Powerful

A lot of fun.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

When I first found out about this movie, I was automatically intrigued. As a Green Day fan, I wanted to see Billie Joe playing Charles Hanson. I finally got to see it this weekend, and as disturbed as it is, it was lower in quality than I thought it would be in aesthetics. However, I'm the type of person where if I'm in not in a theater, I won't necessarily watch it, but will listen to the movie, especially if it's on a computer and I'm doing class work at the same time. Look past the gore and sex, the disturbing scenes, and listen to the words and you'll see that it's one huge commentary on murder in Hollywood, as the judge says at the very end, "You just don't (mess) with Hollywood!"Granted just listening to it does have its drawbacks, as I noticed right before the Hate murders that there was a moment of slowness in terms of story. I had to skip that part and just go into the moment. Other than that, it was good.Simply put, if you're offended easily don't bother. If not, if you laugh at the most obscene things, then go for it.

I had high hopes for this one. A stop action animated film about the Manson murders? Hell yes. Unfortunately after 10 minutes you realize that the creative forces behind this film bit off far too much for them to chew. I have a basic sense of what Mr. Roecker was striving for, and it's a shame that the richness of the ideas didn't have a chance to be properly realized here. The concept that history isn't always what happened, but how people perceive what happened is an important and mind-blowing concept to lot's of folks – however, I doubt many will walk away from "Live Freaky…" with much more than a headache and a strong sense of wasting 75 minutes. The "outrageous shockiness" of seeing puppets do things that puppets normally don't do on screen wears off after the scene in which Charlie is introduced, the songs sound like they were written during the car ride to the recording session, and the voice acting is atrocious. I can't totally blame the actors, though. The script could have used some serious editing.Very disappointing, considering the caliber of the folks involved with this project.

I liked this movie. I agree with the above comment that it could have been a lot better and it definitely wasn't quite as "freaky" as it could have been; however, I still enjoyed it. Actually, 'enjoyed it' makes ME sound like a freak. I guess it's better to say that it was exactly what I expected it to be and although I wasn't offended by it I was definitely shocked by some of the scenes. Who knew puppets could be so obscene! Although, the only thing that I was really disappointed with was the soundtrack. For a movie with a roster full of talented punk artists...I thought they could have put out a really killer soundtrack. Big salute though, to Charlie Hanson's song "Mechanical Man". I couldn't get it out of my head for days. Other than that though...not worth the time.

I saw a midnight screening of this movie in Chicago last night, and had to fight very hard to stay awake. The idea of a remarkably vulgar stop motion musical about Charles Manson isn't such a bad one in and of itself, and there's about a ten minute stretch after the opening sequence that's really quite funny. However, once the novelty of seeing explicit puppet sex wears off, it's not shocking, it's not offensive, it's not subversive, and and it's not funny - it's just boring, and there's a good hour left to go. Once you've established that the real agenda is to shock and offend by any means necessary, it's hard to find anything really offensive. One or two of the songs is kinda catchy, in that "here's a show tune written by the drama teacher from the local high school," Guffman-esquire sort of way, but most are instantly forgettable. About the only thing to break the monotony of puppets trying their hardest to be shocking and offensive is when they take breaks to let Charlie do some ranting - and then it's even more boring. The movie even jokes about how dull Manson's rants would get, but makes you sit through them anyway. The live action sequences from the 31st century at the beginning and end seem pointless - could the guy in them even read in the first place? Would he sit through all of Helter Skelter if he could? I'm not sure which kind of people are going to get a thrill out of this - some might see Manson's scenes and feel really rebellious, like they're questioning authority and "seeing something they don't WANT me to see." Who's the "they," exactly, that would find this so threatening? While there's a segment of the population that will always be ready to object to people seeing violent and/or naked puppets, you can disturb those people just as much by watching CNN - and that would be a much better way to spend your time than watching puppets try to offend you.