Seeing Dr. Satan in this film would be like seeing Chewbacca in Bonnie and Clyde
Before I get to what appears to be Movie Post Monday...a few things from the weekend roundup:
*thanks to everyone for coming out on Saturday Night, hope everyone had a good time, positive that Train and Dude did..
.(still got that $1 Train?).
..and thanks Mr.
Goose for making the big haul up from the F-Dub...
MCP, a couple good movie posts and who knows? maybe you can tend bar at the next one..
..
*Cheers to the 'Hawks for what I think was the best game they've played all season.
..1st quarter they were still riding the Giants game.
..lost it in the 2nd and 3rd w/ a wierd decision to play zone against an all-pro qb and then played like a conference leader in the 4th to secure the game.
..this was the trip-up game.
..Tennessee has some good young talent, and exposed the Hawks on D, but unlike years past.
..the Hawks stepped up and closed the door and increased the destiny glare coming off the their beak's
*Jeers to Bledsoe, Parcell and what apparently was an extremely overmatched Cowboy team.
..making me reconsider the Q-tip days.
..I tried taping the game and playing it in double speed everytime Bledsoe was in the pocket and it still didn't look any faster than a Dick Bennett set offense.
..so here's to winning out in Charlotte and back home against Lambs.
..there's no room for 1-1 here boys.
..
And now w/o further ado I present a film devoid of any social, moral or redeeming quality's:
So Dude asked me last week.
.."so let me know what you think of ".
.."I said, sure I'll get around to it.
.." last night sat down and was prepared to turn it off half-way and give the same review I gave , because same director, same cast.
..can't be that much better right?
Before we continue, I found out a lot about myself from this film...
I consider myself a guy that enjoy's the fine art of sophisticated film such as , but after watching The Devil's Reject's last night...
I'm convinced that I have very little natural sophistication...
if any at all...
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So let's break it down: technically a sequel to the very rough debut from Mr. Zombie, House of 1K Corpses or HO1KC.
..we follow three members of the Firefly family as they escape a sheriff's raid on their "farmhouse compount" --and that's really the plot.
..here's the point that I think/hope Zombie is trying to make: Horror Films need not have a plot, it really just interferes with a bit of the ol' Ultra-Violence, which is actually toned down from a 12 in HO1KC to about an 8 with DR.
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Zombie still has a way to go as a writer, however there actually is character development associated with this film, but still not much more than you would see in a normal Joe 2.
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as far as the art of directing is concerned, Zombie has made the Sophmore leap...
apparently creating the ultimate 70's Chop House Homage film combined with a Western-style cinematography, Zombie has made a flick worthy of reference(whether good or bad, your call)
Here's what to like:
The Three Reject's of the Firefly Clan:
* reprising the roll of Cpt Spaulding, or Shakes the Clown on PCP...
he's the personality of the film, if anything creates the purpose for the evil of Firefly clan, its the Captain...
Zombie, apparently remember one of the cardinal rules about a good horror character...
they must be a clown...
literally
* as Otis...
quite an upgrade from the same character in HO1KC...
Zombie added some wit along with the psychotic glare and personality...
plus this is the part that I'm sure Zombie wrote for himself if he was an actor...
Otis definitely drives the first part of the film ..plus Moseley the actor was once friends with the late LSD-pioneer Timothy Leary, bonus points there
* as Baby.
..and you know what no-one does to Baby right?
...
exactly, especially when its a fine piece of ass that wields a shotgun, knife and has lesbian tendencies...
this might be the single smartest thing that Zombie did in this film...
"hey, my wife's really hot...
she likes psychotic horror right?..
." anyway, thank's Rob for that one, we all appreciate it..
.and it's best that her speaking roles we're limited
Everyone Else:
* (can you believe that photo, that might be the best IMDB shot ever) good job as the only other actor outside of Haig invovled in this film..
.is the only part of the plot that has purpose behind it, and also a great scene with him and a film critic and Elvis..
.also bonus point for the good looking fu..
.haven't liked him in a film this much since where he gave creedence to the statement..
."anybody here seen Richie..
.I'm gonna keep coming back until anyone here remembers seeing Richie"
* ..
.yeah it's not a good Horror flick w/o the Giant from Big Fish and the Face from the Hills Have Eyes..
.oh yeah and a great scene with Clevon and an Inbred Chicken Farmer
* as a poor travelling musician that runs into some good luck, its fair to say that this guy has never taken anything off the table, but never brought anything either, his table has been empty for going on 40 years of acting
* and some ..
.you know a movie is morally backwards when Trejo isn't playing one of the bad guys..
.this goes against everything you learn in film school
The Motion Picture Association of America advises that this film is Rated R for sadistic violence, strong sexual content, language and drug use. If that doesn't wet your palet than check out some of these memorable quotes:
--Why?
