The Fight For #...10?: Week 25 Results

Fletch bought up an interesting point in the comments on Friday's post. How was the scoring gonna look like if, say, one of our picks happened to land on #11 or beyond? I didn't think this would happen cause it seemed like two of the movies that's been on the top ten list for a few weeks now was ready to at least leave. Turned out I was simultaniously right and wrong about this. Looking at the top ten from imdb today it looks like this:



As you see, my pick "Land of the Lost" is nowhere to be found. Strange cause it came out the weekend of my birthday and I didn't think it was a bad movie, or did that badly. Now here it is four weeks later and it's already out of sight. Strange.

Well, I looked up on another site all the movies that landed in #11 and beyond.



So now I was at a crossroads. Here was a stupid game that I invented but I couldn't come up with a good scoring system. I'm gonna blame Michael Bay cause it's what I love to do. Damn you Bay!!!

Thankfully, Fletch came up with a good scoring system and I hope he doesn't mind if I use it. Fletch, you have your own scoring system. You have offically made your mark on the world. Here's how Fletche's Scoring System For Jason's Stupid Game (trademark) looks:
1 - 1
2 - 2
3 - 3
4 - 4
5 - 5
6 - 6
7 - 7
8 - 8
9 - 9
10 - 10
11 - 9
12 - 8
13 - 7
14 - 6
15 - 5
and so on.

So this weeks scores are:
Me April: 9
Fletch Rachael M.: 8

Total Scores:
Rachael M.: 37
Fletch: 36
Me: 32
Highway: 10
April: 9

Making Rachael M. the winnar!! Congratulations! You get "The Room"! Enjoy!

I'm gonna go ahead and say right now I'm gonna take July off from this game to work out some kinks in the system and maybe devise a new take on it. I'll keep you updated. I do wanna thank each and every one of you who takes the time to play this and for sticking with it. I have fun and it looks like you have fun.
-Jason

The Fight For #...10? Week 25

"Transformers 2: Why Is Michael Bay Still A Dickhead?" came out on Wednesday and because teenagers and parents (no offense if you're either) are retarded, this movie earned roughly 800 trillion dollars in two days. There's no question that this is going to be the number 1 movie this weekend.

So what does that mean for us and this little game? Sure it'd be an easy 10 points to everyone, but this is the last weekend of June, the weekend where it all matters. It's put up or shut up. My way or the highway. You'll be my regular Saturday night thing. Win one for the Zipper!! AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!

What was I talking about? Oh yeah.

So this week I'm gonna do something different. I want you guys to predict which movie is gonna be at the #10 spot. And whoever guesses that correctly gets 10 points. And the point system will be the same but reverse. Whoever guesses the #9 spot gets 9 points and so on.

And remember a prize is up for grabs so good luck!

Also coming out this week is "My Sisters Keeper", something to keep all the women preoccupied while their manly men watch Michael Bay's boner for 2 hours.

My guess for #10 is gonna be Land of the Lost, since Transformers and My Sisters Keeper will be bumping two films off the top ten, most likely this will pull Land of the Lost to the last spot.

Here's last week's top ten:



Good luck!
-Jason

The Fight For #1: Week 24 Results

Jeez I suck.

This Week's Scores
Rachael M., Fletch, Highway: 10
Me: 7

Total Scores:
Rachael M.: 29
Fletch: 28
Me: 23
Highway: 10


Oh well, it's still part of the fun. If I was getting 10 points every week, you guys would just roll your eyes and go "Ugh" and never play again.

Since I'm giving away "The Room", I do strongly recommend the Rifftrax to go along with it. It's freakin' hilarious. Check it out here.
-Jason

The Fight For #1: Week 24

Before getting to this week's installment, I gotta mention something.

Last week I was talking to my friend Adam and he pointed out something to me. He said "Why should a blog/site about bad movies care about what movie becomes #1? Shouldn't you make it about which movie does the worst?" And I see his point. But the way I look at it is sometimes a bad movie will become #1 (Paul Blart, Hannah Montana/Jonas Brother) so it all somehow works out in the end. Besides I, has a person, like good movies as well, so why not take a peek in the window of goodness once in awhile?

