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Unexpectedly gruesome and disgusting
posted by Russ007STAFFMOD on May 12, 2018 at 4:38 AM
So I put this film on last night. I love dark comedies and was really excited about this film as it's the same director who did IN BRUGES and that is one of my favorite (dark) comedies ever made.
But I didn't find SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS funny. Holy sh*t does this film get gruesome. From close ups of people slitting their necks or being burnt alive; if you saw the movie then you know what I'm referring to. And it's this unexpected material in the film that made me take everything much too seriously and I began viewing it as some kind of twisted horror thriller. Especially once the 3 'friends' drive into the desert. I was thinking the whole time how unstable Billy is and that he'd kill everyone at that point.
I never thought that a dark comedy could become too dark, but I was proven wrong with this film. Sure, towards the beginning there were some bits where I'd crack a smile, yet it is not even close to peak McDonagh. The only things that allowed this film to be watchable were the stellar performances and the cinematography.
Reply by tmdb53400018
on May 13, 2018 at 5:04 AM
Well I honestly don't recall it being gross, but yeah, the film can't compete with In Bruges.
Reply by Xsploit
on May 13, 2018 at 6:48 AM
i really enjoyed this movie (maybe not as much as in bruges but it was still pretty good)
Reply by Xsploit
on May 13, 2018 at 6:53 AM
i fall out of love with directors quite often, for example what has aranofsky done thats any good in the past 10 years? tarantino is the only reliable one and now he is doing a star trek movie!? tarantino makes really weird casting choices that some how work, he cast channing tatum in the hateful eight ^ i actually really like the jump street movies and i think the dude was in high school musical or something shitty like that but i never though i would see him a tarantino movie
Reply by Renovatio
on May 13, 2018 at 10:08 AM
well, it does have 'psychopath' in the title...
Reply by Russ007
on May 13, 2018 at 10:34 AM
Spielberg is also on the mark most of the time.
I don't actually think Tarantino is going to be the ST director. I heard he's just in charge of writing the script (based off his own scheme). Maybe he'll produce it as well.
Reply by Daddie0
on May 14, 2018 at 1:47 PM
I didn't find it all that much darker than other films of it's genre, including In Bruges. Reservoir Dogs comes to mind, which was much, much darker, but I guess it's all based on what you have seen to date.
Reply by Russ007
on May 26, 2018 at 9:01 AM
It's been a while since I watched RESERVOIR DOGS, but I do recall it being pretty crazy I guess. Not close to being the darkest or most gruesome of films I've seen though.
Reply by Jacinto Cupboard
on December 5, 2021 at 7:06 AM
I think the violence in this is so ridiculous it falls into the category of cartoon violence. I say this as someone who detests horror movies, and I'm not that keen on most 'thrillers' either. So I'm not coming from a place where I am inured to violence.
It's not especially funny and it feels like it was written in a weekend with about as much intelligence as the writer in the story. Which may or not be the point. But somehow it all manages to hang together in a way that is entertaining. I think the key to that is everything is so superficial, and well, stupid, that the movie doesn't waste any time going forward. I watched this after a series of wordy, tedious movies and it was a suitable antidote.
Kudos to the cast as well. Walken and the rest are brilliantly offbeat.
Reply by JustinJackFlash
on December 5, 2021 at 12:24 PM
I remember watching this with such high expectations after In Bruges. I even laughed a fair bit in the first half but after a while I realised it just wasn't going anywhere. It was meandering and lacked purpose. And I guess that's intentional because it's supposed to be about writer's block and it's trying to be all self aware. But I didn't think it worked.