Summer of Blood

I must have watched a completely different movie from the other reviewer, but I could not stand this film. The main character is so abominably unlikable and annoying that it's hard to see the point - sure, pretentious hipster wastrels are a reasonable target for satire, but you have to let us out of his insufferable orbit a bit or else we can't breathe. And when the movie's plot (such as it is) centers around this schlub's relationship with his girlfriend, an attractive, up-and-coming lawyer, it robs that plot of any motive power when we can't figure out why anyone, let alone her, would be with this guy. Agonizing to get through.

Imagine all the horrible characteristics of everybody you ever knew, put into this one despicable person. And the movie revolves around him. Within the first 20 words he spoke I wanted him to die really horrible. The other actors and the crew were good enough. The blood fx and all were really awesome. Just this one charater turned a 7 star movie into a 4 star movie.

Total auteur cinema, in the best, non-pretentious way possible. This is a film that never takes itself too seriously, yet throws down on some serious themes and ideas. A schlub who can't catch a break suddenly turns vampiric and kinda cool. Kinda. Not just Onur's performance, but every character, even the minors, are totally on it. They bounce off each other effortlessly. I'm normally bugged by neurotic characters, as they usually feel forced and rehearsed. Not Onur. His rhythms and surprisingly-apt observations come effortlessly, like he's abandoned the script for what he feels is true to the moment. It's honest to the core. Self-depricating and rude and hilarious. And there's blood and sex and internet dating. It's rough around the edges in the right ways. I have no idea how it was pulled off, but what feels like a colossal mess of ideas comes together so cohesively. It just clicks. It moves forward and doesn't really care if you can keep up. It may be the first film of the year that I really love.

And really, we're all afraid of becoming Michael Douglas.

Nothing happens for the first 30 minutes. Then something happens. Then nothing happens for the rest of the movie.

You know how people say that's the worst movie I've ever seen? Well this isn't that. This movie is just boring. There is way too much dialogue, way way too much. It's also not funny. Even worse, I am inclined to say it's not a horror movie. It's this guy (bleeping) off in a bathroom to a fantasy of making a comedy horror and then doing neither.

I have watched 3 movies of this director, i liked a lot all of them, my favorite is "Applesauce". I don't know why his movies were not more successful, although i can guess a thing or two.

In any case, don't expect a comedy/horror movie, this is more Woody Allen than, i don't know, Shaun of the dead. In fact, this is a big flaw of this movie, i would have rated it even higher if it hadn't turned into something like a comedy/horror movie. S. O. B should remain an offbeat comedy movie, first 30 minutes were hilarious, i loved this character. Make no mistake, this is an unlikeable and creepy character, selfish and many other negative things. Yet, it was a pleasure to watch him, basically self sabotaging his life.

After the "horror" element appears, it was still a fun ride but not as entertaining as the first 30 minutes.

Overall, this is raw and witty and real. There are many hilarious scenes and i enjoyed it a lot.