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Death Magnetic
03-21-2009, 11:15 PM
My buddies and I watched it a few days ago for the 1st time in years.....soda machine killing little leaguers, ice cream trucks trying to run over kids... classic.. any one else seen this gem?
neverending
03-21-2009, 11:20 PM
Yah, I think it's a piece of garbage. The supposed humor is all so obvious and overdone.
Elvis will be in here soon though to rave about how great it is. It's his favorite film or something.
stenchofdeath
03-22-2009, 02:30 AM
I saw it a few years ago. It wasn't bad at the time, i'm not sure if i would like it now.
milktoaste
03-22-2009, 05:09 AM
I haven't seen it in a long time, but I remeber it being awesome because it was so bad. Trucks holding people up for gas, you just can't be expected to take that seriously.
scouse mac
03-22-2009, 06:44 AM
I took it for what it was and enjoyed it.
Perfectly watchable.
stephen king tried to direct -learned to stay behind the typewriter with this clunker.
but the soundtrack is AWESOME! the little riff pieces that angus and malcolm young pulled together are perfect driving music and the rest is classic ac/dc tunes. and who made who is an ac/dc classic now!
Disease
03-22-2009, 08:16 AM
Is this the one where they are all at the service station ?
Kemal
03-22-2009, 08:51 AM
There were a bunch of accidents when they made that film. One of the remote controlled machines actually injured a member of the crew, I think he lost an eye or something.
Paul the Monk
03-22-2009, 09:05 AM
It is a piece of trash yes, but entertaining trash.
rubenmania
03-22-2009, 03:03 PM
I loved this movie in the 80's and still do today. Awesome flick
neverending
03-22-2009, 04:02 PM
It is a piece of trash yes, but entertaining trash.
Depends on how low your standards are, I guess.
Elvis_Christ
03-22-2009, 11:29 PM
Elvis will be in here soon though to rave about how great it is. It's his favorite film or something.
Not my favorite but yes I do dig this one. Great fun and as Zero mentioned it has a great soundtrack.
I've got the flick Trucks too that I haven't got round to watching yet.
crabapple
03-26-2009, 05:10 AM
The movie has a score by AC/DC...if you are expecting something that is trying to be sophisticated in any way, you won't find it here. If you like trashy, cheeseball movies, it can be fun. I saw it in the theatres (this definitely helped) and I enjoyed it.
neverending
03-26-2009, 05:17 AM
I didn't "expect" anything hen I saw it- I had no idea what it would be. I did, however, find it appallingly bad as a comedy. Obvious, overdone and poorly executed.