Bigfoot

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Well at least this not so good Syfy movie has some decent acting with some proved, if older actors. Danny Bonaduce, Barry Williams, Howard Hesseman, and Sherilyn Fenn at least can act, if a little over done. Not exactly what you expect in a movie from a Syfy. Boy do I know this. I keep watching the Syfy movies and am usually disappointed, hoping for the occasional good one, which does happen from time to time, usually because Syfy did not make it. The reason I say not so good is because the Bigfoot is so much larger than projections and eyewitness (?) reports. It is way too strong, throwing several ton construction machines like I would toss around my little rescue dogs. They are 25 pounders and while I would never throw them around it is the same thought.I like Alice Coopers appearance but the total movie is not that good.

After crashing a music festival in South Dakota, a small band of locals try to put their differences aside and align with the local authorities to hunt the massive Bigfoot awakened by the concert responsible for the carnage before it's rampage escalates out of control. This here was an exceptionally cheesy Sci-Fi channel creature feature entry. The fun of this is made up by the film's large number of action scenes where the creature's on the loose and running wild on the citizens. Those start off rather early here with the opening rampage against the construction works in the middle of the woods as it rampages through the woods, a fantastically cheesy attack on the big music festival where the creature appears and runs wild on the guests and the later attack where the hunters get the drop with the higher firepower out in the woods as the creature starts tearing through the rest of the group on the ground. The scenes of it running wild in the town while the hunters come after it with a ton of big guns to shoot up the city as he wrecks cars and buildings in the midst of the gunfire unleashed against it before the large-scale confrontations with the military at the mountain hideout setting up a big finale that's pretty shocking for what's accomplished. Likewise, this also takes on the channels' other feature setup meaning this one is filled with all the usual hallmarks of such films with the shorter scenes here including the fine ambush on the hikers out in the woods and a later scene with the poachers trying to simply track it who run into the creature in the woods which all come together to make this one really fun and action-packed. Alongside the high body-count and the rather decent design for the creature, these here are what hold this one up over its few flaws. The main issue at fault here is the same problem usually found in these films which is the atrocious CGI work that pops up here, managing to come off really obvious about its usage. Since everything here involving the creature is done in CGI, there's always the fact that the creature never interacts with its environment all that much, it's jerking movements where it really seems to highlight the inability to move within its space which makes it look really obvious. The last part here that holds it back is the problematic story that has a couple of issues, in that it tends to put the events in the wrong order. There's no reason why the festival rampage, which should be the film's highlight, put half-an-hour into it as that really makes no sense nor does the inclusion of the hunting party which is placed near the end for some rather odd reason. The other big issue with that is some of the personal issues here are just lame and utterly innocuous points into it that are supposed to be character development pieces that don't have anything to do with the story itself and serve no purpose being there. In the end, it's really cheesy, but that isn't a point to hold against it. Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Language.

Unlike one of the previous reviewers named djderka, I do not believe AT ALL that SyFy's movies are funny B-Movies for the Millenniumer's and that somehow, if you're not from that generation you're just not 'getting it'. That is such an insulting, arrogant and stupid thing to say to anyone who's not from your age category. That's as stupid as me saying that anyone who's older than ME can't appreciate bad movies made from 1974 to 1994, that's just BS, anyone with a brain knows in general the difference between a good and bad movie. If these SyFy movies are TRYING to be funny then they're doing a very poor job of it and if you find anything in this funny as in "HA HA, they MEANT that to be funny", then I'm afraid you're just a moron. I actually suspect that 'djderka' probably works for SyFy in some capacity which would explain why he claims they 'purposely' made the cop car have a dull finish instead of a shiny one to make the film look cheesy (I guess a subtle SyFy joke that only a Milleniumer like djderka would be able to 'pick up' on). No djderka, sorry to burst your bubble but they did it because it's faster/easier/cheaper to render the finished CGI effects and that's the ONLY reason they did it. EVERY object in this movie that should have been shiny was dull. But I guess djderka thinks they made ALL those finishes dull to purposely get a laugh from all his in-the-know buddy gamer Milleniumer's.

