Posts Tagged 'casting'

Popeye Doyle bought the house on Archer Avenue in the winter of his 35th year. Over the next decade, he and his wife, Morticia Addams, had three children: Derek Zoolander, Emma Woodhouse, and Anthony Adams.  And then they separated.  Morticia falls in love with Roger Murtaugh.  Meanwhile, Anthony is in love with Emma, who’s married to Peter Venkman but having an affair with Derek’s rival Hansel.

Back when the Dude had a radio show, he was inadvertently responsible for a massacre at a restaurant.  One of the victims was Mindy, which caused Mork to lose his mind and think he was a medieval knight.  Fortunately, with the help of Mr. Noodle’s brother Mr. Noodle, Mork finds love with Ellen James, and the Dude finds the Holy Grail.

All Philip Marlowe wants to do is run a nightclub, but things start going awry after the infamous child murderer Hans Beckert is arrested there.  Jerry Durrance shows up with Marlowe’s old flame, Joan of Arc.  Meanwhile, the Invisible Man and Cesare the Somnambulist team up to give him trouble, and Kasper Gutman wants to buy the place out from under him.

My favorite film of 2009 was about a kid who travels to an island on which the components of his psyche are represented by Tony Soprano, Claire Fisher, Eli Sunday, Idi Amin, Sally Ragdoll, and Colonel Frank Fitts.

The truth of the matter is that Donnie Darko and the Joker have been in love all along, much to the chagrin of Mia Thermopolis and Jen Lindley.

But the important question is, who really shot Major Reisman?  Everyone thinks it was Scottie Ferguson, but George Washington McLintock seems to know something he’s not telling.

The other day I watched the sequel to Edward Scissorhands.  You know, the one where Edward goes to Hollywood and makes weird movies?  He dates Carrie Bradshaw, but she dumps him because of his weird lifestyle, so he gets together with Alabama Whitman, who’s much more accepting.  He persuades Rollin Hand to come out of retirement and be his star, alongside Peter Venkman, Principal Rooney, Drusilla, and Vinnie Delpino.

Another of my favorite movies to watch repeatedly is the follow-up to Stripes, where John and Russell team up with Elwood Blues and Cyborg from the Superfriends to fight ghosts.  They hire Iona as their secretary, although she’s past her punk rock phase at that point.  Then Ellen Ripley and Bob McKenzie get possessed by demons, and all hell breaks loose.

On the subject of 80′s movies, did you see the one where Lenny Briscoe and Emily Gilmore take Ferris Bueller’s sister to a Catskills resort, and she falls in love with a ghost?

Some of my other favorites:

Frank Serpico goes undercover in a mafia family, but he becomes the Don after Terry Molloy dies, which almost ruins his marriage to Annie Hall.  The only person he can really trust is Boo Radley.

The Starman is on a bowling team with Dan Conner and Mr. Pink.  When Santa Claus and Lester Bangs hire him to deliver a ransom, he soon finds himself on the run from Satan.  Fortunately, he gets some help along the way from Amber Waves, but she may have her own plans for him.

Han Solo and James Bond go on a quest for the Holy Grail, with the help of Gimli the Dwarf.  The stormtroopers get there first, but everything works out for the best when General Veers picks the wrong cup and turns into a skeleton.

Ted Theodore Logan gets recruited by Othello to learn the truth about the world.  Natalie helps him out of pity, but Ralphie Cifaretto betrays them all.  Ted must use his time traveling powers to face off against the omnipotent Elrond of Rivendell.

So what are some of your favorites?