Never since I’ve been to Anime North 5 years ago have I seen so many Japanese School Girls. It was as if all of Japan exploded and the fallout landed in Toronto. Not that that is a bad thing. This was one of the most hysterical crowds ever for Midnight Madness. So many piccha-picchas, and I thought I was going to have an epileptic episode from all the flashing lights. It’s all because the star was here for the International Premier. I love this guy, he was the only one at MM in full tuxedo. Class, pure class man. I was going to abbreviate the title to DMC but it bears too much resemblance to my favorite hack and slash Devil May Cry.
Detroit Metal City
Directed by Toshio Lee
First and foremost it needs to be said that this is a movie based on the manga of the same name. I have always had a bitter shit taste to the thought of Manga – Movie adaptations. Because in manga I could always skip to pages when it gets too boring, but I’m stuck in the movie. And Japanese films always have a flair for the over dramatic, dialogue delivery is like staring at an establishing shot of Mount Rushmore, just a bunch a sad looking heads. I am glad to say that Detroit Metal City has none of that shit. This film is foukin’ balls to your mom awesome. Even the obligatory crying scene is foukin’ manic – I’m looking at you Battle Royale 2 you stupid turd.
I guess you want to know a little about the story, if you already know the movie I foukin love you. What are you willing to do for stardom? Would you work shit jobs to make your way up the ladder? Would you kill your competition? Or would you just settle for whatever comes your way? You want to be a star don’tcha? Our Hero Negashi in a way does all three, this is a very very liberal interpretation. Negashi wants to become a pop music sensation and has traveled to Tokyo to fulfill his dreams. Negashi wants to be well accepted in the “Trendy” crowd, fouk seeing the ridiculous stlye they have I want to be trendy too, too bad I’m FAT in Japan. Unfortunately for Negashi, the only band willing to take him is a death metal band called Detroit Metal City, probably one of the best foukin names ever. The two other members of the band are their bassist Masayuki Wada / Alexander Jaggi who is your typical feminine Japanese male. And their drummer Terumichi Nishida / Camus who is a fatty who can’t open his mouth unless it’s about girl gym shorts, this is my kinda dude. Negashi goes by the alias Jonas Krauser III and wears a pound of KISS make-up and Death Metal armor. The Krauser persona is infamous for being a serial killer/rapist/arsonist among the death metal crowd, all of which humiliates Negashi. He truly wants to play bubble gum pop instead of death metal, but whenever he tells his uber chuck norris band manager Boss, played by super hot Yasuko Matsuyuki, it results in a roundhouse kick to the face and the hot end of her cigarette. She refuses Negashi to play anything that doesn’t get her wet. And the only music leaks her plumbing is Death Metal I swear to god/gods/existential interplanetary beings that I did not make this up, the translator did.
The movie plot starts when he bumps into the crush girl from college Yuri Aikawa. Detroit Metal City has slowly been building momentum and a strong fan base, but he is embarrassed because it isn’t “trendy”. There is an awesome scene where he gets a date with Aikawa but has to attend a promotional show for the next single. Intermittently he attends both, constantly changing costume and make-up. Ultimately he confuses his two identities and scares off Aikawa.
Another great scene is when he returns home to his family because his love life is in a slump. It turns out his good natured younger brother has become one of his raving fans who does nothing but listens to his music. He transforms into Krauser to instill the old family ethics but with a Death Metal twist. Best part ever is when his younger brother makes fun of Negashi’s Mushroom Cut. Krauser explains that it is the most “indecent hair cut” because it is in the shape of a penis.
Their band manager takes them on nation wide tour for a battle of the bands. We see Kauser compete against Japanese Rappers where he demolishes them with his Death Rapping. And an all girl punk band where he commits autoeroticaphixiation. Well not actually, he’s thrown from the rafters and gets strangled by some chains. The bands performance shoots them up the number one position in the Japanese charts. This catches the attention of legendary metal star Jack II Dark played by Gene Simmons. This is probably the only time you will ever hear these words uttered; Gene Simmons was great. Please have a moment of silence for my dignity.
