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22 out of 34 people found the following review useful:
A movie that had the balls to be made in this area, 16 November 2005
Author:
topthugla from United States
I have read some of these comments on this website ad please do not be fooled by some of the reviews. was at The Chicago screening and it was amazing everyone loved it. The person was a small minority if at all he or she was even there. Be warned there are lot of people that do not want you to see this movie. Because it questions everything the government does not want you to question!!!! What you are reading ( the negative reviews) are people trying to stop this movie from being seen. Please make up your own mind if you have enough sense. It is beyond John Waters, beyond anything you can believe and the cast is just the icing on the top. And for all you right wingers on this site trying to do damage on this site please go somewhere else...See this movie it is heartfelt, sleazy, funny and a laugh riot!!!
14 out of 23 people found the following review useful:
Brilliant Pop Culture Satire, 28 June 2005
Author:
gnrationfo from United States
I'm one of the lucky few who has seen this film. Although it may frighten the meek, this film is full of pop culture and social satire that borders on genius. From the opening musical homage to Paul Schrader's "Patty Hearst" to all the familiar faces of those Bass/Rankin claymation holiday specials that made you feel drug induced as a child. But the most memorable thing is the portrayal of The Brady Bunch from Hell..The Manson Family. The voice talents of many well known musicians give there all to bring this Macabre musical to life. John Roecker has done his research well and slips in many symbolic messages in the film that will make people take a second look at the world around them, while flashy and fun..evil can just be around the corner. This film is destined to be looked at for a long time just like John Water's Pink Flamingo has. This is a film that has a lot to say...once you're over the shock of nearly havin a heart attack watching it..you're gonna wanna talk about it !
3 out of 3 people found the following review useful:
what happened here?, 6 May 2007
Author:
DarkDraven3 from United States
When someone comes up to you and tells you there is a claymation musical about the Manson murders you have a certain expectation built up by the time you actually track the movie down. for me that expectation was that i would be watching an irreverent dark comedy farce containing humorously gory puppet death and at the least some palpable music. sadly the only part of that sentence that holds true is the farce. the movie plays like a bad art school project from a far to pompous student body. the music was bland at best and gratingly annoying at worst. the portrayal of the characters mad absolutely no sense. the Sharon Tate character was possibly the most annoying performance ever captured on any media ever and as if that wern't bad enough, they have the gal to allow her to continue talking even after decapitation. let me say that again to get the point across. you will find yourself waiting and eventually begging for this character to be killed to silence her poorly written and voiced rants. it finally happens. she is killed along with her equally annoying friends and as your are about to slip into a joyous tirade at the prospect of never hearing that voice again... the severed heads start talking, and continue talking far longer than necessary. when the creators of the film express their confusion and distaste for what they have made on the commentary of their own film, you know you have witnessed something beyond the bouds of bad cinema. in spite of all that i have said i fully encourage you, the reader, to see this movie. by no means should you purchase it! simply view it in a quiet room. it is a life experience that no one should miss. afterwards jump in the shower, cleanse your body of its taint and go to bed knowing that you have looked into the void and you never have to do it again.
3 out of 3 people found the following review useful:
A Fun and Morbid Idea, Great Cast, Horrible Execution, 19 December 2006
Author:
gavin6942 from United States
In the distant future, life as we know it has been completely wiped
out. Man is hungry for answers... and one day when a book -- "Helter
Skelter" -- is found, some answers are given. Just maybe not the right
answers.
I am unclear how the people in the future connect to the primary story,
a claymation retelling of the Charles Manson story. The suggestion is
that reading the book would make them think Manson was a god, but the
book would actually do quite the opposite. So I'm confused.
And also, we have some of the biggest names in modern "punk" music:
Billie Joe Armstrong, Tim Armstrong (no relation), Davey Havok. We have
Kelly Osbourne and Sean Yseult. We have the erection-inducing Asia
Argento. For those of us who like these people, this film would seem to
be one of the greatest things to happen. It's not.
The story is told in a bland manner, the claymation is poorly done. The
songs are lame and carry on for too long. You would expect the music to
be the selling point, but it's not. And for some reason all the names
have been changed to things with the letter H: "Charles Hanson", "Susan
Hatkins", "Hex Watson"... it's pointless and stupid.
The best scene involves a group of The Family in a dumpster exchanging
quips with Sharon Tate and her gay hairdresser. Another memorable scene
is the claymation sex scene, which starts out shocking and funny but
gets drawn out. People who liked "Team America" might like this, but I
didn't think it was that outstanding.
