Fireproof MST3K party post?

[sea_gale]

I watched Fireproof last night (the whole thing is up on Youtube :twisted:) It's indescribably awful. I kept thinking snarky thoughts to myself and wishing that I had a chatroom or something to snark at it with you guys.

Would anyone be interested in watching the film together (beginning it at a pre arranged time) and posting comments in a thread? I belong to a politics snark community where we do something similar watching Prime Minister's Question Time. I think it could be really fun :dance:

[Deleted03]

I really do not wish to see that movie again. EVER. but I'd do that with the new one they're popping out

[debrand]

I would watch it again. I do something similar with bad horror movies.

[MamaJunebug]

A fun idea! However, when I found out the MST3K folks actually watch and re-watch a film 6 or 7 times to get all the "spontaneous" comments, I was both relieved (I had been in awe that anybody could come up wtih those bon mots all at once) and daunted: there are few movies I'd watch more than twice.

All that said, it would be entertaining to do.

[debrand]

A fun idea! However, when I found out the MST3K folks actually watch and re-watch a film 6 or 7 times to get all the "spontaneous" comments, I was both relieved (I had been in awe that anybody could come up wtih those bon mots all at once) and daunted: there are few movies I'd watch more than twice.

All that said, it would be entertaining to do.

I took for granted it was all scripted.

My sons should be on MST3K, I couldn't get through the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre because they kept stopping the movie to mock it. Their jokes were hilarious and created on the spot.

I'm not that good.

[MamaJunebug]

debrand, can you invite your sons to our "Fireproof" party? :D

[lilwriter85]

I would watch it again. I do something similar with bad horror movies.

I also rewatch bad horror movies sometimes with friends for laughs. It would be sort of fun to watch Fireproof with others and snark on it.

[Guest Anonymous]

I watched Fireproof on YT and gave real time comments on it as it was being discussed on the old board. Just to let off steam between segments. I don't know if I could watch it again, the lead guy gave me the creeps with his overly-realistic, off-the-deep-end, totally-unadressed-by-the-film aggression.

[Jessica]

Ugh, some friends of ours had a copy but then just got a BluRay player so switched all their movies over to that so they gave us their copy of Fireproof. They were gushing over how good it was. I took it out of curiosity (and for snarkalicious purposes) but I had to really try hard to not burst into laughter at them. ;) Anyway, I'd love to watch it. My son's naptime is 1-3 in the afternoon (Mountain time) so that would work for me.

[Deleted03]

I watched Fireproof on YT and gave real time comments on it as it was being discussed on the old board. Just to let off steam between segments. I don't know if I could watch it again, the lead guy gave me the creeps with his overly-realistic, off-the-deep-end, totally-unadressed-by-the-film aggression.

that was exactly what bothered me. In the beginning of the movie I was feeling bad. Like just very uncomfortable near scared!

[sea_gale]

that was exactly what bothered me. In the beginning of the movie I was feeling bad. Like just very uncomfortable near scared!

I found that part very hard to watch too. I hate shouting in general, and in particular men shouting. I felt scared for her. I also was horrified by the part where he shows Doctor Creep his healed ring finger by clenching his fist in his face. And of course after they found the Lord his anger issues magically disappeared :(

[Guest Anonymous]

If his anger problems were even shown to have 'disappeared', it would be slightly less disturbing, but what really annoys me is that they were never even acknowledged as a problem. His main problem was emphasised as teh ebil PORN!!!eleventy!!11, but his anger just seemed to be treated as a 'normal' male reaction to frustration.

His attitude towards his mother was also never treated at the root. He only stopped treating her like shit when he learned that his father had been responsible for his parents' marital problems, and not his mother, as he had assumed. He apologised to her because he was wrong in his assumptions about her, but the fact that he had no damn business to treat her with utter contempt and disrespect in any case, and that his father might perhaps have addressed this, was never addressed.

Ugh.... I don't NEED to watch the film again - the vile parts are firmly imprinted on my brain! :lol:

[Guest Anonymous]

Ugh, some friends of ours had a copy but then just got a BluRay player so switched all their movies over to that so they gave us their copy of Fireproof. They were gushing over how good it was. I took it out of curiosity (and for snarkalicious purposes) but I had to really try hard to not burst into laughter at them. ;) Anyway, I'd love to watch it. My son's naptime is 1-3 in the afternoon (Mountain time) so that would work for me.

Why not sandwich it in between two or more perfectly awful flicks, say "Plan 9 From Outer Space", "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians" and "Xanadu"?.

