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By Trevor Stevens (The Anti Critic) 01-03-2003
OVERVIEW:
Hair today, dead tomorrow, life goes on. In a remote town in the far north of the world lies a town where citizens die out of blue, but to hell if they die without great hair thanks to the barber known as Dexter Miles (Malcolm McDowell). In a town where everybody sleeps with the same woman, hunters kill in the off season, and the chief of police is about as smart as the village idiot one would never suspect a serial killer to waste his time messing with these people since their existence alone is as depressing as the 24 hour darkness they live in.
Suffice to say, bodies of the few and pretty women of the town start showing up and the chief's answer is to get p***ed about his fax machine. The locals know the answer to this of course, it's called S.A.D. which stands for Seasonal Affection Disorder and blame the darkness for making people crazy. Maybe they should change it to Stupid A$$ Drunks. With all of this going on who would ever think it would be the one man who wields a blade as a living?
PROS:
Wonderful serial killer flick with a smooth mix of dark comedy and thriller fare. Malcolm McDowell was the only known star in this and the main role as the satirical mass murdering barber was made for him and no one else. He also narrates through most of it and with his voice that only helps.
The town is covered in darkness throughout the entirety of it's runtime and it only brings out joy from me. Living in darkness would be wonderful, minus a barber that imbibes in killing of customers of course. This brings a wonderful morose mood to the movie and FOR ONCE the serial killer isn't some lame one dimensional single tracked fiend set out on getting himself caught no matter what. Malcolm's character is written very well and in a scene where he says "Come here I have a nice sink to do you in" makes me crack up everytime cause when you see it you'll know why, it just works on so many levels. Not to mention his comments throughout the film are just observations on people's preconceptions of psychopaths and are not only great satire, but also make since and can even dare I say, be informative.
Slick production and some nice Canadian supporting actors make this a sure fire hit that people will surely pass off as a cheap horror movie. Nothing horror about it really, if you love dark comedy it's perfect.
CONS
The only thing wrong with this movie is that I couldn't stop laughing long enough to see some scenes. Wonderful flick.
Eventhough it is damn funny throughout, I digress to say that the comedy in this is dark and you have to have the right sense of humor to enjoy that. It mostly tries to be a thriller so don't feel bad if you don't laugh....maybe i'm just "special"
OVERVIEW:
Hair today, dead tomorrow, life goes on. In a remote town in the far north of the world lies a town where citizens die out of blue, but to hell if they die without great hair thanks to the barber known as Dexter Miles (Malcolm McDowell). In a town where everybody sleeps with the same woman, hunters kill in the off season, and the chief of police is about as smart as the village idiot one would never suspect a serial killer to waste his time messing with these people since their existence alone is as depressing as the 24 hour darkness they live in.
Suffice to say, bodies of the few and pretty women of the town start showing up and the chief's answer is to get p***ed about his fax machine. The locals know the answer to this of course, it's called S.A.D. which stands for Seasonal Affection Disorder and blame the darkness for making people crazy. Maybe they should change it to Stupid A$$ Drunks. With all of this going on who would ever think it would be the one man who wields a blade as a living?
PROS:
Wonderful serial killer flick with a smooth mix of dark comedy and thriller fare. Malcolm McDowell was the only known star in this and the main role as the satirical mass murdering barber was made for him and no one else. He also narrates through most of it and with his voice that only helps.
The town is covered in darkness throughout the entirety of it's runtime and it only brings out joy from me. Living in darkness would be wonderful, minus a barber that imbibes in killing of customers of course. This brings a wonderful morose mood to the movie and FOR ONCE the serial killer isn't some lame one dimensional single tracked fiend set out on getting himself caught no matter what. Malcolm's character is written very well and in a scene where he says "Come here I have a nice sink to do you in" makes me crack up everytime cause when you see it you'll know why, it just works on so many levels. Not to mention his comments throughout the film are just observations on people's preconceptions of psychopaths and are not only great satire, but also make since and can even dare I say, be informative.
Slick production and some nice Canadian supporting actors make this a sure fire hit that people will surely pass off as a cheap horror movie. Nothing horror about it really, if you love dark comedy it's perfect.
CONS
The only thing wrong with this movie is that I couldn't stop laughing long enough to see some scenes. Wonderful flick.
