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The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
So disappointed
I was really looking excitedly forward to watching this movie after I had saw the previews. Clive Barker is a talented horror writer, so I expected this movie we be spectacular. What a sad disappointment. I'm a huge fan of horror movies and I can say that this is one of the worst I've ever seen. The plot seemed to go smoothly in the start of the movie, but it went rapidly bad in the end. I wanted a clear answer as to why this butcher was killing so many people and what I got was a poorly written ending about some sort of creatures that live below ground and need to be fed ? If the creature was shown more clearly maybe I would have accepted the ending a little better. The only good part of this movie was the always entertaining and kick ass performance by Vinnie Jones. Another pitiful movie to add to a lot of the putrid horror movies that are getting made just for the big bucks. Clive Barker should NOT be proud of this blunder of a movie.
Shooting Livien (2005)
Another potentially good Indy movie gone wrong
A great opportunity for and Indy director to make an interesting film about a rock musician on the brink of stardom. It could have been a decent film if it would have dealt with John Livien's traumatic past and how it is torturing his psyche. Instead, it is a ridiculous attempt to identify John Livien's life with John Lennon's. John Livien's suicida mother's hero was John Lennon and she wished for him to become as powerful and prolific as Lennon himself. Instead of focusing on John Lennon's musical brilliance, and his wonderful ability to bare himself for others to learn something about their own life, it showed Lennon's legacy to be that of a confused, drug addicted soul, who should looked upon as a God instead a man. I am a huge John Lennon fan and this movie reminded me of another "crazy" person obsessed with Lennon, Lennon's killer , Mark David Chapman. Lennon was a man who was brutally murdered by someone else who had an identity crisis with Lennon. Do we need to be reminded of that? John Lennon gave so much to the world with his music and honesty and I was repulsed to see another disturbed person, as the main character in this movie obsessed by Lennon, and not show his beautiful contributions to the world. Yoko Ono graciously honored John Lennon's memory,by making the memorial in Central Park to give his fans a chance to pay their respects, and remember John. Instead the director of this movie chose to use that site to have the killer attempt to commit suicide. I found this so disturbing and disrespectful to Lennon's memory. He was a man of peace who died a brutal senseless death, and to see such violence near this site felt like a revisiting a terrible wound for any Lennon fan. It ruined the movie completely for me . It could have been a decent movie, but it left me with a bitter taste in my mouth. Let John Lennon, and his family rest in peace and not be reminded of his vicious murder by this irresponsible movie.
The Woodsman (2004)
Pathetic
What a disappointment. And from the man who produced such a gritty and beautiful movie Monster's Ball.?
This movie left me with a sick feeling in my stomach. Am I supposed to sympathize with this pedophile and his struggles after being let out of prison? The makers of this movie should have investigated the recidivism of pedophiles, and the high percentage that they will very likely rape or molest again. Then they would realize that this character can't have any redemption in the end. The movie tried to show how a pedophile struggles with his demons. Who cares? They should have made a movie showing the pain and the scarring of the soul that victims of sexual abuse have to deal with for the rest of their life. They should focus on the strong survivors of abuse ,not the Monsters that commit them. I am a movie lover and I am highly disappointed that filmmakers have nothing better to do than release this useless, unrealistic movie. Shame on Kevin Bacon for taking this role. He has a family and should know better. Some filmmakers need to get back in touch with reality and make a real movie. Naiveity is no excuse for this joke of a movie. I'm glad they mention fairy tales in the movie because this is some fairytale hatched out of someone's ignorance and unsympathetic mind toward the victims of sexual abuse.