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Cannibal Holocaust (Rugerro Deodato)
"The most disturbing, realistic, brutal movie...ever"
A New York anthropologist travels to the jungles of South America with two local guides to find out what happened to a documentary film crew which disappeared nearly a year earlier. After a long search and encountering a few primitive tribes, they find the remains of the crew and several reels of their undeveloped film. While in the US, the anthropologist views the material on the films.
So this is the film that they did not want you to see, after seeing it, I can see why. Here is a film that has hundreds of people who love it, and just as many who hate it. Mostly because of the violent content within the film, it's too raw and horrific for some, but for others, they love every minute of it. Myself, I'm in that one percent who's indifferent.
This is a grindhouse picture, where it's basically two stories into one movie, the first half of the movie is the search party who goes into the jungle looking for the film crew. The second half of the movie is the actual film footage from the documentary crew, which portion of the film I liked more is hard to decide, because what we see in the first half is shocking to us, we have not seen this before, it's new and it's brutal, but happens in the second half of the movie is more brutal, but not as shocking, because you are expecting the uncomfortably of the film to grow, and it does.
This movie influenced the likes of films like The Blair Witch Project. Here is a movie that goes down in history as one of the most shocking movies of all time, does it deserve that title? Well, let's see, during the 90 some odd minutes of the film, be ready for:
3 different rape scenes, full-frontal nudity (both male and female), decapitations, real-life animal killings, guts ripping, people burning, torture, the most disturbing abortion scenes ever, limbs being chopped off, people getting impaled, bodies being hacked to bits and guts being ripped out and what makes it worse is that it's not that kind of "Dead-Alive" tounge in cheek gore, it's so realistic and disturbing.
The music is beautiful, the theme song that plays throughout it amazing and a high point in this film. Don't pick it up for acting, or dialouge...but then again I wouldn't imagine someone doing that. This is a horror movie for those disturbed horror fans, those who want to see this movie to see what all the talk is about, brace yourself, you're in for some pretty horrific stuff. I'm not going to go into the whole political aspect of animal killings, but those were some of the hardest scenes to watch in this film.
People are put off by the violence, so they fail to see what it's about. How we today are more curious about what's bad in the world, then what is good, how the journalist focus more on violent issues. Was it overdone? But then again, maybe it was just the right amount. It also shows how we as a culture are insensitive and ignorant to others, even if it is a cannibal tribe.
I did dig this film, for it's unique style, that did come out before BWP faze. I love all kinds of horror movies, and this is one not to miss, of course if you can handle this type of stuff. The dvd is limited to about 10,000 copies, so if you want a copy pick it up fast. Oh and did I forget to mention that during it's release it was banned in almost 60 countries.
6.5/10
"The most disturbing, realistic, brutal movie...ever"
A New York anthropologist travels to the jungles of South America with two local guides to find out what happened to a documentary film crew which disappeared nearly a year earlier. After a long search and encountering a few primitive tribes, they find the remains of the crew and several reels of their undeveloped film. While in the US, the anthropologist views the material on the films.
So this is the film that they did not want you to see, after seeing it, I can see why. Here is a film that has hundreds of people who love it, and just as many who hate it. Mostly because of the violent content within the film, it's too raw and horrific for some, but for others, they love every minute of it. Myself, I'm in that one percent who's indifferent.
This is a grindhouse picture, where it's basically two stories into one movie, the first half of the movie is the search party who goes into the jungle looking for the film crew. The second half of the movie is the actual film footage from the documentary crew, which portion of the film I liked more is hard to decide, because what we see in the first half is shocking to us, we have not seen this before, it's new and it's brutal, but happens in the second half of the movie is more brutal, but not as shocking, because you are expecting the uncomfortably of the film to grow, and it does.
This movie influenced the likes of films like The Blair Witch Project. Here is a movie that goes down in history as one of the most shocking movies of all time, does it deserve that title? Well, let's see, during the 90 some odd minutes of the film, be ready for:
3 different rape scenes, full-frontal nudity (both male and female), decapitations, real-life animal killings, guts ripping, people burning, torture, the most disturbing abortion scenes ever, limbs being chopped off, people getting impaled, bodies being hacked to bits and guts being ripped out and what makes it worse is that it's not that kind of "Dead-Alive" tounge in cheek gore, it's so realistic and disturbing.
The music is beautiful, the theme song that plays throughout it amazing and a high point in this film. Don't pick it up for acting, or dialouge...but then again I wouldn't imagine someone doing that. This is a horror movie for those disturbed horror fans, those who want to see this movie to see what all the talk is about, brace yourself, you're in for some pretty horrific stuff. I'm not going to go into the whole political aspect of animal killings, but those were some of the hardest scenes to watch in this film.
People are put off by the violence, so they fail to see what it's about. How we today are more curious about what's bad in the world, then what is good, how the journalist focus more on violent issues. Was it overdone? But then again, maybe it was just the right amount. It also shows how we as a culture are insensitive and ignorant to others, even if it is a cannibal tribe.
I did dig this film, for it's unique style, that did come out before BWP faze. I love all kinds of horror movies, and this is one not to miss, of course if you can handle this type of stuff. The dvd is limited to about 10,000 copies, so if you want a copy pick it up fast. Oh and did I forget to mention that during it's release it was banned in almost 60 countries.
6.5/10
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28 Days Later (Danny Boyle)
"Disappointing attempt at reviving a dying genre"
A powerful virus escapes from a British research facility. Transmitted in a drop of blood, the virus infects those and turns them into a zombie like creature. Within 28 days the country is overwhelmed and a handful of survivors begin their attempts to salvage a future, little realizing that the deadly virus is not the only thing that threatens them.
Here is a little film that could have been a jump start in the horror genre, but with it's 2nd act, it falls apart as it tries to be something more then it actually is. It sells itself as an end of the world, fight for our lives film, and does that successfully for the most part, but when it takes a turn into a more humane state, it fizzles out and loses any interest it once had.
Don't get me wrong, I loved the field scene, that was tremendous, the cinematography was really great. The deserted London was probably one things in this movie, that make it watchable. I liked how they weren't you "typical" slow moving "grrr" zombies, but blood-coughing, running marathon zombies. IF you would call them zombies, or just people infected with "RAGE" The military characters are the worse, with the British soldiers being nothing more than your typical foul-mouthed grunts. The clever use of dialouge in "Dog Soldiers" was fast and hip, but still built characters, here it most definitely does not.
