I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY A FEW THINGS ABOUT MY BLOG

Hi everyone, Tyler Michael here. I haven't received any questions about some of the things that have been going on about my blog. But for those of you who have been following my work, and are wondering about some of the things that have been happening lately such as my lack of reviews; or why I stopped reviewing current movies; I would like to take this time to inform my readers both new and longtime followers of some of the choices that I've been making over the past few years.

WHY THE LACK OF REVIEWS?

If you look at my "Blog Archives" on the right side of the screen, you may notice that there has gradually been a decrease in number of reviews that I have done over the years. In the year 2013, I have written 189 reviews, but last year I only written 42 reviews. The reason why the number of reviews that I written decreased so much is mainly because of life, and developing my style of reviews. In the year when I did 189 reviews, my reviews were mostly shorter and less detailed compared to how I currently write them, where I wish to expand upon my thoughts more than I did before, without going into too much spoiler territory. On top of it, I also had a lot of time on my hands that year. That was pretty much because I didn't have a job or went to college at that time. I had such a hard time during my High School years for a number of reasons that I needed a year off to think and plan out my future. So now that I'm committed to both my job and my college career, while also maintaining a social life, life has gotten very busy for me as the years went by. And the reviews that I write take me more time to finish then I ever did in my early years. I'm still going to find time to write reviews; but given how much I have going on in my life where I'm working and studying to hopefully pursue life-long career in this kind of field, I won't be posting as many reviews as I'd love too.

HOW DO I FIND TIME TO WRITE SO MANY HORROR REVIEWS IN OCTOBER, AND HOLIDAY REVIEWS IN DECEMBER?

You may notice in the months of October and December that there are more reviews posted in these months than in any of the other months. If I'm so busy, then how do I make time to post and write up so many of them within a month's time? Well to let you in on a little secret, even though I do write a few reviews during those months, most of these reviews are actually written and prepared in advanced. Whenever I post a review on my blog, I take the time to write up a review that's due later on in the year, and then proceed with the next current review after finishing it up. That may also help explain the lack of reviews over the years. It's just given that there are so many holiday movies and an endless amount of horror movies, I'd like to try to fill-up the months (especially October) as much as I possibly can with these types of reviews since I feel that they are highly appropriate for the season. I'm beginning to limit them so I can try to post more things, but keep in mind that if a new review is taking a while, that's partly because I'm preparing another one for later on in the year.

WHY DID I STOP REVIEWING CURRENT MOVIES?

Though I didn't review too many newly released movies, I used to review a few of them a couple of years back whenever I went to the theaters. There were a few reasons why I decided to quit reviewing current movies. A part of my reasons is finding the time and having the money to see a film on the big-screen. But the main reason why I stopped is since the majority of films that I review on my blog are old films, I intend to stick to this concept and wait at least about 3 to 5 years when reviewing a movie made this year. I know that if I'm ever seeking a profession as a critic, I'm required to review modern movies, which I'm fine with doing. But I'd rather stick with reviewing films that aren't currently out and give them a few years' time to see how they really hold-up without the hype (good or bad) surrounding them.

WHY AM I REVIEWING SO MANY FILM'S FROM 1993?

Whether many of you have noticed this or not, I've been meaning to share this collection of reviews for quite some time now. What I love to do on this blog is to not only share my thoughts on old films with all of you, but I like to experiment a bit and try to review things that either not many people review, or try to start a new trend of reviews, whether it was reviewing a few film's dedicated to a special director for each month; or reviewing (as mentioned in my last paragraph) newly released films. Well for a couple of years, I've been thinking about doing a list dedicated to a few years of film that I find to be special and would review the films first before placing them on the list. It didn't take me long to think of what year I should start out with, because I thought my birth year would be a great starting point for me to see most of the films that came out when I was born. It's been taking me plenty of time to organize the list and choose what films to review from that year, but right now I'm trying to speed up the process by watching the films I wished to see and only review the one's that will make the list. It's still going to take me time to complete it, but I want to try to see it how it goes. Don't worry my site won't be flooded with 1993 related reviews since I do intend to review other films to balance it out. Just don't be surprised if you see a few of them every now and then. It's a process that I'm trying to work on and see if I'll do it again with other films from a particular year in the future.

