My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Man Bites Dog (1992)

I love the idea for this film.  A documentary crew follows a serial killer as he kills and debases human life.  Shot in black and white with a satirical eye and a pitch-black sense of humor, the filmmakers Belvaux, Poelvoorde and Bonzel attempt to say something but what I'm not sure.  I enjoyed the film for what it was, a mockumentary, but at times it seems to relish its violence a little too much.  At least the serial killer comes across as a scary loser instead of a glorified cool guy, and its because of that this film works.   It's not for everyone, obviously; think Natural Born Killers without a love story or Oliver Stone's over-stylized touch.  Grade: B+.
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