I enjoyed last week’s midnight screening of Repo! The Genetic Opera, but then I read the reviews, which were mostly negative to the point of revealing palpable disgust for the thing. I also had to remind myself that one of my favorite movies is Hedwig and The Angry Inch and that my juvenile sense of humor often has me laughing uncontrollably when someone says “poop” or “fart.” I guess what I’m saying is that even though I liked the futuristic Goth rock opera, I can’t, with a good conscience, recommend it to anyone else.
February 21, 2009 - 12:58 pm at 12:58 pm
I thought that the movie COULD have been good.
It had a innovative plot line, but the casting was poorly organized and it ultimately portrayed itself as a unoriginal film screaming for a undeserved colt scene. I went the screening of it, and half of the audience who lost interest in it half way through began to actually find humor in the misplaced songs and unnecessary gore, as did I. The component that ate at my respect for Lynn was how Repo! The Genetic Opera was asking to be placed among Sweeney Todd and The Rocky Horror Picture show, when it clearly did not meet those standards. Actually, I believe that Tim Burtons mirror of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was closer…
Some people may say that its a mix of both of those movies, but I think a better description would be: A Gorillaz music video, Saw, and I am Legend went to a rave party, shot up on cocaine that WALL-E offered them, had unprotected sex, and had a baby.