I got some things going on right now, but I know what is to come in the next few minutes so I'll finish the review up now.
...Wait, does this mean I got to re-watch agai-
(52 minutes later)
GOD DAMN IT, I HATE THE FIRST HALF OF THIS MOVIE!!!
SSSSOOOO SSSSLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWW....
Ok, quick re-cap.
Awkward scenes. Non-explained things. Annoying creepy ugly babyish thing. Rock cheeks.
Everybody caught up? No? Good, that means we are watching the right movie.
So we see Henry and Mary trying to sleep in bed. We get the usual antics of a couple sleeping together... and then we see Henry pull all these alien sperms out of the bed.
And then we see something really disturbing. CLAYMATION!
Then Henry stares into the darkness and... Hello, beautiful. We meet again. Yeah, shut up baby, we don't need your squawking now (PARENT OF THE YEAR!).
So as they kiss in a crater/bed, she gives that look of "What the hell is that thing?" And all I can do is laugh as I think, "Really? Now you notice. One step in that room with that thing and I would have just freaked out instantly." Then her hair becomes Cousin It.
Then Rock Cheeks comes back and sings a song. (INTERMISSION!)
Wait, no. No more breaks. I'm going to finish this movie now!
SO Henry steps towards Rock Cheeks on stage and the stare at each other... She smile and holds out her hands while he freaks out and sees white and her disappearing suddenly and then the Barnicale Man shows up with alien sperm on the ground and then a tree comes on stage and then his head falls off...
IS THIS MAKING ANY SENSE TO PEOPLE?!?!?
Then we have the baby scream and my ears bleed... and then we follow the adventures of Henry's head (which include laying in blood, falling in blood, splatting on the ground to be pick up by a kid, and then being sold to a pawn shop.) Stupid kid, should have bet on eBay.
And now we get the title drop scene, as the us his brain to make erasers for pencil...
Get it... cause they used his head... Eraserhead... because that was an such an important plot for it to be made into the title of this movie. (Headslam)
Henry wakes up and (as I figure most of the movie to be) finds it to be a dream. He tries for a round 2 with the neighbor lady, but only gets a laugh from the nude albino Salacious B. Crumb.
And I thank God that there is only 10 minutes left in this movie.
So Henry decides to cut the bandages off the baby (which is convulsing) and we see (FINALLY) the reason I label this movie as one of the most disturbing films I have seen.
I can describe it, but Wikipedia beat me to it.
From Wikipedia -
"Henry finds that the bandages were the only thing containing the baby's internal organs; the body splits open and the baby's vital organs are exposed. As the baby gasps in pain, Henry stabs one of its organs with the scissors. Rather than dying, the baby continues to convulse in pain, causing Henry to turn away in disgust. Large amounts of liquid gush forth from the organs, followed by huge quantities of a foamy substance that completely covers the body. The apartment’s electricity overloads, and as the lights flicker on and off, the baby's neck extends to an extraordinary length, causing it to strongly resemble the flagellate creatures seen throughout the film. A giant apparition of its head materializes in the apartment. It then becomes a strange planet. Henry is then seen with eraser shavings billowing behind his head."
That is what happens. But what I see it the attack of the Electric company, Tapioca pudding, and a raptor eating a cheerleader.
The movie ends with the cover art and Barnacle Man getting burned while Rock Cheeks hugs Henry in white light to the credits.
Final Say -
I really don't like this movie on a 'movie quality' rating. I personally hate watching this movie and try to think of the story, which is usually my favorite part.
But you got to see it with an artistic mind. The symbolism is heavy in this and the three evident ones are relationships, affairs, and child raising. But there is so many different other symbols that it just becomes a convoluted mess that just makes it weird and disturbing.
And if you want to see it, I recommend to see it only once.
ONLY ONCE.
Not only is it a dragging movie, but after you see the 2 best scenes you never want to see them again.
Ok, there, it's done. Now can I...
Oh no... no... I'm still going. The dreams...
Chalk!
Next Review (when I get around to it) - The Toxic Avenger
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Eraserhead - Part 2
So with my time off, I go house shopping for a place to live and get away from the folks. But Now I have time to continue with Part 2 of the review.
But first, I got to re-watch the first few minutes... again.
(15 minutes of watching and banging my head against the wall later)
IT'S STILL SO SLOW AND STILL NOTHING HAS HAPPENED! AGAIN!!!
So after another walking scene, we come to the house of Henry's girlfriend's house Mary (played by Charlotte Stewart, and I would make a Tremors joke about this movie, but I just don't care at this point). We get some awkward talking scenes and we go inside to me the parents, but not before we hear some weird squeaking noises and see a litter of puppies feeding...
They talk... then pause... then talk again... then Mary has a fit and has her hair brushed...