With that out of the way, me and Fletch took a tumble last week by honestly thinking Eddie Murphy would be in the top spot. Stupid kids, make up your mind!! This week, we have "Year 1" and "The Proposal", along with a Larry David/Woody Allen film, but it probably won't crack the top ten so whatever.

I think I'll go with Year 1 on this cause it looks funny and I'm gonna go see it sometime this weekend. Plus the power of Jack Black AND Michael Cera. Yeah, fa sho.

Just a reminder, there is a prize this month, a copy of the best bad movie ever "The Room", which oddly enough now there's a Rifftrax available for it. Yeah, I'll be picking up this bad boy soon enough.

Here's last week's top ten:

-Jason

The Fight For #1: Week 23 Results

Welp, looks like I'll be taking a loss. I guess the power of Eddie Murphy couldn't drag kids to see this stereotypical kids film. Oh well.



This Week:
Rachael M.: 10
April: 9
Me, Fletch: 5

This Month Total:
Rachael M.: 19
April: 18
Fletch: 16
Me: 13

Next week we have Year One and The Proposal. So we'll see how that goes.
-Jason

The Fight For #1: Week 23

Before getting to this week's list, I gotta point something out. Last night I was on imdb and I noticed their top ten for the weekend changed. This is what it was on Sunday:


This is what it was today:


So I guess they found an additional 2 million dollars for "The Hangover" or something. I don't know what that was about. But here are the re-adjusted scores:
Fletch: 10
April, Rachael M.: 9
Me: 8

Too bad it didn't work in my favor. Anyway, onto this week. We have the remake of "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" which I do kinda wanna see. And...god help us "Imagine That", another Eddie Murphy vehicle. Just...why?

Without seeing the movie, I know what "Imagine That" is gonna be like. Eddie is a too busy for his kid dad and somehow he's stuck with said kid for some determined amount of time. Dad has some very important deadline to make at his super important and busy job. When the kid says her "imaginary friend" thinks Dad should do this certain thing for the company, it turns out to be right and the company makes money. So Dad uses the kid to find new ways to help the company and the kid comes up with all these ways. It turns out, SHOCKING ENOUGH, the kid was making all this up to begin with so she can be closer to her negligent father cause she was having so much fun with him. Dad learns a lesson, spends more time with his kid, and somehow everything at the company works out. The end.

Bleh.

Anyway, my pick is gonna be, and I hate to say it, "Imagine That". Cause it's not a Eddie Murphy movie where he plays multiple roles, but a Disney (or Nickeloden I forget) movie targeted for "families" and if the last few weeks shown us anything is that family friendly films (besides The Hangover obviously) rule! Yeah it's a wild card pick but let's just see, shall we?
-Jason

The Fight For #1: Week 22 Results

This Weeks Scores:
April, Rachael M.: 10
Fletch: 9
Me: 8

I had a great birthday weekend. We ended up seeing both The Hangover and Land of the Lost and quite liked both films. For different reasons obviously but both still good films. I guess "Up" doesn't suck as much as I heard. Or Pixar just has that kind of power. What do I know?
-Jason

The Fight For #1: Week 22

I'm posting this early this week cause tomorrow is my birthday (holla!) and I'll be returning home for the weekend to celebrate. I will be back on Sunday to post the results.

Coming out on my b-day is "Land of the Lost" with Will Ferrell and "The Hangover" with a bunch of funny dudes and Mike Tyson. I will be seeing both films this weekend. My pick goes to "Land of the Lost" with "Up" at number two. I've been hearing different things about "Up" good and bad. Whenever a highly anticipated movie is released and the entire world doesn't orgasm about it at the same time (See: Watchmen, Indy 4) it normally starts slowly dropping down. I think the starring power of Will Ferrell will be enough to earn it a #1 spot this week.

As for this month's prize. Fletch refused the "Total Recall" prize cause he had it, and Maria didn't want it. And apparently Highway doesn't check his email. Dude, check your email. With that said, this month's prize is a copy of the classic movie "The Room".

Yes. THAT The Room.

Here's last week's top ten:


Good luck and see you on Sunday!
-Jason

The Fight For #1: Week 21 Results

This Weeks Scores:
Me, Fletch, Highway, Maria, April, and Rachael M.: 10

This Month's Totals:
Fletch: 49
Me: 48
Highway, Maria: 39
April: 37
Rachael M.: 28
Bobbie: 9

Which makes Senor Fletch our winner!!! I know last time I sent you a prize it took me roughly 100 years to get it to you. But this time I swear it'll take no more than 5 months, tops. Email me your address info whenever you have time for you free copy of Total Recall!

