Confessions of a Netflix Addict

Saturday, September 03, 2005

Come on in, snacks are on the table!

Welcome! This is the first official post for this blog. If my title isn't sel-explanatory enough, what you'll find here are all the strange or interesting movies I rent through Netflix. Some are blockbusters, and I'll just give my musings or praise, but others are more obscure and are picks I either just found by chance, or read a review of on Netflix or perhaps read about through someone else's Netflix Profile.

You'll learn quickly some of my favorites are Horror, Anime, Independent, Documentary, Romantic Comedy and Action. But believe me, I don't just stop there.

I'd also like to thank Undr and Carissa for being the first two posters a while back.

So, to begin, I picked a pretty rarely seen, if heard of movie, called The Wicker Man. It's my Cult Movie of the Week pick.

The Wicker Man has all the makings of a cult movie: It's esoteric, it's only known through a small number of people or through an underground fan base and it's strange. I found it one day while watching Bravo's 100 scariest movie moments

The story revolves around an English police inspector who travels to Scotland to investigate the disapearance of a young girl. As he investigates, he learns people either don't seem to know much, or are covering something up. The longer he stays and the more he investigates, the more insane he believes the small towns inhabitants are -- and he's right. There seems to be a sick joke going on--that he's the butt of.

This movie starts out like a regular detective movie, but quickly delves into the strange, the sick, the twisted, the crazy and the unthinkable. It's a whacky musical, to say the least -- maybe too much musical for some people.

Still, it's definetly a cult movie, and will leave you feeling...something.

What did I think about it? Hard to say. This is not for everyone. There's not much out there to compare it too, unfortunately. It might be a little long, as the bizarre starts quickly and is able to hold your attention quit sufficiently. It's a murder mystery of sorts, but fans of ONLY murdery mysteries stay away. Seriously. If you love Murder, She Wrote and Poiroit. Forget this.

I was quite disturbed at the end, and just flat out couldn't believe some scenes. However, I've seen enough cult movies to know just how they look, and they look like this. I'm open to pretty much all genres, so if that's you, you might want to give this one a look.

More links:
Metaphilm - wicker man

The Wicker Man

posted by Gunngirl @ 12:12 PM

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