Ebert gives Texas Chainsaw remake 0 stars

[jdavis]

I saw a red carpet interview with I guess the producer or the director and they went on and on about the "based on Ed Gien" bit. They were talking about how much scarier that made it because it was a "true" story. I had to laugh.

 

[Kai Lord]

I saw a red carpet interview with I guess the producer or the director and they went on and on about the "based on Ed Gien" bit. They were talking about how much scarier that made it because it was a "true" story. I had to laugh.

It was probably producer Michael Bay, the guy who directed Pearl Harbor, Armaggedon, and Bad Boys I and II. When I first heard that he was attached to a TCM remake I couldn't imagine what could be worse.

But don't let his name or the admittedly misleading marketing taint the film. Bay didn't direct the picture, thank God. Didn't you see the trailer? It had the coolest preview of the year, aside from ROTK of course.

You can check it out here: http://www.killermovies.com/t/thetexaschainsawmassacre/articles/3276.html

Don't get me wrong, lately trailers have been exceedingly deceiving about what's good and what's bad, but this was a film that delivered IMO. I just couldn't resist commenting on Kill Bill again because of the ridiculously hypocritical comparisons made by Ebert.

 

[jdavis]

Was just looking at some of the Ed Gein stuff and I ran across a documentary called Ed Gein American Maniac which I remembered seeing (I think it was on the tape witht he movie Deranged a friend of mine had). They had old super 8 and still footage of Ed Gein's home and crime scene footage, it was some pretty creepy stuff to see. It's one thing to see this kind of stuff as a movie prop and another thing to see pictures of his actual "collection".

 

[jdavis]

It was probably producer Michael Bay, the guy who directed Pearl Harbor, Armaggedon, and Bad Boys I and II. When I first heard that he was attached to a TCM remake I couldn't imagine what could be worse.

But don't let his name or the admittedly misleading marketing taint the film. Bay didn't direct the picture, thank God. Didn't you see the trailer? It had the coolest preview of the year, aside from ROTK of course.

You can check it out here: http://www.killermovies.com/t/thetexaschainsawmassacre/articles/3276.html

Don't get me wrong, lately trailers have been exceedingly deceiving about what's good and what's bad, but this was a film that delivered IMO. I just couldn't resist commenting on Kill Bill again because of the ridiculously hypocritical comparisons made by Ebert.

I sort of liked the trailer (my wife thought it looked really good). But the creaking and the odd music and the buzzing fly sounds reminded me of Cabin Fever, and if you hadn't noticed I still haven't gotten over how bad it was. I'm sure I'll end up seeing it regardless of what Ebert says (it's not like I got much of a choice) but rest assured that if it sucks I'll be back here to grind it into the dirt.

 

[Pielorinho]

Why on earth would Ebert be hypocritical about Kill Bill? He has nothing to gain from saying he liked the movie. Credibility? Pshaw -- this is the man who went on and on about how much he liked Episode 1. He could give two flips about credibility.

He liked the one movie and disliked the other, and he wrote two essays explaining why. The fact that they were both violent is immaterial: a violent movie is not intrinsically good nor intrinsically bad.

It is possible, Kai Lord, for intelligent, sincere people to disagree about the value of a work of art. No need to go shrilly about Ebert's integrity.

Daniel

 

[Pants]

It is possible, Kai Lord, for intelligent, sincere people to disagree about the value of a work of art. No need to go shrilly about Ebert's integrity.

It is?!
I've been living a lie...

 

[Nightfall]

Well Rush's football commentary was fairly accurate, even if his reasoning was stupid.

Well maybe so. But I still hold to that.

Pants, I disagree with you all the time. So far we haven't killed each other have we?

 

[Kai Lord]

Why on earth would Ebert be hypocritical about Kill Bill? He has nothing to gain from saying he liked the movie. Credibility? Pshaw -- this is the man who went on and on about how much he liked Episode 1. He could give two flips about credibility.

He liked the one movie and disliked the other, and he wrote two essays explaining why. The fact that they were both violent is immaterial: a violent movie is not intrinsically good nor intrinsically bad.

Considering the complete irrelevance of anything in your post concerning my comments about Ebert's review its obvious you didn't follow anything I said but that's cool, you obviously wanted to use your own mischaracterizations as a platform to launch into this:

It is possible, Kai Lord, for intelligent, sincere people to disagree about the value of a work of art.

Really? I mean, you're like, serious? Gee thanks. I'll try and make a note the next time someone rips on a film for featuring dismemberment, brutality, and fetishes it must mean they "sincerely and intelligently" just prefer films like Kill Bill, which have none of that.

And here I thought "hypocrisy" meant:

hy·poc·ri·sy ( P ) Pronunciation Key (h-pkr-s)
n. pl. hy·poc·ri·sies
The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

 

[Oni]

I'll try and make a note the next time someone rips on a film for featuring dismemberment, brutality, and fetishes it must mean they "sincerely and intelligently" just prefer films like Kill Bill, which have none of that.

And here I thought "hypocrisy" meant:

hy·poc·ri·sy ( P ) Pronunciation Key (h-pkr-s)
n. pl. hy·poc·ri·sies
The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

So let me this straight. Ebert liked Kill Bill and hated Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and because they both happen to be violent movies he is a hypocrit. However you like Texas Chainsaw Massacre and hated Kill Bill and your not? The fact that he loved one and hated the other and you just the opposite should be a pretty good indicator of an obvious style difference, so it seems pretty clear that it's justifiable and not a bit hypocritical to to say one is good and the other bad. It isn't exactly an uncommon opinion anyway, if you look around you'll see that the large majority of the reviews for Kill Bill are positive, and most of the reviews for Texas Chainsaw Massacre were negative. Does this mean that the majority of reviewers are hypocrits, or that Kill Bill is a more appealing and pleasing movie to a larger audience?

 

[dave_o]

SNIP!

I can say but one thing -- owned.