What does set this apart from your other zombie type movies is of course is isolated in London feel to it. The main character wakes up naked, sort of reborn, and finds himself in a new world where people are infected with a virus called rage, that turns them into a zombie like creature. It;s nice to see what people would do in this situation, and we get various degrees of that.
Our heros were in more trouble with other humans then they were with the creatures. By the time we got to the climax you were cheering on the Zombies. I thought the love story felt forced because "every" movie needs a love story and I found nothing at all to be thought provoking because it had all been done before. One thing I found odd was the lack of security when the "activists" liberate the chimps.
Since I had such high hopes for this film and was totally astonished at how terrible the last 20 or so minutes of the film was, a horrible ending did the movie in for me, it became the most disappointing movie of the summer.
5/10
"Disappointing attempt at reviving a dying genre"
A powerful virus escapes from a British research facility. Transmitted in a drop of blood, the virus infects those and turns them into a zombie like creature. Within 28 days the country is overwhelmed and a handful of survivors begin their attempts to salvage a future, little realizing that the deadly virus is not the only thing that threatens them.
Here is a little film that could have been a jump start in the horror genre, but with it's 2nd act, it falls apart as it tries to be something more then it actually is. It sells itself as an end of the world, fight for our lives film, and does that successfully for the most part, but when it takes a turn into a more humane state, it fizzles out and loses any interest it once had.
Don't get me wrong, I loved the field scene, that was tremendous, the cinematography was really great. The deserted London was probably one things in this movie, that make it watchable. I liked how they weren't you "typical" slow moving "grrr" zombies, but blood-coughing, running marathon zombies. IF you would call them zombies, or just people infected with "RAGE" The military characters are the worse, with the British soldiers being nothing more than your typical foul-mouthed grunts. The clever use of dialouge in "Dog Soldiers" was fast and hip, but still built characters, here it most definitely does not.
What does set this apart from your other zombie type movies is of course is isolated in London feel to it. The main character wakes up naked, sort of reborn, and finds himself in a new world where people are infected with a virus called rage, that turns them into a zombie like creature. It;s nice to see what people would do in this situation, and we get various degrees of that.
Our heros were in more trouble with other humans then they were with the creatures. By the time we got to the climax you were cheering on the Zombies. I thought the love story felt forced because "every" movie needs a love story and I found nothing at all to be thought provoking because it had all been done before. One thing I found odd was the lack of security when the "activists" liberate the chimps.
Since I had such high hopes for this film and was totally astonished at how terrible the last 20 or so minutes of the film was, a horrible ending did the movie in for me, it became the most disappointing movie of the summer.
5/10
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I didn't really like it either, thanks for the review. 
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EVIL DEAD II (Sam Raimi)
"It Ups The Ultimate Expierence In Grueling Terror"
This movie is equal to the original Evil Dead, here we have ASH the lone survivor from the first encounter with the evil dead, fighting off the deadites yet again. ASH encounters some unexpected guests and now everyone must fight for the lives, or become the evil that hunts them.
Sam Raimi does an excellent job of keeping us scared in a cabin in the middle of nowhere, with the dead surrounding us. When ASH is alone in the cabin, we are alone in the cabin and every creaking sound we hear feels like it's right beside us. The eery feeling is not as terrifying as the original, because the original was a punch in the face of terror. This one is more of a drench you in the face with blood, instead of a punch. The touch of dark comedy is great. ASH versus his hand is some comic gold and is a great way to give you some breathing room when you're not terrified of what might happen next.
The script of course is just one guy in a cabin against the dead, but what makes it different is the great one-liners "Swallow This", "Groovy". The movie showcases other characters that hold no emotional value to the viewer what so ever. You don't even feel sorry for the hillbilly who gets stabbed, slammed by the door, kicked, yelled at, while still being stabbed mind you, dragged and then finally something unknown happens to him under the cellar, but it involves gallons upon gallons of blood.
The ending to this film sets up the third installment ARMY OF DARKNESS, which is a total turn around from the first two. The cameo of FREDDY'S glove is a classic nod to Craven's work...or a diss, however you look at it. The whole idea of an evil unknown force underneath you in a cellar is scary enough, not to mention the fact that we have to go down there with our hero, who's armed with trademark boomstick and chainsaw.
This film holds one of my all time favourite scenes. Can you guess it, it's when Ash "saws" off his own hand with a pyscho laugh, while blood splatters across his face and his laugh slowly grows into agony and screaming. If you love blood, dark comedy, great directing, classic B movie acting, one-liners and want to be scared ****less, then check this movie out, as well as the original.
This is what horror is all about, the gore, the atmosphere, the EVIL DEAD
10/10
"It Ups The Ultimate Expierence In Grueling Terror"
This movie is equal to the original Evil Dead, here we have ASH the lone survivor from the first encounter with the evil dead, fighting off the deadites yet again. ASH encounters some unexpected guests and now everyone must fight for the lives, or become the evil that hunts them.
Sam Raimi does an excellent job of keeping us scared in a cabin in the middle of nowhere, with the dead surrounding us. When ASH is alone in the cabin, we are alone in the cabin and every creaking sound we hear feels like it's right beside us. The eery feeling is not as terrifying as the original, because the original was a punch in the face of terror. This one is more of a drench you in the face with blood, instead of a punch. The touch of dark comedy is great. ASH versus his hand is some comic gold and is a great way to give you some breathing room when you're not terrified of what might happen next.
The script of course is just one guy in a cabin against the dead, but what makes it different is the great one-liners "Swallow This", "Groovy". The movie showcases other characters that hold no emotional value to the viewer what so ever. You don't even feel sorry for the hillbilly who gets stabbed, slammed by the door, kicked, yelled at, while still being stabbed mind you, dragged and then finally something unknown happens to him under the cellar, but it involves gallons upon gallons of blood.
The ending to this film sets up the third installment ARMY OF DARKNESS, which is a total turn around from the first two. The cameo of FREDDY'S glove is a classic nod to Craven's work...or a diss, however you look at it. The whole idea of an evil unknown force underneath you in a cellar is scary enough, not to mention the fact that we have to go down there with our hero, who's armed with trademark boomstick and chainsaw.
