I can’t remember the last time I saw a movie in theaters that was any good (I haven’t seen Mallrats II yet). Hell, the last move I saw was “Click” and I fell asleep half way through it. No joke I was out cold. That’s $9.50 well fucking spent right there. My friends who saw it with me said that it was both funny and sad and that Adam Sandler’s dramatic performance made a few of them cry. Naturally, they’re not so much my friends anymore than they are giant pussies. They are also dead for letting Adam Sandler make them cry. I once saw this homeless guy shit in a garbage can and his performance was far more dramatic than any horrid Adam Sandler dramatic attempt. He should stick with what got him his fame: yelling and fart jokes. Also, Christopher Walken made a complete ass out of himself which, actually was the only part about the movie that was believable. I’m convinced that they just filmed him during a regular day at his home and cropped the footage into the movie. If that were the case, it would have been a decent movie. But it’s all even, since Walken did play a classic role in a great movie once upon a time.
Fuck Click though. I’m in a good mood today, a dapper mood and feel the urge to give out treats. But unlike that old guy down the street who lures you into his home with treats only to sexually harrass your every orifice…I’m not old. And since I’m in a list mood, I’m going to stomp my top ten favorite movies of all time into your skull using my steel-toe boots of greatness. Feel free and unrestricted by copyright laws to get this list branded or tattooed on your chest so you don’t forget which ones you have to see. I’ll warn you now, most of these movies are comedies in one way or another, so if you are a more dramatic type of person, go shit in a garbage can.
* 10. Die Hard
Die Hard is a witty flick starring Bruce Willis as John McClane, an N.Y.C. detective who comes across a terrorist plot in L.A. while trying to win his wife back. She left him because he’s far too manly for her and he proceeds to exhibit said manliness by systematically taking down this entire German terrorist group single-fucking-handedly. Along the way, he crafts hilarious jokes at the expense of Hans Gruber, the terrorist leader. After numerous gun fights and explosions, McClane goes to rescue his kidnapped wife. He confronts Gruber and this other terrorist and pretends to surrender. Then he pulls out a pistol (which was taped to his back) and shoots the terrorist in the head and Gruber out a window. Gruber almost takes McClane’s wife, but he loses his grip on her watch (because McClane unfastened it, bad ass that he is) and falls 32 stories to his death. Fucking awesome. Plus, seeing Carl from Family Matters playing a role in the movie had me rolling on the ground because Family Matters was fucking hilarious.
Best line(s): “Asshole? I’m not the one who just got butt-fucked on national TV, Dwayne!” -John McClane (Bruce Willis)
“I shot a kid.” -Al Powell (Reginald ValJohnson) (Yes, I took it out of context. Go get fucked.)
* 9. Robocop & The Terminator
These two seem right together. I’m talking the first Robocop and the entire Terminator series. Each movie has some of the worst dialogue ever, which adds a comedic spin on each action flick. But no one watches these movies for the dialogue unless you have yeast in your dry vagina. Robocop and the Terminator are both filled with guns, explosions, robots and guns making robots explode. Sweet deal.
Best line: None, unless you consider gunfire a line.
* 8. Caddyshack
Chase, Murray and Dangerfield; it’s hard to top that. Caddyshack has a perfect mix of subtle humor, outlandish wit and enough Rodney Dangerfield one-liners to make a girl squirt at her fiancé’s funeral. Chevy Chase masters deadpan delivery in this film, plain and simple. Bill Murray does what he does best: improv the fuck out of the movie and turn it into comedic gold on the spot. “I smell varmint poontang, and the only good varmint poontang is dead varmint poontang, I think.” Classic. But at the end of the day, Rodney Dangerfield is what brings the film together. You can’t beat his one-liners, not even with Rigolega’s thunder cock. Bow down.
Best line: “Oh, this is the ugliest hat I’ve ever seen…I bet you buy a hat like this you get a free bowl of soup. Oh it looks good on you, though.” -Al Czervik (Rodney Dangerfield)
* 7. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut
I won’t be the first to say it, but I have a gigantic boner for everything Matt Stone and Trey Parker have ever made. From Cannibal! The Musical to South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, these guys consistently put an intelligent twist on all their comedy but never shy away from the obscene and vulgar. In fact, I was going to write a tribute page to them but I noticed the sun begin to heave and quiver when I started. This movie in particular combines vulgarity at its peak with smart humor. And fuck, they made a musical out of it. And it got nominated for a Grammy. And only one song was really elegible due to the amount of swearing, and even the song that made it through (Blame Canada) had one instance of “fuck” in it. It lost to Phil Collins which is horse-shit because it’s impossible to beat a musical retard when he competes with the superiorly abled. The sympathy factor is too strong. The only song that didn’t have swearing was “Up There” which was sung by Satan and it got considered too. It was so heart-warming that I went out and bought a steak for a homeless man and let him watch me eat it for free. But censors didn’t let it through because some Christians thought it justified evil (read: some idiots didn’t get the parody). Pussies. Major awards side, the movie parodies a little bit of everything from war to religion to homosexuality to censorship and so on. Sure, many people do that but Parker and Stone do it better. Don’t believe me? Watch the movie. Anyway, the movie is a testament to the talent and intelligence Parker and Stone emit constantly.
