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Arnie could punch a hole right through this guy
21 January 2012
..And I know that's not a reason for a 1 start rating, but there be plenty afoot.

Imagine Conan The Barbarian, written and directed by the team being Hercules the Legendary Journeys, only without the "tongue in cheek" brilliantness, and the captivating charisma of the marvellous Kevin Sorbo. Cast a talentless, long haired nobody who's been working far too much on his chest, and not enough on not being a terrible actor....and not looking like a slighted juiced Brendan Fraser.

Throw in a stunningly made up, beautifully mascaraed "monk" girl, who just happens to be able to cut down professional warriors at the drop of a hat, with a broadsword that must have weighed twice as much as her perfect little frame. A sword that I presume was made of out helium, as it was menacingly waved about by a ten year old Conan earlier.

Queue some thoroughly uninspiring sidekicks, plenty of bouncy foam rocks, balsa wood walls/floors/furniture. "Epic" battles, that involve a lot of needless splatter, some incredible jumping deaths, and at least one blatantly lame "sword in the armpit" overact.

Toss in a bit of terrible and completely unnecessary CGI, and you have yourself a movie that would have every film fan ashamed to have every given anyone involved in the making of this monstrosity an ounce of your precious lives.

If Arnie were dead, he'd be turning in his grave....as it is, he should find them one by one, dressed as a T1000, and stamp on their movie making equipment.
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Humpday (2009)
8/10
Humpday: Slightly too comfortable
18 January 2011
Being a masculine, wholly heterosexual man, I slipped into my pj's, lit and candle and settled down to watch a movie about 2 straight guys talk themselves into having gay sex.

Humpday is about two best friends, separated by different lifestyles, brought a little too close together again by a "I'm not backing out of this" style drunk/high bet about making a gay art sex video.

Watching these 2 superbly sculpted characters interact is a joy to anyone who has ever had a proper friend...whom they would sleep with on film for art if they had to. Their incredible well portrayed relationship begins to strangely rope you in to kinda wishing they'd go through with the deed, no matter how much the thought initially makes you feel all ewwwww inside.

A few times I caught myself relating a little too much to their plight, and I doubt I'm gonna be able to look at certain friends of mine again.

The script is bare and honest, perfectly delivered by the 3 main characters, and is a solid foundation for this almost documentary style movie.

All in all, Humpday with not only make you cringe to the corest of your core, but also make you ask a few questions about yourself that you really don't want to be asking.
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