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White on Rice vs. An Evil Leslie

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (23)

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We haven’t done a trailer suck off in a while, and I suspect today is one of those days where the majority of you, in the United States at least, will be bored enough to actually sit through a couple of heinous goddamn trailers. And trust me: A mouth-to-anus human centipede may not feel like such a bad fate after witnessing these two trailers, the first for Leslie, My Name is Evil and the second for White on Rice.

Who the hell makes these movies? And who watches them?

(Note: The rest of the day on Pajiba won’t be this pathetic. Once we get through the morning trade news, we do have several reviews lined up for you starting in the next hour.)

Leslie, My Name is Evil



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White on Rice



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Comments

They both look awful, but I have to give it to the quasi-Manson movie.

I did kind of laugh at the kid with the credit card reader in the other trailer, too.

Posted by: Snath at September 4, 2009 10:27 AM

I mean, they both look like bad movies, but in terms of trailers I was more drawn in by the Leslie one, because if White on Rice is supposed to be a comedy, I didn't even crack a smile.

Posted by: buttercup at September 4, 2009 10:44 AM

they are both awful.
Leslie, My Name is Evil is better but only because I gave it some credit for using the word evil in the title.

Posted by: Arib at September 4, 2009 10:50 AM

Truly difficult decision. In the end, the first one is worse.

Posted by: krza at September 4, 2009 10:58 AM

I'm not voting because I want to vote for both of them, and that's the only way I know how.

Posted by: BWeaves at September 4, 2009 11:07 AM

I will go see Leslie, My Name is Evil. Not because it looks good (it doesn't), not to be ironic, but only because Leslie is bitchin' name.

Posted by: Quorren at September 4, 2009 11:24 AM

I can't decide. On one hand, Leslie, My Name Is Evil looks like it has a more interesting subject even if the execution is crappy. On the other, White On Rice has ANDO! Everyone's favorite psuedo-sidekick.

I think I'm going to decline to exercise my right to vote and continue snacking on baby carrots while forgetting I saw either of these. Woo! Friday!

Posted by: Rusty (formerly Genny) at September 4, 2009 11:25 AM

Yeah, it's so bitchin', it doesn't need an indefinite article.

Posted by: Quorren at September 4, 2009 11:26 AM

The agony of choice. This is what it must feel like to vote for President.

I went with the Leslie one since it was about 1% more annoying.

Posted by: TSF at September 4, 2009 11:35 AM

Didn't even finish the Leslie one, and despite the obvious racial implications, Rice reminded me of too many incidences in San Francisco that made me chuckle.

Posted by: D-Day at September 4, 2009 11:54 AM

I'll probably end up watching Leslie, if only because I'm fascinated by the Manson Family murders - I've read Vincent Bugliosi's Helter Skelter (which, if you have even a passing interest in true crime stories, is an essential read - Bugliosi was the main prosecuting lawyer in the Tate/LaBianca murders, and was very involved with the investigation and evidence-gathering aspects of the case, making for a highly detailed and gripping read), and I tend to watch every TV program and movie about the subject I stumble across.

Posted by: Dill The Devil at September 4, 2009 12:51 PM

White on Rice made me giggle. I would watch Leslie on bootleg. I voted Leslie for the suckage. And, I fucking love asians. I'm gonna have to see White on Rice.

Posted by: Brittany at September 4, 2009 2:15 PM

I voted for White on Rice because Leslie, my Name is Evil at least had semi-naked dancing going for it. White on Rice just made me feel profoundly sad. Oh Ando, why have you stooped so low? Couldn't you find anything better?

Posted by: androstarr at September 4, 2009 2:29 PM

Wait... why do they have crosses carved onto their foreheads? They didn't carve crosses, they carved Xs, just like Manson. That right there destroys any credibi... Oh. Right. Nevermind.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 4, 2009 3:49 PM

I liked the cross reflected in the eyeball...

Posted by: HappyGobo at September 4, 2009 6:56 PM

I actually look forward to seeing White on Rice. Watanabe's character reminds me of my husbands friend, right down to the awkward "I had a dream that I killed you". Inappropriate, uncomfortable, depressing - it's like they followed the friend around and based this movie on him.

Posted by: Superfish at September 4, 2009 8:35 PM

Anna - yeah, that made me cringe a tad too. A few of the Manson Family girls were camped out on the street corner outside the courtroom (if I remember the facts of the matter correctly), and they gave quotes to the newspaper reporters covering the case that they had 'X'd themselves from this world' along with Charlie... Bugliosi writes about the girls in the Family actually making his case somewhat easier, since to prove Manson was the guiding force behind the murders, he had to prove Manson's domination over the members of the Family - and when, in court, they would do things like turn up with shaven heads because Charlie had just shaved his head, or turn up with Xs carved in their foreheads right after Charlier had done it, that actually helped Bugliosi's case.

Posted by: Dill The Devil at September 5, 2009 3:17 AM

I see you have read Helter Skelter as many times as I have... I was so completely fascinated by the whole thing in high school. And the '76 TV movie. What an odd choice to remake in '04. Disappointing, as they went more for the gruesome aspect of the sensational, focusing more on the murders themselves, rather than the more courtroom-drama style of the older version.

One of them is currently up for release... Atkins, I think? Funny how I can remember details of the book and the case from so long ago, but I can't remember the story I read a couple of weeks ago. Ah, age. Anyway, it felt so weird to read that one of them was up for release. I assumed at first that she was up for parole again, and would be denied again, and then realized that was not the case. Those people have been in jail since I was a tiny, tiny baby. Must be strange for them, as well, what with the having been in prison for 40 years. I always wondered if they read the book, or saw the movie? Are they still enamored of Manson? And how much they are aware of the changes in society since they went in? Have they been trained to work on computers so that they can get jobs? If anyone will hire them? They're in their 50s and 60s now. What kind of jobs will they get? Will they be WalMart greeters? It's been so long, will they even have a problem if, say, they moved to a different part of the country? Will anyone even know who they are?

...

See? Fascinated. Still.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 5, 2009 10:39 AM

Yep - if those very questions were made the subject of a follow-up documentary, you could guarantee my ass would be in one of the seats.

Posted by: Dill The Devil at September 5, 2009 1:15 PM

I have minimum hope for White on Rice. From the looks alone, the people involved with Leslie should be shot to the moon.

Posted by: Corey W. at September 5, 2009 4:21 PM

I can just see the concept meeting for "Leslie": guy 1: hey, let's make a movie!
guy 2: ok! a movie about what?
guy 1: uhhhhhh. something that people will pay us money to watch
guy 2: how about something with Charles Manson? people already know the story but will still pay money to watch it again!

Posted by: dawkins at September 6, 2009 3:51 PM

Is that Don McKellar in the Leslie trailer? Because, if so....jesus, man.

Posted by: Alison at September 7, 2009 9:39 AM

Really, Gregory Smith? Really? This was the best your agent could do?

The Manson movie looks worse, but is conversely the more interesting trailer (growing up in LA in the '70s/'80s gave me a sick fascination with the Manson murders). However, I think "ass to mouth centipede" still kicks both trailers' asses in shear insane awfulness.

Posted by: kimk at September 7, 2009 11:39 AM