Ultimately, though I appreciate the style behind "Get Carter," I find it empty and a pessimistic view of an anti-hero's journey. Michael Caine plays his brutal Jack Carter with commitment and resolve and the film bluntly unfolds its plot with surehanded brevity. The result is a tale that is nihilistic at best. As Carter's character remains most...
Yes indeed - in the original movie the family were all cannibals (at least those shown). I don't know how far the massacre went, but in the Chainsaw mythos (including the mostly terrible reboots) it's pretty much made clear that everyone in the general vicinity is in on the whole murdering people and eating them (or at least ignoring the cannibals living down the way). Leatherface as a hero makes zero sense to me but I'll rent this some day just so I can see how bad it is.
This is a movie I was going in with low expectations, despite the fact I liked what I had seen from the trailers. Ferrell has been inconsistent lately, but I have to admit, The Campaign was good. And I agree, Galifianakis still manages to steal the show every time - pairing him and Ferrell was a good idea.
This documentary was so convincing, it was enough to convince me and fellow FilmCrave owner Nick to switch to soy milk. I'm not giving up my meat and cheese, though.