{"id":40018,"date":"2023-06-10T01:27:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T05:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=40018"},"modified":"2023-06-10T01:27:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T05:27:29","slug":"five-movies-from-seinfeld-i-definitely-would-have-seen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/10\/five-movies-from-seinfeld-i-definitely-would-have-seen\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Movies from \u201cSeinfeld\u201d I Definitely Would Have Seen"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It\u2019s been exactly twenty five years since \u201cSeinfeld\u201d ended and left television as one of the most popular and influential series of all time. To this day its influence continues to be felt, and I\u2019m still a huge fan. It\u2019s my number three TV series of all time (Behind \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d and \u201cThe Honeymooners\u201d) and continues to be one of my favorite comfort food TV shows to binge. One of the best aspects of \u201cSeinfeld\u201d was that it consistently made up fake movies that would act as plot devices or plot catalysts for the episodes.<\/p>\n

While they had stuff like \u201cThe English Patient\u201d and \u201cHome Alone 2,\u201d they also had their own in-universe movies, ranging from comedies, dramas, and action films. They became prominent gags throughout the series, and as a fan I thought I\u2019d list five of the fictional in-universe movies that I definitely would have seen, and likely loved.<\/p>\n

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Honorable Mentions: <\/strong>Rochelle, Rochelle, Mountain High, Ponce De Leon, Prognosis: Negative, Pain and Yearning<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chunnel
\n<\/strong>Episode: <\/strong>The Pool Guy
\nThis one sounds like a \u201cDie Hard\u201d kind of action movie, explained as \u201c<\/strong>the President’s daughter being trapped in the ‘Chunnel’ between England and France\u201d with the tagline being \u201cChunnel: 32 Miles of Hell.\u201d I imagine there\u2019s also some espionage, and deceit, as it baffles Elaine and Jerry about who are the good guys or bad guys and who is back stabbing whom. It sounds like a wild ride.<\/p>\n

Cry, Cry Again
\n<\/strong>Episode: <\/strong>The Little Kicks
\nThe pompous, arthouse loving, movie buff in me would very much have found a way to see \u201cCry, Cry Again.\u201d Judging from the scenes in the episode, it\u2019s a French, arthouse film that uses comedy to help deliver a tale about a man that\u2019s either fighting for his soul or attempting to re-claim soul. It\u2019s also heavy in symbolism where Kramer laughs at the main character buying bread, to which Jerry explains that he\u2019s “trying to buy back a loaf of his soul.\u201d I probably would have avoided buying the bootleg VHS what with the dancing fool in the climax.<\/p>\n

Death Blow
\n<\/strong>Episode: <\/strong>The Little Kicks
\n\u201cDeath Blow\u201d sounds like a star studded action packed martial arts bonanza. I not only would have seen it, but I likely would have been outside buying the bootleg VHS to take home and see with my friends, again. The main character is named \u201cDeath Blow,\u201d and there\u2019s an evil Hawaiian Man who deserved to have the Death Blow. There are other people that are also fighting \u201cDeath Blow.\u201d Plus you can\u2019t beat the tagline: “Death Blow: When someone tries to blow you up, not because of who you are, but because of different reasons altogether!”<\/p>\n

Firestorm
\n<\/strong>Episode\/s:<\/strong> The Engagement, The Rye
\nInitially I thought the \u201cFirestorm\u201d the characters were referring to was the firefighter action movie starring football player Howie Long. But apparently this \u201cFirestorm\u201d is a vaguely described in-universe action movie blockbuster that I very much would have been sitting at on opening weekend. There\u2019s vague discussion of an \u201cunderwater escape,\u201d a helicopter landing on a car, and Jerry boasts \u201cWhat about when Harrison Ford jumped out of the plane and was shooting back up at them while he was falling?!” Harrison Ford always guarantees my attendance to any movie.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sack Lunch
\n<\/strong>Episode: <\/strong>The English Patient
\nSue me, but I\u2019d have seen \u201cSack Lunch.\u201d All that we really know about \u201cSack Lunch\u201d is that it stars Dabney Coleman and it\u2019s perceived to be something of a light situational comedy about a large family, or a dysfunctional family of some kind. Either that or they\u2019re shrunken and put in to a sack. Elaine doesn\u2019t understand metaphor. In either case, \u201cSack Lunch\u201d seems like a crowd pleasing comedy (I imagine it is probably directed by Penny Marshall), in spite of its horrible poster.
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