M. Night Shama-lama-ding-dong's newest film is probably one of the funniest movies of the year. The smugness and pretentiousness just ooze through the screen and gives you a nice warm hug. They yells at you for wasting electricity and not driving a hybrid car.
The dialogue leaves you completely breathless.
"What's happening?"
"I...I don't know"
(dramatic stare....hold it....hold it....END SCENE)
I think this sequence took place 7-8 times. By Mark Wahlberg alone. I kept hoping for a "say hello to your mother for me", but sadly, it did not make an appearance.
If you want to enhance the experience a bit by making a drinking game out of your evening, just drink anytime someone says "happening". You'll be hammered before the 30 minute mark.
You want terror? M. Night has a FUCKING WIND MACHINE! WATCH OUT!
I really don't want to give away the movie for anyone, because really, our arrogant prick director/editor/writer/producer/narcissist basically slaps you across the face with it in the first 15 minutes, then continues to ram it up your ass in "subtle" ways.
I expected this to be complete crap, but M. Night, I tip my hat to you. This is one of the most exquisite turds that has ever made it's way to film.
So now, I give you some of my favorite "so bad they're great" movies:
The Happening
Troll 2 - seriously, go get this. now. Trolls who turn people into plants then eat said people. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOD!
Robot Jox - a downright classic from my childhood. In the future, all of the world's disagreements are settled by Robot Jox. Big robots. Fighting. It came out in the late 90's, and its "special effects' bankrupted the studio. I cannot come close to speaking the awesomeness that is this movie.
Jack Frost - not the Michael Keaton family film, but the horror movie that came out two years earlier. This one follows about the same plot/set-up, but instead of a family man who turns into a snowman to see his kids or some shit like that, this Jack Frost is a criminal on his way to death row, and he becomes a killer snowman. Includes rape scene with Shannon Elizabeth and a carrot!
I'm sure there are more that I can't think of right now. Have any to add?
2 comments:
HA! I have no interested in watching The Happening.
i tend to steer clear of M.Night Sham....'s movies.
Trust me, this one is worth it. The horrible performances (which I blame on Night's directing and writing) and the pseudo-message are all worth the watch. Its only 90 minutes long.
I was the same way, and had no interest in watching it. I almost turned it off at the 30 minute point.
But if you go into it thinking its a comedy, it's well worth your time.
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