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Is it for folks who can take it or leave it with TM?
Probably not. I mean, it's a very abstract film. Lots of imagery, not much plot.
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Is it for folks who can take it or leave it with TM?
Is it for folks who can take it or leave it with TM?
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The greatest Sleepaway Camp performance is by the character "RIFF" in SC 3. THAT was a performance unlike any I've ever seen. :lol:
Your top 25 movies in order, based on BOTH your personal preference and technical rating. (for example, in terms of film making, I can't say a movie like...let's say American History X, is better than The Godfather, but I personally enjoyed AHX more)
Mine for now is:
LOTR: The Return of the King - 9.5
The Shawshank Redemption - 9.0
Saving Private Ryan - 9.0
Toy Story 2 - 9.0
LOTR: The Two Towers 9.0
Gladiator - 8.5
Oldboy - 8.5
Fight Club - 8.5
Toy Story - 8.5
The Prestige - 8.5
American Gangster - 8.5
City of God - 8.5
The Departed - 8.5
Inglourious Basterds - 8.5
Glory - 8.0 (lol Morgan Freeman looks the same in this movie as he does today)
Leon: The Professional - 8.0
Boyz 'n the Hood - 8.0
Training Day - 8.0
Remember the Titans - 8.0
The Boondock Saints - 8.0 (Sigh, the sequel almost tarnished the great legacy)
The Sandlot - 8.0 (I expect to see this on EVERYONE'S top 25)
Kung Fu Hustle - 8.0
Bad Boys 2 - 7.5
Friday - 7.5
Good Burger - 7.0
List is subject to change, I'm sure I left out some of my older favorites.
KamikaZ, I know you're going to be tempted to list more than 25, but try your very best, discipline, my friend, discipline.
Did Channing break into any Step Up type dancing?
You should make this a new thread
Hobo With A Shotgun - There was a time when movies weren't afraid to go all out, to explore the ravenous reaches of our violent centers. There was a time when filmmakers had to be creative because while their technological tools were sometimes merely blunt objects, they still got the job done without a s*** load of computers doing the work for them. And most of all, there was a time when movies were just balls-to-the-f******-wall fun. They didn't have competent actors or a well-honed script to be good. They simply had enough good humor and genuinely crazy ideas to work. There was a time when movies were bad, but they were bad the way eating a box full of fried Oreos is bad.
Hobo With A Shotgun is a bad film. It's bad to it's core. It borrows from cardboard cutout themes, it has a serious lack of direction or even rational coherence. Its look is severely washed out and literally says in the beginning "Color Brought To You By Technicolor". It has lines about literally raping a hobo with an ice skate and washing off one's blood with another's, well blood. And all of it's delivered with delirious seriousness. This film is bad, but it's terribleness is at a level that only Troma and Canon Films could fall down to the floor and weep at it's greatness.
I won't waste time talking about the plot, because the title alone gives you all the information you could ever need. And if you're reading my review, you've probably already gotten the gist of it anyway from internet buzz alone. It ain't Shakesphere, but if you're allured by the title, then strap the hell in. The world that Eisner has created is one of pure butchery - a city hasn't appeared this apocalyptic since a Mad Max film, or Death Wish III, or real life Jersey City. And the lone beacon of hope is Rutger Hauer wearing a grey grizzly bear sweatshirt and mumbling ramblings of various non-sense. Make no mistake - Hauer's hobo is a legitimately crazy dude here , and I applaud the decision to not make him some world-weary, down-on-his-luck schmo. You can gather this guy is kinda nutty, but you like him all the same as he spouts his knowledge about bear behavior to the daughter-he-never-had prostitute.
I won't bore you with details here. You're either going to be drawn to this film, or you're going to be reviled with it and roll your eyes. But if you want to see the bizarre love-child creation of The Toxic Avenger and some early Carpenter fare, then see this film. And while the film does have some legitimate drawbacks - most specifically some really amateur shots by the cinematographer and a conclusion that is just a tad bit disappointing compared to the 70 minutes that came before it - it is surely a film that is worth your time just for being a throwback to the bat s*** crazy.