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Summary: Raving Lunatics more like it...
Review: Ravenous plays like vampire movie, offering more supernatural guidelines than I expected. If Dances with Wolves crossed paths with Hannibal Lecter and Bela Lugosi, you would get this amusing, though rather convulted story involving the members of a remote mountain outpost in the Sierras. It was offbeat, bloody, and tasteless, somethings I generally admire in a film. But this movie falls short for some reason. I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe it just doesn't have enough bite.
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Summary: Eat to live. Don't live to eat.
Review: Ravenous-- a story of cannibalism. I have never been able to stomach the concept of humans eating humans. For that reason, I had a hard time commiting myself to watching this movie. I must confess, though, that the movie itself is greatly amusing. It is unpredictable, intense, and made slightly comical by the almost cheery music used in gruesome scenes. Set in 1847, this film explores an Indian myth that when a man eats the flesh of another, he gains the strength and spirit of the other man. Robert Carlyle does an outstanding job in the role of Colonel Ives, a manipulative man driven by cannibalistic hunger. Guy Pierce, who stars as the cowardly Captain Boyd, also performs his role with excellence. -An all around five star film.
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Summary: buy it
Review: what are you waiting for? don't listen to a bunch of stuffed shirt critics , this movie has it all, indian myths about flesh eating Wendigos , cool cannibals, breath-taking mountain scenes and trippy music.
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Summary: Great Movie Destined to be a Cult Classic!
Review: How can anyone turn away from a movie about cannibalism gone awry? Ok, I guess a lot. But this isn't one of those typical of the genre. In fact I'd say that this movie defies being categorized into any specific genre. Funny, Gross, Disturbing, Thought Provoking. Every one of those terms comes to mind when I think of this movie. The cast is superb (especially Robert Carlisle) and the whole story line plays out like an excerpt from one of the old E.C. comics. Yeh, it's over the top. Sure, it's excessive in the depiction of gore. But come on, enjoy it! After all, it's just a movie. I mean no one ever really resorted to cannibalism out on America's western frontier. Also to note the films big mistake is that it compares the Native American legend of The Wendigo to vampires. Not so.
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Summary: In my opinion the best movie of all time
Review: RAVENOUS is a mixture between a comedy and a horror, but it is definitely the best movie I have ever seen. It stars Guy Pearce as a cowardly soldier who plays dead but in the process seizes the enemy command post. Instead of shooting him, they send him to a Californian command post where one lonely night a half dead man (Robert Carlyse) tells the tale of how he survived cannibalism. The soldiers hike into the forest to find the other two survivors, but the plot thickens.What you are probably expecting to happen does not, and I would strongly recommend this film if you appreciate either comedy or horror. It is very gory, but it definitely sits atop my list as favorite movies.
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Summary: Total Bore fest
Review: You have got to be kidding me! This was a serious waste of time in all respects. . . The acting was so so, with horrible one liners, and the story drug out for way too long. The whole thing could have been done in a total of a half an hour! And the music not only was horrible, but also absolutely distracting. If you have a desire to see typical Hollywood wanna be horror/action with goofy subject matter, then this is for you. . . otherwise steer clear. This is not all that in the least bit.Here is a list of movies I think are worth the cash: Jacob's Ladder, eXistenZ, Nightwatch, Pi, Cube, Arlington Road, Blue Velvet, Naked Lunch, Barton Fink, Exorcist 3, & Candyman.
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Summary: Good movie
Review: I missed this in the theatres, and I think that was a mistake on my part. This movie tells a tale of men gone mad due to cannibalism. Most striking is the way Bird presesnts a story set in the 19th century in a very modern way with a wonderful score. The music often makes the movie, and this is one of those cases where it really makes it a good movie. I was hoping for a bit more after a promising start, but a fun ride indeed. Bird is a director to watch.
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Summary: It will consume you.
Review: "Ravenous" is such a surprise film. Normally, I wouldn't be interested in this sort of film--White Zombie being played in the preview, David Arquette, lots of blood and gore, but once again, this is simply proof that mass-marketing can conquer one's desire to see a film. Luckily, there was something that made me want to see "Ravenous". So when I finally did watch "Ravenous" I was VERY pleased. Sure, there's lots of blood and gore, but there are also serious dynamics that some might even relate to the sexual politics of meat (Refer to the book by Carol J.Adams). The music is beautiful (mostly by Damon from Blur), but sometimes did not seem to go along with particular scenes. The acting is superb. Those who are like me, will be happy to know that there is no White Zombie or much David Arquette in the film. The ending is symbolically beautiful. Not for everyone, but totally enthralling. Oh, and the ending (music and all) struck me as oddly reminiscent of a Hal Hartley ending.
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Summary: smart, tasteful surprise
Review: I saw RAVENOUS about a month ago, and I'm still thinking about it. Director Antonia Bird came out of the woods and thwacked me over the head with this one. For the first few sequences, she leads you to believe this is a DANCES-WITH-WOLVES type of movie (almost matching that film scene for scene, in fact), but after about five minutes she starts taking you on one sudden, surprising departure after another, and you realize that this is no DANCES WITH WOLVES, and that you are, on the contrary, in for a very weird, very fun, and very clever roller coaster ride. It's a credible, effective, and original horror movie, but for all its bloodiness, it's also a very intelligent and pointed morality tale; a fable pointed at our man-eat-man times. Robert Carlyle relishes his role, Jeffrey Jones dishes up his usual understated excellence, and Guy Pearce pulls off a surprising change of palate from LA CONFIDENTIAL.
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Summary: Fascinating movie - fantastic soundtrack
Review: And again another movie destroying the myths of heroism in the Wild West and Civil War. It shows the harsh reality of the little forts all over the wild counties in the west, unfriendly, dirty, isolated from the civilization. The story is captivating and the soundtrack is simply SCARY. If you want to watch a creepy movie at night, choose Ravenous...
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