This film holds one of my all time favourite scenes. Can you guess it, it's when Ash "saws" off his own hand with a pyscho laugh, while blood splatters across his face and his laugh slowly grows into agony and screaming. If you love blood, dark comedy, great directing, classic B movie acting, one-liners and want to be scared ****less, then check this movie out, as well as the original.
This is what horror is all about, the gore, the atmosphere, the EVIL DEAD
10/10
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Damn it, I wanna see Evil Dead II. Nice review, man.
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Blade Trinity (David S. Goyer)
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"The once promising series is now nothing more then bad product placement"
Wesley Snipes returns as vampire hunter Blade in the third and final film in the Blade franchise, Blade: Trinity. When the Vampire Nation hatches a plan to frame Blade in a series of killings, he must join forces with the Nightstalkers, human vampire hunters. Not all is what it seems, when the legendary vampire Dracula makes an appearance.
First of all, I loved the first two films and was eagerly anticipating this third explosive installment. It had some promising elements to it, such as the writer also being the director, with that you'd figure that Goyer would know what direction to take Blade and how to get there, but what we get on the screen is a mix of jumbled characters and no direction what so ever. Writers who are unexperienced should let the directing go to trained professionals, it seems Goyer just left the camera on and let the actors do their thing.
Ryan Renolds, I believe stole the show, even though some of his jokes missed. I can see another movie spinning off from his character alone, but the rest of the Nightstalkers lack any kind of attachment what-so-ever, even Abagail. Dracula (Purcell) is so out of place, his lines are delivered like a board and nail. Posey makes an appearance as the female vampire lead, do I really have to go there? Blade II had some wrestling moves incorporated into it, so how does Goyer up on that, well introduce a wrestler into this flick, who has no acting talent what so ever, he's basically just a stunt double with a role, HHH should stick to wrestling. This is one of the main mistakes while making this movie, some pretty piss poor casting choices.
The film feels more like a Nightstalkers movie then a Blade movie, Snipes takes a backseat to Renolds and Biel, which is a mistake. You do not take out your lead character to introduce some weak characters with no development.
This third installment takes a different stroll from the first two, when both of the first films open, it opens with a bang/shock, here we get a mediocre opener. With both of the first films, they end with a bang, here we get a soft wrap up, not the best way to end a great trilogy...well after this film, a mediocre trilogy.
It's hard to watch a film where the product placement is so utterly terrible, it takes you out of the experience. Once is good enough, but when they repeatedly beat it into you, you think to yourself STOP IT ALREADY and you can't focus on the story, well, what little story there is.
The fight scenes are terrible, thanks to bad choreography and editing. The final showdown between the legendary Dracula and Blade is a let down because you can't follow the action and if you can, it looks phony. Just one question, if Dracula turned around and stopped the first arrow from hitting him, why couldn't he do the same thing with the second....oh, she won't shoot again right?
It's sad to see a promising series take a turn for the worse, and the blade series follows the matrix as the third installment cannot hold a candle to the first two films, which brings down the whole camp. I would rather see BLADE end on a high note then a low one, but you got to stop while there is some dignity left. You know you're watching a bad film when the bad ass lead hero says 'coochie-coo'
5.5/10
"The once promising series is now nothing more then bad product placement"
Wesley Snipes returns as vampire hunter Blade in the third and final film in the Blade franchise, Blade: Trinity. When the Vampire Nation hatches a plan to frame Blade in a series of killings, he must join forces with the Nightstalkers, human vampire hunters. Not all is what it seems, when the legendary vampire Dracula makes an appearance.
First of all, I loved the first two films and was eagerly anticipating this third explosive installment. It had some promising elements to it, such as the writer also being the director, with that you'd figure that Goyer would know what direction to take Blade and how to get there, but what we get on the screen is a mix of jumbled characters and no direction what so ever. Writers who are unexperienced should let the directing go to trained professionals, it seems Goyer just left the camera on and let the actors do their thing.
Ryan Renolds, I believe stole the show, even though some of his jokes missed. I can see another movie spinning off from his character alone, but the rest of the Nightstalkers lack any kind of attachment what-so-ever, even Abagail. Dracula (Purcell) is so out of place, his lines are delivered like a board and nail. Posey makes an appearance as the female vampire lead, do I really have to go there? Blade II had some wrestling moves incorporated into it, so how does Goyer up on that, well introduce a wrestler into this flick, who has no acting talent what so ever, he's basically just a stunt double with a role, HHH should stick to wrestling. This is one of the main mistakes while making this movie, some pretty piss poor casting choices.
The film feels more like a Nightstalkers movie then a Blade movie, Snipes takes a backseat to Renolds and Biel, which is a mistake. You do not take out your lead character to introduce some weak characters with no development.
This third installment takes a different stroll from the first two, when both of the first films open, it opens with a bang/shock, here we get a mediocre opener. With both of the first films, they end with a bang, here we get a soft wrap up, not the best way to end a great trilogy...well after this film, a mediocre trilogy.
It's hard to watch a film where the product placement is so utterly terrible, it takes you out of the experience. Once is good enough, but when they repeatedly beat it into you, you think to yourself STOP IT ALREADY and you can't focus on the story, well, what little story there is.
The fight scenes are terrible, thanks to bad choreography and editing. The final showdown between the legendary Dracula and Blade is a let down because you can't follow the action and if you can, it looks phony. Just one question, if Dracula turned around and stopped the first arrow from hitting him, why couldn't he do the same thing with the second....oh, she won't shoot again right?
It's sad to see a promising series take a turn for the worse, and the blade series follows the matrix as the third installment cannot hold a candle to the first two films, which brings down the whole camp. I would rather see BLADE end on a high note then a low one, but you got to stop while there is some dignity left. You know you're watching a bad film when the bad ass lead hero says 'coochie-coo'
5.5/10
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LAYER CAKE (Matthew Vaughn)
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"Cake is great to eat, but is it good to watch?"
Based on JJ Connelly's novel, "LAYER CAKE" is about a successful cocaine dealer, who plans an early retirement from the business. However, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess daughter of Edward, a powerful construction business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds' worth of ecstasy, a brutal neo-Nazi sect and a whole series of double crossings.
