Overview

"With the hilarious 'instant cult classic' ""Seagalogy"", Vern wrote a book that shook the very foundations of film criticism. Now he's back, and this time he's got all of 'the films of badass cinema' in his sights! From ""Die Hard"" to ""The Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie"", ""Transformers"" to ""Mary Poppins"", Vern has an opinion on everything, and he's not shy about sharing them."

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Author:   Vern
Publisher:   Titan Books Ltd
Imprint:   Titan Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 13.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 20.70cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781848563711

ISBN 10:   184856371
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   30 April 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
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Table of Contents

chapter one WARRIORS 300 THE WARRIORS ENTER THE NINJA GYMKATA chapter two THOU SHALT NOT LIE WITH CARTOONS AS WITH LIVE ACTION ENCHANTED THE POLAR EXPRESS 3-D IMAX SPOOKARAMA THE BEOWULF 3-D IMAX EXPERIENCE GARFIELD CARS MARY POPPINS X-2: X-MEN UNITED chapter three BLOW THINGS UP REAL GOOD ACTION JACKSON STONE COLD COMMANDO PREDATOR PREDATOR 2 THE PROTECTOR TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME PAPARAZZI MEL GIBSON'S APOCALYPTO chapter four PHILOSOPHY KNIGHTRIDERS HOLY MOUNTAIN GROUNDHOG DAY WAKING LIFE chapter five TANGENTS FRIDAY AFTER NEXT CRANK WALKING TALL (2004) chapter six IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HAMLET Vern vs. TRANSFORMERS THE TERMINATOR (THE) T(ERMINATOR) 2(: JUDGMENT DAY) E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL: THE SPECIAL EDITION: FOR THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY: THE MOVIE MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE: PART 3 THE DARK KNIGHT ALIENS chapter seven THE ISSUES BLACK BOOK (ZWARTBOEK) WHITE DOG CRASH (2005) Racially questionable double feature: John Ford's PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND and Karl Armstrong's NINJA VENGEANCE BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN THEY LIVE chapter eight THE ARTS THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE ACROSS THE UNIVERSE FINDING NEVERLAND THE ORDER: FROM CREMASTER PART 3 Chapter nine MISCELLANEOUS STAR WARS PART 3: REVENGE OF THE SITHS 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY DOMINO M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN'S LADY IN THE WATER chapter ten FILTH AND SLEAZE ZOO THE ARISTOCRATS HATED: GG ALLIN AND THE MURDER JUNKIES THE REAL CANCUN THE BROWN BUNNY BAD LIEUTENANT chapter eleven TALES FROM VERN'S BLOODY CRYPT OF PHANTASMOGORIFYING HORRORS PHANTASM II: LORD OF BALLS FREDDY'S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE CANDYMAN THE GINGERDEAD MAN HIGH TENSION (aka HAUTE TENSION, aka SWITCHBLADE ROMANCE) SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE FUNNY GAMES Vern on the CHAOS dvd, the age old torture porn debate, and what happens when a pro-wrestler runs loose in the L.A. County Coroner's Office THE VIRGIN SPRING - or Max Von Sydow's Badass Revenge chapter twelve THE MANY FACETS OF BADASS CINEMA ROLLING THUNDER SORCERER KIKIJURO EASTERN PROMISES DOLEMITE KARATE FOR LIFE ENTER THE DRAGON THE GLOVE DEATH WISH II SUDDEN IMPACT UNFORGIVEN YOJIMBO and A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS and - why the hell not - LAST MAN STANDING interlude:OUTLAW MUSIC chapter thirteen BRUCE NOTHING LASTS FOREVER: THE BIRTH OF DIE HARD MCCLANE. JOHN MCCLANE. THE WORKING MAN'S JAMES BOND BRUCE WILLIS'S DIE HARD 2 December 21st, 1999 THE LAST BOY SCOUT THE FIFTH ELEMENT SUDDEN DEATH FOX - Vern has some words for you about the pansy-assing of the 4th DIE FLACCID movie Afterword Man Stuff

Reviews

Vern is the greatest writer about film writing about film anywhere that film is written about. If you disagree, I will pay a big guy to punch you in a soft place. - 'Moriarty', Ain't It Cool News * Equal parts Hell's Angels and Pauline Kael, Vern is a National Treasure!!! Guillermo Del Toro, director of Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy. We can't believe this actually exists, but the world is certainly a better place for it. New York Magazine Uproariously funny... the film book I never knew I always wanted to read. Nerve.com

"""Vern is the greatest writer about film writing about film anywhere that film is written about. If you disagree, I will pay a big guy to punch you in a soft place."" - 'Moriarty', Ain't It Cool News * ""Equal parts Hell's Angels and Pauline Kael, Vern is a National Treasure!!!"" Guillermo Del Toro, director of Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy. ""We can't believe this actually exists, but the world is certainly a better place for it."" New York Magazine ""Uproariously funny... the film book I never knew I always wanted to read."" Nerve.com"""

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"As a frequent writer for Ain't It Cool News, Vern has gained notoriety for his unorthodo reviewing style and his expertise in ""the films of Badass Cinema."" His review of the slasher movie CHAOS earned him a wrestling challenge from its director; his explosive essay on the PG-13 rating of LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD prompted Bruce Willis himself to walk barefoot across the broken glass of movie nerd message boards to respond."

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