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Post by petrolino on Jun 8, 2019 12:57:13 GMT
The Devil's Rejects is still my favorite, despite being a sequel to House of 1000 Corpses, which I found silly and annoying. I might need to see it again to see if I still think that. Found my old CD copy of the Mission:Impossible 2 soundtrack last week and Rob Zombie's Scum of the Earth came on as I was barreling down the highway, love that tune, hadn't heard it in ages.
I'm on the same page regarding 'House Of 1000 Corpses', though I'm prepared for a rewatch with a third 'Firefly' installment on the way. I feel Zombie came on leaps and bounds as a film director after this slipshod debut; was probably wise to surround himself with experienced, hand-picked technicians like cinematographer Phil Parmet and art director Anton Tremblay.
Stomping tune filled with doom.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Jun 10, 2019 17:33:57 GMT
The Devil's Rejects is still my favorite, despite being a sequel to House of 1000 Corpses, which I found silly and annoying. I might need to see it again to see if I still think that. Found my old CD copy of the Mission:Impossible 2 soundtrack last week and Rob Zombie's Scum of the Earth came on as I was barreling down the highway, love that tune, hadn't heard it in ages.
I'm on the same page regarding 'House Of 1000 Corpses', though I'm prepared for a rewatch with a third 'Firefly' installment on the way. I feel Zombie came on leaps and bounds as a film director after this slipshod debut; was probably wise to surround himself with experienced, hand-picked technicians like cinematographer Phil Parmet and art director Anton Tremblay.
Stomping tune filled with doom.
I sort of agree, bit his subsequent films have been extremely disappointing, with 31 being the most surprising. It really seemed like he would be in his element and thrive with that material as something of a showcase of his gleaned skills as a technical director, and it was really a failure in every department.
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Post by simest on Jun 10, 2019 18:42:01 GMT
I'm still not sure exactly what qualifications (if any) Rob holds as a film-maker.
It's as if he simply made enough contacts within the entertainment industry - as a successful musician - to engineer the opportunity to fulfill a harbored desire to churn out his own rehashes of movies like TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and THE HILLS HAVE EYES.
I don't think he can write a coherent script or dialogue and from what I've seen, his direction is erratic and wayward while his editing often quite chaotic. I don't pass this off as merely "his style" because for all the world it looks like the camera is in the hands of someone inexperienced and less than competent.
Of course, these are all just my personal observations based on the 4 movies of Rob's that I've viewed. Maybe some other films he's done better and I haven't caught up with those yet but so far - from what I've seen - his work looks exactly what it is...........movies directed by a singer.
There's a good reason why chefs don't fly airplanes.
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Post by petrolino on Jun 10, 2019 20:52:50 GMT
I'm still not sure exactly what qualifications (if any) Rob holds as a film-maker. It's as if he simply made enough contacts within the entertainment industry - as a successful musician - to engineer the opportunity to fulfill a harbored desire to churn out his own rehashes of movies like TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and THE HILLS HAVE EYES. I don't think he can write a coherent script or dialogue and from what I've seen, his direction is erratic and wayward while his editing often quite chaotic. I don't pass this off as merely "his style" because for all the world it looks like the camera is in the hands of someone inexperienced and less than competent. Of course, these are all just my personal observations based on the 4 movies of Rob's that I've viewed. Maybe some other films he's done better and I haven't caught up with those yet but so far - from what I've seen - his work looks exactly what it is...........movies directed by a singer. There's a good reason why chefs don't fly airplanes.
He might have observed some of White Zombie's music videos being made up close and thought, "Hey, I could do that." With his status in the music industry, he already had contacts and a marketable brand name. I know his passion for horror has endeared him to a lot of genre people and he's been able to gain access to some noted technicians from day one.
With the rapid rise of digital filmmaking and so many horror movies this century being shot for next to nothing, it feels like any tom, dick or harry can take a punt at it.
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