The explosion at the Marriott (c) scared the shit out of me. I haven't jumped like that since I watched the Corridor the other night. LOL. Two jumps within the same week or so.
I wonder if this is really what occurred, specifically the heli crashing etc. And the way they found the lead to his whereabouts. I'm assuming yes. Then the next question I have is, does creating a movie about this really make sense? Do other countries create movies about stuff they do like this? Is it too soon to have a movie out about this topic?
I love Katherine Bigelow, that is once I realized who she was and looked back on her body of work. Starting from Near Dark (awesome) through Point Break, and Hurt Locker - all very impressive.
Jessica Chastain. She's quickly becoming someone who I respect and want to view on the screen.
That is all. Good flick. See it. Predictable, obviously.
Number 187 on the..........block.
29 March 2013
Gremlins 2: The New Batch #186 (C-)
Hi buddy. Is it okay for me to put "The New Batch" as part of the title of this movie/post? :) Please do confirm for me...because I love referring to this as Gremlins 2: The New Batch, not just plain Gremlins 2. How else would you know what movie I'm referring to? Are you in or out with this?
I was anticipating that this would be fairly good. Or even perhaps borderline superb - in an 80s sort of way (yet released in 1990). But as you can see from the rating, I didn't love this movie. I would have liked to give it something in-between C- and D+ if that existed, but in the end stuck with the C- because I did laugh some throughout. Why did I pick this movie to watch? Well, I received a tip from a web-site that mentioned the director basically had carte blanche to do what he wanted. Apparently this was the director's demand to agree to do the movie. So per the unnamed web-site, this was in turn, supposed to make this movie in the 'bizarre and awesome' genre. I can agree there were some zany occurrences throughout - but nothing that makes G2: The New Batch, something that someone needs to run out and watch.
I just don't understand Gizmo. Man. Take the Gremlins....aka the bad guys. They were done very well for 1990. All of their mannerisms and maneuvers were pretty smooth and easy to watch. Actually fun to watch because of their odd behaviors. They did add on a bunch of unnecessary roles for each Gremlin to fill, but hell. Then you have this Gizmo creature.....just bad. I feel like Gizmo was controlled by sticks or something. And the only way to make him move was to put on an odd glove which had the sticks imbedded, making all movements awkward and ridiculous. His one arm seemed half stuck, as if it couldn't move in full motion, yet the other one could move around. Then you throw in that his mouth looks like a parrot beak and that he's a plain wuss (which we all know but still....). I wasn't sure how to act when he was on the screen??
It's funny, as I write this post my son is watching Flushed Away and I hear someone who sounds like Christopher Lee's voice coming out of the TV, and it reminded me that Christopher Lee was in Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Quite an odd role to be honest. Dr. Catheter I believe, that his name was. He was the director of the strange laboratory mixed within the high-rise business building. Why they needed an experimental laboratory within a business building is beyond me.
A special shout out to Howie Mandel for being the voice of Gizmo.
I was anticipating that this would be fairly good. Or even perhaps borderline superb - in an 80s sort of way (yet released in 1990). But as you can see from the rating, I didn't love this movie. I would have liked to give it something in-between C- and D+ if that existed, but in the end stuck with the C- because I did laugh some throughout. Why did I pick this movie to watch? Well, I received a tip from a web-site that mentioned the director basically had carte blanche to do what he wanted. Apparently this was the director's demand to agree to do the movie. So per the unnamed web-site, this was in turn, supposed to make this movie in the 'bizarre and awesome' genre. I can agree there were some zany occurrences throughout - but nothing that makes G2: The New Batch, something that someone needs to run out and watch.
I just don't understand Gizmo. Man. Take the Gremlins....aka the bad guys. They were done very well for 1990. All of their mannerisms and maneuvers were pretty smooth and easy to watch. Actually fun to watch because of their odd behaviors. They did add on a bunch of unnecessary roles for each Gremlin to fill, but hell. Then you have this Gizmo creature.....just bad. I feel like Gizmo was controlled by sticks or something. And the only way to make him move was to put on an odd glove which had the sticks imbedded, making all movements awkward and ridiculous. His one arm seemed half stuck, as if it couldn't move in full motion, yet the other one could move around. Then you throw in that his mouth looks like a parrot beak and that he's a plain wuss (which we all know but still....). I wasn't sure how to act when he was on the screen??
It's funny, as I write this post my son is watching Flushed Away and I hear someone who sounds like Christopher Lee's voice coming out of the TV, and it reminded me that Christopher Lee was in Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Quite an odd role to be honest. Dr. Catheter I believe, that his name was. He was the director of the strange laboratory mixed within the high-rise business building. Why they needed an experimental laboratory within a business building is beyond me.
16 March 2013
The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey #185 (C-)
I think I saw this movie in January. Been not so good at keeping up with this blog...
Peter, I love you man...really I do. But holy hell, this one was long. The Orks were cool. I enjoyed the scenes and battles with them. And also down in their lair. But otherwise this movie could have used a few frames on the editing room floor. Perhaps 1 hour worth.
Wingnut (c) represent though, I'm happy to see that after all these years - popping up on a main stream movie like this. That made me smile for sure!
The movie opens up, I'd say within the first 10 or so minutes, with crooked nosed guys meeting up at the main hobbit's house - sort of without his invite. But then Peter proceeds to have this outing, a sort of 3D dinner gathering, which last for about 25 minutes. No lie. This scene was soooooooo long, and really the point could have been captured with a quick 3 minute clip. So now we were about 40 minutes in and I'm about to fall asleep and the first main scene is finally over. Really not fun. Sad to say. And I wonder, of the gathering dwarves - why are 10 of them hobbity-dwarf like, and 3 of them are just normal guys with warrior garb on? I'm confused.
Then the "unexpected" journey begins. And basically for 2 hours this goes on. The end. There are some cool scenes for sure, they did a good job with the special effects - and if that is what you like then please proceed to see this movie and enjoy the hell out of it. But be warned, if you want a good plot and a flowing story that doesn't lull you to sleep, you have come to the wrong place. I recall symphony type music. Many stringed instruments...picture Frodo, longingly looking into Sam's eyes for 12 minutes....with fairies fluttering around behind them and little CGI hearts popping all around as they gaze at each other....and then add this lulling music, trance like. Now that you have that picture in your head, this is what the transition scenes felt like to me. While that didn't happen, I just felt the going from stage 1 of their journey to stage 2 of their journey was long, drawn out, and overly symphonied. Ha.
