i was upset at all those people in the theatre that laughed when the film ended when i was almost in tears.
i know my small readership isn't going to run out and see Bug because i liked it... in fact Ashraf, we've been pretty much opposite feeling about most films recently, so i recommend you leave this one unwatched. but, maybe Michelle will appreciate my wavering commitment to horror.
ryan and i went to see Bug last night. i had only a passing notion of what to expect. i'd only seen one trailer and thought the idea of a virus that made people think they had bugs looked creepy and clever.
no virus.
no gigantic man-eating queen mother bugs.
no twists.
just a couple of lonely, paranoid delusionals in love. it's brilliant. and engaging.
from the opening, sweeping shot of the Oklahoma landscape (giving an immediate sense of isolation and desolation) to the final syllable of dialogue, the film fed the buzzing in my ear and the tingle at the back of my neck. the film is tense without being irritating. only one scene made me squirm and we can call that the definite climax. from that point on, we watch as the bugs truly take over.
it was a compelling film that doesn't ask too much of any audience, but that audiences seem to be asking too much of. the woman behind us at the theatre last night, when the film ended, asked, approximately, where the monster was. she *completely* missed the boat as it were.
for me, it was a beautiful study in storytelling and film making. and an engaging study of the effects of isolation, loneliness and self-destruction.
*
i know my small readership isn't going to run out and see Bug because i liked it... in fact Ashraf, we've been pretty much opposite feeling about most films recently, so i recommend you leave this one unwatched. but, maybe Michelle will appreciate my wavering commitment to horror.
ryan and i went to see Bug last night. i had only a passing notion of what to expect. i'd only seen one trailer and thought the idea of a virus that made people think they had bugs looked creepy and clever.
no virus.
no gigantic man-eating queen mother bugs.
no twists.
just a couple of lonely, paranoid delusionals in love. it's brilliant. and engaging.
from the opening, sweeping shot of the Oklahoma landscape (giving an immediate sense of isolation and desolation) to the final syllable of dialogue, the film fed the buzzing in my ear and the tingle at the back of my neck. the film is tense without being irritating. only one scene made me squirm and we can call that the definite climax. from that point on, we watch as the bugs truly take over.
it was a compelling film that doesn't ask too much of any audience, but that audiences seem to be asking too much of. the woman behind us at the theatre last night, when the film ended, asked, approximately, where the monster was. she *completely* missed the boat as it were.
for me, it was a beautiful study in storytelling and film making. and an engaging study of the effects of isolation, loneliness and self-destruction.
*
Tension kicks in from frame one,
and for most of the first act,
Friedkin does what he does best:
instilling the mundane with an underlying sense of dread.
-Andrew Kasch (Dread Central)
2 comments:
I actually had no interest in seeing this until I read your comments on the film. Now I am intruiged.
i already know Bug is not going to get the recognition it needs... never mind the fact that it's the sort of film that is really hard to advertize, it's out in theatres against spier-man 3, shrek 3, and pirates 3... three blockbuster *franchises* that are going to bring in millions. only those who go to movies frequently, make an effort for horror, or are too cool for sequels are going to hit on Bug...
it's completely worth the effort. in my opinion.
if you do go see it ozy, let me know what you think.
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