Repo! The Genetic Opera
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Movie Reviews of Repo! The Genetic Opera
Movie Review: So is this what would happen if Saw mated with Moulin Rouge?
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is amazing! The scenes are very creepy and unsettling, but at the same time very appealing and artistically beautiful. Even if you hated the music or plot, which I didn't this movie alone for the scenery is worth a buy.
Now about the music. At first I was uncertain of how to feel regarding their musical numbers, and by the third song I was hooked. The lyrics in this are comedic at times, other times serious, and actually nearing the end there is a song that I think is pleasant, "I Didn't Think I'd Love You This Much," is the name of the song I believe. The vocals of lead Alexa Vega are great, strong, and defined. Even Paris Hilton surprised me as this is the first time I have heard her vocals, and it reminded me some some old school goth rock cd I'd listen to in high school. Finally, Sarah Brightman. What can I say about Sarah that anyone doesn't already know? Musical Wise, she was nothing short of spectacular.
Acting wise, I'm a big junkie for Bill Mosley and it was fun to see him pull off the comedic cult character he portrayed. Paris, actually did great acting, it surprised me how great Alex Vega did considering I had never seen her attempt anything like this, and I was surprised that Sarah Brightman could be as dark as she was in this movie. The casting meshed well and it was fun to see such big names in a movie that hadn't hit theaters in my area.
Art wise, the scenes were mind-blowing. There are scenes where there is much cgi used, but overall it looks good, and that's saying a lot for me considering I hate cgi. Also, the make up was great with good effects, example, if the box hadn't said Paris was in this I doubt I would have recognized her until the end.
Overall, I rarely say this.... But I wish I could give this a higher rating then a 5 star. I will be buying the soundtrack as soon as I complete this review. Repo! Will be played a second time tonight for my posse... Yes, it was that good.
Movie Review: A beautifully disturbing work of art
Summary: 5 Stars
I am not a horror fan. In fact, I'm mildly creeped out by most gory films, and avoid them as much as possible.
That said, "Repo! The Genetic Opera" is one of my all-time favorite movies, and I think it will remain that way for a very long time.
An `operatic hack-em-up with heart' would be an okay, if shallow, label for this film. Or maybe `futuristic Sweeney Todd'. The latter, at least, would show how deeply artistic Repo! is. But there is something more, something innately beautiful and scary and tragic about this movie that allows it to transcend its gory premise to become something unique.
Essentially, the plotline begins about midway through the twenty-first century, after a terrible epidemic attacking vital organs kills millions. In this crisis, an organ transplant company, GeneCo, emerges to save the day, offering life-saving organs on an affordable monthly-payment system. But at some point, everyone falls into debt. And after ninety days, that debt is reclaimed by the GeneCo Repo Man, who does not particularly care about things like anaesthetics, or keeping his patients alive.
Enter Shilo, (Alexa Vega) heroine of the film and, unbeknownst to her, daughter of the Repo Man, (Anthony Stewart Head) a frightening, dual-personalitied, yet tragic figure. Shilo, kept inside all her seventeen years of life because of her blood disease, one day ventures outside -- and her life changes.
This film is beautifully stylized, beautifully performed, beautifully directed and written. All of the actors have excellent singing voices, which is good, because this opera has only a handful of spoken lines in it at all.
What really separates this movie from others of its kind, I think, is the depth of the characters and the human, emotional connection. For a story about repossessing organs, it is deeply moving, powerful, and in many parts, darkly hilarious. Highly recommended.
Movie Review: Like a good tune, it sticks with you
Summary: 5 Stars
Repo! The Genetic Opera could never have been a hit movie, it's to strange, to original for the simple minded movie going audience, it was born to be a cult classic, but not in the way movies fail to become one because they try to be one, it just is one. Musicals, by and large, are not my cup of posion, I don't care for all those faggy showtunes, or all those sequanized dances, I don't like what's going on, so I keep asking myself why is it going on. Repo! with it's dark Blade Runner-style visions, goth rock and ethiral opera music, it strikes the right chord with me to keep me from being distracted and being able to give into it's bizarre ides, after all in this kinda cyberpunk future vision, bursting into song might be all they can do to keep their calm. Unlike recent jabs at horror-musicals, SWEENEY TODD or PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, this one has contemporary music that sounds good to my under thirty year age ears, to like a musical, one must first like the music. The actors are all first rate, as actors and as singers, with Anthony Stewart Head standing out as the repo man, he injects the same passionate and understanding while singing his dialogue in the same fashion as he did once for a legendary episode of the hit TV series BUFFY, THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. Sarah Brightman, as Blind Meg, is also a marval, a beautiful woman who's matched by her beautiful voice. The show actualy belongs to Alexa Vega, you may remember her from the SPY KIDS movies, in the lead role of the poor trapped Shiloah, she is both a smart hip songstress and a brooding teen actor. And director Darren Lynn Bousman, gets to show us he can do more than just SAW sequels. This is the kind of movie, we will hear more about in the years to come, love it now, and you'll say you love it back when, hate it, and later you'll be telling your friends, I just never got it. For me, it's like a good tune, it sticks with you. Like a true cult classic, I'm ready to see it again.