That's all the things I wish to address for now. If you have any questions to ask me about my blog, or even better have any requests for films that you'd like to see me review, feel free to leave a comment in any of my reviews. After all, I would love to do reviews that would interest my audience.

Peace and love!

KING OF THE HILL (1993)

Let's talk about "King of the Hill"...



No not that "King of the Hill", I'm talking about the 1993 film directed by Steven Soderbergh.

 

Based on the bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner; a young boy named Aaron (Jesse Bradford) lives in a run-down hotel in St. Louis during "The Great Depression" with his family that are trying very hard to make ends meet through this difficult time in their lives. When the family can't afford to raise two children through their low-income, Aaron's little brother Sullivan (Cameron Boyd) is sent away to live with their uncle. Determined to get his brother back, Aaron tries to find multiple ways to make money that unfortunately doesn't go so well. However, his attempts to earn money for the return of his brother becomes the least of his worries, because when his Mother (Lisa Eichhorn) gets committed to a sanatorium for having tuberculosis, while his Father (Jeroen Krabbé) finally manages to gain a successful job as a traveling watch salesman, Aaron is left alone with little to no contact to his family just as "The Great Depression" is getting worse.



During the time that this film was made, most "Coming-of-Age" films were usually set in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, that would either hint or downplay some of the political struggles that was going on at that time to make the era appear to be pleasant and carefree where the only obstacles that the kids would encounter are the people around them. There were some exceptions like how "A Bronx Tale" would play up the dramas of racial segregation for example, but most films of this kind (especially when being under the R rating) would hardly ever touch upon the hardships that were happening in America. So the fact that this film would take place during such a crucial time as "The Great Depression" was quite different than what any other "Coming-of-Age" films in the 90s would offer. And this film doesn't sugar-coat the era to make it seem like nothing that bad was happening at the time the same way how a film like "Annie" (1982) would. It treats the era nearly as seriously as the famous "Coming-of-Age" drama that was also set during "The Great Depression" "To Kill Mockingbird" by playing on the struggles that people had during the time, as we see people being evicted from their homes and losing their jobs which causes them to resort to living in Hoovervilles, as Aaron and his family are trying hard to survive and avoid living out on the streets. But even though the film plays on the reality that was happening during the 30s, it doesn't deprive itself in complete dread. There are more than a handful of scenes that take either a comical turn, or play on a lighthearted whimsical level, which at times doesn't always go hand and hand with the tough reality that the film sets. You'll have a scene with Aaron and his little brother gaily running around without a care in the world that would be suitable for a live action Disney film; but then later on, there will be a scene when Aaron follows a bloody trail to find that one of the people in the hotel has slit open his wrists. The film's tone for the most part finds that balance of being family friendly and appropriately dark and dramatic, but there are times when it becomes either too happy and upbeat, or too adult, which I suppose why its given the PG-13 rating since scenes like a boy finding a suicide victim is a bit too much to be deemed PG worthy.

 

