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 Rated 5 out of 5!
Melanie Griffith’’s Finest Moment
The cinematic pairing of John Waters and Melanie Griffith is a match that has been waiting to happen- the master director of "Pink Flamingos" and "Desperate Living" presents the mainstream actress a role of a lifetime and shows what a hilarious actress she really is. The premise of terrorist fimmakers naking their own underground film with a kidnapped mainstream actress not sounds outrageous, it kind of makes sense in a film community delivering products based on computer games or sequels to films that weren’’t very good to begin with. John Waters reminds us all that there was once a blossoming underground film industry,and Griffith reminds us that not every actor has to win an oscar to be cool. Stephen Dorf also makes an indelible impression in title role, and it’’s great to see cameos (although they are not long enough for my liking) of legendary dreamlanders Mary Vivian Pearce and Susan Lowe. In my book, an instant classic.- Rated 5 out of 5!
No budget...
ok this movie’’s plot sounds kinda corny (outlaw cinema gangsters) but it largely makes up for it with a slew of jokes,
witty references (i liked the tattoos part , cinema Hell, and the shooting of david lean’’s book) and loads of craze. Griffith has great acting skills and a very funny sounding voice. now what about cecil’’s crew? just amazing. the only rap line i have EVER liked is the one Chardonnay does in this movie. so fast and biting that it’’s almost artful. the satanist girl is okay (not too credible though but easily "digested"). Cherish’’s "christmas tree" event is HILARIOUS.
film sequels, heterosexuality, commerce, pornography and lots of other cinema related stuff are dealt with, in a most funny manner, and make a must of of this movie. i think CBD went ’’straight to video’’ because it was meant to be a ’’cult’’ movie and not a hollywood hit, otherwise its message would’’ve been false. funny, hilarious, violent, and raw, it’’s in the end, a highly viewable movie with a helluva soundtrack!. not for the ’’narrow minded christians’’...hehe (: ... chow chow!
And remember: Demented Forever!  Rated 2 out of 5
Taste Tester
John Waters’’ "Cecil B. Demented" pushes the envelope of good taste, which I like. Unfortunately, it didn’’t work well for me. I was all set to laugh uproariously at an irreverent look at H-wood, but it started going downhill when Cecil asks Honey to take her clothes off, and the cast and crew drop everything to run to this screen and start masturbating. Stephen Dorff who did a nice job in "Backbeat" does his best with this paper-thin role. Alicia Witt who was on TV’’s Cybil and in "Mr. Holland’’s Opus" does a valiant attempt as Cherish the porn star. But while these rebellious cinematic mavericks are pursing their goals, they are also killing people. For me, it was a bit like trying to develop a sit-com about the Manson Family; it just didn’’t work. The end where the shoot’’s been concluded and everyone starts copulating is cut by the fact that many like Cherish take a bullet to the brain. Self-mutilation & the starry eyed girl running around extolling the virtues of Satan weren’’t even poor taste; it wasn’’t funny and didn’’t work. Melanie Griffith who I do like is the reason I rented; although I’’ve enjoyed Waters’’ "Pecker" before. She does a fairly good job with the role, but there isn’’t much depth required nor brought to the change from victim to willing participant. So while bad taste may have it’’s audience, superficiality may have its entertainment value, and there were lots of clever lines thrown ab
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