Kerrigor Reviews

The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

Brilliant Sci-Fi

[10/10 · 13 March 2004]

The Man Who Fell To Earth is one of the few sci-fi films that can justifiably call itself brilliant. But what makes it so brilliant, you ask? It's certainly not the story, which is merely about an alien coming to earth in order to save his dying planet. The performances are excellent, but actors alone cannot make a film brilliant. Perhaps what makes The Man Who Fell To Earth brilliant is the thing that causes people to despise it: it has no plot. That's right. It's alot like a David Lynch movie; there are bizzare characters, bizzare dialogue, and bizzare situations, but barely any trace of a followable plot. The film manages to carry a thin story with almost no plot whatsoever and be consistently interesting and entertaining throughout. On top of that, it's all stunningly photographed. There is quite a bit of sex in this movie, but the sex is done so stylistically we hardly notice how pornographic it is. For instance, in one scene near the end of the film, Bowie wields a pistol loaded with blanks like a phallus. The scene than erupts into a bizzare sex scene filled with flashing strobe lights, full frontal shots of Bowie, and the gun firing randomly off. The Man Who Fell To Earth is essential viewing(unless of course movies that are hard to follow or a naked David Bowie aren't your thing).

South Park (1997– )

Brilliant Satire

[18 September 2003]

Since this has been stated hundreds of times before, I will be quick with this. South Park truly is brilliant satire. It has some of the best critiques of todays society on TV. For instance, in one episode involving the Church using Hell as a scare tactic to get people to come to church, one of the children asks if crippled people go to hell because they can't confess their sins. The nun who was asked has no answer. When she goes to ask the preacher, Kyle(the jew) bursts in and asks if Jews go to hell. The preachers response goes something like this: "The bible says that all children will stand before God and be judged...unless they're filthy Jews who go straight to Hell!!!!!" The show constantly attacks politically correct morons, religion(much as I do), and everything else from fat camps to child molestation. It constantly pushes the boundries of television, and each episode, believe it or not, has a sweet Disney-esque moral at the end...