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Buffalo Hearts (2007)
Spiritual art house soft porn?
This movie seems to place itself somewhere between Omen and a debate about proper dinner party manners. The key moments of the movie happen when anthropology and spirituality experts all get together with family members and mingle at a get together. Yeah, its one of those films.
The acting is, to put it kindly, not professional. You won't find the music on any chart topping album. But on the plus side, it's hard to look away. You're left trying to figure out what the point of the entire film is, and hoping that the next scene might have an answer. This never happens of course, but the hope is there! In short, a somewhat jumbled art house film with a jarring sex scene showing nothing worth seeing. And an ending using a lot of slow motion with no real plot resolution to speak of.
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
Pretty, but bad.
To start off on a positive note: This is one of the most beautiful animated productions that i've ever seen. Every minute of effort spent in the animation lab was visible, on screen.
Sadly, the movie was awful. Not only did this movie have only a fraction of the emotion and power felt in the games, but the pace was so, so slow.
One thing that amused me (and I won't spoiler here) was the 'big plot twist'. The Good Guys have to explore, the Bad Guys have to blow stuff up! Wait, a major revelation! Well the Good Guys, upon learning this amazing fact... want to explore, and the Bad Guys want to blow stuff up!
Amazing depth there.
The real pity here is, the voice actors were WONDERFUL. I applaud them, I salute them. I just wish they had something to work with.
Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
Not sexy.
I think that most of the other reviews have warned off anyone but the die hard bad movie fans. But just in case some young men saw passages about a harem of women under the thumb of the Master...
This movie is not sexy. It's just awful. You can't imagine. If you show this as a stag film, you'll be beaten with sharp things. If you snuggle up to your honey and suggest, in a sultry bedroom voice, "Hey hon, let's watch Manos: Hands of Fate", then expect to wake up in the ER. And yes, it IS your fault.
Not sexy.
Happy Face Murders (1999)
A 'strange but true' award winner.
Without a doubt one of the most interesting movies that I've seen in a while that claimed to be mostly true. It claimed, in fact, that the parts that they made up are the ones that you would believe at the drop of a hat. It's the TRUTH that leaves your head shaking and your jaw wide open.
The movie is funny, strange, and a little chilling; with decent acting to boot. If you have some time to kill, catch this on re-run.