Detroit Metal City was a ravenous metal comedy. I would fouck my friend Robin’s ass in hell to see this movie again, or maybe just pay the 12 bucks. Anyhoo what to say about the Q & A? The director, actor, and producer don’t speak English so we had to wait for the translational delay. But all those fouking V fingered girls would beat us to the punch on the jokes. I’m just glad no one pull that disrespectful, “Hey I can speak the same language as them so I will ask them a question in Japanese and completely ostrachize the rest of the audience.” There was a guy like that at the Sexy Killer Q & A, what a Douche.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Sky Crawlers
I will be honest, I am punching my balls with mercury thermometers because I slept in and missed the whole movie. The buzz around the lines was that it was great but a little slow, This is a Foukin Mamoru Oshii Movie THEYRE ALWAYS LIKE THAT. I’ve learned my lesson not to have any film before 10:30 am. So instead here is an except of my dream journal.
Fuzzy Killing Spree
Directed by Mauwgui
Fast Fast Fastering. Strange Victorian Rave Club. Problems With Plumbing. A Soft Scream in Line. I smell what you say. Peddle backwards on Bike makes you Fly.
Foukin I’m never going to sleep-in on a movie again.
Fuzzy Killing Spree
Directed by Mauwgui
Fast Fast Fastering. Strange Victorian Rave Club. Problems With Plumbing. A Soft Scream in Line. I smell what you say. Peddle backwards on Bike makes you Fly.
Foukin I’m never going to sleep-in on a movie again.
Friday, September 12, 2008
The Wrestler
I caught up with my buddy to catch this flick. As we were going into the theatre he noticed Pat Oswalt was just leaving the theatre. Guess he was there to see Flash of Genius cuz thats the only movie playing before Wrestler but why would he be here??? WHY???? Once inside we had a good 10 minute wait for the director to show up. Thing is, if the director is only going to show up for the intro and not be around for any Q&A whats the point of waiting for him in the first play. Bah, should have gotten tickets for the first screening.
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Right before the film began the program director reminded everyone that this movie had just taken the top prize at the Venice film festival. I really wished I didn't hear this because to me it was unnecessary right before the screening. It would have been grander to find out later. I wanted to enjoy it as a movie, not some showdog prize winner. ASS
This was a breathtaking movie. And also visually stunning. You wouldn't have thought a story about a washed-up wrestler would be so dramatic but Aronofsky pulled it off. Randy "The Ram" Robinson, played by Micky Rourke, is an incredibly deep character. He is pushing along barely making ends meet doing part time at a No Frills like supermarket then weekend amateur wrestling that only draws the most hardcore crowds. Outside of the wrestling industry he has very few friends, namely Cassidy the stripper played by Marisa Tomei. The only family he has left is his daughter Stephanie, whom he tries to make amends.
The most comical moments of the film are the wrestling sequences. Before the fights the wrestlers would plan out key moments of their match and who should win. It was pretty silly how Randy got convinced to do a hardcore match involving a Staple Gun, "It hurts a little going in." The best moment in a match was when Randy uses a prosthetic leg to beat another wrestler trapped in a garbage can. I have watched a lot of wresting on tv, and there are only two main angles you ever see from, either ring side looking on between the ropes or pulled back wide to establish the entire ring. In the Wrestler, you are pulled in close to the action and it makes it appear more over the top. You also get to see their stage craft where wrestlers hide tiny razors to cut them selfs for some blood letting excitement, BLOOD ORGY YEAH.
Randy oozes he-man bravado, everyone loves this guy, well everyone except his daughter. He's a smooth talker and can work a crowd, whether in the ring or behind the deli counter. This shield of charisma + 5 is what keeps him going, when he lets his guard down he is incredibly fragile, incineratingly feable, and looses his fead - head, rule of 3. Randy's one true skill is charming people, but he can't handle the mistakes he has made. There is a scene where Randy's working beind the deli counter and a fan recognizes him, his insecurity about his washed-up wrestling career. Instead of facing the fan he makes a grand exit by cutting his thumb on a deli-slicer. He then explodes out of the store trashing an innocent box of Captain Crunch. Awww FOUCK That was ProducT PlaCemeNt.
