 "If you don't get it, you don't get it." | 2009-07-27 |
| - Reviewed By User: A6KYP46ZQVWB2 |
So. Here we have David Cronenberg's "Naked Lunch." I'm only writing this as a response to all the stuck up, conservative snobs who claim this as a piece of trash. Jeeze people, if you take the time to do a little research before you watch a movie, like checking out the trailer for instance, you can already get a good idea of whether or not this piece of entertainment would really be up your alley. I've seen the trailer, and it suggests as much as the movie actually travels. So you can complain about wasting 100+ minutes of your time, when it's just your own fault.
On to the actual movie. The film does a great job of putting you IN the story. Yes, it's one of those kinds of movies. Where you are, exactly, is some pseudo-fifties time period. All of the strange parts of the film are hallucinations by the main character, never is it implied that these are real, existing landmarks. The farther into the film you get, it's purposefully made more difficult to separate fact from fiction (in his mind.) Again, this movie does a great job of messing with your head on multiple levels. Especially the way it takes real experiences from the author (William S. Burroughs) and mixes them with these disturbing visions induced by a crazed lust for drugs and sex. I'm not a fan of everything David Cronenberg has done, and Videodrome was just sorta boring to me. But this film is probably the best of it's type, and definitely the most intelligent script I've seen in a while.
Warning: There is sex, death, drug use, and disturbing images/ideas. If you can't watch this all with a straight face and mature countenance, if you have to be stoned to watch films where you have to use the brain you don't have to make sense of anything, if you're a christian, conservative, republican, senior citizen, or all of the above, who feels the need to put yourself on a pedestal and only watch movies that remind you of that one time you never took a chance for the better in your life, than this film is not for you.
Except for the stoners, maybe. Sure, if you've got a huge bowl and 5 or 6 friends to share it with, pop this in. But only if you can enjoy it on it's own as well, otherwise you don't deserve the pleasure it bestows.
Acting: A+ (Everyone plays their part well)
Special Effects: A- (A+ for the time though)
Sounds/Music: A+ (Effectively quirky, creepy)
Story: A+ (A truly unique fusion of Autobiography and Science Fiction)
Overall: A+++
Once more. If you can put aside pretentiousness, and have an iron stomach, this is worth all your time and money. If not, stick to that disappointing Indiana Jones sequel. |
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 "oh no" | 2009-06-26 |
| - Reviewed By User: A251RTCP33T89X |
| I really did not enjoy this item. Having never read the classic, I thought I could shortcut the process with the movie version. Although the delivery, pricing, etc. were all swell, I just couldn't get myself to benefit from whatever I was expecting of the story's contents. It' just too abstract and rambling for me. |
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| "Awesome" | 2009-03-26 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2BCF30ZT519RF |
| A really great movie. Just make sure you pay very close attention and follow the movie carefully. |
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| "Creepy Goodness" | 2009-01-08 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1TXNKGFY855VW |
| Probably my runner up behind Kurosawa. Cronenberg's work is amazing. The tangibility of them is what hit's home for me. The schitzophrenic undertones don't hurt either. |
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 "Too (odd)vante-garde for me" | 2008-06-15 |
| - Reviewed By momandpopsherman |
Conspiring monster bugs. . .ejaculating typewriters. . .inter-zone intrigue. . .
As a statement on addiction--interesting.
As a statement on writing--interesting.
As entertainment--duh?
Well-acted, well-made, but just, at times, so flat-out weird that it makes it, well--not enjoyable.
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| "One of the best movies ever!!" | 2008-04-05 |
| - Reviewed By User: AJ1NNJ2DIE2MS |
If you're not a fan of the absurd, surreal, or bizarre, you will not like this. But if you are, Cronenberg created a genre defining film with "Naked Lunch." It is every bit as Bohemian as Borroughs intended, and every bit as nightmarish, as you expext from Cronenberg. In this story, the main character's art and addictions manifest physically and begin to control him in ways he couldn't imagine.... Excellant!
FYI- If you read the commentary by William S. Borroughs, included in the insert, it will make you appreciate Cronenberg's vision 10 fold! |
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