Repo: The Genetic Opera (2008) Who this stars isn't important but you'll want to know that Paris Hilton is in this but I didn't spot her until near the end which means she was heavily made-up and I'm a blind idiot or really does have a tiny part. No matter, this isn't about the stars, it's about the blood and singing of which there is plenty.
It's the future and a company that makes body organs has been allowed to repossess them when customers fall behind on payments. Let the madness ensue, and the cheesiness. The plot centers on the boss of the company who is dying, is three crazy children, the doctor/mass murderer who repossess the organs, the doc's daughter, and a love triangle involving a dead woman, the CEO and the doctor. A quick side note, the doctor's killing costume looks like the mad scientist dad from "Invader Zim." Wicked.
It should be stated early on that this isn't a bad movie. It's so over the top and crazy that it should be much much worse than it is, but it isn't bad. It isn't good but the music is desent and the acting is fine but it felt like a movie that people would make up if they wanted to satarize something, not create as a serious piece of art, which I'm relatively certain this is. This is art, not parady or a social commentary, so I believe. I didn't watch the DVD commentary so maybe I'm really wrong.
This is a musical, so if you don't like 'em, you'll hate this, if you like them, then you'll like the music, although again, the lyrics sound like someone is making a joke, not serious art, but they are sung well, and the actors are all fine, so no problems there. There's money so this has a polished 'A' movie feel. There's a lot blood but this isn't a snuff film so no squeamish scenes.
The problem or its saving grace is the oddness of it all. I was torn between wanting to laugh and not laughing, art or sarcasm. I didn't know how to feel which is maybe why this movie works. Perhaps I'm an idiot and over analyzing a movie that should be analyzed at all and just enjoyed or maybe it does work on many different levels and I'm an idiot for not seeing it clearly. Either way, the movie was weird and deserving of a birth into the pantheon of cult movies. Watch out midnight movies, here comes Repo: The Genetic Opera.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
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