In addition:  do not waste any of your festive holiday time on Bigfoot
(2012):  in which two rivals (Danny Bonaduce, Barry Williams) try to
capture the legendary creature in South Dakota.  I give it 2.5 stars for
effort and casting.

ps: in case you think I made this up, guess again.
pps: I'm not sure how this is relevant to this LIST, other than as a
burlesque.

happy holidays! -hb

On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Clay Shannon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Val Kilmer's 2013 movie, "Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn" is a train
> wreck=
>  and a travesty. Don't waste your time, unless you enjoy the feeling of
> bei=
> ng sick at your stomach. If Val Kilmer's intent was to portray Twain as an
> =
> evil idiot, he succeeded. I wanted to not just yell at the tv, but also
> chu=
> nk a hunk of lead at it. The story is a weird kaleidoscopic, topsy-turvy
> am=
> algamation of Twain tales; Kilmer looks creepy in his zombie-esque makeup,
> =
> and the other actors (who are obviously amateurs) speak English with
> Europe=
> an accents (it was filmed in Bulgaria, so I assume they are Bulgarians).
>
> Other than that, it's not too bad. I gave it one star on netflix, which is
> =
> the overall rating it has; was I the only one to rate it? Was I the only
> pe=
> rson to see it (besides my long-suffering wife)? I gave it one star
> because=
>  it's not possible to give it zero stars - or negative 44, which is how
> I'd=
>  really like to appraise it.=C2=A0- B. Clay Shannon
>



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