Favourite
#44
#44
Demolition ManLet me start this entry by saying I'm not making any excuses for myself when it comes to this list of 50 favourite movies. Sure, I may have started compiling this list at work and then had to rush through it in order to finish it before I had to leave, but that's something I am comfortable with.
Having said that, I'm looking at Demolition Man at the number 44 slot and starting to second guess my hasty decision making. I'm starting to wonder things like: Did I like this movie purely because I pretty much only watched action movies till I was 15? Did I like this movie more than Star Trek VI: the Undiscovered Country, Dirty Work and Diggstown? Is one of my favourite movies of all time seriously a Wesley Snipes movie? Sadly the answer is probably not, but there is something special about a futuristic action/comedy sponsored by Taco Bell where Rambo fights a blond, black serial killer named Phoenix, Dennis Leary is the rat-burger eating anti-hero and Sandra Bullock is involved in a super weird virtual future sex scene that looks more like the music video for Captain Hollywood's More and More. (Dance Mix 94 reference, eh guys?)
Actually... forget what I said, Demolition Man is fucking awesome. I just watched a clip on Youtube and I've decided this is the best action/comedy movie - second only to True Lies.
Remember the part where Stallone uses the bathroom and there's no toilet paper anymore, there's just the three shells? They never tell you in the movie how it works and it's this running gag of Stallone not knowing how to use the bathroom in the future. Fairly often I still try and imagine how the hell those three shells could clean your butt after a D. Do they shoot water like a bidet? Is it some sort of dry clean? Maybe a futuristic butt-cleaning laser system? Shells... why shells? It must have to do with water. Right?? Bah, the fact that I even remember shows that the movie is timeless and deserving of serious praise.
Memorable Quote: Dr. Cocteau: "Well I must say that whacking, whatever it is, sounds most disagreeable."
Maybe the shells: Involve air somehow? Like a vacuum system maybe? Some sort of tube inside the shell?
Having said that, I'm looking at Demolition Man at the number 44 slot and starting to second guess my hasty decision making. I'm starting to wonder things like: Did I like this movie purely because I pretty much only watched action movies till I was 15? Did I like this movie more than Star Trek VI: the Undiscovered Country, Dirty Work and Diggstown? Is one of my favourite movies of all time seriously a Wesley Snipes movie? Sadly the answer is probably not, but there is something special about a futuristic action/comedy sponsored by Taco Bell where Rambo fights a blond, black serial killer named Phoenix, Dennis Leary is the rat-burger eating anti-hero and Sandra Bullock is involved in a super weird virtual future sex scene that looks more like the music video for Captain Hollywood's More and More. (Dance Mix 94 reference, eh guys?)
Actually... forget what I said, Demolition Man is fucking awesome. I just watched a clip on Youtube and I've decided this is the best action/comedy movie - second only to True Lies.
Remember the part where Stallone uses the bathroom and there's no toilet paper anymore, there's just the three shells? They never tell you in the movie how it works and it's this running gag of Stallone not knowing how to use the bathroom in the future. Fairly often I still try and imagine how the hell those three shells could clean your butt after a D. Do they shoot water like a bidet? Is it some sort of dry clean? Maybe a futuristic butt-cleaning laser system? Shells... why shells? It must have to do with water. Right?? Bah, the fact that I even remember shows that the movie is timeless and deserving of serious praise.
Memorable Quote: Dr. Cocteau: "Well I must say that whacking, whatever it is, sounds most disagreeable."
Maybe the shells: Involve air somehow? Like a vacuum system maybe? Some sort of tube inside the shell?
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