Sadly the movie itself doesn't live up to the title. It's stupid yes, but it's actually more boring than anything else. It does have the guy who plays Jaws in the Bond movies playing Eegah, which I guess is sort of maybe a little tiny bit cool? Eegah for the record is a caveman who is found alive. That seems to be really all the backstory there is to him.
The main story involves Eegah kidnapping this woman away from her really goofy, terrible actor boyfriend. The boyfriend spends most of the movie wandering aimlessly around the desert calling out his girlfriend's name. He spends like 2 days doing this, without ever leaving the same area. He has to be admired for his commitment, not so much for his intelligence. It's also impossible to root for the guy since at one point he actually says the phrase "Wow-zee-wow-wow." Trust me it's even more painful to hear than it is to read.
The girlfriend spends the entire movie in a cave with Eegah, who holds her hostage. He is also holding her dad hostage in the same cave for reasons unknown. There is one very bizarre scene where the girlfriend shaves her dad, then Eegah. Very odd stuff.
Anyway Eegah holds the girl hostage, feeds her gross food, tries to kill her father and then attempts to rape her. Yet somehow in the midst of all that, she develops some feelings towards him. I know I don't understand it either. I don't buy into most romantic comedy couples and at least they tend to show some actual affection. You don't see any of that here and yet she falls for him.
The MST3K aspect of it is of course funny. It always is. They don't point out my above paragraph though, which is strange. Maybe I missed something? The movie itself is worth a few laughs at it's expense, and I'm not even going to bother telling you to watch MST3K anymore because you should have learned by now!
Movie - 2/10
Episode - 8/10
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