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Movie Reviews of Feast (Unrated Edition)
Movie Review: ONE OF THE GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME, MY REVIEW COULD NEVER DO IT JUSTICE
Summary: 5 Stars
FEAST
Do you remember a little show called Project Green Light were up and coming filmmakers had the chance to make a movie, it was Produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. I watched every season and knew that the final one was going to be great, that would be the season that followed the making of "Feast". Although the show made it look like all involved hated each other and the director in particular it some how spawned the absolute best film from the show, with out a doubt. This film not only turned into an excellent movie that is fun for the family but also turned into a franchise, imagine that. This movie turned out to be one of my all time favorite movies ever, as did the sequels that followed.
Out in the middle of the desert is a little bar were there is a group of not so likeable people, well most are not likeable some are decent. We have a horrible mean owner who takes advantage of his position and uses the job as a way to force a waitress into having sex with him. She has to let him in order to keep the job and take care of her son, another waitress works there along side an old grumpy bar tender. And then of course there are your usual customers there to take a load off and drink, and a delivery guy as well. These people don't know it but their lives are about to be turned upside down [some literally] when a man comes bursting threw the door, he claims there are monsters coming. From here we have a night full of blood, guts, sex [including the creatures], shooting, screaming, and over all a great time. These people have to survive the night and kill these things off while trying not to kill each other.
Director John Gulager and writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton may very well be the greatest trio in the history of film, no lie. John's direction is perfect and moves along at an amazing pace, things start up at the beginning and just don't stop. The script is magnificent and full of non stop violence and blood; this is a movie for every one. Producers Affleck, Damon, Wes Craven, Chris Moore, and Michael Leahy really know how to find a great script and superb talent. Who knew that putting these people on one project would result in one of the best films ever made regardless of how the TV show made the production out to be. No joke I highly recommend this movie to every one that enjoys a good time, and who doesn't enjoy that.
The cast was amazing as well although to be honest one of the main reasons I wanted to see this was because of Jason Mewes of Jay & Silent Bob fame, and of course Treach from Naughty by Nature was in it as well. Still they pick picked off early but the rest of the cast aside from hero number 1 make it a little longer and do not disappoint. The director's father Clu Gulager is cast perfectly as the bartender and he really is one of the best actors in this film, and his character only gets better over the next two films after this one. Henry Rollins is also one of the best on this movie and a far cry from his superman days, he really is excellent in this movie. Navi Rawat is good as well despite some tension on set [watch the show]. Judah Friedlander is very funny as the beer delivery guy and also gets messed up the most, poor guy. Josh Zuckerman and Balthazar Getty are good in this as well as Jenny Wade, Krista Allen, and Diane Goldner are great as well. Still one of the best performances comes from Duane Whitaker as the bar owner, what a jerk.
Still the main reason to see this film is the wonderfully bloody moments that arise through out the entire movie, and there are a lot. Where else will you find a child being eaten alive right in front of his own mother and where else will you find monster rape and sex. There are all kinds' extremely great kills and truly sick moments, this is absolutely one of the funniest and greatest films ever made. There is no way I can do this film justice with a review, you must watch this film right now. When the hero enters the bar at the beginning is worth buying this alone so imagine how great the rest of the film is. Honestly this is one of my favorites of all time, truly a top 10 in my eyes. Run and buy this flick now, matter of fact buy all three.
Movie Review: First timer pwns the whole genre
Summary: 5 Stars
First time director John Gulager takes the helm of what could have been an overly prosaic and boring B style horror flick, and instead steers himself into fame with a tour de force of blood, guts, and black comedy that should sate even the most jaded of gore hounds. The premise of Feast is as simple as it is effective. Average joes from all walks of life are barricaded inside a bar while monstrous hungry beasts try to get in and eat everyone. No attempt is made to explain where these creatures originate or even what they truly are, and this is on purpose. Feast breaks down all the horror genre's standard attributes into its component parts and drops all the extraneous pieces by the wayside, focusing solely on the parts that matter - the setting, the antagonists, and the gore. The characters themselves aren't even graced with actual names; they are simply referred to by their genre cliche characterizations. Nancy and Glen, Brenda and Jack have all been replaced with "Beer Guy", "Bozo", "Hero", and "Honey Pie". The lack of setup and background story actually works in the films favor. Who needs to see twenty-five minutes of a bunch of teen kids taking a road trip down the great American highway when we know they are all going to end up getting gutted by the end of the movie anyway? Feast capitalizes on the fact that people want to see the actual gutting more than the bantering of annoying and oversexed characters. Unfortunately this approach does lead to the films only real flaw. As there is no emotional attachment to any given character, no one is going to find themselves screaming, crying, or even being slightly moved by anything in the film. However, it's obvious Feast isn't trying to connect with the viewers in any meaningful way, it's just trying to entertain, which it does superbly.