Then the father comes in and starts ranting. And I got to say personally that the father is so far my favorite character. Maybe it's because he reminds me of someone...
More awkward scenes happen with grandma and some more long scenes in the kitchen lead to one of the most infamous scenes in the movie, the diner table chicken carving.
Finally, something disturbing to talk about!
Let me quickly describe it as this -
Henry cuts a small chicken, the mother orgasms while the chicken starts moving and bleeding (or crapping, not sure in black of white), and the ladies run out while Henry tries to figure out what the hell is going on... or is that just me?
Anyway, whatever you do after watching this scene, don't go ordering and Chinese ducks for diner. Don't ask why but let me just say that I warned you. See?
Awkward...
At the 30 minute mark, we are finally give the plot (after some more awkward scenes with the mother). Turns out that Henry and Mary have a extremely premature baby that they have to take care of. The baby (or rather the repulsive piece of scrotum leftovers of Kermit the frog) is ugly (No! you don't say?), wrapped in bandages while on a pillow, and strangely reminds me of a baby bird without a beak, a alien reject, or Doug Jones in a Hellboy movie.
Now we have the second problem of the movie... the constant whining (or rather squawking) of this thing... But I'll explain that later.
We see Mary try to feed it for a few minutes while Henry walks around some more... Then he comes home and stares at the heater... and then night time with some more unexplained scenes of Henry doing little things.
We watch Mary get angry at night with the whining and leave in a rush, saying she just needs a good night sleep and to take care of the baby.
Henry takes the baby's temperature (with a normal reading) and when he turns around it suddenly has boils, sores, and is gasping for breath.
Pull out the humidifier!\
And then we see... err... A lady in the radiator with large rock like cheeks shuffle back and forth while stepping on sperm...
...You know what, I'm going to need a few more days again.
To be concluded.
But first, I got to re-watch the first few minutes... again.
(15 minutes of watching and banging my head against the wall later)
IT'S STILL SO SLOW AND STILL NOTHING HAS HAPPENED! AGAIN!!!
So after another walking scene, we come to the house of Henry's girlfriend's house Mary (played by Charlotte Stewart, and I would make a Tremors joke about this movie, but I just don't care at this point). We get some awkward talking scenes and we go inside to me the parents, but not before we hear some weird squeaking noises and see a litter of puppies feeding...
They talk... then pause... then talk again... then Mary has a fit and has her hair brushed...
Then the father comes in and starts ranting. And I got to say personally that the father is so far my favorite character. Maybe it's because he reminds me of someone...
More awkward scenes happen with grandma and some more long scenes in the kitchen lead to one of the most infamous scenes in the movie, the diner table chicken carving.
Finally, something disturbing to talk about!
Let me quickly describe it as this -
Henry cuts a small chicken, the mother orgasms while the chicken starts moving and bleeding (or crapping, not sure in black of white), and the ladies run out while Henry tries to figure out what the hell is going on... or is that just me?
Anyway, whatever you do after watching this scene, don't go ordering and Chinese ducks for diner. Don't ask why but let me just say that I warned you. See?
Awkward...
At the 30 minute mark, we are finally give the plot (after some more awkward scenes with the mother). Turns out that Henry and Mary have a extremely premature baby that they have to take care of. The baby (or rather the repulsive piece of scrotum leftovers of Kermit the frog) is ugly (No! you don't say?), wrapped in bandages while on a pillow, and strangely reminds me of a baby bird without a beak, a alien reject, or Doug Jones in a Hellboy movie.
Now we have the second problem of the movie... the constant whining (or rather squawking) of this thing... But I'll explain that later.
We see Mary try to feed it for a few minutes while Henry walks around some more... Then he comes home and stares at the heater... and then night time with some more unexplained scenes of Henry doing little things.
We watch Mary get angry at night with the whining and leave in a rush, saying she just needs a good night sleep and to take care of the baby.
Henry takes the baby's temperature (with a normal reading) and when he turns around it suddenly has boils, sores, and is gasping for breath.
Pull out the humidifier!\
And then we see... err... A lady in the radiator with large rock like cheeks shuffle back and forth while stepping on sperm...
...You know what, I'm going to need a few more days again.
To be concluded.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Pay day! - A review of Eraserhead
Got my first check as a full timer today and what a difference in pay. I can afford things now.
Other than that, my friend Steph made me a artist card for me -
Looks sweet right? I'm really happy about it.
But other than those awesome things in my life, that's probably not why you are here (people of the future). You're here to read about my first review of easily one of the most disturbing movies ever made.
Of course I mean the twisted, sickening, horrorable... (whispers) What? I can't do that review yet? Well how about Cannibal Holo...(whispers) Ok, how about Sal... (whispers) Oh, I can't cause I don't have the mature filter on yet...