And then there were 10 more scenes where I almost fell asleep.
Oh, and then I almost fell asleep.
THEN there was a scene in the Ork lair where they rode this falling ladder/scaffolding down into a giant gorge in the cave, almost like that scene where Vin Diesel rides the car hood down a mountain as an avalanche follows closely behind him, only to grab onto a radio antenna of a building and save himself from dying (hahaha, aka, both amazing scenes!!). It was like an Ork surfboard. And, none of the good guys died. Ok, I found that Vin Diesel scene from XXX, apparently I'm slightly confused because in this scene he is riding a snow board. I swear it was a car hood: vin riding an avalanche
Aidan Turner, who plays Kili in the movie: Aidan Turner on IMDB (c) reminded me of the great Will Keenan. I was confused the entire movie. And, actually was happy that Will got the part. Unfortunately I was wrong. Hey Peter - instead of having Aidan be Kili in the next two, please consider having Will join the troop: Will Keenan on IMDB (c)
Plot Spoiler: and then it ends....as I think super fans likely realized (because I think it's either 2 or 3 movies long) - and the story just stopped half way, without resolution. 2.7 hours of my life is now stuck on a story that ends with them staring off at a mountain in which someday, perhaps 2 years from now, they will travel to. Ugh. AND, no one died! Sure Orks did, but none of the 13 or whatever travelers died. C'mon! Peter, in the next movie, can you please open up with a scene where 3 of these guys bite it? C- is my rating, and that is ONLY because the graphics were good. The plot and the story should be a D or an F. I'm curious how the public is rating this. Oh and I saw it in 3D with this special HFR (high frame rate) filming. Please. A waste. There were a few cool things, and I guess I "felt" more like I was in the film when compared to other 3D movies??? But really, it was just not worth it. I can tell you that I bet this movie made 500000000000000 billion dollars, right? Haha, it's so funny how things work.
Peter, I love you man...really I do. But holy hell, this one was long. The Orks were cool. I enjoyed the scenes and battles with them. And also down in their lair. But otherwise this movie could have used a few frames on the editing room floor. Perhaps 1 hour worth.
Wingnut (c) represent though, I'm happy to see that after all these years - popping up on a main stream movie like this. That made me smile for sure!
The movie opens up, I'd say within the first 10 or so minutes, with crooked nosed guys meeting up at the main hobbit's house - sort of without his invite. But then Peter proceeds to have this outing, a sort of 3D dinner gathering, which last for about 25 minutes. No lie. This scene was soooooooo long, and really the point could have been captured with a quick 3 minute clip. So now we were about 40 minutes in and I'm about to fall asleep and the first main scene is finally over. Really not fun. Sad to say. And I wonder, of the gathering dwarves - why are 10 of them hobbity-dwarf like, and 3 of them are just normal guys with warrior garb on? I'm confused.
Then the "unexpected" journey begins. And basically for 2 hours this goes on. The end. There are some cool scenes for sure, they did a good job with the special effects - and if that is what you like then please proceed to see this movie and enjoy the hell out of it. But be warned, if you want a good plot and a flowing story that doesn't lull you to sleep, you have come to the wrong place. I recall symphony type music. Many stringed instruments...picture Frodo, longingly looking into Sam's eyes for 12 minutes....with fairies fluttering around behind them and little CGI hearts popping all around as they gaze at each other....and then add this lulling music, trance like. Now that you have that picture in your head, this is what the transition scenes felt like to me. While that didn't happen, I just felt the going from stage 1 of their journey to stage 2 of their journey was long, drawn out, and overly symphonied. Ha.
And then there were 10 more scenes where I almost fell asleep.
Oh, and then I almost fell asleep.
THEN there was a scene in the Ork lair where they rode this falling ladder/scaffolding down into a giant gorge in the cave, almost like that scene where Vin Diesel rides the car hood down a mountain as an avalanche follows closely behind him, only to grab onto a radio antenna of a building and save himself from dying (hahaha, aka, both amazing scenes!!). It was like an Ork surfboard. And, none of the good guys died. Ok, I found that Vin Diesel scene from XXX, apparently I'm slightly confused because in this scene he is riding a snow board. I swear it was a car hood: vin riding an avalanche
Aidan Turner, who plays Kili in the movie: Aidan Turner on IMDB (c) reminded me of the great Will Keenan. I was confused the entire movie. And, actually was happy that Will got the part. Unfortunately I was wrong. Hey Peter - instead of having Aidan be Kili in the next two, please consider having Will join the troop: Will Keenan on IMDB (c)
Plot Spoiler: and then it ends....as I think super fans likely realized (because I think it's either 2 or 3 movies long) - and the story just stopped half way, without resolution. 2.7 hours of my life is now stuck on a story that ends with them staring off at a mountain in which someday, perhaps 2 years from now, they will travel to. Ugh. AND, no one died! Sure Orks did, but none of the 13 or whatever travelers died. C'mon! Peter, in the next movie, can you please open up with a scene where 3 of these guys bite it? C- is my rating, and that is ONLY because the graphics were good. The plot and the story should be a D or an F. I'm curious how the public is rating this. Oh and I saw it in 3D with this special HFR (high frame rate) filming. Please. A waste. There were a few cool things, and I guess I "felt" more like I was in the film when compared to other 3D movies??? But really, it was just not worth it. I can tell you that I bet this movie made 500000000000000 billion dollars, right? Haha, it's so funny how things work.
Jessica Biel version of Texas Chainsaw
Sometimes I "take notes" during a movie, which leaves a very raw output of my rambling thoughts. Reading something like this through isn't really that good, because it all mashes together rather than telling a nice story about the movie or a side tangent about my thoughts regarding the plot or one of the characters. Instead, mish mosh comes flying out. If in the future you so choose to watch this film and read along with my blog as you watch, you might be able to figure out what I'm talking about here. Because when I read this back - I barely understand what I was rambling about. Haha - here you go, enjoy this madness:
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No previews...very nice, I like it. So far so good. Haven't seen this movie in a looooooong while...there is no crazy annoying sound on the master screen. So having it on and loading this blog made me chill, versus pent up if there was a crazy, busy, dialog of music that taints one's brain.
Yep, they just slowly used the word macabre...holy hell, they done it right. Subtract the fact that I've seen this before, folks, I'm about to be scared again! Macabre might be the scariest word in the English language.
