S.F.W. Movie Download

5 / 10

Nihilism doesn’t translate to film
One of those uber nineties movies that critiqued the media and tried to be edgy. These movies look somewhat ridiculous today. (Though the Chase with Charlie Sheen at least managed to be funny). Part of the problem is that the underlying philosophy is a value free world weariness which when put on film comes across as spoiled, stupid, and self indulgent laziness. And since movies are essentially THEE dominant form of media, criticizing media’s omnipresence or vanity comes across as blithely self deluded. That said the cast does the best with what they have…. which generally rounds out to putting as much emphasis on their turn to curse as possible. The plot….. if it can be called that makes very very little sense if you stop to think about for more than half a second. The central event of movie is never so much explained as much as it brought back in choppy flashbacks in order to remind the audience about why were following these characters. Better time could be spent watching a smarter film on the topic. I suggest Network.

All that being said, I can’t completely hate a movie with this great of a soundtrack. The fact that almost a minute of screen time is given over to the band Gwar makes it at least retain some value. I’ve also noticed that music from the 50’s – 70’s is thrown into movies at all different times. But the only time you hear 90s music is in 90’s era movies. It’s almost as though Gen X in their nihilism forgot to leave any lasting mark on culture.Read More