Comments on: Repo! The Genetic Opera

By: Evander

Evander — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:49:43 +0000

I’ve read through a lot of the comments here as well as the review, but there are a couple of things I have to point out:

1) Yes, I know “Repo!” was not the best ever movie in the world, and the plot was not the best it could ever be, but I still love it. The entire production was on a very low budget for a movie, so I can honestly say that, in my opinion, they did very well for how little money they had.

2) Nathan has a split personality. That much is a bit obvious to me. The first time he went to his Repo Man persona in the “Legal Assassin” scene, his entire posture changed, his voice and even his expressions changed. And at the end of “Thankless Job”, he looked almost confused or a little startled that he was holding on to a sliced up corpse, ergo I think that Nathan sometimes isn’t truly aware of when the Repo Man takes the control.

3) Nathan knew that Marni never would have forgiven him if he had saved her and let Shilo die. That’s why he chose Shilo to save–that, and he was more than likely in hysterics and panicking. Rotti managed to blackmail him by saying, “If you become my Repo Man for the rest of your life, I’ll clear your name, let you keep the only real family you have left, and keep you out of prison for murder.”

So…there are actually several other things I could say, but I don’t want to ramble. All that I’m going to say now is that if you’re going to do a movie review, you should give it more attention; pay attention to the important details that make the movie good, not just the over all performance of a low budget. I should know, at least somewhat. Haha. I’m in newspaper at my school.

By: 14 and it made sense to me

14 and it made sense to me — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 02:31:29 +0000

Honestly- whomever wrote this review, and the person defending them, were either not paying enough attention when they watched, or wrote this review after sleeping and watching something else before their morning coffee. The plot makes perfect sense if you actually watch and pay attention- it’s not a disney movie. Like many other films directed at people above the age of ten, the plot is confusing if you miss twenty minutes of it. (thank you james, for giving a piece of sanity to this flamewar- I really don’t know why I like to read flamewars all the way through. morbid curiosity, I suppose.) The major plot points being contested above go something like this:
Rotti killed Marni, Nathan blamed himself. There was no way to save Marni- Nathan saved the only one he could. Rotti blackmailed Nathan with the prospect of losing his daughter’s trust, which Nathan believed because he is half insane, with the sane half being influenced by the insane, and the insane half screaming “kill kill kill” in his head every second of every day.

The women in this movie are badass, and the men are insane, idiots, a combination of the two, or Graverobber, who is the narrator, and is allowed to be awesome.

The movie takes place over at least two days, if not longer, and Pavi speaks like he’s Italian because he is trying to be cool(and failing miserably- which is the point)

Paris Hilton does exceptionally well for in this movie because she is playing herself with a different name and even more money, not because she is a better actress than the others. Sarah Brightman does an amazing job, and is my second favorite character, after Graverobber.

done now- FYI- I’ve seen it three times. It made perfect sense every time, and I have seen both the cut and long versions.

By: james

james — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:41:46 +0000

ok I am an avid Shakespeare fan, hated RHPS and discovered Repo! through my friend giving my a DVDRW and saying “you gotta see this”

so i did, and i loved it. I got every major plot point the first time, unlike many reviewers (this one included) I can accept that budget got in the way of the full story. I think that the makers did an excellent job of abridging what they couldn’t fully develop.

as for the war that existed for the first half of this comment section: it is explained in the movie, (from both Rotti’s Story and Nathan’s Story comics and the “I remember” song that nathan lost his sanity when Marni died, this was also expressed in the his back and forth musical monologues, where the focus of his emotions constantly shift and conflict. Rotti showed up when he was mentally weak and capitalized on it. it is assumed that Rotti regularly reminds Nathan of his sin, thus keeping his sanity off balance.

nathan does not fear legal persecution, he fears losing his daughter, and is wracked with the guilt of his wife’s death, with Rotti constantly reminding him that it was his fault.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:19:50 +0000

I haven’t read all the comments but the first ten or so seemed really stupid jsut three people arguing semantics. Perhaps if you don’t like the genre you wouldn’t pay as close attention therefore you might not pick up the subtle hints that fill in the blanks in the back story. Though in the song nathan sings right after he rescues shilo in the graveyard does he does state that he might have been able to save marni instead of shilo and you may think the lyrics are “silly” but some of us in the “RHPS group” do find this a very good movie and if you don’t like the movie don’t watch it and just because a critic says the movie sucks doesn’t mean it does so if your friends see it and say that you might like it watch it once and see for yourself don’t rely on just other people to tell you what to enjoy.

By: Zaddict

Zaddict — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:53:19 +0000

ya know truffles… your right… its not epic… ITS FUCKING BIBLICAL!

By: balam

balam — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:05:34 +0000

i saw the film with little to nothing known about it. i loved it.
i hear there will be a sequel and prequel. maybe your little “holes” will be explained in those.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:43:36 +0000

The soundtrack’s not terrible. A little kitch perhaps, but really not so bad.
For anyone who has wastched such films as Troy, whcih has aeroplanes flying through the backdrop of a Grecian era, will appreciate how seeminly tacky Repo! may seem – come on, at least it doesn’t take itself seriously.
It’s deliciously gory, and Anthony Steward Head has never, to my knowledge, carried out a watertight role. Look at him in Buffy!
When’s the DVD extended version coming out, by the by?

By: Annoyed

Annoyed — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:31:54 +0000

Wow what an internet bitch fight over a shitty review.

By: hannah

hannah — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:39:30 +0000

I wonder if the writer of this realizes that the original version of the movie (the one that bousman and zdunich(sp?) wanted to release) was originally over 4 hours long. So of course there are going to be holes in the story when they create a film and then are forced to take out chunks of it for time restraints. There are plenty of side stories that were meant to be told but couldn’t. Hence the director’s cut of the movie. Not to mention the fact that this film was created on a little over 8 million says quite a lot. Most of the props and prosthetics were left over’s from his SAW films.

I will admit, the first time I watched REPO! I was not completely sure of what I had just watched. However, I began to find myself singing the songs constantly. I do think that this movie is one that you either love…or you hate. And its obvious that this reviewer fell under the hate category.

By: Earthsprite

Earthsprite — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:10:50 +0000

Thanks, Kuromisa. That revelation, however, leads me to muse on why she’s bald! Poor girl, does her father shave it every night? Heheh. No, I can only assume the drug/poison makes her hair fall out (?). Pointless to seriously consider when there are other ‘holes’ in the movie, of course.