2. Inspector Gadget - 1999
Okay, so this is one of those movies that someone should have told me I shouldn't have liked or even watched as a kid. But it had things I liked: kinetically amusing actions, visually stimulating mechanisms, peculiar and loud sounds that kept my attention. So pretty much it was a baby mobile. And isn't it weird that Rupert Everett is on this list twice? But Inspector Gadget didn't seem that bad at the time. Yet at the same time I thought jumping off my porch with an umbrella would work like it did in the cartoons. A much not needed adaptation of the classic cartoon that fell into the genre only shared by Inspector Gadget and Robocop of Frankenstein Cops, Inspector Gadget had things going for itI think. There was Matthew Broderick. And he just did Godzilla. And I know Im not suppose to like that either, but I did (and sadly still find it horribly amusing). Then there was the smart-ass, back-talking car. And then there was a groin shot, and as we have established, they are funny to children. So unfortunately, it was funny and entertaining at the time. Realizing how much better Inspector Gadget was as a kid was a wake-up call. I had no idea this sort of thing happens in Hollywood until I watched it when my more cinematic critical mind was developing. I cant say that I can get all the way throw the pathetic set-ups and poor attempts at humor for any age range now like I did as a kid. This was one franchise that should have been left alone as a cartoon. Just like the Smurfsand Garfieldand Alvin and the Chipmunksand Yogi Bear. But Wacky Races, that I really want to see. But much like Inspector Gadget, it wont be any good, especially now that I am an adult. Mom, why did you let me watch this?