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Under discussion:

Choke  (2008)

Having read the novel in which Choke is eponymously titled and being nominally prone to sporadic bursts of laughter and the oft uncomfortable arousal of my naughty bits while digesting its contents, expectations of similar feelings while viewing the theatrical adaptation seemed reasonable. I hate being prone to optimism. A glaringly obvious first time attempt at directing - nothing more than a mishmash of fragmented characters and subplots: the only cohesion between scenes being the load of genetic material carelessly flung during the incalculably gratuitous, and increasingly malignant, sex scenes strewn throughout. Stick with the book.

Under discussion:

I See You.com  (2008)

Seemingly oblivious to the actual conception of 24/7 webcam sites and reality television, I See You.Com was intentionally made believing itself to be the first film to depict the sordid nature of filming others without their consent, "reality" shows and the fallout of overnight stardom. Apparently EdTV, The Truman Show and the cluster**** of other wannabes were all checked out that day they did research on the subject at their local Blockbuster. Boring, trite and terribly constructed.

Under discussion:

The Lost Boys  (1987)

Lost Boys 2: The Tribe  (2008)

Getting straight to the point-y stake, Lost Boys: The Tribe is an amazingly bad amalgam of sub-standard writing and amateurish production value not suitable for the melodramatic soap operas and flesh-peddling Skinamax films it so desperately wants to emulate. Rehashing the same story-line from the original film The Lost Boys and putting a 'modern' twist on it, the films reeks of inexperienced filmmakers and the pathetically inept actors cast in this charade of a sequel. Overdose on Vicodin and down a bottle of cheap vodka and you might find yourself capable of tolerating this mess.