Review of Sweet Movie

Here it is, I have finally seen a movie that I can set a new standard for. A movie that would have not affected my opinion of it, no matter where it began or ended, a movie loaded with subtext but no cohesive development, a movie that… dare I say does not even deserve the honor of being called one! A movie where about 20 minutes through it, I had to exclaim, `We have a winner!' `For what?' you may ask. `Why,' I would say, `The title for Worst film ever!!!' This is a movie where the only intent is to disgust, and frankly, I deserve a gold medal for sitting through this one. Sweet Movie, more or less follows this outline: A woman wins the title of `Miss Virginity' and is whisked away to Niagara Falls by John Vernon. John Vernon exposes his gold platted penis to her (and our) horror and escapes in a suitcase to the Eiffel tower where she makes love to a rock star, gets a love cramp, and eventually boards a ship of yahoos who vomit, defecate, and urinate for our pleasure while a woman kills a sailor from the Battleship Potemkin (yes, that Battleship Potemkin) in a vat of sugar. Then a lot of people get arrested, and the movie ends. Throughout this film there is a lot of discussion about Russian politics, sexual proletarianism, there's stock footage, at least one historical quote, and that's about the extent of it. I think if they were going to make a point, then the least they could do was not make the surface material too distracting. I'll never make the mistake of watching another one of Makavejev's movies. This man should be barred from making another movie…..again!