This is the ballot for this year’s EYG Hall of Fame. I would love it if anyone here would like to vote. You may vote for as many as you like and as often as you would like.
Vote is open until Talk Like a Pirate Day (which is September 19, if you do not know).
I am trying to embed this poll on this post as well as my home page. I have nevewr tried this before so I hope it does not mess things up.
Marty Supreme
Dead of Winter
Steve trailer #1
It is that time… time to punish myself… it is Sandler Saturday!
Doing my best to keep an open mind, Happy Gilmore will kick off the day.
With the special day, I have come up with three new ratings for the occasion.
The one I expect will be the most used of the day…
YUCK
The middle ground films that don’t want me to tear my eyes out
Hmm
and the one that will be begrudgingly offered…
Okay, That Was Good
Hoping for the best… fearing the worst.
This coming Saturday I am going to do something because I feel I need to punish myself some more.
Last weekend Netflix dropped Happy Gilmore 2. I did not review it because of one major reason.
I do not like Adam Sandler.
Then, I had never saw the entire film Happy Gilmore. I have seen individual scenes, but not the whole thing. That made me think about what other movies of Adam Sandler I had not seen. I pulled up the list of Sandler movies and I had not seen very many at all.
What I have seen: The Wedding Singer, Big Daddy, Anger Management, Grown Ups 2, Uncut Gems, Spaceman, Hustle, all three Hotel Transylvanias, Leo, and Pixels.
That left a bunch of other Sandler movies, including some of the biggest of his career, that I have not seen. I thought that it might not have been fair of me to hate on Sandler so much without having seen some of these films. Of the ones I have seen, I did like The Wedding Singer, Big Daddy, Anger Management, Uncut Gems, Leo and Hustle. I hated Grown Ups 2 and Pixels. I did not like the Hotel Transylvania series, but did not hate them. That was a better percent of liking than I expected.
So I decided that this Saturday, I will watch as many Sandler movies as I can stand. I have not confirmed the actual list of films, but I plan on kicking off with Happy Gilmore and I may then do the sequel on Sunday.
There are times when I wonder why I am doing this to myself. I watched War of the Worlds on Prime this morning despite knowing it was terrible. This could be a massive fail of a day for me. Some of the films on Sandler’s list are just so reviled by the whole (aka Jack and Jill), should I really put myself through that?
Well, I’m going to do it. Pray for me.
Films for Sandler Saturday
#1. Happy Gilmore
#2. Punch-Drunk Love
#3. The Waterboy
#4. Murder Mystery
#5. Jack and Jill
#6. Billy Madison
#7. Mr. Deeds
And that brings the Sandler Saturday to an end. That was about all I can handle of Adam Sandler. My overall thoughts… I think there are some movies of Adam Sandler that I can like. There are too many of them that are just terrible.
Maybe I can approach Adam Sandler movies with a little less hatred before I see them.
EYG- Embrace Your Geekness 