I just... I just can't, you guys. I told myself I would. I steeled myself for it. But if I don't go tonight after work then the boyfriend's home from seemingly endless travels tomorrow and he already went and saw the movie without me last weekend when I was away and practically got on a plane afterwards and went to Rob Zombie's house to punch him in the nuts and I... I can't. Not tonight, I'm not up to it. I don't know, maybe this weekend. Maybe I'll be able to make myself do it. I don't know. I want to be "knowledgeable" about the things I slam, so there's at least some sense of "integrity" to my rambling. But this one... I dunno if I can jump on top of this bomb.
Meanwhile, Stacie at Final Girl's got her take on the film, as well as a bunch of links to what others thought, so check that out if you feel like wallowing in Essence d'Zombie.
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Meanwhile, Stacie at Final Girl's got her take on the film, as well as a bunch of links to what others thought, so check that out if you feel like wallowing in Essence d'Zombie.
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This one I saw out of duty, really. People are saying that I ripped the film up, but I actually thought I was fairly well-balanced in my review. Bah, I say. Thumbs down. But that feeling of "I should see this even though I don't really want to and I know I won't like it, but I need to back my shit up" is awful.
I thought you were incredibly well-balanced too! But then, I've been dealing with my boyfriend's blossoming apocalyptic hatred for Zombie within the past two weeks so you not suggesting murder seems well-balanced from my POV. I showed the boyfriend Devil's Rejects about a month ago, which I enjoy just for sheer sleaziness, and he hated it IMMENSELY and willed himself to sleep about 2/3rds of the way through, and ridicules me for giving it any credit whatsoever. And now he's seen Halloween without me and he's been cursing Zombie's name so much I have to keep telling him to calm down.
So what you said? INCREDIBLY reasonable from where I stand.
Skip the theatrical version and download the workprint version. It's far superior and actually feels like an intact Zombie film. The theatrical version is horrible.
Have you ever drawn something in pen, made a mistake, and then tried to cover the mistake by drawing something over it? But then the thing you've just drawn looks out of place, so you add something to try to balance it. And then that looks off, so you add more and more, and pretty soon, you have this out-of-control mess and realize that the original drawing with the small mistake would have been much better. That's how this feels.
I'm thinking DVD. I will always love The Devil's Rejects though.
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