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Reviews
Moist Fury (2010)
funny as ____
I loved this film. It was probably shot in 2 days with a $300 budget, maybe less. I think its highly likely that all the actors wore their own clothes. There were no sets, there were just places. But this is one of the reasons the film works so well - it relishes it's nobud, underground self. The actors are gloriously hamming it up and the dialogue is hysterical (wait - is there a script? hmmmm....). If you like the over-the-top of over-the-top filmmaking, stuff that's self-consciously sophomoric and stupid but bitingly on-the-spot satirical, you will love this crap. In it's own bad-is-good way, this is some really committed and intelligent filmmaking.
(or not)
Oh yeah, there's a plot or something. Don't worry about it.
Make-Out with Violence (2008)
Yes - pretentious, boring, and tries ever-so-hard to be "indie" - watch Deadgirl instead.
A previous reviewer says it all, and says it well. This film reeks of indie cred, and has a few good performances (and a few awful ones) and a great soundtrack, but it's not funny, quirky, offbeat, frightening, thought-provoking, or anything else worthwhile. It would be a fairly impressive film school project. Why it won awards and so much notice I will never know, but I suspect it has something to do with yet another triumph of form over substance.
Best high school oriented not-quite-dead girl double bill ever: Deadgirl - truly frightening and truly funny and an intense ending; Jennifer's Body - not really a zombie film but who cares? Brilliant.
Best. Ever.
Skip Making out with Violence.
Spoiler Alert: There's really no making out in this film. Also no violence.