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by admin on March 5, 2010 at 12:01 am
Posted In: BloodSugar-2016

weee.
watched “Give ‘Em Hell Malone” last night. (well. I’m writing this on wednesday morning. sooo, time is… VAPOR).

The first half hour of GEHM was AWESOMEZORS. !
really. I had to take a break at the half hour point, while a flat mate cleaned the litter box next to the tv, and I was really excited to watch the rest of the movie. Starts out with bloody brutal violence and delicious hard nosed film noir dialogue. but then it starts to drop the ball by letting you flounder for far too long with mysteries about “the meaning of love”. This turns out to NOT be as lame as it sounds. but. it lets you think that maybe the filmmakers are sappy poet morons for quite a long time. SIGH. (they also put this in the trailer. twice. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM??!?!?).
Anywho. It’s still interesting. Despite the introduction of some shitty/camp actors.
and then the final half hour just craps all over your face.
like, (SPOILERS)
-there’s a scene where they drive around in circles to shake a guy up. They cut back and forth between external car shots and inside-the-trunk shots, and nothing seems that bumpy or dangers. so they crank the music up. ugh. painful.
then there’s a sequence of driving fast in traffic. it should be intense. They’re driving into oncoming traffic, and someone’s seatbelt has been cut. but. meh. it’s boring. you’re waiting for them to stop cutting back and forth between actors breathing heavy and lookign around and external car shots. it was was weird.
(END SPOILERS)
and then it ends.
in fact. the final 5 seconds is such a huge fuck-you to the audience that it’s kind of overwhelming. I was watching it with 2 flat mates at this point, and we literally each turned to each other and angrily exclaimed “What?!”" repeatedly as the credits rolled.
damn.
I guess the editing was a clear problem. Also some of the weird processed/lit shots. but. I dunno. something very strange about how this movie fell apart.

After the frist 30 minutes, i was thinking “i mayyyyy have to buy this”. and as the credits rolled i had changed my tune to “I mayyyy need to avoid ever watching another film by this director.” (and after watching the disc’s previews, I think i’ll stear clear of this production company. bleh).

anywho.

regarding the striP:
k, this is meant to be the point in the action movie where, you’re like “i thought he was dead! no, ok, he’s fine.” That’s frame one, where one-arm climbs out of the hole.
Panel two is: OH SNAPS IT GETS WORSE! that bigger more dangerous monster is back!
Panel three is : let’s hide in these cars. We’re separated. oh dear.

I’m very curious if these strips “read”. or if they’re just horribly confusing.