Slither.
And I should probably say "best studio release," as I saw several movies at Sundance and SXSW that were better. But anyway...
No offense (well, not much) to my esteemed FT colleague Don, who gave it a mere two stars in his review, but I haven't enjoyed myself at a movie this much in quite a while. Gleefully low budget, and R-rated so as to capture every evisceration and exploding cranium, it's a decidely sleazy good time.
If I had any complaint, it's that it doesn't go crazy enough. Slither felt a lot like the first X-Men movie in that regard, simply because it seemed like Gunn didn't have the budget to do everything he wanted. Still, as remakes go (Night of the Creeps), it's miles ahead of any horror movie released in the last five years.
Of course, the pre-screening margaritas probably didn't hurt.
My review likely won't be up until this weekend. To tide you over, here's:
Inside Man - ***1/2
Ice Age: The Meltdown - **1/2
I know I should like Denzel Washington. I mean, he won an Academy Award for Christ's sake AND was handed the mantle of "great, black, male actor" (apparently the ONLY great, black, male actor) by Sidney Poitier. Sorry, I can't even pretend to like the guy's work. The Tinman has more heart than Washington's performances.
good, bad...whatever...i just want to see nathan fillion. ;)
This one just looks plain fun, which is all we can really ask for in a popcorn flick
Hey man, I fully admitted that SLITHER is a horror geeks wet dream. I was drunk off my ass when I saw it and still didn't really like it...for the same reason you said. It's a soft "R" and never really goes as far as it could. I mean, if you get to make the movie you always wanted to make, show some tits and ass with that gore! I figured I wasn't the best person to review it.....glad someone did it justce.