Mac and Me
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Movie Reviews of Mac and Me
Movie Review: I'm (Not) Lovin' It
Summary: 2 Stars
"Mac and Me", "E.T.", rip-off, et cetera, et cetera.
If the endless comparisons of "Avatar" to "Ferngully" taught me anything, if you're going to copy something, copy it very well. Unfortunately for "Mac and Me", it's anything BUT right. "E.T." was such a whimsical movie because of its mystery and wonder; the alien was hardly visible for a good while, which build the curiosity and became rewarding once the alien appeared. The movie spend time developing the relationship between a child and a foreign creature, and overtime they become a engaging pair. It has an riveting story and treated the characters with care; okay, it pulled the most asinine Deus Ex Machina to resolve a tragic scene, but otherwise it's a fantastic family movie. With "Mac and Me", the mentality of the movie seems to be, 'Hey, we dropped an alien on your doorstep, go nuts. Isn't he cute?' And that's another thing, I don't find Mac to be cute at all. E.T. may not look like a cute alien, but he had a variety of emotions that displayed its humanity, making him adorable. Mac had these oddball eyes, that permanent "O" face and his horrible wobbly body, he looked like Rodney Dangerfield's aborted fetus; what's funny is that he has very tiny legs, and yet he walks, he suddenly grew to have human child-like legs. I never liked how cartoony he's treated during many physical jokes, which pushed me away from him. To me, he's more creepy than cute.
The biggest issue with this movie is the story and how it's told. It's seems like most of the characters are improbably clairvoyant in how they drive the narrative. The evil government knew exactly the house of where the alien is located and which car they should follow out of tens of houses and cars within the vicinity, without displaying any evidence to prove their evidence; even the government guys from "E.T." took a meticulous amount of time to guesstimate the alien's location. The main character, a wheelchair-bound kid named Eric, sets up traps by using cans of soda and straws to lure the alien in his house, and how did he know those are what the alien liked to use? And much later in the film, when Eric and his friends found Mac's family, they know which gender belongs to which alien; first off, they all appear pretty asexual, so how could they tell which is which? Without even properly explaining how these events are established, the movie became haphazard in its storytelling.
Now, about its notoriously blatant product placements. They are certainly prevalent: Eric often left a bag of Skittles on his pants in plain view for the camera to shoot, there's lots of Coca-Cola cans for MAC to drink, MAC is named after a Big Mac, and speaking of that, there's a length sequence where the family went into the McDonalds restaurant and Ronald McDonald was in it; during that sequence, everyone started dancing in unrealistically perfect unison and MAC goes along with the choreography in a teddy bear outfit. Yea, the movie's rubbing the advertisements in my face, but to be honest, they didn't really bother me. The movie isn't more obnoxiously sold in its product placements than in Adam Sandler's "Eight Crazy Nights" (gee, Mr. Chanukah, I SURE like to hear a song about going to Ben and Jerry's).
"Mac and Me" is pretty harmless, and I do like its music score Alan Silvestri, but I can't see it as any more than a shameless cash grab to a more successful and substantial movie. However, it is worth a look just for its utterly ridiculous scenes. One was the infamous wheelchair scene where Eric rolled into a steep hill and suddenly felt into a lake, the other is a chase scene across a downward slope, where Eric in a speeding wheelchair miraculous grabbed a bumper of a car without crashing it. But my favorite ridiculous moment is the explosion scene near the movie's ending, because how it was done was so over-the-top and out-of-proportion, it made me laugh out loud. The latter was worth the movie's three-dollar purchase.
Movie Review: Some movies are not as good as you remember
Summary: 2 Stars
I remember watching this when I was younger and thinking of it as not bad but not as good as E.T. Thanks to Blockbuster.online and they mass of movies you can rent, I added this on my quere and just watched it yesterday. Oh man where to start.
First of all the movie is the most obvious E.T. ripoff ever. (1) A family without a dad and two boys(2)Older brothers name is Michael,(3) Girls name Debbie vs Gerdie, (4) Alien tricked into the house with food/beverage (Coke replaced the Reeses) (5) Alien talks, (6) Chased by the Government, etc. There was even a scene which LOOKED like the playground scene where the van stopped so they could plan.Man I was waiting for the wheelchair to start flying.
After I watched this I felt a sudden need for a value menu at McDonalds with a Coke and some Skittles. The product placement was non stop-always placed in a way the viewer could see perfectly. As the movie was in the final scene I thought the barrage was over until I saw MAC has a MCKIDS shirt and I just started cracking up. For reference you may remember it- the scene where the alien family gets citizenship in the US and then drives a car!
