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It is a b-movie. don't you get it?

posted 21 years ago by blastnow999
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This is not supposed to be a brillant film, but homage to the 1950's b-movie, part of Stan Winston's Creature Feature. I thought it was great, because of it's schlock style plot, and design. Yes, at times the film might drag, but it's worth the watch, and Larry Clark didn't hold back to add his usual brand of wasted youth into the movie and let the rest lie where they may.

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[–] stevenduret 21 years ago

Right on! I own the complete Creature Features DVD 5-pack and all the movies are filmed in typical B-style. If you look closely, you'll see all of the movies are produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff...if you enter this name in the IMDB search engine, you'll enter a world of really REALLY BAD 50's-60's B-movies.
Creature Features is a powerful hommage to the cheap, shlocky b-movies I love so very much...

You really can't expect a "remake" of a bad movie to be a blockbuster, can you?

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[–] pornstaar 16 years ago

anyone renting a movie called teenage caveman and actually think it is gonna be a good movie needs to be shot. Hollywood chainsaw hookers and zombie bikers from detroit etc... are not blockbusters either. I did not think I'd have to explain that a movie with this kind of title will be a bad one. wake up, geniuses!

[–] Ecliptica85 21 years ago

I don't care if it was a B-movie, it still sucked! It had zero thrills, chills, scares or suspence. Just lots of pointless sex. if thats your idea of a good movie then you're watching the wrong genre.

[–] Unicorn-9 20 years ago

"Just lots of pointless sex. if thats your idea of a good movie then you're watching the wrong genre."

Surely if pointless sex (or, at least, pointless nudity) is our idea of a good movie then we're watching precisely the right genre? Unless you want to sink to outright porn, I guess.

[–] EmperorKagato 20 years ago

LMAO. What made the movie for me was the character Judith. More balls than any other character in this movie. Oh man.. would i like to.. anyway. This movie is B and was meant to be B. However it could have been stellar by staying within the dark world/tone and put more time into script and story development. It would have been great! Great enough for a sequal too!

They should have let Judith lived. Some of the actors portrayed their character the best they can. A pissed off teenage guy with a testorone problem. A very hot girl indeed(in bed)[typical scary movie]. A boy who is not only annoying but dumb yet still funny("I want a gun"). You really can't expect top peformance from this cast, yet they did a great job.
Oh, btw. The sex in this movie wasn't pointless like in some other movies i've seen, its an important plot element. I still love how the story sticks to limited view making you guess what is going on.

I still do not think judith should have died, that made me upset. The actor really did make this movie for me. sigh..
"YOU KILLED JUDITH!"

[–] alexelia 20 years ago

I just remember watching this thing late night last summer and I've never felt so horrible. Sure movies can make one laugh, feel sad, outraged, etc. This film though, made me sick to my stomach. It was just horrible. I can enjoy B movies and homages to them as well, but this was just awful, and thinking about it makes me nauseous. BLAHgh

[–] eyekyu 20 years ago

i'm a fan of larry clarks kids and bully but that movie...omg. its was sooo boring. if someone else directed it I probbly stoped watching after 5 minutes.

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[–] cowens16 20 years ago

Kids is a great movie. Bully was good. This movie is utter crap. I realize that b-movies are supposed to be campy and all like that, but this movie is a piece of garbage. The only thing that made it watchable was the naked women every few minutes. So don't complain about the nudity. It was the ONLY good point of this film.

[–] Unicorn-9 20 years ago

"So don't complain about the nudity. It was the ONLY good point of this film."

I don't know: the beginning and the exploding people were quite amusing too.

[–] Zaphekiel 20 years ago

That's like saying there's no such thing as a bad B-movie. Bzzt. Wrong.

I think Larry Clark is a pedophile who just uses filmmaking as an excuse to peep on young girls and not get arrested.

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[–] jampoz 19 years ago

You're the one who's crying, kid, what did ya lost your candy?
Go to your friendly neighbour pedo and get it, fuc ktool

[–] virus_arcane 19 years ago

that wasn't Larry getting a BJ in Brown Bunny...he's obviously not a pedophile, because hiring people under 18 and having them nude on screen is ILLEGAL. Even if it was OFF SCREEN IT WOULD BE ILLEGAL. F uckin g ignorant pricks. Anyone who judges people more popular than them, are just jealous. Go f uc k yourselves. cry babies.

[–] tonymurphylee 19 years ago

I thought that this movie was okay, I guess, but i liked Kids and Ken Park a lot more.
Bully was good too, but it felt pointless even though it wasn't.

[–] jimmyrookie 19 years ago

I actually thought this was a pretty good movie, sure the acting isn't exactly A-Movie material, and there was gratuitious sex/nude scenes ... but the plot itself was refreshing. A new take on the "Monster who poses as a human, and slowly takes over a group of humans" .. it's more believable than some. Genetic Engineering to produce a race that can survive the coming apocalypse, genetic engineering gone wrong.

Can the human mind really survive immortality? Especially after decades/centuries of isolation, especially when they were not emotionally/mentally mature when they were cast into isolation.

I agree this is a B-Movie/Skin-Flick, but it's one of the better B-Movie/Skin-Flicks i've ever seen.

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[–] JustCallMeAndy 16 years ago

Hehehe this movie was quite fun, well done Larry :)

[–] bajama 16 years ago

Why would someone waste the time, effort and money to make a movie that's supposed to be bad? Did Larry Clark wake up one morning and say "I want to make a *beep* movie!"?

No, he doesn't make *beep* movies on purpose. He's just a *beep* movie maker.

[–] Dr_Rude 14 years ago

A Z-movie, morelike...

[–] megArnold 12 years ago

Thanks! I wanted to post EXACTLY THIS!

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