Jan 2018
This movie is definitely something. Matthew McConaughey really goes off the deep end in this movie, in all the best ways.
Talking about the Illuminati could be a spoiler but I don't think anyone is worried about that.
What did you think of their appearance in this movie?
Talking about the Illuminati could be a spoiler but I don't think anyone is worried about that.
What did you think of their appearance in this movie?
Everything about this movie is awkard. Jenny is a pretty dull, no-backbone type of character, and she's our protagonist. Whenever she's supposed to act tough, she's still ridiculous. Bary is an absolute dick, and he's hilarious. Heather is as ditzy of a character as they come, and she excels at it. Sean is probably more dull than Jenny, and we haven't even gotten to the Sawyer family yet...
We already know McConaughey is great as Vilmer, but all the family is vastly amsuing in this entry. Grandpa is half-dead, and only ever walks away from it all. W.E. thinks he's smart, but he's absolute redneck. Darla is a sexy, rubber-breasted and brainwashed fool, but she's the only one who carries on with a smile. And Leatherface? Contrary to all other entries in this series, he's a pussified, whiny piece of shit.
I wonder if Kim Henkel was intent on turning this series on its head when he made this. There's a documentary about it, and as much of a fan as I am of this movie, I've never seen it. Hell, I own three copies of this on dvd, and by God, there just ain't enough Next Generation in my life.
The illuminati is such an awkward thing to add to this series. It's probably some metaphor for the filmmaking business or something, but clearly, it got lost in translation. Now, Rothman is just telling this arbitrary psychotic family in the woods to scare people? To show them "true horror"? Maybe this was a commentary on the state of 90s horror. 90s horror sucked, and wouldn't get its "revitalization" for another couple of years. Kim Henkel is either a genius, or a madman.
There isn't much else these guys seem to do in the movie. They come, if only to make themselves known to the audience, just to tell Vilmer he's not cool enough to be in a Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie, and he takes it personally. At this time in his career, McConaughey is still trying to become that reputable A-lister. He isn't there yet, and when Rothman tells him he sucks at life, Matthew takes it personally, and goes fucking nuts! I don't know about you guys, but that's when he won me over. This, and Killer Joe (2011).
Of course, Rothman is also there to show us that he's into kinky stuff, too. I guess those higher-ups like their pierced torsos, and licking people. Buy hey, a loss is a loss, so he's a stand-up guy. He figured... the runtime of the movie is almost over, and it'd be a pretty shitty thing to do letting a girl get killed by this "leatherface". So Rothman's like, "fuck it", and takes her to the police himself. Not so much a frightening ending as the original, but rather a bizarre, "what did I just watch?" ending, that leaves you wondering where it all went wrong.
That's why the remake came out a few years later. To clean the slate. For what it's worth, I thought the '03 remake was top-notch, so kudos to them for making it scary again, after this tame, comical sequel.