Well then, let's talk about Eraserhead.
It's hard to talk about anything weird and strange without mentioning David Lynch. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound design. If you need an example, take a look at his style in a Car Commercial. Eraserhead was his first mainstream movie and the one that put him on the map of being weird and disturbing, but is it any good? Let me explain...
As the film begins with the title, you see a man with strange hair on his side with a planet in space behind him. I didn't understand the symbolism yet, but I continued to watch...and watch... and watch.
And right away I saw a problem with this film.
It's slow. Like at a snails pace slow. I mean, yeah I see a barnacle man sitting next to a broken window and that weird haired man puke out an alien fetus... but it takes about 5 minutes to do so. 5 minutes and I have no freaking clue what the hell is going on in any sort of way. Is it symbolism? Is this foreshadowing? Is this a random way to get people to go WTF on the film and be confused? I'm not sure but I get the feeling I'm never going to find out.
So we see the main protagonist of the film, Henry Spencer (played by the late Jack Nance),walking in the back of a industrial site (or Matt's old backyard at some points) to his apartment room. At this point it has been 10 minutes since the movie started and I have yet to see anything close to resembling a story. So I have to take the art student side of me and believe that this is just a visual experience that I have to enjoy.
... and then I see a minute scene with him waiting on an elevator for the doors to close.
Look, I don't care what movie does it, any scene that has an elevator scene with nothing happening in it is just wasting time. You don't need to see it and it makes no contribution to the plot. "But Will," I hear some of my readers say, "It's showing the realism of the mundane in our lives." I don't care, it's still boring and I don't have to watch it.
...Seriously, I don't. You can't make me.
...You still can't make me.
...Damn you.
So he gets to the door when some exposition (like his name and girlfriend) is given to us by HELLO GOOD LOOKING lady neighbor across from his room played by Judith Roberts.
... I swear I have seen her before somewhere... Wait, isn't she that killer ventriloquist lady in Dead Silence? And she is in Choke? Hmm... I'll have to get back to her someday.
More minutes pass as we watch him move around his room, turn on a record, take off his sock, put it on the heater, look at his floor to see black hay, look at a window, get up and open a drawer, throw a coin or button in a bowl, look at a torn picture of a women...
The 15 minute mark hits and I wonder how much longer I have to watch this art film in which I haven't seen anything really happen with a point...
AN HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES LEFT!!! DAMN!!!!
(to be continued)
Other than that, my friend Steph made me a artist card for me -
But other than those awesome things in my life, that's probably not why you are here (people of the future). You're here to read about my first review of easily one of the most disturbing movies ever made.
Of course I mean the twisted, sickening, horrorable... (whispers) What? I can't do that review yet? Well how about Cannibal Holo...(whispers) Ok, how about Sal... (whispers) Oh, I can't cause I don't have the mature filter on yet...
Well then, let's talk about Eraserhead.
It's hard to talk about anything weird and strange without mentioning David Lynch. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound design. If you need an example, take a look at his style in a Car Commercial. Eraserhead was his first mainstream movie and the one that put him on the map of being weird and disturbing, but is it any good? Let me explain...
As the film begins with the title, you see a man with strange hair on his side with a planet in space behind him. I didn't understand the symbolism yet, but I continued to watch...and watch... and watch.
And right away I saw a problem with this film.
It's slow. Like at a snails pace slow. I mean, yeah I see a barnacle man sitting next to a broken window and that weird haired man puke out an alien fetus... but it takes about 5 minutes to do so. 5 minutes and I have no freaking clue what the hell is going on in any sort of way. Is it symbolism? Is this foreshadowing? Is this a random way to get people to go WTF on the film and be confused? I'm not sure but I get the feeling I'm never going to find out.
So we see the main protagonist of the film, Henry Spencer (played by the late Jack Nance),walking in the back of a industrial site (or Matt's old backyard at some points) to his apartment room. At this point it has been 10 minutes since the movie started and I have yet to see anything close to resembling a story. So I have to take the art student side of me and believe that this is just a visual experience that I have to enjoy.
... and then I see a minute scene with him waiting on an elevator for the doors to close.
Look, I don't care what movie does it, any scene that has an elevator scene with nothing happening in it is just wasting time. You don't need to see it and it makes no contribution to the plot. "But Will," I hear some of my readers say, "It's showing the realism of the mundane in our lives." I don't care, it's still boring and I don't have to watch it.
...Seriously, I don't. You can't make me.
...You still can't make me.
...Damn you.
So he gets to the door when some exposition (like his name and girlfriend) is given to us by HELLO GOOD LOOKING lady neighbor across from his room played by Judith Roberts.
