SLITHER

flacorocks · April 01, 2006, 04:22:20 AM

Anyone see Slither yet? Not a bad flick, I had fun watching the damn thing!! I would rather pay to see that than Sharon Stone's new garbage!!! (or old garbage...hehehe)

Ash · April 01, 2006, 04:40:18 AM

Planning to see it later today or tomorrow.

Mr_Vindictive · April 01, 2006, 09:34:27 AM

Ahhh!

I checked localmovies.com, and the only place that it is showing....is 2hrs away from me!!!! My wife and I decided to skip on Slither tthis weekend and hope it comes to a closer theater next weekend...that is if it makes any bank this wkend

Shadowphile · April 02, 2006, 11:31:02 AM

Definitely on the 'to be watched list'

daveblackeye15 · April 02, 2006, 05:39:09 PM

It's on my watch list as well.

Ash · April 02, 2006, 06:15:13 PM

I have to say that I was a bit disappointed by Slither.
It was lacking something that I just couldn't put my finger on.

It definitely had some good moments that made me laugh but the movie as a whole just seemed kinda ho-hum.

Ebert gave the film 2 out of 4 stars and I have to agree with him here.
His review is spot on.
READ IT HERE

It also takes what seemed like an eternity to really get going.
The best parts by far in my opinion were of Michael Rooker when he's halfway transformed.
He's a gruesome sight to behold.

The locals call him the "Squid" and even have squid cutouts on the big police map where he's been sighted.

As for the gore...yes, it's gory, but not anything like I imagined it would be.
Dead Alive has about a thousand times more gory scenes than this one did.

Also, the movie is VERY dark. Most of it takes place at night and I had to squint a few times to make things out.

What I liked best about it was the redneck hick town setting.
It kind of had the same feel as Critters did...being set in a rural area and all.

I also give this film 2 out of 4 stars.
Definitely worth a DVD rental when it comes out or a $5 matinee in its theatrical run.

Mr_Vindictive · April 02, 2006, 06:36:10 PM

Well, looks like I won't be seeing this one until it's on DVD. I was hoping it'd be number 1 this weekend and make it's way into my local theaters. It only made 3.6 Mil!!!!

Me sad.....

trekgeezer · April 02, 2006, 07:13:45 PM

All I can say is Starla! Starla! Starla!

Just because a movie doesn't make big box office ( there were like 3 other people in the theater with my son and I) is not reason to write it off. It wasn't fall down funny, but it filled the bill for a fun flick. I think you guys are way too critical sometimes. This was an R rated movie, so the tweens and the teens couldn't get in by themselves. I'd look for it to do very good on DVD.

Ash · April 02, 2006, 07:53:41 PM

I didn't mean to say it was bad.

It wasn't bad...but it wasn't awesome either.
It was somewhere in between.

I think a second viewing when it comes out on DVD might make it better.

LilCerberus · April 02, 2006, 10:17:11 PM

Was this movie anything like Shivers (AKA They Came From Within), or Night of the Creeps, or Slugs? Did pay any homage to any of them?

daveblackeye15 · April 02, 2006, 10:25:53 PM

I heard Night of the Creeps is homaged, though I haven't actually seen either movie.

Scott · April 03, 2006, 05:22:07 AM

Yea, it looks like SLITHER might be pretty good. Like NIGHT OF THE CREEPS and SHIVERS.

Mr_Vindictive · April 03, 2006, 07:19:47 AM

As I've said, I haven't seen the movie so I can't be sure...but I don't think that Night Of The Creeps is homaged in the film.

I was reading an interview recently with James Gunn and Night Of The Creeps (NOTC) was brought up. Gunn said that after most people screened Slither, they came up to him and asked hif NOTC was an influcence. Apparently not, since Gunn had never seen NOTC.

After having his film compared to NOTC so much, he finally saw NOTC. He said that he was quite upset because it does look like his film is a rip-off of NOTC eventhough he claims he hadn't seen it at the time.

I don't really care if Gunn had or hadn't seen it. If it is anything even remotely as good as NOTC then it will be a masterpiece.

trekgeezer · April 03, 2006, 07:29:48 AM

Slither takes parts from the Blob, John Carpenter's The Thing, Night of the Creeps, a little bit of Alien, and then you have Zombies (kinda) thrown into the the mix.

This movie is intended to be a comedy and has it's surprislingly funny moments (the kind that make you wonder why you're laughing at something so gross). I thought it was pretty entertaining. Nathan Fillion does a good job as the police chief of a hick town. Gregg Henry plays the mayor and gets a majority of the funny lines. Michael Rooker ... well you'll see what happens to him.

Ash · April 03, 2006, 07:52:20 AM

!!!!SPOILERS BELOW!!!!

See, I didn't think it was totally intended to be a comedy.
Giving us the flashbacks scenes of the alien races this "being" has conquered on other planets was intended to give us a sense of how hostile "he and his slug cohorts" really are.

They are a force to be reckoned with!

He's been around for a million years! He destroys entire worlds! He has never been defeated!

That denotes a real sense of seriousness which I perceived while watching Slither.
This thing is a threat that will take over the entire f**king planet!
This film wants you to laugh at it and at the same time, fear what could happen if the invasion were left unchecked..

Slither struggled to inject comedy with a serious alien threat and it somewhat failed and succeded simultaneously.

That's why I gave it 2 stars and agreed with Ebert.