And I think I will institute a prize each month. So we all start back at zero next week, which brings us Will Ferrell's "Land of the Lost", and what I seriously hope is the best comedy of 2009 (sorry "Adventureland" and...whatever else) "The Hangover". And whatever "Away We Go" and "Life In Ruins" is suppose to be. Probably nothing.

I didn't see anything this week, I was busy with work and roller derby. I doubt I can drag Felicia to hell, let alone a movie called "Drag Me To Hell" but we'll see. And I do wanna see "Up" but she'd probably rather watch the Glenn Beck Comedy Tour than that. So who knows.

Anyway, congrats Fletch!
-Jason

The Fight For #1: Week 21

Man, I just don't know.

This week we have a Pixar film "Up" opening up. Normally that means it's gonna reign supreme for a billion weeks. BUT Night At The Museum 2 just opened up and that, too, is a mega blockbuster, for whatever reason. It's just all kinds of craziness.

Still, I think "Up" is gonna take it this week.

Also opening up this weekend is the Sam Rami-directed horror flick "Drag Me To Hell". It'll probably crack the top five but not be number 1.

Just a reminder, this is the final weekend of this month so Sunday I'll announce the winner of this month's prize, a copy of "Total Recall". From the looks at the scores, it could be anybody's game. I did forget to mention that if I somehow take the top spot, whoever comes in second gets the prize. Only makes sense.

Here's last weeks top ten:


Good luck!
-Jason

The Fight For #1: Week 20 Results

You know I'm kinda stupid.

I totally didn't think about the juggernaut, bitch that is "Night At The Museum". I forgot that whenever it came out, it was in theaters for roughly 47 weeks. I forgot it did SOOO good it warrented a sequel. And lastly, I forgot that kids and tweens rule the box office. If I could go back to Friday and change my answer, I would've been labeled insane at first, then declared a genius.

But alas, we all were tricked. I think I know why not that many people went and saw Terminator. Because ever since they completed the movie, they been bombarding us with scenes from this movie. I think if you put all the trailers that came out for this movie together, you pretty much have the entire movie. I know that's why I didn't wanna see it.

Earlier today, me and the future Mrs went to go see "Dance Flick". While in line, there was a shitload of families there with a shitload of kids and they all went to see NATM2:FFTS (Calling it this will become popular in the future, trust me) and I thought to myself then "Y'know, I bet NATM2:FFTS will be number one instead of Terminator..."

Oh well, guess this proves you can't win them all.

This Week's Scores:
Me, Fletch, Highway, Maria, and Rachael M.: 9

Total This Month:
Fletch: 39
Me: 38
Highway, Maria: 29
April: 27
Rachael M.: 18
Bobbie: 9

As for Dance Flick, yes I quite enjoyed it. It didn't hit you over the head with pop culture references like the Epic/Disaster Movies did and didn't feature any unneeded Michael Jackson jokes (well there was sorta one involving a baby but it could be taken any way). They did a good job spoofing all the crappy dance movies like "Save the Last Dance", "You Got Served" and both Step Up's. They even threw in some minor ones like Little Miss Sunshine and even a Twilight parody. Yeah, it had nothing to do with the movie, but it was still funny. I thought anyway.

Next week we got the Sam Rami return to horror with "Drag Me To Hell" and some small animated film called Up by some independent-ok punchline here is it's a Pixar film.

OOOH!!! Pixar against NATM2:TFFS! Man, this is gonna be tough, yo.

They should battle! In the streets!
-Jason

The Fight For #1: Week 20

Man, 20 weeks? Craziness.

This week, Terminator 4: Really, 4? FINALLY comes out after being bombarded with ads for it since 1982, which I know pre-dates the first movie but that's how long they been hyping this new movie.

We also got Night at the Museum 2: The First Was Popular For Some Reason. I shouldn't hate on it, though it's got an interesting cast. Just wish Ben Stiller would make more films like "Tropic Thunder". But I guess it's not that easy to make a fresh new movie that's similar to your previous one.

