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Not even for fans of the sick and wrong

I have sick humor, the cover of this movie told me I would like it. - I did not.It did have some blood and severed limbs but it didn't work. These scenes had nothing to laugh at, they were just stupid and without a point. Nothing at all like Monty Python or even the okay-movie 7 heads in a duffel bag. I didn't even laugh once, and I have very easy to laugh at movies.Still, because of the high tempo you don't get THAT bored while watching it and it's pretty unpredictable too. But there are no likable characters and you don't care what happen to them. In the end though, it is not worth your money.Spoilerwarning! (read only if you seen it already): Okay I laughed ONCE. The end was the best thing about this movie , it was superb even, and the ending shot was the only filmed in an exiting way. The rest of the cinematography was pretty TV:ish.

One of Slater's Best Performances

The first time I saw it I didn't know what to expect. I noticed early in the movie that it was going to be filled with "Dark Humor". I love Dark Humor and I can't, for the life of me, figure out why anyone would not like this movie. Many people, smart people, have told me that it has an acquired taste to it. Others say it's tasteless. I get tired of rooting for the underdog, but sometimes I have to stand by what intelligent movie buffs call originality. It STANDS ON ITS OWN! Why do people keep looking for run-of-the-mill, predictable, dime-a-dozen, standard cliché movies. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a yuppie that just hunts down weird films. I'm a Micheal Bay & Joel Schumacher fan. I like a good "Cliche" Boy-meets-Girl Comedy and a "Cliche" Tough-cop action flick blockbuster too, every once in a while. But, c'mon, I am not going to go out of my way to be shallow and watch a movie with a very closed-minded mood. You kill the whole movie watching experience. Movie making is an ART, nothing more. The Artist of VERY BAD THINGS, obviously wanted to make a point. The point being that Karma has a magnificent sense of humor. There is no set standard format on movie-making for Pete's sake."You must unlearn what you have learned" says Yoda. "Free your mind" says MorpheusI guess I could understand if a girl doesn't like it for obvious reasons, but even then, any cool girl would have to love Cameron Diaz'z character. She was more deranged than Slater's character.The whole entire cast were fantastic (favorite being Daniel Stern). My all time number one favorite "scene stealer" has always been Leland Orser ever since his small performance in SEVEN.Watch it. If you don't like it, watch it again. If you still don't like it, watch it one more %#$?@& Time!!!

There's something about Cameron

Her films just don't translate to the small screen that well at all.On seeing both this, and There's Something About Mary, at the cinema they came across as witty and quality films that were both original and fun to watch without ever getting too deep.However, this just doesn't have the same impact when watched on video and you really do count down the minutes until it finishes.Diaz does well as the bride to be in this rather gruesome comedy, and Christian Slater is good as the evil influence behind what is a seemingly endless list of murders throughout the film, as more and more of the key characters to the film get knocked off!I've given it a 6/10 rating, which is the average of 7/10 on the big screen and 7/10 on the small!

A great but sick film

6 friends go to Las Vegas to have one of their best friends bachelor party. They have what parties usually consist of, food, music, alchohol, and of course, drugs. And a hooker. The hooker first does a little dance for them, and who ever wants to have sex, they pay 500 dollars. The character played by Jeremy Piven can't take it anymore. His urge for sex has taken him over. So he's having sex with her and by accident, slams the girls head into a coat hanger spike, killing her instantly. They decide that the best thing to do is bury her out in the desert. Things go from bad to worse. the movie is one of my favorites, but there is a big audience out there that hates movies like this. Cameron Diaz does an awesome performance as the character she plays. Christian Slater is just evil. I recommend this movie to the the Pulp Fiction audience. i give it a B+

