So I put this film on last night. I love dark comedies and was really excited about this film as it's the same director who did IN BRUGES and that is one of my favorite (dark) comedies ever made.
But I didn't find SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS funny. Holy sh*t does this film get gruesome. From close ups of people slitting their necks or being burnt alive; if you saw the movie then you know what I'm referring to. And it's this unexpected material in the film that made me take everything much too seriously and I began viewing it as some kind of twisted horror thriller. Especially once the 3 'friends' drive into the desert. I was thinking the whole time how unstable Billy is and that he'd kill everyone at that point.
I never thought that a dark comedy could become too dark, but I was proven wrong with this film. Sure, towards the beginning there were some bits where I'd crack a smile, yet it is not even close to peak McDonagh. The only things that allowed this film to be watchable were the stellar performances and the cinematography.
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Απάντηση από τον/την tmdb53400018
στις 13 Μάιος 2018 στις 05:04 ΕΊΜΑΙ
Well I honestly don't recall it being gross, but yeah, the film can't compete with In Bruges.
Απάντηση από τον/την Xsploit
στις 13 Μάιος 2018 στις 06:48 ΕΊΜΑΙ
i really enjoyed this movie (maybe not as much as in bruges but it was still pretty good)
Απάντηση από τον/την Xsploit
στις 13 Μάιος 2018 στις 06:53 ΕΊΜΑΙ
i fall out of love with directors quite often, for example what has aranofsky done thats any good in the past 10 years? tarantino is the only reliable one and now he is doing a star trek movie!? tarantino makes really weird casting choices that some how work, he cast channing tatum in the hateful eight ^ i actually really like the jump street movies and i think the dude was in high school musical or something shitty like that but i never though i would see him a tarantino movie
Απάντηση από τον/την Renovatio
στις 13 Μάιος 2018 στις 10:08 ΕΊΜΑΙ
well, it does have 'psychopath' in the title...
Απάντηση από τον/την Russ007
στις 13 Μάιος 2018 στις 10:34 ΕΊΜΑΙ
Spielberg is also on the mark most of the time.
I don't actually think Tarantino is going to be the ST director. I heard he's just in charge of writing the script (based off his own scheme). Maybe he'll produce it as well.
Απάντηση από τον/την Daddie0
στις 14 Μάιος 2018 στις 01:47 ΜΜ
I didn't find it all that much darker than other films of it's genre, including In Bruges. Reservoir Dogs comes to mind, which was much, much darker, but I guess it's all based on what you have seen to date.
Απάντηση από τον/την Russ007
στις 26 Μάιος 2018 στις 09:01 ΕΊΜΑΙ
It's been a while since I watched RESERVOIR DOGS, but I do recall it being pretty crazy I guess. Not close to being the darkest or most gruesome of films I've seen though.
Απάντηση από τον/την Jacinto Cupboard
στις 5 Δεκέμβριος 2021 στις 07:06 ΕΊΜΑΙ
I think the violence in this is so ridiculous it falls into the category of cartoon violence. I say this as someone who detests horror movies, and I'm not that keen on most 'thrillers' either. So I'm not coming from a place where I am inured to violence.
It's not especially funny and it feels like it was written in a weekend with about as much intelligence as the writer in the story. Which may or not be the point. But somehow it all manages to hang together in a way that is entertaining. I think the key to that is everything is so superficial, and well, stupid, that the movie doesn't waste any time going forward. I watched this after a series of wordy, tedious movies and it was a suitable antidote.
Kudos to the cast as well. Walken and the rest are brilliantly offbeat.
Απάντηση από τον/την JustinJackFlash
στις 5 Δεκέμβριος 2021 στις 12:24 ΜΜ
I remember watching this with such high expectations after In Bruges. I even laughed a fair bit in the first half but after a while I realised it just wasn't going anywhere. It was meandering and lacked purpose. And I guess that's intentional because it's supposed to be about writer's block and it's trying to be all self aware. But I didn't think it worked.