First of all, the fact that I used the phrase "sheer delight" in the summary of this film should say something. I mean, if I used this phrase anywhere else...in the bathroom, for instance...they'd beat me up and give me a swirly.
Anyway, on with my review of one of the funniest movies of my time.
The first time I ever saw "Better Off Dead" (referred to as "BOD" from here on out), I was 14 years old and I went to the video store and rented it and "Weird Science". I first watched "Weird Science", then "BOD", then I watched "Weird Science" another two times, because Kelly LeBrock was totally hot, and I really didn't think "BOD" was all that great.
It's now 16 years later, and I can honestly say that I have not seen "Weird Science" since then, but I've watched "BOD" so many times, I can't keep track. (FYI Kelly LeBrock is still hot.)
Sure, I admit, I'm a Cusack fan, so that definitely makes me enjoy the movie. Plus Curtis "Booger" Armstrong makes me chuckle. (Side note: Curtis Armstrong could win the Nobel Prize and he'd still be "Booger".) But "BOD" has so much little things that just make you understand why you watch movies. TO BE ENTERTAINED.
***SPOILERS*** (Is there anyone out there who hasn't seen this movie?)
From "Booger" snorting anything he could (I snorted Smarties when I was 15) to Cusack playing with a claymation hamburger to Van Halen's "Everybody Wants Some" to a very persistent newspaper boy ("I want my two dollars") this movie is just an enjoyable little movie that has since become a classic.
***END SPOILERS***
There's only one problem I really have with this movie. Kelly LeBrock doesn't star in it.
Anyway, on with my review of one of the funniest movies of my time.
The first time I ever saw "Better Off Dead" (referred to as "BOD" from here on out), I was 14 years old and I went to the video store and rented it and "Weird Science". I first watched "Weird Science", then "BOD", then I watched "Weird Science" another two times, because Kelly LeBrock was totally hot, and I really didn't think "BOD" was all that great.
It's now 16 years later, and I can honestly say that I have not seen "Weird Science" since then, but I've watched "BOD" so many times, I can't keep track. (FYI Kelly LeBrock is still hot.)
Sure, I admit, I'm a Cusack fan, so that definitely makes me enjoy the movie. Plus Curtis "Booger" Armstrong makes me chuckle. (Side note: Curtis Armstrong could win the Nobel Prize and he'd still be "Booger".) But "BOD" has so much little things that just make you understand why you watch movies. TO BE ENTERTAINED.
***SPOILERS*** (Is there anyone out there who hasn't seen this movie?)
From "Booger" snorting anything he could (I snorted Smarties when I was 15) to Cusack playing with a claymation hamburger to Van Halen's "Everybody Wants Some" to a very persistent newspaper boy ("I want my two dollars") this movie is just an enjoyable little movie that has since become a classic.
***END SPOILERS***
There's only one problem I really have with this movie. Kelly LeBrock doesn't star in it.