Wow. Holy. Freaking. Crap. There, you see what I did there? I did that without the vulgarity I felt like spewing, and that most of you know that I really wanted to say...but just in case that would offend someone, I decided to censor a bit. I don't know why, just felt like it I guess. Okay, so Bubba and I, got a rare night out together, and forked out a chunky sum ($49 per ticket) and went to Ann Arbor to see a pre-release screening of "Red State" along with a bonus Q&A session with the director...my favorite...Kevin Smith. I didn't go into this expecting to love it. I love Kevin Smith, I am sure everyone knows this about me by now, something about him...not even sure what it is, but I really love him. I love all his movies, the raunchier sometimes the better. I love them though, in part, because they are funny. I think they are funny in ways that other movies aren't. They are funny in ways that make you cringe because you laughed, sometimes because something is so dirty you can't even believe you heard it, let alone laughed at it. But this post can't be about my undying love for Kevin Smith. It needs to be about "Red State" which was NOT the usual Kevin Smith type flick. For starters, its being called a "horror" movie. I don't know that I would agree with that assessment. It did have the aspects of a horror movie, the entire first 15 minutes or so definitely felt like a horror movie...without giving too many plot points away (though you can read almost all of them somewhere on the internet) 3 boys find an ad on a Craiglist type of site, for a woman who would have sex with them at once. They take off to a secluded trailer in the woods to meet this woman, played with perfect creepiness by this year's Best Supporting Actress Oscar Winner, Melissa Leo. She then drugs them and they are taken away to some compound/church where they are then to be tortured by a Phelps-like family of Christian Extremists. The great Michael Parks plays Pastor Abin Cooper with sinister perfection. Oh I loved him in this movie. The movie from here turns into something more Tarantino in feel....lots of quick paced bloody action scenes, some hand held camera stuff. It was really pretty awesome. Like nothing Kevin Smith has ever done before for sure. Later he commented that he was trying something more Tarantino by way of the Coen Brothers and I feel like he nailed that pretty good. All the while of course, you still get some bits of his great dialogue and humor. One of my favorite things was that I got to see one of my favorite people Betty Aberlin (Lady Aberlin from Mister Rogers Neighborhood) again. I was so excited to see her as one of the church congregation that I almost clapped with glee! John Goodman was my favorite part of the movie, playing an ATF agent that was after the family for their illegal arms issues! This was disturbing, while still being entertaining. I can't wait to see it again and see how many more interesting things I can find about this movie. I hope he brings it through another time on a tour like this, before its release in October. I loved the fact that he spent a few hours afterwards answering questions. Why? Because I freaking love this man. I can't wait to hear what he has to say!
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