Arcadia (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} ortsorfragments) wrote,@ 2008-11-18 20:58:00 |
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repo! the genetic opera
This movie wants to be Blade Runner meets Rocky Horror, but only makes it to Hot Topic presents Xanadu.
It doesn't help that they forgot that even a campy cult musical benefits from songs that are not horribly, horribly bad. The woodenly expository lyrics make "Dammit Janet" sound like the heights of Sondheimian wit.
Anthony Stewart Head does his best to sell it, though. And the scene with Sarah Brightman projectingPrincess Leia Our Heroine's dead mother from her freaky eyes to sing backup for her was...effective.
However, if you saw the music video for "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and thought "if only that were a feature film!", this may be the movie for you.
This movie wants to be Blade Runner meets Rocky Horror, but only makes it to Hot Topic presents Xanadu.
It doesn't help that they forgot that even a campy cult musical benefits from songs that are not horribly, horribly bad. The woodenly expository lyrics make "Dammit Janet" sound like the heights of Sondheimian wit.
Anthony Stewart Head does his best to sell it, though. And the scene with Sarah Brightman projecting
However, if you saw the music video for "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and thought "if only that were a feature film!", this may be the movie for you.
