 Thanks for checking out this video. So this is one of my more relaxed videos. I don't have notes or anything I'm just kind of talking about a topic. That's kind of my personal opinion and that is what I should lead with disclaimer wise All these things are my personal opinions whether it's this video or any of my review videos So yeah, people are usually very nice in the comments about it by and large actually like 99% I'd say so that's pretty cool But anyway, so the topic of this is about Rob Zombie for some reason Rob Zombie is extremely polarizing within the horror community People on the side who love him people who hate him and there doesn't seem to be a whole lot as far as people in the middle Who love him and hate him? So I guess I might be the closest thing there is to a middle on Rob Zombie Because there are things I really love about Rob Zombie and there are things I don't love about Rob Zombie So I'll kind of hit both those areas with this So first of all his films, that's the big thing. What do I think of his films? For the most part, I don't like the majority of his films like I don't really like House of a Thousand Corpses Except for like the last 10 to 15 minutes, honestly with the whole, you know, Dr. Satan underground thing Which by the way I listened to a review review an interview that he did for Eli Ross history of horror and He was talking about how that whole portion at the end was just tacked on kind of like as a You know extra because they ended up having extra time and extra budget like it wasn't in the initial script And for me that ended up being the best part of it The one of the reasons I don't really like the film all that much is it feels like it's very much Just pieces of older films just kind of mashed together Like it didn't feel like its own film because it just felt like it was a bunch of ideas from other films I'll kind of put together now I know that people would kind of say and people do say all the time that there really aren't no Original ideas anymore that we're all kind of borrowing all filmmakers are borrowing from someone else But the way it's packaged a lot of the times can be made to feel more original or have kind of an original spin on it Or more personal spin on it Which I think the personal aspect of what Rob zombie brings a lot is his kind of like gritty Feel and look to a lot of things and he certainly does that I don't feel either way on that kind of gritty look and feel I think he executes it well for what he's going for But I just his stories typically for me are too Simplistic for what I enjoyed a lot of the times and like I said It just seems like he's taking pieces of a bunch of other films and just kind of throwing them together So that's on display in House of Thousand Corpses and I also think like three from hell But like a lot of people say I do think that Devils rejects is one of his favorite It was one of his I think it is one of his favorites, but it's one of his best films by far It looks really good. It's well executed. I think writing wise it may be his best or one of his best So I do like that don't I tried watching his Halloween remake the first one And I should probably go back and try and finish it out and do the second one just because But I started watching it and I bailed 20 minutes in because I just didn't I didn't like it I didn't like where it was going I didn't like the composition of it, but that's why I say I should probably go back So I can't have like a full-on opinion on that. I do actually own his animated film He did El Super Bisto, which I actually think is pretty fun and it's it's crude It's like a fun crude that I enjoy I mean, I'm reviewing a lot of giallo film So I enjoyed like a fun crude a lot of the time So I would recommend that for people like animated stuff. I think he did a pretty solid job with that keeping it fun I will say that lords of Salem. I really do like lords of Salem I think personally it's the most beautiful thing. He's ever shot I think it actually has a lot of style to it And I think that's one of the big things is when I saw it it really struck me as whoa This is a different Rob zombie. This is a very different Rob zombie now It did still have what I was talking about with things like house of a thousand corpses where he's taking pieces from other films But it did feel like his own and it felt like he kind of brought it all together and wrapped it all up in a really interesting way one of the other big things is the Acting of sherry moon zombie was very restrained It was very low-key and it fit a really interesting character in the film And that's one of the other things is he puts sherry moon in everything that he does and I don't necessarily have a problem with people Working with people they know or people they trust which from what I've heard from Rob zombie He likes to work with people that he likes and trust and that's why you end up seeing a lot of the same people Plus I think that from what I know and what I've heard a lot of the people who end up working with him Actually really like him and like the way he operates So they're more than willing to come back and keep working with him So it's a good relationship there and he does seem like he's probably a pretty nice guy in real life But I'm not big on nepotism I usually roll my eyes as soon as I see that someone has cast a family member in something Unless it's Ted Raimi being cast by Sam Raimi because Ted Raimi I think has like real chops like he is a real good actor I don't think sherry moon is that great although like I've saying I think she did a really good job in Lords of Salem. I just hate her character. Otherwise in you know, the the firefly trilogy Just can't stand That character it's obnoxious. It's a combination of how she plays it and how it's written So a lot of my issues with his filmmaking comes to that like the writing style. I'm not into the writing style, but I Think that's basically all I want to say about his actual film stuff So there you see why I'm in the middle like I like I really liked doubles rejects And I really like Lords of Salem, but other than that most of the stuff. I'm not big into That's just my thing Him personally, I really have a lot of respect for for him because he started in music So he's got a wonderful musical talent. I've listened to white zombie and when he was solo Throughout my years so liked his music all the time then when he stepped over to film I was like, oh wow, that's interesting. He can actually have the skills To do film as