I think the idea of THE ABCS OF DEATH is brilliant. Unfortunately, the film is full of mostly unknown directors who show us just why they are so unknown and most likely will remain unknown.
I want to say THE ABCS OF DEATH is hit & miss, but it is predominately just miss. Of the 26 short segments, I enjoyed a mere 8. That's not good, and with a running time of a little over 2 hours, it began to seem like such a chore to sit through with (mostly) one bad short after another.
My favorites were by directors Timo Tjahjanto, Ti West, Adam Wingard, Jake West and some of those unknowns I mentioned above. The titles are (D) Dog Fight, (F) Fart, (L) Libido, (M) Miscarriage (very, very short by Ti West), (N) Nuptials, (Q) Quack (Adam Wingard's witty short), (S) Speed and (X) XXL.
An absolute brilliant idea that is mostly crap. I can't be any more straight-forward than that. I am going to attempt to sit through Part 2. I'm hoping it features more established directors, but something tells me it won't.
I want to say THE ABCS OF DEATH is hit & miss, but it is predominately just miss. Of the 26 short segments, I enjoyed a mere 8. That's not good, and with a running time of a little over 2 hours, it began to seem like such a chore to sit through with (mostly) one bad short after another.
My favorites were by directors Timo Tjahjanto, Ti West, Adam Wingard, Jake West and some of those unknowns I mentioned above. The titles are (D) Dog Fight, (F) Fart, (L) Libido, (M) Miscarriage (very, very short by Ti West), (N) Nuptials, (Q) Quack (Adam Wingard's witty short), (S) Speed and (X) XXL.
An absolute brilliant idea that is mostly crap. I can't be any more straight-forward than that. I am going to attempt to sit through Part 2. I'm hoping it features more established directors, but something tells me it won't.