This was an awesome movie, 40 virgins bodyslammed good. And if you don't watch it I'm gonna give you the "RAM JAM".
This was a breathtaking movie. And also visually stunning. You wouldn't have thought a story about a washed-up wrestler would be so dramatic but Aronofsky pulled it off. Randy "The Ram" Robinson, played by Micky Rourke, is an incredibly deep character. He is pushing along barely making ends meet doing part time at a No Frills like supermarket then weekend amateur wrestling that only draws the most hardcore crowds. Outside of the wrestling industry he has very few friends, namely Cassidy the stripper played by Marisa Tomei. The only family he has left is his daughter Stephanie, whom he tries to make amends.
The most comical moments of the film are the wrestling sequences. Before the fights the wrestlers would plan out key moments of their match and who should win. It was pretty silly how Randy got convinced to do a hardcore match involving a Staple Gun, "It hurts a little going in." The best moment in a match was when Randy uses a prosthetic leg to beat another wrestler trapped in a garbage can. I have watched a lot of wresting on tv, and there are only two main angles you ever see from, either ring side looking on between the ropes or pulled back wide to establish the entire ring. In the Wrestler, you are pulled in close to the action and it makes it appear more over the top. You also get to see their stage craft where wrestlers hide tiny razors to cut them selfs for some blood letting excitement, BLOOD ORGY YEAH.
Randy oozes he-man bravado, everyone loves this guy, well everyone except his daughter. He's a smooth talker and can work a crowd, whether in the ring or behind the deli counter. This shield of charisma + 5 is what keeps him going, when he lets his guard down he is incredibly fragile, incineratingly feable, and looses his fead - head, rule of 3. Randy's one true skill is charming people, but he can't handle the mistakes he has made. There is a scene where Randy's working beind the deli counter and a fan recognizes him, his insecurity about his washed-up wrestling career. Instead of facing the fan he makes a grand exit by cutting his thumb on a deli-slicer. He then explodes out of the store trashing an innocent box of Captain Crunch. Awww FOUCK That was ProducT PlaCemeNt.
This was an awesome movie, 40 virgins bodyslammed good. And if you don't watch it I'm gonna give you the "RAM JAM".
Me and Orson Welles
This was probably the most star studded film I have seen during the entire festival. We had Claire Danes and Zac Efron. Then some guy called Christian Mckay, here's a website bearing his name its very gray. And behind me was Captain Barbossa. Apparently Mckay has quite the fan following because there were a lot of dressed-up young girls at the screening. I was wearing a yellow t-shirt of a clown vomiting rainbows. At this film I realized how pathetic my point and shoot camera was. Every time I tried to take a picture the bald guy in front of me would get overexposed and I can't see the cast. This is why I don't have any piccha picchas of the festival. Next year I'll get a night vision camera, or a thousand Popsicle.
Me and Orson Welles
Directed by Richard Linklater
I never knew very much about Orson Welles. I've seen him in Citizen Kane and heard him in the Transformers movie, you know the good one. So knowing that he is a huge icon to American culture I figured it would be worthwhile to see this film. Well also because of Zac Efron, he's so handsome. Coming out of the film I realized why Orson played bullies and jerks, because he was a complete DICK. McKay gave a solid performance as Orson Welles, so good I wanted to punch him in da balls for dramatic effect. Wonder how the Guvenator feels about the Brits stealing American Roles, oh wait he don't cuz hes a migrant - chaaa. Anyways, Zac Efron and his pretty mouth is an aspiring High school actor who has a run in with Orson at the i guess infamous Mercury theater and is given a bit-part in the production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Wow, that was a badly formed sentence. Anyhoo, Efron's character, whose name escaped me because I was lost in his luscious locks, deals with cutting school to attend rehearsals and working beside the so-called greatest actor of the 20th century, paahh Chris Tucker deserves that designation.
