Jules Winfield

Are you a balls and shaft man? Or you just didn't like the tits and ass they showed? What consistency were the tits?

Supermallet

Was there any straight man on man action, though?

Ash Ketchum

Is it just me or did Harmony Korine simply watch TRUE ROMANCE and think he could remake it with a younger version of the Gary Oldman character (Drexel) as the protagonist and three times as many hot babes to join him? That's the vibe I get from the trailer.

BambooLounge

New tagline:

"During spring break, it's white boy day every day"

filmerp

No, but there were some girl on girl scenes that would get Giantrobo set for a month. :P

PopcornTreeCt

PopcornTreeCt

Movie is hovering with a respectable 74% on Rotten Tomatoes. Not bad.

Supermallet

Thinking I might catch this tomorrow before work.

Rypro 525

got back from a midnight screening. may be one of the oddest movies ive ever seen. i don't know if Harmony wanted to make an art movie (complete with voice overs about life and shit) or if he wanted to make a pure exploitation movie w as much T&A/partying, drug use ect.

I agree on Franco pretty much playing Drexel from True Romance (but not as a pimp)

also (not a huge spoiler but as a notice

Throwing Copper

I cannot wait to see this. Love the good reviews it's getting, too.

Can't fucking believe a Harmony Korine movie is in over 1,000 theaters.

RocShemp

That's not a dealbreaker for me but it is a shame that they

RocShemp

Not unless they were 40 lbs. heavier than the leads.

Rypro 525

stunt casting ex disney stars paid off! (ironically no studio wanted it after it debut'd at cannes, hense why an unknown studio picked it up)

Matthew Chmiel

It looks gorgeous. It sounds phenomenal. However, Harmony Korine shows no restraint yet again and the film falls victim to his own self indulgence and pretentiousness. What on paper sounds like an exciting and fun film is very boring and tedious instead.

From the audience reactions I heard afterwards, mainstream audiences are going to hate this film.

filmerp

That's about right, if you combined the weight of the three leads.

Rypro 525

ive seen several on twitter saying 'that was the worst movie i've ever seen'

Jules Winfield

<---Just got a whole lot more interested.

danstheday

saw this last evening and here was what I heard as people were leaving the theatre. This movie sucked, that should have gone straight to dvd, that was horrible and then my favorite, That would have still sucked renting it at redbox with a coupon. I thought it had great lighting and photography and reminded me of the tree of life, great photography,lighting,voiceovers. Basically just a bunch of photos trying to make a story.

PopcornTreeCt

Saw this today and was in a theatre of about 4 other people. Disappointing.


As for the movie, I really liked it. As a Floridian who has lived here over 20 years, I can tell you the movie captured it well. This movie dethrones Scarface as the movie that defines Florida.

James Franco deserves an Oscar nomination. I mean he won't get it but he deserves it because he totally transformed into the character. Not a single moment did I feel like I was watching James Franco.

Very good movie.

Solid Snake

Scarface defined Florida? I thought it just defined the excess of the 80s?

Matthew Chmiel

It's funny that you mentioned the comment about Florida. My wife compared the cinematography to that of Drive which is a film that I feel defines Los Angeles. I'd argue that Spring Breakers' cinematography is the best thing it has going for it. A Korine film shouldn't look this beautiful.

Completely agree with you on the Franco bit. He did a better here than in all of Oz.

PopcornTreeCt

There really aren't too many movies that are even shot in Florida. Scarface is always the one that comes to mind when talking about Florida movies.

Interesting comparison to Drive but I would argue that while Drive screamed 80's this one was almost purely 90's. Growing up on the west coast of Florida near Tampa, we all knew someone like Franco. A lot of people there acted, dressed and talked like him. Little touches like the Camaro Z28 and playing Britney Spears songs seemed to really hit the nail on the head.



I read that Korine spent some time in Florida and I think it stayed with him. He captured it real well.

Matthew Chmiel

I feel the comparison in Drive in regards to cinematography is valid. From the film's opening sequence with the getaway to the "A Real Hero" montage, the film makes you feel like you're actually in Los Angeles. Spring Breakers has that same feel for Florida. However, there were moments that captured the '80s (a la Drive) and one of them had to be my favorite shot of the film:

GatorDeb

Saw this with very low expectations just because of MoviePass and I see ALL movies that come out (for $30 a month), an was very surprised at how much I liked it. Franco was just unbelievably unrecognizable in a good way (although he kept reminding me of K-Fed just because of the way he looked, just on physical appearance ).

Groucho

Q: How do you know somebody has MoviePass?

A: Because they'll fucking TELL YOU.