Spun (Unrated Version)
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Movie Reviews of Spun (Unrated Version)
Movie Review: I've been Spun!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
"Spun" is a fascinating journey into the lives of LA drug addicts. Director Jonas Akerlund has created a frantic nightmarish world that is both funny and disturbing at the same time, and never ever boring.Rounding out Akerlund's frenetic visual style is his amazing cast. It's true that this film is chock-full of unsavory drug addicts who you wouldn't want to give a ... for, but every single one of these actors portraying them are so entertaining to watch, that you won't mind a bit spending this 90 minutes with them. First and foremost...MICKEY ROURKE! This is by far Mickey's best role. He plays the Cook, a hulking [person] with his own meth lab he runs out of a motel room. He supplies the schlep rock Ross (the wonderful Jason Schwartzman) with speed as long as he, in turn, drives him and his stripper girlfriend (brilliantly played by Brittany Murphy) around in his car whenever they need it. These drives include trips to the gas station for "ingredients," visits to the porn store, beer runs and chauffeuring Nikki back and forth to the strip club for work. And the bulk of the film carries on this way, focusing on this bizarre friendship, clouded by rail after rail of crystal meth. But like I said, you can't take your eyes off of this cast, no matter how covered they are with sores and blemishes. Everyone is simply outstanding!!!!Rounding out the cast are John Leguizamo as Spider Mike, a dealer, and Patrick Fugit and Mena Suvari as speed freaks who hole themselves up in his house, awaiting their next drug feast. Also, there's Peter Stormare and Alexis Arquette as a couple of cranked out cops, Deborah Harry as Ross' lesbian neighbor with a great interest in martial arts and Eric Roberts as...well, you'll just have to see....On top of that, there're also plenty of cameos from Rob Halford and Billy Corgan, so keep your eyes open. "Spun" is an absolute visual spectacle, and further proof that even music video directors can make good movies.Movie Review: If you don't understand this movie...
Summary: 5 Stars
So, most people have never experienced anything close to the heavy drug use depicted in this film.
At first glance, Spun is exceedingly obscene and pornographic, and the editing is enough to make anyone dizzy. However, not only does it excellently depict the drug sensations, the movie has a moral as well. I fully believe that the lack of character development and plot (according to numerous critics) is intentional -- drug abuse doesn't just suddenly get a happy ending, nor does it have any essential purpose beyond the feelings of the drugs.
And in the end, that's what this movie delivers: the experience of a pointless week-long meth binge, and a glimpse at the kind of life few of us would believe exists. Imagine the events of Spun expanded into a year, many years -- people actually live this way, losing days like drops in a bucket of water, doing what they can to get the next high. Extremely important things are simply forgotten, drama explodes as the drugs twist emotions..
There are so many elements of this movie that are thought-provoking, when you get past the layers of grime and tweak editing. A great many people won't care to get past the surface, and understandably so.. You might have seen this kind of depravity in the first half of A Clockwork Orange, but never presented in such a visceral way. Beneath the surface is a silent cautionary tale -- everything from constantly blinking Fasten Seatbelts lights to Ross taking another bump as you cringe "again??" and prepare for another sensory assault..
If this film takes you nowhere, perhaps that is exactly the point.
Love the presentation, 5 stars =)
Movie Review: a great trip show
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie was really really FUNNY. It seems like many of the other reviews are showing the movie as serious, so i was expecting another Requium for a dream. But the only real similarity was the vision of drugs and how they send a life on a downward course. SPUN is just an engaging film with lots of humor, likeable characters, and some really messed up *@@! happening to them all.To truly apreciate the actors you must also see- RUSHMORE and ALMOST FAMOUS. Jason Schwartsman is a totaly different nerd in Rushmore, and Patrick Fuquit was the likeable star in Almost Famous. Both of these guys play extremely different but likable parts in this movie. I was pleasantly surprised and am now big fans of both of these actors.
BILLY CORGAN does the music, and its great. I just need the soundtrack-which doesnt exist. Corgan also has a small appearance in the movie. Hes wearing a big yellow wig.
Get the unrated version- it has lots of nudity of one especially hot blond. Britney Murphy was really hot in this movie too, even though she is supposedly a junkie. she has a dance scene at a strip club, but no nudity of course.
Anyway- Get this movie as fast as you can. It will spin you.
Movie Review: go for a very trippy ride
Summary: 5 Stars
I am so sick of movies that follow the same old plot over and over again- Spun drastically breaks this rule...and ventures out into it's own world- which I thought, was great. This has to be one of my all time favorite movies- it is fast paced, action filled, and best of all the actors & actresses are top notch in fitting into their roles.
Brittany Murphy I think does a fantastic job as playing Niki....her performance is similar to her playing in Clueless as a dumb-airhead blonde combined with her work done in Bongwater.. minus the oversexed part. Then there is Jason Schwartzman which surprised me none-the least with his performance. He deffinatly delivered it in this film- both acting wise and his physical appearance- which fit in perfectly with the rest of the cast. Another favorite of mine was Cookie- or Mena Suvari. Although she didn't get much air time I enjoyed her acting SO much and her schizoid-paranoid personality. And that's probably the best part of this movie...the personalities of these six speed-freaks.
Rent the movie- (get the unrated version), make sure there are no kids around....and get ready to go for a very trippy ride...
Movie Review: good trip
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought this movie was hella awesome, but i cant understand all the bitching about there being no plot to follow, or character development. I don't know if the movie was purposely made to be this way, but thats what makes it so realisitic. If youre one of the people thinking theres no plot, then you clearly havent been spun/cant relate to the movie. I can say ive been there, and the life of a meth junkie is just that. No plot, no nothing. All there is to think about or do, is anything that will get you more quicker. The hours just sort of go by, with no real meaning. I thought the movie was an excellent example of showing what a junkies life revolves around. It showed how quickly extreme ups and downs can come and go, just like that. It shows how relationships can deminish, just like that, because the meth becomes more important. This movie did an awesome job of showing just how jaded you can become, and what your willing to do for another fix. I definately prefer this movie to requiem for a dream, although maybe its because i can really relate to this movie, everything going in fastforward and nothing matters until that next rail.