BallWubba Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

spaceheater2187-120-985197 No mature person could call this film a beautiful, artful, deep movie without bursting into laughter. I'm not even sure where to start. The writing is excessively puerile. Insults such as "anus face" and "get your head out of your rectum" are among a plethora of childlike comebacks thrown around in this film. In what universe does this qualify as "clever, witty writing"? This thing claims to be a comedy. Comedy?! The only time I laughed was at the acting. James Duval delivered his lines in a manner that makes Keanu Reeves look like a ten-time Oscar winner.The plot is virtually nonexistent. They drive, they stop somewhere for greasy food (and the total price of everything they buy totals to $6.66), they accidentally kill someone, they check in at a sleazy motel, have erotic sex, and wake up the next morning and do it all over again. It gets old very quickly. The only reason I kept watching was to see if the plot eventually went anywhere. But no, the film continues in its circular manner until the totally out-of-place climax, and it just ends. I'm sure that's frustrated more people besides just me.Even the technical aspects are sub-standard. The lighting is so horrible at times that I had to turn the brightness to its max on my screen and still couldn't quite tell what was going on. I really would like to keep going, but I'm afraid this diatribe would never end.I'm giving this movie a 2/10. I can think of only two positives about this film, which is why I'm giving it a 2: the first is the soundtrack. Several 90s songs are played in the background during the pointless dialogue. Thank God those songs were there because they were the only things making those scenes tolerable. I also heard some late 80s tunes from time to time. However, if you're not a fan of this type of music, then this positive aspect won't appeal to you. The second positive I can think of was when there was about ten seconds of meaningful dialogue near the end of the film. James Duval's character asks Xavier what the meaning of existence is. Although the answer is rather banal and empty, at least there was an attempt to broach a deeper, more philosophical topic. That one line isn't probably worth a whole star, but I'm feeling particularly magnanimous today. But in no way do these two positives make up for the other 83 minutes of dreck.Avoid this film. The only people drawn to this movie have to be confused teenage emo goths who hate their parents.

Tromafreak Now, here's a fine example of hard-hitting, 90's Exploitation. Brought to you by Gregg Araki. The Doom Generation is a gritty, super-dismal, often hilarious tale of murder, betrayal, and sleaziness. We begin with a young couple, hanging out at a club, Amy Blue (meth-head), and Jordan White (pot-head). Amy is a vindictive little nightmare, who's just looking for an argument. And Jordan, well, Jordan doesn't do a whole lot of thinking, but is a good guy, who loves Amy, despite her personality issues. Amy and Jordan take it to the car, so they can lose their virginity, but are soon interrupted...Meet Xavier Red (killer), X for short.Xavier rudely enters Amy's car, rudely demanding she start driving so that he may live, rudely insulting her, subtly insulting Jordan, but he doesn't mind. Amy on the other hand, is about to blow her top, but at least she has someone to argue with now... no wait, he just went too far. Alright guy!! Out of the car.Later in the evening, the teenage, odd couple are rescued by their new pal, X from a trigger-happy, convenience store clerk. after X literally blows the mans head off. They all 3, right then and there, decide to take a road trip together, leaving behind everything. The night sure is going to hell, but at least Amy has someone to argue with again, that's what's important. It doesn't take Xavier long to make his intentions clear, with Amy, and despite the fact that she despises him, she's all for it. They don't try all that hard to hide this from Jordan, but it's cool, Jordan doesn't mind, "X seems like a nice guy". Amy doesn't mind Xavier's insults, Jordan doesn't mind that the man is sleeping with his girlfriend, and no one seems to be all that bothered by the fact that X kills someone every time they stop somewhere.The Doom Generation is harsh, and mean-spirited, and can be ugly, at times, just a swell movie, probably Araki's best. The religious, and apocalyptic metaphors won't go unnoticed, and neither will Rose McGowan, as a foul-mouthed teenager, with a chip on her shoulder, with James Duval's performance making her seem even worse. Some things occur, seemingly with the intention of confusing us, but that's OK, confusion only makes this seem more like exploitation from decades past. For something slightly similar, check out Nowhere... which reminds me, if you ever see both these movies, you might notice that it would be a much better fit if they switched the titles, just a thought. Although, The Doom Generation is deeper than it may seem, it's still a grim good time, with no redeeming qualities, Generation-X-ploitation. 9/10

jm10701 The Doom Generation is a stunning, gripping, gut-wrenching movie. It's easy to see why reactions are so strongly polarized, with almost everybody either loving it or hating it. It's scary to imagine what kind of mind would react with genuine indifference.I admit I didn't read all the reviews already posted for it, but in the ones I did read I was surprised to find so few that mentioned how funny and how charming this movie is. Like it or not, it's primarily a romantic comedy, and if you miss that you've missed what holds it all together. It's extremely intelligent, very dark, very sweet, profoundly erotic, and shockingly bloody. But most of all it's very, very funny. If I'd missed the humor, I'd still like the freewheeling sexiness, but I'd be appalled by the violence. But I didn't miss the humor, so I loved it all.Everything about it is brilliant: the writing, the direction, even the gory special effects, and every single member of the large cast is perfect, especially the three leads. For a "heterosexual" movie, as Araki labeled it (with some irony, I have to think), with plenty of sex between the girl and both guys, the most powerfully erotic scenes are between the two men alone. There's no sex acted out between them at all, not even a kiss, but the heat is intense and stunning, much more powerful than the explicit sex between either of them and the girl. It's the best proof I've ever seen that eroticism and sex are completely different, and in a movie eroticism is much more entertaining. The sex acts in this movie may be all hetero, but the real heat is as gay as it gets. That's quite a coup.I for one am glad it's not in widescreen on the DVD. If a movie that's filmed widescreen is shown at 4:3, you do lose information. But a lot of independent movies from that period were filmed at 4:3, so that a "widescreen" version just crops off the top and bottom of the picture, and you actually get less information. (The widescreen version of Gus Van Sant's brilliant Elephant is like that, but fortunately that DVD includes both versions.)

ThrashleyMetal this movie is great! if you've never seen it you really need to. as for the spoiler i spoke of considering the box gives a fleeting summary the ending is pretty much spoiled. anyways, i was trying to find these "Amy and Jordan" comics online because i am sure i would love them but i can't. if anyone can tell me where they are i would appreciate it. so i guess i need ten lines to make a comment so i am pretty much going to be rambling in the rest of this. rose mcgowan is pretty hot in this movie, despite that awful haircut/wig. then again this movie was set in the 90's and that's what those rocker/goth chicks were rockin back in those days. so is this ten lines yet? sweet! peace out yo!