Here is a british gangster movie that will automatically be compared to Guy Richie film's Snatch and Lack, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, even though this movie is something of it's own. Where Richie's films were more of a comedic tone, Layer Cake takes itself more seriously, which is why you must pay attention to what is shown to you on the screen.
Matthew Vaughn take special care with the translation to screen from JJ Connelly's novel. Here we see that he has an eye for great crime/gangster movies. One particular scene will stay in my mind as one of the most memorable scene's in any gangster movie. When Morty is beating the crap out of Frankie in the diner, while the music Ordinary World by Duran Duran is playing in the background. Beautiful camera work, editting, music all blending perfectly together to give you a raw emotional and jaw dropping scene.
The music throughout the entire film is perfectly suited for the style. Right from the begining we get "She Sells Sanctuary" with the guitar stringing cords played beautifully, the music prepares you for the intense film you are about to see. Every piece of music used in Layer Cake fits that scene perfectly, great ears were put to use here.
Colm Meaney plays the same type of character in a lot of movies, a pissed off "I can kill you whenever I want" attitude...and he pulls it off differently everytime. Daniel Craig, while I was introduced to him in Tomb Raider, shows what he can actually do in with his talent, and those freaky blue eyes. His character, who's name is never mentioned can be the next 007. The only thing that I didn't like about the his character, was that he fell in love with this girl, who he just met. To me that seemed rather sudden and random.
The movie's plot is cliched, a bad guy will do one last deal, before quitting, but gets pulled into a twisting plot of bad things. Yes, we've seen these bad thing happen before in numerous movies, but this movie pulls it off with style and shock value, I was "shocked" twice during this film.
What else is there to say besides the fact that this movie is not only stylish, but it's ultra cool. It's a different take on british crime from a Guy Richie movie, but a step up from the film Gangster No.1. Layer Cake take twists and turns left right and centre, and for once in a blue moon, they actually make sense. So pick it up, because this film has more then one layer to it itself.
8/10
\"Cake is great to eat, but is it good to watch?"
Based on JJ Connelly's novel, "LAYER CAKE" is about a successful cocaine dealer, who plans an early retirement from the business. However, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess daughter of Edward, a powerful construction business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds' worth of ecstasy, a brutal neo-Nazi sect and a whole series of double crossings.
Here is a british gangster movie that will automatically be compared to Guy Richie film's Snatch and Lack, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, even though this movie is something of it's own. Where Richie's films were more of a comedic tone, Layer Cake takes itself more seriously, which is why you must pay attention to what is shown to you on the screen.
Matthew Vaughn take special care with the translation to screen from JJ Connelly's novel. Here we see that he has an eye for great crime/gangster movies. One particular scene will stay in my mind as one of the most memorable scene's in any gangster movie. When Morty is beating the crap out of Frankie in the diner, while the music Ordinary World by Duran Duran is playing in the background. Beautiful camera work, editting, music all blending perfectly together to give you a raw emotional and jaw dropping scene.
The music throughout the entire film is perfectly suited for the style. Right from the begining we get "She Sells Sanctuary" with the guitar stringing cords played beautifully, the music prepares you for the intense film you are about to see. Every piece of music used in Layer Cake fits that scene perfectly, great ears were put to use here.
Colm Meaney plays the same type of character in a lot of movies, a pissed off "I can kill you whenever I want" attitude...and he pulls it off differently everytime. Daniel Craig, while I was introduced to him in Tomb Raider, shows what he can actually do in with his talent, and those freaky blue eyes. His character, who's name is never mentioned can be the next 007. The only thing that I didn't like about the his character, was that he fell in love with this girl, who he just met. To me that seemed rather sudden and random.
The movie's plot is cliched, a bad guy will do one last deal, before quitting, but gets pulled into a twisting plot of bad things. Yes, we've seen these bad thing happen before in numerous movies, but this movie pulls it off with style and shock value, I was "shocked" twice during this film.
WARNING: "Layer Cake" spoilers below
When the sniper, out of no where gets sniped from Dragon. That was totally unexpected and worked so well. Of course the ending as well, which again comes out of nowhere. Ironic how throughout the whole movie XXXX believes that his job, dealing with drugs and what-not would be the reason behind him dying, and yet it's a woman. Not saying that he dies, this is left unanswered, he does get shot, be we never see him die, so his death is debated by the many fans of the film, who indeed hope for a sequel
What else is there to say besides the fact that this movie is not only stylish, but it's ultra cool. It's a different take on british crime from a Guy Richie movie, but a step up from the film Gangster No.1. Layer Cake take twists and turns left right and centre, and for once in a blue moon, they actually make sense. So pick it up, because this film has more then one layer to it itself.
8/10
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Thanks for the review, I will keep my eye out for this one, I love English gangster movies.
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Bubba Ho-Tep (Don Coscarelli)
"Bizzare, Original, Cult B Movie Goodness"
Bubba Ho-tep tells the story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in a rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death", then missed his chance to switch back. Elvis teams up with Jack, a fellow nursing home resident who thinks that he is actually President John F. Kennedy, and the two old codgers sally forth to battle an evil 3,000 year old Egyptian entity who has chosen their long-term care facility as his happy hunting grounds.
If someone told me that I would be watching a movie about a pushing 60 year old Elvis in a rest home, battle a 3,000 year old mummy, with the help of a black JFK who believes that his part of his brain has been replaces with a bag of sand...I'd say your crazy. But as you can see, this film does indeed exist and as I'm about to tell you, you do indeed need to watch it. As crazy as the movie sounds, it works, and it works beautifully.
Bubba Ho-Tep has B movie written all over it, Bruce Campbell, named a B movie god by some, a cult movie director, the most bizarre story line and a limited budget. So placing it in the cult movie/ B movie category warrants it's fans somewhere, no matter how bad the movie, or in this case, how good a movie.
