Thanksgiving - Movie Review
all right another fake Grindhouse trailer gets a real film adaptation I'm [Music] game so Thanksgiving first started out is one of the fake trailers on Robert Rodriguez and Quenton Tarantino's double feature Grindhouse those fake trailers were pretty awesome and that is in fact where machete comes from and after what seems like eons of production and years of hearing about how Thanksgiving was going to be an actual movie Thanksgiving is now in fact an actual movie and I got to be honest the beginning of this movie was actually kind of brilliant it's Thanksgiving evening Black Friday is upon us because as addressed in the film as well as as seen in real life Black Friday starts on a Thursday now and it becomes absolute chaos I was enthralled I was like this is the film I mean it's not the film The film's actually a completely different style of film which is a slasher flick but the setup of this film being executed as a horror film in which hordes of customers on Black Friday are just trampling each other I could personally go for an entire film of that a Black Friday zombie apocalypse Vibe horror film as seen and experienced from customer service employees in a store because I've been there I've worked Black Friday it is in fact hell and people are indeed the worst versions of themselves but that's just the setup one year later someone's dressed up on Thanksgiving and killing people with an axe I've always had kind of a soft spot for those post scream 90s or post 9s but throw them back to the 9s teen slasher films all trying to be scream and I got to say un like a lot of those other ones The Kills in Thanksgiving are actually pretty awesome they were gory and bloody but in a fun kind of way not in a Goro kind of way until later I'll get to it in a second it has what you expect from Scream wannabe slasher flick kills but also with that fun execution of Final Destination Deaths the stuff that sticks with you cuz when you see that when you're driving on the freeway oh you think of it too how are the characters they're Canon fod they're there to die I don't give a [Ø¢ __Ø¢ ] about them probably should but I didn't they're most interesting when they're suspects when you're like maybe you're the killer that's when you give a [Ø¢ __Ø¢ ] about them the most and then you're like all right maybe not I die for all I give a [Ø¢ __Ø¢ ] which is really a bummer because usually in a movie like this there's at least one character you latch on to you're like you're the one carrying me through this nope zero [Ø¢ __Ø¢ ] given unless they're getting killed I'm like oh hey what's up fun then the third act happens and all things being Eli Roth it shifts into ridiculous and gross I get it in terms of execution of the third act there are things from the fake trailer that are in here and that's why they're in here everything leading up to that was actually a really fun and bloody slasher flick the third Act was definitely directed by the guy who directed hostile not that the third Act is ever as gross as hostile but it does have a bit of that Vibe likei Ross like great but has anyone vomited while their mouth is gagged in this movie no then we still got work to do also that third act does go on for a bit too long I was like and it's it hasn't ended oh and we're still going that would have been a nice ending 90 minutes folks it should have been 90 minutes internet has it as an Hour 4 six one thing that probably would have helped this film when it comes to cheese and dialogue is that Grindhouse Vibe film scratches the Distortion to make it feel like Grindhouse was this 35mm print that just got beat to [Ø¢ __Ø¢ ] and put through the ringer I get why it wasn't in here because Grindhouse had a lot of marketing explaining what that Vibe was and why it is in the movie it's been a minute since grind outly [Ø¢ __Ø¢ ] is it has it been 16 years I just did the math if a kid was born then he could drive now I don't like bye I'm out bye I'm not going to sleep well I got my cane right here you darn kids when this comes out on home release I would love for there to be a version available that does have that Grindhouse Distortion because this movie does have a cheese factor that lends itself to that both with dialogue and otherwise I don't know I I missed the throwback I really liked Grindhouse and the kind of throwback it was with the style it had plus a person and a movie should not forget where they came from like in the end the fact is I'm not a big fan of Eli Roth's work personally his movies are just not my thing no other way to say it that said this is absolutely the most enjoyable Eli Roth film I've seen in about two decades third act flaws aside the first couple acts I was really into this thing if you're an Eli Roth fan you're probably going to eat up every frame if you're not an Eli Roth fan the first two acts might actually surprise you I mean if you're not an Eli Roth fan but you're still a slasher flick fan I mean if you don't like Eli Roth or bloody slasher movies don't watch this it's just simple as that like there's no no way around that I'm going to put this one over the edge man I'm going to say I had a surprisingly bloody fun time no alcohol required I mean it's probably a lot better with friends and booze so it probably should be a good time if you're drunk all right so Thanksgiving have you seen it what did you think about it what's your favorite post scream slasher film '90s and 2000s were littered with them whatever it is whatever you think comment below let me know and as always if you like what you've seen here and you want to see more click right here to see [Music] more [Music]