I've got next to no recollections of Wild Things outside of the mid-story twist Matt Dillon is in on it. But this is a nutty presentation. The way Denise Richards is interrogated by the female detective (who gets hit on by Matt Dillon later on, and she's also incredibly dumb and trusting of him, she doesn't even think he might be a rapist) with an inappropriately sultry voice asking what happened in a more pornographic way. This did okay critically, I feel like it's slightly above the trashiness of Show Girls. And I totally forgot Bill Murray is in this. I think things get kinda weird and wacky. It's not shot terribly, it's competently made, and campishly acted, Matt Dillon's kind of a himbo and I can't even tell if he's that good, he's got that dude-bro voice that makes Keanu less credible as an actor, but he's not the worst either. I kinda like Denise Richards and how she can talk through her teeth. Neve Campbelle was still trying to come out of her squeaky clean Party of Five era (I don't think she was that girl next door, Scream had done really well but she was a bit sameish, she had these very distinct mannerisms and that classic little staccato laugh.). Kevin Bacon has a penis and we get to see it. I can't even remember how it ends. The score is actually very Twin Peaksy minor chord, Blues scale jazz, very Badalamenti. The main soundtrack is very late 90s too. It's got that kind of sharp, fast-paced editing. Once you know where it's going it's kinda predictable. I remembered the Bacon/Dillon connection but not the ending. It's just trash enough to be appreciated. It's campy but I feel like Dillon taking a boat arm thingy to the face and ending on a black screen works. Some reason we need a bunch of midcredit scenes piecing everything together kinda pointlessly, it really looks like a lot of outtakes, and this is after it's explained Neve's like a supervillain with an IQ of 200 somethin' who can put her mind to anything. I blanked all of the Bill Murray stuff at the end. It was more fun than I recalled. I just didn't commit much to memory at all. Sadly, we all missed out on the Bacon/Dillon kiss which I vaguely remember. We just get a mild gay/not gay penis on display moment that is clearly trimmed down. Of course there were the useless sequels we never asked for. But it wasn't the pile of insubstantial trash I thought it was.
I rant at movies I don't like. I thought I may as well do all my rants here. I may also rant about stuff I like.
Monday, 30 October 2023
Wild Things... Not what I remember
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