Post #382699 by Tikiwahine on Tue, May 27, 2008 3:00 PM

We watched the movie "Interstate" last night. It was terrible, but did have some tiki action in it!

There was also a great shot of what looked to be a route 66 landmark, that doesn't seem to exist. It's a burger joint called 'Jesus 66' which features a giant rotating burger being held up by a crucified Jesus. Can't get much better than that!

Here are some screenshots.

First, a tiki bobble head that looks to be of the Accoutrements variety, though I've never seen it before.

Second, a car pulls into this incredible tiki bar. Now to me, this looks like one our resident artist's paintings come to life, but maybe it does exist somewhere. The flames and flickering neon sign looked real, but the scene as a whole felt kind of computer generated.

Thirdly, at the front desk of the tiki motel, the lead actor has a bad trip on acid and sees a lightly painted dollar tree tiki dancing. This image is from the movie's website. The Accoutrements Moai in the background is pretty obvious.

Apparently this movie won a few awards on the film fest circuit, but I personally felt that that acting was terrible(apart from the one good actor, who dies early on). The main character was a whiny little wimp, and the movie got annoying, then boring, then ended with a sag. At least the ending was shot at a drive-in theater. I don't recommend it, unless you just want to see the tiki. Which, thanks to screen-shots, you just have.

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[ Edited by: Tikiwahine 2008-05-27 15:11 ]