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Summary: Possum Lodge Sticky Situation
Review: It is rare to find talents that move from the small screen to the big screen and retain their qualities that make them enjoyable and add depth and content. (Red would respond "What show did that?").However, in this instance Possum Lodge members make the leap onto the "silver screen" with an extended rendition of the wit and wisdom of Possum Lodge intact. (All 80 blank pages). Well, Ok. maybe it needed a little duct tape to hold the plot together, but didn't we all wish for a road adventure that would show how lodge members stick together to solve a problem? I mean if we can't all come together for third place, what do we aspire to? To appreciate this movie it helps to have grown up in Northern Michigan with my Dad and his friend assembling a log splitter in their garages with various spare parts instead of taking the short cuts and buying some fancified-whimpy-under-powered piece of junk from some store. Red and Harold bring to life a place I grew up in, including all of the things that keep life entertaining. May Red and his group keep their stick on the ice and only change if they have to. They may not be handsome, but they are entertaining! I thoroughly enjoyed the extended, plot-infested adventure that took our lakeside looneys from the short sketches into extended investigation of the tape-bonding travels. Rate it five rolls!
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Summary: A funny show that made a GOOD movie !
Review: It's a well-documented fact that a television series cannot be turned into a movie, even though some bonehead exec will occasionally forget and make one. Well, that must only be true in America because the cast and crew of the Red Green Show have made a really funny little movie. While your average television conversion picture is obsessed with making everything bigger and better, the gang at Possum Lodge really know their strengths and play to them. They are entering a Duct-Tape goose into a contest by the manufacturer in order to save the lodge from a developer who wants to destroy it for his mother. Embodying the spirit of the Possum Lodge, they're shooting for third place. With their massive symbol of the Canadian lifestyle, our guys are a shoe-in for third......but the evil developer has hired the sheriff and his deputy to stop Red and Harold from getting to the contest. Wacky hijinks ensue (Really, this is not sarcasm. It's freakin' hilarious hijinks). The DVD has a small but well-picked selection of special features that will be entertaining to any fan of the show (Which you probably will be after this movie). The actors' stories and opinions are actually interesting, as opposed to some others I could mention. And they don't display the cultivated obsequiousness which marks so many actors from our country. Buy this movie ! ;-)
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Summary: Classic TV show is even better on The Big Screen
Review: Perhaps the easiest way to describe "Duct Tape Forever" is to say that it's better than "Cabin Boy." If you understand that, you don't need to read any further. "DTF" is the movie version of "The Red Green Show," a CBC production shown only on PBS stations in the US (and on CBC, if your cable or satellite system carries it). It's hard to describe in a few words, other than to say it's about the "inadequacy" of the human male, while also conveying an implicit misogyny, in a Zoroastrian sort of way. Though "Home Improvement" starts from roughly the same base, "Red Green" is a great deal cleverer and wittier, and is devoid of the annoyance of being a "family" sitcom. Steve Smith, the show's co-creator, is a writer possessed of dry, subversive wit. In the "making of" featurette (included on the DVD) he gives a guided tour of his private trailer and its cheap accoutrements. He explains that the TV's remote control is best used to turn off the TV, "because you have no cable or no aerial or anything. I mean, it's like having TV in Baffin Island." Pointing to the microwave oven, he informs us that "This is mainly where I do my viewing. You get a bag of the Jiffy-Pop type popcorn -- especially with the foil on -- you put it in there and set it for around 20 minutes, and that's as good as any episode of 'Matlock' you'll ever see." In detailing the need for stunt doubles, he tells us "When you kill someone in a movie and they're not a stunt person, you can get into some trouble for that." This is pretty funny on paper, but it's even funnier in the delivery, because Steve Smith gives it what can only be described as a schizophrenic or Cubist reading -- you hear the material simultaneously from two perspectives -- Steve Smith the writer, and Red Green the character. It's all very post(?)-post-modern, with the actor occupying two distinct psychological spaces at the same time (ie, "inside" and "outside" his character). Despite being filmed on a budget that would barely cover the catering charges of a Hollywood blockbuster, "DTF" is a visually slick production. If you're expecting something as sloppily assembled as "Strange Brew," you'll be pleasantly surprised. Steve Smith had the good sense to hire a talented director, cinematographer, and editor, and it shows. "Strange Brew" had Max von Sydow. "DTF" has Patrick McKenna, probably the only actor who can turn the need for orthodontic work into an artistic statement. He has a lot of screen time and several scenes that really show off his acting chops, which are considerable. He also gets the funniest line in the film. "Red Green" has never shied away from slapstick (slapstick and duct tape are natural partners), so the film has plenty of visual humor, even borrowing a classic gag from Buster Keaton. My only quibble is with the film's climax, where the slapstick gets out of hand, in a scene that must have had many viewers squirming and groaning. One final, semi-personal comment... Steve Smith seems to have a Norma-Desmondish obsession with being middle-aged. I would simply suggest he stay away from wide-angle lenses, the nasally deleterious effects of which can be seen on the move's poster. Warning to videophiles... The box is labeled "anamorphic widescreen," but the transfer is conventional 4:3 letterbox. There are no obvious artifacts (eg, visible aliasing) so I'd suggest you Rush Right Out In A Buying Frenzy and grab this edition.
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Summary: A must-have for any Red Green fan!
Review: Suddenly, Red Green (played by Steve Smith) finds himself in a real bind, and this one not of his making. When an unscrupulous businessman sues Possum Lodge for $10,000, Red has ten days to come up with the money. Taking his nephew Harold's advice (yes, believe it or not), Red sets out for Minnesota, hoping to win the $10,000 third-place prize in the Duct Tape Contest. But, there's a lot in Red & Harold's way: a crooked cop, the businessman and his army, and...well...each other. Can they save Possum Lodge? No problem, eh? This 91-minute movie, released in 2001, is based on the hit Canadian comedy show The New Red Green Show. Changing the format from the show, this movie puts Red and Harold on the road, facing numerous adventures in the real world. (If you can call that the real world!) This is a fun adventure, stretching the already wonderful characters - a must-have for any Red Green fan!
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Summary: "..It's the male that gets it"
Review: The PBS comedy Red Green makes a good movie! A rich man visits Possum Lodge and finds a sinkhole with his fancy limo. The rich man, Robert Stiles, sues Possum Lodge for $10,000. The only way to save the lodge, is that the giant goose made out of duct tape wins 3rd place in a duct tape contest. Red Green (Steve Smith) takes along his nerdy nephew Harold and Dalton. All through the movie, Red Green does the voiceover. Any Red Green fan would love this movie!
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Summary: "..It's the male that gets it"
Review: The PBS comedy Red Green makes a good movie! A rich man visits Possum Lodge and finds a sinkhole with his fancy limo. The rich man, Robert Stiles, sues Possum Lodge for $10,000. The only way to save the lodge, is that the giant goose made out of duct tape wins 3rd place in a duct tape contest. Red Green (Steve Smith) takes along his nerdy nephew Harold and Dalton. All through the movie, Red Green does the voiceover. Any Red Green fan would love this movie!
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Summary: very good movie
Review: very funny if you like red green and harold. good plot, actually has a good story line. the whole family loved it.
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