Hot Picks
|
|
|
Big Blue: A Fishy Tale
USA 1998
produced by Kris Hallesy, Matthew Aird for Fuel for the Pig Productions, GLP Media, Cherry Productions
directed by Kris Hallesy, Matthew Aird
starring Verne Graham, Matthew Aird, Dawn Swanson, David Morgan-Shaw, Josie Lenk, Tiffini Thompson, Nevada Williams, Johnny Poole, Kris Hallesy, Brandee Krumbah, Ben Steveson, Johnny Poole, Tim Littlefield, Patrick Mandl, Janene Waters, Sonja Ashcaft, Traci McCoy, Raquel Chase, Kristen Frafjord, Jimmy St Bitchin
written by Kris Hallesy, Matthew Aird, music by Matthew Aird, Anthony Terlicker, songs by Vicious Kitty, TJ Express, Solid Mass, Cry Action, The Alpha Tree Project, Matthew Aird and the Jam Band
Bigfoot
review by Mike Haberfelner
|
|
Available on DVD! To buy, click on link(s) below and help keep this site afloat (commissions earned) |
Always make sure of DVD-compatibility!!!
|
|
|
|
|
When they hear about a local fishing competition to catch the biggest
fresh water trout, Billy (Verne Graham) and his best friend Jesse (Matthew
Aird), two loveable losers if you ever saw any but also two passionate if
somehow slacking fishermen, decide to try their luck. And for Billy it's
personal, as back when he was a kid, he went fishing at the spot they're
about to re-visit, and a trout, the Big Blue, did not only escape him but
seemed to actively mock him - and he figures now the time has come to have
his revenge on the Big Blue - and win the competition in the process. And
to achieve this, Billy comes fully prepared - but despite of the best
preparations, everything seems to go wrong, first Billy and Jesse's car
runs out of gas, then he has trouble with the bait, and ultimaely his
fishing line gets all tangled up - and despite all these obstacles, he
catches Big Blue, and killing him gives Billy archaic satisfaction. But it
wouldn't be Billy if bad luck didn't stick to him like glue, and in the
night right after the catch and before he could show Big Blue to anyone
but Jesse - Bigfoot stops by to steal and devour the fish. And suddenly
having lost Big Blue is no longer the biggest problem Billy and Jesse face
...
Big Blue: A Fishy Tale is surely enough its very own
experience, a shot-on-video tale that meanders between slacker comedy and
creature feature (but leans towards the former) and that ever so often
breaks up formula and structure to wander off into uncharted territory.
And yet, the two central characters, the loveable losers, remain relatable
and even likeable throughout to keep one watching, while the humour always
stays this side of moronic or gross-out to keep things real enough. And
while it's most certainly not the most polished of films, it's
entertaining enough throughout to make this a very interesting, slightly
off-beat watch.
|
|
|
review © by Mike Haberfelner
|
Feeling lucky? Want to search any of my partnershops yourself for more, better results? (commissions earned) |
The links below will take you just there!!!
|
|
|
Thanks for watching !!!
|
|
|
Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to -
a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic to the weirdly romantic,
tales that will give you a chill and maybe a chuckle,
all thought up by the twisted mind of screenwriter and film reviewer Michael Haberfelner.
Tales to Chill Your Bones to
the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
Out now from Amazon!!! |
|