And finally, "Dance Flick" by the Wayan's. This could go either way since people are getting tired of spoof movies, at least done badly, but the previous "Movies" movies have reached number 1 at least one time. But I don't think they went up against Terminator, Star Trek, Tom Hanks, and X-Men, so I sorta have my doubts on this one.

I'll confess that I kinda wanna see Dance Flick, only cause I really don't like "Step Up", even though I'm told it's mainly a parody of "Save The Last Dance", which I haven't seen. But there has to be some Step Up reference in there somewhere. I doubt I'll see it this weekend though.

Anyway, my offical pick is gonna be Terminator. Even though Angels and Demons was number one last week, I haven't seen any ads for it anymore (granted I stopped watching TV, save for Glee, which really doesn't count) but since they been shoving this Terminator movie down our throats since for-fucking-ever, it should do good.

And a quick note: I saw "Star Trek" last week. Man, was it good. I loved it.

Remember there's a prize for this month's winner: A DVD copy of "Total Recall".

Here's last week's top ten:



Good luck!
-Jason

The Fight For #1: Week 19 Results

Call me stunned. And who says the underdogs don't ever have a chance? After picking a movie not even mentioned in the top ten, Highway says "don't call it a come back, I been here for years!" and gets 10 points. I guess those of us who picked Star Trek thought wrong.

So does this mean the era of the geek is slowly coming to an end? I mean NORMALLY, a film like Star Trek would stay on top for at LEAST three, four weeks tops. But now I dunno. Watchmen dropped like a ton of bricks after it's first week and now this. I tell you, my friends, this is gonna be an interesting summer.

This Week's Scores:
Fletch, Highway: 10
Me, April, Bobbie, Rachael M.: 9

This Month's Scores:
Fletch: 30
Me: 29
April: 27
Highway, Maria: 20
Bobbie, Rachael M.: 9

In case anyone forgot, there's a prize on the line: a copy of Total Recall. I just might have a prize for next month too. We'll see.

Next week is gonna be another nailbiter with the release of Terminator 4: Wait, James Cameron Had Nothing To Do With This One?, Night At The Museum: Was The First One Really THAT Popular?, and Dance Flick: Make Fun of "Step Up" Is Gonna Be Easy. Throw in Cherubs vs Bezelbubs AND Star Trek and I think it's enough to make your mind go ka-blooey.

And now, Play The Killer Shrews Off, Keyboard Cat:


-Jason

The Fight For #1: Week 19

Before I get to this week's releases, I gotta mention something quickly.

Last night I posted a thing saying I was nominated for a LAMMY and how I wanted you guys to vote for me if you felt I deserved it. This morning I was told my Senor Fletch that only members of the LAMB can vote for the LAMMYs. I wasn't aware of this so to anyone who's NOT a member who tried to vote, it won't count. Sorry but thanks for trying.

This probably knocks down my chances of winning a bit BUT I still have hope. I mean it's best theme. I think people like reading about b movies. Sure, Final Girl tackles horror movies and she's funny and the other people probably talk about GOOD movies, which can get boring at times...

Oh hell who am I kidding?

No no must be positive! I WILL win this! AMERICA! FUCK YEAH!!

So now that's done with-

This week we have "Angels and Demons", the follow up and/or prequel to "The Da Vinci Code". Will it be enough to knock off Star Trek? Who knows. There's also a limited release of The Brothers Bloom, with Adrian Brody and some film I never heard of until last night called Management, with Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zhan. So yeah it's between Angels and Demons and Star Trek.

I'm gonna have to go with Star Trek again, but Angels and Demons will probably be number two. I imagine there's people (like me) who didn't see it opening weeking, knowing it'll be crowded with Trekkies and don't really wanna experience THAT smell.

Here's last week's top ten.



Oh and a quick book update: I'm almost done with the listing of them. I need 8 more, but I have to watch at least 9 so it's looking pretty good.
-Jason

The Fight For #1: Week 18 Results

This Week:
Me, Maria, Fletch, April, Highway: 10

This Month's Total:
Me, Fletch, Maria: 20
April: 18
Highway: 10

Yeah, not much of a surprise this week. Next week will probably be a bit tough. We got Angels and Demons, the prequel/sequel to The Da Vinci Code. Will it be enough to bring down Star Trek? Who knows?

