*POSSIBLE SPOILERS (duh, gtfo a message board if you haven't seen the movie, but saying this anyway so I don't get deleted)
Very Bad Things is a movie I will keep coming back to. For me, it hit me at the deepest point... if I was to do something like what the characters did, I would experience the same fear, guilt, and panic they did.
Christian Slater's character I hated and respected at the same time. I hated him because he killed everyone to get rid of his problems, but I respected him because he did whatever it took to get ahead in life... something that America has lost and the reason that the dollar continues to decline. See There Will be Blood for another example of where American people had the edge and cut throat attitude to be the best, but now is silenced by a bunch of liberal p**sies.
That being said, Very Bad Things played on my deepest fears and to me was quite plausible. To me the movie was not a comedy, although some parts I found truly hilarious, namely the ending and Cameron Diaz's character.
Very Bad Things is a TRUE dark comedy. The events and characters go so far beyond belief that it's hilarious; however, the word DARK needs to be thrown in, because while it's funny, it's also at the same time quite serious and something that will touch every individual in a different way. To me, it was a drama/horror film. To others it can be a comedy because they can't see this happening or consider the plot so far fetched it's a waste of time.
Unfortunately, you never see movies like this anymore. Hangover was good, but forgettable, I'll never watch it again. Very Bad Things I would easily tune into again - of which I've done numerous times already.
That's not a preference really, it's just intelligence (trust me I hate bringing this into a movie but it's true) and general morals playing into a film vs. a mind shutting off for 1 1/2 hours.
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JohnnyKoyaanisqatsi
15 years ago
I agree with dakotadevil.I got A few slight heheh moments out of the hangover.So without any hype I would have just called it a below average comedy but F king hell the hype surrounding it would make you hate it because it really is not that funny.I mean the asian dude was just annoying not funny.Mike Tyson couldn't even act as HIMSELF!!! Heather graham was *beep* music was *beep* tiger thing could have been funny but I hated the characters reactions to it.Then you have the obligatory zany character I forget his name.You know who I mean,the beardy dude.Lets just throw in a character who will say things that dickheads in the audience who are easily impressed or offended will say "Oh my God did he just SAY that?" Okay humour is largely a matter of taste but I can't help complaining about this so called hilarious movie.I did like the photos at the end though fair enough.You can just imagine the studio heads in production crossing off the the requirements for this *beep* brand of comedy
Very bad things always impresses me and never gets stale.(It ripped off a lesser known movie called stag but I think it really outdid it) My favorite bit has to be when Boyd starts preaching in the car and pulls over and the groom is screaming Whats your POOOIIINNNTTTTTT???
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ecam12
15 years ago
The Hangover is a VERY FUNNY comedy, perhaps the funniest of recent memory. I do not mind at all that is won Best Picture Comedy/Musical. However, even though it is a very different movie than Very Bad Things, VBT still wins as a better comedy, better bachelor party movie, better Vegas movie, and better movie overall.
Don't get me wrong, The Hangover is still hilarious, but it is no Wedding Crashers per say (in which Bradley Cooper portrayed legendary movie villain Sack Lodge). VBT is better, but that takes nothing away from the value or success of The Hangover.
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CptHowdy87
9 years ago
Christian Slater's character I hated and respected at the same time. I hated him because he killed everyone to get rid of his problems, but I respected him because he did whatever it took to get ahead in life... something that America has lost and the reason that the dollar continues to decline. See There Will be Blood for another example of where American people had the edge and cut throat attitude to be the best, but now is silenced by a bunch of liberal p**sies.
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?
You think people like the characters Christian Slater and Daniel Day-Lewis portrayed in Very Bad Things and There Will Be Blood should be aspired and looked up to? Doing whatever it takes to get ahead in life and not caring who you hurt along the way is the exact opposite of how one should live their life. Only a sociopath would think that way.
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