Anyhoo, the production is in jeopardy of meeting its opening night, moral rises and falls - rises and falls. All due to Orson mangling his priorities between the production and sex life, see he is a Dick. Efron's glowing skin doesn't make much of a contribution to the stage production, but he's our main character so we get to see through his purty eyes what goes on behind the stage with all the players. He's hot for Claire Dane's Sonja, I guess she's the production manager, but mistakes his crush as true love. Sonja is quite the progressive woman who know what she wants and willing to do it for the job. By do it I meant fuck. The ladies man of the cast provides some solem insight to 1930's literature. When ever the novel gets to the part where man loves woman there is a quadruple space which is left to the reader's imagination. quadruple space means fuck. There is also the comedic character who plays Cinna the poet. Cinna got fucked.
The film was still inspirational to watch. Your dreams may be shattered, but they were shattered by a complete asshole so fuckit.
Oh yeah, best question ever for Q & A!
Q: Zac, don't you feel weird watching yourself on screen?
A: Yeah kinda, but I get used to it.
Ha ha ha you are a lark.
Me and Orson Welles
Directed by Richard Linklater
I never knew very much about Orson Welles. I've seen him in Citizen Kane and heard him in the Transformers movie, you know the good one. So knowing that he is a huge icon to American culture I figured it would be worthwhile to see this film. Well also because of Zac Efron, he's so handsome. Coming out of the film I realized why Orson played bullies and jerks, because he was a complete DICK. McKay gave a solid performance as Orson Welles, so good I wanted to punch him in da balls for dramatic effect. Wonder how the Guvenator feels about the Brits stealing American Roles, oh wait he don't cuz hes a migrant - chaaa. Anyways, Zac Efron and his pretty mouth is an aspiring High school actor who has a run in with Orson at the i guess infamous Mercury theater and is given a bit-part in the production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Wow, that was a badly formed sentence. Anyhoo, Efron's character, whose name escaped me because I was lost in his luscious locks, deals with cutting school to attend rehearsals and working beside the so-called greatest actor of the 20th century, paahh Chris Tucker deserves that designation.
Anyhoo, the production is in jeopardy of meeting its opening night, moral rises and falls - rises and falls. All due to Orson mangling his priorities between the production and sex life, see he is a Dick. Efron's glowing skin doesn't make much of a contribution to the stage production, but he's our main character so we get to see through his purty eyes what goes on behind the stage with all the players. He's hot for Claire Dane's Sonja, I guess she's the production manager, but mistakes his crush as true love. Sonja is quite the progressive woman who know what she wants and willing to do it for the job. By do it I meant fuck. The ladies man of the cast provides some solem insight to 1930's literature. When ever the novel gets to the part where man loves woman there is a quadruple space which is left to the reader's imagination. quadruple space means fuck. There is also the comedic character who plays Cinna the poet. Cinna got fucked.
The film was still inspirational to watch. Your dreams may be shattered, but they were shattered by a complete asshole so fuckit.
Oh yeah, best question ever for Q & A!
Q: Zac, don't you feel weird watching yourself on screen?
A: Yeah kinda, but I get used to it.
Ha ha ha you are a lark.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
The Dungeon Masters
I guess when I attended this film it must have been the second screening because the theater was pretty much dead and I could have lined up 20 minutes before the start of the movie. I guess I'm used to queuing up to movies 1 1/2 hours early and it never occurred to me that there would be less press people around now. What really annoyed me was the old lady in a blue sweater that charged at me in line, if you are reading this which I doubt, FOUK YOU. I really wish I had some apple pie.
The Dungeon Masters
Directed by Keven McAlester
Dungeon Masters follows the lives of three Dungeons and Dragons masters: Scott, Richard, and Elizabeth. We don't necessarily follow the game Dungeon and Dragons but there are several references made that DnD folks will enjoy. Of everyone Scott was my favorite character, he was the dreamer of the cast and probably most typified as a gamer. My least favorite was Richard, he just creeped by out, but what I did like about him is that he is always looking to kill the other gamers.
I will give you the one great reason why you need to see this film. It is not to see how these people are no different from you and I. It isn't Scott's creative desires. It isn't Richard's family troubles. Nor Elizabeth's relationship troubles. Four simple words for why you should see this movie L.A.R.P. YES YOU GET TO SEE LIVE ACTION ROLE PLAYING. Once I saw that scene I wanted to start cranking my monkey.
