tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post8496892079104112624..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Blaxploitastic!SJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-25594002804295811252020-09-18T09:19:18.022-05:002020-09-18T09:19:18.022-05:00Exactly! The issue here isn't the problems wit...Exactly! The issue here isn't the problems with low-rent filmmaking. The wonder of the film is that it got made at all.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-71969854142169677842020-09-17T10:17:58.921-05:002020-09-17T10:17:58.921-05:00Yeah, that is about it. The amateurish elements a ...Yeah, that is about it. The amateurish elements a forgiven considering what we do get. The style Peeples went for is deliberately rustic, making a virtue out of its deficiencies and paid off TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-63106261719878684772013-11-15T11:14:26.928-06:002013-11-15T11:14:26.928-06:00This is a film like Evil Dead in that respect. You...This is a film like <i>Evil Dead</i> in that respect. You forgive the production values and focus on the filmmaking behind it.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-9220079559490081082013-11-15T10:04:57.372-06:002013-11-15T10:04:57.372-06:00I can't exactly recall what I expected having ...I can't exactly recall what I expected having read a bit about the sketchy production values, though admittedly I was curious to see what all the fuss was about. It is, definitely one of a kind, kitschy and definitely worth a repeated viewing. Klaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05006608076041962884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-41129820167738206352013-11-11T22:50:46.937-06:002013-11-11T22:50:46.937-06:00That may be the case. I've heard the same thin...That may be the case. I've heard the same thing.<br /><br />I was mildly shocked at how much I liked this. It's not one I'd watch with the kids, but I would watch it again.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-81705891836807629422013-11-11T22:42:50.161-06:002013-11-11T22:42:50.161-06:00I liked the chase section of the film a lot more t...I liked the chase section of the film a lot more than the parts that led up to it, and overall I gave this film 3 stars. I was kind of surprised at the amount of action since I knew it was a low budget effort. I shouldn't have been after having seen films like El Mariachi many years before, but I was.<br /><br />In regards to the sex maybe being real I read afterwards that in order to avoid having to use expensive union workers for the filmmaking Van Peebles told everyone he was making a porno instead. Maybe he used that as an excuse to have a little fun (until the infection, of course.)Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.com