That having been said, I think Red State is way way better than this movie. The review on the escapist is right on the money. Tusk has its moments, but overall there just isn't enough material to carry a feature length film. Smith tries to make it feel like a "real" movie (contrary to what moviebob says), but it feels like the plot is stretched very thin.Daniel Janhagen said:It isn't even out yet in my part of the world, so I'll have to skip Big Picture this week. Maybe I'll remember to come back to it in a month or two or three or whenever I can actually see the movie. Will say right now though, that if Bob thinks this is bad in the same way that he thought Red State was, then I'm probably looking forward to one awesome, awesome movie.
While there certainly was plenty of that, I think the over-all point is that this is another movie that fails in a bad way because it's trying to fail in a good way. The "good" failings can only come when they're non-intentional. Case in point: The Room, perhaps the funniest-but-not-supposed-to-be-funny movie ever.Darth Sea Bass said:Pretty much all I took away from that was "I don't like Kevin Smith, I don't like Kevin Smith, I don't like Kevin Smith, I don't like Kevin Smith, I don't like Kevin Smith" Ad Infinitum, Yada, Yada.
A man with a face like his is one I find hard to believe, if I could understand what the everliving fuck he says. I mean, did you look at it? That guy looks like he survived having a stroke!MB202 said:Yeah, there really is nothing quite like someone who genuinely feels/believes in their messed-up masterpiece as opposed to someone trying to recreate that same goofy, stupid, "who thought this up?!" style. It's kind of like how I like the quirky weirdness of Adventure Time as opposed to the quirky weirdness of Pinkie Pie in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic; it's just so obvious that her dialogue was written by someone who went "Oh, this sounds weird, let's go with that." It's unnatural, and while Adventure Time definitely has weird lines that make no sense whatsoever, it somehow "makes sense" in context, and because it sounds like something that character would say as opposed to just throwing shit out there thinking it just sounds weird.
It's also why I don't believe Tommy Wiseau at all when he continuously tries to claim "The Room" was deliberately meant to be a comedy... Hell, I'm STILL trying to wrap my head around what the fuck that guy's thinking!
Just watch the JonTron vid, actually sitting through that mess looks like freaking torture... when the guy starts talking about global warming my brain checks out like 'F*CK IT, I'M DONE!'Earthfield said:Those birds, god damn... I want to see this movie now.
I'll take your word on that. Though, we have a tradition with my circle of friends to gather and watch terribad movies for giggles. Things like Sharknado, Project Philladelphia, Robo-Geisha, Machine-girl and such.PunkRex said:Just watch the JonTron vid, actually sitting through that mess looks like freaking torture... when the guy starts talking about global warming my brain checks out like 'F*CK IT, I'M DONE!'Earthfield said:Those birds, god damn... I want to see this movie now.
Birdemic is... mostly about boring humans doing boring stuff, the birds don't show up until the third act and the movie itself is more preachy than Al Gore and yes, it's about "global warming". If you're still interested in this... thread carefully, as it's not an enjoyable ride as The Room or Troll 2, opposed to those films, Birdemic only comes off as pretentious and boring.Earthfield said:Those birds, god damn... I want to see this movie now.