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Misogyny AND Incompetence...Why Watch This?

posted 15 years ago by cpetr13
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Although virtually all of RDS's movies show some contempt for women, making them either helpless victims or soulless destroyers, this movie is downright sadistic. What is worse is Steckler's obvious enjoyment in making women suffer--and it is almost chilling that one of these women is his own wife (ex-wife?)

Whereas "Blood Shack" and "Incredibly Strange Creatures" treat women badly, this movie played more like RDS's own dark fantasies. I could not sit through much of it because of this. And when the "heroes" are introduced, it just fell to the level of a 7-year-old with Daddy's camera. I could not recommend this to anyone under any circumstances; it make the "Lemon Grove Kids" look like frigging Shakespeare.

[–] OgreVI 15 years ago

I don't understand. I mean, these are the bad guys, right? Do you expect bad guys to be bad only to other guys?

Death is...whimsical today.

[–] crusadenow 15 years ago

It's not incompetent. The villains are indeed misogynisrtic: if that makes you feel this film is not worth watching, so be it. Are you one of those people who hiss at old movies whenever a character expresses an opinion that you don't endorse?

I do appreciate that you're actually familiar with Steckler's oeuvre, despite the pain that achieving that familiarity seems to have caused you.

[–] emncaity 14 years ago

Wow, crusade...wish I'd been in on this thread when it happened.

Oh well--better to steal late than never. Because I'm definitely gonna steal this line (eh, I'll credit you, I'm sure):

"Are you one of those people who hiss at old movies whenever a character expresses an opinion that you don't endorse?"

That's one of those things that's so brilliant I'm actually pissed off I didn't say it first.

;-)

[–] zill_o_the_wisp 14 years ago

"Are you one of those people who hiss at old movies whenever a character expresses an opinion that you don't endorse?"

It's funny, I used to see this old woman who would got to old films at revival houses were I live, and she'd yell at the audience whenever a character on screen was smoking or using a firearm: "Don't do it! Smoking kills! ..There's nothing cool about guns! .. Cigarettes killed my sister!", etc, etc. - she even did little impromptu 'lectures' before movies started, telling the bewildered audience the dangers of shotguns and coffin nails.
It was something between Lawrence Welk and 'Orgy of the Dead' in unrealism.

There's some mistake. I'm not a member of the Columbian Record Club....

[–] emncaity 14 years ago

>> It's funny, I used to see this old woman who would got to old films at revival houses were I live, and she'd yell at the audience whenever a character on screen was smoking or using a firearm: "Don't do it! Smoking kills! ..There's nothing cool about guns! .. Cigarettes killed my sister!", etc, etc. - she even did little impromptu 'lectures' before movies started, telling the bewildered audience the dangers of shotguns and coffin nails.
It was something between Lawrence Welk and 'Orgy of the Dead' in unrealism. <<

Now that's hysterical. I'd pay double the price of admission.

[–] zill_o_the_wisp 14 years ago

You could make the same charges against Alfred Hitchcock, Busby Berkeley, Stanley Kubrick, Massimo Dallamano, Luchio Fulci and -- let us not forget, the Hitch-lovin' clan of Dario Argento, Roman Polanski, Claude Chabrol,

Steckler was far less a misogynist than Brian DePalma, and with a much more intelligent use of his talent, shown in nearly all his films.
To say nothing of certifiable scumbag directors like:
Eli Roth, Gaspar Noé, Jesus Franco, etc.

I just wanted to say, I'm sorry I threw rocks at you that day. - Dirk Calloway

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[–] dalldorfw 13 years ago

Yes and 'Roots' is racist. An obvious excuse to show black people being whipped!

Anyway, I think we can all agree that every director who as lived and every director who will ever be born is a misogynistic scumbag. Now shut up and watch the movie.

[–] RayDennisStecklerRules 12 years ago

Because it's a Ray Dennis Steckler film. What other reason could you possibly have?

"It's always opening time in the Sailors Arms".