Some Guy's Short Rant ~ The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

      So...... This is a thing. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning is a mixed bag that just falls short. I like the story and some of the characters are fairly disturbing, mainly Sheriff Hoyt played by the one and only R. Lee Ermey. But I feel the overall end product is just blah. Nothing about this movie really sticks out in my mind, its more suited for background noise. The gore is fairly decent. And the Leatherface character wasn't a memorable one. This film could have, and I feel should have, focused more on Leatherface as opposed to the other family members. The film feels like it could have been more about a crazed family in general, I think they just threw the Hewitt family in there in order to cash in on the TCSM fame. Sheriff Hoyt had a much bigger role in this film than Thomas Hewitt aka Leatherface. It might have been better in my eyes if it was simply about Hoyt. The acting was good as was the overall production value. It just wasn't really a good way to try and tell the background story of Leatherface. The only real background given was that he was born disfigured, thrown in a dumpster and picked up by a member of the Hewitt's and worked in a slaughter house.... THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYONE!!!!! Give me more personal experiences of Thomas while he was growing up if you want to call it 'The Beginning'!
      This is a mediocre film that could have been decent had they not steered it in the TCSM direction. So only see this for curiosity and don't hope too much for a real origin story. 2/5 from Some Guy.