The Faculty
April 23rd 2008 02:57
Written by Kevin Williamson, who also penned the annoying Scream (1996) and the lame duck I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Faculty is deeply derivative, but wears its influences and inspirations shamelessly on its school uniform sleeve, but it works, oh yes, it works!
Laura Harris as MaryBeth, Shawn Hatosy as Stan, Josh Hartnett as Zeke, Clea DuVall as Stokely, ElijahWood as Casey and Jordana Brewster as Delilah
Delilah and Casey seek shelter in the faculty lounge closet
Coach Willis, Mrs Olsen and Mr Tate outside Casey's house
Coach Willis (Robert Patrick) and team feeling unusually thirsty
Casey and MaryBeth are coerced into snorting scat to prove they're human
Stokes and Casey are confronted by the alien queen
The alien queen is a riot, but I won’t spoil the surprise if you haven’t seen the movie, it’s a cool carpet-puller, and works excellently. Indeed the scenes in the movie’s last quarter in the gymnasium and swimming pool are terrific. But the movie is a hoot from start to finish! Swiftly-paced and rewarding.
The Faculty should definitely receive some kind of special edition treatment; it’s the tenth anniversary fer Chrissake! How about a Rodriguez & Williamson commentary? Key cast commentary? A special effects featurette? Deleted scenes (a key student character called Venus ended up on the cutting room floor)? Goof reel? C’mon, there must have been a goof reel on a movie this much schlocky fun …?! Tentacled fingers crossed, here's hoping ...
Here's the theatrical trailer:
Here's Miss Burke a changed woman (excuse the Eastern Euro subs and it ain't work safe):
Here's when science teacher Prof. Furlong gets involved (warning! contains spoilers/not work safe either):
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Comment by JohnDoe
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Derivative for sure, but well handled and fast moving there is much to smile about. Then again like you I'm a massive fan of the films its saluting.... One of the few Josh Hartnett films (along with Virgin Suicides) that allows him to shine instead of drag the movie down.
its been a while since Ive seen it, time for a screening I think, maybe pop some speed pills to add to the ride.
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Comment by Damo
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My Apologetics
I saw this film on the shelf and I saw Decoys.
Yes I selected decoys and regretted it ever since.
It was billed as watch this if you liked the Faculty.
Hence I was put off watching The Faculty because of it.
Maybe I should check this out and compare.
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Comment by Bryn
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Morgan, really? You think Scream was well-written?? It irritated the hell out of me, but then to be honest I'm not a fan of horror comedy per se. Especially when it tries to be too clever, and especially when the majority of the cast annoy the pants off of me! Here's my review of Scream, if you're at all interested.
Raven,
you too? fragmented? Oh well, that's the beauty of film, it's like all art, each individual person can pull it apart saying it worked or it didn't work ...
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