Best line: “I’m sorry Wendy I just don’t trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn’t die.” -Mr. Garrison (Voice of Trey Parker)
* 6. The Blues Brothers
This movie has so many stars in it, it’s like looking directly into my nuts. Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi rock the balls off of this musical comedy. The likes of Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, a pre-hibernation weight Aretha Franklin, John Lee Hooker etc. bring a musical atmosphere that sparks some of the most random and hilarious moments in cinema history. The car chases throughout the movie are classics in that they destroy so much shit and make such a mess that it makes Bangladesh look like an island resort. The comedy sets up the musical numbers which are less musical numbers and more tribute to some of the greatest music in American history.
Best line: “It’s a-hundred-and-six miles to Chicago; we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses.” “Hit it.” Elwood & Jakes Blues (Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi)
* 5. Shaun of the Dead
I’m not a horror film guy. I usually see one, get pissed off by how bad it is and swear to never watch one again. So when I first saw Shaun of the Dead I immediately knew that not only was it a great comedic satire but it was also the best horror film I’ve ever seen. Anyway, Shaun of the Dead parodies shitty horror films extremely well, employing dry British humor and well timed and repeated phrases throughout the film. This movie also has the best supporting actor in the history of supporting actors, Nick Frost. Everything his character says is funny. And I mean laugh out loud until you ejaculate funny. Anyway the idea is zombies attack and the main character, Shaun and his pal Ed have to fight them off because Shaun has people he wants to save. Meanwhile, Shaun is trying to reunite with his ex-girlfriend, Liz, Ed wants to fuck Shaun’s spacy mom and this guy David tries to hide his attractin to Liz from his girlfriend Di. They all team up, with Shaun as the leader, to try to find safe haven and end up in a pub. Shaun’s mom had been bitten prior, dies, comes back as a zombie and Shaun has to shoot her. This triggers a fight with David, who’s a dick to Shaun. Then the zombies break into the pub and tear David apart in ironic fashion (as David said earlier “I don’t want to be torn to pieces and neither do you.”) Di tries to save him and dies. Meanwhile, Ed concocts a Molotov cocktail but gets bitten before he can throw it. Anyway, the pub is overrun, but Liz, Shaun and Ed (still human but bitten) go to the basement. Shaun and Liz escape through a freight elevator and Ed stays behind so he doesn’t harm them. Then the army shows up and kills the zombies, Shaun and Liz get back together and Ed is kept in Shaun’s shed as a zombie. The plot is laden with awesome lines (mostly from Ed) and situational humor/irony. Plus there are zombies who get shot which is always a plus.
Best line(s):: “He’s not my boyfriend.” “It [the beer] might be a bit warm. The cooler was off.” “Thanks babe.” [winks]-Shaun & Ed (Simon Pegg & Nick Frost)
Best Ed lines: “Can I get any of you cunts a drink?”
“I love his mum too. She’s like butter.”
“Well, your mum rang about you going around tomorrow night, and then Liz rang about the two of you eating out tonight, and then your mum rang back to see if I wanted to eat her out tonight.” -Ed (Nick Frost)
* 4. Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle
What do you get when you combine two stoners with an insatiable hunger for shitty food? The best damn comedy of this century, that’s what. Harold & Kumar combine recreational drugs, ridiculous situations, heavy satire on people who need serious ass kickings (jerk off cops, XTREME sports people, lazy co-workers) and even a love story so well, I had to kill ten kittens in front of a group of kindergardeners just to distract me from laughing so hard at the movie. It chronicles the story of pussy Harold Lee (John Cho) who never stands up to his co-workers that dump on him, is scared to talk to the girl he adores and has only a fleshy bag where his nuts should be (by the way, the 40-Year-Old-Virgin was good too) and Kumar Patel (Kal Penn), a devil-may-care medical genius whose only interest is getting high and banging hot chicks. The two go on a quest to find White Castle and in the process save a man’s life, see some hot tits, meet Neil Patrick Harris, get car-jacked by NPH, arrested by a dickhead cop, break out, give assholes their comeuppence, hang glide and eat White Castle. Harold also grows some balls along the way and gets the girl, which was really the only lame part of the movie, but it’s okay because there were tits. Not just two or four tits, but a total of six tits. Six hot tits. Holy shit it rocked. But anyway, Harold and Kumar is a surprisingly funny movie. The dialogue is hilarious and teeming with irony, sarcasm and clever quips throughout. Oh, did I mention there were tits? Because there were. And they rocked.
