Real Genius

[hammersavage]

So I just watched this for about the 50th time. I don't know if I love it or hate it but it is really a peculiar film.



-Halfway thru the film, Chris Knight (Val Kilmer) takes a test and as he leaves, places an apple on the teachers desk. The teacher throws it in the trash bin. Now Chris walks out and a second later, BOOM! The apple explodes.

Now I'm no disciplinarian, but a student pretty much handed a teach a IED. And there was no consequences.



-And how the fuck did they get Kent's car into his dorm room? I know these kids are smart but it seems like a ton of work.



-What the hell is Mitch, exactly? He's one of the most feminine, odd looking people I've ever seen. Yet somehow, he gets a chick.
http://curie.umd.umich.edu/Phys/SPS/activities/real-genius.jpg


-Finally, that's a ton of popcorn. And it just pops so damn fast. Some of the local kids start eating it. It just got popped by some random laser and came exploding out of a house. It's probably got glass and uranium and shit on it and these dumb kids just jump right in. Disgusting. Yet its a dream of mine to this day that it happens to my neighbor's house. I'd probably jump right in too.
http://www.geocities.com/valteamo/house.jpg



Then cue 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World'. I tear up everytime.

[Gvac]

I'm seriously getting worried about you, savage.

[hammersavage]

He gave the teacher an IED!

[Dave's Cackle]

They obviously disassembled the car with a quickness. Love me some Real Genius!

[Contra]

Awsome movie, to this day!

[mikeyboy]

I'm seriously getting worried about you, savage.

It took you this long?

[hammersavage]

It took you this long?

mikey, would you let your kids eat that popcorn? And there is so damned much!!!




You know, they built a house and thats real popcorn.

[Contra]

Oh definately!

[west milly Tom]

I have spent entire days watching this movie.

[furie]

and we never saw Mitch again......



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[grlNIN]

Now I'm no disciplinarian, but a student pretty much handed a teach a IED. And there was no consequences.



-And how the fuck did they get Kent's car into his dorm room? I know these kids are smart but it seems like a ton of work.

It's a school for geniuses, they let them get away with more.

I want to know how, in all this crazy rambling, you forgot the ice hallway that the students were skating down.

[Tenbatsuzen]

It's a school for geniuses, they let them get away with more.

I want to know how, in all this crazy rambling, you forgot the ice hallway that the students were skating down.

It's what happens to water when it gets too cold.

[King Imp]

and we never saw Mitch again......

Actually we did, but if not for the credits, I would have never recognized him.

If you saw The Karate Kid Part 3 he was the guy in the club who Daniel punched in the face and broke his nose.

[realmenhatelife]

It's what happens to water when it gets too cold.

This is Kent, this is what happens to a human when he gets too sexually frustrated.

[Badinia]

OK, I love this movie. This is part of Val Kilmer's brief golden era, along with Top Secret, which I have also seen one jillion times.

The car prank is an established prank done on campuses like MIT, Rice, and Caltech. Don't worry your community college head about it.

"I'm sorry but it's not like me, I'm depressed. There was what, no one at the mutant hamster races, we only had one entry into the Madame Curie look-alike contest and he was disqualified later. Why do I bother?"

ICE IS NICE!

[HVAC]

It's what happens to water when it gets too cold.

the coolest movie!

[biozombie]

"I drank what?"
-Socrates

[jessicaduh]

you need a job.

[hammersavage]

It's a school for geniuses, they let them get away with more.

I want to know how, in all this crazy rambling, you forgot the ice hallway that the students were skating down.

Not nearly as insane as the indoor water park they built. And what babes!

And Mitch was in Frost/Nixon last year.

[Tall_James]

True Story:

I have created the non-existent soundtrack album to this movie on my iTunes.

In case you're interested:

Bryan Adams: One Night Love Affair
Chas Jankel: Number One
Don Henley: All She Wants To Do Is Dance
Comsat Angels: I'm Falling
Carmen McRae: You Took Advantage of Me
The System: The Pleasure Seekers
Textones: Standing in the Line
The Payolas: You're The Only Love
Y&T: Summertime Girls
The Call: The Walls Come Down
Tears for Fears: Everybody Wants To Change the World

[TheMojoPin]

I can't wait for hammer's followup thread: "you know, that Flight of the Navigator doesn't seem too practical."