well. Now he got started with doing music videos So that's how we got you know dipped his toe into that and then he moved on to doing actual movies And I kind of viewed it as he's a fanboy and this is kind of the way Eli Roth is I think which I'll do a video on my thoughts on Eli Roth, but It he's a fanboy of horror who just happened to be able to Make that jump into actually making film himself And I think that ends up being a lot of the reason that a lot of the stuff in his films end up feeling like they're just taken From other films because he's such a big fan of all these other films that he draws from that He's I don't think he's doing it from the standpoint of just like stealing I think it's more from the standpoint of like paying respects giving homage To these films and sometimes doing a little bit of parody as well So I respect it, but like I said a lot of times it doesn't really play all that well for me personally But I have a lot of respect for him personally for that reason that whenever you can Be good or be successful in more than one realm in your life as far as jobs go I have a lot of respect for that. It shows that you're multi-talented. It shows that you're a very intricate person and You're wildly talented. I love that about him so I have a lot of respect I also have a lot of respect for him because of How independent he is and I've listened to interviews with him where he talks about how he operates with making films And he just wants to do things his way so it really sometimes comes off of him just being like an ass and Seeming like man. He must be hard to work for work for and work with but When you think about it, it really is more from the standpoint of like the big industry like Hollywood studios It's probably really tough for them It seems like it's actually not very tough and actually very enjoyable for the people working Cast and crew for the films It's just he has creative visions and he wants to execute those creative visions as best He personally can because and a lot of people have commented on this It can get very frustrating when studios step in and start putting their hands all over stuff Because it ends up turning into some other vision and ends up not being their vision And I think one of the things is where Rob zombie comes from With having as much control as he has over his music with throughout his career That's what he was used to he was used to having that creative control So when he made that step over to film he felt like that's what I want like I don't want to do this And I don't need to do this Unless I can have creative control and so Yeah, so I respect that about him a lot and also the fact that there was this one incident That happened that boosted my respect for him even more where he had done it I think he did a show with or he went to the show of The group baby metal now if you don't know who baby metal is look them up on YouTube You can find their music They're literally a fusion of heavy metal and J-pop and if you don't know what J-pop is That's Jap Japan pop. It's like Japanese pop music, which I'll admit right now. I'd like J-pop. I listen to J-pop every now and then it's a Song it's a music style that actually calms me and makes me happy and you'll see why if you listen to it or if you ever have listened to it But this the baby metal group they have this fusion of metal and and J-pop Which I think it's kind of fun and cool and Rob zombie did as well So he had a situation where he posed with them for a photo and put it on social media and people were Berating him because he said good things about baby metal and people were like, oh, that's not real heavy metal Oh, this is wussy stuff. Why would you you know, why would you dilute your brand like this? And you know just things like that and here's where he responded to that and he was just like look these girls and these guys in the band are Artists they're creative and they're more heavy metal than you probably are People who are complaining internet trolls. So that kind of boosted my respect for him even more because it shows that Independence it shows that look I like what I like and I don't have to Say that I like something else or say that I don't like something because that's what you want from me He is who he is he is his own person and he presents himself as This is who I am and this is what I like and this is you know, this is why I am creatively This is why I am personality wise and if you love that that's cool if you don't then whatever, you know Like you can go away. That's fine But he's not doing terrible things in life, you know, I know there are people with that type of personality But they're horrible humans It seems like he's that turped that personality, but he's a good guy. So I like that plus I like listening to his interviews He has a lot to say because he comes from that Film fan standpoint much like why I love listening to things from Eli Roth actually which That gives you a little view into what I what I'll say in my video about Eli Roth But I don't want to go too far on this We can go ahead and have a discussion put some put some comments down How do you feel about not, you know, not just like I love him. I hate him. He sucks. He's great How do you feel about Rob zombie? Like what are some of your favorite films? Do you not like any of his films? Do you love all of his films and why I want to know these reasons like why? What is it and that's one of the big things is a lot of times when people Argue about Rob zombie. There isn't much nuance to it. It's always I hate him He sucks or I love him. He's great. Well, tell me why he's great Tell me why you love him and tell me why you don't like him You know, don't just say he sucks like give some actual criticism say I don't like his films because they don't connect with me because blah, blah, blah, you know, like be a smarter person You can't just say I hate something. I love something and expect people to respect you It's a very idiotic thing to just leave a base of motion as your Response for certain things because people aren't gonna respond to that. Well, they really are not it just doesn't land well But just saying anyway, but put your comments down there I'd love to talk to you about you know, go back and forth on, you know Your thoughts because maybe there are aspects of his films that I don't appreciate that Through telling me how you appreciate them that could kind of change my view on it That happens. That's another thing. 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