Best line: “Dude if it’s two holes it might not be so bad. Shotgun anus!” -Kumar Patel (Kal Penn)
* 3. Animal House
If you want to have a serious conversation about comedy, you have to start with Animal House. The movie follows the Faber College frat Delta Tau Chi, a frat of drunks, sexual devients and misfits. They party like mother fuckers to the dismay of the Omega frat and the Dean of Faber. The main characters, Kent Dorfman and Larry Kroger are accepted into the house and discover just how awesome college life is in Delta. The house drinks constantly, parties hard, cheats on tests co-operatively and doesn’t give a shit about seriousness. Naturally, the Omega house resents this and tries to run them out. After being on double seccret probation, the house is expelled for throwing a toga party. Naturally they take a road trip to get some ass and end up in an all black bar, leaving their dates behind after large men take their dates and chase them out. The house then goes on a rampage going the Rush Week Parade, destroying the parade and setting themselves as kings of Faber.
The entire movie is great. The jokes are both crude and genius. The one-liners are as memorable as a passionate night with Rigolega’s massive man satchel. The cast is amazing: John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Donald Sutherland, John Vernon. Wow. And also, as a clincher to the sexual innuendos, hilarious situations and general awesomeness of this comedic gold mine there are tits. Holy shit there are so many tits. “Bluto” Bultarsky (Belushi) sets up a ladder at a sorority on campus and peeks in on a huge, topless pillow fight. There’re like, fourteen tits. Then he hops over on the ladder to the next window and sees Mandy Pepperidge (Mary Louise Weller), a hot blonde girl undressing. She has unbelievable tits, so amazing that Bluto falls off the ladder. Holy shit that part is great. But regardless, Animal House is the funniest straight comedy out there. If you haven’t seen it, kill yourself. Or just go see it. Whichever benefits me the most.
Best line: The took the bar. The whole FUCKING BAR! -Bluto Blutarsky (John Belushi) [Note: that was not an easy pick, so go get fucked.]
* 2. Reservoir Dogs
The violence is gruesome and unnerving. The dialogue is utterly fantastic and carries the movie with dark humor and irony. Quentin Tarantino casted the perfect people for the perfect roles. It’s a story about a band of criminals on a diamond heist. But they are set up and get in a shoot out. The four main charcaters, Mr. Orange, Mr. White, Mr. Blonde and Mr. Pink each flee the scene in different manners and the movie follows each person, not each event. So, it’s not in linear format so bitches beware. Anyway, each criminal’s story goes from present time to past time then back to present.
Presently, Orange and White are driving to the warehouse rendezvous, White’s driving, Orange is in the back seat bleeding from a gun shot wound. Orange is also panicking. Anyway, they get to the warehouse and meet up with Mr. Pink. The story flashes back to how Mr. Pink escaped by shooting at cops, car jacking a woman and fleeing. Then, the story goes to the past of Mr. White, who was recruited to do the job like it was any other job. He takes a liking to Mr. Orange and tells him his first name and where he was from (which is against the rules so that no one turns anyone in). He does so because Mr. Orange was shot and wanted to be comforted. Pink and White come to the conclusion that someone must have tipped off the cops, but did not know who. Then Mr. Blonde shows up while White and Pink are arguing. He takes them out to his car and shows them a captured cop. They bring him in and White and Pink beat his ass.
There’s a flashback of Mr. Blonde speaking with Joe Cabot and Nice Guy Eddie, the masterminds behind the heist. Blonde (named Vic Vega in the film) is very close to the two and this becomes pivotal to the plot. After the flashback, Nice Guy Eddie takes Pink and White to get the diamonds Pink had stashed. Blonde tortures the cop, cutting off his ear to the tune of “Stuck in the Middle with You” by Stealers Wheel. He then splashes the cop with gas and threathens to burn him alive, but is blown away by gun fire suddenly. Orange empties his clip in Blonde and there’s a flash back of Orange being told how to infiltrate the heist as an undercover cop.
When everyone gets back, Orange tries to explain that Blonde was going to kill everyone and steal the diamonds. But Joe and Nice Guy Eddie know he’s lying and realize he’s the rat. But Mr. White, who formed a friendship with Orange refuses to believe it. There’s a Mexican stand off. Joe shoots Orange, White shoots Joe, Eddie shoots White and White shoots Eddie. Pink, who hid, leaves. Orange reveals to White that he was a cop and the police storm the warehouse. White shoots Orange and the police shoot White.
