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Friday, July 8, 2011

Very Bad Things (1998)


A black comedy directed by Peter Berg, starring Christian Slater and Cameron Diaz.
A group of friends celebrate a bachelor party in Las Vegas. They are having fun until one of them accidentally kills the stripper/prostitute.
This is one of the films that is mentioned when people talk about crazy and good movies. The plot, characters and production value are absolutely great. The film really comes off as unique and has it's own "flavor". The violence is not over-done and most of the tension is created through the plot. This is another film with mostly upset characters. Apparently, conflict (supposedly essential to plot) must be between the characters themselves. There are many types of conflict:
Character vs. Character (shown here)
Character vs. Self (shown here)
Character vs. Nature
Character vs. Society
Character vs. Supernatural
Character vs. Technology
Character vs. Destiny
I would really like to see some variety in this plot element, given the wide range of choices. However, a good film is a good film and I'm rating this awesome.

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