Though the film on a technical level does a fine job of recreating the 30s while still making it appear to be visual distinctive from its sets, lightning, art direction, costumes, and cinematography; it's more of a performance and character based film, then it is with visuals. I've heard a few people argue that Aaron's situation isn't all that difficult considering that his Father will be eventually returning to him with more money, which makes this whole experience come off as a bit of a waiting game; and though I can't act like I don't see the argument, the events and situations that this kid goes through are still intense. This is a kid who is left all alone by his family during “The Great Depression”, who's in danger of being thrown out of his own home without the aid from anyone since all of his friends and acquaintances are vanishing from his life one by one (either by moving, eviction, jail, or death), and now must heavily rely on his skills of being resourceful and manipulative to get him through these cruel times with little to no food or heat. That's a lot for a young kid to handle. Before all this, he does show his talents and motivation of finding a job to bring back his brother, and lying his way to stay in a private school that his family can't afford, but he would always have some form help by him, whether it being his wise guy best friend who is older than him, or having an understanding teacher. But when the Depression gets worse and he is left all alone to fend for himself, all his skills are rigorously put to the test where he must now really man up in order to survive and stay strong. A big contribution of what makes Aaron's situation appear to be so tough is Jesse Bradford's performance. His line delivery and how he works off of the other actors comes across as natural (even at its corniest), but what makes his performance so stunning is how much expression and emotion that he gives to his character without saying anything. Sure Cliff Martinez's score and the piano work from Michael Glenn Williams play a part in the emotion surrounding those scenes for how melancholy it sounds, but even without the music, Bradford's silent reaction work just as effectively. When an obstacle comes his way, you see the wheels in his head turning of what he should do. When things get more hectic and difficult for him, you see him try as much as he humanly can to remain strong, even though he looks like that he's going to break at any moment. There's never a moment where I felt that he's simply just acting or phoning it, I completely bought that he's in emotional pain from everything that is happening to him!



However, it isn't Brandon's performance and character alone that's well acted, memorable, and interesting because everybody else in the cast brings the same amount of justice. Much like how I feel about the large cast of characters in films like "The Godfather 1 and 2" and "It's a Wonderful Life", this is one of those rare cases where I find every single character and performance to leave an impression. Whether they're Aaron's Family; his older friend Lester (Adrien Brody); his teacher (Karen Allen) and the kids at school; the people who live or work at the Hotel; or the characters who play a very little role in the story (like the traveling salesman who gets evicted from his home), nobody fails to be memorable in some way. Even the characters who are hardly ever interesting, like Katherine Heigl as a young rich girl who takes an interest in Aaron, gives a performance charming enough for her to avoid being boringly forgettable. The only major problem regarding the people who Aaron encounters is how each of their subplots just quickly comes and goes, where I wished that more time was dedicated to some of the people that he encounters since they feel so short-lived. His relationship with his family and his best friend Lester are given the right amount of attention. But then you have a kid who Aaron saves from a pack of bullies who turns out to be rich, and just when you think that these two are going to have a close friendship, we never see him again until a scene at his graduation party, where it turns out that his only purpose is for Aaron to show the audience that he's a good liar while he's given the idea to go into the bird breeding business. We see Aaron spend time with a neighbor that lives across the hall from him played by Spalding Gray, who has a prostitute by his side played by Elizabeth Mcgovern, and as interesting as the characters are and how they interact with him, this subplot ends so abruptly that the film doesn't give itself time to bid them a proper farewell. I understand that Aaron's relationship with all these characters are part of what helps him grow, but given how the film is flooded with so many of them, though not hard to follow, a part of me feels like that these subplots in his journey could've worked better off as a mini-series to really give these characters and performances more time for them to shine. Even the film itself though shot on a cinematic level, still looks like that it could have been made as a TV movie. Also remember earlier when I talked the events in the film that can be either too adult or too childish, well some of the characters that appear in this film can be used as a prime example of that. Again, there's a prostitute that hangs out with Aaron's neighbor who is clearly a type of character aimed for mature audiences for how adult the topic is, but then when we have comic relief baddies like the bellhop at the hotel and the cop who patrols the street who are so over the top nasty that it's almost as if they were taken out of a corky family screwball comedy.

