tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250971757379688937.post2119215098314098034..comments2012-04-15T10:05:32.264-04:00Comments on Smoke a Lot of Big Monkey Butt*: April 2007 mini-reviewsPaul C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02699493473242261477noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250971757379688937.post-65660624874817008902007-04-22T01:53:00.000-04:002007-04-22T01:53:00.000-04:00EVERYTHING was a damn sight more than OK, dude. I...EVERYTHING was a damn sight more than OK, dude. I'd say it's DH's best yet- combining the thematic depth of MEANING OF LIFE with the humor present in his early stuff. Although the tone of the humor feels closer to LILY AND JIM than to any of his others.Paul C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02699493473242261477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250971757379688937.post-22541801718572858952007-04-18T00:32:00.000-04:002007-04-18T00:32:00.000-04:00Everything Will Be OK? OOOH! My brain hurts from t...<I>Everything Will Be OK</I>? OOOH! My brain hurts from too much envy!Steve C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01958138092537744506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-250971757379688937.post-43686221491560248152007-04-08T15:11:00.000-04:002007-04-08T15:11:00.000-04:00I'd agree that Zombie's trailer is the weakest of ...I'd agree that Zombie's trailer is the weakest of the batch (it's one of those things that sounded funnier in concept), but I thought <I>Machete</I> nailed it just as well as <I>Don't</I>. <I>Thanksgiving</I> almost got it as well, but Roth's too much of a tool to disinclude all the money shots. Real early-slasher trailers (i.e. <I>The Slumber Party Massacre</I>) gave away enough to get you into the theater but saved the nastiest stuff for later. Still a great, sick joke, but not much of a trailer. Though I am impressed with how stock-footagey the parade looked.<BR/><BR/>Also, I thought <I>Planet Terror</I> was pretty awesome, simply because all it delivers is action. Which is the only thing Rodriguez is good for. Tarantino's was immeasurably the better film, but Rodriguez's was more in the lunatic spirit of the kind of super-sleaze gorefest that would occasionally rise from the 42nd Street muck and become a minor classic(k). <BR/><BR/>Interesting point about the narrative longueurs in <I>Death Proof</I> being in the spirit of the grindhouse, though -- even though I eat films like this for breakfast, I didn't make that connection. You are, of course, right on the money. The difference is that Tarantino's dialogue isn't awful and isn't delievered by wooden no-talents.Steve C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01958138092537744506noreply@blogger.com