What's the best song you can think of? Best ever? That brings together all kinds of people in a woodstock field of wonderment? Kidd Rock?? Nah...not quite. (He STILL only has 1 good song) But could they play it? Noooooooooo...what's the 2nd best song you could think of? Sweet Home Alabama by Skynard? Yes! It's playing in the movie, so we get our wish...
ok, back to the movie....we were "going the wrong way"....on shit. Clues clues clues. Don't go forward. LEATHER MUTHA FUCKING FACE is there....DO NOT GO BACK! YOU ARE GOING TO GET THE SHIT KICKED OUT OF YOU!!!!!
hahaha......bad choice. Mother licker!
Remember that movie with Rory Cochrane? the one about woodstock? well, they cast this movie like that, but for horror fans. The crazy inbred kid says, and wins, like some crazy hipnotist, "promise you won't hurt me?" LOL. Nah, we won't hurt you, but I sure hope your inbred brothers and cousins don't drool on us, after our limbs are missing....nah, that won't happen, trust the kid.
OK...my bad for the beginning of this blog entry. We are at a crossroads in the story and it's getting boring. The 70's kids are just looking for some help. And there I go, joking around. Call the sherriff. That's the right move. Yep. That way, you can buy some time and get the sheriff on your side. Ohhhhhhh, scary base. Shit, what am I missing?? Oh, that's right....the sheriff is R. mother effing Lee Emry. Only known for being around when people are supposed to be shitting their shorts.
Oh god, the squeel of a pig. And what do I care about? They are in a mansion from texas, in the middle of now where...and a grandfather without most appendage function, is tricking Jessica Biel, meanwhile...Leatherface just nabbed one of her friends in the lobby....and the others are by the van with R. Lee Emry who is putting celophone on the ladies face. Wrap wrap wrap. you guys are okay country folk. Don't worry, you won't be raped by the seed of the country in 40 minutes....yeah, don't worry. That movie with the blade in the field ain't got nothing on this. For reaal.
Getting separated, in the day time, is the best possible scary movement ever. I hope this never happens in real life. totally the best possible scare that exists for me - day time scares in movies that is.
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No previews...very nice, I like it. So far so good. Haven't seen this movie in a looooooong while...there is no crazy annoying sound on the master screen. So having it on and loading this blog made me chill, versus pent up if there was a crazy, busy, dialog of music that taints one's brain.
Yep, they just slowly used the word macabre...holy hell, they done it right. Subtract the fact that I've seen this before, folks, I'm about to be scared again! Macabre might be the scariest word in the English language.
What's the best song you can think of? Best ever? That brings together all kinds of people in a woodstock field of wonderment? Kidd Rock?? Nah...not quite. (He STILL only has 1 good song) But could they play it? Noooooooooo...what's the 2nd best song you could think of? Sweet Home Alabama by Skynard? Yes! It's playing in the movie, so we get our wish...
ok, back to the movie....we were "going the wrong way"....on shit. Clues clues clues. Don't go forward. LEATHER MUTHA FUCKING FACE is there....DO NOT GO BACK! YOU ARE GOING TO GET THE SHIT KICKED OUT OF YOU!!!!!
hahaha......bad choice. Mother licker!
Remember that movie with Rory Cochrane? the one about woodstock? well, they cast this movie like that, but for horror fans. The crazy inbred kid says, and wins, like some crazy hipnotist, "promise you won't hurt me?" LOL. Nah, we won't hurt you, but I sure hope your inbred brothers and cousins don't drool on us, after our limbs are missing....nah, that won't happen, trust the kid.
OK...my bad for the beginning of this blog entry. We are at a crossroads in the story and it's getting boring. The 70's kids are just looking for some help. And there I go, joking around. Call the sherriff. That's the right move. Yep. That way, you can buy some time and get the sheriff on your side. Ohhhhhhh, scary base. Shit, what am I missing?? Oh, that's right....the sheriff is R. mother effing Lee Emry. Only known for being around when people are supposed to be shitting their shorts.
Oh god, the squeel of a pig. And what do I care about? They are in a mansion from texas, in the middle of now where...and a grandfather without most appendage function, is tricking Jessica Biel, meanwhile...Leatherface just nabbed one of her friends in the lobby....and the others are by the van with R. Lee Emry who is putting celophone on the ladies face. Wrap wrap wrap. you guys are okay country folk. Don't worry, you won't be raped by the seed of the country in 40 minutes....yeah, don't worry. That movie with the blade in the field ain't got nothing on this. For reaal.
Getting separated, in the day time, is the best possible scary movement ever. I hope this never happens in real life. totally the best possible scare that exists for me - day time scares in movies that is.
Escape from Planet Earth #184 (D)
Average at best. Basically it was a let down compared to the other animated kids movies of late. I suppose kids will like this though. After all, mine said it was good. Yet in my opinion, over time it will be realized that it has nothing when compared to movies like Wreck It Ralph, Toy Story, or Cars, etc. I am having some issues pointing directly at the issue which I had with this film. Perhaps the plot was the biggest reason. It basically just lacked umph. The main Baabian leader, played by Jessica Alba, was a weak character. The mom and son struggling in an attempt to rescue their dad was pretty bad as well. From a plot standpoint, it just didn't work for me. Heck, even the two main characters (the brothers) and their relationship was bad. And then you throw a mediocre personality like Brendan Fraser into the mix, and you pretty much have a flop. Not much laughing from the full theatre either.
I liked at the end (sorry, not trying to ruin it for you, but honestly it doesn't matter....oh and this is sarcasm. I didn't really like this part) how they stopped the evil human from destroying planets and then they were back on their planet immediately, with barely any excitement or viewer draw in...then they spent another 5 wasted minutes on having Brendan Fraser's blue monster character get married. The climax was so abrupt, and silly....just done poorly. My description cannot portray well enough how bad it was.
The Baabian people walked weird too. Not on purpose, as in - the animators wanted to portray these aliens which have a certain gate - rather it was as if the animators couldn't figure out how to make it flow smoothly. A la someone trying to fake a Bigfoot video. It was a mix between too stiff and awkward. I am probably the only one noticing stuff like this, but it bothered me.
So far it's made 16.1 million (note: most of this post was written on opening weekend, which is when this dollar amount was listed). I believe it opened three days ago. So, the joke is on us.
I liked at the end (sorry, not trying to ruin it for you, but honestly it doesn't matter....oh and this is sarcasm. I didn't really like this part) how they stopped the evil human from destroying planets and then they were back on their planet immediately, with barely any excitement or viewer draw in...then they spent another 5 wasted minutes on having Brendan Fraser's blue monster character get married. The climax was so abrupt, and silly....just done poorly. My description cannot portray well enough how bad it was.
