kevin c
Thomas Dekker plays a college student living on campus with his dorm mate, and hasn't quite decided on a sexual preference yet. After attending a party he thinks he sees something dastardly and strange mysteries occur.
This movie kind of went in many different directions a lot of which I enjoyed and a bit that just seemed thrown in. Overall I enjoyed it, possibly because it was weirdly different.
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
03/31/23
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dave s
Kaboom is a muddled mess of a movie. Picture a game where a bunch of random words are thrown into a hat. Draw five words from the hat and cobble together a script using the five words selected. In this case, the words are as follows: dreams, sex, cults, apocalypse, masks. In the case of Kaboom, the loser of the game is the sucker that winds up watching this piece of crap. It's hard to imagine anyone coming up with any redeeming qualities for this mess, other than the possible fact that most of the characters are really good looking and that most of them manage to get naked at some point over the course of the movie. Yeah, that'd be about the only reason to waste time on this.
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
03/30/23
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Not my type of movie 2.0. The ending was pretty dumb
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
09/22/20
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darth darth b
Usual of Araki's disdain for logical sense within his own narrative, everything on display is designed to titillate and confuse, blending conspiracy with witchcraft with petty jealousy, all by use of a paper butterknife, through the prism of shallow characters, all culminating in an ending that can only be described as the most commonplace of backed-corner copouts (having the movie's title predict the outcome is no excuse).
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
03/31/23
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Audience Member
Mmh, as unsure about this one as I was before watching it.
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Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars
02/10/23
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I've watched most of Greg Araki's films, whether online, at school, or by accident. In university I was directed to several of his movies, for his wild and outrageous plot-lines, and desolate themes of helplessness. I wouldn't call myself a fan, but I did enjoy the 90's drug escapade "Nowhere"(1997), which was a precursor to many well known stars of the early 2000 era. Araki leads viewers on a non-oriented vision of college life, complete with all the oddball events of his previous films, but ends up as a rather dull entry.
For most of the movie the viewer is listening to our main character (known only as Smith), discuss the trials and tribulations of his young adult life. Bi-sexual, awkward, unfocused, and generally ignorant of other people around him, we are forced into his fantasies, absurd lifestyle, and unrealistic grip on reality. Sounds like fun right? Well, unfortunately you'd be wrong. The events that we witness unbearably forced, despite its unnatural and science-fiction theme. I felt most of the actors were just terribly strained and the unnatural dialogue between characters only draws attention to the situation. I think the actors were just terribly tedious in their delivery, and before long, I found there wasn't as single one that was believable.
As with most drug riddled, and absurdist films, this movie has some interesting happenings. There is everything from serial killers to witchcraft here, and they certainly match Araki's usual plot-lines. Some are pretty amusing, and somewhat surreal, while others simply fall flat and actually take away from the enjoyment of the film. Several of them (if not most) have no significance to anything at all, and they leave you with the feeling that Araki is trying his hardest to stay relevant in his own way. I didn't mind the craziness, in fact, I was expecting it. However, by the end of the film, you find yourself more than confused (which is probably his goal in the first place).
If you're a fan of Araki, you'll probably like this film very much. I didn't really think it had anything to offer besides that "WTF is happening" feeling he brings to movies. An irrelevant event with an abrupt ending.
2/5
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
01/28/23
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