...and felt that the guy who had a problem with the movie, (although he liked the first movie) hadn't really seen a lot of depraved films. (by the way, I was the woman in the back cheering "Cannibal Holocaust", because that sh#t is wrong--lol).
Personally I think House of 1000 Corpse sucked, because it was too cartoonish, and Rob Z. admitted as much. In fact, House of 1000 C's only got interesting for me when they found all those bodies in the basement, and that demon-looking thing tied to a post. Now that should've been the movie! I really didn't like the characters reprising their roles in Devil's Rejects because they left a sour taste in my mouth from the first movie. However, unlike the victims in the 1st movie (who you don't care about), the victims in this version are so sympathetic, that you really want the Firefly family to be killed (especially Baby. I really wanted her to suffer. Strangely, I wanted Captain Spalding to repent. He seemed like he could redeem himself...but alas, sniff... it wasn't meant to be).
I told my husband (who saw it with me) that I wasn't really invested in this movie as I wanted to be, but as I thought about it later, I realized, this is actually a good movie. And that friggin' SOUNDTRACK! I have to buy that music. The 70's feel of the photography mixed with a killer soundtrack of Lynard Skynard, the Altman Brothers, et al. I'm a black woman, and that music gave a wonderful southern subtext to the action on the screen. In fact, it really made me afraid of Texas backwater rednecks. I would not want to meet those folks at a one pump gas station in the middle of nowhere. (This coming from someone who lives in the heart of South Central!) I would advise people to see this movie with an open mind. As Rob Z. said, he views it as his version of Bonnie and Clyde rather than The Texas chainsaw massacre.
SPOILER ALERT************ The scene where the woman escapes from the motel and you think she will survive, but then she gets hit by a semi-truck-- that has got to be the most realistic human road kill I have ever seen. In fact, I'm on my way now to Dark Delicacies Bookstore in Burbank. They are giving away limited supplies of free Devil's Rejects posters. God I hope it's the one with the mashed body bits on the highway. I should be ashamed of myself!LOL
Personally I think House of 1000 Corpse sucked, because it was too cartoonish, and Rob Z. admitted as much. In fact, House of 1000 C's only got interesting for me when they found all those bodies in the basement, and that demon-looking thing tied to a post. Now that should've been the movie! I really didn't like the characters reprising their roles in Devil's Rejects because they left a sour taste in my mouth from the first movie. However, unlike the victims in the 1st movie (who you don't care about), the victims in this version are so sympathetic, that you really want the Firefly family to be killed (especially Baby. I really wanted her to suffer. Strangely, I wanted Captain Spalding to repent. He seemed like he could redeem himself...but alas, sniff... it wasn't meant to be).
I told my husband (who saw it with me) that I wasn't really invested in this movie as I wanted to be, but as I thought about it later, I realized, this is actually a good movie. And that friggin' SOUNDTRACK! I have to buy that music. The 70's feel of the photography mixed with a killer soundtrack of Lynard Skynard, the Altman Brothers, et al. I'm a black woman, and that music gave a wonderful southern subtext to the action on the screen. In fact, it really made me afraid of Texas backwater rednecks. I would not want to meet those folks at a one pump gas station in the middle of nowhere. (This coming from someone who lives in the heart of South Central!) I would advise people to see this movie with an open mind. As Rob Z. said, he views it as his version of Bonnie and Clyde rather than The Texas chainsaw massacre.
SPOILER ALERT************ The scene where the woman escapes from the motel and you think she will survive, but then she gets hit by a semi-truck-- that has got to be the most realistic human road kill I have ever seen. In fact, I'm on my way now to Dark Delicacies Bookstore in Burbank. They are giving away limited supplies of free Devil's Rejects posters. God I hope it's the one with the mashed body bits on the highway. I should be ashamed of myself!LOL