Comments on: Sleep Dealer

By: Jerold Bujnowski

Jerold Bujnowski — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:16:09 +0000

Didn’t Glasgow say, “The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.”

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:00:17 +0000

also refreshing – a good sci fi film that AICN hasnt jizzed all over yet. i mean, i love those guys, but i wouldnt necessarily take them out clubbing, y’know?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:57:48 +0000

the indian accent part was my favourite “moment” in this film. especially as she’s reciting a bunch of xenophibic warnings about entering mexico to a guy who’s ethnically mexican

i’m not sure if theres even a single white person in the movie, yet so many characters are officially morivated by defending “white” culture. lots of that kind of nasty irony going on.

the political references make district 9 look subtle, but theres enough good stuff here to make it worth the watch.

like district 9, the mere fact that its from outside the us makes it inherently refreshing

By: Tuukka

Tuukka — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:42:47 +0000

Thanks for the review, Vern. I’m a sucker for mature scifi and I had never heard of this film.

As for the Primer debate, I thought it was a good film – Outstanding for that budget – but it lost it’s way in the end. It seemed to become confusing for the sake of being confusing, and that’s just not my cup of tea. For example I didn’t like it when Mulholland Drive took the same route after the brilliant first two acts.

By: Griff

Griff — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:10:12 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised if the real life future turns out to be like this movie, the internet is definitely going places kid

By: Outlaw Vern

Outlaw Vern — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:35:44 +0000

I was thinking about going to see GAMER despite it coming from the Neveldine/Taylor corporation. I like those RUNNING MAN type of stories and the trailer wasn’t bad. But then I read Moriarty’s review:

http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/2008-12-6-motion-captured/posts/the-motion-captured-review-gamer

and it just seemed too plausible. What he describes really sounds like the movie those jokers would make. So I’m afraid you’re gonna have to wait for the DVD for me to review it. You know you can trust me on this though because I said the same thing about CRANK 2 and I’ll have a review of that up soon.

By: Mr. Majestyk

Mr. Majestyk — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:17:31 +0000

I liked Gamer in a clobber-you-over-the-head kind of way. It’s nowhere near the level of insanity on a plot-level as the Crank movies, but the editing is still beyond spastic, so I can’t see Vern getting into it. The dude from Dexter does a pretty great pantomime of Sammy Davis Jr., if that sweetens the deal at all.

By: GoodBadGroovy

GoodBadGroovy — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:15:39 +0000

Yeah I’d be interested to see a Gamer review, I found it really odd none of the geek sites seem to have bothered (AICN, CHUD etc). The trailer was suprisingly decent imo, i was never a massive fan of Crank and the concept is an old one just with the context of video games this time, but it looked like it could be entertaining .

Oh and I agree about Timecrimes, great time travel flick.

Thanks for bringing Sleep Dealer to my attention Vern, it sounds interesting and it really is a film I’d probably have never heard of if you hadn’t reviewed it, not sure I’ll be able to get hold of it but I’ll certainly try.

By: CrustaceanHate

CrustaceanHate — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:47:56 +0000

I liked PRIMER but I liked TIMECRIMES even more because it had a better plot, it was funnier, I cared about about the characters and I could actually understand what was going on. SLEEP DEALER looks cool though, I will check it out.

No GAMER review yet? I hope there’s one on the way because I have a few things to say about that film and I don’t want to threadjack.

By: jsixfingers

jsixfingers — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:13:32 +0000

Fuck ya’ll peasants. Primer was great. You know how I know with total certainty of its greatness? I didn’t even understand what they were talking about, you know, cause it was like, so effin smart and stuff. Man. When a movie is too smart for a walking cerebral erection like me, whew, might as well just pack up the negatives and launch this bitch into space, maybe aliens will find it and be equally confused.

Actually I really liked Primer. Is that what I wrote above? Stupid pain pills…