The gore in Feast might as well be a character in the movie all it's own. It is both ever present and extremely well done. Limbs will be removed, blood will spurt by the gallon, guts will go flying, and by God people will find many ways to die quite painfully. Feast isn't interested in pulling any punches either. Just because a character is young, innocent, beautiful, or resourceful doesn't mean they can't be offed, extremely graphically, at any given moment. Anyone who has ever found themselves wondering why the hell they can't just kill that one annoying or cuddly character in a slasher flick will be pleasantly surprised with the sheer volume, and frequency, of deaths in Feast.
While horror (or more specifically, gore), is the main focus of Feast, there is a good deal of dark humor. As each character is introduced, a set of statistics flashes up on the screen. The character's name, a fun fact or two about them, and then their average horror movie life expectancy is gleefully displayed without a shred of remorse or tastefulness. It's all one big joke to the viewers, as it is obvious the characters in the movie have no idea their lives and rapidly approaching deaths are on display for a dispassionate audience that will find entertainment in their suffering. Even the actions of the monsters and some of the kills are done in a humorous style, such as the extreme sexual overtones in how the creatures operate. All comedic elements are done just right so that things never go to far and fall into the dark pit of Hollywood cheesiness, or not far enough and fall flat without being funny.
To put it simply, Feast entirely pwns the horror genre. Gulager's off to a great start and I can't wait to see what he has to offer up next.
Movie Review: Reinventing the horror genre
Summary: 5 Stars
Ten years ago I was pretty much just discovering the horror genre, and I was gobbling up the old classics at any chance I could get. Unfortunately, the interest seemed to dissipate with my growing age, and nowadays horror genre flicks seem to be all be remakes in one way or another, utilizing new technology to make everything faster, louder, bloodier, and lacking any real imagination. "Feast," however, is a lone exception, and like "Scream" ten years earlier, another Wes Craven film has brought the horror genre back to what it once was.
Yes, "Feast" is bloody, and John Gulager shows he is not afraid to spray his actors (mostly Jenny Wade and the stand-out Judah Friedlander), the set, and even the lens, with as much blood and guts as possible, but they do it all with a smile, keeping the level light and fun. Gulager has a great cinematic eye, and he's precise with every shot: he's meticulous, and he thinks them all through. Every shot is pretty, despite the amount of blood involved.
Yes, "Feast" is frenetic: the camera moves fast and jerks around in a way that sometimes you're not quite sure what's going on, but "Feast" is also smart horror, which is has become oxymoron in this genre. There are tongue-in-cheek stabs at the genre and its key players, namely by creating Stat Sheets on the characters, telling the audience exactly what to expect in some cases, and never showing so much interest that the characters are given real names-- in other words, they are merely pawns in a game, so don't get too attached to these sad, depressing creatures. What was more enjoyable, and almost surprising, were the witty one-line zingers from just about everyone, but lead by the underrated Balthazar Getty who, along with Krista Allen, stole the film. The actors took their jobs seriously, even when the film itself did not, and that made "Feast" more than just another campy, silly, popcorn flick.
Even if you are like me and read the draft of "Feast" submitted to "Project Greenlight" or saw an early test screening of the film, you should check it out now, as the ending has changed. The DVD doesn't have the same effect that seeing it on the big screen would have, but the final cut of the film proves that sometimes a couple extra bucks for reshoots can make the difference. Skip the commentary, though; it is mostly just a bunch of guys proving its their first time doing commentary and assuming they will never have another shot at it, as they just talk through everything and about mindless things-- no real tricks of the trade will be learned by listening to it. Skip the deleted scenes, too; they are just short extensions of already existing scenes. But the featurettes are worth it, and the movie alone was such a fun surprise, it is worth the five star rating I gave it. And hey, any movie that kills off the guy called "Hero" is okay by me :)
Movie Review: Anymore Ideas, Animal Planet?
