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The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) (2011)
What I Expected, But Still, Why?
I saw this out of plain old curiosity after hearing on a morning radio program how it was banned in a country or multiple countries I believe. I'm not sure what the reasoning could be to make this film. I'd like to have given it half a star, but it would only allow one; the one star is to credit any skill it took to operate and pan the camera, and assemble a sound and editing team that made this appear like a polished moving picture, at least in the most mechanical sense. Aside from that, this was the pinnacle of mediocrity in terms of anything that would seek to claim itself as art in the remotest sense of the term. The positive out of this is the fact that I can't wait to watch more movies that are full of decency, taste, tact, you name it. If this film was designed for a reaction such as mine, then I almost regret writing this so as not to offer any credit to the director. Never any redeeming value. Avoid at all costs, unless you wanted to get the unexplained bout of curiosity off of your chest.
Carnivàle (2003)
Uniquely Promising
HBO continues to set the standard that all of the other networks are, in attempt, following. Carnivale appears to be, after viewing the premiere episode, a freshly twisted period series with smart casting, fine acting, and most refreshingly of all an original premise featuring the (albeit) supernatural transients of a dusky side show. I was at first reminded of Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes". Although equally as dark (thus far), Carnivale is intriguing to say the least. With such richly inventive writers at HBO, it is almost impossible to predict the success of Carnivale based upon its gloomily subdued pace. In the wake of "Six Feet Under" and Showtime's "Dead Like Me", is it not time for some mysticism among the living?