sandujohnny Reviews

Shutter (I) (2008)

Poor remake

[1/10 · 29 January 2009]

This is a remake of a good Thai horror movie that was released back in 2004. I really enjoyed the original movie and I recommend it to everyone. Why did they need to do a remake of a movie that was released only 4 years ago? Did they think they can improve it in some way? Not only did they not improve it, they made it worse than the original in many ways. The brilliant music and sounds from the original are gone, the ghost is less scary, is shown more often, and it seems less menacing (at one step the ghost is even singing!), the acting is worse, and the characters are less believable than in the original.

The producers introduced a few new elements hoping to make the movie more scary, but in fact they made it more disgusting (the flies for example). The original movie was full of clichés, but this one is even more so. The most brilliant part of the original movie was the ending. In the remake, they simply copied every scene from the last part of the movie, but with less talent and less impressive results.

So, I return to my original question: why did they need to do a remake? What was the problem with the original movie released only 4 years before this one? The fact that the main actors were Asians and that they didn't speak English? Or more likely, the fact that Hollywood, which is apparently all out of ideas, couldn't let a good story fly by them without them making money out of it?

Meet the Spartans (2008)

This "movie" gives parodies a bad name

[1/10 · 3 January 2009]

This has got to be the worst movie I have ever seen, and believe me, I have seen many bad movies. The humor is absolutely pathetic. And before some of you accuse me that I didn't understand this movie, I want to tell you that I love parodies, and that I didn't care much for "300". Also, I am 24 years old, not 50 or more. Trust me, there is nothing to understand about this movie. There is no excuse for this POS. It feels like the script for this movie was written by a 13 year old. These days everybody thinks they can make a movie.

The only reason I watched it until the end was because I couldn't believe how bad it is, I just wanted to see how low you could get. This movie gives parodies a bad name. In fact, this movie gives movies a bad name. It is a complete waste of money and time. They might have been better off showing a piece of crap on a plate for the entire length of the movie, I think it would have been less repulsive. The sooner I can forget this movie, the better.

The reason I'm writing this review is to tell you this: please people, stop paying to see crappy movies like this, let them just go out of business because they deserve it.