jbaccy's reviews

I can understand why this film gets slandered alot, and whilst you're watching homeless people fight each other for dollars (and probably laughing your ass off at some of the stunts) you can't help but think what kind of a sick society produces this, but morals etc aside, as a piece of Jackass-esque film, this like it or not is the logical next step, and a very funny one. To the film maker's credit, this is very well edited, and they apparently paid for all the medical bills and expenses incurred to the stars of the show, and are also last I heard in the process of getting their asses sued off of them by Roofus et al.

I never found Jackass funny, but I thought this was hillarious, especially the bumhunter segments and the "duckie!" guy. Bling bling just stole the show for me though, seriously, that guy should get his own chat show!

I think for most people, the moral dubiousness will obstruct their viewing of what is essentially a very funny movie. If you are one of these however, I don't think that you can laugh at jackass, yet complain when something like this comes along off of the back of Jackass' success. If you supported Jackass, then like it or not, you are partly responsible for this as anyone else.

It is the product of a sick society, but as a member of that society with enough truth about himself to admit he finds this funny, I think the bottom line is that this is a hillarious piece of film.

Ultimately, we are supposed to be judging the film on IMDB, not the film makers themselves and their methods no matter how dubious.

"BFK for life, FOREVER! We never bottle-out!"

Now don't get me wrong, this isn't an awful film by any means, and it does have some cool action scenes as well as a deep plot, but it just comes off in the same way that Merovingian does - Smug and pretentious. I liked the first film, so don't think I'm a hater of the series or anything, but what narks me off about sci-fi sequels in general, is that instead of leaving aspects to the film to your imagination, the film's reality is shoved down your throat. Places and scenes that would have been better left out (EG Morpheus' speech in zion) are done, and they just come off as being there for the sake of it. Big words are used for the sake of making the film sound smarter than it actually is, proved when neo later condenses reams of someone's philosophical garbage into a single sentence.

This film's very different to the last, which some might like, but others such of myself find off-putting. The first was alot more inventive and had an infinitly more interesting storyline. For number two, expect more of the same, but overkilled bullet-time, over-complicated plot, over-extravagant effects.

Although with all this said, there are some brilliant fight scenes, and the car chase scene is filmed nicely, but these few gleams of brilliance don't make up for the pretension that is the rest of the film.

I understood it, just didn't like it. It takes more than this film's glossy exterior to fool me into thinking the film's as polished underneath as it is on the surface.

Nice try.

I only managed to catch one episode so far but what an episode! It's one of those underrated comedies you hear nothing about, but the script is hillarious, and the straighter-than-straight acting just suits it to a T. Stylistically, it's a cross between league of gentlemen, the office, and something else all of it's own. From what I can tell, it charters the lives of the inhabitants of a block of flats in anytown UK. Watch if you're after something different.

This series is about as entertaining as friends, except quite possibly less so. (Yeah, I really didn't think it was possible either) It's one of those comedies that just tries too hard, highlighting even more blatantly how poor this series is. For this done well (or at least better), actually what am I talking about? This kind of thing is never done well. It has a poor script, poor acting, an awful canned audience (even as far as canned audiences go) and just has nothing going for it. Stay away, or you'll be greatly, greatly disappointed. It really is a crime that whilst turd like this gets the primetime spot, real gems such as Mr Hell and 15 Storeys are stuck with the graveyard shift.

This was a hugely underrated show when I was a kid, and although alot of brilliant comedies have come and passed, fist of fun remains the best of the bunch. In the same vein of the smell of Reeves and Mortimer, this is a British comedy show that plays off as a variety show, with filmed sketches and many regulars, involving a mock up of Rod Hull with a fake arm, and the hobby master. I think it is quite possibly the only series to feature the recipe for "chicken lollies."

A gem of the sketch show age that spawned such greats as "the fast show" and "The smell of reeves and Mortimer," this can't be missed as a relic of British comedy before it lost it's way. (oh shame on you "my hero!")

I've seen this film many a time seeing as i'm studying it for educational purposes, and although it does make me laugh in places, it does little else. I'm sorry, but it's damn near impossible to feel any emotion for a guy in a wig and some mascarre other than amusement. The film removes any emotion it may have had by obviously trying to get us to accept transvestites as normal, but it just winds up comming off as a pretentious freak show. Fans of Almodovar will probably be able to appreciate this chick flick more than I can, and don't get me wrong, I don't mind chick flicks terribly, but this one in my view is just tosh. Very well shot tosh, but unfortunatly still just tosh.

I thought it was a brilliant film, it was well shot, and very suspenseful. Although the actual aliens themselves were very crappy, they compensated for this by only shooting them with he camera out of focus, or in darkness. A minor triumph in independant cinema, for a tv film, I was thoroughly entertained, and even scared on occasion, which I don't think I actually have been before when watching a movie. (and i've seen ALOT of movies)

Late night gold :)

Watch it if you catch it, but i wouldn't buy it personally. Not to knock it ro anything, just not the kind of thing i like to watch over and over. Mistakes are numerous, but quite frankly I don't give a damn, this is a cracking film.