This movie was pure fun, for me! Those 45 or older will relish the star-studded cast-from-the-past, including Danny Bonaduce, Barry Williams, Howard Hesseman, and Alice Cooper. Yes, it's a terrible 2/10 low-budget movie, without the awesome star power. But with it, the movie is a joy to watch. I want to give it 10 stars, just for the sheer awesomeness of getting all these stars on-board!! IF ONLY the movie, itself, weren't so silly, and had better production values... I understand that today's children (well...likely anyone under 45) won't have the same nostalgia...since they likely won't recognize these stars. Then, I can imagine the movie being a waste of time. But. If you grew up watching The Partridge Family, The Brady Bunch, and WKRP In Cincinnati, this is a fun jaunt down memory lane. I knew nothing about this film, and took a chance on it. I'm soooooo glad I did! Pure fun!

Bigfoot can take its place alongside the great Bigfoot movies of the past such as Sasquatch, Abominable and Boggy Creek. Where Bigfoot can one-up them is with the amazing cast. Barry Williams and Danny Bonaduce are the stars. Howard Hessman and Alice Cooper are cast in supporting roles. The photography is quite good. The dialogue is to die for. Lots of little hidden references to Danny and Barry having known each other in the past that will bring a smile to anyone old enough to remember them as childhood actors. The CG for Bigfoot is not overdone making the monster fun and enjoyable. The story has a great message about the environment. Also the story allows even the bad guys to be fun. So why only an 8 and not a 10? It was good but not Sharktopus good. Still a great piece of entertainment! Thank you Asylum! Keep up the good work. I'd pick Bigfoot over Inception, Prometheus, or The Dark Knight Rises any day of the week!

Watching this, I was more upset watching actors have to say such lame lines in implausible situations than by anything the "big scary" monster could do. Danny Bonaduce (Danny Partridge forty some years ago on "The Partridge Family) and Barry Williams (Greg Brady on "The Brady Bunch" in the 70's) are the "leads" in this epic, playing totally unlikable characters. Bonaduce is a cynical promoter/DJ, Williams is a really bad folk singer who cares about the environment. Bonacuce stages a rock festival that a couple of dozen people attend, the highlight of which is a guest appearance by Bigfoot: displeased by Alice Cooper's song stylings, he eats a few audience members and literally kicks Cooper off the stage. Sherilyn Fenn, an Emmy nominee in the early 1990's for playing high school hottie Audry Horne on "Twin Peaks" gets to wear Marge Gunderson's old hat from "Fargo" as she attempts to impose order on the scene. Also wearing a badge is Bruce Davison, an Oscar nominee for "Longtime Companion." Davison also directed the film. His direction of a kid's program got him an Emmy nomination a few years ago. He's unlikely to get one for this. As I said, the script is terrible. Bigfoot eats people at a rock concert, terrorizes Deadwood, South Dakota, and briefly visits Cedar Rapids. The resolution of the story (well, sort of resolution) comes at Mount Rushmore. But through all the death and disaster, there's no sense of urgency to the proceedings. Fenn does what she can with an underwritten part, but she's now forty-seven years old. She looks fine- she reminds me of Barbara Hale as Della on "Perry Mason"- but this is a film with poorly developed character parts and no leads. Oddly enough, the special effects aren't really bad. There's some nice use of forced perspective. But we don't know where this huge gorilla came from. I don't think that apes of any sort are native to South Dakota. Because the story mechanics call for it, the monster shows up. To keep the story mechanics moving, characters walk into the frame to be Monster Chow. By the way: I'll admit that I fast forwarded a lot, but I have no recollection of Billy Idol showing up for an instant.

