Poor film and misleading customer reviews
Added 8/22/2009
This is my first review on Amazon and I can't believe it is for Getting Lucky. God help me! I bought this film with the hopes of getting a fun 80s sex-comedy romp and instead watched a piss-poor film that I forced myself to finish just so that I could attempt to write a comprehensive review. Well, this film hardly deserved it. I'd like to clarify my position before I go further: I consider myself a cult film fanatic and truly appreciate low-budget affairs. It's always a pleasure to watch a film with a limited budget that forces filmmakers to rely on creative filmmaking and subversive/exploitive themes. This film, however, lacked any of the aformentioned redeeming qualities--believe me, I wanted to find at least one after spending money on this DVD.
[...] An utter sham and totally misleading. I wasted my Saturday afternoon and will have to be more careful when reading reviews by Amazon customers in the future. The Troma label should have been a warning to steer clear of this title, but I was willing to give this a chance as I'm by no means an expert of this genre and was willing to put my faith in the reviews I read on this forum. I challenge any one who lacks childhood nostalgia or financial gain from the sale of this DVD to watch this DVD and objectively give it five stars.
I will give credit were it is due: There was one funny scene in this entire film, when the "towel boy" shrinks via the genie leprechaun and ends up in the panties of the lead actress. As she goes through her day, he clings for life by her pubic hair. That, I must admit, made me grin for a while. Otherwise, the content lacked any originality, unless you consider the genie leprechaun (incredibly disappointing effort here IMO) that interesting. From a filmmaking standpoint, this film was horribly produced, lacked any sense of style, displayed horribly unimaginative cinematography, and sounded like you were listening out of a tin can. Lets just say this was Amateurish (notice the capital A): I witnessed far better production values in my introduction to filmmaking class at USC as an UNDERGRAD!
If this isn't enough, Troma interferes with their typically shameless self-promotion (see Lloyd Kaufman's "introduciton" to the film). Additionally, the DVD boasts extra features which are actually quite poor as even a self-proclaimed cinephile like myself finds little reasons to watch a photo gallery with narration provided by the film's boom operator/still photographer. I mean, really?). All this ingredients make for a delicious C-R-A-P sandwich, so by all means eat up if you're into that sort of thing. Watch at your own risk but if you choose to see this thing, please provide an objective review to balance the overall rating this film has received. There's no need for others to feel as mislead and pissed off as I do right now.
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Fun 80's style comedy romp
Added 6/22/2009
If you're a fan of such classics as "Revenge of the Nerds" and "Weird Science", "Getting Lucky" will be right up your alley. It's classic nerd-getting-his-day sort of film that pulls out all the stops and does not fail to entertain. And come on, when a major character of a film is a drunken leprechaun, who can resist?
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leprechauns make everything better!
Added 6/18/2009
I saw this movie once, at least 10 years ago, on 'USA Up All Night w/ Gilbert Gottfried' and I still recall most of the movie. I remember it being really corny, but quite funny. This film is very much along the same lines as "Zapped" and "Revenge of the Nerds" with a 90's twist. And the scene where he shrinks and he's in the girl's underwear is a classic scene that sticks in my memory to this day.
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Shenanigans
Added 6/18/2009
A nerd chases his dream girl, and finds help from a tiny leprechaun in a beer bottle, with a debilitating drinking problem.
And it's Troma.
That's all you really need to know. This movie is raunchy and funny as all hell, and anyone who can appreciate Llyod Kaufman's sense of humor should buy this.
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This movie is just bizarrely awesome. It's so crazy and over the top you can't help but love it. The Leprechaun, the shrinking? Ha! Classic. It's great that Troma has finally put this out on DVD, if you like Revenge of the Nerds, Weird Science, and have the Troma sense of humor, you'll love it.
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