Eventhough it is damn funny throughout, I digress to say that the comedy in this is dark and you have to have the right sense of humor to enjoy that. It mostly tries to be a thriller so don't feel bad if you don't laugh....maybe i'm just "special"
Die Another Day (2002)
By Trevor Stevens (The Anti Critic) 11-25-2002
OVERVIEW:
Once again we are bombarded with a new james bond film. With each new installment desperately trying to outdo its predecessor. Die Another Day is no different from any other bond film as far as the usual flow goes and we are treated to a healthy indulgence of pyro technics with a side of lean grade A women.
This film is openly simple and one dimensional and to make it into anything else is not only silly, but stupid. This is meant to be nothing more than trashy fun, which is what we all need every once in a while whether we admit it or not.
Pierce Brosnan once again returns as the super british spy/assassin and probably will continue to milk james bond as much as he can. Come on Pierce, lets see you do something else now. I know that filming big movies like this can take up time, I mean how else can we explain why we haven't seen Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne in over a year becuase of Matrix sequels filming. I just hope Pierce continues on into something else next time, although seeing him as bond is enough for the time being.
Along for the ride is Halle (I got an oscar for raunchy gratuitous sex and being black) Berry. She almost becomes a catwoman sort of character to bond who must deal with her for the most part. The supporting cast is nothing noteworthy aside from John Cleese having fun with Q.
Although all the bond gadgets in the world can't penetrate Harry Potter's magical force field, at least this is a nice diversion from it.
PROS:
Sets - I must say that the sets in this film is excellent. The ice palace alone had me gaping in awe and wanting to see what else we would see, whether it gets destroyed or not.
Theme song - i'm asking to get beat down for this I know. I hate madonna, but to hell if that song isn't already playing on my computer while i'm writing this, cursed addicting song...
CONS (not what I hated, but what others might not like and need to know):
I can't see any real cons that I can list. Nothing is really "bad" in the movie and with a pg-13 rating you have minimal exposure in most controversial areas. Even the sex scenes lack sexiness and you just hope they end fast. Don't worry soccer moms, you're children won't be infected by this movie except with maybe a few more corny one liners.
OTHER:
Women - why god did they not include the infamous lesbian scene with madonna, that would've been great...along with an R rating so we could actually see something besides ourselves getting angry.
Disclaimer: Remember as always, I do not intend to criticize, but give you information as an informed viewer. Critics look too much for flaws and refuse to just enjoy most of the time. As such, I do not rate movies as they all have merit of their own and I almost without exception like every movie I watch.
By Trevor Stevens (The Anti Critic) 11-25-2002
OVERVIEW:
Once again we are bombarded with a new james bond film. With each new installment desperately trying to outdo its predecessor. Die Another Day is no different from any other bond film as far as the usual flow goes and we are treated to a healthy indulgence of pyro technics with a side of lean grade A women.
This film is openly simple and one dimensional and to make it into anything else is not only silly, but stupid. This is meant to be nothing more than trashy fun, which is what we all need every once in a while whether we admit it or not.
Pierce Brosnan once again returns as the super british spy/assassin and probably will continue to milk james bond as much as he can. Come on Pierce, lets see you do something else now. I know that filming big movies like this can take up time, I mean how else can we explain why we haven't seen Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne in over a year becuase of Matrix sequels filming. I just hope Pierce continues on into something else next time, although seeing him as bond is enough for the time being.
Along for the ride is Halle (I got an oscar for raunchy gratuitous sex and being black) Berry. She almost becomes a catwoman sort of character to bond who must deal with her for the most part. The supporting cast is nothing noteworthy aside from John Cleese having fun with Q.
Although all the bond gadgets in the world can't penetrate Harry Potter's magical force field, at least this is a nice diversion from it.
PROS:
Sets - I must say that the sets in this film is excellent. The ice palace alone had me gaping in awe and wanting to see what else we would see, whether it gets destroyed or not.
Theme song - i'm asking to get beat down for this I know. I hate madonna, but to hell if that song isn't already playing on my computer while i'm writing this, cursed addicting song...
CONS (not what I hated, but what others might not like and need to know):
I can't see any real cons that I can list. Nothing is really "bad" in the movie and with a pg-13 rating you have minimal exposure in most controversial areas. Even the sex scenes lack sexiness and you just hope they end fast. Don't worry soccer moms, you're children won't be infected by this movie except with maybe a few more corny one liners.
OTHER:
Women - why god did they not include the infamous lesbian scene with madonna, that would've been great...along with an R rating so we could actually see something besides ourselves getting angry.
Disclaimer: Remember as always, I do not intend to criticize, but give you information as an informed viewer. Critics look too much for flaws and refuse to just enjoy most of the time. As such, I do not rate movies as they all have merit of their own and I almost without exception like every movie I watch.