Character actor Bruce Davison (of all people!) directed this silly bit of creature feature b-movie nonsense about an enraged, truly ticked off Bigfoot on a destructive rampage through an area of South Dakota. Syfy channel CGI Bigfoot runs around squishing people underfoot, pulling victims' heads off or crushing them in his bare hands. He snarls and roars, tosses around outhouses, RVs, ATVs, vehicles, and the like, dead set on raising as much havoc as possible. What is even more irresistible than this, you ask? The cast of former stars from yesteryear. Sherilyn Fenn (of Twin Peaks) as a deputy, Harold Hessman (WKRP in Cincinnati) as the mayor, Bruce Davison (X Men) as the sheriff, Danny Bonaduce (Patridge Family) as a radio DJ who decides to take up Sasquatch hunting, and Barry Williams (The Brady Bunch) especially fun as a "tree hugger" hippie former rock star (and Bigfoot supporter who claims that he's only so angry because Bonaduce and mayor Hessman were responsible for tearing up a lot of good land for a rock concert "return of the 80s" festival that the Big Meanie smashes up Incredible Hulk style). This movie got a 10 just because Bonaduce and Williams get into fisticuffs at a bar when Danny starts bragging about shagging Barry's mom! Seeing CGI Bigfoot tossing around CGI cop cars while stomping about while letting out primal screams is only adds extra laughs to this whole cornball experience. Want me to sweeten the pot? Alice Cooper (!) shows up at the rock concert (he says to Bonaduce to promote his book on golf!) ready to cut loose with Bigfoot crashing his act and kicking him out sight! Seeing Cooper and Bonaduce arguing over the shock rocker getting on stage at the sparsely populated concert was just surreal to me. Seeing Barry posters with his face and the tag "Save Bigfoot" was about as WTF. This whole deal is Davison's way of just having fun; he has the right kind of cast to play with the laughable material. It all boils down to Bigfoot laying waste to any local that gets in its way, and the cast wanting to kill (or save) it in the worst possible way.

Ever since Mr. Mercer and myself have endeavored to create our own monster movie based on the legendary bigfoot (you can read more about our efforts here), I've kept an eye out for any and all things related to the ever elusive Sasquatch. Enter the release of 2012′s Bigfoot, a made for TV movie that documents the reign of terror imposed by a creature more relative in size and stature to King Kong than the reportedly gentle giant that roams the forests of North America. There are a number of ways one could approach a film like this, but I would never have guessed that the story would center around a rock concert in the shadow of Mount Rushmore. Two aging foes—who apparently shared glory days as members of jam bands during the 1980′s—lock horns in a dispute that boils down to conservationism versus capitalism. I'll save you the grief of a tedious narrative recap by saying simply that the catalyst that ultimately sets up the confrontation with the creature of cryptozoological lore is idiotic; it's a hammy idea that may have worked had the actors been more willing to "cheese up" the proceedings, but a misplaced sense of seriousness sinks any hopes of intentional laughter. Instead, we get uneven sequences that find our hero and villain spouting off cliché lines (and plot points) about protecting the environment and generating revenue for small town America (respectively). Are you bored yet? If so, I apologize, but this serves to highlight the fatal flaw of Bigfoot: that there isn't enough of well bigfoot. When the monster shows up good fun is had by all, but too much of the movie is bogged down in a dispute between two unlikable characters. Last time I checked, people tune into the SyFy Channel movie of the week because they want over-the-top gore and an overabundance of horrendous special effects. Here, neither is given the screen time it deserves, and the result is a mind-numbing movie with an absolutely infuriating conclusion that's every bit as hollow as Alice Cooper's two minute cameo. Yeah. You read that right. Actually, said appearance might just be the highlight of Bigfoot. As the aging rock star touts before being stepped on by the massive primate, "I'm the scariest thing you'll ever see!"

I'm not quite sure what happened, This atrocity came on and next thing I knew, I was drooling on myself and had crapped my pants. Good thing Bonaduce can still get work. The only saving grace of this entire fiasco was of course the "Bigfoot" without a doubt the most realistic, and awe inspiring "Bigfoot" in the history of Bigfootdom. Barry Williams soul inspiring performance reminded me of John Schneider in "OGRE" enough cannot be said about his performance and therefore, it shall not be said, suffice it to know, Danny Bonaduce he is not and that's not a bad thing. The movie as a whole? definitely watchable as long as you have a beautiful drunk woman passed out on the couch who wasn't paying attention where you live and never caught your name.