John Dies at the End

Refreshing movie, I enjoyed watching it more than I originally imagined.

I'm pretty enthusiast about this one.

Watching this again I'm impressed at how much of it was ripped directly from the pages of the book rather successfully considering how differently it was adapted.

I though I remembered John's phone calls differently having a degree of prescience. That said I also remember feeling how much it felt like there was more to the story. The first time I saw this I knew of the book but I hadn't read it. Having read the book now I can definitely see how much was left out and yet the movie is a fairly tight narrative that contains just enough to enjoy and yet make you want to find more. It contains a lot of the wackiness and some of the monster horror but none of the existential horror from the book.

I enjoyed the bizarre, silly style but I disliked trying to make sense of it all.

Watching John Dies at the End is a disorienting experience. In fact, at one point one of the characters even highlights that point by saying "I couldn't get oriented." It's a very hard movie to describe and it feels like there's never going to be a conclusion to the story as more crazy stuff keeps piling on. However, it does put everything together but I found in retrospect that I enjoyed the mystery and the confusion more than the conclusion. I wouldn't have expected that.

It's visually quite trippy. The style is very unique. I know it's based on a book and I wonder how closely the adaption was because if it was faithful, then I really wonder how the hell the book pulled it off. It was a fun ride. I can see why some people would hate it and I can also see how some people would love it. For me, I had fun but it didn't fall on those ends of the spectrum for me.

I never thought I'd like this book better than the movie, but here we are.

The rich imagination that went into the writing stayed on the paper and the only thing that made it off the page was normal old movie shit.

What an oddly warped movie. I've heard things about JDATE but i finally caught the movie and it's just as wacked out insane as everything implied it would be. I walk out of the "theatre" just in a weird state of shock at all the stuff I've just seen. I definitely enjoyed it for what it was.

This is not even entertaining for a B-movie. You have to be on some serious drugs to enjoy this movie.

Its not good but I enjoy watching it from time to time just because its weird, you'd think that would only appeal once but somehow it works every couple years. I'm surprised Rob Mayes hasnt gotten better work though. He's pretty good in this.