Don't we make ya laugh? Aren't we f'n' funny? You best come up with an answer, cos I'm gonna come back here and check on you and your momma and if you ain't got a reason why you hate clowns, I'm gonna kill your whole f'n family.
-- Jesus Christ, what a f'n mess. There must be 100 yards of bloody asphalt and corpse chunks.
-- I think I smell your wife's p*** juice on my gun.
.. hope it doesn't rust the barrel.
ahhh...
if that isn't sophistication I don't know what is...
watch for my next review of "Glitter"
Hall of Fame Friday (How much is a Super bowl worth?)
How much you ask? Ask Irving Fryar.
This year whether I like it or not...
is getting consideration as a 1st ballot HOF. Has anyone heard Irving Fryars name? No?
Thats what 1 super bowl and a 46-10 blowout can do to you.
Compare his stats to
Irvin 750 catches 11904yds 15.9 65TD's
:
17th
:
14th
:
35th
Now for Irving Fryar.
Add in 2055yds in Punt returns and 3 TD's and you have a pretty complete player. Has ever returned a punt? Maybe at "The U".
5 time pro bowler and 1 time all pro. 1984-92 New England Patriots 1993-95 Miami Dolphins 1996-98 Philadelphia Eagles 1999-2000 Washington Redskins
Dont forget his career at Nebraska. 1981-1983 He was All-American and All-Big 8 selection in 1983 before becoming the first overall pick in the draft, Fryar was good reciever on a running team that featured Heisman trophy winner Mike Rozier.
He caught 40 passes for 780 yards and eight touchdown averaging 19.5 yards per catch. He was also an unbelievable punt returner averaging 13.
3 yards per return in 1982 and 15.4 in 1984.
Could he control his 1st years in New England where he had QB's like Tony Eason, Marc Wilson, Tom Ramsey, Scott Zolak, and Tom "Moscow on the" Hudson?
(Although he did have Hugh Breedlove Millen). How about the , Bobby Hoying group in Philly. Can we find another player who caught TD's from both Ty AND Koy?
So the question remains. How much is a Super bowl worth? Apparently alot to the Hall of Fame.
"Abstinence is 100% safe, which is less of a percentage than...
" "Whatever, I don't care, I don't major in math."
There are two reasons to love this weeks movie:1. Brett Easton Ellis
2.
Roger Avery
Brett is most famously known as writing the book “American Psycho” as well as “Less Than Zero”. The problem is, neither of those films really capture the spirit of the books they are based on. That is until Roger Avery came along.
You may not recognize the name, but you know his work. Roger Avery used to work in a video store with a buddy of his named Quentin Tarentino. They talked about movies and wrote screenplays together.
One day Roger showed Quentin a script he was working on for a movie called “Pandemonium Reigns”. Quentin then started talking about a movie he was writing called “Reservoir Dogs”. The two then combined both screenplays into one movie, and Reservoir Dogs was truly born.
After this success Roger went on to co-write True Romance, Killing Zoe, and Pulp Fiction with Quentin.
Eventually the two had a falling out (Mostly because Quentin was taking more and more of the credit) and Roger went out onto his own and made one of my all time favorite movies, based on a Brett Easton Ellis novel:
The Rules of Attraction.
Here’s a plot outline…
Camden College. Sean Bateman (James Van Der Beek) is the younger brother of depraved Wall Street broker Patrick Bateman.
He's also a drug dealer who owes a lot of money to "fellow" dealer Rupert Guest (Clifton Collins, Jr.), as well as a well-known womanizer, for he sleeps with nearly half of the female population on campus. Lauren Hynde (Shannyn Sossamon) is, technically, a virgin.
She's saving herself for her shallow boyfriend, Victor Johnson (Kip Pardue), who's left the States to backpack across Europe. Her slutty roommate, Lara (Jessica Biel), has the hots for Victor as well. Paul Denton (Ian Somerhalder), who used to date Lauren, is openly bisexual and attracted to Mitchell Allen (Thomas Ian Nicholas), who's dating Candice (Clare Kramer) to prove to Paul that he's not gay.
Sean loves Lauren. Paul loves Sean. And Lauren may love Sean.
This would be a pretty standard affair if the characters weren’t so messed up in the head. This movie is vulgar, tragic, funny, violent, and morally corrupt.
Translation: It’s awesome.
Roger Avery has developed a cinematic style that is truly all his own. For someone that lived in the shadow of one of the most prolific filmmakers in our lifetimes, that’s an impressive feat.
Now…it’s disclaimer time.
If any of the harshnesses in culture really bother you (i.e Rape, suicide, etc), don’t bother with this film. It’s going to push you…and not gently mind you.