Summary: 5 Stars
I have to say I watched this movie strictly because Eric Dane was in it. And for anyone who has watched it, knows the joke is on me! That said I thoroughly enjoyed this film. Horror movies nowadays barely peak my interest, I rarely sacrifice the 9 dollars to see them in the theater, and if I am at home watching them and they are no good I usually end up turning tuning them out while I paint my toenails or turning them off in favor of the food network (Rachel Ray is usually scarier).
I never watched Project Green light, so I had no preconceptions going into Feast. I did notice however that there were some big names attached to it like Wes Craven Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. All of which have some credibility with me. Some.
It starts out with a little 8mm clip of some dude scraping a dead dog off of a highway, and than onto a darkly lit bar that is out in the middle of nowhere. We head on into the bar and there is a group of people, who are familiar in that sense that in every town in some seedy bar there will be one or two of these characters lurking around. I really loved the way they froze the screen, and described each person, what they did, and how long they had to live. I loved the names they are given like: Bozo, Coach, Heroine, Beer Guy, Hot wheels, Edgy Cat, Honey Pie, Tuffy, Bartender, Vet, Hero, Harley Mom, Drunk Girl, and Boss Man. They are played by a myriad of actors like Balthazar Getty (who I remember from Lord of the Flies), Henry Rollins (Who is the funniest one in this!) Jason Mewes (who plays himself) Kirsta Allen (who played Billie on Days of our Lives) Judah Friedlander (who is on 30 Rock) Clu Galagher (who is an old 80's horror alumni, as well as being the directors dad).
The premise is this, and its simple, these people are going about their business when a guy bursts into the bar declares that they all must listen to him or they are all going to die. He shows them the head of the monster/beast that is coming after him...and all heck breaks loose. What comes after is some of the most hilarious, frightening, gory, brilliant scenes I have ever witnessed. Throw out what you know about horror, it doesn't work here. I laughed my arse off, jumped a few times; I was flipping glued to this movie. It is absolutely one of the best Horror films within the past 10 years, and I don't say that lightly. I love when movies take place in one location; it gives the whole thing a sense of reality and claustrophobia. It takes into account that you have to use what ya got, and that you have to rely on the people around you even if they are strangers.
Clu is quoted as saying once "We need to laugh, we need to be scared, we need to hug our girl in the theater. It lightens the load of this crummy life"
I couldn't have said it better
Movie Review: Non-Stop Fun, Blood, Guts, & Humor...Required Viewing For Any Horror Afficianado!
Summary: 5 Stars
Name: FEAST
Special Skills: Being the best monster movie you've seen since Creature Of the Black Lagoon...and the Creature wouldn't last a second against these guys
Occupation: Throwing as much blood, guts, slime and black humor as it possibly can at you
Quote: "I'm the one that's gonna save your...(Cue monster attack)"
Life Expectancy: A lot better than it's sequels, I can tell you that much
Grade: A
...Words cannot even begin to describe the mayhem that goes on this movie, the brain-child of the Project Greenlight series and a collaboration between Ben Affleck, Wes Craven, and more-It hasn't been since Roger Corman's Carnosaur since I've seen this level of sheer violence and gruesomeness in a movie, and in this case, it's a good thing! But take this review as a warning-Feast is for those select few who can take all the black comedy and blood this movie has to offer.
Even from the beginning Feast has everything going for it, including excellent acting (Krista Allen is actually good in this movie!), a creepy title sequence, and laugh-out-loud funny and creative character intros. Think the hero is going to save everybody? You're dead wrong. Think the old, drunken Grandma can pull off surviving this movie without having a massive heart attack? Well, now we're talking! Although the action starts rather quickly, you'll know every character, along with their life expectancy, ranging from "should be dead already", to "Who really knows?" Once again-I haven't seen a movie get this creative with characters in a looong while.
Now enough about characters-how's the acting? Pretty fantastic, for a movie like this! These people knew what they were getting into, and they take all the vile liquids that are thrown at them repeatedly almost as if they signed up for the movie just to see how it feels. And like I said before-for a movie like this, that's a good thing! If you were an actor working on this movie who didn't like to be covered in blood & slime, then you signed up for the wrong movie bub!
But how are the creatures that spray our band of bar patrons with all of these liquids? For a movie with a relatively small budget, they look, along with every other special effect in Feast, super! John Gulager, the director, uses no CGI, going for the practical effect and making these...hungry things as realistic and voracious as he can. Pair that up with the frenzied pace and angles of the camera filmed the mayhem, and Feast rolls along at a breakneck pace doing everything it can to be the best creature-feature of its day. Will I see this again? Well do these creatures like to eat?!