[CelticGoddess]

Why not sandwich it in between two or more perfectly awful flicks, say "Plan 9 From Outer Space", "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians" and "Xanadu"?.

Hey, Xanadu can be a very good movie to watch. when your stoned. :o

[The Archivist]

I have never heard of this movie until now, and I must admit I am intrigued!

[Kishiria]

"Xanadu" is a late 70s/early 80s film about an artist who opens a roller disco with the help of the muse Terpsichore, played by Olivia Newton John. Fred Astaire is in it in one of his last roles. I rewatched it lately and it's cotton-candy of a movie with lots of singing and dancing and no substance at all. Also VERY dated, which is part of the charm. Her outfits! The fact that he makes six-foot paintings of record sleeves for display in record stores! It's great!

[Deleted03]

If his anger problems were even shown to have 'disappeared', it would be slightly less disturbing, but what really annoys me is that they were never even acknowledged as a problem. His main problem was emphasised as teh ebil PORN!!!eleventy!!11, but his anger just seemed to be treated as a 'normal' male reaction to frustration.

His attitude towards his mother was also never treated at the root. He only stopped treating her like shit when he learned that his father had been responsible for his parents' marital problems, and not his mother, as he had assumed. He apologised to her because he was wrong in his assumptions about her, but the fact that he had no damn business to treat her with utter contempt and disrespect in any case, and that his father might perhaps have addressed this, was never addressed.

Ugh.... I don't NEED to watch the film again - the vile parts are firmly imprinted on my brain! :lol:

and the charicatural african american nurses! don't forget that!!!

[The Archivist]

Might I also nominate The Wicker Man (the original) for such viewing parties? It is probably the most bizarre, unintentionally funny movie I've ever seen.

[snarkykitty]

and the charicatural african american nurses! don't forget that!!!

Okay, I caved in and watched it. If I had to see another "mmmmm hmmmmmm!" with an "oh snap!" attitude, I was about to break my computer screen.

And I agree with the way Kirk Cameron's character's anger went from 0 to 10 and back down to 0 again. As someone who has studied acting (and any human being who has ever been angry or had any strong emotion), you don't go whole-hog with any emotion; there are always ebbs and flows. Like the un-PC line spoken by Robert Downey Jr.'s character from the movie "Tropic Thunder" - "You went full retard, man. Never go full retard."

Yeah, it was pretty bad on so many fronts.

[Smooth Beans]

"Xanadu" is a late 70s/early 80s film about an artist who opens a roller disco with the help of the muse Terpsichore, played by Olivia Newton John. Fred Astaire is in it in one of his last roles. I rewatched it lately and it's cotton-candy of a movie with lots of singing and dancing and no substance at all. Also VERY dated, which is part of the charm. Her outfits! The fact that he makes six-foot paintings of record sleeves for display in record stores! It's great!

Here I thought I was the only one who loved this movie purely for it's cheese factor. I love inviting my BFF over, making a pitcher of mojitos and popping in Xanadu.

Am I the only one who likes watching the Mariah Carey disaster "Glitter" just to snark on it?

[Visionoyahweh]

A fun idea! However, when I found out the MST3K folks actually watch and re-watch a film 6 or 7 times to get all the "spontaneous" comments, I was both relieved (I had been in awe that anybody could come up wtih those bon mots all at once) and daunted: there are few movies I'd watch more than twice.

FWIW the Joel episodes ARE spontaneous comments. When Mike started hosting he decided to view the movies a few times to get a large number of jokes that worked.

[MamaJunebug]

There's also the idea of a "Rocky Horror Fireproof." I'm borrowing this from a friend who did a RH Pride & Prejudice.

You think up ridiculous props and things to do as you're watching the movie, related to what's going on, onscreen. I'd have to watch Fireproof to get ideas, and i really don't have enough time left, at my age, to devote 90 minutes to something that's only gonna annoy me (which begs the question why I read Dominionist blogs!), but for instance, in P&P, when Darcy emerges from teh woods in a wet shirt, ladies spritz each other with water bottles. That's the only shtick I can remember at present.

ETA thanks to visionoyahweh for the info about the MST3K episodes! Maximum humor is always a good thing, IMHO. I've watched The Movie about 12 times and I still wind up falling into things, laughing so hard!

[babs]

but for instance, in P&P, when Darcy emerges from teh woods in a wet shirt, ladies spritz each other with water bottles. That's the only shtick I can remember at present.

Okay, I have to go cool off now because I just had a flashback to Colin Firth in his wet shirt. It's getting very hot in here.