There are things that we like that are inexplicable, right? Or maybe there is a reason for our undying adoration, but objectively it makes no sense. Right? That no matter how much we might try to defend it from an objective stance, we know deep down that it is quite bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tTake blue cheese for instance. I love it, but I can objectively see why most people don\u2019t find moldy old cheese to be all that appealing. And frankly, I think we all know that people who say they GENUINELY enjoy beer and wine beyond its intoxicating effects are, well, liars. Especially people who claim to genuinely enjoy IPA\u2019s. (Liars!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tSo, when I tell you that I have an undying affection for the films of Joe Dante and you inevitably ask me, \u201cWho?\u201d and then I explain and you SCREAM \u201cWHY!?\u201d I will know that deep down, you\u2019re probably right, objectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t get me wrong, Joe Dante has had some great films in his filmography. I mean, we\u2019re talking about the director of \u201cThe Howling<\/a>,\u201d one of the only movies that can go toe-to-toe with \u201cAn American Werewolf in London<\/a>\u201d as the best werewolf movie of all-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But he also made \u201cGremlins<\/a>.\u201d Which is, objectively speaking, one of the better popcorn films of the \u201880s, and maintains to this day a feverishly loyal following of fans heaping adoration its way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is when I tell you, bursting with joy and excitement, that he ALSO made the sequel to that film<\/a>. Which, most likely, you haven\u2019t seen, or have burned from your memory. To which I might say, \u201cWhy, it\u2019s a masterpiece?\u201d (I\u2019m a liar. It\u2019s not.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n I mean, this is after all the movie that spawned one of the wildest and most ridiculous Key & Peele sketches<\/a>, in which a script doctor named Star Magic Jackson Jr., shows up and tells the writers to create their own gremlin. It doesn\u2019t go that well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \tSo, yeah. Dante\u2019s had a weird, weird career. But I love almost all of it. And that\u2019s why I want to talk about one of his nearly forgotten films: \u201cThe \u2018Burbs\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n