OVERALL THOUGHTS

I went into this film expecting this to be competently-made with nothing that special or memorable given how barely anyone seems to remember or talk about it. But just like how Mel Gibson's overlooked film "The Man Without a Face" surprised me for how emotionally deep and engaging it was, this film did the same amount of justice. Jesse Bradford gives a highly realistic performance as a kid who's trying to get through these harsh times; the casting is so spot-on that everyone brings a special performance to each character that they play no matter how uninteresting, out of place, or underused that some of the characters are; and though the tone of telling Aaron's story can be quite uneven at times, the film still has a fair if not perfect balance of being light-hearted and emotionally dark when it needs to be as it artistically captures the era where the story is taking place. I do wish that it were a little longer when it comes to the subplots that Aaron has with the people he encounters, but the film's focus is still where it needs to be, and that's Aaron growing from his horrible experiences to man-up and take more responsibility then he’s ever taken in his life where he only has himself to help. I can't say that this film is a hidden masterpiece, still I do think that it a needs a little more attention for how underrated it is. 

THE GARBAGE PAIL KIDS MOVIE

Well this is it everyone! A film that I thought about reviewing for a long period of time, but didn't feel the courage or the loss of my own sanity to do it until this very point. And that film is...

I've never heard of the film or the cards that the film is based on that would satirize the “Cabbage Patch Kids”, until I saw the Nostalgia Critic's review of the movie. Just by looking at the clips, I was sickened by the imagery, and at first shrugged it off as just a cheesy and bizarre bad 80s film for kids with poor choices, and nothing more. But then when I saw the Nostalgia Critic express his hatred of the film out of character by claiming it to be the worst movie he's ever seen, my reaction to it was "it's really that horrible?" And apparently it's not just him alone who regards this movies as one of the biggest pieces of crap that was ever made for the cinemas, because it has gained a high reputation from audiences and critics of being so horrendous that it strays miles away from the "So bad, it's good" category of films. Is it really one of the worst films ever made, if not thee worst movie of all time? ON WITH THE REVIEW!

A young boy named Dodger (Mackenzie Astin) works at an antique shop owned by Captain Manzini (Anthony Newley) and notices a garbage can that he's forbidden to open. Dodger (surprisingly) keeps his promise to Manzini, until a gang of bullies that he numerously encounters, attack him inside the store. During the struggle, the garbage can gets accidentally knocked open, and out pops these creatures who resemble kids called the “Garbage Pail Kids" who each carry their own distinctive nasty trait. Refusing to go back inside their can, Dodger discovers that they can sew clothes and tries to start a fashion business with them and one of the female bullies (Katie Barberi) after forming a connection with her. However, the kids get captured and locked away by the authorities, as the girl who Dodger loves and does business with is only using him so that she can become famous.

My description of the plot may sound odd and simple with nothing too different to the other weird stuff that was going on with children's films in the 80s; but that's only my water-down version of summarizing the film's story. For example, I mentioned that the Garbage Pail Kids get locked away by the police, and you can assume that maybe it’s because they get into trouble, or are seen as horrifying to humans. Well a part of that does deal with their ugly looks, but not because people find them to be dangerous (though they are), its mainly because there are policemen who patrol the streets and catch any person who looks hideous with the use of a net (like a dog catcher), and takes them away to a place called "The State Home for the Ugly". I swear to god that I'm not making this up! The concept gets even more stupid when we discover that people such as Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, and Santa Claus (you're reading this right) are locked away for being either too bald, too skinny, or too fat; and are going to be killed with the other people who are considered to be ugly inside a garbage truck. Let me humbly remind you that this film is supposed to be a fish-out-of-water story, as in the Garbage Pail Kids are foreign creatures who are supposed to be experiencing the REAL WORLD! Shouldn't these characters be considered the odd and the weird, and not the "normal" environment that they're trying to adapt too? Well don't worry, the real world that they interact in has plenty more out of the norm things to offer like art coming to life for no real reason; or a movie theater that plays "The Three Stooges" shorts with an audience who seem to be on something given that they're enjoying it a little too much; or a bar called "The Toughest Bar In the World" with bikers who don't fear or question who or what the Garbage Pail Kids are.

