Comments on: Film Junk Podcast Episode #234: Extract, Gamer and Halloween II

By: Mason

Mason — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:11:06 +0000

I just watched The Perfect Getaway on Blu-ray, and I don’t think the twist was much of a problem. The filmmakers did a good job explaining the killers’ private conversations with the “rules” (a-la Zombieland?) established during the black and white flashback sequence. Still, I will give this film a 6 on my 10-point scale, probably on par with Jay’s 2.5 stars. The set up was too lengthy in proportion to the action-payoff portion of the movie. The portion after the twist-reveal could have been longer to be more effective. Think “Transsiberian”- that movie had a good balance in this regard. I did like the tonal change while watching it, but in retrospect maybe it was only necessary to make the latter part of the film kind of laughable because the first part wasn’t an effective enough thriller.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:50:18 +0000

Hey, some people apparently like to hear us review terrible movies! (I don’t get it either.)

Seriously though, we won’t be going out of our way to see anything bad once the drive-in is closed for the year. The next two podcasts will be all TIFF reviews, and after that there’s still plenty of stuff to look forward to. But if it comes down to it, we’ll just review some stuff that’s coming out on DVD instead.

By: Maopheus

Maopheus — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:14:56 +0000

I have a feeling that the podcasts for the next few weeks at least review-wise are not going to be too good. You guys didn’t see a single good movie this week. This time of the year is the traditional dumping ground for movies (as is Jan-Feb), and everything that is coming out this week looks like dreck as well. However since you guys are going to TIFF and will almost certainly do a special show on your viewings there, that might break up the otherwise monotonous tone of the reviews.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:07:22 +0000

Expectations are always a tricky thing to deal with when it comes to reviewing a film, but I don’t think it was unrealistic to expect this movie to be funny. And for the most part, it wasn’t. I liked some of the characters, but there simply were not enough funny situations and interactions between those characters. The Mila Kunis scam artist subplot is a huge part of the movie and it’s just boring and predictable.

As I stated previously, Office Space was a movie that gets better with repeat viewings, and maybe this will be the same. But considering that I’ve already forgotten most of it, I doubt it.

By: Albert Patrick

Albert Patrick — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:45:19 +0000

I thought you guys were being very unfair to Extract. It seems the problem you all had was that it didn’t meet your expectations on what you WANTED the movie to do, as opposed to what it actually did. You went into the movie assuming it was going to be one thing, and felt cheated by being wrong about your assumptions (you know what assuming does right?). It was like the movie would only be good if you wrote and directed it. You sounded just like heavy metal fanboys complaining that an album isn’t metal enough.

“I thought this was supposed to be realistic, why is Mila Kunis a scam artist here?”
“Bateman didn’t dig himself enough into a hole (losing your company + marriage falling apart not enough?)?”
“Kristen Wiig wasn’t Kristen Wiig enough.”

Those are the types of complaints you guys had for the movie, which sounds more like PREFERENCES as opposed to criticizing the movie for what it is (a sit-com similar to Office Space). I can understand if you didn’t find the movie funny (I did), because humor is subjective and all, but your overall review of the movie was horrible. I agree that “The Office” works better in making people relate more with a boss character, but then that’s the luxury of being a TV series.

By the way, purposefully getting Mila Kunis’ and Jason Bateman’s names wrong in your review was funny the first time. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th time, not so much.

p.s. Because you guys are great in assuming, you should know that I’m not some disgruntled Mike Judge fan… I hated Idiocracy, never watched King Of The Hill, and only find Beavis & Butthead mildly entertaining (heh heh, heh heh, MisterBateman). The only thing I’m a fan of his work is Office Space, but now I can add Extract to that short list.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:44:00 +0000

“i think that alex billabong guy might be mentally disabled so go easy on him.”

Take it up with Devin. He’s the one who nominated Alex and Sean. What remains to be seen is how many are willing to get rid of Alex or keep him because they are against Devin. How much support can Sean muster before this week’s eviction?

By: i want a divorce

i want a divorce — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:38:07 +0000

i think that alex billabong guy might be mentally disabled so go easy on him.

By: Xu

Xu — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:16:25 +0000

thanks!

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:05:27 +0000

This is the episode of the Rotcast where they introduce the Big Brother thing:

http://blog.filmrot.com/james/film/the-rotcast-episode-50-inglorious-big-basterd-brother

By: Xu

Xu — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:02:26 +0000

Hi Sean,

Where is the link of your duel with Alex Billindon>?

By: Machete

Machete — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:49:56 +0000

Halloween one star! WHAT THE FUCK? 4 OUT OF 4.

By: JakeTheFatMan

JakeTheFatMan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:04:22 +0000

Apparently people still use telephone chat-rooms:

http://tinyurl.com/nxnb9h