Movie Review: Wouldn't Dream of NOT Owning it!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I Wanted to see this in a Theater but missed it by a DAY. Heard the Soundtrack and Loved it. Once I Owned it I couldn't Imagine NOT Having it after I jumped through a couple of Hoops to get my Copy from a Borders Store, But I Still got it. The movie is Amazing. Not many places do you see a Movie that combines Blood & Guts, Hard Rock, Opera, a Killer Storyline, and an Excellent Cast of people [Sarah Brightman, Paul Sorvino, Ogre, and Bill Moseley Just to name a Few] SINGING songs that are at such Polar Oppoites as Hard Rock and Opera could Possibly be, and have it ALL in ONE MOVIE, and have it mix SO GREATLY. That is SUCH a HUGE RARITY. And when it DOES Come along you just HAVE to own it. Well This is that Movie. I knew I was going to be in for a Wild Ride, but I had NO IDEA it was going to be such a Wonderful Ride till I got it home and WATCHED it. To see a Repo Man actually REPOSSESS a SPINE, and a Heart in the way he does, and to see him pulling organs out of a Person WHILE SINGING is Even BETTER. lolol However I would have never thought about checking it out had Sarah Brightman NOT Been in it. I LOVE Sarah Brightman, and couldn't believe she was going to be IN a Movie, Much less one like THIS. I saw a couple of Clips on YouTube and my Desire to have this movie Jumped Exponentially.
If you like Horror, Blood & Guts, Musicals [Eventhough this is actually a Rock OPERA sung from Begining to End] Then this is a MUST for your Collection. However this makes "Sweeney Todd" Look like a Walk in the Park where the Blood & Guts is Concerned. But it is STILL a Wonderful Movie.
So GET IT, and let it INFECT YOU. Just be warned there is NO CURE for the Addiction that it will Cause in you. lolol You won't be able to get ENOUGH of it. At least I can't.
That's enough from me. I think I have said enough. Just get it and Enjoy it.
Movie Review: Not your momma's opera
Summary: 5 Stars
While sitting bored one day, this movie was recommended to me to watch. I watched it thinking that it was going to be boring and something to just kill time with. After watching it though, I quickly changed my mind. Giles from BTVS has the title role of the repo man, Paris Hilton plays the part of a plastic surgery addicted junkie, (reflecting reality?), and assorted other actors help to round out the movie. Lot's of singing, not bad, some of them though, not extremely good, extreme amounts of obvious fake blood. Good story line.
I would have to say though, even though I was an avid fan of the Once More With Feeling episode of BTVS, the only reason I was able to spend 2 hours listening to Giles, (Anthony Head), was because his daughter had a better voice, and the character Blind Meg.
Blind Meg should have been an actual singer. Her voice is unlike anything I've heard in a long time. She seems to sing with a feeling for all of the songs as if they are a part of her, as if she has lived the events that make the songs what they are. When she sings, it's as if she isn't an actress in a movie, but actually telling you how she feels. Acting in a movie like that is no longer run of the mill, but instead, hard to find. Blind Meg sets the movie apart for me by herself.
Anthony Head also plays his part well, but not what one might be used to seeing on BTVS. I know it seems that I compare his performance alot to BTVS, but it's the only other thing I know he played in, and it was a better performance, even if he did have 7 years to perfect it.
The coolest part though, would have to be when Paris Hilton's face slides off, (sorry, spoiler), but as superficial as she is on her reality show, one couldn't really expect her in a movie with a serious part.
All in all though, the movie was good, definately not a waste of time, and worth spending the money on.