DVD/Blu-Ray: Madea's Big Happy Prom, And Dead Brothers Inspiring Football

Topic started by Rorie on Aug. 30, 2011. Last post by PatVB 8 months, 3 weeks ago.
Post by Rorie (3,214 posts) See mini bio
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Someone actually came together and hired actors and actresses to make this movie. It's about a kid who dies and how his older brother decides he's gonna be the best damn footballer ever to memorialize him. This is like...if they made a television channel that was like Lifetime, but for guys, they'd show Rudy, Miracle, and Field Of Dreams on repeat all day long. And then The 5th Quarter would play at like 4 AM to fill time.

1. Madea's Big Happy Family

Hey, it's another Madea movie. Didn't catch this one in theaters? Well, don't worry, because I'm sure there'll be another one in a few weeks.

2. Prom

So Disney made a movie for $8 million and it made it to $10 million at the box office. That's not quite the return on investment that they must've been looking for, when you consider that theaters take half off the top, and the marketing budget. I miss the days when Disney Channel films would actually air on the Disney Channel.

3. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

I have no clue what this movie's about, but it made like three million dollars. I'm betting it involves singing.

4. The 5th Quarter

So some kid dies in a car accident and his brother decides he's gonna play football REAL GOOD LIKE. As bilutenegre says on Youtube: "worst movie ever i wasted 2 hours of my life for this piece of shit"

5. Forks Over Knives

Apparently we're not supposed to have tasty meat, and instead should rely on plants for sustenance. If cows didn't want us to eat them, though, why do they make themselves so tasty?

6. If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

Don't like the way big corporations are treating the Earth? Go blow up a housing development! That'll show em. Or maybe you could tell people to watch this movie. I'm curious as to the number of people interviewed in black rooms with voice modulation. Over/under for the movie? I'm going with six.

7. The Perfect Host

This is the David Hyde Pierce "Oh, you broke into my home only to discover that I'm a murderer" movie that made around 40 grand in its theatrical run.

8. Skateland

I thought this looked pretty dire in trailer form, but I was surprised to see that it only made 10,000 bucks in theaters. If I tried pretty hard, I could save up that amount of money. That's not a good sign when your movie makes as much money as I could potentially have in my bank account.

9. Wrecked

Now we're just getting to the sad part of this DVD list, as this movie - which stars former Oscar winner Adrian Brody - made $5,255 in two weeks of release. It can't even crack the top 10,000 highest-grossing American films list. I'll watch it, because I like me some Brody, but I'll probably grimace if the reviews are any indication.

10. Bereavement

This straight-to-DVD horror tale apparently tells the story of a boy who's been kidnapped...and FORCED TO MURDER MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I might be lying; I only read enough of the description to the point where I could plausibly put this paragraph together.

11. House M.D.

In TV sets, we have: House: Season 7, Nikita: Season One, Cougar Town: Season Two, Desperate Housewives: Season 7, Sons of Anarchy: Season Three, and The Vampire Diaries: Season Two

Post by lipp18 (36 posts) See mini bio

Rorie, i dont think you understand. 'Merica is held together by football. if we dont believe in football and the power it holds to bring us all together, 'Merica is doomed! BELIEVE IN FOOTBALL RORIE!

ok, im done. that was one of the worst things ever, and the actor who plays the dad is just THE WORST

Post by CyleMoore (160 posts) See mini bio
I wouldn't be so down on the film since it was based on a true story.
Post by stevemanu (59 posts) See mini bio
Isn't some Coen Brothers box set out on blu ray this week, you know the one with their first four films. 
 
And wait, that was a trailer... it seemed like a summary of a shitty movie...
Post by brainboy77 (250 posts) See mini bio

The Bollywood movie is actually pretty good, it's definitely the best out of all the movies on the list. That's not saying much due to the quality of the other films, but it really is good. I understand knocking all Bollywood movies on principle and I support that almost all the time, but this is one of the very few exceptions

Post by litrock (501 posts) See mini bio

I actually ended up getting a copy of Bereavement on DVD through Amazon Vine and wrote up a review for it. It's okay. ( you can see the review here )

Michael Biehn looks super old, though. Child me was sad.

Post by TekZero (49 posts) See mini bio
After watching that trailer, I grew a vagina.  
 
 
Ohh, he won a minor league football game...
Post by cwdawg1224 (53 posts) See mini bio

What part of football requires boxing?

Post by CharAznable (326 posts) See mini bio

This week looks like a big ol' pile o' shit to me.

Post by bgbball31 (16 posts) See mini bio

Dear whoever made The 5th Quarter, just because you have a long haired emotive football player does not mean you have the next Tim Riggins.

Post by Gabriel (224 posts) See mini bio

Now I know what Andie Mcdowell's been doing.

Post by ddensel (288 posts) See mini bio
Wrecked had an interesting trailer and it has Brody in it, I'll give it a rent. 
 
EDIT: What do ya know! it's on Netflix instant now. 
EDIT #2: Just saw it, It's not that good.
Post by skidd (2,082 posts) See mini bio
I'd be adding Gus to that football movie list - quality stuff right there.
Post by Vincemaster (383 posts) See mini bio
I saw The Perfect Host on OnDemand. It was not good. Do not watch it. Not much to latch onto on this list though. What happened to Adrian Brody? He must have a terrible agent...
Post by fuzzay (441 posts) See mini bio

That trailer was truly inspirational.

Post by PatVB (3,445 posts) See mini bio
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Man, this is a real banger week...

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