Boondock Saints - My Review
Dr. Spec
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This movie is very much in the Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs Tarantino genre.
It makes very effective use of flashbacks and co-locating different timelines / incidents. Camera angles are often unconventional and this contributes as well.
It is occasionally extraordinarily funny, with one oblique reference to the old "Fat Albert" cartoon that nearly has us pissing our pants with laughter.
It is also quite violent, with several graphic gunfights.
Acting is fine all around, and Willem Dafoe steals the movie with a VERY solid performance playing a very difficult character role.
The premise of the movie is initially (somewhat) plausible, but degenerates into implausibility somewhere about 2/3 into the flick, and then it's "suspension of disbelief" time. At that point, the director is clearly attempting to send a message and convey a moral theme more than anything else.
The video transfer is a bit grainy with minor artifacts but overall it is quite acceptable for a budget film. While not being P&S or Full screen, formatting is not "true" widescreen. In the normal "Full" aspect mode, the image is vertically squashed and the black bars are ultra thick, necessitating the use of the 4:3 "Fill" function to obtain the proper aspect on a 16:9 TV.
The 5.1 DD soundtrack is fine, and there is a lot of music accompanying the movie (sometimes MTV-ish). The .1 channel is occasionally and surprisingly quite deep and strong, which impressed me also.
The extras are very good for a budget independent film, and watching them helps better explain one late comer in the movie. Outtakes are funny, and deleted scenes are long, but very grainy.
Is it worth $10? Hell yes. If you liked Taratino's work on Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, this is your cup of tea. It is an offbeat, independent budget film you won't find everywhere, and will probably develop a small cult following and will otherwise sink into obscurity before too long. Get it while you can find it, if you dig this kind of flick.
Doc
It makes very effective use of flashbacks and co-locating different timelines / incidents. Camera angles are often unconventional and this contributes as well.
It is occasionally extraordinarily funny, with one oblique reference to the old "Fat Albert" cartoon that nearly has us pissing our pants with laughter.
It is also quite violent, with several graphic gunfights.
Acting is fine all around, and Willem Dafoe steals the movie with a VERY solid performance playing a very difficult character role.
The premise of the movie is initially (somewhat) plausible, but degenerates into implausibility somewhere about 2/3 into the flick, and then it's "suspension of disbelief" time. At that point, the director is clearly attempting to send a message and convey a moral theme more than anything else.
The video transfer is a bit grainy with minor artifacts but overall it is quite acceptable for a budget film. While not being P&S or Full screen, formatting is not "true" widescreen. In the normal "Full" aspect mode, the image is vertically squashed and the black bars are ultra thick, necessitating the use of the 4:3 "Fill" function to obtain the proper aspect on a 16:9 TV.
The 5.1 DD soundtrack is fine, and there is a lot of music accompanying the movie (sometimes MTV-ish). The .1 channel is occasionally and surprisingly quite deep and strong, which impressed me also.
The extras are very good for a budget independent film, and watching them helps better explain one late comer in the movie. Outtakes are funny, and deleted scenes are long, but very grainy.
Is it worth $10? Hell yes. If you liked Taratino's work on Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, this is your cup of tea. It is an offbeat, independent budget film you won't find everywhere, and will probably develop a small cult following and will otherwise sink into obscurity before too long. Get it while you can find it, if you dig this kind of flick.
Doc
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Glad to see you liked it. Everyone I talk to has never heard of it.
