So, we all love the 80's. Well, at least the Gen Y's do. I'm not sure why it would be cool to start wearing Gotcha sweaters and Hyper Color shit again...But in 1988, something wonderful did happen. Something amazing. John Carpenter created a film that no one has yet lived up to. I'm talking about "They Live". At first, you're thinking, Oh great another zombie movie. But it doesn't actually have the living dead I think. Which confused me at first...because it seems like there should be zombies, but maybe aliens? We'll get to that in a moment. This movie stars two actors which I think have done more for film than a hundred Jimmy Carters could have done for crack heads in the south. I don't really want to write a spoiler in here, so I will just give my thoughts. I first saw this film on an old vhs Lydia's roommate had at the house. I watched it, laughed, cried, etc. I thought to myself, who would watch this shit. This is one of those films Gilbert Gottfried/Randa Shear would give the thumbs down to. So again, I asked, who would watch this. I got my chance to find out. Lydia and I went to the Castro Theater one night because we saw it was playing there. We show up. Seems like a few people were there. We stocked up cookies for sure...we go in, and the fans pour in. The theater is packed with people. And everyone is really into it. Through out the movie people were quoting lines, it was great. In the end, you have a movie with two great leads, some aliens (sorta-maybe?), punching, magic sunglasses, hobos, blind crazy priests and the best one liners I think ever created. Bruce Campbell I'm sure has highly competitive ones, but it's honestly a toss up.

Oh did i mention Rowdy Roddy Piper is in it? Basically, this movie was so great, I can't even tell you what it's about really. All I can do is tell you, that as a man, as a human man. This is one of the best movies you will see in your mortal life. And Jesus will have a hell of a time providing you with a finer piece if art once you kick over. Also, this guy over on another blog rated this film and reviewed it, and I'm gonna have to agree with him...he wasn't going to rate the film but in the end gave it a "one hundred million billion". I think it's a fair score.