How to make this film better: get better music, cut out the future
story and just tell the Manson epic in a unique way (which is already
done thanks to clay). Films shouldn't make you say to yourself, "I can
do this so much better", but that's how I felt about this junk.
My interest in Charles Manson was dealt a blow from this mediocre
adaptation. If you're like me, you'll know it's awful but watch it
anyway. But I hope you're not like me.
10 out of 17 people found the following review useful:
Stops being shocking or funny after about ten minutes - and there's an hour to go, 29 January 2006
Author:
adam1117 from Chicago
I saw a midnight screening of this movie in Chicago last night, and had to fight very hard to stay awake. The idea of a remarkably vulgar stop motion musical about Charles Manson isn't such a bad one in and of itself, and there's about a ten minute stretch after the opening sequence that's really quite funny. However, once the novelty of seeing explicit puppet sex wears off, it's not shocking, it's not offensive, it's not subversive, and and it's not funny - it's just boring, and there's a good hour left to go. Once you've established that the real agenda is to shock and offend by any means necessary, it's hard to find anything really offensive. One or two of the songs is kinda catchy, in that "here's a show tune written by the drama teacher from the local high school," Guffman-esquire sort of way, but most are instantly forgettable. About the only thing to break the monotony of puppets trying their hardest to be shocking and offensive is when they take breaks to let Charlie do some ranting - and then it's even more boring. The movie even jokes about how dull Manson's rants would get, but makes you sit through them anyway. The live action sequences from the 31st century at the beginning and end seem pointless - could the guy in them even read in the first place? Would he sit through all of Helter Skelter if he could? I'm not sure which kind of people are going to get a thrill out of this - some might see Manson's scenes and feel really rebellious, like they're questioning authority and "seeing something they don't WANT me to see." Who's the "they," exactly, that would find this so threatening? While there's a segment of the population that will always be ready to object to people seeing violent and/or naked puppets, you can disturb those people just as much by watching CNN - and that would be a much better way to spend your time than watching puppets try to offend you.
2 out of 2 people found the following review useful:
Edit out 75% and release as a short...might be great then, 11 July 2007
Author:
Hobgoblin5271 from United States
I had high hopes for this one. A stop action animated film about the
Manson murders? Hell yes. Unfortunately after 10 minutes you realize
that the creative forces behind this film bit off far too much for them
to chew. I have a basic sense of what Mr. Roecker was striving for, and
it's a shame that the richness of the ideas didn't have a chance to be
properly realized here. The concept that history isn't always what
happened, but how people perceive what happened is an important and
mind-blowing concept to lot's of folks – however, I doubt many will
walk away from "Live Freaky…" with much more than a headache and a
strong sense of wasting 75 minutes. The "outrageous shockiness" of
seeing puppets do things that puppets normally don't do on screen wears
off after the scene in which Charlie is introduced, the songs sound
like they were written during the car ride to the recording session,
and the voice acting is atrocious. I can't totally blame the actors,
though. The script could have used some serious editing.
Very disappointing, considering the caliber of the folks involved with
this project.
3 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
See it if you want, 28 January 2006
Author:
outofplaceimage from United States
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
If you want to see this movie you should go ahead and see it. After
seeing it I wouldn't suggest wasting your time with it. Someone posted
a review saying that bad reviews are from people that don't want you to
see it. All I can say is that I'm just offering my opinion on the
movie.
Yes it does have some elements of questioning authority, but is carried
out very weakly. That's not the reason why I didn't like it personally.
I found it rather boring. At times I thought about leaving, because it
was so boring.
People saying it goes beyond John Waters are right, but being someone
that likes John Waters I was greatly disappointed. Almost all the jokes
seem to be variations of the same jokes told repeatedly one after the
other. I laughed a few times, but that didn't make up for the rest of
the film.
Another repetitive element is the songs. They begin funny but just end
up being just as repetitive as the jokes. The chorus of the song is
repeated more times than I could stand personally.
It's not too offensive. At least to me it wasn't. Cartoons on adult
swim are probably more offensive than this movie is. Many gay jokes
that are told might be offensive if you are gay. Other than that if
you're wanting to see this film you've probably heard all the jokes
already.