How would you classify this movie, is it a drama, a horror piece, comedy, or is it to be just classified as a B movie, well, it's hard to say because it manages to blend all these elements together so well. The limited budget only adds to the atmosphere and the intensity of the film. Throughout the first half of the movie, our hero, our main character, spends that time mostly in the comfort of his own bed. How can a movie pulls this off? Well, when you have an actor like Bruce Campbell, that may help. It's safe to say that this is Campbell's best movie performance of his career and in cinema. It's like Jamie Fox being Ray Charles, it's not Fox it's RAY, here it's not Campbell, it's Elvis, alive and well...well, alive anyways. To see the legend of Ossie Davis in one of his better roles was a treat and it's good to see that he had some gas left in the tank before he passed on.
Don Coscarelli handles this film like it's his own baby, unlike many directors who want to just shoot the film and go on to their next project (I'm looking your way Spielberg). Even though it is based off a book, it feels more like Don's creation then anything. It is clearly his best attempt at film making.
The film is surprisingly emotional, I for one wasn't ready for the ride that I was going for, who knew that two old timers could bring such excitement to the screen, such a rush, and such a good time. Many of you will be turned off by the movie because you don't want to sit through the speed of it, because it goes about as fast as Elvis does in a race. But you should at least give it a chance, right after Elvis gets up and moving, the story takes you to another place. The movie's theme song is powerful, and will fill you with a warm, cool, feeling that you can only get while listening to the theme music and seeing Elvis on the screen, it fits so well. Kudos to Brian Tyler.
Check this movie out, if not for the acting, or directing, or the music, which is all top notch, check it out because it's so bizarre and original. It's a film that doesn't fit into the Hollywood cookie-cutter blend, and this is one kind of film that we need to see more of.
8/10
"Bizzare, Original, Cult B Movie Goodness"
Bubba Ho-tep tells the story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in a rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death", then missed his chance to switch back. Elvis teams up with Jack, a fellow nursing home resident who thinks that he is actually President John F. Kennedy, and the two old codgers sally forth to battle an evil 3,000 year old Egyptian entity who has chosen their long-term care facility as his happy hunting grounds.
If someone told me that I would be watching a movie about a pushing 60 year old Elvis in a rest home, battle a 3,000 year old mummy, with the help of a black JFK who believes that his part of his brain has been replaces with a bag of sand...I'd say your crazy. But as you can see, this film does indeed exist and as I'm about to tell you, you do indeed need to watch it. As crazy as the movie sounds, it works, and it works beautifully.
Bubba Ho-Tep has B movie written all over it, Bruce Campbell, named a B movie god by some, a cult movie director, the most bizarre story line and a limited budget. So placing it in the cult movie/ B movie category warrants it's fans somewhere, no matter how bad the movie, or in this case, how good a movie.
How would you classify this movie, is it a drama, a horror piece, comedy, or is it to be just classified as a B movie, well, it's hard to say because it manages to blend all these elements together so well. The limited budget only adds to the atmosphere and the intensity of the film. Throughout the first half of the movie, our hero, our main character, spends that time mostly in the comfort of his own bed. How can a movie pulls this off? Well, when you have an actor like Bruce Campbell, that may help. It's safe to say that this is Campbell's best movie performance of his career and in cinema. It's like Jamie Fox being Ray Charles, it's not Fox it's RAY, here it's not Campbell, it's Elvis, alive and well...well, alive anyways. To see the legend of Ossie Davis in one of his better roles was a treat and it's good to see that he had some gas left in the tank before he passed on.
Don Coscarelli handles this film like it's his own baby, unlike many directors who want to just shoot the film and go on to their next project (I'm looking your way Spielberg). Even though it is based off a book, it feels more like Don's creation then anything. It is clearly his best attempt at film making.
The film is surprisingly emotional, I for one wasn't ready for the ride that I was going for, who knew that two old timers could bring such excitement to the screen, such a rush, and such a good time. Many of you will be turned off by the movie because you don't want to sit through the speed of it, because it goes about as fast as Elvis does in a race. But you should at least give it a chance, right after Elvis gets up and moving, the story takes you to another place. The movie's theme song is powerful, and will fill you with a warm, cool, feeling that you can only get while listening to the theme music and seeing Elvis on the screen, it fits so well. Kudos to Brian Tyler.
Check this movie out, if not for the acting, or directing, or the music, which is all top notch, check it out because it's so bizarre and original. It's a film that doesn't fit into the Hollywood cookie-cutter blend, and this is one kind of film that we need to see more of.
8/10
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Thanks for the great review, I have it on my "Fetch Movies" list, I can't wait till it comes
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Dead & Breakfast (Matthew Leutwyler)
"Surprise Gore, Surprise Laughs, Surprise Fun"
Six friends on a road trip to their friends wedding stop for the night at a Bed and Breakfast in the town of Lovelock. After a night that leaves both the Inn's owner and chef dead, the gang finds themselves under suspicion by the local Sheriff. But when one of the friends accidentally knock over and ancient artifact, it possess the living. Soon all of the town's quirky residents become possessed by an evil spirit and pin down the friends inside the B&B.
This film surprised me a great deal, When I saw it at the video store, I thought to myself, another straight to video horror movie crap feast. Then I saw the cast and what it was about and I was interested, I mean...it's Bill himself David Carradine as the In's owner and the low-budget actor Jeremy Sisto, so I figure, oh, it should be decent or just a laugh. This film surprises the viewer as it showers you in gore and hits you with laughs.
The film "steals" or homages, how ever you look at it, from so many classic and modern horror movies. For this film it turned out to be a good thing, that's if you like such films as Shaun of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead (remake), Night of the Living Dead, Evil Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, dead-alive and so on.
The film delievers on the laughs, it has a very Shaun of the Dead feel to it, although it by no means ever reaches that level of greatness. Whereas Shaun is funny throughout the entire film, this movie is pretty boring until we encounter the "possessed" townfolk in the bar brawl scene. From there the movie definitly picks up momentum, the blood splashes across the screen left right and centre, it's no Dead-Alive by any means, but for the gore fan out there, you'll be satisfied. It's clear that the budget went towards the gore scenes in the film.
Some jokes hit while others miss, or just drag on too long...Slipping on the blood has been done, why do it again and go on and on for 3 minutes of it. The zombies...or possessed townsfolk decide to do a little dance number for us ala THRILLER.
There are little bits and parts that carry us to the next scene, whether it turns into a graphic novel to lead us into the next scene, or a hick playing his guitar singing about what just happened, slows the movie down, takes away from it's funny value and leans towards a "we are trying too hard" face.
