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David
Pure Phase
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 am Posts: 34865 Location: Maryland
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Leatherface (2017)
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David
Pure Phase
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 am Posts: 34865 Location: Maryland
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Re: Leatherface (2017)
I enjoyed this. It is a relatively top-tier Texas Chainsaw franchise entry...which is not the hardest bar to clear, but I mean it as a compliment nonetheless. I see it as a fan fiction; I will not watch the classic original film in the future and say, "Oh, wow, this is enriched because I now know Leatherface's history as a conflicted, handsome teenage mental patient." But in and of itself, it is a well-shot, well-acted, and involving pulp variation on the Badlands young-criminals-on-the-run template. I do wish it were 10, maybe 15 minutes longer. It all but rushes from incident to incident and would be improved by an extra moment of character development here, an occasional atmospheric pause there.
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Sat Oct 21, 2017 11:10 pm |
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Dil
Forum General
Joined: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:48 pm Posts: 8942 Location: Houston, Texas
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Re: Leatherface (2017)
Yeah I thought this was surprisingly decent coming off the big disappointment that was Texas Chainsaw 3D. The first 10 minutes were rough due to some really bad dialogue and over the top acting, but it does get better from there. Most might see it as misleading because it's less of a slasher and more of a Devil's Rejects/Natural Born Killers type of horror film, but I liked the direction they went with it and it helps that the escape patients here are all solid actors.
I especially loved Stephen Dorff in this as he utilized much better than he was in Jackals. Also, the gore and brutality is very well done, but what else do you expect from the guys who made the original Inside.
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thompsoncory
Rachel McAdams Fan
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:13 am Posts: 14544 Location: LA / NYC
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Re: Leatherface (2017)
This was boring and dumb. C-
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Sun Oct 22, 2017 9:30 pm |
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Magic Mike
Wallflower
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:53 am Posts: 34876 Location: Minnesota
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Re: Leatherface (2017)
It was not very good. I was pretty disappointed. Honestly, as dumb as it may be, I found Texas Chainsaw 3D to be a more entertaining movie.
5/10 ( C )
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Tue Oct 24, 2017 1:29 am |
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm Posts: 21654 Location: Walking around somewhere
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Re: Leatherface (2017)
This might be the weirdest franchise ever. Like why is it so hard to make a decent movie? I mean Halloween , Saw and Jason have had godawful films. But they at least had solid films once in a while sprinkled throughout.
And it's not like Jaws or Superman where it was nonstop studio problems. They seem to literally give the same movie to unknowns to make it their own. And they fail miserably every time. The reboot was so simple and so effective. It's rednecks and murder, why is that so hard to make. Even Chucky has found life. It's almost every Texas sequel is the worst sequel ever made.
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Tue Oct 24, 2017 11:10 pm |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67125
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Leatherface
I thought the big fat kid was going to be Leatherface! The cover is totally misleading. This film makes no sense! I mean, the thin kid was obviously in that mental asylum for a reason, but he seemed pretty normal to me, and why the fuck would he instantly change into a psycho? Anyway, even if it makes sense, it was a pretty shit film. I hate that whole redneck dungarees country family scene, but even this was tame. I hate this franchise, and the original is the worst film ever made, but this was too well shot and staged to work in any capacity as a Texas Chainsaw Massacre film, which after all is meant to be so revolting that it makes you want to stop the movie. That being said, I feel like I need a mental detox after watching this.
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Fri Oct 27, 2017 11:19 am |
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TheRazorsEdge22
Child Actor
Joined: Fri Jan 03, 2020 2:39 am Posts: 36
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Re: Leatherface (2017)
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This was boring to watch, and thankfully I didn't pay money to see it. The acting is pretty bad, but Stephen Dorff easily gives the best performance. He is the only character I rooted for, wanted to see or found interesting. The remaining cast is bland and forgettable. The kid that is Leatherface actually has the most sense of any of the kids and feels out of place being in a mental institution. The blood / gore effects are pretty standard, nothing you haven't seen before.
The first half plays more like a Bonnie and Clyde origin than TCM. It feels disjointed & miss directed. The story is weak as hell, nothing about it grabs your attention. The setting captures some of the 50s / 60s tone, but doesn't have that gritty & grimey feel of a Texas Chainsaw film.
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