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Mixed bag.

posted 8 years ago by LordInsect
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There's things about this film that are superb: the gore is A+, the music is rad, it's well edited, most of the actors are pretty good, the cinematography at times is remarkable, a bunch of the humor is mixed very well with the splattery stuff, it's just a fun movie and in my opinion the filmmakers have genuine talent.

But with that said, the whole "misunderstanding" subplot and Zach's character in general... it was COMPLETELY superfluous and just annoyed me, it didn't add anything to the film, it was pointless. Why the f.ck couldn't they just make them buddies the whole time? It would have made for a much more enjoyable viewing.

That, and a LOT of the humor falls flat for me. I love horror comedies, Braindead, Bad Taste, Basket Case, The Stuff, Society, Re-Animator, all that stuff, I absolutely love it, so it's not that I'm not used to the genre or the humor or anything, but the constant barrage of dick jokes just got tiresome very fast.

The stuff that is good though, is worth it. Not a bad movie, but I do think it could have done with a couple more drafts and a bit more polishing.

"Ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

[–] Mightygill 8 years ago

the constant barrage of dick jokes just got tiresome very fast

this was one of my biggest problems with the movie. The obsession over dicks was just way too much for me

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[–] LordInsect 8 years ago

It doesn't even make sense though, like metal has absolutely nothing to do with dicks, what's this movie's fascination with it, it's not even funny.

"Ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

[–] roncell 8 years ago

Welcome to Hollywierd's strange fascination with penis. A movie can't be funny these days unless it has a ton of dick and ball jokes or features actual dick... not doing anything in particular, directors just think that showing dick is funny. Thank Judd Apatow who proudly proclaimed a while back that he was gonna put a penis in every one of his movies. I guess that was easier than simply announcing that he was coming out of the closet.

[–] LordInsect 8 years ago

Hollywood has nothing to do with this tho, it's an independent horror comedy from New Zealand, dude.

"Ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

[–] chamohlamb 8 years ago

Have you heard that Judd Apatow has sex with men? No? Then what makes him gay, that he thinks penises are funny?

Doesn't seem like there's a penis invasion in the movies to me. I will say however that full female nudity is very rare. And that is a shame

[–] coex23 8 years ago

actually, I thought it made sense, as metal is almost solely a white male thing and is typically about over-amped masculinity. so I saw the dick jokes as commentary on that aspect of metal. BUT... they still overdid the dick jokes.

otherwise, I was totally caught off guard with this film and was surprisingly impressed!!

[–] LordInsect 8 years ago

I don't know dude, I wouldn't look into it that deep to be honest, they were just trying to be funny.

"Ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

[–] svalinanikola 8 years ago

Someone here wrote "since when is heavy metal so obssesed with dicks?" I couldn't help but find it funny because it sounded so weird XD

[–] coex23 8 years ago

ha! was high when wrote that! so, yes, I was too deep! great film!

[–] Katabasis 8 years ago

"...like metal has absolutely nothing to do with dicks..."

Behold!:
http://www.metal-archives.com/search?searchString=penis&type=song_title

[–] pdlussier1 7 years ago

Hilarious!
Great link. Some of those song and band names are just too funny.

[–] AidaClarkfield 7 years ago

Absolutely agree. three dildo jokes too many.
Hey this demons about to kill me...Look that dildo will save me.
The very next scene.
Hey this demons about to kill me...Look these dildoes will save me.
Also, why would hitting someone with a dildo be more effective than punching them in the face with a fist?
The next scene. Let's inexplicably (after 3 penis jokes) show a close up of this guy getting his ridiculous dong mangled by a weed wacker. Did no one on the crew see this and think hey uh...maybe we should cut one or two of these...or maybe ask "what the hell does this have to do with metal (as stated above).

[–] Zeppelin75 8 years ago

Dicks are used in metal, especially on album covers. Slayer has dicks and phallic imagery on their covers

[–] LordInsect 7 years ago

I mean yeah, sometimes, Motörhead did it all the time too, but nowhere near to the extent the movie used it, it's f.cking stupid.

"Ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

[–] BulbusBouffant 8 years ago

I agree. I liked a lot about the movie. It had a fun attitude, and it was genuinely funny sometimes... but the there was a lot of (too) cliche plot and punchline stuff and the ridiculous amount of unfunny dick jokes ruined it for me. It was too immature and... since when does metal have so much to do with dicks?

Pretty much the scene where they killed everything with dildos, only to find and kill things with....more dildos was the tipping point for me.

[–] Katabasis 7 years ago

"more dildos was the tipping point for me."

teehee

[–] svalinanikola 8 years ago

True, there was too many penis jokes but I thought the dildo fight was pretty funny.

[–] LordInsect 8 years ago

If they tuned it down before and after that, I would've found it funny. But it just went overboard at that point in my opinion.

"Ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

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[–] LordInsect 8 years ago

Early twenties, I listen to quite a lot of metal and I adore trashy b-horror, so yeah, match made in heaven, I was expecting to like it quite a bit.

It felt like the filmmakers gave it their all in certain aspects (effects, editing, cinematography), but since they were aware that they are just making a lowbrow party flick, they gave up on the other aspects completely (the characters, the humor, the plot, the ending).

"Ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?"

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[–] Mightygill 8 years ago

It is nice to hear from someone for whom it should have been tailor made. I thought perhaps I was just too old, too female, and too American to get it, but it sounds like their target demographic felt a bit disappointed as well.

I feel that although I'm above the suggested age above (31) I am in their target demograph as well, but it really disappointed me too
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[–] userrrrr 8 years ago

extreme metal has actually undergone a huge revival over the last 12-14 years.

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[–] userrrrr 8 years ago

the dick stuff was retarded. agreed.

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[–] Bobby_vs_Satan 8 years ago

I thought the dildo fighting was great. Especially when he's trying to reach the flesh colored one and keeps just grazing the tip, making it wobble.

"God Damn, dipsh!t Rodriguez, gypsy dildo...PUNKS!"

[–] Steamboy 8 years ago

the constant barrage of dick jokes just got tiresome very fast

I completely agree on that. Would have so much better without the constant porn references. Especially knowing most black or death metal bands and such don't have porn-related names.

I liked that Brodie and Zach briefly became enemy. Actually I would have preferred they stayed that way. I didn't like Zach and I think he possibly had the blackest soul, the one with no redeeming quality. It would have been better if he didn't return to save them.

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