Should I discuss the acting and directing...well,what is there to discuss? Carradine has about 5 minutes screen time, that is dissappointing and some characters die way too quickly. The direction..well, there is nothing here that shows me that this guy will break out into something that will blow us away, or that we will ever hear about him again.
The film could have gone on for a little bit longer, it seemed to me that it was a bit too anti-climatic. Throughout the film we are having a great time with all the blood and guts and homemade boomsticks, but there is no real final showdown. There is a little bit of suspense with one of the female characters who's alone in the house with nothing but a chainsaw when all hell breaks lose...but the hell doesn't break lose as much as we want it too.
7/10
"Surprise Gore, Surprise Laughs, Surprise Fun"
Six friends on a road trip to their friends wedding stop for the night at a Bed and Breakfast in the town of Lovelock. After a night that leaves both the Inn's owner and chef dead, the gang finds themselves under suspicion by the local Sheriff. But when one of the friends accidentally knock over and ancient artifact, it possess the living. Soon all of the town's quirky residents become possessed by an evil spirit and pin down the friends inside the B&B.
This film surprised me a great deal, When I saw it at the video store, I thought to myself, another straight to video horror movie crap feast. Then I saw the cast and what it was about and I was interested, I mean...it's Bill himself David Carradine as the In's owner and the low-budget actor Jeremy Sisto, so I figure, oh, it should be decent or just a laugh. This film surprises the viewer as it showers you in gore and hits you with laughs.
The film "steals" or homages, how ever you look at it, from so many classic and modern horror movies. For this film it turned out to be a good thing, that's if you like such films as Shaun of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead (remake), Night of the Living Dead, Evil Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, dead-alive and so on.
The film delievers on the laughs, it has a very Shaun of the Dead feel to it, although it by no means ever reaches that level of greatness. Whereas Shaun is funny throughout the entire film, this movie is pretty boring until we encounter the "possessed" townfolk in the bar brawl scene. From there the movie definitly picks up momentum, the blood splashes across the screen left right and centre, it's no Dead-Alive by any means, but for the gore fan out there, you'll be satisfied. It's clear that the budget went towards the gore scenes in the film.
Some jokes hit while others miss, or just drag on too long...Slipping on the blood has been done, why do it again and go on and on for 3 minutes of it. The zombies...or possessed townsfolk decide to do a little dance number for us ala THRILLER.
There are little bits and parts that carry us to the next scene, whether it turns into a graphic novel to lead us into the next scene, or a hick playing his guitar singing about what just happened, slows the movie down, takes away from it's funny value and leans towards a "we are trying too hard" face.
Should I discuss the acting and directing...well,what is there to discuss? Carradine has about 5 minutes screen time, that is dissappointing and some characters die way too quickly. The direction..well, there is nothing here that shows me that this guy will break out into something that will blow us away, or that we will ever hear about him again.
The film could have gone on for a little bit longer, it seemed to me that it was a bit too anti-climatic. Throughout the film we are having a great time with all the blood and guts and homemade boomsticks, but there is no real final showdown. There is a little bit of suspense with one of the female characters who's alone in the house with nothing but a chainsaw when all hell breaks lose...but the hell doesn't break lose as much as we want it too.
7/10
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Freddy VS Jason (Ronny Yu)
"Neither Freddy, or Jason, or the Audience Win In This Film"
Two of the most notable slasher film icons finally clash together on film. Trapped in Hell and powerless because no kid fears him, Freddy Krueger comes across the equally infamous Camp Crystal Lake slasher, Jason Voorhees. Tricking him into killing the residents of Springwood, in hopes for the name of Kreuger spreading, so that he can become the feared dream killer again. When plans go wrong and Jason starts killing all Freddy's victims, it becomes a showdown of horror icons as they battle for the championship of horror.
Fans of each slasher genre have been waiting for this showdown ever since the claws of Freddy burst out through the ground and dragged Jason's mask into hell with him. That was ten years ago, so can a film with hype lasting over ten years be able to please both fans of Nightmare and Friday?
Much like any versus movie, you have to please both fans of the genre. So when you go into this movie you get the feeling that there will be no clear cut winner, you don't want to get thousands of hate mail from all the Nightmare fans, or vice versa. So the ending will be a cop-out and have the fans debate over the real winner until the sequel comes out. Much like Aliens Versus Predator, we the audience get cheated as the two main characters, Freddy and Jason have to put up with stupid pointless characters...everyone else in the film.
In reality Freddy Versus Jason is only a ten minute film, those ten minutes come at the very end of the movie, where it is actually freddy fighting jason. We unfortunatly have to sit through the same old cliched horror crap that we've been fed years and years before. In hopes for something new in this film, having two different horror icons battle it out, we get 80 minutes of boring, cliched, crap and ten minutes of kick ass, edge of your seat cheering at the screen fun. My advice, see it with a friend and as them to wake you up when they are in the burning cabin.
What is it with the new wave of horror films that must have a singer in it for no apparent reason, it started off with LL COOL J in H20 and Busta Rhymes in Halloween Ressurection, now the Myers virus has infect both Freddy and Jason as we get Kelly Rowland give her first and let's hope, only performance on the big screen. I also believe that Kevin Smith should sue, for stealing the character of Jay, it seems that they are stretching for comic relief now. A tip for the sequel, more screen time for the icons, and less of the victims, we all know how it's going to end, so just give us what we want.
To me it felt like they tried to make Jason are hero in this movie, more sympathy went his way, even the victims of the movie joined his side, to me that shows weakness in his character, he needed help to "win" the fight...and I use that term very losely. Krueger on the other hand is more sadistic in his killings and this movie is more about him. When you walk into this movie, you obviously will pick a side in the battle, but at the end, both sides will feel the same, disappointment. Are the boring useless 80 minutes worth the money for the great ten minutes at the end? Well, I'll let you be the judge of that.
5.5/10
"Neither Freddy, or Jason, or the Audience Win In This Film"
Two of the most notable slasher film icons finally clash together on film. Trapped in Hell and powerless because no kid fears him, Freddy Krueger comes across the equally infamous Camp Crystal Lake slasher, Jason Voorhees. Tricking him into killing the residents of Springwood, in hopes for the name of Kreuger spreading, so that he can become the feared dream killer again. When plans go wrong and Jason starts killing all Freddy's victims, it becomes a showdown of horror icons as they battle for the championship of horror.
