#39 Honeysuckle Rose

Clocking in at almost a full 2 hours, Honeysuckle Rose is a struggle to get through ... If you don't like Willie Nelson.
Lucky for me I don't mind watching Willie and Family perform.
Nelson plays a traveling country singer named Buck whose long-time guitarist retires. Buck's new guitar then becomes the daughter of the old guitar player, and she seems to have a VERY large crush on Buck.
The film follows Buck and his band (Nelson's actual touring band) as they embark on their tour, leaving behind a wife and small child.
It is a story I don't find very original, but still got very sucked in.
If you don't like Willie Nelson though, I think you'd have a hard time sitting through all the performances waiting for the story to continue. Not to say the performances aren't needed, most of the time they are used to progress the story. However, I could easily see this film being cut down by a good half hour of Willie performances and not really lose much.

Verdict:
4 stars out of 5
It was nothing groundbreaking or even very original. But the story was really well told and the filming was good, especially the concert pieces.

Awards:
Nominated for a Best Music, Original Song Oscar for the song On The Road Again.
Disagree - It should have won. This is not that great of a song, but I find it funny that the song lost to a song from fame. I think you'll find this one has a bit more lasting power to it. Of course by the time the movie was coming to an end, I was a bit sick of hearing it.
Won a Worst Supporting Actress Razzie for Amy Irving.
Disagree - I thought she played the part perfectly and didn't even deserve the nomination, much less the win.

#40 Herbie Goes Bananas

Next time my wife rolls her eyes when i ask her to watch a movie with me, I think I'll just skip it.
I won't say I had high hopes for this film, but I vaguely remember seeing some Herbie movies as a young lad and enjoying them.
My guess is I never saw this film.
I didn't expect anything too deep, but did expect a light children's movie with some laughs and ridiculous situations.
I got the ridiculous situations, but no laughs were involved, at all, really. NONE.
After watching about a half hour I thought to myself, well maybe Harvey Korman can save this movie for me as his role gets bigger. Wow, did it not save anything. His acting was overwhelming and cliched, and the worst part is it was terribly unfunny. Not that he had anything to work with, so I can't blame him. He's a great character actor, and when the character is this lame, so it goes.
And yes, I am probably coming down way too hard on a "kids" movie, but I doubt there is any reason for anyone to watch this movie, child or adult, unless they are a MASSIVE Herbie fan.
Verdict
.5 star(s) out of 5.
Yeah, that's right half a star. I really never would have thought that rating was possible, but it is now after seeing this movie. I can't imagine giving it to another movie, so let's hope this one stays unique.

#41 Rough Cut

Rough Cut

Burt Reynolds stars as a savvy jewel thief who's being trapped by the police and a beautiful woman.
:First of all. I must admit I ave a soft spot for heist movies: banks, jewels or canines if you choose.
That said I slightly enjoyed this movie. Burt Reynolds is incredibly cheesy, but yet entirely enjoyable. Lesley-Ann Down plays the clepto who is blackmailed by the police into setting up Reynolds as the chief last big arrest.
The twists are somewhat predictable, but not ridiculous like many in this type of film can be.
Verdict
3 stars
Light-hearted and humorous. I could watch it again, but won't need to search it out.

#42 The Final Countdown

Lloyd Kaufman?
The man who brought me Squeeze Play, was an executive producer?
This was a pretty good sci-fi/time travel film. Definitely not the fare I'm used to when Lloyd Kaufman is involved.
A crew goes through a time-warp back to the day before Pearl Harbor was attacked. And this time the have the knowledge and the weapons to easily stop it.
The film is ll about asking the questions. Should we stop it? What will happen if we get involved in the past?
Although, probably one of the most interesting parts of this film was the use of the real battle station and planes. Not too mention a large group of non-actors upon the USS nimitz.
Watching this on Blu-Ray looked great. I'm not a big fan of planes or ships, but got really sucked in seeing these things in action here.
Maybe I'm too interested in time travel, especially when it brings up so many questions of character, and the time space continuum.
Verdict:
Overall I give this one 3.5 stars. Didn't quite love it, but definitely glad I got to see it.

Awards:
Nominated for two Saturn awards - best sci-fi picture and best actor for Kurt Douglas.
Agreed. Worth the nomination, but up against Empire Strikes Back it didn't have a chance.