Speaking of which, I'm sure you're wondering the same thing since I told you little to nothing about the Garbage Pail Kids, except where they're found and what they resemble. You're probably thinking that I'm trying to not give away any spoilers? Okay first of all, when it comes to reviewing a film as bad as this I am indeed going to give away spoilers, so I’m holding nothing back. Second and last of all, pretty much everything that I said about these characters is all what we're literally given! Oh there's a Garbage Can spaceship flying towards earth in the first scene of the movie, which I suppose is to indicate that they're aliens. But we never find out why they're on earth; where they're from; and how Captain Manzini has them stored in his antique shop. My guess is that they came to earth to find their other Garbage Pail Kid pals, but we never know the reason for why the other kids landed on earth in the first place, nor do we ever see them! As a matter of fact, they're killed off-screen in the "State Home for the Ugly", so if the film was never going to show them, or have the Garbage Pail Kids successfully rescue them, then what was the point of including this subplot? We barley know why they're on earth to begin with, and when the whole subplot involving the asylum and their friends comes into play, it happens right at the half-way point, as if the film realized that it needs to have some kind of suspense to make the last half interesting. Aside from the whole plot with Dodger's relationship with the girl, pretty much everything that happens in the first half of film is nothing but the Garbage Pail Kids interacting on earth and getting into trouble that plays little to no part in the overall story. And these bits don't come and go as we get one crazy mishap after another; each bit drags-on for a very long period of time.

I'll admit that before we meet the Garbage Pail Kids, the film didn't start out as awful as I anticipated. It was still bland and weird, but it didn't become offensively bad right away. The closest that it ever came to it is the scene when the Garbage Pail Kids escape from their trash can and lurk about the antique shop causing mischief as paintings watch their every single move. Fortunately, that was the least terrible scene involving the Garbage Pail Kids when compared to their others scenes since we never see them in full. But just like how the first 10 minutes or so of "The Cat in the Hat" starring Mike Myers started out averagely bad to completely hitting rock bottom once Myers shows up wearing that creepy Make-Up, the same thing happens when the title characters for this film show-up. The first problem you may notice when looking at their designs is how hideous they look. Obviously you expect them to look disgusting given the source material, or the title alone if you aren't anywhere familiar with the cards. But here's the thing, as gross and juvenile as the cards were, half of them were still funny and creative, but just because they looked funny in a drawing that doesn't necessarily mean that it would be translated well into a live action film. They're not fun or inventive to look at in a live-action setting, they instead look so frightening and unpleasant that they could easily pass as monsters, or killer dolls in a horror film that darkly satirizes doll-toy-lines in the 80s like "Child's Play" (a film that would come out a year after this film), which was actually the film's original concept. Apparently the Garbage Pail Kids were going to be a collection of broken dolls left inside a trash can that come to life and slaughter people at random when radioactive sludge makes physical contact with them. That is a much more fitting plot that makes a little more sense when compared to the plot for this movie, not to mention that their designs look like that they want to kill Dodger rather than help him. What makes their physical appearance even worse is how utterly dreadful the puppetry is. Due to time and finical reasons when the picture was being made, the effects team weren't able to finish giving the puppets proper facial expressions to make them appear more life-like, so the director decided to use the unfinished puppets assuming that they would improve as they started filming, which definitely wasn't the case after viewing the final product. They never change their expressions (except for when their eyes widen a bit), or fully open and close their mouths when they speak, they're pretty much stuck with their hideous poses that offers little to no variety at all. There are even times when their eyes would malfunction, which just only enhance how tasteless these designs are for how uncanny the puppetry is. It's some of the worst puppetry that you'll ever see in film that will only add fuel to your nightmares after you gaze at so much as a scene with these characters!

