Austinist: New Movie Releases: Babies, Bandits, Bullets and Blood

guest

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:21:59 -0600

I thought the running gag of a carrot as a weapon was funny. The audience seemed as divided as the critics on this one - half really enjoying themselves and laughing out loud, half scowling and grimacing through the entire movie.

guest

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:41:25 -0600

HA HA!

guest

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:23:49 -0600

#4, it's common courtesy to applaud something you appreciate when it's being presented to you for free, as this screening was. The director was there, the Drafthouse & Fantastic Fest staff were there...why wouldn't you applaud it if you liked it? Don't be a douche.

guest

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:56:04 -0600

HA!

guest

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:40:17 -0600

"little applause?" Who the fuck appluads at a movie anyway? Can the people on screen really hear you?

Bre

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:43:12 -0600

mmmmm Christian Bale...

guest

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 07:36:02 -0600

I saw Shoot'Em Up at the Drafthouse preview last week, but I'm not drinking the fanboy Kool-Aid on this one, sorry to say. The audience wasn't really that into it, either, at least not anyone in the back rows of the theatre; lots of grumbling and little applause. The movie is beyond moronic and wears out its welcome within the first 25 minutes, leaving you with nothing to do but stare at your watch for the remaining 55 minutes wincing at all the lame dialogue, badly choreographed violence, and the number of times Clive Owen uses a carrot (!?!) to maim and kill someone. It's just not worth the effort. If you want some dumb violent fun, go see Hatchet instead.

guest

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:47:05 -0600

I saw Shoot'Em Up at the preview last week, and it was freakin' great. Be prepared for the fact(s) that it's more of a comedy than a legitimate action movie - it's OK to laugh out loud at the stupid one liners and unbelievable murders, that the gapping plot holes are so many, and so dumb (the baby is born prewashed, for example) it often threatens to destroy the mood, that you will see one of the best sex scenes in recent memory, that the director really pushes that R rating, that this 90 minute film has over 100 separate deaths. I enjoyed myself so much, I'm thinking about seeing it again.