Well, after yesterday's positive review... well... we got a pair of different toned reviews, and I'm real interested in seeing this thing. One of these guys seems a bit afraid of the film, and the other... well he despised it. And yesterday's was positive in a very agressive way. So it seems the film is getting reactions... We'll see soon enough...
Just got back from a screening of 8MM.
I work at a comic book store with film geeks. I've seen a lot of messed-up shit, including weird comics and movies on the "fringe" of taste. I consider myself a pretty jaded filmgoer, having seen a sizeable chunk of what's out there.
But I've never, never, seen anything like 8MM.
I feel sick right now. I can't wrap my brain around it. It deftly plays dodgeball on the razor's edge, daring the audience to stay one step ahead, or just wallow in what was and try to understand it. I can't begin to explain why, but I liked it a little.
Not in the "Go see this movie" way, but in the "Well, somebody had the balls to make this. Good for them, but don't show it to me again" way. The end is a mind-fuck. You know how after a horrible news story, you think what you'd do if you had 10 minutes alone with the perp who committed some horrendous crime? Well, after seeing this, you'll want that job to be left up to the authorities.
I can't point out plot points, or critique the evil Schumacher's directing capabilities. I can't do it because I can't deal with this movie. I'm going to go see Rushmore again.
Rocket Boy
and here is the next review.... they didn't like it..
I just saw that review of 8 mm posted, and i swear to god that guy must have seen the wrong movie, because the version i saw yesterday in Boston was an absolutely horrific display of wasted talent, and demonstrated once again why joel Shumaker is a hack, and why he should be shot before he makes another Batman movie like there is talk of him doing.
Like you all know the movie is about snuff films, which could be an interesting premise for a movie, but this one is BORING for an hour, then essential turns into a bad verison of a slasher movie. Topping it off is the preachiness of the dialogue involving the main bad guy, trying to explain his whole situation.
Nick cage is the man for the most part, but his is stiff as a board here. He must have known he was in a bad movie half way through and quit. Keep in mid I liked him in Snake Eyes even when most hated that movie. He had no energy at all, and despite one good scene where he shows some of the acting talent that got him an Oscar, he stinks here. Hopefully Bringing out the Dead will reveal his true self again.
The other acting stinks too, though Shumaker is the main culprit. If it weren't for The Client, all his movies would stink. he ruined A Time to kill and we all know about the Batman franchise. Lets hope he is never allowed to make movies again.
You can call me Snuff
