Very Bad Things

Very Bad Things

Initial Entertainment Group

November 25, 1998

Comedy

DVD
D

Lives up to its title, although apparently it gets much worse after the first quarter hour of pointless bickering, anti-Semitism, and cocaine.  (It did allow me to MST3K Jeremy Piven sucking on Ellen, when his character here asked what he did wrong.)  Peter Berg wrote and directed, before Friday Night Lights, Mile 22, and Patriots Day, which all got D's, so at least he's consistent.

The Jungle Book (2016)

The Jungle Book (2016)

Disney

April 15, 2016

Children's, Fantasy, Adventure

DVD
D+

I don't think it's just that I grew up on the '60s "Bare Necessities" version that made this a little dull for me.  Jon Favreau directed, thirteen years after Elf.

Elf

Elf
New Line Cinema
November 7, 2003
Fantasy, Comedy
DVD
C

There's nothing terribly wrong with this movie, even if I'm generally not a Will Ferrell fan.  It just didn't grab me and it isn't as funny as it thinks it is.  Jon Favreau directed.