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It is shocking at times and more powerful because of it.
For one, I went to see it on a whim expecting something mediocre, but given this, the most shocking thing was that this was in a populist American cinema at all.
quick-witted thought processes are brilliant though i did sometimes wonder if he was simply trying to be as shocking as possible simply for the sake of it.
Driller Killer is truly grim and as much shocking as the classic film it's clearly inspired on (namely: Taxi Driver) but it lacks a fitting tone and a appropriate background drawing.
It has a blend of disgusting and shocking acts rendered poetic with absolutely beautiful camera-work and style.
Not the most shocking, nor the most bloody, nor the most stylish of giallo, but it's likable enough and is just that little bit different.
First, it was shocking to see the French Resistance portrayed as a roguish band of buffoons headed by an equally idiotic and boisterous leader; a smack in the face to the brave, witty Maquis who courageously resisted the German occupation of their homeland.
It was the director's first long-feature film, made with an extremely low budget, but already showing his large interest in mixing shocking horror with subtle social criticism.
The film's got a lot going for it -- wisecracking script, bright colour, great music, and moments of sudden shocking darkness amid a generally easy-going plot -- but while it's pretty good, it isn't Errol Flynn's finest hour, and it isn't among the greatest Westerns either.
I much prefer Blue Velvet, maybe because it was new and shocking and original, whereas here Lynch seems to be copying himself, Nic Cage seems to be doing his faux-Elvis 'look at me all the time" schtick and Laura Dern just seems lost.
I'm not sure what Eli Roth and Quentin Tarentino were thinking when they put this crap together, but it's a laughable attempt at a shocking horror film.
A laughable attempt at being shocking.
What was so shocking and devastating for those of us growing up with the onset of AIDS was running into people who were gorgeous, fit young and beautiful.
Even more shocking; it actually had writers.
This film was purely and simply shocking.
Oddly, while shocking, the group at first seemed to take this in stride--I guess they didn't want to pass judgment on quaint native customs.
However, Merenghi claims that his series was too ground-breaking, and too shocking for the public, and for the past twenty years direct government intervention prevented the shows from ever seeing the light of day.
Wellman's assured direction is equally impressive; note how almost all of the violence occurs off-screen, which actually enhances instead of lessons the shocking impact of said violence.
When the first EVIL DEAD came out in 1982 or whatever 80 something it was gore after gore after gore in such a small budget and it became known as one of the most shocking films.
John Gregson never lived down his Genevieve image, no shame in that, so it is actually quite shocking to see him as a Nazi assisting in plans for liquidating a ghetto ("I've ordered three times as many flame throwers just to be on the safe side").
This is a really intense film, that actually has quite a few shocking moments, and pulls no punches, plus Jet Li is simply amazing in this!.
She learns a shocking family secret so she returns to England alone to begin a new life.
The film really stays true to the comics, with an at times shocking and thought provoking origin story.
I still think it is one of the most graphic, shocking depictions of the '90 s club scene to be put on screen.
this would have to be the worst movie ever by far!! the movie is plagued with bad acting, terrible editing and shocking direction, oh! and not to mention the storyline!!! yuk!! this film is an insult to the film it ripped off, children of the corn was a great horror flick but this was just another writer who did'nt want to think of a story all by himself so he decided to rip up a cult classic.
I have just watched Miike Takashi' film Visitor Q, tonight, and i think that it is one of the most insane and disturbing films that i have ever seen, since Ichi The Killer another of Miike's films I almost found it too shocking to watch parts of it because of the film content.
Peyton Place is a great and realistic observation of human behavior taken in the context of when and where it was written, no matter how shocking truth may appear.
It's not the way a splatter horror picture is shocking people, but finally it's the same cheap level.
It look like the work(?) of a young filmmaker trying to be shocking (but not too much) to be noticed, but it isn't a film from the heart for sure.
This miserable show was shocking when it was on, taking the "celebrity reality show" to a drug-addled new low.
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