During the Q & A it was pretty interesting that the majority of questions were seeking answers far geekier then the film, and the poor director could only reply that the movie is about the people and not the game it self. At the end of the credits it was painfully shown that Wizards of the Coast were in no way shape or form, part of this movie. Guess some geeks are just geeks.
Visually, I really enjoyed the interludes between the different parts of the film. Its a plate with a clip board of old character sheets to different Role playing games. My favorite one was a DnD sheet where a kid drew his Knight or Paladin or whatever it was, it was nice.
I loved watching this movie, it made me laugh and I might have cried a little. Don't you judge ME.
The Dungeon Masters
Directed by Keven McAlester
Dungeon Masters follows the lives of three Dungeons and Dragons masters: Scott, Richard, and Elizabeth. We don't necessarily follow the game Dungeon and Dragons but there are several references made that DnD folks will enjoy. Of everyone Scott was my favorite character, he was the dreamer of the cast and probably most typified as a gamer. My least favorite was Richard, he just creeped by out, but what I did like about him is that he is always looking to kill the other gamers.
I will give you the one great reason why you need to see this film. It is not to see how these people are no different from you and I. It isn't Scott's creative desires. It isn't Richard's family troubles. Nor Elizabeth's relationship troubles. Four simple words for why you should see this movie L.A.R.P. YES YOU GET TO SEE LIVE ACTION ROLE PLAYING. Once I saw that scene I wanted to start cranking my monkey.
During the Q & A it was pretty interesting that the majority of questions were seeking answers far geekier then the film, and the poor director could only reply that the movie is about the people and not the game it self. At the end of the credits it was painfully shown that Wizards of the Coast were in no way shape or form, part of this movie. Guess some geeks are just geeks.
Visually, I really enjoyed the interludes between the different parts of the film. Its a plate with a clip board of old character sheets to different Role playing games. My favorite one was a DnD sheet where a kid drew his Knight or Paladin or whatever it was, it was nice.
I loved watching this movie, it made me laugh and I might have cried a little. Don't you judge ME.
Martyrs
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Martyrs
Directed by Pascal Laugier
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FOUKIN BRILLIANT
Martyrs
Directed by Pascal Laugier
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FOUKIN BRILLIANT
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
The Burrowers
Tuesday night's midnight madness film was the world premier of The Burrowers, a horror / western genre film. Fuck, do you know how many films fit into those two genres at the same time??? The only other one is Cannibal the Musical, but that movie was a lot of other things too. So far this has been thee horror movie of the MM program, course there are still 4 more nights to go. Lets get back to the movie.
The Burrowers
Directed by J.T. Petty
As usual before the movie starts the MM programmer introduced the audience to the director of the film J.T. Petty. He was a pretty laid back kind of dude didn't have much words at the beginning and was adamant to bring some of the cast to the stage as well. Karl Geary, who plays an Irish Immigrant searching for his soon to be betrothed. Also on stage was Clancy Brown, yes the Clancy Brown, Mother FUckinG Lex Luthor from the WB Justice League Series and also asshole Brother Justin. This dude is the mother fucker you don't want to mess with, and also a pretty funny guy.
Anyhoo, the film was an outstanding production. From the very beginning the tone is set as Far and Away having a love chile with Tremors. This is an outstanding entry for the Midnight Madness set, becauses you have a well shot western that truely exudes the North Dakota wilderness with the dark and creepy living beneith the surface. The real kicker is that this is also a period piece. No modern day tech or even a flash light, just good old rifles and laterns to protect you from what lerks in the dark. Another benifit of the setting is the opportunity to use the racial divide.
The start of the film is a shot of our hero Coffey who plans to ask his girlfriends father for permission to marry her. Unfortunately the night before her settlement is attacked and her family is no where to be found. Some locals work with the US army to hunt down those responsible and their first suspect are the local Native American tribes. The next course of events sees the locals splitting from the US army to find the missing family and Coffey's girl. Along the way the pick-up Callaghan, the army cook who fled for feeding the army's prisoner. And a Native American girl, whose character name escapes me and bloody IMDB has been absolutely useless to find it for me, who informs our heros that what there are seeking isn't a tribe but an animal called The Burrowers. Neat huh. And the only ones who know how to fight back is the Ute tribe.
