Greenzombidog
This is quite clearly the work of someone going through a midlife crisis. Part remembering those long lost college days but mostly creating a past that they'd wished they'd lived. This movie is basically Roger Avery's Rules of attraction processed through the mind of a drag queen. The masturbation fantasy of a frustrated old man.Most of us remember our college days and the ridiculous rubbish we used to say but this movie takes that to another level with the characters talking some real cringe inducing shite. Line upon line of paltry faux-intelectualism, enough to make a little bit of your soul die just by hearing it. Cheap ass set design like you'd see on any Australian soap opera, horrible wardrobe everything about this movie looks cheap.The cast are all attractive young people just going around posing, preening and having sex with each other. Then you get some awful weak scifi garbage going on then the whole film just disappears up it's own arse.I got sick of seeing Thomas Dekker pouting and gurning into the camera. It started to feel like I was watching the directors own voyeuristic desire for the young actor as his face seemed to constantly be filling the screen. I'm sure there was probably more of this footage in the dailys that made it's way into his personal collection.This film is a total waste of anyones time.
Matt Kracht
This is the second Gregg Araki film that I've tried to watch, and I hated it even more than the first (Doom Generation). For his fans, I'm sure this is going to be a positive experience, but I think that I will never, ever be a Gregg Araki fan.Most of this film is pointless sex scenes, sarcastic dialogue that desperately wants to be witty (and ends up trying way too hard), lecturing the audience, and gleefully indulging in independent film clichés. Perhaps the absolute worst part is the absolute pandering he does to disaffected teenagers.It's time for Araki to get a new schtick. I didn't like his style the first time I came into contact with it, and I figured maybe it was time to give him another chance. It's been 15 years since The Doom Generation, and he's still going on about the same crap. It makes me happy that I skipped everything between them.
Tim Kidner
That's how 'Kaboom' is billed on the DVD. I watched it, premiered on Film 4 last night.Initially I rather liked it, the striking design, the casual attitudes to almost everything and the dialogue. Especially the catty one-liners. I'm not familiar with this director and on the strength of this one movie, I'm not in a particular hurry to explore further, however.I realise that it's intended to be a surreal cult film and where it falls to pieces is where it starts to mess with your head, as it's just non-sensical and frankly, silly. I also realise that I'm not in the probable intended audience, age-wise. People running around in pig- headed masks just don't grab me, I'm afraid.The liberal, mixed sex scenes were both interesting and fun and the attitude that good sex is just that, refreshing. Most of the young cast play their parts well, especially Thomas Dekker, Haley Bennett and Juno Temple. I did watch it all and there were many good points and I enjoyed much of it, but ultimately, it's just too way out there.
Brent Trafton
I have not been a big fan of Gregg Araki's films in the past but "Kaboom" is easily my favorite and it is his funniest.Obviously this is not a film for everyone. It is kind of a cross between "Scott Pilgrim versus the World" and "Donnie Darko" but "Kaboom" places more emphasis on comedy than narrative. From reading the other reviews on IMDb, a lot of people did not get the jokes. I was laughing throughout the entire movie. If you are offended by sexual content, this movie is not for you.This is one of the best ensemble casts I've seen in a while. Most of them are new to me. I predict Juno Temple is on her way to becoming a star.While "Kaboom" is definitely not for everyone, if you are willing to take a chance on an end-of-the-world sex comedy, you should give it a try.
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