Bad Movies Happen

Horrible. Awful. Really really bad.I was fully expecting to like this movie. It's a genre I like. It has a great cast. I tend to like everything. I did not like this, and it is hard to say why.It was extremely well acted. Christian Slater plays the same maniac he usually plays, but since he's the best maniac since his look alike Jack Nicholson, why stop him? Cameron Diaz is absolutely brilliant. The rest of the cast is extremely strong. The fact of the matter is it is too well acted for the subject matter. Playing it straight was a mistake. If it had been the comedy it was advertised to be, a la "Heathers," or if had had anything positive in it at all, it might have been worth watching. This was like one of those Jacobean tragedies like "Tis Pity She's a Whore," where all of the characters are both evil *and* stupid, and where the story just lumbers along through a series of increasingly vicious tragedies until at the end everyone is dead or destroyed or maimed or crazy. They make good use of the grotesque in the tradition of, John Webster, but with none of Webster's over the top humor. It made me want to slit my wrists, but even the best slit your wrists movies like "Seven" and "Runaway Train" have something to redeem them at the end. It was more like "A Simple Plan" than anything, an attempt at a modern tragedy/morality tale, but in "A Simple Plan" I was able to care about the characters, so their fall was tragic. Here everybody is either a scum bag or an idiot from the very beginning, and it ended up being just plain bad. Don't even bother to rent it.

strong buy on VBT!

First off Sound Dogs did the sound design on the movie so I am partial. The Director was extremely cool to work with - and really wanted to kick a lot of azz (and did).Since the first day the crew watched the movie, we were all blown away. The movie was exciting, hilarious, and of course grim. It's definitely a roller coaster, and at times the humor is witty, requiring some extra-cultural knowledge.I personally found the movie better than Resevoir Dogs, but it not reach the heights of the Usual Suspects. Mind you I don't remember a woman in U.S. as good looking as Cameron Diaz or Coby Tye.I am issuing a strong buy on VBT!

TWISTED

This movie is fantastic. The comedy is in the extreme, exaggeratedmadness of the movie; the way that the human stability of each of thecharacters is hilariously compromised because of "what they did in Vegas" and the completely twisted events which take place.

The script is original, surprisingly intelligent, witty and very entertaining. The characters are great, helped by a brilliant cast offering excellent performances (especially Christian Slater as a neurotic estate agent). This movie is one of the most enjoyable that I have ever seen and I would definately recommend it to anybody with a stable mind (you'll need one) and sick sense of humour...If not watch it anyway.

One of the sickest movies ever

I wish I could give this movie zero stars. It's really amazing how someone can inject raw gore, violence, and sick humour into a movie, and try to pass it off as slick comedy, drama, and deep philosophy. This movie is a great example of how a director can actually make a deliberate and hard working effort to produce a despicable movie.
The sheer perversity in this movie that is dressed up as comedy and paraded as some kind of dark humour is beyond criticism. Do yourself a favour and please don't ever watch this movie if it comes on air. It's not even worth watching for morbid fascination. I terribly resent the fact that I gave up an hour and a half of my life watching it out of sheer curiosity. But then, I may actually be glad that I did. At least it taught me how an exercise in atrocious film making can be.

Very Sadistic!

Very Bad Things is an understatement! This was an over-the-top dark, dark comedy. I rented it for a group of friends--they were all laughing like mad men. Prepare thyself and watch it!

The mother of all dark comedies.

VERY BAD THINGS RATING: ***1/2 (OUT OF ****)Christian Slater, Daniel Stern, and Cameron Diaz all star in this comedic thriller about a bachelor's party gone so horribly, horribly wrong. The film is consistently suspenseful, has many funny parts, and a gloriously twisted ending. It's reprehensible to be sure, but also unforgettable, and it isn't one minute overlong. Take note, Peter Jackson.

Original, Great Cast, Lots Of Laughs... But...

I enjoyed this film almost all the way through. The humor is very shocking, very graphic, and sometimes disturbing. However, I still found myself laughing at most of it. Great performances by Favreau, Piven and even Slater. Not to mention the rest of the great cast. The movie was uncomfortably enjoyable for the first 3/4's, after which it went too far, the reality of the movie went out the window, and the film basically got out of hand. By the end, I was still laughing, but merely at the sheer ridiculousness of it all, and how over-the-top the film went. Ended up leaving a very bad taste in my mouth.