The Baabian people walked weird too. Not on purpose, as in - the animators wanted to portray these aliens which have a certain gate - rather it was as if the animators couldn't figure out how to make it flow smoothly. A la someone trying to fake a Bigfoot video. It was a mix between too stiff and awkward. I am probably the only one noticing stuff like this, but it bothered me.
So far it's made 16.1 million (note: most of this post was written on opening weekend, which is when this dollar amount was listed). I believe it opened three days ago. So, the joke is on us.
10 January 2013
Brainscan #183 (B)
I like that this started right off, without hesitation....when he calls the hotline and the guy is right there, and says point blank "it's been decided..."
Do I have this correct? Music by George Clinton? If so, wow...doesn't sound like George Clinton. Ok, I checked with a music friend and he said it is a different George Clinton...George K. Clinton I think. The soundtrack was pretty fun, some Primus among others.
I've heard a lot about this movie over time, well mostly that it is one to watch. So I finally decide to try it out. And I was not disappointed. The main bad guy, aka Trickster, was awesome. I realize it was mostly hair and makeup. So I looked him up a bit on IMDB (c) and he really hasn't done much - a lot of TV and shorts. Too bad. If I was creating a movie and needed a creepy guy I might give this guy a ring. His name was T. Ryder Smith. For the record he's not nearly as strange or good as the crazy guy they got to play in the movie Shadow. Nuot Arquint kicks T. Ryder's ass. Do yourself a favor and do a google (c) search for Nuot. CRAZY!
Ok, back to Brainscan. A boy (Edward Furlong) is so into everything horror that it basically bores him. He then hears from his best friend that there is a new thing out there called Brainscan, which you have to order on-line (actually I guess it's over the phone, did they have the internet in the 80's??). So he gets the first disk and boooooom, Trickster enters his life and his bedroom. What happens then is basically Edward goes into a bunch of seemingly real horror scenarios, all within his own neighborhood, while he's "within" this game. He thinks he's sleeping, but then when the murders become real and his town is rampant with reporters and cops, he starts to question what has happened and wants Trickster and this game to get out of his life. A good love story is also built in.
Do I have this correct? Music by George Clinton? If so, wow...doesn't sound like George Clinton. Ok, I checked with a music friend and he said it is a different George Clinton...George K. Clinton I think. The soundtrack was pretty fun, some Primus among others.
I've heard a lot about this movie over time, well mostly that it is one to watch. So I finally decide to try it out. And I was not disappointed. The main bad guy, aka Trickster, was awesome. I realize it was mostly hair and makeup. So I looked him up a bit on IMDB (c) and he really hasn't done much - a lot of TV and shorts. Too bad. If I was creating a movie and needed a creepy guy I might give this guy a ring. His name was T. Ryder Smith. For the record he's not nearly as strange or good as the crazy guy they got to play in the movie Shadow. Nuot Arquint kicks T. Ryder's ass. Do yourself a favor and do a google (c) search for Nuot. CRAZY!
Ok, back to Brainscan. A boy (Edward Furlong) is so into everything horror that it basically bores him. He then hears from his best friend that there is a new thing out there called Brainscan, which you have to order on-line (actually I guess it's over the phone, did they have the internet in the 80's??). So he gets the first disk and boooooom, Trickster enters his life and his bedroom. What happens then is basically Edward goes into a bunch of seemingly real horror scenarios, all within his own neighborhood, while he's "within" this game. He thinks he's sleeping, but then when the murders become real and his town is rampant with reporters and cops, he starts to question what has happened and wants Trickster and this game to get out of his life. A good love story is also built in.
Blue Sunshine #182 (B-)
Great line..."Do you remember Rodan?" "The artist?" "ha, no, the monster"... I had to push pause after this and listen to a Rodan album, so that prompted about a 40 minute delay. Luckily I refrained from watching the movie Rodan on instant stream (yes, it's available folks!).
So, I watched 28 minutes thus far and I'm totally confused. I had to start again. I was confused why the guy went nuts at the party...and I also can't tell these 70's actors apart. Is the guy that comes into the kitchen and overhears his wife and another guy making fun of his hair loss the same guy that is singing in the next scene at the party? And are any or all of these guys the senator? Perhaps my 2nd viewing of the first 28 minutes will help me. Ugh. (no, they are all different)
Let me get this straight, so everyone in this town essentially went to Stanford?
Oh and, everyone is losing their hair....??
Ok, I watched all but the last 25 minutes if this movie (it's a game called 'fun movie watching with Q-Slice'...in which you do it in as many fragmented stages as possible and win!!!!!) and was totally engaged and loving it, AND I even understood all of the pending questions above (minus the random Stanford happenstance, like, how would they all just be living near each other?)...but then, the movie left instant stream and I couldn't view the end. So, I needed to rent it! Blue Sunshine became a real challenge all of a sudden!!! Meanwhile.....the movie arrived in the mail and I finished it (starting from the beginning of coarse). It was quirky and odd...fun and exciting. I am happy I watched the beginning three times though because I would have been really confused if not.
The basic plot is people in this town are starting to go crazy, and lose their hair. They are committing murder when they "go crazy" and really not acting like themselves. There is a link back to their college days, to an acid they all took at Stanford called Blue Sunshine. Apparently there is a delayed degenerative and psychogenetic effect if you took Blue Sunshine years prior. How the main guy, who's acting like a detective the entire movie, randomly picks up on this is beyond me. But, it was still good to watch. Most of the reviews on Netflix (c) are negative though - and lots of "waste of my time" talk. Lots of 3 stars. Not very many 4 and 5. Oh well. I liked it. It's only about 90 minutes long, from 1978....I do recommend to those who branch from the mainstream.
So, I watched 28 minutes thus far and I'm totally confused. I had to start again. I was confused why the guy went nuts at the party...and I also can't tell these 70's actors apart. Is the guy that comes into the kitchen and overhears his wife and another guy making fun of his hair loss the same guy that is singing in the next scene at the party? And are any or all of these guys the senator? Perhaps my 2nd viewing of the first 28 minutes will help me. Ugh. (no, they are all different)
Let me get this straight, so everyone in this town essentially went to Stanford?
Oh and, everyone is losing their hair....??
