Friday, December 02, 2005

The Devil's Rejects


Okay, I'm all for a good horror movie. I love the feeling of knowing something is going to happen, not knowing when, and then flying out of your seat when it does. Well, The Devil's Rejects is not like that. It's not a nail biter, it's not even eerie as much as it is flat out disgusting. I made it through about 25 minutes of the movie, and then I had to go for a shower and leave my boyfriend and my best friend to finish out the movie without me. I rememeber talking to my friend Lisa about the film. She told me that her and her boyfriend were going to go see it with another couple, but the other couple opted not to go because of a 'brutal rape scene' in the movie. Well, let me tell ya. This movie is not just a twisted horror, it's a fucked up movie that seems to delve solely into the goal of going too far. It's not so much offensive, I mean, suspension of disbelief is a great thing, but this movie is just over the top with brutality and gore. Not even gore, I mean, b-horror movies of the 80's had tons of bloodshed, but this movie, I don't know. I remember watching 'Seven' and feeling dirty when it was over. I couldn't imagine how I would feel at the end of this one. I guess maybe that's what makes it a good movie to a reviewer, it causes a reaction. But fuck me, I don't want to see this shit. The rape scene, the violence, the whole thing, it was just too much for me. I'm curious to know if anyone else has seen it, and what they think. I can't imagine sitting through the whole movie, and even if I could, to then at the end of it say that it was good. Ebert and Roeper gave it two thumbs up. WTF? I don't know, it was too brutal for my blood. Anyone else?

2 Comments:

Blogger Another Apartment in Blogville. said...

you just sold me.
i like "jumpy" movies too..but moreso - i like movies that make me react. if a movie makes me cry, makes me disgusted or makes me SUPER DUPER uncomfortable...i fall in love cuz that's kinda what anything anyone makes is supposed to do. i really liked his House of 1000 Corpses - the other rob zombie flick about the same group of people - because it disturbed me so much, the imagery, the ideas, the thoughts - SOOO dark.
i'll watch it this week - and let you know what i think.
i'm intrigued now...i can't imagine what would make someone STOP watching a movie...so i'm VERY intrigued...

1:54 PM  
Blogger prettybrownbird said...

it's funny...
my dad just told me that they rented this movie, which they thought was disturbing, and then didn't return in for days after it was supposed to be back. he might as well buy it at this point.
so, i think he owns it now.
i don't think i'll be borrowing it anytime soon.

9:10 AM  

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