This movie walks up to you with a baseball bat and slugs you in the face.
Well the night is here.
Hawk Eagles.
the Battle of the birds. Monday night Football
1st and formost lets give a HUGE Hawk shoutout to the Washington Redskins. Who by beating the rams clinched the NFC west for the Hawks.
Looking foward to the 1st offical Lodge gathering. I will only refer to Jimmy tonight as the . Dont worry about Grub Tonight boys.
Mother Goose has you covered.
Some random thoughts from the weekend that was..
.(I will reserve Joe's Wedding commentary until the time is right)
1) Nothing is cooler than watching Larry Triplett score a TD for the Colts. As John Madden said it best.
..when you see a fat Guy Score.
..you get to see a Fat Guy Dance.
Nothing is sweeter.
2) Fantasy football is over for me. Time to find something else to occupy my life.
3) Washingtons upset of the Zags was bigger than either of the two games last year vs AZ in terms of importance, and ranks just below the upset of Stanford in the biggest Romar wins. The loss did convince me that if Adam Morrison is not the NCAA Player of the year, then he will be in the top 3.
5) The Florida Marlins are changing the face of baseball with this Smither-esque yardsale of players.
6) The Heisman Trophy is awarded to the Best player in College Football. While Vince Young is the MVP to his Team. Reggie Bush will hold the hardware, and deserves it.
7) "Hey. Who left this pickle here?"
8) Looks like NBC has all but cancelled Joey.
This should conclude any posts that start with "Did you see Joey last night?". May he rest in peace like After MASH and Maude.
9) Saddam Hussein told the judge at his trial Monday that "I am not afraid of execution". Would anyone else like to see this as a Pay Per view event? I'd like Vince McMahon to MC the event.
10) On a boring Sunday afternoon while flipping channels, I managed to catch about 20 minutes of 40 days and 40 nights. I asked myself when looking at the women in his office and how hot they dressed..
Where is this office? and how do I get hired there? I'll do anything.
11) Jimmy. My cousin Dave can be emailed at
12) My cousin wrote a . Im not quite sure why I am letting you guys know this.
..but it rounded out my post to an even 12 items.
After Jayne's enthusiastic review of yesterday, I was reminded of a Korean film that I recently watched and still can't completely stop thinking about almost 4 weeks later. This film is Oldboy. So today I'm going to explain a synopsis of the film (without spoiling the major plot twists) and recommend this film.
starts off with a scene of our main character, Dae-su, who is blitzed out of his mind (as drunk as Train when his "ass hurt") and being held by the cops in an unnamed Korean city. Through his drunken ramblings, we learn that Dae-su is a funny guy somewhat successful, but his family life more or less isn't the most healthy or ideal. Dae-su is then kidnapped and imprisoned in a shabby cell for 15 years without explanation.
He then is released, equipped with money, a cellphone and expensive clothes. As Dae-su strives to explain his imprisonment and get his revenge, he soon finds out that not only his kidnapper has still plans for him.
A friend of mine explained that this film is part of a 3 part film series by the director, Chan-wook Park, dubbed "Mr.
Vengeance" by critics and fans. Park apparently made three films that studied vengeance and revenge in their most raw forms. After watching Oldboy, I was reminded of how (one of my Top 5 Favorite Directors) always tooks a theme (Lust in Eyes Wide Shut, Rage Death in Full Metal Jacket, and Isolation in The Shining) and focused his films around that theme until it was singed into your brain for days on end.
Oldboy sits with you after viewing in the same way.
Chan-wook has been quoted saying, "I don't feel enjoyment watching films that evoke passivity. If you need that kind of comfort, I don't understand why you wouldn't go to a spa.
" Which explains the raw emotion in his plots. He also justified his themes with, "Basically, I'm throwing out the question 'When is such violence justified?' To get that question to touch the audience physically and directly - that's what my goal is.
In the experience of watching my film, I don't want the viewer to stop at the mental or the intellectual. I want them to feel my work physically. And because that is one of my goals, the title 'exploitative' will probably follow me around for a while.
"
The screenplay is very well done. Every detail and camera shot has been thought out. The special effects are subtle in most places, surreal in others, but are overall very effective and visually stunning.
Even though you are somewhat sickened by what human beings will do for revenge, the story is believable and you are sucked into it's mystery.
I also need to mention that there is a fight scene where the main character uses only a hammer to take on a mob in close quarters that is maybe one of the Top 5 Fight Scenes that I've ever scene, all shot in one shot. That said, it's not an action film, but rather a twisted drama and disturbing mystery.
With the subject matter at hand, the movie is not an upper definately not a date movie. But it is a great film.
posted by joe.