Honestly this movie is only for kids. Any adult would watch that McDonalds dancing scene and know it was cinematic awfulness. Two stars because its honestly in that rare "so bad its good" but only to laugh at and only once.
Movie Review: Bad movie, but fun to watch
Summary: 2 Stars
Yeah yeah, product placements, but what is funny is how "perfectly turned" the products are to the camera. The skittles bag is poured with a near perfect looking bag. The coke cans are turned toward the camera so the logo shows, the girl is mostly always wearing her McDonalds uniform during the movie, etc.
The part I remember most is near the end when wheelchair boy goes boom. His friends bring him over, and one shouts "He's breathing, he's going to be ok". Then another guy comes over, looks at him for literally 2 seconds, and says "There's nothing I can do for him", and hurries off. Everyone starts crying. HELLO? CPR Anyone? This scene was totally not believable, some movies you get teary eyed when the main character dies off, but in this one, I could really care less.
What makes it hilarious is right at the end where you see "We'll be back", thankfully that has yet to happen.
Movie Review: They Said They Would Be Back!
Summary: 1 Stars
I would like to first, thank the producers of this film for their ability to rip off another movie without feeling any pity. There were too many unintended flaws to summarize, but I will do my best to elaborate on most of them.
***SPOILER (If Possible)***
We start this amazing film with aliens in the middle of the Arizona desert, and the "father" is getting his fix by drinking ground water. Aliens hitch a ride back to Earth and escape the military. Boy in poorly designed wheelchair befriends E.T. and they experience hilarious adventures, including tragedy. Movie ends and wheelie-boy still has no father. The End.
Okay, so I missed a considerable amount of detail, but this movie has to watched to truly understand the brilliance of film-making. I am unsure if anyone whom participated in the making of this film (i.e. producers, director, gaffer) ever worked again. I am not saying that this movie is bad, it is horrible, yet hilarious. The first time I watched this masterpiece, I was begging for more. It ended so abruptly and they made a promise they couldn't keep (you will see at the end).
So, the kid that they have to play Me, er, Derek, er, Eric was a fine specimen of an actor. Had zero acting ability and his wheelchair skills were not up to snuff. In the infamous scene, he obviously had not tested wind speed nor trajectory. Lets just say he won't be participating in any wheelchair high-dive competitions. His landing was all wrong, so I will go with the judges and give him a 6.5 for height and 5.7 for the landing. No wonder he was left off the American team. Honorable mention goes to his new girlfriend, Debbie. She spends most of her time spying on her neighbors and whines a lot. Her sister is hot though and works at McDonald's, so thats a plus. Anyway, Debbie likes to annoy people and fly around the room wearing a vacuum on her back. She is a girl of many talents who will go far in life.
Let's talk about MAC; the hapless adorable squirrel-cat that is the root of all evil. He has all the best lines in the movie and is hopeless romantic. All he wants to do is drink soda and sleep. His former college roommates stated in an interview that he trashed the dorms on a regular basis. If it weren't for the Roid-rage, he might be fun to hang out with at the local arcade.
Everyone else in the movie gets my star of approval. If there is anyone whom I felt truly sorry for, it would have to go to Christine Ebersol (mom), and Robert Davi (cop #3 - of Wishmaster fame). Mom was cool even though she and her family had the worst couple of days that anyone can experience. Mr. Davi - well, we all need to get are start somewhere.
Watch this movie with friends, family, and relatives. I just wish they made a sequel. So, if anyone is interested, I have ideas to re-make this classic. All I need is about $173.21.
Movie Review: Worse children's film EVER!!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
People slag off "Howard the Duck" for various reasons, but if you loved that film as a kid like me, you'll still love it today, but as for this you'll soon grow out of it and look back thinking "I LIKED THIS!!?", as for me I thought from the start "I'd rather watch E.T.".
This is what this film is a bad E.T. clone/rip-off, whatever you like to call it. The title is even a reference to a working title for that film- "E.T. and Me". As for the film itself it's just plain bad, you get obvious filming mistakes all over the place like a visible track up the wall for the hoover when he is sucked up, the mother saying a different line in the Sears scene from what is heard in the film (obviously dubbed after), the aliens looking really, REALLY pathetic, a plot-hole with MAC up in a tree with no mention of how he came down with a crappy song playing, tons and tons of constant references to McDonald's (no wonder why the alien is called Mac), Skittles and Coca-Cola making this film also a blatant advert. When all put together alongside the most stupidest ending ever, creates the biggest ever horrific film to be recorded to tape in a very long time.
Somebody I knew back in 1989 called this "The best children's film I've seen". I only hope it was a joke.