Fans of each slasher genre have been waiting for this showdown ever since the claws of Freddy burst out through the ground and dragged Jason's mask into hell with him. That was ten years ago, so can a film with hype lasting over ten years be able to please both fans of Nightmare and Friday?
Much like any versus movie, you have to please both fans of the genre. So when you go into this movie you get the feeling that there will be no clear cut winner, you don't want to get thousands of hate mail from all the Nightmare fans, or vice versa. So the ending will be a cop-out and have the fans debate over the real winner until the sequel comes out. Much like Aliens Versus Predator, we the audience get cheated as the two main characters, Freddy and Jason have to put up with stupid pointless characters...everyone else in the film.
In reality Freddy Versus Jason is only a ten minute film, those ten minutes come at the very end of the movie, where it is actually freddy fighting jason. We unfortunatly have to sit through the same old cliched horror crap that we've been fed years and years before. In hopes for something new in this film, having two different horror icons battle it out, we get 80 minutes of boring, cliched, crap and ten minutes of kick ass, edge of your seat cheering at the screen fun. My advice, see it with a friend and as them to wake you up when they are in the burning cabin.
What is it with the new wave of horror films that must have a singer in it for no apparent reason, it started off with LL COOL J in H20 and Busta Rhymes in Halloween Ressurection, now the Myers virus has infect both Freddy and Jason as we get Kelly Rowland give her first and let's hope, only performance on the big screen. I also believe that Kevin Smith should sue, for stealing the character of Jay, it seems that they are stretching for comic relief now. A tip for the sequel, more screen time for the icons, and less of the victims, we all know how it's going to end, so just give us what we want.
To me it felt like they tried to make Jason are hero in this movie, more sympathy went his way, even the victims of the movie joined his side, to me that shows weakness in his character, he needed help to "win" the fight...and I use that term very losely. Krueger on the other hand is more sadistic in his killings and this movie is more about him. When you walk into this movie, you obviously will pick a side in the battle, but at the end, both sides will feel the same, disappointment. Are the boring useless 80 minutes worth the money for the great ten minutes at the end? Well, I'll let you be the judge of that.
5.5/10
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JEEPERS CREEPERS 2 (Victor Salva)
"A New Horror Monster Chokes After One Sequel"
Set a few days after the original, a championship basketball team's bus is attacked by The Creeper, the winged, flesh-eating terror, on the last day of his 23-day feeding frenzy.
The story opens in a corn field as a boy is doing his chores tending to the scarecrows and what not, which aren't working very well. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eyes, he sees one of the Scarecrows move... Not too subtly by the creeper we find out later... Why is it in horror movies, they just stand their like a dummy waiting for the thing to take off for them? Isn't this suppose to be the new millenium for horror?
I actually liked the first film better, in terms of horror, because Jeepers Creepers 2 is practically absent with the element of horror. Instead, it is replaced with a fair amount of action scenes. The film's story is more than the typical monster movie, and it avoids the typical cliché of a sequel that's that same as the first. The plot is almost completely redone, but still isn't that good. The greatest part of the film, is the villian, The Creeper, but when I saw those blue eyes (Didn't darry have brown?) I laughed. Mostly throughout the entire movie I was laughing, but not with it, more of the at it manner.
Also what was with the flying, way too much flying, and in some scenes it looked like he flew off into space. Whether it was just poorly done CGI, or it was called for in the script, do we really need to be looking at it? The script is loaded with stupid clichés, unneeded moments, the clichéd and stereotypical characters, and cheesy moments. There really isn't a main character in the movie, liked the first film.
The first film had two main characters, but this one does not. Like I said, the film has unneeded moments, such as the character of Minxie learning the origins of the creepers. The sub plot revolves around a farmer who is on a personal mission to hunt down and kill the Creeper because it took his son. The corn field scene was entertaining, especially when the Creeper was on the scarecrow stand. Also, this is a horror movie, and it has little or no blood whatsoever. What's the deal, you'd expect a movie about a creature who devours bodily organs to have some gore. The most graphic scene was when a teen had his head completely ripped off after the wing of the Creeper trapped him inside it. The scene wasn't bloody, or violent. The Creeper's make-up looks a little cartoonish, but still maintains that style.
I have to give the film props for the head scene though, great stuff from the creepers, ripping off it's own head then growing back another one. Then again the movie also pissed me off with half the teens running away then never being heard from again. Did the writer just simply forget about them, how can you forget a dozen or so characters? The truck being trashed up beyond belief, then saving the day in the next scene. When the truck exploded, did the driver die or not?? I remember him climbing out and crawling away, but then nothing, so I'm just going to assume he bit the dust. The creeper chasing the black guy with only one leg, pathetic. Like I mentioned before too much flying, and too much of the creeper. He should of kept his mystic...or little that he had left from the original.
This movie was more action/suspense/comedy then horror. I only remember jumping at one scene, the dream scene with DARRY. Now that were on that subject, the dream sequences were too unbelievable. Why is she having them??? How does she know everything about the creeper after she knows it eats people?
All the characters I hated and wanted to die, no one in this movie can act.With the exception of the father, who gave an average performance, but when average is a highlight, you know your in a bad film. Also what was with that part with the knife flying out of the fathers hand like that. Still don't understand that one.
4/10
"A New Horror Monster Chokes After One Sequel"
Set a few days after the original, a championship basketball team's bus is attacked by The Creeper, the winged, flesh-eating terror, on the last day of his 23-day feeding frenzy.
The story opens in a corn field as a boy is doing his chores tending to the scarecrows and what not, which aren't working very well. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eyes, he sees one of the Scarecrows move... Not too subtly by the creeper we find out later... Why is it in horror movies, they just stand their like a dummy waiting for the thing to take off for them? Isn't this suppose to be the new millenium for horror?
