Seven Psychopaths
We're not very regular about it, but my friends and I really love gofobo.com, because getting into pre-screenings for free is way better than paying theater prices for a movie :D Obviously we don't often get the big blockbusters that way, but last week we were scrolling through and nabbed passes to Seven Psychopaths. I'd only seen one brief preview, so my investment in it was mostly just that it looked somewhat fun, if not quite my usual type of movie, and that I liked a number of the actors (Colin Farrell mmmmmm).
But it was really really great! I don't want to spoil it because it was rather twisty and turny, but I liked that it managed to be that sort of dark humor shoot-em-up movie that I anticipated while still doing something novel. Particularly, I loved how surprisingly and essentially (and openly, and very humorously) meta it was. It definitely tried to excuse its own problems by acknowledging them internally, which isn't really an excuse at all, but it had some poignancy to it and I appreciated that it was there at all. It was just surprisingly aware, given the genre, and it was nice to get the shock of a fairly big name movie admitting to audiences that it's alright to be critical and to expect more out of it. They still didn't give us what I might want out of my media, but, again, it was just a surprising added depth that I appreciated.
So, I think I recommend it! Very fun, pretty thoughtful, and one of the few funny-gory type movies that I've come away from actually liking and wanting to talk about, as opposed to just being underwhelmed or annoyed.
But it was really really great! I don't want to spoil it because it was rather twisty and turny, but I liked that it managed to be that sort of dark humor shoot-em-up movie that I anticipated while still doing something novel. Particularly, I loved how surprisingly and essentially (and openly, and very humorously) meta it was. It definitely tried to excuse its own problems by acknowledging them internally, which isn't really an excuse at all, but it had some poignancy to it and I appreciated that it was there at all. It was just surprisingly aware, given the genre, and it was nice to get the shock of a fairly big name movie admitting to audiences that it's alright to be critical and to expect more out of it. They still didn't give us what I might want out of my media, but, again, it was just a surprising added depth that I appreciated.
So, I think I recommend it! Very fun, pretty thoughtful, and one of the few funny-gory type movies that I've come away from actually liking and wanting to talk about, as opposed to just being underwhelmed or annoyed.