This movie is confusing if you’re an idiot. But if you pay attention and can appreciate graphic violence, witty dialogue and the element of surprise, Reservoir Dogs is a great movie. The only complaint I had (besides lack of tits) is that the Orange flash back dragged a bit. Nonetheless, this movie owns all kinds of ass.
Best line: “Listen kid, I’m not gonna bullshit you, all right? I don’t give a good fuck what you know, or don’t know, but I’m gonna torture you anyway, regardless. Not to get information. It’s amusing, to me, to torture a cop. You can say anything you want, ’cause I’ve heard it all before. All you can do is pray for a quick death, which you ain’t gonna get.” -Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen)
* 1. Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction is the best film I have ever seen. Period. Quentin Tarantino creates three story about one story and meshes them together masterfully. You have the story of two hitmen; Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson), who believes that divine intervention saved his life during a briefcase collection for his boss Marcellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) and considers retirement afterward, and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) who thinks he’s nuts for thinking that. This is one story.
The second story involves Vega and Wallace’s wife Mia (Uma Thurmon). Vega is to take her out at Marcellus’ request while Marcellus is out of town. He and she share an attraction, but Vega doesn’t act on it when he takes her out for dinner. This is the point where the famous dance between Mia and Vincent takes place to the tune of Chuck Berry’s “You Never Can Tell.” He takes her home after and she offers drinks while he pisses. He decides to have a drink and leave. However, he is responsible for Mia when she snorts heroin from Vega’s coat, thinking it was cocaine. He takes her to the guy he got the heroin from and revives her. Mia and Vega decide to never tell Marcellus about the incident. That’s the second story.
The third story revolves around Marcellus and Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis), a boxer. Butch is to act as a palooka for payment from Marcellus but instead bets on himself to win the fixed fight. This draws the ire of Marcellus, who sends Vega to kill him. Butch seems home free until his girlfriend forgets to pack his watch, a family treasure. Butch received the watch as a very young boy (as a flash back shows) from his slain father though Cpt. Koons (Christopher Walken), his father’s fellow POW in Vietnam. Walken goes on a tangent about what he had to do to get the watch to Butch, culminating in a classically hilarious line. So anyway he returns to his home, gets the watch and kills Vega, who was shitting while Butch walked in, leaving his gun where Butch could retrieve it and kill him. Seemingly home free, Butch drives away. But he sees Marcellus at a stop light and hits him, crashing his car. The two fight down the street until they enter a pawn shop. The owner takes them prisoner and he and a local cop, Zed, proceed to drag Marcellus into a back room. Butch escapes his binds, and starts to leave, but goes back to help Marcellus. He grabs a samuri sword and enters the room silently. He finds Zed sodomizing (aka ass raping) Marcellus while the shop owner watches. He kills the owner and holds Zed at blade point. Then Marcellus takes a shotgun and shoots Zed in the dick. Marcellus lets Butch go on the condition that he never tells anyone what happened and leaves L.A. That’s the third story.
Tarantino tells this one out of order, too. It starts with what I called the first story, proceeds to what I called the second story, goes to what I called the third story and then goes back to the first story, where Jules spares the life of a robber because he doesn’t want to kill anymore after his “divine intervention.” The beauty of the movie lies in the non-linear order of the stories, the sudden outbursts of violence after moments of calm and once again , the amazing dialogue between the characters. The film touches the subjects of both crime and criminal mercy without being preachy. Jules doesn’t kill the robber because he wants to change his life. Butch rescues Marcellus, the man who tried to kill him when he could have left him to die. So it’s got that idea going for it. This, coupled with the creative, witty dialogue laden with dark humor and relentless but well-placed violence make this movie an absolute classic in every sense of the word. If you haven’t seen this movie, why are you still here? Go fucking watch it. That’s how fucking good it is; so good I’m telling you to leave my page only momentarily to watch it. You won’t regret it.
Best line: “The way your Daddy looked at it, this watch was your birthright. He’d be damned if any slopeheads were gonna put their greasy yella hands on his boy’s birthright. So he hid it, in the one place he knew he could hide something: his ass. Five long years he wore this watch, up his ass. Then, just before he died of dysentery, he gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass for two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give the watch to you.” -Cpt. Koons (Christopher Walken) [Note this is just one of many classic lines in the movie. I'm telling you, see it. It's the best movie ever.]
That’s it, Rigolega’s top ten movies list. If there’s anything you disagree with, it’s because you’re fucking shit and need to get fucked violently and in a hurry. So go and enjoy these classics. You’ll thank me because I am the best.
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The previous article contained spoilers.
-People were blown away by both my accurate list and the fortitude of my man satchel.