Showing posts with label Movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movie. Show all posts

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Lesbian Vampire Killers


What would you do if your girlfriend dumped you and you got fired from your job? For Jimmy and Fletch the answer is simple; get "shit faced".

The men head to their local bar after a particularly bad day where after several beers they decide to go for a hike in the woods. However, with so many options for hiking A D V _ N T U R E S the surest way to decide where to go is to throw a dart at a map and go where it lands.

Cut to a small town that has a centuries old curse that turns all of its women in to lesbian vampires of their 18th birthday. Jimmy and Fletch arrive only to discover that Jimmy is the only one who can stop the lesbian vampires and end the curse. From here we see lots of boobs and kissing ladies.

The movie is well written and shot, and generally amusing as long as you take it as seriously as it takes itself. Unfortunately I fear the LVK has fallen victim to the Snakes on a Plane syndrome. If the movie doesn't take itself seriously, then why should the viewer take it serious? So sit back, enjoy the movie, and look forward to the hinted at sequel: Gay Werewolf Killers.

Lesbian Vampire Killers: A-

Click here to buy LVK region 2 DVD

If you like Lesbian Vampire Killers, Too Much Rock recommends Gavin and Stacey Season 1

Friday, April 11, 2008

Hands Off This Movie: "The Ruins"

Because I'm a good friend, I voiced no objection to seeing The Ruins, the new horror film based on a Scott Smith novel one of my pals really dug. As well, I'm open to pretty much anything out there and, in accordance, believe almost anything has a chance to be good, which is why I'm probably the most agreeable "movie buddy" any of my dearest cell phone contacts has. With that (perhaps somewhat naive) critical affirmation safely established, let me say this about the film currently under discussion: it blew tremendous amounts of hot monkey chunks, which is something I haven't officially put on record since I was a teenager.

If you're looking for a more mature dissection of matters of quality, fine: this is stock garbage that somehow has already lost sight of the fact that pretty young things being punished (very violently) for being "wild," free-spirited, sexual pretty young things was one of Scream's best witty observations about shitty scary movie cliches. And that Wes Craven classic is pushing 12 years old. I don't find the absurd gore found here (or anywhere else) disgusting in execution so much as in concept. What kind of people are these "movies" being made for? Who gets off on watching a beautiful blond slice her skin up with a knife (oops, spoiler alert) or young, generic hunks cutting off another man's legs? All this would be less nauseating if it all had some kind of point or viable artistic statement. Maybe, just maybe, it's a metaphor for nature's awesome power and how it will always outlast humanity, especially a sampling of humanity who dare (!) to go where they should not. But that's giving The Ruins far too much credibility. Especially considering its antagonist is a fucking plant -- A very CGI vine that mocks its prey with talking flowers. Yeah, don't ask.

And, I'm not usually one for asking these kind of questions, but if all the modern Mayans who fear the almighty weed really thought it was so dangerous, why the fuck don't they just spray its ass with some Roundup?
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