Bodies Bodies Bodies

This is a fairly enjoyable and mildly funny movie with some good satirical elements. I had a good time for the most part, except when the extensive arguments started to annoy me. Solid for a one-time viewing. (1 viewing, SuperScreen 8/17/2022)

I came about watching this movie in a roundabout way. It was written and directed by Halina Reijn who also did the more recent "Babygirl" with Nicole Kidman. That one is a bit of a strange character study but I found it worthwhile. So I found "Bodies Bodies Bodies" on BluRay at my public library. Which surprised me.

I did not come away with a high opinion of this movie. First off, it starts with a very close-up shot of two 20-something young ladies locked in a minute's worth of French kiss lip-lock. If you assume that the opening scene of a movie sets the stage for what else is to come, it did not appeal to this 70-something grandfather.

It turns out the two of them were driving to a rather remote home (filmed in upstate New York) where a group of mostly 20-something guys and gals had a weekend party planned while the owner, the father of one of them, was gone.

What happens after all the participants are there doesn't make much sense and isn't entertaining. They decide to play a game in the dark, it is called "bodies bodies bodies" and it is a bit confusing. But it does set the stage for a dead friend being found, then another, then another. Mostly because assumptions, wrong assumptions, were being made.

In addition, the dialog is very poor and most characters curse constantly which may just be a feature of today's 20-somethings, but it got old quickly and took away greatly from what might have been interesting elements of the story.

My BluRay player has a very useful feature, a +15 second button, so I could get through the long, tedious sections more quickly without losing content.

No, not a good movie at all, from my perspective.

A modern horror of sorts, no scares and mild action. Mostly focused on trying to study the breakdown of people in the wake of suspicion. As I was looking for some good scares, I left feeling disappointed. I should have kept my old ass at home.

I keep seeing negative reviews for this film and don't understand why? A lot of people used the word "boring" while it literally can't be used to describe it. Simple? Sure. Dumb? Yes. Boring? Hell no.

It's a typical popcorn horror to watch with friends and have fun. The "who done it" comes into full effect while everyone contributes in their own way. The movie doesn't take itself too seriously and makes fun of social tropes. If that's not your thing, I understand, but it is in no way boring.

The pace is pretty good, acting performances are solid, very intense and keeps your attention. I had a good laugh multiple times which says a lot considering I don't like horror comedies. The aspects I liked the most about this film are it's self awareness and genuinely not knowing who did it midway through. I'd recommend watching this for Halloween with a group of friends and having a blast! Not a masterpiece but a solid 7/10 from me.

This was enjoyable from start to finish, and I don't get the negative reviews, particularly those whining about Gen Z; this isn't just Gen Z, it's any group of rich kids having a party that goes very wrong in any generation, with the same behaviors and reactions any of them would have exhibited in any generation, of course with minor differences. So enough about that.

I also did not expect a typical slasher movie when I started watching this, and the marketing I saw didn't depict it that way, so I don't get the whining about it not being a slasher movie or even a horror movie; it does fall into that genre though, so enough about that.

The actors are smart and behave like real people, and the story is clever, especially the twist at the end. There are no dull moments unless you aren't interested in character development or storyline, so in that case go watch Friday the 13th and leave this film for the rest of us who can appreciate it.