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PeachesStalin
Reviews
11-11-11 (2011)
Hilarious!
This is an awful movie, no doubt about that. But please, don't let that dissuade you from watching it (though I would wait for the DVD). Why? Because it's hilarious! I can't remember the last time I heard movie dialogue so contrived, and it's ridiculously funny. The focus is always on the main character's lack of faith. So naturally he has a strained relationship with his brother and father, who are pastors. But there's no need to make this apparent through actions, the story etc. No, might as well point it out explicitly and constantly! The main character is simply unable to talk about anything except how he hates religion/god. Likewise, most other characters talk of nothing but their faith. Apparently these are all very simple people. 2 stars because of the hilarity. The horror gets 0.
Saw II (2005)
Very disappointing and extremely flawed
I completely agree with Plumberduck! I actually liked the first Saw film, but this one was pretty much rubbish. In the first one we get all these great and horrifying puzzles that the victim needs to solve to avoid dying, in this one we get them too, but like plumberduck says, they are not really solved at all. It was not nearly as scary as the first one, maybe because now we've seen it before, though I was a bit disgusted, but mostly with the behavior of some of the characters and some of the acting as well. I am sorry, but I simply cannot take Lucy from 7th Heaven seriously in a role like this. And yes, the yelling overshadows the puzzle solving completely. Jigsaw has managed to capture some pretty dumb people this time. I did enjoy the Jigsaw character, but I'm getting a little sick of his "I don't kill people, they kill themselves" routine. No they don't. They do NOT kill themselves, they are just unable to save themselves. And as far as I remember, in the first one, the last guy didn't really have a fair chance of saving himself, so Jigsaw definitely killed him. I mean, does this guy think what he does isn't illegal, simply because he doesn't directly shoot the victims? He captures them and place them in different sort of devices that will eventually kill them. Now come on! I do, however, think the whole Saw plot idea is pretty good, just too bad they mess it up like that. With a better writer and a couple of better actors, this movie could have kicked ass. But it doesn't. And now they're doing a 3rd? Jesus Christ. I'll give it 5 for nice traps.
American Psycho II: All American Girl (2002)
somebody missed the point..
There is no way in hell that the creators of this movie had ANY idea what the American Psycho book (and first movie) was about. They're completely raped it!! The intelligence behind American Psycho was obviously completely wasted on these people. A postmodern satire about the superficiality of the yuppie society of the 80's has now been turned into a f***ing teen scream! what is wrong with those people??!?! I can't believe it. I'm outraged! I love the book and the first movie, and Ellis' work in general, and seeing CRAP like this with that title just makes me sad. What is the world coming to? I guess it's just not very hip to actually THINK once in a while anymore....