![]() I hear him say “Hot Tub.” Call it divine intervention, call it what you will. I mishear him, because of an air conditioner or someone walking by. So anyway, Matt remarks that someone should remake Hot Dog. That’s like calling something “ The Blind Side meets Mall Cop on a houseboat.” By the way, I would see a football houseboat movie. Herald Examiner called it “ Rocky Meets Animal House on skis.” Because that makes sense. ![]() How do we resolve this mess? A downhill race, of course. (By the way, the first person to post a comment about how my previous sentence is erroneous – yeah, you’re in the second group of people.) Anyway, so we’re tossing out movies and Matt goes, “You know, someone should remake Hot Dog.” For those of you unfamiliar with Hot Dog, it goes something like this: American skier takes on Austrian skier, while the two of them fight over Shannon Tweed. I defy you to find a movie that doesn’t fit into one of these categories. For me, a child of the ’80s, comedies of this decade mainly fall into one of three categories: volleyball movies, films about different types of academies, and ski movies. I was sitting in producer Matt Moore’s office one day, talking about guilty pleasure ’80s comedies. The first burning question I often get asked in regards to the screenplay is some version of “How the hell do you come up with something like that?” The answer is a mixture of nostalgia and background noise. ![]() It just flat out comes back empty, like you’re some kind of idiot for putting these words together in a search form and you should feel bad about yourself. Not even a “did you mean…” Google response. Google “Hot Tub Time Machine” and you get nothing. But in this place I’m taking you, they’ve never heard of a Hot Tub Time Machine. A time before hot tubs that were time machines. But before that day gets here, allow me to take you on a little journey. It’s inevitable that our next Great War will be divided mostly down these lines. Since this is my generation, nostalgia does contribute to the experience, but anyone will enjoy this visit to the glory days of MTV and "Red Dawn.The first group of people don’t know what’s wrong with the second group of people. I like this one more than Wild Hogs or even The Hangover. This is the best time travel movie since Back to the Future and one of the best buddy comedies in years. He's the loser friend that we all have who just wants to relive his glory years, and you get to do it with him here-and better the second time around (Louggle!) I love Craig Robinson in this too I'd like to see more of his work. Its Rob Corddy's character Lou, that holds this film together. ![]() Cusack irritates me mostly, but not in this film-he's the rock that holds the group together. However, with a title as ridiculous as this one, you know you're going to have fun! The plot delivers hope for all who have regrets and for whom life has churned out disappointments, but mostly it's the interplay between the characters that delivers. One reason my expectation were low is that the whole time travel concept is so played out. I did not to expect to enjoy this movie so much or laugh so hard, and I still laugh with each repeated viewing. ![]()
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