Good Brews Bad Views

No one really expected Good Brews Bad Views to make it to 25 episodes, so for the monumental episode Max, James, and Ryan sit down and talk about how this boozy bad movie podcast has gone so far and what the future holds for GBBV. This episode’s beer is from our friends at Bell’s Brewery. Thanks Bell’s!

Tim Burton movies have one of the most immediately recognizable visual styles in film that often create a memorable world where his weird quirky stories can be told. However sometimes his movies focus a little bit too much on the vibrant flashbacks and Ketchup blood which ultimately leaves them lacking in the “plot coherence” department. Depending on which member of GBBV you ask, Sleepy Hollow may...

We conclude our 3-part series on terrible movies from our childhood with the 1994 live action Double Dragon adaptation.  Packed with bad puns, terrible special effects, a culturally appropriating villainous Robert Patrick, and some utterly bizarre cameos, Double Dragon may be the worst movie we’ve done on the podcast so far. We may actually be a little sorry about this one.

Continuing the Bad Movies from our Youth and Terrible Third Installments series is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III. This time featuring time travel to feudal Japan, this movie sadly is nowhere near as cherished as the time traveling video game. What it does feature is a much more interesting sideplote that mostly happens off-screen unfortunately.

Episode 21 begins a three part series where we look back on the bad movie of our youths. First up is the painfully 90s movie Escape from L.A. This unnecessary sequel is basically the same movie as its 16 year predecessor Escape from New York, but is much much worse. Luckily the luscious hair of Kurt Russell makes the movie somewhat tolerable, despite the constant presence of Steve Buscemi. But onl...

This past weekend Max, James, and Ryan fulfilled a lifelong dream of seeing a live showing of The Room and also meeting the enigmatic Tommy Wiseau. It was an experience to say the least.

For our 20th episode we go back to the movie that started it all and the beer that just happened to get caught up in the events leading to this podcast: Super Mario Bros. and Dragon’s Milk. There is a lot of iconic imagery associated with the Super Mario game series, but don’t worry if you haven’t played any of them as you won’t find any of it here. What you will find is a lot of head scratching,...

Everyone knows B is for “brains” a zombies favorite meal, but B is also for “box office bomb” which is what Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was. A few years too late, the movie suffers from “adapted for the big screen syndrome” wasting much of what an otherwise noteworthy cast had to offer. Friend of the show Kayla joins us as we change things up by switching from beer to an appropriately named ci...

A sequel to the original Death Race 2000 that was 40 years in the making that also looks like it was also made for about $40, Death Race 2050 has all of the fun and color that was notably absent from the 2008 Jason Statham starring remake. Join us as we indulge in The Holy Grail of Michigan Beers: Hopslam, and marvel at the on-the-nose 2016 commentary.

We knew it was only a matter of time before we would tackle a movie starring the one and only Nic Cage, but what to choose from such a wide array of “films?” In the end we decided to go with 2016’s The Trust, a movie that starts off on one foot and quickly jumps to the opposite side of the spectrum with a single bound. Notable costars include Elijah Wood and Nic Cage’s mustache.

A movie best described as “If 2016 vomited all over a Hot Topic,” Suicide Squad is more of an all out assault on the senses more than an actual functioning film. Long time friend of the show Steve Cuff of Optimism Vaccine joins us in pondering such questions as “Why?” “How?” and “When will this end?” as well as bringing some fine beer from Wisconsin. We apologize for nothing.

Mythological beasts, feats of inhuman strength, meddling gods. These are the things that come to mind when one thinks of Hercules. However someone in Hollywood had the idea to make a Hercules movie that only vaguely had any of these things. And also have it star Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock aka The People’s Herc, but we don’t fault anyone for that.

In this episode we dig in to 1999’s Ravenous . It’s like Oregon Trail The Movie, but with cannibalism and executive meddling. Bon Appétite.

For our first episode of 2017 we continue our series of “Terrible 3rd movie in an otherwise good movie series” with Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Out of all the things to add to post-apocalyptic Australia, child actors were what was needed. And Tina Turner.

The only thing more confusing than the consistency of Gerard Butler’s accent in the 2016 movie London Has Fallen is why this movie was shot on so many sets from The Dark Knight Rises. Featuring a lot of the same actors no less.

Things are shaken up a little for this episode as Max, Ryan, and James all go into Santa’s Slay completely blind, not having watched the movie beforehand in an experiment we like to call Good Brews Blind Views. Wrestling fans can rejoice on this episode featuring  Bill Goldberg, of WCW/WWE fame. Prepare yourself for curling.

Just how do the 19th century Transylvanian peasantry get such luscious looking hair? Why does director Stephen Sommers like head wounds so much? Why is this movie so pink? Enjoyer of mango-habanero cider and friend of the show Jess joins the GBBV Crew to ponder such questions and many more in 2004's Van Helsing.

There are more than a few movies titled Jack Frost . You probably know of the one starring Michael Keaton as a harmonica playing CGI Snowdad. This is not that movie. This is a straight-to-VHS killer snowman movie.

Long before we found him annoying in those Mac vs PC commercials, but before he was subjected to a walrus suit, we had to deal with a very annoying Justin Long in Jeepers Creepers. How annoying you may ask? “You don’t understand!"

Tired of listening to Max, James, and Ryan prattle on about beer and movies? Then fear not, as friend of the show Jordan joins in to try and figure just what the hell was going on in Spider-Man 3.

Imagine a simpler time, 2009, where Hollywood executives decided to base a movie off of First Person Shooter box art and their perception of social media. The result: Gamer.

For this episode Max, Ryan, and James tackle the Batman movie from the 1990s that no one ever talks about: Batman Forever. Scrubbing away nearly all of Tim Burton's influence and giving the Dark Knight a 40 year old sidekick, the only way this movie could have had more neon is if they filmed it in an actual laser tag arena.

Deep Rising: a cheesey B-movie that we had way too much fun watching multiple times and would gladly watch again. Enjoy the gun fondling, skeleton depositories, and high stakes jet skiing action.

For this episode we endure "Dude Where's My Car?" a movie best described as the Death Throes of the 1990s that really wishes it was American Pie. Hail Zoltan!

For this episode Max, Ryan, and James endure the lack of color and Jason Statham’s terrible tattoos in Death Race, a movie best described as dystopian Mario Kart where everyone scowls.