Maybe this doesn't fit in CC...
but to me, Cronenberg's films (for the most part) are horror at its best. So anyway...
I just saw Scanners last nite for the first time and can't help but feel like it's the best godamn movie I've seen since... well, the last Cronenberg film I saw! I've seen videodrome, naked lunch, the fly, crash, scanners, the dead zone and the brood all for the first time with in the past month or so and have come to the conclusion that Cronenberg is my favorite film maker.
I love it. And I still have Dead Ringers, M. Butterfly (though I hear it's not great), Rabid and Shivers to go.
But anyway... Scanners. Jesus Christ.
Michael Ironside as Darryl Revok... man. I can't describe I how much I loved Ironside as Revok. Holy God! Why isn't Ironside in more films?! I hope he has a juicy role in the Machinist. His facial expressions in "the wrong volunteer" scene, as he scans that twitchy ConSec scanner.... almost turned me gay. Not really. But man... too cool.
And isn't the guy who plays Cameron the guy in Dumb and Dumber who's asking to use the pay phone and gets decked in the kisser by the guy with the ulcer? Well, he was cool as shit in this movie too.
What can I say about this film that hasn't been said before? What can I say that isn't good?
I dunno. But man... I love this fucking movie.
I loved the scene where the "good guy" scanners are all sharing a telepathic melding of minds (or whatever). I loved the use of fading out of "X" scanners face and fading into the face of whoever he/she was controlling/scanning. THe godamn ending! Oh my fucking lord. The only thing missing was my own head exploding as the credits rolled. The veins coming out of their arms and faces, the FUCKING FIRE in CAMERON's PALMS- YES!! The "wrong volunteer" scene, Revok's escape from ConSec... But man... alright. I've said enough.
So yeah... Scanners, baby. Scorchin'.
Sorry... but I had to gush about it somewhere.
but to me, Cronenberg's films (for the most part) are horror at its best. So anyway...
I just saw Scanners last nite for the first time and can't help but feel like it's the best godamn movie I've seen since... well, the last Cronenberg film I saw! I've seen videodrome, naked lunch, the fly, crash, scanners, the dead zone and the brood all for the first time with in the past month or so and have come to the conclusion that Cronenberg is my favorite film maker.
I love it. And I still have Dead Ringers, M. Butterfly (though I hear it's not great), Rabid and Shivers to go.
But anyway... Scanners. Jesus Christ.
Michael Ironside as Darryl Revok... man. I can't describe I how much I loved Ironside as Revok. Holy God! Why isn't Ironside in more films?! I hope he has a juicy role in the Machinist. His facial expressions in "the wrong volunteer" scene, as he scans that twitchy ConSec scanner.... almost turned me gay. Not really. But man... too cool.
And isn't the guy who plays Cameron the guy in Dumb and Dumber who's asking to use the pay phone and gets decked in the kisser by the guy with the ulcer? Well, he was cool as shit in this movie too.
What can I say about this film that hasn't been said before? What can I say that isn't good?
I dunno. But man... I love this fucking movie.
I loved the scene where the "good guy" scanners are all sharing a telepathic melding of minds (or whatever). I loved the use of fading out of "X" scanners face and fading into the face of whoever he/she was controlling/scanning. THe godamn ending! Oh my fucking lord. The only thing missing was my own head exploding as the credits rolled. The veins coming out of their arms and faces, the FUCKING FIRE in CAMERON's PALMS- YES!! The "wrong volunteer" scene, Revok's escape from ConSec... But man... alright. I've said enough.
So yeah... Scanners, baby. Scorchin'.
Sorry... but I had to gush about it somewhere.
