Gentlemen Broncos
September. 30,2009 PG-13A teenager attends a fantasy writers' convention where he discovers his idea has been stolen by an established novelist.
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Nice effects though.
Good concept, poorly executed.
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
First off, I don't like comedies. They are not funny. I despise the Will Ferrel type movies (Anchorman, balls of fury, Talladega, etc) so called "humor" of that type that is not funny at all but just a bunch of repeated idiot jokes. That is corporate comedy. Its not even funny unless somebody tells you that it is. But with Americans inability to think with the slightest inkling of originality, it is no wonder they are so popular. The masses are.....This movie made me actually laugh. It was funny. The funniest movie I had seen in a long time. I find myself repeating some of the lines form it. IT is not a serious movie, Most movies that come out are not serious movies. Better sci-fi than the Bunger Games.The acting was hilarious and the faces of some of the actors were amazing. Sam Rockwell is excellent in his dual roles.I thought it better than Napoleon Dynamite.You can dislike this movie, but that only makes you a square in my book.
This film is a crime. And EVERY SINGLE ONE of those involved in the production should be arrested as accessories for not even attempting to halt production from day one.This absolute train wreck, this abomination, will make you question that other list of movies you've seen and said "That was the worst movie I've ever seen!" You ain't seen nothing until you've seen Gentlemen Broncos.The movie is painful, sad and disgusting – and I'm not even referring to the obvious efforts to gross us out, like kissing and swallowing someone else's puke. What makes this movie stand out from other disasters, like The Room, was the fact it was, unbelievably, competently shot. These buffoons should've known better.And ironically, the dreadful movie/book/fantasies within this movie, which keep getting praised by the characters are not as bad as the actual movie as a whole. Oh, sure, the "Yeast Infection" book the film revolves around and its (100-feet below any of the MST3k short's standards) fantasy shots are obviously inept and enormously miss the comedic mark, and still they're a welcome distraction for the terrifying sight of the rest of the film.From the appalling dialogue to the endless misfires they want you to believe is comedy to the absolutely repulsive secondary characters – what was with Large-Mouthed Lonnie? I'd rather stare at feces longer – this movie had utterly nothing going for it. The slight and only bright spot was actor Michael Angarano. He screamed BETTER than this, but sadly, he couldn't elevate one speck of this catastrophe.The plot's all over the place, but suffice to say: Teenager writes a horrendous and yet "highly praised" story that appeared to be written by someone 10-15 years younger, and one failing famous writer steals it, while Large-Mouth butchers it for a cheap production. The poster's tagline is "From the director of Napoleon Dynamite" and from the looks of it, this story could have, in fact, come from the mind of that Napoleon character, albeit on his worst day of creativity.Oh, there's a more sadly a lot more going on including 1/100th the production value of the worst of the Star Trek episodes from the 1960s, but nothing that equates a SEE IT because of that character or that scene. Even the great music was out of place – and Cher, you should be ashamed of yourself!On a side note, karma really sucks. I must really have p*ssed off my friend – you know who you are! – who "recommended" this to me. I'm inches from purchasing a plane ticket for two states over, taking a taxi to his residence and upon him answering the door – he'll get a slap across the face. That's it. No words. Following the deserved attack, I'll just turn around and head back to the airport.
When Benjamin (an aspiring young science fiction author) attends a writers' workshop, his latest work is quickly lifted and re-imagined by two of his fellow campers. One, an obnoxious small-scale filmmaker, does so with the creator's blessing while the other, an established novelist, claims the work as his own. Written and directed by Jared Hess, also responsible for Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre, this eccentric comedy lands somewhere in between the hypnotic success of the former and the disappointing shortfalls of the latter. The opening act is a real riot, with quirky, colorful characters stepping out of the wallpaper and amazing over- the-top visualizations of Benjamin's work that treat his hokey material with unmasked deference. But while those big screen interpretations of his hilariously awful novel bring the goods throughout the film (with competing visions from the two other writers' interpretations raising the bar) the primary storyline doesn't keep pace. The awkward, passionately inept cast doesn't quite have the charms of Napoleon or Pedro, (with the exception of Jermaine Clement of Flight of the Conchords, who's outstanding as selfish sci-fi plagiarist Ronald Chevalier) and there's a notable lack of a top-of-the-mountain moment that was so present in Dynamite's dance scene. It's a spiritual successor that had potential, but never completely rises to the moment.
You will know within 2 minutes of watching this if you can watch all of it or not - it is anti-Hollywood, just about anti-indie, a brilliant take on boredom, eccentricity, makes unoriginality into hyper-originality and is generally like a 1930s freak show with a side order of banal.Seriously weird, and yet oddly familiar, the psychodramas and models of parenting and the wakwardness of friendships are all twisted in a maelstrom of ideas that just keep on coming. Every character is explored not for character but for something odd, find the oddness, in the face, the mannerisms etc; and its in their eccentricities that you find the story.However, behind all of the strangeness, there is consummate skill: the actors are all just on the line between satire and buffoonery and it all works brilliantly. This is a truly strange, odd, little film with Sci-Fi roots and strange strange buds. All I can say is plunge in - it is one of the stranger films out there - yet it has heart and humor, and many will recognize the nerdcore COS world it inhabits all too well - if off the wall is your cup of tea you can rest assured you have found the right stop...weirdly brilliant....