tommyrot, the scene you mention is not graphic at all. No blood or gore or anything like that.
Buffy? I like that. That girl's so hot, she's buffy.
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Polter-Cow - Jun 04, 2010 5:48:58 pm PDT #8706 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
le nubian - Jun 04, 2010 5:53:05 pm PDT #8707 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
okay, I'm back from the movie. Quick thoughts: I'm not sure what others would think, but my advice to anyone reading this is DO NOT SEE SPLICE.
I mean it.
The movie goes to a fucked up place and does not return. I wish I could unsee it. There is a pivotal point in the movie - perhaps about 3/4ths of the way in, where the whole audience gasped and groaned in disgust, then laughed in disgust, and then groaned some more. What I didn't understand then (and I know all too well now) is that wasn't the lowest point in the movie. It actually got WORSE from there. And guess what, this is AFTER the event with the white font above - which was a terrible scene, but in the context of the movie, not that bad. Which is saying something.
Beau would give the movie zero stars (out of 5). He feels that it was an incompetent film - that the movie made its start look incapable of good acting. He's a literature phd, so he feels the movie did not have a story. He compares this movie to "The Cell" (which also didn't have a story), but The Cell is a better movie.
I agree with him. In fact, I would say that "Species" is a better movie. The main characters are portrayed as being very stupid - these are biochemists - mind you. They do the most stupid shit imaginable. I am pretty surprised at the positive ratings on RT. The movie doesn't deserve it at all.
Laga - Jun 04, 2010 6:26:13 pm PDT #8708 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
When I read what le nubian wrote I ran over to Roger Ebert dot com but he gave it three stars! humph.
Amy - Jun 04, 2010 6:29:17 pm PDT #8709 of 30000
Because books.
I think The Cell had a story. Not a fantastically complicated one, but the basic plot the rest hangs on is JLo trying to get through to the kid. And because of the serial killer, she can, but also learns something about herself (protagonist growth, blah blah).
Splice just *looks* too freaky to me.
le nubian - Jun 04, 2010 6:35:37 pm PDT #8710 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yeah, I don't understand why the critics like the movie so much. i really don't.
billytea - Jun 04, 2010 6:44:34 pm PDT #8711 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Ok, found a spoiler for the movie ending.
...Still better than The Human Centipede.
Steph L. - Jun 04, 2010 7:04:27 pm PDT #8712 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Thanks to billytea, I had to go find a spoiler for the ending, and -- that's so fucked up it made me laugh and laugh, although I imagine if I saw it, I'd be aghast.
le nubian - Jun 04, 2010 7:09:44 pm PDT #8713 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
feel my pain. feel it!
Amy - Jun 04, 2010 7:14:04 pm PDT #8714 of 30000
Because books.
More fucked up than Orphan even?
le nubian - Jun 04, 2010 7:14:51 pm PDT #8715 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
OH YES.