tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post1478333881043565293..comments2024-03-29T04:19:43.461-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: Movies I Love: HatchetPatrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-50838817815256008052013-10-30T16:51:46.028-05:002013-10-30T16:51:46.028-05:00Thank you, I think that question is one that launc...Thank you, I think that question is one that launches a thousand, great way to provoke a discussion. I think you're right, it might well be the end product and also the way in which it is shot. I think for instance the reason for it in Hachet makes it art as it is commentary. I will definitely check out the sequels I like the sound of that approach. Gabby Ferrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953028733362435557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-53371409105292275092013-10-29T10:54:20.952-05:002013-10-29T10:54:20.952-05:00Great article Patrick. Thanks to you I've bec...Great article Patrick. Thanks to you I've become a big Adam Green fan in the past few months and though I enjoyed <i>Hatchet</i> back when it first came out, I think it benefits greatly from being familiar with Green and where he's coming from. Most importantly I think, it's much clearer that he isn't making fun OF the genre tropes, he's making fun WITH the genre tropes, and like the fantastic <i>You're Next</i> reminded us this summer, a graphic and unsettling horror experience can still be a lot of fun. Those are the kinds of horror movies I can actually LOVE and <i>Hatchet</i> is one of the best.Solhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03114869401584310369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-45120759137395966552013-10-29T10:02:55.656-05:002013-10-29T10:02:55.656-05:00Love the point you make about the distinction betw...Love the point you make about the distinction between Shapiro being legit and a creep; regardless of his bona fides, he's a guy filming topless girls. So is it the endgame that determines what is art and what is exploitation? It adds another layer to the movie. Awesome.<br /><br />You should check out the sequels, too; they suffer from diminishing returns, but each one picks up the very second the previous one ends, which is a neat approach.Patrick Bromleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-74242133496613345772013-10-28T19:36:43.286-05:002013-10-28T19:36:43.286-05:00I find it interesting when Doug Shapiro is reveale...<br />I find it interesting when Doug Shapiro is revealed to be a fake. That suddenly makes him a creep. When before he was what, an artist? The distinction for them is that they were making a film, whereas when it is just some slimeball and it is for his personal collection, that is just 'sick', even though technically that is for the same purpose right? I talked about this in my review of Calendar Girls, the women make a distinction between 'nude' and ‘naked’. They are photographed by an artist so they are nude, whereas porn shows naked girls. Could Green be saying that despite directors giving the impression that they are showing women 'nude', basically it is the same, the result is still the women are being objectified. (He is making a point that those who label the film art still use nudity in the same way). I agree that this is a clever way of commenting on the genre and also using all the same tropes. I find that scene where Marcus is holding the flashlight and they ask him to check the bush very funny but again commenting on the way African Americans are used in horror. But then a moment later the film is quite horrifying with the violence, proving what you said, you kind of get a bit of everything in this film. And that is quite an ending! I can definitely see myself re-watching this! Gabby Ferrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953028733362435557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-54584380544808231662013-10-28T18:04:49.715-05:002013-10-28T18:04:49.715-05:00Awesome story. That great line -- "I almost t...Awesome story. That great line -- "I almost threw up twice...I can't wait to see it again" is one of the succinct descriptions of why we love horror movies I've ever read. Thanks for sharing.Patrick Bromleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-77238445078190936322013-10-28T15:52:56.485-05:002013-10-28T15:52:56.485-05:00I was lucky enough to see this in the theater -- i...I was lucky enough to see this in the theater -- it was a pretty limited release -- with my girlfriend at the time.<br /><br />I have seen a quite a few horror movies with quite a few ladies (guess I AM lucky at that), but this was the viewing we all hope for: the flick played her like a violin...if it was one that screamed in your face the whole time. I looked over a couple of times and I swear she was seconds away from bursting into tears (she didn't, but I still think it was close). She tried to break every bone in my hand for the last forty minutes of the movie. Occasionally she jumped out of her seat so violently I was sure she'd end up in my lap. Loving the movie so much ALMOST seemed like an afterthought...<br /><br />At the end of this wonderful experience, as the lights came up and we stood to leave, she put the cherry on top by turning to me and saying this, which I will never, ever forget: "I almost threw up twice...I can't wait to see it again."<br /><br />Thanks, Adam F'n Green for not just a classic horror flick (I couldn't praise it better or with more authority than you did, Patrick, so I won't even try), but my single greatest FUN scary movie experience in a theater!*<br /><br />*Best SCARY horror movie experience: the 2000 rerelease of The Exorcist. Full of twenty-somethings that were openly mocking it in the early going (almost completely due to the dated 70's-ness of it all) to a theater FULL of absolutely terrorized individuals who were so silent you could have literally heard a pin drop...except for the screams. And gasps. And "Oh my God NO" -- perfect.Albert Mullernoreply@blogger.com