The look of the burrowers is thouroughly creepy, and but the noise they make isn't really that scary, not to be mean but it sounds like it came from the Jurassic Park sound track. During the Q and A J.T. Penny was ask about how the design came about. The sum of the answer was Molerats are scary and Spiders are scary. What I really like is that you don't feel cheated when you finally get a good look at the monsters. Not like fouckin' Cloverfield where you wanted to punch it everytime you saw it like an ugly baby. And they were represented as a natural beast that has always inhabitted the land and their current attacks on man was the result of the Americans' impact on the natural environment, parrallels anybody?
I hope what I've had to say could sway you to watch this movie. Yes this is my Mother Foucking Endorsement. You will love this movie, but more importantly, you will love the hillariousnos of the Q&A if you could find a video posting of it. Some people came with really good legitament questions deserving of the film. The there were two individuals that pretty much shat out their mouths ate it and regugitated it back out creating utter confusion for the Programmer, Director, and Actors who could do nothing else but Laugh, and everyone else laughed too you over pretensious genre fucks.
WATCH THIS MOVIE
The Burrowers
Directed by J.T. Petty
As usual before the movie starts the MM programmer introduced the audience to the director of the film J.T. Petty. He was a pretty laid back kind of dude didn't have much words at the beginning and was adamant to bring some of the cast to the stage as well. Karl Geary, who plays an Irish Immigrant searching for his soon to be betrothed. Also on stage was Clancy Brown, yes the Clancy Brown, Mother FUckinG Lex Luthor from the WB Justice League Series and also asshole Brother Justin. This dude is the mother fucker you don't want to mess with, and also a pretty funny guy.
Anyhoo, the film was an outstanding production. From the very beginning the tone is set as Far and Away having a love chile with Tremors. This is an outstanding entry for the Midnight Madness set, becauses you have a well shot western that truely exudes the North Dakota wilderness with the dark and creepy living beneith the surface. The real kicker is that this is also a period piece. No modern day tech or even a flash light, just good old rifles and laterns to protect you from what lerks in the dark. Another benifit of the setting is the opportunity to use the racial divide.
The start of the film is a shot of our hero Coffey who plans to ask his girlfriends father for permission to marry her. Unfortunately the night before her settlement is attacked and her family is no where to be found. Some locals work with the US army to hunt down those responsible and their first suspect are the local Native American tribes. The next course of events sees the locals splitting from the US army to find the missing family and Coffey's girl. Along the way the pick-up Callaghan, the army cook who fled for feeding the army's prisoner. And a Native American girl, whose character name escapes me and bloody IMDB has been absolutely useless to find it for me, who informs our heros that what there are seeking isn't a tribe but an animal called The Burrowers. Neat huh. And the only ones who know how to fight back is the Ute tribe.
The look of the burrowers is thouroughly creepy, and but the noise they make isn't really that scary, not to be mean but it sounds like it came from the Jurassic Park sound track. During the Q and A J.T. Penny was ask about how the design came about. The sum of the answer was Molerats are scary and Spiders are scary. What I really like is that you don't feel cheated when you finally get a good look at the monsters. Not like fouckin' Cloverfield where you wanted to punch it everytime you saw it like an ugly baby. And they were represented as a natural beast that has always inhabitted the land and their current attacks on man was the result of the Americans' impact on the natural environment, parrallels anybody?
I hope what I've had to say could sway you to watch this movie. Yes this is my Mother Foucking Endorsement. You will love this movie, but more importantly, you will love the hillariousnos of the Q&A if you could find a video posting of it. Some people came with really good legitament questions deserving of the film. The there were two individuals that pretty much shat out their mouths ate it and regugitated it back out creating utter confusion for the Programmer, Director, and Actors who could do nothing else but Laugh, and everyone else laughed too you over pretensious genre fucks.
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