I was always interested in this movie. It looked like crap and in a way it was so yay for buying it at a cheap price. It got a little boring during the film and the acting was as real as it could get. I thought the idea of the film was neat but with more of a budget, it might have made a great horror film.
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Highly entertaining for low budget
Added 10/17/2009
I happen to have a very soft spot for low budget horror. To me, there's something undeniably appealing about a cast I've never seen before (and hence have not developed any preconceived notions that may inhibit my ability to enjoy a particular character), as well as a low tech approach to creating horror. They also tend to be gimmick free, or at least less full of distracting gimmicks. All the above are true in this film. Additionally, the concept is a fun one. Its not necessarily a full novel concept, but its nonetheless entertaining with an at least good enough acting cast, a decent script, and decent camera work. Fully recommended at least as a rental.
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putting your head in a bag is as entertaining as Baghead
Added 8/29/2009
DO NOT do what the review title suggests. putting your head in a bag can be dangerous and life threatening. the same can be said about a movie called Baghead.
have you ever sat in front of the t.v. and watched something you normally wouldn't cause you don't really feel like doing anything else? you have? well, welcome to Baghead.
four friends try and come up with their own movie idea while playing pranks on each other every now and then. the dialogue in this movie is decent and somewhat interesting but in the end without meaning. you're left with a feeling of "eh". i gotta give props to Steve Zissis who played Chad though. he had an aura that made his character stand out from the others. other than that, nothing special about this movie.
watch this only if you have absolutely nothing better to do AND if it's free.
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And the point is...
Added 8/11/2009
The picture is deceiving. Some of the film are video of video. I couldn't fast forward enough.
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Mumblecore slacker horror-comedy
Added 7/11/2009
A hilarious and scary slacker comedy about four friends who go to a cabin to write a realistic low-budget horror screenplay, and find that reality can be very frightening. This was a Sundance favorite a couple of years ago, where I saw it the first time. It got mixed reviews when I brought it to my cinema program on Halloween - and, with some exceptions, my sense was cinephiles and younger folks seemed to love it, but those over 40 or those who value entertainment over unique and interesting approaches to filmmaking, tended to be underwhelmed. I found it to be very funny and entertaining, and subtly clever; it was probably my favorite American feature film at Sundance 2008.
Clearly, some won't get it. Others may get it and just not like it. Jay and Mark Duplass belong to a small but admirable group of filmmakers who make a virtue of do-it-yourself style filmmaking about ordinary 20 somethings to whom nothing much remarkable ever happens. They face ordinary problems, they hesitate, they don't know how to express their feelings, they are insecure, they mumble. They are just like most of us, and their lives are not all that much more interesting. Still, when done right their decisions and the consequences can be fascinating, when the seemingly simple and mundane moments start to add up to something, indefinable. For the most part I think this one gets it right.
The thing is, this kind of film seems not at all to lend itself to "genre" filmmaking: sci-fi, horror, Westerns, and the like. But Jay and Mark try to pull it off here, and manage to pull off something that is both funny and frightening.
The film begins with a parody (not all that far off) of the artsy student film festival, and makes clear that's not what they're working for here. At bottom this is a loser love story, a classic comedy genre, that toys with becoming a "young horny folks in a cabin in the woods" slasher flick, while staying true to the mumblecore do-it-yourself style of films like the Duplass's The Puffy Chair and Swanberg's Hannah Takes the Stairs. It's a lot of fun and very funny, for some, but if you have no sympathy for those kinds of films you aren't likely to appreciate this one.
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I was always interested in this movie. It looked like crap and in a way it was so yay for buying it at a cheap price. It got a little boring during the film and the acting was as real as it could get. I thought the idea of the film was neat but with more of a budget, it might have made a great horror film.
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Highly entertaining for low budget
Added 10/17/2009
I happen to have a very soft spot for low budget horror. To me, there's something undeniably appealing about a cast I've never seen before (and hence have not developed any preconceived notions that may inhibit my ability to enjoy a particular character), as well as a low tech approach to creating horror. They also tend to be gimmick free, or at least less full of distracting gimmicks. All the above are true in this film. Additionally, the concept is a fun one. Its not necessarily a full novel concept, but its nonetheless entertaining with an at least good enough acting cast, a decent script, and decent camera work. Fully recommended at least as a rental.
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putting your head in a bag is as entertaining as Baghead
Added 8/29/2009
DO NOT do what the review title suggests. putting your head in a bag can be dangerous and life threatening. the same can be said about a movie called Baghead.
have you ever sat in front of the t.v. and watched something you normally wouldn't cause you don't really feel like doing anything else? you have? well, welcome to Baghead.
four friends try and come up with their own movie idea while playing pranks on each other every now and then. the dialogue in this movie is decent and somewhat interesting but in the end without meaning. you're left with a feeling of "eh". i gotta give props to Steve Zissis who played Chad though. he had an aura that made his character stand out from the others. other than that, nothing special about this movie.
watch this only if you have absolutely nothing better to do AND if it's free.
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