So if the puppetry and their designs look disgraceful, that would mean that the scenes where they do disgusting things are much worse than what they'd probably look like if the puppets were finished and better designed, and yes, they are indeed insufferable to watch. Whether if they are peeing, picking their nose, farting, or vomiting, these moments are so nauseating to look at that if you want to show a prime example of what a trashy kids film looks like (no pun intended), just play any of these moments. They're so bad that it makes the juvenile humor in films by "Happy Madison Productions" look up to par with films directed by Mel Brooks. The bit that I found to be the most disturbing actually wasn't any of the gross-out bits that I just mentioned, it's when they all lifelessly stare at Dodger when he's naked in the tube after they first fully reveal themselves. What’s so funny or charming about rejected "Cabbage Patch Kids" watching a kid bathe in a family film? A scene like that is more suitable for a set-up to a murder scene in a horror movie; it’s just too creepy and unsettling? If there's one tiny good thing that I can say about anything regarding the film's potty humor is that it wasn't as flooded with those jokes as I thought it was going to be. Make no mistake, there's more than enough of these gags to make you want to hurl, but it wasn't throwing them at you left and right in every single that scene they're in. Half of their scenes is just them either talking or doing naughty things that don't involve any gross-out jokes, where the only horrific thing to look at is their wretched designs and puppetry.

 

To be perfectly frank, even though everything I mentioned about these characters plays a major part in what makes the film so despicable, none of those elements are the sole reason of why the film is one of the worst movies that I've ever had to sit through. Since the film is aimed for kids, the film is given a moral about not judging people by their appearances or their nasty habits. It's obvious that the moral is only there as a cheap excuse to justify the film's disgusting nature, but what makes it so terrible isn't that its message is downplayed, but how the film tries to make these characters out to be innocent and likable misfits when they clearly aren't! They don't only do gross-things based on their characteristics like say the Seven Dwarfs, but they behave obnoxiously rude to people by harassing them and annoying them intentionally with their habits or bad manners; break-in and steal items whether it being a truck loaded with shoved down your throat and spewing it out Pepsi Cola Product Placement, or sewing equipment as they out of nowhere sing an annoying song about working together; feel up women and strip them from their clothes; get drunk; threaten people with violence (one of them is shown to be carrying a switchblade knife); and flat-out murder people or attempt to rip out one of their body parts (there's an Alligator kid who has a box of human eyes, toes, and fingers that he eats). Being judged for looking ugly is one thing, but being mean and selfish, and doing things that are downright criminal are totally different things! And in spite of all the terrible deeds that they do, the film tries to pass their crimes and rude actions off as funny and mischievous moments (which are neither), attempting to make you sympathize with them when they are locked-up or being back-stabbed by Dodger as if they are harmless creatures who have done no real wrong. It's unbelievably sickening how the film is trying to make such selfish sadistic creeps out to be legitimately good and charming characters in A KIDS MOVIE! There's nothing to like about them at all! They're horrible role models to kids, who never change or learn from any of the trouble they get into or the awful things they do! They remain as their cruel and hideous selves up to the very end as the film rejoices and celebrates that they are free and ready to do more harm to others! I know that they help Dodger by making clothes for him willingly, but that still doesn't excuse their rude behaviors and the many awful things they do. Plus, I'm supposed to buy that these rotten little turds who love to ruin things and get messy are legitimately capable of sewing and designing clothes? And not even good clothes for that matter due to how ridiculous they look, and yet somehow become a massive hit with people? That makes as much sense as everything else in this movie!

The live action actors that interact with the Garbage Pail Kids don't save the film from being unwatchable either for how poorly acted and bland their characters are. The kid who plays Dodger though not one of the worst performances I've seen from a child actor, is pretty dull who doesn't have much of a personality outside of the sexual hormones that he has around the girl he likes (that the film by the way is friendly enough to show kids Dodger gazing and getting up close to some boobs). And to be fair, it's not like the character himself is all that interesting either, in fact all we know is that he works at antique shop and gets bullied. We never know anything about his life at home or school, or even if he has friends around his age. The only friend he has is his boss, who I guess is supposed to an eccentric mysterious mentor for the boy who has magical powers, but I never found him to be that eccentric or engaging for how much Anthony Newley half-asses his performance, looking bored and devoid of energy even for when he does go over the top. It's like he knew that he made a mistake for signing onto this film and just decided to give less than half of his talent when he saw the unfinished puppets that he had to work with. Furthermore, he hardly ever does anything magical, and when he does its usually anti-climactic. The only real trick that amazed me is how he just suddenly appears inside the "State Home for the Ugly" with no explanation at all, even though previous scenes demonstrate his failures of breaking in for how heavily guarded it is.