... I swear I have seen her before somewhere... Wait, isn't she that killer ventriloquist lady in Dead Silence? And she is in Choke? Hmm... I'll have to get back to her someday.
More minutes pass as we watch him move around his room, turn on a record, take off his sock, put it on the heater, look at his floor to see black hay, look at a window, get up and open a drawer, throw a coin or button in a bowl, look at a torn picture of a women...
The 15 minute mark hits and I wonder how much longer I have to watch this art film in which I haven't seen anything really happen with a point...
AN HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES LEFT!!! DAMN!!!!
(to be continued)
Thursday, March 24, 2011
I love the smell of new custom frames in the morning... it smells like pine and foam.
So had to pick up some heavy rocks this morning for Mom's backyard and I think I pulled a muscle in my left arm. It's a little sore and hard to lift stuff for now. Hopefully it will get better soon.
Stock for Hobby Lobby today. Lots of work and another weird customer...
But enough about regular working days, what do I have to say about disturbing stuff.
Or more to the point, what is disturbing?
dis·turbed
adj. Showing signs or symptoms of mental or emotional illness
mov·ie
n. A sequence of photographs projected onto a screen with sufficient rapidity as to create the illusion of motion and continuity.
...ok, I don't see the point in defining movie, but maybe that will be important later.
Now, I have a list made of alot of movies that qualify (and I have seen more than half of them), but I want to keep this close for now. Going to read for a bit then head to bed. Got a early (well early for me) morning.
Stock for Hobby Lobby today. Lots of work and another weird customer...
But enough about regular working days, what do I have to say about disturbing stuff.
Or more to the point, what is disturbing?
dis·turbed
adj. Showing signs or symptoms of mental or emotional illness
mov·ie
n. A sequence of photographs projected onto a screen with sufficient rapidity as to create the illusion of motion and continuity.
...ok, I don't see the point in defining movie, but maybe that will be important later.
Now, I have a list made of alot of movies that qualify (and I have seen more than half of them), but I want to keep this close for now. Going to read for a bit then head to bed. Got a early (well early for me) morning.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Another day, another excuse to bang my head on the wall...
Argh... what a dragging day. No custom frames to do so just waiting and cleaning and taking orders... just a long day.
Ok, so I got some planning to do.
1. Find new house [the one I was looking at got sold :( ]
2. Find editing software for videos.
3. Start re-recording some watching expression of weird movies.
4. Start writing script again (lost all my scripts when my hard drive crashed in January).
5. Make the Disturbed List Movie Reviews.
6. Go nuts.
Along the way, I'll work on art, get into some art shows, frame some things, and hopefully start going out more often. Here is to hope and to trying to write something at least once a day!
Ok, so I got some planning to do.
1. Find new house [the one I was looking at got sold :( ]
2. Find editing software for videos.
3. Start re-recording some watching expression of weird movies.
4. Start writing script again (lost all my scripts when my hard drive crashed in January).
5. Make the Disturbed List Movie Reviews.
6. Go nuts.
Along the way, I'll work on art, get into some art shows, frame some things, and hopefully start going out more often. Here is to hope and to trying to write something at least once a day!
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
And so it begins...
Day 1. The first thoughts. The first words. The first story.
...
I wonder if I left the oven on?... Oh well.
Greetings and welcome to my blog page. I don't expect anything to happen for a while, but I might as well put what I have in my head here. I have an art page here - http://g2ksurivemors.deviantart.com/ and some other things in store for later. If you are wondering about the name of the blog, it is simple -
1. I have some ideas for reviewing really disturbing, weird, creepy, and just strange movies that make people think "Why was this made?" I'll take on anything from horrible to cult classic... but maybe watching all these movies have altered my brain, and have left me a little bit... disturbed.
2. My name is Will.
3. I'm an insane bastard.
So I hope you enjoy what is to come and what will be. There will be laughs, gasps, spoilers, and freaky things to come.
And to those who are new to this blog. You have been warned.
...
I wonder if I left the oven on?... Oh well.
Greetings and welcome to my blog page. I don't expect anything to happen for a while, but I might as well put what I have in my head here. I have an art page here - http://g2ksurivemors.deviantart.com/ and some other things in store for later. If you are wondering about the name of the blog, it is simple -
1. I have some ideas for reviewing really disturbing, weird, creepy, and just strange movies that make people think "Why was this made?" I'll take on anything from horrible to cult classic... but maybe watching all these movies have altered my brain, and have left me a little bit... disturbed.
2. My name is Will.
3. I'm an insane bastard.
So I hope you enjoy what is to come and what will be. There will be laughs, gasps, spoilers, and freaky things to come.
And to those who are new to this blog. You have been warned.
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