Briggs: Joe Bob Goes Back to the Drive-In—Pure Fun - Page 2

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• 1 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo

  Mar 28, 2005 at 6:14 pm

  Nice one, Pat. i quite enjoy mr brigg's criticisms, and his tongue-in-cheek "redneck"-isms. The only book i have of his is Profoundly Disturbing, but, alas, barring some 1930's gems, he didn't really relate anything especially ground-breaking.

• 2 - DrPat

  Mar 28, 2005 at 6:43 pm

  Joe Bob also has a B-Movie webring, with his blog (linked to his name in my post) at the "center."

• 3 - HW Saxton

  Mar 29, 2005 at 1:53 am

  Duke, You need to read "Joe Bob Goes To
  The Drive-In" and continue on from there
  should you be further interested. You'll
  likely change your opinion of Joe Bob's
  work. If "...Drive In" does not pull you
  into his sway,then likely nothing will.
  
  
  

• 4 - SFC Ski

  Mar 29, 2005 at 1:57 am

  Joe Bob Briggs is the go-to critic for B-movies. Leave the Hollywood gloss to Roger Ebert, the drive-in belongs to Joe Bob.

• 5 - Doc

  Mar 29, 2005 at 9:37 am

  Didn't he used to give a rating on "Bimbo-fu" for films where women fought each other?

• 6 - DrPat

  Mar 29, 2005 at 11:20 am

  Killer bimbo fu. Monster fu. Midget fu. Spaghetti fu. Zombie fu. Double-barrel shotgun fu. Geisha bath fu. Sony Trinitron fu. Zipper fu. Hammer fu. Butcher-knife fu. Safeway fu. TV wrassling fu. Fat fu. Coke machine fu.
  
  And that's just five movies...

• 7 - HW Saxton

  Mar 29, 2005 at 3:43 pm

  Gun Fu,Car Fu,Knife Fu,Sword Fu,Pen Fu
  (some flick where a guy gets a pen right
  through the eye),Bomb Fu,Breast Fu(from
  a Chesty Morgan movie)Saw Fu,To Fu(very
  tasty in a Black Bean Sauce)Truck Fu,etc
  etc etc... All Fu's are really from Joe
  Bob Briggs reviews. No BS. Except the To
  Fu.That's from Pin Kaow Palace,a Chinese
  take out joint right around the corner
  from me on 17th St & Decatur.
  
  Joe Bob(nee John Bloom)was a serious and
  respected film critic specializing in
  mainly reviews of Foreign & "Art" movies
  before he started reviewing the Drive In
  flicks under the nom de plum J.B Briggs.
  

• 8 - DrPat

  Mar 29, 2005 at 4:36 pm

  Joe Bob's letest foray into B-movie commentary has been providing a source of features for release of older movies on DVD. His web site ledes with a half-dozen or so current ones.

• 9 - Aaron, Duke De Mondo

  Mar 29, 2005 at 5:05 pm

  i keep meaning to pick up the region 2 special edition of I Spit On Your Grave, which has a Joe Bob commentary. One of these days.
  
  And HW, i will seek that number out ASAP

• 10 - DrPat

  Mar 29, 2005 at 5:15 pm

  My spouse just ran across a book in an antique store called "Snake Fights, Rabbit Fights and More" (Amazon 0590317202), which had a little label the store had put on it, Rabbit Fu for Children.
  
  Damn! that Joe Bob gets around...

• 11 - HW Saxton

  Mar 30, 2005 at 12:15 am

  Ah ha!"I Spit On Your Grave" sez Duke De
  Mondo. That there is likely Ms. Camille
  Keatons finest moment.And her only.
  
  Taking a bath with the girlfriend was
  never quite the same after watching that
  movie.
  
  I've always wanted to make a movie about
  life in an fast food restaurant called
  "I Spit On Your Gravy".