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Post by andrew8798 on Feb 23, 2012 19:32:27 GMT -5
Finally got a chance to see Final Destination 5 thought it was good much better then 3 and 4 were
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Feb 23, 2012 20:30:19 GMT -5
Finally got a chance to see Final Destination 5 thought it was good much better then 3 and 4 were I liked 3, 4 I got the feeling the main cast didn't even seem to fathom the severity of their problem until the end
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Post by andrew8798 on Feb 25, 2012 8:57:45 GMT -5
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Feb 29, 2012 5:27:05 GMT -5
Might as well finish what I started:
SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE III (1990) - Aside from the production company (Roger Corman's New Concorde), plot, and the fact of the film being directed by a woman, this has no connection to the previous SPM flicks.
Keely Christian plays Jackie, whose parents are out of town. They're heading back home tomorrow morning, so it's the last night Jackie will have the house to herself. She and her friends plan to throw a small party. Of course, their boyfriends have every intension of crashing said party.
Those fellas will be the least of the girls' worries, as there's an Axl Rose-looking creep wondering around, generally weirding the girls and guys out. There's also Jackie's neighbor, who we see likes to spy on the girls through his telescope.
We won't find out just who is brandishing a drill with murderous intent right away, but of course the partiers get spooked by some general strangeness in their neighborhood. When they call the police, their concerns are dismissed because the cops think the girls are pranking them (typical). Thus, when s*** really does hit the fan, the teenagers are naturally gonna have to fend for themselves...
Like the previous entries in the series, the women are way more dimensional than the guys, who typically think with their genitals. Not to say that the girls are prudes, as we get a handful of scenes of them disrobing and sleeping with their boyfriends, what have you. But my point is, the girls (while not all setting the acting world on fire) are smart enough and resourceful enough that the final girl archetype doesn't necessarily fall on any one of them in an overly obvious way.
Unlike the previous films, there's much less comedy. The film starts out lighthearted enough, but when people start dying, things get dark. We even find out that one character had some heavy childhood trauma. I admire the film for steering away from the horror/comedy of its predecessors, but someone expecting I or II's tone will be disappointed.
This is also the longest film of the three, and it drags at times. Overall, I give the film about 3.5 stars. Not as fun as the first two, but it's still a solid "straight" slasher.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 29, 2012 14:13:27 GMT -5
Figured this thread could use some awesomeness.
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Post by andrew8798 on Feb 29, 2012 16:59:35 GMT -5
Looks great
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Mar 2, 2012 23:21:31 GMT -5
Danielle Panabaker in a bikini = Instant mess in underwear
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Post by mysterydriver on Mar 3, 2012 0:51:13 GMT -5
"Beneath the Darkness" Dennis Quaid's ridiculous overacting is the only reason to actually watch this tepid cliche-ridden mess of a film. The main characters aren't likable. The side characters add nothing. Quaid is acting as if someone told him this was a parody. The ending rips off {Spoiler}Friday the 13th Part 2 Long story short. Not suggested viewing unless you want to see what can get made now-a-days and weep over your own, unproduced screenplays. {Spoiler}Quaid breaks the 4th wall for the ending which is a glorified punchline...and somehow completely out of touch from the rest of the film. <<Edited because I'm stupid>>
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Post by andrew8798 on Mar 3, 2012 1:49:08 GMT -5
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Mar 3, 2012 4:45:16 GMT -5
But I want to see it now
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2012 2:35:38 GMT -5
Figure everybody must know...but the Texas Chainsaw Crapassacre 3D has been moved.
From October 5th, ALL the way to January 4th, 2013.
Which means they're taking it to the back and pulling the trigger. HOORAY!
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Mar 6, 2012 14:49:39 GMT -5
"Beneath the Darkness" Randy Quaid's ridiculous overacting is the only reason to actually watch this tepid cliche-ridden mess of a film. The main characters aren't likable. The side characters add nothing. Quaid is acting as if someone told him this was a parody. The ending rips off {Spoiler}Friday the 13th Part 2 Long story short. Not suggested viewing unless you want to see what can get made now-a-days and weep over your own, unproduced screenplays. {Spoiler}Quaid breaks the 4th wall for the ending which is a glorified punchline...and somehow completely out of touch from the rest of the film. Might have to check that one out just for masochism purposes. Also, I think you mean Dennis Quaid. Although Randy Quaid in an overtly SRS horror movie would be all kinds of amusing. Agree on the TCM 3D news, Friskey. The new release date = "We have absolutely no faith in this, so toss it into the barren wasteland that is January."
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Post by mysterydriver on Mar 6, 2012 19:36:42 GMT -5
Oh daggone it. How did I not catch that?
I am legitimately embarrassed by that. Thanks, TR. I'll edit it now.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Mar 7, 2012 11:43:19 GMT -5
Understandable. Randy > Dennis.
Dennis Quaid is one of those actors that just confounds me. I don't know how he EVER got to have any manageable degree of fame. Maybe I'm just not watching the right movies of his, but I have yet to see him in anything where he's even remotely entertaining.
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Mar 8, 2012 4:13:31 GMT -5
Understandable. Randy > Dennis. Dennis Quaid is one of those actors that just confounds me. I don't know how he EVER got to have any manageable degree of fame. Maybe I'm just not watching the right movies of his, but I have yet to see him in anything where he's even remotely entertaining. He's like the Jim Belushi of Quaids.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2012 15:17:31 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2012 0:13:50 GMT -5
Yesterday I watched both ATM and Evidence.
The characters in ATM may have been the biggest idiots I've seen in a horror movie in a long time.
As for Evidence, I'm not sure how I feel about it. They were definitely right about it not being your average found footage flick as it starts out Blair Witch, then turns into The Crazies and then kinda turns into a live-action FPS for the last third. I think it works better if you imagine the characters ended up on the set of a completely different movie during the chase scene.
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Post by mysterydriver on Mar 10, 2012 11:24:36 GMT -5
Be wary of "The Hollywood Reporter's" review of Cabin in the Woods. The reviewer, David Rooney, apparently didn't like it...so he spoils everything.
FREAKING EVERYTHING. The plot. The twists. Small moments that might amuse. The third act. A surprise cameo. He just spews any and all about the movie. A completely unprofessional move.
Yeah. I'm not happy right now.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2012 11:36:17 GMT -5
With no warning whatsoever?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2012 11:40:44 GMT -5
Wow, that f***ing sucks.
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