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I Want Your Love (2012)
A movie with a plot few will get.
I knew going into this film that the sex was unsimulated, so that wasn't a surprise. What was a complete surprise is how artistic the film is. The dialogue, cinematography, and simple music definitely evoked the same feelings an indie film do. I thought the acting was very natural, and the dialogue as well. I can understand why general reviewers don't feel much of a plot, or that the plot is murky, or unfulfilling. It doesn't have a definite end. Some have commented on the plethora of sex scenes during the party, but it wasn't until the credits rolled at the sudden ending that it made sense. The first and last sexual encounters involve our protagonist, and neither time does he reach climax, or even end up feeling satisfied at all. I feel the part scenes serve to highlight the fact that everyone around him is engaging in normal human nature, but for some reason he can't relate to that. The fact that he is excited to go home, to a place where he won't be living in a gay mecca surrounded by flamboyancy, combined with some of his prior dialogue, says to me that he's lived that exciting life, and now he wants something more, something deeper. The conversations he is involved with are of a more serious, introspective nature, while the conversations around him are completely superficial. To me, this movie perfectly shows what it's like to go from the young party life to wanting something more, but not at all sure what that is or how to seek it.
Evil Dead (2013)
Complete waste of time.
I'm going to click the spoilers button because this is my first review on IMDb, that's how strongly I feel about this movie. Horror films, and supernatural horror, are pretty much my bread and butter. I will watch any and all of them. I even thoroughly enjoy B horror movies, and it's very rare that I can't find -something- enjoyable about a movie. This was one of those few. Now I'm not going to say how much it sucked compared to the original Evil Dead, because in my mind you just can't compare a remake to a cult classic. It's a cult classic for a reason, and it will never be topped. So this review is purely about the 2013 movie that happens to be called Evil Dead (and have a strangle similar plot). The story moved way too quickly in the beginning, it felt like the movie wanted to get to the juicy parts as fast a possible. The actual acting wasn't all that bad, for as little as it actually had. The plot was seriously underdeveloped in major areas, for example (I don't know if this counts as a spoiler) the cabin seemed to be owned by the family of the main characters, seeing as how it had pictures on the walls and stuff. Why make that change? Why make it a specific place related to the characters, rather than just a rented cabin or something? The absolute greatest disappointment for me personally came during one of the horror scenes. Tangent a little bit - I typically fall asleep to the Silent Hill film every night. I love the sound of the air siren, and I think it's incredibly iconic. So imagine my surprise when my ears perk up at the sound of an air siren in Evil Dead. It only went once, and I figured I must be mistaken. Until the next horror scene, when it was used again. And again. And again. For a crystal clear example, listen right at the beginning of the credits. That is what killed this movie for me, no pun intended. I can handle bad acting, laughable dialogue, campy special effects. But get your own hooks please (again, no pun intended). Yes, Silent Hill made a common air siren creepy (well, creepier, since I live near a nuclear reactor and if I ever hear that sound in my daily life I am most certainly screwed), but that's a Silent Hill thing. Like Freddy's claws on metal, Chucky's laugh, that suspenseful tune from Jaws, and even going outside the genre, the sound of the Tardis, a TIE Fighter, D'oh!, et cetera. All of the iconic films and shows have their own sound effect or noise that, even if you've never seen the movie or show, you'll instantly recognize. So new Evil Dead movie, if you have a sequel, as the end credits audio and scene seem to imply, please don't use any air sirens. Try the teleporter noise from Star Trek instead.