Entries from June 2008 ↓

Sometimes a film springs up which tries too hard to become a cult hit. Otto is one of those. Perhaps it is simply the director Bruce LeBruce’s style, but simply mixing some hardcore gay porn with a zombie chewing on roadkill and making fun of a pretentious indie film maker doesn’t mean that you, yourself, are not a pretentious indie film maker.

Otto was certainly interesting, though the ideal audience is really an incredibly narrow demographic. Count yourself out if you aren’t a fan of all of the following: gore, penises, lame dramatic moments, penises in the mouths/asses/chest-wounds of other men, poultry butchering, overdone-yet-still-half-baked ironic jokes, poor cinematography and audio work.

Luckily for me, I still like a few of those things.

I rate Otto; or, Up With Dead People 3 out of 5 homosexual zombie orgies.

The first movie of this weekend was Saturn in Opposition, an Italian issue-film disguised as a sappy bisexual soap-opera. The characters, even the ones you’re supposed to dislike, are likable enough and pretty well acted. The main event — the young protagonist in a coma — is straight out of the soaps, as are the endless supply of pretty people.

Rating withheld because the theatre was evacuated 5-10 mins before the end, likely because of some retard pulling the fire alarm. Honestly though, I probably would have given it something in the mid-range. I’m not going to buy it on DVD or pay another $8 to see the end.