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The Happening (2008)
Junk
Movie is junk. Glad I waited to rent it but $ would have been better spent elsewhere. Acting is a joke...just a joke...esp in the first 30 min of the movie which is almost bad enough to make you turn it off. It has some cool parts, like guys falling off the bridling, but all of these are used in the promos so you don't miss anything of worth by skipping this film. I believe it's the writing as the dialog is just AWFUL. You get nothing from the relationship between the lead character and his wife...who apparently had an affair by having lunch with another guy...wow...waited 45 minutes to find that out, hold me back. Since they don't have any real chemistry its pointless and you could kill either one of them and lose nothing. All of the other characters are similarly impaired with poor lines and unbelievable emotional reactions.
28 Weeks Later (2007)
Textbook example of bad sequel
poor editing, poor camera work, bad acting, little plot beyond the obvious, no character development, real depth of first film traded for a cheap copter stunt.
The opening sequence in the cabin is good, very frightening, then the movie goes to hell. Since the characters are never developed in a believable way then I don't really give a rats ass when they die or the 'safe zone' burns down or even when the virus escapes to Paris.
Just really awful. Anyone who compares this to Aliens (ie the whole Alien vs Aliens thing) is dead wrong. Aliens was a good movie, with humor and action and some fright. Alien was a horror movie straight up, with a Sci Fic setting, but none the less a horror movie where AlienS was an action movie.
28 Weeks is just a BAD movie, a straight cash in on what was a great original film.
If you rate this movie higher than a 3 I wonder about your sanity and education. I suggest you go directly to the video store and rent Diary of the Dead because you're going to like that too.
I Am Legend (2007)
Waste of a great story
Filmed 3 times, the original story is a classic. I've seen all 3 films multiple times. Also have read the story maybe 10 times. The first follows the story the best and for an old movie the vampires and effects are not bad. The Second movie is also excellent, and again, effects are not bad for a 70s picture. What is so frustrating about todays movies is that they have the ability to do effects that are light years beyond what people had in the 60s and 70s and yet manage to make flat, poorly told stories. In the 60s film you can almost taste how lonely Vincent Price is and he has a scene when he starts to laugh and then rolls into crying and it is just really powerful. Then the second movie, Omega Man with Heston, He has some really great development, the isolation "There is no phone damn it!" and spending his days watching the same movie until he can repeat the lines. Then you get to this movie, BLAH, the emotional peak of the movie is when the dog is nailed and he is forced kill it. It's a good scene because they developed some bond between the dog and the audience. I never felt connected to the woman or the little boy...I mean, the boy has no lines in the movie...so you have him there why? Stupid. Then you have the mistake of making the vampires computer generated. They have no soul and just look stupid. Its a bad movie and really, how can you expect me to believe that Will Smith is a scientist? Hes not comfortable with the role, you can tell by how he mutters his lines about the virus, no conviction, you never get the feeling that he knows what he's taking about. If we ever have an out break you can send Will Smith to my house to shoot at the bad guys and make jokes (Men in Black anyone?) but don't send him to find a cure!
Diary of the Dead (2007)
A turd of a film
Awful, slow moving film of no merit. The You Tube winners were better than the whole movie. The next time I see G.R. at a Convention I'm going to ask for my $3 back.
AWFUL
Poor use of point of view filming, they beat that whole "we're making a movie" thing to death. The voice overs are so poorly written and slow the movie down so much I was pulling my hair out fifteen minutes in. Movie felt like it lasted for DAYS, almost like being trapped by zombies...oh, wait, maybe that was the point of this movie...another subtle undertone by a Great American Film Maker? Maybe not.
Weenie Roast Massacre (2007)
Best film yet
Great film. People will comment on the production value, but honestly you owe it to yourself to see this. Think of it as "How a small budget movie should be done." It has funny parts offset with some really shocking stuff that might gross you out and will make you uncomfortable. Also it has a topless scene, and really what kind of movie would it be if it just had an Axe and no topless women? When watching it please pay attention to the camera work and shot selection. I'm not quite ready to give them a million dollar budget, but someone is doing some good work here. If you're like most people you appreciate a movie that you can watch more than once. I've watched it twice recently and did not experience any nose bleeds or psychosis and am better for that. I think that some of this guys past worked suffered from "too many cooks in the kitchen" in that they tried to do too much. This movie is sleek, simple, and moves right along. Not a waste of time at all.
Messiah of Evil (1974)
zombies and no booty
*spoiler* although how I could spoil such a fine film I don't know. General plot is Daughter loses father, she comes looking for him, she can't find him, but finds his REALLY weird house. I guess he is a painter, however is is also psychotic, judging from the painting he has done at his house. In any event there are some really weird things going on in the town, people dying, strange beach parties. Most of all the town seems to have attracted a slick guy and his two female friends. I think he's sleeping with both of them, not sure, no real booty shots here, so can't tell. He meets up with the girl looking for her father, and he is smitten with her, they end up together, it's a basic love story. best scene (s) are the supermarket scene and also the movie scene, most of the rest is basic junk. I bought it for $2.00 so what the heck.
Arbor Daze (2003)
Bring the beer.
Saw it intoxicated and still liked it. As a small indi flick its quite funny and interesting. The spoofs of various "real" products in the film is a riot. The acting is not half bad, and really plays quite well when you consider that these folks were not professionals. The writing and humor are really great. Sound, editing and lighting were all excellent.
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Excellent, a true classic
I had nightmares from the age of 16 to 23, sometimes every night for a week. I saw it at the ShowBoat Theater in Southgate and watched a guy in front of me up chuck his popcorn and leave...just about when the lady in the apartment building gets her arm chewed. Now, you look at things today and say "its not so graphic" but for '78? Jesus...