Orgazmo

                     

An early production from the duo that would eventually bring us 'South Park', to my pleasure they're already taking shots at Mormons.

A comically pious Mormon is forced into becoming a porn star, and must hide the fact from his wife while fighting crime on the side as his alter-ago Orgazmo (with sidekick Choda Boy), who has the power of shooting a laser at people that gives them orgasms. 'Orgasmo' is a lot of fun all the way through, despite not having a very hard grasp of its own plot - the majority of its middle portion is a thinly veiled series of wacky events. It's done far less obnoxiously than many of these dumb comedies though (and when I say “dumb” it's not an insult so much as my own term for a stylistic choice).

                 

                 

There's almost a surplus of inventive and personal humour. You can tell it's an early creation of Parker and Stone, as you could see many of the hallmarks of their comedy in early stages of development. The resultant film is a busy mix of ideas; some under baked, some spot-on.

I feel like I know the work of the directors enough by now that if I saw this film without anyone telling me that they directed (and if I somehow missed the cameos) id have guessed that they were somehow involved. I also really appriciated all the male asses they tricked me into seeing, thanks for that guys (at one point it's just a straight cut to ass, brilliant).

                      

Orgazmo: 44.0

Blade

                 

“Some mother fucker's always tryna ice skate uphill.” 

              

Oh, okay. What? 

               

'Blade' started a lot of stuff and thangs. It was the first good Marvel movie, and basically started off a long trend of post-classic 'Superman' film comic series (an honour often attributed to the 'X-Men' trilogy). It also came out before 'The Matrix', and inspired the fashion of slo-mo gun battles, long black leather overcoats, and slim shades that 'The Matrix' epitomised. 

That being said, this film hasn't aged very well. The style of a lot of it comes off as silly now, and the CG is downright terrible by today's standards.

             

            

While the style of clothing and whatever is off, the look of the film is pretty great, and there are plenty of nice shots. The lighting is also good, and creates mood well for different locations. I like that we don't have to sit through an origin story for Blade either, we just get right into it with that awesome opening scene at the blood rave. I also like the vampires in this series, and the way that their hierarchy is structured in this on in particular. I didn't find the main villain all that interesting though, and the way the film wrapped up never felt that satisfying to me. 

There's also some weird changes of characterisation in this film. Blade is mostly the no-nonsense half-vampire tough guy - the strong silent type, for which Tony Soprano would praise him, but now and then he'll say a goofy one-liner or do some dumb thing for laughs that doesn't really blend with his persona. The doctor lady also never really leapt out at me, and she sure does come up with that cure fast, huh.

Though I find it pretty silly (as I do pretty much all super hero movies) and it hasn't aged well, it's a big part of what got a big ol' ball rolling, and it's still an enjoyably gory action flick to half-watch.

                 

Blade: 43.3

Deadpool

                  

Again, lots of hype about this, but I was less dissapointed that I thought I might be. 'Deadpool' is a fun, thoughtless ride (much like... nearly every superhero movie I can think of) that nonetheless packs some properly funny lines and some smart subversions.

By "smart" I mean breaking the fourth wall, which has been around since... well, I know Shakespear did it, anyway. But that's pretty damn cutting edge for Hollywood at the moment. Maybe I'm being harsh, but I'm just not that into superhero movies (I'm not into gladiator battles, human sacrifice, or any other call mastabatory signs of a dying culture either - they're all just too depressing to enjoy).

                      

                 

This portrayal of Deadpool is better than the one in 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' anyway. I know that much, at least. He's a fairly likable guy, who some crazy 'X-Men' shit happens too, and then he's a scarred up super revenge hero. The rest of the film follows the plot of a relatively poorly thought out Japanese revenge flick, with some half-hearted nods to 'X-Men' characters and some sick action sequences.

The action really was very good, particularly to start off with. It was like an updated version of some of the stuff from 'The Matrix', but towards the end we saw a little too much of the usual massive collapsing structure effects and explosions that are rife in superhero land.

The costume is pretty in-keeping with the graphic novels though, and a lot of the in jokes are very nicely placed. There sure are a lot of them, though. Ryan Reynolds was clearly having fun in the lead part, and he played bummed out nearly as well as he played sarcastic dick, to the extent that I thought this might be a bit of a dark movie. But then it ends like every other superhero movie ends, happily, and turns out to be exactly as dark as 'Beauty and the Beast'. I think the girl should have died, at least.

               

I think my review makes it sound like I hate this movie more than I do - it's actually one of my favourite super hero movies, I just don't much care for them. It's fine though, and a fun watch.

            

Deadpool: 60.5