[jennysmurf]

Stop over-thinking it, you're rooooooooning it!




Do you wanna help me test my re-breather?

[hammersavage]

Well, it was just on Encore and I watched again. A few more observations:

-Mitch is a 15 year old, boy genius. His love interest is a 19 year old girl who, from all appearances down to the Moe Howard haircut, is retarded. Very autistic at best.

-They build this laser that is, according to Kent, 'hotter than the sun'. So what do they do? Blindly shoot it across campus. It goes through walls, statues, billboards. A student could have easily been walking through the quad at that time and had a giant laser rip through them. Pretty reckless stuff.

-Kent, this is Jesus. STOP MASTURBATING!

[hammersavage]

OK, I love this movie. This is part of Val Kilmer's brief golden era, along with Top Secret, which I have also seen one jillion times.

The car prank is an established prank done on campuses like MIT, Rice, and Caltech. Don't worry your community college head about it.

"I'm sorry but it's not like me, I'm depressed. There was what, no one at the mutant hamster races, we only had one entry into the Madame Curie look-alike contest and he was disqualified later. Why do I bother?"

ICE IS NICE!

First off, I went to university. Secondly, this isn't the old 'car in a tight spot' prank. They seemingly move it from the parking lot to Kent's room between the time he enters the building and when he gets to his room.

Furthermore, watch the scene again. The car is breathing or something. They put it on hydrolics and play snoring noises over it.

I can't wait for hammer's followup thread: "you know, that Flight of the Navigator doesn't seem too practical."

Don't be silly

[TheMojoPin]

Stop trying to understand geniuses, retard.

[hammersavage]

Stop trying to understand geniuses, retard.

Personal attack.






Stop, don't eat that hamburger. I've been told it gives you very large breasts! (gasp) I'm too late! Such a Knight thing to say

[TheMojoPin]

Just a scientific observation.

[Dave's Cackle]

First off, I went to university.

Larry's College of TV and VCR Repair doesn't exact count as a "university" :thumbup::lol::lol::lol::thumbup:

[Badinia]

OK, yeah, they disassemble the car and reassemble it in the room, they have also pimped it out with a hydraulics kit so it looks like it's breathing.

I don't think anyone has ever gone that far, but it's a movie.

[FezsAssistant]

"This is God...Stop playing with yourself..."

[grlNIN]

Larry's College of TV and VCR Repair doesn't exact count as a "university" :thumbup::lol::lol::lol::thumbup:

Stop being a dick.

[jessicaduh]

Stop being a dick.

i'm more offended by the lack of funny.

[Stankfoot]

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[hammersavage]

Larry's College of TV and VCR Repair doesn't exact count as a "university" :thumbup::lol::lol::lol::thumbup:

I was too busy fixing my TV to see this right away.

[TheMojoPin]

I was too busy fixing my TV to see this right away.

Good thing DC so helpfully showed us all how hilarious it was with 5 smileys in a row. That means it's REALLY funny.

[jessicaduh]

the only way it could have been funnier would have been if he had "lol'd" himself.

[jennysmurf]

Good thing DC so helpfully showed us all how hilarious it was with 5 smileys in a row. That means it's REALLY funny.

What does six smileys in a row mean?

[TheMojoPin]

What does six smileys in a row mean?

Too funny for human consumption.

[hammersavage]

OK, yeah, they disassemble the car and reassemble it in the room, they have also pimped it out with a hydraulics kit so it looks like it's breathing.

I don't think anyone has ever gone that far, but it's a movie.

It was the speed with which they did it.


And what's with Laslo? We're supposed to like this character who lives thru Chris' closet and wasted his gift of being a genius on prize raffles?

[Crispy123]

Seriously, who has a dream where you see yourself standing in sun-god robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?

[thepaulo]

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

[jennysmurf]

Seriously, who has a dream where you see yourself standing in sun-god robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?

Why am I the only one who has that dream?