Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted July 26, 2003 http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/...t/bubba_ho-tep/ I heard about this damn thing a while ago and I've been wanting to see it. The trailer's finally up. I am so there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Downhome Report post Posted July 26, 2003 http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/...t/bubba_ho-tep/ I heard about this damn thing a while ago and I've been wanting to see it. The trailer's finally up. I am so there. Oh God, thank you! I've been waiting for something from this film for months! I'm off to watch it now, I'll post what I think in a few. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Llakor 0 Report post Posted July 26, 2003 I actually saw this film just Thursday at the Fantasia Film Fest in Montreal. My review is up in a couple of other places, but I'll repeat it here: The Fantasia Fest Obscure Film Report by Llakor Day Eight Bubba Ho-Tep USA, 2002 Director Don Coscarelli Montreal Premiere This is such a perfect Fantasia fest film, it was almost as if it was shot specifically for this festival. It was also one of the most anticipated films of the festival and one of the quickest sell-outs based purely on it’s title, director, cast and premise. The premise of the film is that in an old age home in Mud Creek, Texas, two of the residents either are Elvis and JFK or merely believe they are. As the two faded icons struggle with their lost fame and vanished youth, they also have to deal with the rising death toll at the Shady Rest, caused, they come to believe, by an Egyptian Mummy. It’s the sort of story that could only come from the fevered pen of Joe R. Landsdale combining as the title indicates the worlds of Southern trailer park “Bubba” culture with the cinematic world of Ancient Egypt. The cast is as evocative and intriguing as the title with Bruce Campbell playing a man who could be the King of Rock and Roll or merely an Elvis impersonator named Sebastien Haff who became convinced that he was Elvis after breaking his hip on stage. But that casting is nowhere near as intriguing as Ossie Davis cast as the man who would be JFK. With a build-up like that, it would seem impossible that any film could live up to the expectation, but Don Coscarelli is able to take those elements and build them into a hilarious meditation on growing old, which like all great comedy is built on a tragic foundation. As Mitch Davis has pointed out, the film makes a great poetic counterpoint to Coscarelli’s Phantasm with both films examining profoundly artificial institutions designed to shield us from the ugly truths about death, dying and growing older. Phantasm taking as it’s setting funeral homes, while Bubba Ho-Tep focuses on old-age homes. The film has two minor blemishes, which in practice come of more as beauty spots that accentuate the film than anything else. First, seeing it in with an appreciative sell-out crowd as I did, a full half of Bruce Campbell’s dialogue was lost because we were laughing so hard at the first half. Secondly, and more seriously, most of Bruce Campbell’s dialogue is actually an interior monologue. I have always felt that the use of voice-over narration shows either a lack of imagination on the part of the film-makers or a lack of faith in the actor’s ability to deliver the line as dialogue and get the proper reaction. It is especially a shame in this case, because Bruce Campbell’s narration is great, but would be funnier and more poignant as dialogue. By the end of the film, Campbell’s Elvis is talking out loud to himself anyway, so he might as well start the film that way. This is a film that I was eager to see, and the film met and exceeded my expectations. It manages to dance on the razor thin edge of tragedy and comedy, that great comedies inhabit, while delivering a profound reflection on growing old, as well as exploring what happens when our heroes pass from real life into myth. If you have a chance, track this film down, if only so that Don Coscarelli can deliver the sequel that he has promised, Bubba Nosferatu: Curse of the She Vampires. Because Elvis and an Egyptian Mummy makes for a great film, but Elvis fighting Vampirella would have to be seen to be believed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted July 26, 2003 ...must...not...read...hate...spoilers... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest WrestlingDeacon Report post Posted July 26, 2003 The trailor didn't impress me much, it tried to make it look like an important film and not just a fun romp, which is probably what it would sell best as. Although, from those clips Campbell's Elvis impression is scarily good. Lord knows I'll have to wait forever to see this movie on DVD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Downhome Report post Posted July 26, 2003 Lord knows I'll have to wait forever to see this movie on DVD. Nooooooooo, if it is anywhere near you, go see it in a theater. If any type of film deserves people to go see it in the theater, it's this right here. Don't just wait for it to come to video. Go out and show those in Hollywood that "different" films like this are worth being released to the theater. Or just wait for the DVD, whatever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest eiker_ir Report post Posted July 26, 2003 fuck, looks great but i'll have to wait for the DVD too, they'll never play it around here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Llakor 0 Report post Posted July 26, 2003 ...must...not...read...hate...spoilers... What part of the film did I spoil? Seriously, I try to write reviews that don't give anything away whenever possible and I think in this case that I didn't reveal anything that wasn't already in the trailer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Eagan469 Report post Posted July 26, 2003 ...must...not...read...hate...spoilers... What part of the film did I spoil? Seriously, I try to write reviews that don't give anything away whenever possible and I think in this case that I didn't reveal anything that wasn't already in the trailer. please use the "spoiler" script No one else here has seen it and probably won't for quite a while. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted July 26, 2003 ...must...not...read...hate...spoilers... What part of the film did I spoil? Dunno, I didn't read it Figured there had to be some kind of spoils in that much text. But actaully I'd like to go into a movie like that blind...or with what little the trailer shows Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Llakor 0 Report post Posted July 26, 2003 God knows this is going to be an impossible conversation since no one who has seen the movie wants to read my review for fear of spoilers, but there is a difference between writing an informative review and writing a spoiler. As an example, if I had a time machine and I could write about the Eddy Guerrero and Chris Benoit match tomorrow before it happened, if I were to say that the two men had a hard fought technical match in which both men used counters that alluded to their long famialiarity with each other's moves, and that this forced the two to break out variations of their usual arsenal of holds and strikes, that would be a review. If I said that Chris Benoit won with the crossface after dodging Eddy's Frog splash 14 minutes in that would be a spoiler. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vyce Report post Posted July 26, 2003 If you have a chance, track this film down, if only so that Don Coscarelli can deliver the sequel that he has promised, Bubba Nosferatu: Curse of the She Vampires. Because Elvis and an Egyptian Mummy makes for a great film, but Elvis fighting Vampirella would have to be seen to be believed. Oh my God. Who do I have to blow to make this film a reality? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
