About this episode

This episode discusses the 2000 film 'Blast!', comparing its narrative to 'Stand by Me' and 'Reservoir Dogs' while critiquing its overall quality.

The Unipiper noted that this movie begins like "Stand by Me," but ends up like "Reservoir Dogs." While not exactly right, he's not far off describing this 2000 movie with some legitimately shocking twists and compelling turns. But because this is a movie made around Portland (Vernonia, to be exact), it falls short of being an actual good movie. Find out why on this month's episode.

Topics covered

• film analysis
• Portland cinema
• movie twists
• 2000s films
• local filmmaking

Keywords

• Blast!
• Stand by Me
• Reservoir Dogs
• Portland
• Vernonia
• 2000 film
• movie critique

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Blast!, Stand by Me, Reservoir Dogs

Places: Portland, Vernonia

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