Ok, I watched all but the last 25 minutes if this movie (it's a game called 'fun movie watching with Q-Slice'...in which you do it in as many fragmented stages as possible and win!!!!!) and was totally engaged and loving it, AND I even understood all of the pending questions above (minus the random Stanford happenstance, like, how would they all just be living near each other?)...but then, the movie left instant stream and I couldn't view the end. So, I needed to rent it! Blue Sunshine became a real challenge all of a sudden!!! Meanwhile.....the movie arrived in the mail and I finished it (starting from the beginning of coarse). It was quirky and odd...fun and exciting. I am happy I watched the beginning three times though because I would have been really confused if not.
The basic plot is people in this town are starting to go crazy, and lose their hair. They are committing murder when they "go crazy" and really not acting like themselves. There is a link back to their college days, to an acid they all took at Stanford called Blue Sunshine. Apparently there is a delayed degenerative and psychogenetic effect if you took Blue Sunshine years prior. How the main guy, who's acting like a detective the entire movie, randomly picks up on this is beyond me. But, it was still good to watch. Most of the reviews on Netflix (c) are negative though - and lots of "waste of my time" talk. Lots of 3 stars. Not very many 4 and 5. Oh well. I liked it. It's only about 90 minutes long, from 1978....I do recommend to those who branch from the mainstream.
Argo #181 (B+)
Argo fuck yourself!
Despite knowing the plot - almost in it's entirety prior to arriving at the theatre...due to the promos/trailers - this was a well put together and well played out movie. Good acting, well except for one person. But I sort of blame Mr. Affleck for this, since he was the bearded director. What I'm referencing here was that I saw that Rory Cochrane was in the movie and I got excited. We all know him as Lucas from Empire Records, or as Ron Slater from Dazed and confused....or perhaps most notably as Brad from Right At Your Door. Anyway, the reason I'm mad at Mr. Affleck is because Rory said 3 FULL SENTENCES THE ENTIRE MOVIE! I admit, he's not the greatest actor, but he's good enough that he could have talked more than 3 times! I know for a fact that this was based on real events, but what happened during those real events couldn't have been known, not cleanly anyway. So Rory could have been more...that's what I'm saying.
But, it was a good action movie. Fun to watch and exciting all at the same time. Even with the whole idea already in my head. Which is sort of odd. I'd recommend it...thanks!
ARGO FUCK YOURSELF...
Despite knowing the plot - almost in it's entirety prior to arriving at the theatre...due to the promos/trailers - this was a well put together and well played out movie. Good acting, well except for one person. But I sort of blame Mr. Affleck for this, since he was the bearded director. What I'm referencing here was that I saw that Rory Cochrane was in the movie and I got excited. We all know him as Lucas from Empire Records, or as Ron Slater from Dazed and confused....or perhaps most notably as Brad from Right At Your Door. Anyway, the reason I'm mad at Mr. Affleck is because Rory said 3 FULL SENTENCES THE ENTIRE MOVIE! I admit, he's not the greatest actor, but he's good enough that he could have talked more than 3 times! I know for a fact that this was based on real events, but what happened during those real events couldn't have been known, not cleanly anyway. So Rory could have been more...that's what I'm saying.
But, it was a good action movie. Fun to watch and exciting all at the same time. Even with the whole idea already in my head. Which is sort of odd. I'd recommend it...thanks!
ARGO FUCK YOURSELF...
Kill List #180 (A)
I heard this was a good one...and I'm exited to push play. Let's see what happens, and see if I give it a high rating...
Woah! Poor librarian. Holy cow. What an intense scene!
This flick starts, probably for about 40 minutes or a bit less, showing the life of a small family (a mom, dad, and small child) and their friends. It depicts normal life for them, draws you in a bit...they aren't perfect, but also are semi-normal. Or so it seems. After a dinner party the dad (main character) flips out a bit, with some yelling and screaming...then leaves the party to go and chill out in the garage. His buddy comes out to join him, and at this point everyone has pretty much calmed down. And then the dude grabs a bunch of huge weaponry out of a box in his garage and they both start checking out the guns and scopes and such. At this point I realized they were more than they seemed and my very very very smart brain, recalled that the movie was titled 'Kill List' and hence, I pieced together that they were hit men of sorts. Anyway, after this epiphany (happy epiphany by the way), the movie turned to the two lads leaving their loved ones behind and going off to do a series of "jobs". The above referenced librarian was one of the jobs. They totally messed up his day/life. Wow, craziness. One review used the words, "disturbingly realistic" to describe this one. I agree.
Then, the plot turns once again and there is a mix of the Wickerman spun in. Totally unexpected ending for me. That made the movie an A though, I will tell you that. If you know the kind of movies I like and recommend (thriller-wise) then you should also try this out. The very very end is a bit not good though so...just know that. But once you see it please notify me so we can talk about it. Thanks. Lastly, I wish they talked a bit clearer. Hard to understand at parts due to their thick dialog. Rock on.
Woah! Poor librarian. Holy cow. What an intense scene!
This flick starts, probably for about 40 minutes or a bit less, showing the life of a small family (a mom, dad, and small child) and their friends. It depicts normal life for them, draws you in a bit...they aren't perfect, but also are semi-normal. Or so it seems. After a dinner party the dad (main character) flips out a bit, with some yelling and screaming...then leaves the party to go and chill out in the garage. His buddy comes out to join him, and at this point everyone has pretty much calmed down. And then the dude grabs a bunch of huge weaponry out of a box in his garage and they both start checking out the guns and scopes and such. At this point I realized they were more than they seemed and my very very very smart brain, recalled that the movie was titled 'Kill List' and hence, I pieced together that they were hit men of sorts. Anyway, after this epiphany (happy epiphany by the way), the movie turned to the two lads leaving their loved ones behind and going off to do a series of "jobs". The above referenced librarian was one of the jobs. They totally messed up his day/life. Wow, craziness. One review used the words, "disturbingly realistic" to describe this one. I agree.
Then, the plot turns once again and there is a mix of the Wickerman spun in. Totally unexpected ending for me. That made the movie an A though, I will tell you that. If you know the kind of movies I like and recommend (thriller-wise) then you should also try this out. The very very end is a bit not good though so...just know that. But once you see it please notify me so we can talk about it. Thanks. Lastly, I wish they talked a bit clearer. Hard to understand at parts due to their thick dialog. Rock on.
