As a fan of Kevin Smith, the man, his Podcast work, and his movies, my opinion may be biased. I also got to listen in on Tusks development via Smodcast, from its weed induced inception up through to it's production and release, so again my opinion is biased. And though I still believe that I would have loved this film had I not been a fan of Smodcast, and had I not been listening in when Mr. tusk was birthed, I am grateful that I got to view the film from that perspective, and that I got to be one of the people for whom this film was made- #WalrusYes!
Pros:
1) The film was genuinely terrifying in places. Even with prior knowledge of what was going to happen, it still managed to shock and frighten me.
2) Michael Parks was incredible and absolutely terrifying. But he did have good help from these next two points.
3) Howard Howell is a great character. Archetypal for sure, but still and expertly crafted character.
4) Thew writing was great, particularly Howard Howell's monologues.
5) Johnny Depp puts in his best work in years in this low budget Kevin Smith movie. Really impressive character work.
6) Kevin Smith is often dismissed as a less than artful filmmaker, but he has proved otherwise to me with his last two films. There is some really great artistry going on in this flick. The score, the sets, the look and feel, the artistic images (such as the last shot).
The cons
1) If you're not in to this screwy horror stuff, then I don't know why you would watch this movie and then review it, stating that this isn't your cup of tea. If you are one of those people, then stay away from this movie, and if you do watch it, note that nobody cares about your opinion on the matter.
2) Some of the jokes fell a bit flat for me, and the characters Podcast didn't seem very authentic to me. It came across more like morning zoo radio than a pod-cast. They were laughing much to hard at some things that really weren't that funny.
3) Wallaces pod-cast co-host, and girlfriend, were highly forgettable, underdeveloped side characters. But who cares.
4) The ending didn't seem like the best way to handle the situation.
In conclusion, the movie is cool if you are.
Pros:
1) The film was genuinely terrifying in places. Even with prior knowledge of what was going to happen, it still managed to shock and frighten me.
2) Michael Parks was incredible and absolutely terrifying. But he did have good help from these next two points.
3) Howard Howell is a great character. Archetypal for sure, but still and expertly crafted character.
4) Thew writing was great, particularly Howard Howell's monologues.
5) Johnny Depp puts in his best work in years in this low budget Kevin Smith movie. Really impressive character work.
6) Kevin Smith is often dismissed as a less than artful filmmaker, but he has proved otherwise to me with his last two films. There is some really great artistry going on in this flick. The score, the sets, the look and feel, the artistic images (such as the last shot).
The cons
1) If you're not in to this screwy horror stuff, then I don't know why you would watch this movie and then review it, stating that this isn't your cup of tea. If you are one of those people, then stay away from this movie, and if you do watch it, note that nobody cares about your opinion on the matter.
2) Some of the jokes fell a bit flat for me, and the characters Podcast didn't seem very authentic to me. It came across more like morning zoo radio than a pod-cast. They were laughing much to hard at some things that really weren't that funny.
3) Wallaces pod-cast co-host, and girlfriend, were highly forgettable, underdeveloped side characters. But who cares.
4) The ending didn't seem like the best way to handle the situation.
In conclusion, the movie is cool if you are.