11 out of 21 people found the following review useful:
ehh... not what I expected, 26 August 2005
Author:
pilgrimskrew from United States
I saw this movie at the Chicago Underground Film Festival and must admit that the movie was a big disappointment from what I expected. I figured with the stars involved in this it would have been a little more tasteful. I mean I'm not the type to be offended by movies but this thing was over the top and just made the movie not as enjoyable. That being said it does have its share of quotable, funny lines; which are a nice thing I guess. I'm not a film buff by any means... but I'm a huge fan of Green Day and maybe I'm biased but Billie Joe was the best part of this movie. And his opening song was just so catchy and I can't wait for the soundtrack to be released.
14 out of 27 people found the following review useful:
Trying too hard, 19 August 2005
Author:
amateur16 from United States
It's easy to see why some of the animators flaked out on director John
Roecker. Once you see what a pile of crap you're devoting your time to,
how can your work seem worth it? Don't be surprised when you see this
DVD on the discount racks at Hot Topic. Once you see the cast list, it
is apparent that this film was tailor made for the mall-punks who
clamor to buy clothing with pre-inserted safety pins that don't open.
But indeed the vocal performances are the only reason to sit through
this annoying little movie. The cast list is impressive--impressive
enough to lure in the curious before they demand their money back.
The program notes for the Chicago Underground Film Festival inform the
audience that every line in the film is calculated to offend. It
actually should have read "mis-calculated to offend." Every joke misses
the mark and most end up being really lame. I almost felt embarrassed
for everyone involved. It's really hard to be offended by something
that's obviously trying WAY too hard to offend. I get the feeling that
Roecker was the kid in your classroom who uncontrollably blurted out
random bits of unfunny, snickering to himself while everyone else wish
he'd just shut up.
There's no doubt that people will be lining up to see this. I'd also
wager that most who do will walk away disappointed. Does this film push
boundaries? Yes. But that doesn't mean that it doesn't suck.
No Way Jose. All Shocking, All Disturbing, All Violent And All Done With Puppets And Stop Motion., 12 October 2011
Author:
johnstonjames from United States
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
wow. Rankin and Bass this sure isn't. i'm sure Rudolph would retire and
throw in the towel on holiday specials after viewing this. this would
even disturb fans of the creepy 'Nightmare Before Christmas'. they
probably wouldn't run around being so charmed and tickled by how dark
Tim Burton can be if they saw this damnable piece of stop motion
wickedness.
personally i like this movie better than 'Nightmare Before Christmas'.
i've always really enjoyed Tim Burton's sweet little stop motion dandy,
but i've always felt that Burton's film was basically a aggrandized
kiddie flick. but hey, i like kiddie flicks. they're funny. this film,
however, is no kid flick and is basically retribution for adult baby
boomers who pushed the whole "stop motion classic" thing in the first
place. when i watch something like this i feel like it's pay back for
watching all that stop motion stuff in the past. even though i love
kid's entertainment and the nostalgia of my Innocent childhood, i
relate very well and am comfortable being a adult and capable of
dealing with cynicism or dark, harsh realities.
there is definitely a lot of harsh, dark reality here. not only is this
based on the exploits of the Charlie Manson "familiy" and the whole
Sharon Tate crime, this film literally takes excerpts from the sayings
and philosophies of Manson himself and followers like Susan Atkins.
i've read about Charles Manson and he actually said the whole
"machanical man" thing. maybe not to the far out extent of Armsrtong's
tuneful ditty, but close enough for comfort.
just because this is a cute little stop motion puppet film, and much of
it is cute, puppets naturally are, don't be deceived. if a lot of this
vicious and graphic little film were made with live actors it would be
censored or banned. certainly the bloody sex orgies would. this film
uses stop motion puppets as a way to defer the shocking content.
i really liked this film. i thought it was creative and inventive a lot
more "shockingly" original than Tim Burton. but then again, i'm really
messed up and don't advocate that people do as i do. i even think that
Billie Joe of 'Greenydaze' is one of those unfortunate rockers that the
harder he tries to be meaner, the cuter he gets. i actually think his
"machanical man" song is kind of cute sounding because it's so devious
and mischievous. i think it's because BJ is so little and short. you
know what they say, little man, big attitude. and attitude is
definitely something this deranged little film isn't lacking.
i know i'm warped. do you? i think this weird little flick has a
healthy philosophy. when people become mundane and controlling with
their quest for too much normalcy, you should "live freaky and die
freaky". not bad advice when most of the advice you'll receive totally
sucks. i'm not so sure it should always get this "freaky", but hey,
what the heck. with all the controlling lies out there, why not?
anything goes sometimes.
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