Django Unchained #179 (B)
I can't help but wonder how this movie is doing among the masses? It was really good acting - that is minus the cameo by Quentin. About Quentin and his acting, it's so apparent that there is an actor on the screen who isn't "really an actor" and who basically sucks. I'm not sure why he insists on being on screen. I guess I would do the same so I can understand, but perhaps I would not have myself talk if I wasn't any good. Be on screen like Peter Jackson is on screen in most of his movies, in the background (minus Bad Taste, one of the best movies in the world). Anyway, Quentin did ensure that he goes out in style - in the form of an over the top explosion death. The theatre (and myself) laughed at that.
The main bounty hunter reminded me of an older Jason Schwartzman. Apparently he was one of the main characters in Inglorious Basterds, but I can't recall exactly. I'm sure if I put it on I would recall very quickly. Anyway, he did a good job. His name is Christopher Waltz. Re: Leonardo, he does swell too...Samuel L. also. It's really good acting, all of it. Jamie Foxx was superb. I just read something where Leo describes his character as rotting from the inside. That's funny.
Along with the acting being grand all around was the story - which was also good. And there was a lot of Quentin's famous blood and guts and explosions. But I guess there was something that just bothered me, hence my question at the top about wondering how this flick did among the masses. What bothered me was the language used. That's why I'm a tiny bit down on this movie. I think I heard that there is some criticism on the movie about this - and that was my qualm as well. It made me uncomfortable. I left the theatre saying to myself that I honestly don't know that I'd want to see the movie again, specifically because of the non-stop language used. I know it was about a time period in history where slavery was the norm...but every sentence and phrase (it felt like) had unnecessary language used to describe the slaves. Maybe unnecessary is the wrong word, just over the top. Too much. For me anyway.
Still, hell of a movie. So I have to give it a B. Pretty typical Tarantino, with the normal quirks and filming. Including one of his famous 'spin-around-the-characters-with-the-camera-while-they-converse' scenes. I just looked on RottenTomatoes.com (c) and they show that the critics give it an 89% and the viewers a 94%.
The main bounty hunter reminded me of an older Jason Schwartzman. Apparently he was one of the main characters in Inglorious Basterds, but I can't recall exactly. I'm sure if I put it on I would recall very quickly. Anyway, he did a good job. His name is Christopher Waltz. Re: Leonardo, he does swell too...Samuel L. also. It's really good acting, all of it. Jamie Foxx was superb. I just read something where Leo describes his character as rotting from the inside. That's funny.
Along with the acting being grand all around was the story - which was also good. And there was a lot of Quentin's famous blood and guts and explosions. But I guess there was something that just bothered me, hence my question at the top about wondering how this flick did among the masses. What bothered me was the language used. That's why I'm a tiny bit down on this movie. I think I heard that there is some criticism on the movie about this - and that was my qualm as well. It made me uncomfortable. I left the theatre saying to myself that I honestly don't know that I'd want to see the movie again, specifically because of the non-stop language used. I know it was about a time period in history where slavery was the norm...but every sentence and phrase (it felt like) had unnecessary language used to describe the slaves. Maybe unnecessary is the wrong word, just over the top. Too much. For me anyway.
Still, hell of a movie. So I have to give it a B. Pretty typical Tarantino, with the normal quirks and filming. Including one of his famous 'spin-around-the-characters-with-the-camera-while-they-converse' scenes. I just looked on RottenTomatoes.com (c) and they show that the critics give it an 89% and the viewers a 94%.
09 December 2012
Empire of the Ants #178 (C-)
A-hahaha!! The ants seemed like they were projected into the shot via overhead projector or something similar. I don't know what they did, but it was funny. Almost like the ants were a macro shot from a tank and the screen was split, half ant tank/half people in the woods. Hell, the ants often were climbing up nothing (seemingly the air) when really it was the tank walls.
In all actuality, it was done pretty well considering the release date was in the late 1970's. Then when the ants would get close, it seemed like a shot straight out of Troll 2. Super close up and you could only see their fuzzy heads. Also, some of the action shots consisted of the cameramen just shaking the camera back and forth to add to the "excitement". Man, this was funny.
And, we have yet another movie which had some form of insect attack where they dub-in cicada and loud screeching as the killer's sound (although this one was old, so this could have been the original movie to do this...haha). Point being, that is not the noise of a giant killer ant, it's a cicada and other ear piercing shrills. I guess I can't talk however, because I've never seen a giant ant, so maybe they do sound like that?
The movie actually reminded me a lot of Shock Waves, although instead of being trapped on an island full of surrounding water and getting attacked by nazi water zombies, they were getting attacked by humongous leaf cutter ants.
Best part for me was watching my first Joan Collins movie (that I can recall) and watching her get eaten by the queen ant. YES!
In all actuality, it was done pretty well considering the release date was in the late 1970's. Then when the ants would get close, it seemed like a shot straight out of Troll 2. Super close up and you could only see their fuzzy heads. Also, some of the action shots consisted of the cameramen just shaking the camera back and forth to add to the "excitement". Man, this was funny.
And, we have yet another movie which had some form of insect attack where they dub-in cicada and loud screeching as the killer's sound (although this one was old, so this could have been the original movie to do this...haha). Point being, that is not the noise of a giant killer ant, it's a cicada and other ear piercing shrills. I guess I can't talk however, because I've never seen a giant ant, so maybe they do sound like that?
The movie actually reminded me a lot of Shock Waves, although instead of being trapped on an island full of surrounding water and getting attacked by nazi water zombies, they were getting attacked by humongous leaf cutter ants.
Best part for me was watching my first Joan Collins movie (that I can recall) and watching her get eaten by the queen ant. YES!
Warrior #177 (B+)
Pretty sure the plot is known here by the entire world, but for those who are reading this in 17 years I'll do a quick recap. A teacher who can barely pay his bills needs some extra dough or his family will go bankrupt. He used to do some MMA (c) fighting in his younger days, and decides to get back involved. There is a giant tournament coming with a huge purse and he decides to enter the contest. With great fortune for the teacher, the main fighter from his gym gets hurt and cannot compete....thus a spot opens up and he can join the tourney. Also, he has a brother. Okay, you are caught up on the plot now....
Once the tournament starts, I feel like they film the entire rest of the movie as one long day. Is that true? Maybe it was just me who was confused, and/or they didn't film this well? How many days are involved? They can't fight twice within the same day can they? I'm guessing the tournament occurs over many days, but they don't make this very apparent. As in, there aren't any cut scenes with either brother and their family, trainers, or whatever. I would think that they would have a fight and then show the husband with his wife and kid during the week, or prepping with the training for the next scheduled fight. Instead, they do one fight, then it's seemingly immediately followed up by another. Oh well.
