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Movie Reviews of Chopper
Movie Review: Super
Summary: 5 Stars
The extra features on this dvd made the experience even better than watching the movie for the first time.
Its rare that a movie is better than the book. Chopper's first book was good, the movie was great, but the dvd coupled with the features is fantastic.
Movie Review: Revenge of the Resovoir Dogs
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best action/ cult film since Resovoir Dogs. It's violence is so detailed that true violent film buffs will think they died and went to heaven. Buy this today!Movie Review: Best Book Ever
Summary: 5 Stars
Simply the best book i have ever read. Mark Chopper Brandon Read is the man and i am buying all his books as i am sure they are as awesome as this one.Movie Review: This movie is great...
Summary: 5 Stars
Eric Bana gives one of the best performances of all time. Andrew Dominik nailed the tone and made this performance sing. Nice work. A must see.Movie Review: "Are you all Right...?"
Summary: 4 Stars
That's usually the first thing a genuinely contrite Mark Brandon Read says to his victim after whatever horrific act of violence he's just perpetrated on them, such as stabbing them repeatedly in the face.....Chopper tells Read's story, as he goes from jailhouse loser to Aussie celebrity and best-selling author. Along the way we get to see the aforementioned face stabbing, a face-shotgunning, ears being cut/torn/pulled off, genital exposing, girlfriend beating, and other charming behavior from the genial killer, called Chopper (I presume) because of his propensity for chopping off people's toes with bolt-cutters.
I consider myself pretty strong-stomached, but there were a few scenes in Chopper that made me cringe, especially the ear scene. (In his audio commentary, the real-life Chopper hilariously tells where Quentin Tarantino went wrong with his legendary ear scene in "Reservoir Dogs".) The title character is vividly brought to life by Eric Bana, who will probably become well-known for his upcoming role in Ang Lee's Hulk movie, but deserves recognition for his absolutely stunning performance here. Bana gained over thirty pounds over the course of filming, and the transformation he undergoes is stunning, and rates alongside Robert De Niro's celebrated turn in "Raging Bull". Bana is THAT good....
The film is WAY too short, and glosses over a lot of details that the filmmakers probably assumed the audience would already know. The box says Chopper's Mom was devoutly religious, but it's never mentioned in the film, and the way the Cops let this mad-dog roam free just defies belief; Bana brings such barely controlled rage and violence to the part that it's hard to believe anyone would go within 100 feet of this guy! But as the "Weekend with Chopper" featurette shows, the real Read is a pretty charming guy when he wants to be. (Check out his reaction to the film's projected 2000 release date, though- If I were Bana, I would have got up and run for the hills!) I don't know how much of Read's recollections are really true, but I'll tell you what: True or not, he scares the hell out of me.
The DVD features seperate audio commentaries by the Director & Read, deleted scenes, a theatrical trailer, and the "Weekend with Chopper" featurette. Now please excuse me while I go try to track down all of Read's books.....