be a man of the people and now isn’t.
  • Dan and Lee pretty much quote the whole film.
  • Is Dragnet the reason we have the Starsky and Hutch film?  Bad Dragnet film, go to the corner!
  • A lot of people don’t like Tom Hanks
  • The synopsis is lacking… again
  • 3 Men and a Baby part 3 – brought to you by the Midnight Movie Club!!!
  • Leonard Nimoy coming out of retirement.
  • Lee revolutionises the mental wellness industry.
  • The eBay segment is back!!!
 

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Next week the boys are watching Major League… um I think ummm I didn’t listen that far… here enjoy the Dragnet rap:

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Gremlins (1984)

By The Midnight Movie Crew, June 30, 2010 7:14 pm

Wow, that trailer really contains a bunch of spoilers!?!

Yes that’s right this week Lee and Dan are watching the 1984 film Gremlins which is a really hard film to classify so it’s been labelled a Science Fiction/Horror/Comedy.

  • in a departure from every other week Dan and Lee had technical problems
  • behold as the boys screw up Judge Reinhold’s name completely
  • Lee potentially creates ‘a famous illustrator’ in his mind and sees him in this film
  • was this released in the greatest weekend ever?
  • Gremlins scare Dan and Lee (possibly Lee more than Dan…)
  • Homages to other films including Spielberg’s
  • Lee can’t even remember the town’s name
  • Dan and Lee are loving Joe Dante
  • Stephen King and the construction of character and then doing something horrible to them
  • Dan identifies the connection to The Wizard of Oz
  • Lee bangs on about the soundtrack
  • The utter ridiculousness of the rules and the absence of science
  • Lee explores the metaphysics of the gremlins
  • Buffy the Gremlin Slayer – Dan is effing hilarious!!!
  • Lee and Dan discuss the mother’s place amongst science fiction heroes Ripley and Connor – she goes all Chuck Norris
  • Dealing with the dog
  • Dan does a great Gizmo impression!!
  • CGI vs Puppets
  • Oh, no more points go listen to the podcast already!!!!

 

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Next week Lee and Dan are watching Dragnet!

Don’t forget your goat leggings!!

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