I really liked this movie. I am happy I watched it. Once again, Tom Hardy transforms himself into a crazy awesome role. He's ripped again like in Bronson. I don't quite understand how a fairly plain looking guy can look completely different in nearly every movie he's starred in?? He's obviously a favorite of mine...man, I just got excited to see Dark Knight Rises... Last statement, Tom Hardy IS today's Gary Oldman. (Ohhhhh, they are BOTH in the Dark Knight Rises!!)
Once the tournament starts, I feel like they film the entire rest of the movie as one long day. Is that true? Maybe it was just me who was confused, and/or they didn't film this well? How many days are involved? They can't fight twice within the same day can they? I'm guessing the tournament occurs over many days, but they don't make this very apparent. As in, there aren't any cut scenes with either brother and their family, trainers, or whatever. I would think that they would have a fight and then show the husband with his wife and kid during the week, or prepping with the training for the next scheduled fight. Instead, they do one fight, then it's seemingly immediately followed up by another. Oh well.
I really liked this movie. I am happy I watched it. Once again, Tom Hardy transforms himself into a crazy awesome role. He's ripped again like in Bronson. I don't quite understand how a fairly plain looking guy can look completely different in nearly every movie he's starred in?? He's obviously a favorite of mine...man, I just got excited to see Dark Knight Rises... Last statement, Tom Hardy IS today's Gary Oldman. (Ohhhhh, they are BOTH in the Dark Knight Rises!!)
Crawlspace #176 (B-)
This is not to be confused with the Klaus Kinski version (click here for my review on the Klaus Kinski version), but is also a pretty swell movie. They are completely separate movie plots just with the same name. I believe the Crawlspace I'm reviewing here was initially a made for TV film, but you can get it on DVD. I would say it isn't a main streamer and is probably more for someone who is willing to sit and watch an older, slower paced movie without too many gimmicks. The plot is a nice, traditional family (husband and wife only) who could not have children, find a strange squatter in their basement crawlspace. Because they always wanted kids, they decide to befriend this random oddball. They feed him and give him clothes, and invite him for Christmas dinner. For the most part, "Richard" (aka the crawl space hippy troll) declines their invites and chooses to stay where he's most comfortable, wedged between the basement ceiling and a drafty floor/straw. The family finally convinces Richard to go to the store to get them groceries, but the store folk make fun of Richard and he ends up leaving empty handed and even without his $20. Later that night, Richard heads back and trashes the store. The town folk then want Richard's head on a platter, and the nice older couple does their best to defend Richard...despite knowing that he's wrong. One thing leads to another and bad stuff happens, you'll have to watch to find out. I did enjoy this flick though, a pretty fun and strange older movie. I like seeing twisted movies from the 70's.
If this happened in this day, it would be certainly different results. The family was just like, "oh, there's a young man living in the basement, in a hole full of cobwebs and straw....let's give him a suit and some cookies! And pretend like he's our long lost son." Heck....what the hell!?
When I rent a movie, versus watch it on streaming - my picture/screenshot ability is greatly limited. Thus I apologize for the two awful pictures below. Yes, that is my lamp in the reflection and yes, the 2nd shot is blurry:
If this happened in this day, it would be certainly different results. The family was just like, "oh, there's a young man living in the basement, in a hole full of cobwebs and straw....let's give him a suit and some cookies! And pretend like he's our long lost son." Heck....what the hell!?
When I rent a movie, versus watch it on streaming - my picture/screenshot ability is greatly limited. Thus I apologize for the two awful pictures below. Yes, that is my lamp in the reflection and yes, the 2nd shot is blurry:
Long Weekend (1978 version) #175 (B-)
This flick is not to be confused with the awesome (I'm sarcastically guessing that it is awesome) movie from 2005 staring Chris Klein...this version of "Long Weekend" was from 1978 and is placed in Australia. There is no connection here other than the names. Now that we are clear on this....on to the review.
So far I'm 11 minutes in and I had to press pause to state something about what's occurred so far. A couple (at least I think they are an item) met up in the morning to head out on some sort of vacation. Prior to knocking on the woman's door, the man pulled out a rifle and put the scope on her face as she walked around her kitchen on the 2nd floor. Odd. Then on their drive out to holiday, they spent the time screaming at each other...followed by the dude almost crashing into a van, a few minutes/hours later trying to go around a car and almost hitting another car head on, then the guy threw a match or cigarette out the window and caught the side of the road on fire, and finally he nailed a wallaby square on killing it dead. All while not paying attention. This movie is crazy so far. Not sure if that is in a good way however.
I'm finished watching now. It was pretty entertaining. Basically this couple is going on a retreat to the outback/beach, as the have been having troubles with their relationship (and as it turns out the wife had an abortion due to getting knocked up by another guy, which is divulged mid way). Along the way to the beach and also while at the beach, they commit unnecessary acts against nature. For instance they shoot animals, the man chops down a tree just because, they smash an eagle egg and they shoot a sea cow. The remaining plot is nature turns on them until everyone dies. The last 30 minutes are pretty gripping. I rewound the last scene 3 times including some screen by screen slow motion. It was an "ooooooh!" scene for sure.
Here is a small conversation between the couple:
Peter: "You preoccupied Marcia?"
Marcia: "Let's go home"
Peter: "We just got here"
Marcia: "I'll make it worth your wild gorgeous"
Peter: "Home is where I leave my dirty socks"
Marcia: "Should have married your mother"
Peter: "You've got better tits"
Marcia: "I'm serious Pete"
Peter: "About marrying my mother?"
Marcia: "About going home.."
Peter: "Why?"
Marcia: "To beat the traffic"
After watching this I was listening to another podcast by the Mondo Movie guys, and they mentioned Long Weekend. Then they mentioned that Jim Caviezal was involved in a remake of this movie. I looked it up and found out that it is true and the remake is called Nature's Grave (also listed as Long Weekend depending on where you look). I noted that the Jim's character was named Peter and the dog was still Cricket, but they renamed the wife to Carla (versus Marcia). I wonder why changes like that occur?
So far I'm 11 minutes in and I had to press pause to state something about what's occurred so far. A couple (at least I think they are an item) met up in the morning to head out on some sort of vacation. Prior to knocking on the woman's door, the man pulled out a rifle and put the scope on her face as she walked around her kitchen on the 2nd floor. Odd. Then on their drive out to holiday, they spent the time screaming at each other...followed by the dude almost crashing into a van, a few minutes/hours later trying to go around a car and almost hitting another car head on, then the guy threw a match or cigarette out the window and caught the side of the road on fire, and finally he nailed a wallaby square on killing it dead. All while not paying attention. This movie is crazy so far. Not sure if that is in a good way however.
