I gotta keep you chained to this radiator to heal ya, hellcat!

Aug 09, 2007 21:26

I just watched Black Snake Moan. It was pretty funny. It's basically about a nymphomaniac (Christina Ricci) who falls off the monogamy wagon after her beau (Justin Timberlake) heads to the army.

So, after literally going into heat, she skanks around, does some Oxycontin, plays naked football, etc. Then her boyfriend's pal ends up leaving her for dead on a road and Samuel L. Jackson, recently 'dumped' himself (by his wife for his brother), takes her prisoner. His name is Lazarus, and he sings gospel and blues to help heal her of her sudden sexual panic attacks. hot!

There's some choice lines like 'you and me both know the best cure for the blues is some good p***y!' and 'You here for cough drops or condoms?'

Christina Ricci is wearing not much more than a chain for the first third of the movie. There's a scene where a teenage kid walks in on her chained to the radiator and she rips off her shirt, grabs him, and slams the door shut with her leg. It's like Showgirls set in Mississippi!!!

Laz, meanwhile, falls in love, and Christina goes to see his first blues concert in a while, and Justin comes back and gets mad and stuff.

In the end I learned that... the writer/director tracked down this child actress from Escape from Witch Mountain to play Christina's white trash mama! There's a great scene where Christina rightfully puts the smack down on her evil mother at the grocery store. But, after starting out by whacking her in the face with the business end of a mop, she ends up just grabbing loaves of bread to fling at her. Shoot, it started out so good, too! Oh, well...

Anyway, it's pretty funny at times and just plain weird. This is like Grindhouse with a moral lesson!

movies, pop culture

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