Brains, Blood, Boomsticks, & Broods

It sounds promising, right? It was directed by Sam Peckinpah, and if you’ve seen Straw Dogs, which he directed three years earlier, you probably have a certain set of expectations. (We’ll get back to that in a moment though). BMHAG is described by nearly everyone as an ultra-violent epic, but it’s now one of those “maybe back in the day” films. Straw Dogs held an intensity in the story and acting, though punctuated with a nauseating rape, that culminated in an intensely climactic event. Juxtaposed against Alfredo Garcia we were often wondering if we were watching a romantic drama. Quite simply, in the former you care a lot about the characters. In Alfredo we really didn’t give a shit and it’s important because you spend so much damn time listening to them talk about their dreams and…. marriage.

That damn head is here somewhere…

We managed to pass some of the time by playing a game of hot potato, making a second round of Longdogs (see recipe at the end), and wondering when the movie would raise itself to schlocky standards. It was a decent film, but the highlight of the night was the batch of cookies Heather made. BMHAG certainly won’t be landing on my rewatch list  anytime soon, and if you want to understand the director and can take the intensity, go with Straw Dogs. I’m guessing we’ll be swinging the pendulum next week to get in some really bad special effects and maybe a werewolf or radioactive beast. I can’t wait.

We missed you Jake. You didn’t miss much. There weren’t any children in the film, well except the one being carried around in a coffin. Come back from Tahoe and bring some slasher goodness with you. I’m sorry if this post seem rather uninspired, maybe that alone speaks for itself.

3/5 Flies

What it has: Serenades, Piano Playing, Bad guys, a good guy?, a dead guy, dry ice, 10k dollars, Jose Cuervo Silver, and a station wagon

What it’s missing: something that lives up to the opening scene, mariachis, a werewolf

Drink of the evening, Longdog:

2 oz Gin

2 oz Tequila

1 oz Triple Sec

2 oz Lemonade

1 oz Lime Juice

(Drink beat the movie. Bottoms Up!)

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