As I promised, with tomorrow starting
the October festivities (and an announcement on to come as I'm trying
something a little different this year, hence why I didn't pool for
suggestions) we're continuing the penance with something a little
seasonably appropriate.
It always happens. Even before I get to
October, I start feeling the itch for horror. Fortunately, this
project gave me an opportunity to indulge said itch while I got ready
for the big push – Kevin Smith threw his hat back into the ring.
Actually, that sounds a bit harsh.
Honestly, I still want Kevin Smith to do well. Even on projects like
this, I feel like he has potential in him. Which makes it all the
more frustrating when he not only doesn't live up to it, but falls
prey to some of his old bad habits that have been called out many
times before.
This goes double when it comes to his
forays in horror, as some may remember from when I discussed Red
State last October. I still feel like there's the potential for a
good movie within it, but the finished film was overwritten, too
caught up in blindsiding its audience, and making sure we understood
what it was trying to say (to borrow a line, somewhat ironically for
this movie, from the podcast 'We Hate Movies', all that film was
missing was a big red “Do You Get It?” over the end credits) to
really work.
To his credit, Tusk does at least avoid
some of those earlier hurdles.
Keyword some.
