Bug (Special Edition)
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Movie Reviews of Bug (Special Edition)
Movie Review: "I AM THE SUPER MOTHER BUG"
Summary: 5 Stars
Bug is one of my favorite movies ever made. Several reasons why.
A- The acting is astounding. Ashley Judd just tears up the screen. And Michael Shannon as creepy Peter was cast perfectly. It couldn't have been a better chemistry for 'CRAZY'.
B- The script and story. Remember the guy who wrote the legendary `The Exorcist'? Well, he wrote this! Peters monologue at the end of the film made me want to memorize it for myself and go around repeating it to my friends just to get a laugh. I suppose it wasn't meant to be funny but I've seen this movie so many times that by now it has become hilarious to me. Much of the dialogue is funny but you have to be paying attention. Lastly, Judd's delivery is priceless! "C'mere boy!"
C- Quick pace. You will not get bored.
D- This movie delivers on all three genres its listed under- HORROR, THRILLER, DRAMA. It's silly as hell, too, but I guess they couldn't bill it that way. Oh, and disturbing, too, I don't mean to take anything away from Friedkins' work. This movie will stay with you because of the way the characters, especially Judd, deteriorate.
Just wanted to mention that Ashley Judd is one of the prettiest actresses in Hollywood and really lets her true self shine through in this performance, it had an authenticity to it that I found refreshing. I found I liked everything about her in the interviews I saw, too. I found myself actually perusing her other work on Netftix and buying her makeup line at Kohl's because I really feel like she's the real deal and what she represents is natural and honest, that was my interpretation, anyway. I even discovered she had a clothing line at a store in the southern United States. Wow.
Well, if Kate Hudson can have a hair care line and Jessica Simpson can have a wig line then why can't Ashley have her own lines?
But no, really this is a creepy, engrossing, hilarious, wtf movie that you will LOVE!!!!
Or your money back.
Movie Review: What happened?
Summary: 1 Stars
I won't go over the plot here, that's been done very well by other reviewers. However... there are a number of things I did not like about this film.
First, the billing. The previews led you to believe this is a horror film. I recall quick scenes where they showed bugs crawling just under the skin, which didn't happen in the movie. Major points off for being misleading.
Second... this is not a thriller by any stretch of the imagination. This is a study in two parts.First part being how easily some people can succumb to the influence of others, especially if they are emotionally fragile for whatever reason (lonely, drug addicted, etc.). Second part being how much in need they are of attention.... whether it's good or bad attention, it's still attention. So more major points off for being misleading in script also.
What I will say is that the acting was excellent. Each character, sans the doctor, was believable. The doctor's character was too too out there. What would have happened in real life is not what happened in this movie. Police would have been called and involuntary warrants for admission to a psychiatric place would have been issued, especially after viewing how the interior of the home had been altered.
But... I firmly believe they went for some gore so they could use it for misleading billing. Bad, bad move.
This movie would have done better as a pure study in how insanity/paranoia can be transmitted and the decline that follows.
It's a shame really. The pretense is strong. Put a lonely, emotionally unstable woman together with a mentally sick man and watch what happens. And it does happen.
The points I took off were for misleading billing in script and in trailers. Incongruent story line, especially with the doctor and a misleading plot. Nowhere in this film do the police come into play.
What was good, but wasted, was the acting by all involved, again, sans the doctor. He was there for the gore factor.
All in all, I would have to say, don't waste your time. There's much better films about the decline into insanity. Watch 'Girl Interrupted' if you want a true, solid story line in this genre.
Movie Review: Worse Film Ever!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I saw this in theaters, and almost everyone in the theater hated this film. It was a horrible waste of time to sit through.Movie Review: Doesn't go anywhere
Summary: 3 Stars
There's some decent buildup of dread here and the two leads' increasing paranoia is nicely captured. Harry Connick Jr.'s beefcake role is interesting, though his good-guy image isn't quite overcome by menace. Director Billy Friedkin, by his own admission, hasn't made a decent movie since "Rosemary's Baby" and "French Connection." The big fire ending here is anti-climactic. It's a film version of a play. Watch it for what it's worth.Movie Review: Just a bad bad movie
Summary: 2 Stars
Although when this was over all I could say was, stupid, stupid, stupid, the acting wasn't too terrible. It always saddens me when I see terrific acting with a really bad storyline. It's been a while since I have seen it, but what happens to all of the talent in the world? It just reminds me that when a person has enough money, they can do anything they want to with it.