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Serial Mom (1994)
Offensive on so many levels.
A housewife goes on a killing spree, her victims: anyone who has wronged or upset her family.
First of all I found the killings unnecessarily gruesome and very graphic. In one particular scene she chases her victim through a crowded nightclub first of all by spraying him with some flammable substance then setting him alive in front of a cheering or ignorant crowd. Such sadistic tendencies should have no place in any half decent movie.
However, what I object to most is the message this trashy piece of celluloid projects: That it's OK to murder. Being a so called 'comedy' makes it even more objectionable and offensive as the message here is: Its OK to kill for laughs. Well I wasn't laughing.
Any credibility the film has in its earlier parts goes down the plughole with a particularly trashy, twisted and laughter-free court room scene. Needless to say the murderess gets away with it all at the end. But then again this moronic movie was made by John Waters so why am I surprised?
First of all I found the killings unnecessarily gruesome and very graphic. In one particular scene she chases her victim through a crowded nightclub first of all by spraying him with some flammable substance then setting him alive in front of a cheering or ignorant crowd. Such sadistic tendencies should have no place in any half decent movie.
However, what I object to most is the message this trashy piece of celluloid projects: That it's OK to murder. Being a so called 'comedy' makes it even more objectionable and offensive as the message here is: Its OK to kill for laughs. Well I wasn't laughing.
Any credibility the film has in its earlier parts goes down the plughole with a particularly trashy, twisted and laughter-free court room scene. Needless to say the murderess gets away with it all at the end. But then again this moronic movie was made by John Waters so why am I surprised?
I arhontisa ki o alitis (1968)
Aliki Vouyouklaki at her best!
I am a big fan of Aliki Vouyouklaki and this is one of her best comic performances. She plays Rena, a rich young woman being forced by her megalomaniac father to marry a rich dork. She avoids this by running away from home in Corfu and off to the mainland. On the way she meets good looking but poor Lefteris (Thimitris Papamihail) and falls in love. The scenes where she is disguised as a man to avoid being recognised are delightful and very funny. The film also carries a serious message: that arranged marriages should not be forced on anyone against their will. Aliki is a Greek legend: An iconic, talented and stunning actress who sadly passed away in 1996.