What aunt_zelda Thinks: Tusk (the movie)

I just saw Tusk.

I was like "Hey friends let's go see a movie" and we did, and it turned out that the time we selected was the one Kevin Smith was going to do a Q&A after. We didn't know until we were getting out tickets, and subsequently went "whoa, whaaaaaa?"

The movie was ... was ...

I don't know how I feel about it.

Like, I enjoyed going. I'm glad I went. I had fun with my friends. The audience was very responsive, which is always fun, you're not the one person yelling or laughing or shrieking alone. I do not regret spending money on the ticket. I had a good evening.

But like, I don't know if I liked it? Or if it was even a good movie?

The Q&A was great. I don't know much about Kevin Smith, like at all, so it was a good introduction to him. He rambles. He's self-deprecating. But he also praises his actors and says a lot of good stuff about filmmaking and the fans and how this movie was made. He even brought money to refund people in case they got angry and wanted a refund (nobody took him up on that, but still, he pulled out the money!) I just ... wow.

He said a lot of good stuff about how, since this is a movie "that should not have been made" (his words, not mine) that he hopes there's people who will see it who will realize "there's no reason for me to NOT make a movie." And about how filmmakers just take the ideas and consume the other movies and make their own takes on the genre/story/concept, and THAT'S OK.
And how he's got two more movies planned, rubber suit monster movies in Canada, the next starring the two teenage girls from Tusk, and a third called MooseJaws, which is exactly what it says on the tin. I'm VERY excited to see those two movies!

Michael Parks. Good god. I just ... if you have doubts, see it for his performance alone, he plays it so straight it's incredible, the man is so creepy and hilarious and perfect and WOW.