Weird

I liked this movie, but I can't figure out exactly what was appealing about it.It is uncompromisingly extreme in it's portrayal of some very gruesome behaviour, and for that I am a big fan. As a comedy, however, it leaves a lot to be desired -- namely, a reason to laugh.Obviously someone thought this movie was funny.. I expected myself to feel that way too, but I was too wrapped up in the dementia of it all to recognize it as comedy...The absurdity of the situations did complement the gruesomeness well, and that's why this movie is worth checking out.. unless you are my mother.Please don't watch this one, Mom.

too good

this system is very nice as it gives chance to express us openly.i liked it very much.

Very Annoying Movie

I just bought this film on the recommendation of a friend. It is, by far, one of the most annoying films I?ve ever seen. Basically you get five guys yelling for two hours. The plot is transparent and the characters two-dimensional. I seldom take time to write a negative review but this movie is just so awful.

What a wonderful movie!

Oh, really i can't say anything cause it was wonderful,amazing,beautiful and i advice all y friends to watch it to see how wonderful it was..

Practise your "cringe"ing skills

This film takes your definition of a "black comedy" and makes it blacker... This film makes "Fargo" seem like a Disney movie. The scenarios the characters get involved in parallel a snowball rolling down a hill, unfortunately aimed right at your log cabin. Yes, you'll laugh at some spots, but you'll mostly cringe. Wait for video, then rent this and "Se7en". No popcorn necessary.

This movie has a lot of shouting

Here we have another supposed 'black comedy.' There were some funny bits but very few. I think I laughed about three times. The plot revolves around a very worn story where one event spirals out of control. In between scenes the characters all shouted constantly. I found this to be very annoying and immensely irritating.As for graphics and gore...I must have seen a different version from everyone else. This film was not remarkably violent, gory or disturbing. There were few scenes of violence, and even they were tame by today's standards. The likes of Casino and even Saving Private Ryan were more disturbing.All in all this movie delivers a bit of everything, but nothing of any substance.

Humanity Litmus Test

Movies like Very bad Things are good for one thing only--a humanity litmus test.The fact that this film and its characters disgust and repulse me is a testament that I'm not hopelessly jaded by the violence and inhumanity on the screen these days. This film falls somewhere in the vicinity of misguided, depraved, and mean-spirted. Judging by the comments in this forum, there are a lot of other people who feel the same way.I understand the need and/or enjoy the presence of violence and grisliness in film contexts such as camp (Evil Dead), horror (The Thing), numbing realism (Schindler's List), action/war (Rambo), or black/satiric comedy (Pulp Fiction). I love dark characters with motives and point-of-views unlike my own, and I call myself a fan of well-done satire and black comedy.Black comedies seem to be a difficult genre because they either hit or miss depending on the individual viewer's sensibilities. There are very few black comedies that people find just "okay." I can appreciate that, but it means the director must at least have an idea of the sensibilities he/she is trying to challenge. What audience was Peter Berg aiming for with Very Bad Things? Whoever they are, I hope to hell my sister never marries one of them.

A Real Tough Movie to Rate

CAUTION! SPOILERS FOLLOW! This has to be one of the toughest movies I have ever had to rate. It's a difficult film to like but it also has some very good performances and is competently, if unexceptionally, directed. Some of the behavior of the characters is hard to buy. Agreeing to coverup the strippers death is one thing, but the outright murder of the security guard is one other thing. I was at least satisfied the film examined some of the characters' subsequent breakdowns over guilt and fear of getting caught. I also think the final joke of Cameron Diaz being stuck taking care of a legless husband and his brain-damaged friend would have paid off better if Diaz's character had been portrayed more emphatically as a shrew instead of just a young woman normally obsessed over her wedding plans. In short, the film is watchable, although not for weak stomachs.

Killer Movie

I can't believe I missed this movie when it first came out. It's a great dark comedy with an unbelievable cast.