I'm finished watching now. It was pretty entertaining. Basically this couple is going on a retreat to the outback/beach, as the have been having troubles with their relationship (and as it turns out the wife had an abortion due to getting knocked up by another guy, which is divulged mid way). Along the way to the beach and also while at the beach, they commit unnecessary acts against nature. For instance they shoot animals, the man chops down a tree just because, they smash an eagle egg and they shoot a sea cow. The remaining plot is nature turns on them until everyone dies. The last 30 minutes are pretty gripping. I rewound the last scene 3 times including some screen by screen slow motion. It was an "ooooooh!" scene for sure.
Here is a small conversation between the couple:
Peter: "You preoccupied Marcia?"
Marcia: "Let's go home"
Peter: "We just got here"
Marcia: "I'll make it worth your wild gorgeous"
Peter: "Home is where I leave my dirty socks"
Marcia: "Should have married your mother"
Peter: "You've got better tits"
Marcia: "I'm serious Pete"
Peter: "About marrying my mother?"
Marcia: "About going home.."
Peter: "Why?"
Marcia: "To beat the traffic"
After watching this I was listening to another podcast by the Mondo Movie guys, and they mentioned Long Weekend. Then they mentioned that Jim Caviezal was involved in a remake of this movie. I looked it up and found out that it is true and the remake is called Nature's Grave (also listed as Long Weekend depending on where you look). I noted that the Jim's character was named Peter and the dog was still Cricket, but they renamed the wife to Carla (versus Marcia). I wonder why changes like that occur?
01 December 2012
#174 The Last House on the Left (1972) (B-)
Can I ask a brain question of you on this fine day? When there is both an original and a remake of a movie - does the viewer generally end up liking the first one they see the best? As in, if I see the remake first, I like it better than the original. And vice versa, if I see the original first I like it better than the remake. For me it seems that this might be the case. I was going to write more about this thought at the end of the post, as well as give examples - but I've decided to write an entire post on this topic instead. So, go here ________ for that write up. I will basically list a bunch of examples and state whether I liked the original or remake better - and then also mention which I saw first. Then we can begin to see if the phenomenon is real.
Now on to the movie. As you can probably tell from the first paragraph, I've seen the remake of The Last House on the Left already, somewhere within my past movie viewing experience. I ended up liking it 4 stars worth in Netflix (c), the same as this movie. And I probably would give both an overall rating of somewhere between a C+ or B- (it's close). And yes, for the record I would rather give them 3.5 stars to be more fitting. Regarding which I liked better, I think I liked the remake a tiny amount better. I feel like it was more modern with better finishing moves. I recall a nice scene involving a sink.
The original was good however and the acting was clutch - but I guess it just lacked based on what it was able to show, which could have hurt the movie. Since it was from the early 70's, they really couldn't show too much of the action. Still they did a pretty good job considering the rules back then. In the last sequence within the house, when the parents caught on and started to booby trap the house (a la Home Alone), it got a bit cheesy. That final fight with the main bad guy and the Dad was pretty ridiculous. I bet in the 70's they could still fight like a normal person, versus having it portrayed almost as if they were snapping their fingers as they spun in a circle, getting ready to battle 50's style. The bad guy would punch the Dad in the gut and they would stand there and talk about it for a 20 seconds, all while his fist is still in his stomach. And then the Dad would offer the same back....just slow and not the best scene for me. Comical almost? I should not be so harsh, because then the Dad gets a chainsaw and chases the rest of the baddies around and it is pretty good overall. And that one guy just forces the other one to blow his brains out, just because he has so much power over him in his posse - that's pretty crazy, because he did what he said all the time, including ending it all.
But, in the end I am thankful for having watched this movie. Wes did a good job in his first directing attempt. I think he will have a successful career. LOL. (Craven for those that think I meant Anderson) I also loved that essentially the entire film took place outside and during the day. That is always the best for me, versus hiding a good portion of the flick in the shadows. Turn on a light and still make it scary...challenge on directors out there.
I also need to ask, why do they make a mockery of the two police officers throughout the movie? They even go as far as playing circus music as they are fumbling around. Just not sure why they added this aspect, but oh well. The music was actually well done throughout. Maybe in the end I liked the original better :)
Now on to the movie. As you can probably tell from the first paragraph, I've seen the remake of The Last House on the Left already, somewhere within my past movie viewing experience. I ended up liking it 4 stars worth in Netflix (c), the same as this movie. And I probably would give both an overall rating of somewhere between a C+ or B- (it's close). And yes, for the record I would rather give them 3.5 stars to be more fitting. Regarding which I liked better, I think I liked the remake a tiny amount better. I feel like it was more modern with better finishing moves. I recall a nice scene involving a sink.
The original was good however and the acting was clutch - but I guess it just lacked based on what it was able to show, which could have hurt the movie. Since it was from the early 70's, they really couldn't show too much of the action. Still they did a pretty good job considering the rules back then. In the last sequence within the house, when the parents caught on and started to booby trap the house (a la Home Alone), it got a bit cheesy. That final fight with the main bad guy and the Dad was pretty ridiculous. I bet in the 70's they could still fight like a normal person, versus having it portrayed almost as if they were snapping their fingers as they spun in a circle, getting ready to battle 50's style. The bad guy would punch the Dad in the gut and they would stand there and talk about it for a 20 seconds, all while his fist is still in his stomach. And then the Dad would offer the same back....just slow and not the best scene for me. Comical almost? I should not be so harsh, because then the Dad gets a chainsaw and chases the rest of the baddies around and it is pretty good overall. And that one guy just forces the other one to blow his brains out, just because he has so much power over him in his posse - that's pretty crazy, because he did what he said all the time, including ending it all.
But, in the end I am thankful for having watched this movie. Wes did a good job in his first directing attempt. I think he will have a successful career. LOL. (Craven for those that think I meant Anderson) I also loved that essentially the entire film took place outside and during the day. That is always the best for me, versus hiding a good portion of the flick in the shadows. Turn on a light and still make it scary...challenge on directors out there.
I also need to ask, why do they make a mockery of the two police officers throughout the movie? They even go as far as playing circus music as they are fumbling around. Just not sure why they added this aspect, but oh well. The music was actually well done throughout. Maybe in the end I liked the original better :)
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