In other news, I saw Next Day Air last night and I quite liked it. It's like a Guy Ritchie film but you can understand what everyone is saying. So if Star Trek is sold out, I recommend it.
-Jason

The Fight For #1: Week 18

"Star Trek" comes out this weekend, so it's fair to say it'll be in the top spot and it SHOULD be everyone's pick for this week. But I'm not forcing you to pick anything. Plus, to remind you, there is a prize up for grabs this month: A copied DVD of "Total Recall". So make that some sort of incentive if you must.

Another release this weekend is "Next Day Air", the black Guy Ritchie film with Mos Def, Mike Epps and...some other people. I'll probably see it, it looks interesting, but there's no way it's gonna make the top spot.

And I'm gonna go ahead and switch the comments back to anybody using them but I'll keep on the "type in the weird random letters thing" to continue the fight with spam.

With that said, here's last weeks top ten:


Thanks and good luck!
-Jason

The Fight For #1: Week 17 Results

Not much to say here, pretty much what I expected.

This Weeks Scores:
Me, Fletch, Maria : 10
April: 8
Highway: 0*
*Means he sent in a guess but it didn't even crack the top ten. Sad really.

Next week we got nothing-oh wait STAR TREK! Hm, I should call this another freebie week...Nah a prize is up for stake! Keep on guessing!
-Jason

The Fight For #1: Week 17

I'm gonna up the ante a bit, since I've noticed a huge drop off in participation lately. I'm gonna offer a prize to the winner for this month! Yes, an actual prize! What, pray tell, is this prize? A Copied DVD of "Total Recall"! Yes! The Arnold movie about Mars, Sharon Stone, and Quatto! Could be yours! For free! For merely participating!

That's it, no catch! Just have the most points by the weekend of May 29th, the final weekend in May, and it's yours. With that out of the way, here's what's coming out this weekend:

Battle for Tera-Some CGI/3D film about aliens fighting Earthlings. I guess.

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past-Do I really have to tell you how awful this idea sounds? When I first saw the trailer for it in theaters, I nearly got kicked out for yelling obsenities.

X-Men Orgins: Wolverine-It was leaked online apparently but I hear it wasn't the actual completed film. I kinda wanna see it.

So my guess for this week is gonna be WOLVERINES!!! Er, just Wolverine single. What's yours? And remember, if you're not a blogger/google member you can't leave a comment here, you'll have to respond by email: invasionofthebmovies at gmail dot com.

Just a reminder, here's last week's top ten:


-Jason

The Fight For #1: Week 16 Results

I think I know what it is. Now that it's starting to transistion from crappy part of Spring where it's still cold outside to the super nice outside part of spring, no body's inside, or when they are they're too tired from running through sprinkers or running or walking or bike riding or playing on swings or whatever. I gotcha guys.

This Week's Scores:
Me: 10
Maria: 9
Fletch: 7

Total Month's Scores:
Maria: 28
Me: 26
Fletch: 23
Bobbie: 5

Actually, looking at it, this was the last weekend in April, so Maria is our winner again. We start anew on Friday so hopefully everyone will join in again.

Hopefully.
-Jason

The Fight For #1: Week 16

Hey guys. I know I been quiet. I'm still working on my book, which means a lot of writing and a lot of watching. I'm about 25% done, which is good considering. Anyway, here's what's coming out this weekend.

Obsessed aka Chick from Heroes vs Beyonce. Why is Beyonce still acting? Name one movie she was good in...besides "Dreamgirls". Thought so.
Fighting. Guy. Beating people up. Bleh.
The Soloist. A heavy hearted drama with Robert Downey, Jr and Jamie Foxx, who by the way wanted Hannah Montana to release a sex video. That might make this number one all on it's own.

I hate to say this but I get the feeling Obsessed will take the top spot. Although I don't know why, this movie is such a cookie cutter film from all the other "crazy woman" films like Fatal Attraction or Basic Instinct...well ok maybe not that one. If Ali Larter showed her vag I'd totally be there.

Here's last weeks top ten:


Oh yeah I almost forgot! Due to a spammer I had two weeks ago, I had to change the settings on the comments. So now no one can leave anonymous comments anymore, you have to be signed up with Blogger/Google to leave a comment. So if you don't have an account, just email me your choice at invasionofthebmovies at gmail dot com.
Thanks!
-Jason