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Alone in the Dark II (2008)
Alone in the what?
I played the games, and i always thought, that they would be amusing horror movies..long before Dr Boll started to produce all that trash. All of them, every single game calling itself "alone in the dark"..take place at night, and hey..you were a-l-o-n-e...
So what kind of movie have we got here? Without any connection to part one, though there was an open ending with carnby (slater) being attacked by some kind of monster, this new "masterpiece of German wanna-be-movie makers" has nothing, i repeat nothing to do with part one...
what we get is some weird witch story..about a crappy looking knife..and some rotting b- or c-movie actors like ralf -i want to be like arnold- möller. there's no story..believe me, and if there were one you wouldn't like to follow it.
but: there are some amusing elements to be found in alone in the dark: so, slater (poor guy lost all his reputation after his boll engagement)has converted to (wtf?) rick yune..the guy from "die another day" or "fast and the furious"..so why did they take an Asian actor? 90 percent of this pile of **** is shot at daylight..so why do they call it "alone in the dark"?? but for god's sake there's even more things to tell about this disaster..but it would waste your time reading it as it were a waste of time to write it down..
there is no reason to watch "alone in the dark2"..even for trash freaks!
Casino Royale (2006)
reinventing the legend..
BOND, JAMES BOND..i have heard these words a thousand times..on VHS, bought all of them, on Laserdisc and on DVD ( i can only say that the new remastered versions of the old classic motion pictures show, how to do it..no added special CGI effects..they didn't even want to remove the goofs!! great!!) and now..my first impression of the new daniel craig (hope he can read this!) was a big shock..everything's new erm..different! James Bond "Casino Royale" is completely different to the last bond movies featuring horrible CGI-trash (i will never forget this tsunami-like wave in die another day) and Pierce Brosnans three different faces..that's the limit for his acting skills! Craig shows great acting and the action scenes are absolutely breathtaking..i don't want to tell too much about the plot but only that: it's exciting to follow bond's first big mission.
it's quite rare nowadays,that there is a movie, that's so well balanced..even the poker scenes are far away to bore anyone..and it's amazing, that the movie starts with a song called "you know my name" and in the end you will get be amazed about craig's last words.. ;) martin campbell and his crew did a wonderful job, creating a movie that's nearly the perfect "secret agent" movie (byebye ethan hunt!) and i can't wait to see craig's next bond!! i will not forget the last 40 years of great bonds..but this one has opened/smashed the door for an interesting NEW future..james bond will return , that's for sure!
Silent Hill (2006)
Great work! Great atmosphere!
Silent Hill is the first movie, that keeps the promise to "be" like the game has been in the past! Christophe Gans has done an excellent job converting every single brick of this dark, old, foggy town to create one of the darkest movies ever made and he brought every single bit to the silver screen, amazing job. I really can't say, that there is anything bad in this movie, perhaps the dialogs are a bit thin, sometimes..but the atmosphere is that stunning, you wouldn't bother them. Silent Hill is very quiet, but never boring and it will keep in your mind for quite a long time! a masterpiece and i bet, this one may become a new "classic"! If not, it already is the best game to movie conversion ever made! Peter
House of the Dead (2003)
the return of ed wood!! RUN!!
After watching this "bollwork" three times to see all the goofs and laugh my belly hurt i decided to warn all the people out there, NOT TO WATCH this piece of uninspired and awful movie(does't even earn this word!!)work
As an Austrian it is always nice to see Europeans doing a good job in Hollywood, Ballhaus, Emmerich, Petersen etc..and now it is really a shame, that this man calling himself a doctor..is making movies one after another. To my mind he should stop it, now!..it can't get worse and i am sure, it can't even get better...he won't learn it anyway!!
This movie is full of goofs...weapons changing from one cut to the other, horrible dialogs, embarrassingly done action scenes..and the best of all: this "director" tried to invent the style of game-based movies in a different, new way..there are scenes from the GAME..graphics rendered by the old arcades cut between the scenes..completely foolish!!!
So, if your party is getting boring and your guests need something to laugh about..take house of the dead..and they will
a) never come back again b) need heavy medication c) die of laughing their lounges out
this movie should have the subtitle: plan 10 from outer space Peter Krieg
PS: UWE, if u should read this: go get yourself the DVD of "exhibitionisten attacke", made by a man as "professional" as u are: JOCHEN TAUBERT. it is almost better than your piece of crap!