I actually liked the first film better, in terms of horror, because Jeepers Creepers 2 is practically absent with the element of horror. Instead, it is replaced with a fair amount of action scenes. The film's story is more than the typical monster movie, and it avoids the typical cliché of a sequel that's that same as the first. The plot is almost completely redone, but still isn't that good. The greatest part of the film, is the villian, The Creeper, but when I saw those blue eyes (Didn't darry have brown?) I laughed. Mostly throughout the entire movie I was laughing, but not with it, more of the at it manner.
Also what was with the flying, way too much flying, and in some scenes it looked like he flew off into space. Whether it was just poorly done CGI, or it was called for in the script, do we really need to be looking at it? The script is loaded with stupid clichés, unneeded moments, the clichéd and stereotypical characters, and cheesy moments. There really isn't a main character in the movie, liked the first film.
The first film had two main characters, but this one does not. Like I said, the film has unneeded moments, such as the character of Minxie learning the origins of the creepers. The sub plot revolves around a farmer who is on a personal mission to hunt down and kill the Creeper because it took his son. The corn field scene was entertaining, especially when the Creeper was on the scarecrow stand. Also, this is a horror movie, and it has little or no blood whatsoever. What's the deal, you'd expect a movie about a creature who devours bodily organs to have some gore. The most graphic scene was when a teen had his head completely ripped off after the wing of the Creeper trapped him inside it. The scene wasn't bloody, or violent. The Creeper's make-up looks a little cartoonish, but still maintains that style.
I have to give the film props for the head scene though, great stuff from the creepers, ripping off it's own head then growing back another one. Then again the movie also pissed me off with half the teens running away then never being heard from again. Did the writer just simply forget about them, how can you forget a dozen or so characters? The truck being trashed up beyond belief, then saving the day in the next scene. When the truck exploded, did the driver die or not?? I remember him climbing out and crawling away, but then nothing, so I'm just going to assume he bit the dust. The creeper chasing the black guy with only one leg, pathetic. Like I mentioned before too much flying, and too much of the creeper. He should of kept his mystic...or little that he had left from the original.
This movie was more action/suspense/comedy then horror. I only remember jumping at one scene, the dream scene with DARRY. Now that were on that subject, the dream sequences were too unbelievable. Why is she having them??? How does she know everything about the creeper after she knows it eats people?
All the characters I hated and wanted to die, no one in this movie can act.With the exception of the father, who gave an average performance, but when average is a highlight, you know your in a bad film. Also what was with that part with the knife flying out of the fathers hand like that. Still don't understand that one.
4/10
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Just been catching up on Mofo, nice reviews, seems we have similar tastes in films, good reviews on Layer Cake, Oldboy and Bubba Ho Tep, all of which I really enjoyed, as for Jeepers Keepers 2, the less said the better!
Hopefully after this week, I'll have some time to review some movies, so keep up the good work for all us Mofo slackers!
Hopefully after this week, I'll have some time to review some movies, so keep up the good work for all us Mofo slackers!
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Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbour?
Inside Deep Throat (Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato)
"A sexual revolution phenomenon in 1972"
The most successful independently-produced movie ever made, bringing in a worldwide gross of $600 million on a budget of just $25,000. The documentary will not focus on the specifics of 'Deep Throat' as a movie necessarily, but will examine the reasons it was such a cultural sensation. Breaking down new barriers and helping establish pornography as a big business.
Ever since the film DEEP THROAT came out, porn has never been the same again, and I for one am thankful. What made this film so different from the other pornographic videos? Well, it was groundbreaking, as the title suggests the female takes the penis and takes it whole, not only were audiences shocked, but so was the men behind the law and they did what they believe they had to to shut this film down, as we see now with it's gross of 600 million worldwide, they were unsuccessful.
Call it art, call it obscene, but you have to admit it is interesting. Inside Deep Throat showcases the lives that this movie destroyed, the star, the director and the actor. Unfortunatly for this film, the interests wears off half way through the movie, right after the actual act is seen on the screen. The comedy wears thin after the unbelievably funny hitler-cat scene. It's tragic to hear what happened to the Star of the film, but unclear about her decisions in why she chose to boycott porn, then do it again. The main sympathy goes to Harry Reems who was unjustly targeted by everyone because the others were not to be harmed.
Dennis Hopper narrates us through the history of what happened during the success and controversy of the film. We see the views of some notorious figures in the business such as Larry Flynt, Hugh Hefner, John Waters, Bill Maher and Camille Paglia to name a select few.
The final 10 to 15 minutes of the film seemed rushed through the editting in order to stay in that 90 minute time frame. Whether the movie was made for a thought-provoking manner, or just for the fact that the filmmakers wanted to see if they could make money off another successful film, and have fun while doing it if you know what I mean.
6/10
"A sexual revolution phenomenon in 1972"
The most successful independently-produced movie ever made, bringing in a worldwide gross of $600 million on a budget of just $25,000. The documentary will not focus on the specifics of 'Deep Throat' as a movie necessarily, but will examine the reasons it was such a cultural sensation. Breaking down new barriers and helping establish pornography as a big business.
Ever since the film DEEP THROAT came out, porn has never been the same again, and I for one am thankful. What made this film so different from the other pornographic videos? Well, it was groundbreaking, as the title suggests the female takes the penis and takes it whole, not only were audiences shocked, but so was the men behind the law and they did what they believe they had to to shut this film down, as we see now with it's gross of 600 million worldwide, they were unsuccessful.
Call it art, call it obscene, but you have to admit it is interesting. Inside Deep Throat showcases the lives that this movie destroyed, the star, the director and the actor. Unfortunatly for this film, the interests wears off half way through the movie, right after the actual act is seen on the screen. The comedy wears thin after the unbelievably funny hitler-cat scene. It's tragic to hear what happened to the Star of the film, but unclear about her decisions in why she chose to boycott porn, then do it again. The main sympathy goes to Harry Reems who was unjustly targeted by everyone because the others were not to be harmed.
Dennis Hopper narrates us through the history of what happened during the success and controversy of the film. We see the views of some notorious figures in the business such as Larry Flynt, Hugh Hefner, John Waters, Bill Maher and Camille Paglia to name a select few.
The final 10 to 15 minutes of the film seemed rushed through the editting in order to stay in that 90 minute time frame. Whether the movie was made for a thought-provoking manner, or just for the fact that the filmmakers wanted to see if they could make money off another successful film, and have fun while doing it if you know what I mean.
6/10
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