Go-Ape Blog

This is an amazing film and whilst not being an outright horror, is in some ways horrifying.  It has what must be one of the best endings in film history.  I spent 3 months actaully studying this film for my A level Film class and to be honest, now it has become a fantastic joke between the people who were in that class.  Despite how good it was, 3 months left it at a point of overkill and I can no longer manage to watch it in one sitting.  

But that is not because it is a bad film, merely that I have seen it too many times in too short a period of time and have had it tainted.  This is a classic film and if you are thinking of seeing (or have seen the remake and know how bad it is), then please give this one a view as it is so much better.   

Bruce Campbell is an absolute legend, and in a perfect role as The King himself, Elvis as he takes on an evil mummy in cowboy dudds that is menacing the residents of a nursing home, sucking thier souls out through thier arse holes.  His only help, a deluded old man who believes that he is JFK and has been dyed black by the government who are keeping his brain in the White House.  

See this to me, sounds completely irresistable.  I read about it and saw 4 still frames in a film mag and went straight down to my local rental store and got it immediately.  This film is genius, it is clever and funny and at the same time, manages to be oddly endearing towards the old folks who are so often overlooked.  The last time I saw anyone going out of thier way to rescue one of the elderly was in Mars Attacks I think...

However, I won't lie and say that the film will be to everyones taste as I have discovered when I suggested it to customers when they asked me what we had to rent that was a good film.  I have managed to get 5 people to rent it.  3 of them came in and told me I had awful taste (one of those asked for a refund), 1 person just left it in the drop box and I'll never know whta they thought, but 1 person did say how much they did enjoy it.  

So although it might not be to your taste, it might be worth watching to find out.   

This film pits an amazing actor (Schwartzman) against a legend (Murray).  I cannot think of any other film where you get to see Bill Murray basically starting a war with a 15 year old boy.  It is funny as it could be whilst maintaining a melancholy twinge to it that is maintained throughout the film.  This film made me cry (with laughter) with some of the strangest lines and actions ever ("your minds as warped as your ear magnus").  

This is pretty much one of Wes Andersons lighter films and certainly a lot lighter in content than The Royal Tenenbaums which is one of his best films, but this one is perhaps the best one to start on.