400 Plus Pictures, finally off my phone, in reverse order

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TEN: The Purge: Anarchy (2014)

1. The concept is novel, the approach is canned.

2. Needs a lighter, more gonzo style. This is very competent and paint by numbers. Produced by too many people who knew what they were doing.

3. The dialog is too on the nose, laughable in some situations, and each character says the same thing every time they open their mouths. People have the same exact conversation over and over again. Screenplay by Copy and Paste.

4. The movie is: run down an alley, have a gun fight, talk about each other's past, repeat until the final blow out. You can see the scenes coming in a steady pattern.

5. There is no sense of escalation. I was hoping for some feeling of deepening dread or suspense. None of that. It's all very Cannon Picture action imagery.

6. The economy of The Purge was interesting. How people are making money off it, exploiting the classes, that was something interesting. A concept of Government Subsidies was tossed out there, that's what I needed more of. Though, I don't really understand how murdering off the cheap labor pool benefits the rich. Who's going to carry their golf clubs and detail their Bentleys? I suppose I should read more of them book thingies.

7. This movie had a very strong Escape from New York vibe, but you know, without the humor. It is played very straight, to its detriment. There is no sense of fun. For a movie with Anarchy in its title, this really takes itself too seriously.

8. There is a creepy thing between the action hero in this, who is actually pretty cool and who pulls you through the movie. He has some charisma, but belongs in a movie like "Cyborg Cop", not this one. So he's fun because he thought he was in a different movie. BUT no, there is a creepy relationship between him and the female protagonist’s daughter. They set it up where he and this diner waitress would like each other, but instead he's hitting on her teenage daughter the whole movie. Weird stuff.

9.  The movie flashes to life in the last few minutes when the characters are stuck in this Most Dangerous Game laser tag like room, it has a nice blend of satire and gunplay, maybe not enough to make it worth finding a babysitter for, but pretty cool. Very squibby. The revolutionaries are hysterical.

10. So it looks like they are wanting to make one a year. I say do it every other year. You need some more time to let these bake. It all comes off as the machine made the movie, not like actual people. If anything, it feels like a Rage Against the Machine high schooler had a great idea but had no idea what to do with it. It feels like the Saw movies, slightly subversive, but the same three scenes played on repeat.

FINAL THOUGHT: Look, I paid $6.50 to go see this because I had the day off, and I'm glad I did. It was an escape from reality, nothing earth shattering, but was fun to see a crappy movie in a theater where it could get my undivided attention. Plus the theater serves coffee, so that was awesome. 4/10 for the movie. 8/10 for my general sanity. I was glad to return to reality afterwords. If a movie is too good I hate leaving the theater.

WATCH INSTEAD: Escape from New York, The Crazies (original or remake), The Warriors, Assault on Precinct 13. Basically you'd be safe watching anything directed by John Carpenter instead.

HOW WAS THE CREDIT SEQUENCE?: Funky and low res, punky, they should have let the title designer direct the movie. I say, that should be a new rule. Whoever makes the best credit sequence gets to direct the movie.

What sold me on the movie: Besides the concept, there was this cool poster...

and this cool creeper...

and this still...

It doesn't take much to get my money. 

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Sam Drog

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The Cam Project

Currently I am working as a personal assistant to the visual artist Cameron Conkle. This morning after breakfast he demanded that we take pictures of all the air vents in his house. So here they are. Who knows what he's cooking up for his next showing.

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The Clown Versus Monkey Channel

Hi Birds!

Here are the first four episodes of Clown Versus Monkey. Ya' Dig!

https://vimeo.com/channels/430662

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Clown Versus Monkey: Episode 4

Clown Versus Monkey: Episode 4 from Sam Drog on Vimeo.

Clown Versus Monkey: Episode 3

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Cam living the good life

Clown Versus Monkey: Episode 2

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Clown Versus Monkey: Episode 1

Clown Versus Monkey Episode 1 from Sam Drog on Vimeo.

I suppose I should be posting these.... hmmmm.

SD

DROG/BLOG: The Clown Versus Monkey Method

DROG/BLOG: The Clown Versus Monkey Method: Hi! So what is the process on making a chunk of Clown Vesus Monkey? So Green is easy, yellow kinda tough, red takes a long tim...

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The Clown Versus Monkey Method

Hi!

So what is the process on making a chunk of Clown Vesus Monkey?

So Green is easy, yellow kinda tough, red takes a long time. Anything Clown takes a long time. Each row is a scene. I try to do a few boxes every day. That's it! I do a pass then start over for the next ten minute chunk of movie. Rock rock.


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TEN Things I remember about Battle Of The Damned (2013)

I fell asleep during this, so here's my general impression of the movie.

1. Malaysia setting adds a lot. Asian zombies and the foreign location gave it a nice vibe.

2. Lundgren's face takes up his entire head.

3. There are robots in this, but I don't know how they got there, I must have been asleep. They have a nice 1950's vibe mixed with Apple aesthetic.

4. Lots of warrior face paint.

5. A great pace. Movie begins already in progress and never stops to breathe. Everytime I passed out some gunfight or zombie attack woke me back up.

6. They did a good job making the people have a distinct look and personality. Well, the costume designer did their job.

7. Movie looked like some friends running around with cameras, playing Aliens. The difference between professional and amateur is so small now. I've seen slicker homemade productions on YouTube. Not a bad thing. Movies now look like glorified fan films.

8. Cribs from Escape from New York,  some lines taken verbatim.

9. Zombies are so easy to defeat. They would never overrun society. The reality would be more Romero with the rednecks getting together making a weekend out of it.

10. I recommend this, it's an amalgam of so many movies you like, the fun is spotting the influences.

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