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We did it: We survived seven-and-a-half straight hours of Pauly Shore movies. Don’t ask why we did it. I doubt any of us could really explain it. But we did it.

I’m not sure how Scott and Patrick decided on it, but we watched them in this order: Jury Duty, In the Army Now, Son in Law, Bio-Dome, and Encino Man.

Seeing as I was the oldest out of the three of us, I was the only one who had seen all five movies in the theatre. (This isn’t something I’m exactly proud of…) Anyways, Patrick has already chimed in on his thoughts on things, so I thought I’d add my two cents… (Here’s how to interpret my ratings: 1 – Unholy Bile, 2 – Awful, 3 – Bad, 4 – Poor, 5 – So-So, 6 – Not bad, 7 – Good, 8 – Great, 9 – Fantastic, 10 – Perfect)

1. Bio-Dome 7/10 (Extra points for the brief and unexpected Tenacious D appearance in this movie.)
2. Encino Man 6/10 (Brendan Fraser went all out as the caveman. Pauly was actually quite the philosopher. It’s pretty bad when the Weasel is the wiser of two idiots.)
3. Son in Law 6/10 (Pretty good, well rounded movie.)
4. Jury Duty 5/10 (Meh… not great, but lots of great cameos.)
   
5. In the Army Now 5/10 (I didn’t hate it… and I certainly remembered liking it more the last time I watched it.)

The one thing I learned from watching all of these flicks again was that Pauly Shore wasn’t half bad… He was an icon back in his day… albeit a very annoying one. But his movies represent what was good (and bad) about the 90’s.

I am glad we didn’t decide to have a Steve Buscemi or Gilbert Godfried marathon. I probably would have killed someone if subjected to their flicks… Maybe next time…