Tusk
I won't be making an effort to avoid spoilers, so reader beware I suppose.
I generally tell people I hate horror comedies. That's not entirely true, but the truth is difficult to explain, so I find that easier. I don't like horror comedies are are constantly telling me they are comedies. I can enjoy and laugh at a ridiculous scenario, but prefer them to be presented seriously.
For the first half of this movie, I thought it was perfect. It was a horrific but incredibly stupid scenario that was presented seriously. The tension is actually real. When the camera zooms out and you see the full body walrus it is both hilarious and horrifying, and I enjoyed that moment so much.
Body horror is always a fun exploration. There's a....fiction genre called hucow which I find fascinating, which was mirrored in this movie slightly. Don't look it up, it's a disgusting misogynistic genre, involving removing the humanity from women and reducing them to milk producing cows(like inflation I find it interesting in a horror sort of way, but that's not really the intent). Nevertheless, it felt like there were slight echos of that here, where the old man described walruses as gentle as cows, and that he would need to become a walrus and shed his humanity, stop talking and stop thinking as a human.
It's a stretch, but it made me sit up and become more interested in the movie.
Theeeen Johnny Depp shows up with a preposterous accent and eye crossing. A hockey player is named with a ridiculous name of Gumtree. Accents steadily become more cartoonish, and national jokes are played up more, Canadians squish their burgers and americans love guns.
I ended the movie hating it. Definitely not my type of movie.
It's a stretch, but it made me sit up and become more interested in the movie.
Theeeen Johnny Depp shows up with a preposterous accent and eye crossing. A hockey player is named with a ridiculous name of Gumtree. Accents steadily become more cartoonish, and national jokes are played up more, Canadians squish their burgers and americans love guns.
I ended the movie hating it. Definitely not my type of movie.
Hahahaha what is truly funny is how yes, now you hate it along with the rest of the world, but you hate it for completely different reasons. And could you tell that is was Johnny Depp in that detective roll? That was kind of universally a huge mind fuck to everyone who saw it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I should make you watch Yoga Hosers next, to complete the Kevin Smith horror/comedy filmography. If you liked Tusk, you'll LOVE that one!!!!
I thought i recognized the detective actor, and then I paused to do something, and Amazon prime displays the actors in the current scene on pause and it said Johnny Depp, and I went "ooooh, that's why he looks familiar."
DeleteThe real question is which one was worse? Tusk or Yoga Hosers?
DeleteGood question- guess we must define “worse” first, but personally, I enjoyed Tusk much more than Yoga Hosers.
DeleteI think a third entry in his Canada trilogy is coming soon, so I should hold off and marathon them....
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