A real attention grabber
Added 10/16/2009
I'd caught parts of this film on cable, but never managed to catch the whole thing. I was intrigued, and just couldn't get it out of my mind. Having finally managed to see the entire film from beginning to end, I can highly recommend it. If you liked Donnie Darko, you will love Southland Tales (especially since the same mastermind is behind both)! A great addition to your collection of films that make you think.
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Can we please get "propaganda" included in the rating system?
Added 9/30/2009
Seriously.... Can we please get some kind of "Propagana Warning" incorporated into the rating system, please.......
All the other positive ratings are going to result in me trying this thing again, (right now, in fact), but I'm not holding out much hope.
When the opening sequence is talking about "republicans" and features a video shot of an elephant boffing another .... can it really go anywhere but down from there?????
I'll try... but I'm not expecting much...
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I was excited to see this film. I really enjoy many of the actors but the film is terrible. It's nothing like the preview. It's very long, and very boring. I looked online to see how well it did in the box office because I wondered why I hadn't heard of it. It made approx 350 thousand dollars worldwide. Seriously, look it up.
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So bad that it might be good....
Added 9/23/2009
Have you ever watched a film only to wonder whether it was a avante garde masterpiece or a horribly made ego project? I like to think that I can usually tell the difference but this one had me stumped. It just couldn't be as bad as it seemed. From the reaction of many of the actors it seemed that they were in doubt also. So many of them seemed lost as if they didn't know what the film was about. That's understandable. I've never seemed such a confused, meandering mess- even the excessive voice-over narration (always a bad sign) didn't help unravel it.
So many big (and formerly big) names were associated with this. And they all seemed to be going their own way independent of each other. Since so many of them were Saturday Night Live alums perhaps they were improvising the script as they went along...
I mean, I enjoy unconventional films but this one just seemed to degenerate to an ego-fueled freakshow with everyone doing his own thing with the barest nod to a plot tieing it all together. I know that they were trying to make a political statement here about the war and neoconservatism in general, but it really didn't work. It came across as a street circus embarassement. So many people trying to make "hip" social comments while endulging in shameless self promotion for the next project. Perhaps this truly is the soul of "Southland."
If you want to mine this over-long freakshow (even editing would not have helped) for a few comedic and visual gems then go ahead, but it might be a less painful experience if you get stoned first. Then again, perhaps this thing is so bad that it will eventually become an underground cult craze.
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Looking for offbeat?
Added 9/19/2009
To say this film is not for everyone is the understatement of the century. If you crave "something completely different" though this baby was delivered from Tralfamadore by Dr. Zaphod Beeblebrox. I just sat there going "wow" "wow!" "wow!?!". Take "Dr. Strangelove", Magnolia" and "12 Monkeys" and add the brown acid from Woodstock to get a feel for this movie. WARNING!!! Make sure you are down off the acid before you start watching.
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A real attention grabber
Added 10/16/2009
I'd caught parts of this film on cable, but never managed to catch the whole thing. I was intrigued, and just couldn't get it out of my mind. Having finally managed to see the entire film from beginning to end, I can highly recommend it. If you liked Donnie Darko, you will love Southland Tales (especially since the same mastermind is behind both)! A great addition to your collection of films that make you think.
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Can we please get "propaganda" included in the rating system?
Added 9/30/2009
Seriously.... Can we please get some kind of "Propagana Warning" incorporated into the rating system, please.......
All the other positive ratings are going to result in me trying this thing again, (right now, in fact), but I'm not holding out much hope.
When the opening sequence is talking about "republicans" and features a video shot of an elephant boffing another .... can it really go anywhere but down from there?????
I'll try... but I'm not expecting much...
1 out of 3 people found this helpful.
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I was excited to see this film. I really enjoy many of the actors but the film is terrible. It's nothing like the preview. It's very long, and very boring. I looked online to see how well it did in the box office because I wondered why I hadn't heard of it. It made approx 350 thousand dollars worldwide. Seriously, look it up.
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