I would have loved to be a fly on the wall during the pitch meeting for “Giantess Attack vs. Mecha-Fembot!” I imagine that it involved hastily written cocktail napkins stapled together as a script, some cheap martinis, a randomizer that picked names of various porn stars out of some huge list Full Moon has stored in a database. For all intents and purposes, they manage to squeeze by barely on an hour long movie that really isn’t a movie. It’s a movie in the traditional sense, but the whole idea of giant women fighting is a framework for a lot of comedy skits.
Tag Archives: Comedy
Ghosted (2023)
The main reason to watch “Ghosted” is for Keith Black who is about as funny and uncomfortable as can be for a movie about a man making a desperate plea for a girl after a seemingly good date. Director and star Black creates a small budget but funny and relatable short that finds Keith’s character sitting in a car one day checking in on a date he’d had the previous night. Not willing to really take the hint, he leaves her message after message, all of which are composed of awkward responses, and verbal fumbles that I found entertaining.
Every Bugs Bunny Ever: My Bunny Lies Over the Sea (1948)
My Bunny Lies Over the Sea (1948)
Directed by Chuck Jones
Written by Michael Maltese
Animation by Ken Harris
Music by Carl W. Stalling
The only thing more annoying than recycling the same gags is essentially recycling the same old villains. That is especially when they were so good in the previous shorts. And I don’t mean just featuring dogs over and over, as they’re a common predator, so it makes considerable sense. But more in the unnecessary recycling of one of Bugs’ banner villains is what kind of grinds my gears. “My Bunny Lies Over the Sea” is a pretty good Bugs Bunny short, and one that has a good time lampooning the Scottish culture. But once we meet his nemesis, it becomes apparent that the writers are basically just giving it the bare minimum.
So, Bugs meets a red haired, short, angry man with a hot temper, a funny accent, and who is prone to lashing out at Bugs quite often. You might think I’m discussing Yosemite Sam, but no. I’m talking about Angus MacRory.
Giantess Battle Attack! (2022)
Now Streaming on TubiTV
After “Attack of the 50ft Cam-Girl,” I assume Full Moon and director Jim Wynorski just thought “Aw, Fuck it” and went ahead with a trilogy of films. What started as yet another iteration of “Attack of the 50ft Woman” transformed into what are now a trilogy of cheaply made, tongue in cheek schlockfests where the main attraction is the giant, busty women knocking heads with one another. They wear tight, short clothing, and tower over the male characters, and there’s a ton of innuendo and double entendres thrown at the audience.
Queen of the Deuce (2023) [Make Believe Film Festival 2024]
There’s nothing better than a great documentary and “Queen of the Deuce” manages to be one of the best I’ve seen this year. Valerie Kontakos’ biography about NYC figure Chelly Wilson is one of the more excellent documentaries I’ve seen that covers an array of topics from family, LGBTQ politics, and the ever lasting effects of the holocaust. More so it’s a brilliant time capsule of the Deuce, 42nd Street in New York which, at one time, was considered a virtual breeding ground of violence, sex, drugs and all other kinds of depravity.
Every Bugs Bunny Ever: A-Lad-In His Lamp (1948)
A-Lad-In His Lamp (1948)
Directed by Bob McKimson
Written by Warren Foster
Animation by Charles McKimson
Music by Carl W. Stalling
This short from Bob McKimson holds significance on two levels.
The one being that it is apparently quite controversial for its depiction of middle Easterners. While I am not middle Eastern, I could understand why this short strikes a nerve today, as the middle East is depicted as nothing more than a lot of men that wield swords and solve everything with violence. Meanwhile the women are all mainly just harems and sex objects. It was apparently protested by late DJ Casey Kasem who hated the depiction of middle Easterners, and I can understand why that’d be troublesome. It’s a trope that Bugs Bunny’s shorts would continue with a lot of shorts set in the middle East or Asian communities.
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023) [Make Believe Film Festival 2024]
I’ve been enamored with the French-Canadian “Humanist Vampire…” since the beginning of the year but didn’t quite have the means of being able to view it. I’m glad that I finally had a chance to, since Ariane Louis-Seize creates such a charming, and interesting coming of age horror comedy that re-thinks the whole idea of being a vampire, while also using it as an allegory for restarting our lives. Louis-Seize’s horror comedy, while not entirely original, still excels on being a great slice of life that embraces the absurdity of its premise.