So last night I went to the cinema to see Old Dogs. There was nothing else on as all the new releases are coming out from the 7th and I thought since it stared Robyn Williams and John Travolta it had a lot of potential to be quite a funny feel good movie. First mistake. I also didn’t notice, when checking out the show times, that it was a Disney movie. Second mistake. The film was actually edited quite badly as there were a number of cuts that seemed out of place during some funny parts. The story was quite rushed from the start, not spending enough time to establish the characters, which made it a little bewildering at times. Nonetheless there were 2 or 3 funny parts with the golf course and picnic scene lasting 5-10 which was very funny. It was a kids movie and I suggest waiting for download or your next trip to Thailand when you purchase DVDs for 10 cents. One thing that struck us was how old Robyn Williams looked. We were debating if he was in his mid or late 60’s, because both his and John’s character’s were portrayed as being the same age but there’s no way that could be true in real life. So I visited my friend IMDB once again and discovered Robyn is 58 and John is 55. Maybe that’s what all the cocaine does to you, Robyn. incidentally Robyn Williams has won the most Golden Globes than any other actor. In the history of the world.
The movie also stared Travolta’s wife Kelly Preston and his daughter Ella Bleu. We were wondering if the movie was made before or after the death of his son, who my friend thought we passed away around the start of 2009, but I thought he died just a few months ago. It turns out he died Jan 2nd. The film was actually shot before his son’s death and released in December 2009. Bernie Mac was also in the film which turned out to be his last.
Speaking about Travolta, it was interesting to read that he was threatening to quit Saturday Night Fever if his idea of filming his strut down the sidewalk for the opening sequence wasn’t going to be used. They also had to film most of the movie in the hours of 3-6am because the streets used for scenes would be packed with hundreds of screaming girls. His first marriage to Kelly Preston was declared illegal because they were married by a Scientologist minister.
When I got home from the cinema last night I watched the latest Family Guy episode which was a piss-take of The Empire Strikes back, called- Something Something Dark Side. As you can see from the above clip, Yoda tells us something very interesting about the movie Teenwolf. Of course I just had to YouTube this after I finished watching Family Guy, and sure enough there were plenty of posts showing this. Instead of explaining it I’ve posted the clip here.
This reminded me of another movie goof I stumbled upon last week. This one is from the movie Back To The Future 3. Watch the clip below and you can see the blonde kid (Verne) gesturing to his penis. This kid must have been around 7-10 years old. What a little champ. He needs to be congratulated for such a risky move that totally owned that scene. Unfortunately for him he had only one other appearance on TV and has done a few old Pepsi commercials in the early nineties, but nothing else since. That probably makes him eligible to be on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! But more about that cesspool of scum and indecency on my other page of Thoughts and Opinions.
Tangential Rummaging 