Mikey Moore for Supper, or, Some Cannibals Ain’t All That Bad...

Me | 15 AUG 04 | Long Cut

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Seeing this film was an experience in endurance. However, in the current climate, I was struck by the parallels to Michael Moore.

The movie Cannibal Holocaust's website may be acessed by clicking here. Reviews are widely available online, both pro and con. I only ask that NO images be posted here from it.

Discussion?

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A ping to the STOMP list! This film wasn't so fun, however. it wasn't meant to be.

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PING!!!

My own little attack on Moore. Break out the ketchup and send him to the Amazon!!!

[asgardshill]

My own little attack on Moore. Break out the ketchup and send him to the Amazon!!!

What did the cannibals ever do to you to wish them an early death from clogged arteries? If you're going to send Moore over there, at least send them some Lipitor to wash him down with.

[TheBigB]

Ummm...I think I'll stick with my DVD of THE PRINCESS DIARIES. Thanks anyhoo. :)

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Whatever works! I was in a particularly mad mood this weekend. Got chewed out by the Chief last week. I figured I needed a catharsis. It helped to unleash it on Moore, since the film placed him square in the crosshairs.

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It's a risk I'm willing to take. They looked pretty healthy in the movie. I'd guess they can handle a Mooreburger or two.

[TheBigB]

As you say, whatever works. I am not a big fan of excessive bloodletting, which is why I avoid things such as LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, CH, I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE, and any Red Sox games. ;)

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If you haven't guessed, I see some WEIRD movies. I never claimed to be normal...

[TheBigB]

I never would have guessed. ;) Altho', your 'Zilla fandom gives you a pass on that, in my book.

[Army Air Corps]

Indeed, the storyline is very close to the gestalt of every MM film mide since Roger and Me to F/911. Gross distortions committed for personal gain and aggrandisement. More is a feckless crapweasel as well as the slime that feeds on the fungus that putrifies at the bottom of a sludgeheap.

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What's interesting is, I can watch the standard horror movies no sweat...the bloodletting is all part of what you KNOW is a tongue-in-cheek WORK, which everyone's in on.

CH was different, as it wasn't some slasher or zombie flick. The "villains" were presented as people you'd see anywhere, young people in their early 20's, and the situations were all played straight. No humor, no comic relief at all. The "found footage" segments were even jerky and scratched, as if filmed with a 16mm hand-held camera. It added to the realism.

The makeup guy was a genius, too.

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If Moore knows about CH, he sure doesn't want people to see it now. You can't help but think of him if you view it.

[blarneystone]

In that case you need to see Pink Flamingos

Probably tame compared to CH though

[TheBigB]

The "villains" were presented as people you'd see anywhere, young people in their early 20's, and the situations were all played straight.

One of the most insightful comments about horror in films was made by...well, I can't recall who. But he said that to truly horrify, there must be an element of the familiar (I supose to make the viewer more able to see himself/herself in the same position).

As an example, he said to imagine coming face to face with a bearded, red-eyed, fanged monster in your kitchen eating your dog alive.

Now imagine putting your Mom in place of the monster, doing the same thing.

Eeyuck.

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Hey, I like most obscure, B-grade movies. I first heard about CH and like pictures online, and it was spoken of so strongly by all who reviewed it that I HAD to take a look. Unfortunately, there was NO way Blockbuster or Movie Gallery was going to have a copy.

So, just recently here in Brunswick, a little privately-run DVD only rental place opens up...Bart & Greg's DVD Explosion. They stock everything you won't find at BB, plus everything you will. Foreign, US, it doesn't matter. They had CH (which they warned me about before renting), as well as lots of other interesting movies, not so strong. I'll be spending a dollar or two there.

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Saw it. Disgusting as hell, but not even in the same league. I'm serious, CH is in a class by itself.

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" Now imagine putting your Mom in place of the monster, doing the same thing..."

That IS a great description! Peter Jackson, of LOTR fame, thought so too. He had an almost identical scene in his early zombie movie, Dead Alive.

[ExSoldier]

Well...maybe a new Faces of Death will be made starring our favorite liberals.....

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" Moore is a feckless crapweasel as well as the slime that feeds on the fungus that putrifies at the bottom of a sludgeheap..."

Aw, c'mon...tell us how you REALLY feel!

I'm sure the cannibals could plate him up, with some A-1 and some Emeril's Essence.