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Killjoy (2000)
Great clown, bad everything else
If you like cheesy B movies, add this to your watch list.
The acting was terrible. To a point where I actually couldn't tell whether the characters were lying to fool the bad guy and intentionally trying to make that obvious to the viewers or not. They were not. It was just really really bad acting. Also, at parts where it was only people having a conversation and no real action happening, the camera man like to wave the camera around wildly. It seemed like it was to make it look more mysterious or dream like, but it really just made me dizzy. However, the clown and the acting of the guy who played the clown were excellent. Most evil clowns in movies are either just plain evil with nothing funny about them, or try to be funny but fail completely. Killjoy has the perfect sick sense of humor for an evil clown. If you enjoy dark humor, I'd suggest watching for his lines alone. The good parts were really good, and the bad parts were so bad that it made them funny. I fully intend to watch the sequels.
The Raven (2012)
The most accurate portrayal of Poe I've seen yet
The Raven was an absolutely gorgeous movie.
I highly recommend that every single one of you go see it.
First of, let me say that you don't have to be a Poe fan to enjoy it. Anyone who enjoys drama, action, mystery, or horror will love this movie based on the plot alone. However, being a fan of his work certainly makes you feel like part of an inside joke. If you're a fan of his work, I'd recommend brushing up on your knowledge before you go to see it, though. I understood most of the references, but a few definitely made me go "What story was that from again
?" which was at least slightly frustrating.
John Cusack's portrayal of Poe was absolutely perfect, in my opinion. I'm sure we all have slightly different interpretations of what he was like, since we haven't really met him, but (coming from someone who's read most of his stories and studied a lot about his life) it really met all my expectations. His character was passionate, obsessive, and poetic. At times he seemed witty, at times he seemed completely mad, but there was never a moment when he didn't seem genius.
And they really got his drinking perfectly. So many people try to portray him as being a sleazy drunken mad man, as though they've never actually read anything he's written. But I also wouldn't want it to be ignored completely, since it was certainly a factor in his life. They got it very accurate in this movie; they portrayed him as someone who certainly liked to drink, without making him seem like Barney (the local drunk) from the Simpsons.
Over all, there wasn't a single thing I disliked about this movie. In my opinion, it was an absolutely perfect fascinating take on his life and his stories.