Saturday, September 18, 2010

NETFLIX RECOMMENDS (MOVIES YOU'LL LOVE/HATE): Black Sheep. (Love)

Lavish stars on your favorite films in the zombie and lycanthrope genres, then give tentative thumbs-up to a few Shaun The Sheep videos (watched mostly out of nostalgia for the far superior adventures of Wallace & Gromit, perhaps) and Netflix may find the minerals to predict that you will also enjoy this un-rated 2006 indy splatterfest from (where else?) New Zealand.

It's campy. It's gorey. It's utterly preposterous. And it's satisfying in all they ways that the typical "SyFy Original Movie" fails to be. The writing is passable. The acting is passable. The special effects come out of an actual creature shop instead of a C-List CGI mill. The premise is Mansquito-quality genius and inspiration, but it's executed with all the craft and care that can be mustered given the limited funding and audience for this kind of endeavor.

All that remains to be said, really, is "Thanks."

5 comments:

  1. Adam C.3:36 PM

    I had this on the TiVo a while back and never got around to it before it was recorded over.  Time to hunt it down!

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  2. Joseph J. Finn3:57 PM

    Now I wonder if it's time to adress the Wallace & Gromit question with the Fiancee (21 days to go!).  Because everyone should love The Wrong Trousers.

    (However, I just started watching the 3rd season of Mad Men, and Christina has been wikiing tp catch up because she's hooked on it now.)

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  3. Jordan1:49 PM

    Tommy Boy was better

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  4. @Joseph - We love the wallace and gromit shorts and films, but shaun the sheep never quite seems to measure up.  Anyway, congratulations, and I do hope your intended passes this last little test.

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  5. Anonymous5:22 PM

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