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I had pretty high expectations on this one as it is unique in that way that it is one of the thousands of films Quentin Tarantino likes. But sometimes he likes trash and just because it is trash (which I understand, I am guilty of that myself sometimes). But here it just felt poorly made, I didn't really care for anybody in the film, none of them were that interesting. Everything just felt as if somebody made a film about me and my friends when we tried to play war and everybody wanted to be Rambo but since we couldn't
Nah, this is not my cup of Russ. I am a big fan of his, but I prefer his big chested heroes kick asses and be funny than just being... big chested and shaking to some [honestly rad] 60's music. At least it had his trademarked wild angles and editing style that I 100% love and want to base an entire film on. Boy, he sure had a short attention span and hated to be bored. Even this "film" that is just girls shaking their bewbs for 60 minutes is rapidly paced and never lingers. I don't know how he
I have wanted to see this ever since I first saw Silence of the Lambs. I love Jonathan Demme, Roger Corman and watching great director's early work (SPECIALLY if it's a Roger Corman production!). So this checks a lot of boxes for me! It doesn't mean that I thought it would be GREAT, I mainly looked forward to study it and compare it to what Demme would do later in his career than enjoy it as a film. It is almost unfair to love a director based on their highs when it is when they don't have the time, money
I saw this a couple of years ago and wasn't very impressed by it. It looked cheap and had little to no visual exposition at all, the characters just spell it out through dialogue. But I still bought the Blu-ray as 1.) it was super cheap and 2.) I can't say no to a commentary track with Christopher Lee. That man have so many stories and know how to tell them. Re-watching the film today I was quite taken by surprise by how great the black & white cinematography is. I can't remember how I saw it the first time but
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