 

The worst characters when it comes to the human cast of the movie are easily the gang of bullies that chase and beat-up Dodger for money. Is it because that they're the typical goofy bullies that you'd see in any movie or show aimed for kids with nothing funny or thought provoking to offer? In many respects yes, but these type of bullies reach a whole new level of bad in terms of the bully archetype, because instead of the bullies being around Dodger's age, they appear to be in their late 20s or early 30s. What in god names are a bunch of adults doing chasing after a kid?! Do they have jobs or even a life? Why is no one reporting them to the police, they're stealing money from a kid in broad-daylight at a park in front of people, while wearing outrageous clothes?  None of this stuff is ever explained, we're just supposed to accept that this kid is being bullied by adults and that there's nothing that he can do about it. I get that Dodger is scared of what might happen if he reports them, but come on, they're idiotic bullies; they aren't the mafia or a gang that carries lethal weapons. The film doesn't even make them seem as threatening and intimidating when compared to the Garbage Pail Kids for how childish they are, and can't easily take on a kid during some of the most awkward and poorly choreographed fight scenes to have ever been recorded in film history for how obviously staged it all is.

Considering how old the bullies are, the levels of unpleasantness that the film brings goes up to the max when the one that Dodger likes sexually seduces him. Shockingly in real-life, the actress playing Dodger's love interest Tangerine (yes, that's her name, and she has a boyfriend named is Juice) is only a year older than him, and they were in real-life a legitimate couple until they broke-up midway through shooting. Whether the actress herself is around the boy's legal age or not, that still doesn't excuse anything because she's still physically made-up to appear older than Dodger, and is shown to be driving, hanging-out at night clubs, and living on her own, which are things that Dodger is obviously too young for, so this definitely wasn't a miscast! The film intentionally made Tangerine older than Dodger, and it is just as creepy on a perverted level as the Garbage Pail Kids watch him take a bath. Even if they did make Tangerine the same age as Dodger, their relationship still wouldn't be any better for how boringly clichéd it is, as the characters themselves don't have nothing charming or intriguing about them. Their relationship hardly ever makes sense half the time. The two just randomly develop a connection, and once they get into the fashion business they in no time become famous and have their own fashion show dedicated to their work, even though they've only sold their items to people outside of sleazy night-clubs. 

 OVERALL THOUGHTS

This film is so ugly, so hideous, so disgusting, and so unpleasant to watch that it's no wonder why people hate on this movie so mercilessly. The effects are dreadful; the human characters are boring and poorly acted; the potty humor is insufferable; the writing is god-awfully stupid; and how the film tries to glorify the Garbage Pail Kids as good role models to kids is more sickening than any of their gross-habits combined for how horrible they are as characters! It truly is one of the worst films that I've ever had to review, and is by far the grossest bad movie that I ever had to witness! Now with that said, there have been talks about rebooting the "Garbage Pail Kids", and as mad as this may sound, I'm interested in the idea of rebooting it. There is some potential to be explored with the concept of the cards that they are based on, especially on an adult level! I can honestly see this idea working as a weird and cynical animated show that you'd see on channels like "Adult Swim" or "Comedy Central". I would love to see these characters be recreated as horror villains that kill people in a similar lay-out that films like "Gremlins" and "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" had mashed with the same kind of twisted and silly graphic violence that you'd see in a film starring Chucky. And even if they try to aim this idea towards kids again, I'm still opened to another attempt, I mean after all it can't get any worse than this film (so I pray). But if by chance we do get a reboot of “Garbage Pail Kids” that is just as bad as the movie, let’s at least hope that it becomes just as quickly forgotten as the animated TV Show that aired in the late 80s.