Sunday, April 21, 2013
Scary Movie 5: Oh my fucking god.......
Today, I look at...ugh...it doesn't even need an introduction. Now, before I review this, here are some thoughts on the previous installments in this abysmal series (No spin-off films like A Haunted House, Epic Movie, or Meet the Spartans.) Scary Movie: Now, while this film is extremely stupid, it's that kind of so-dumb-it's-funny type of humor, not nearly as good as the Zucker's previous spoofs such as Naked Gum. Scary Movie 2: More gross-out gags, less funny humor. Still somewhat funny. Scary Movie 3: Series takes a serious dip in quality, as if it wasn't bad enough, especially due to PG-13 rating. Scary Movie 4: Worst in the series, parodies everything and anything. Still PG-13.
Scary Movie 5:
The first film not to feature Anna Faris and Regina Hall. Guess they finally got in their right minds and ditched. This film stars Ashley Tisdale, Simon Rex, Erica Ash, Sarah Hyland, Bow Wow, Kat Williams, Jasmine Guy, and Heather Locklear. It also features cameos by celebrities such as Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan, Jerry O'Connell, Mike Tyson, Snoop Dogg, Mac Miller, Sheree Whitfield, and Big Ang. The film crams in four parodies into 85 minutes: Mama, Paranormal Activity, Black Swan, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It also has "side-parodies" of films such as Sinister, Insidious, Inception, and Evil Dead (which must have been shot in the past week as that film came out a week before this.) It even has a "parody" of The Cabin in the Woods, which was self-parody to begin with, and is 5x funnier than this film. The "parody" is simply saying the title 8 times over and over. It also parodies pop culture such as Fifty Shades of Grey, Madea, and Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo. It also makes reference to Army of Darkness (one of the original Evil Dead movies), which in itself was a reference to The Day the Earth Stood Still. The film lacks any subtly, with only a few moments that made me chuckle, I was laughing because the people next to me were enjoying the film so much (they quietly informed me they were high, but who knows, they could have just been stupid). You know, this film would probably only be funny to a pothead, it's random, weird, and just all over the place. How they got all these actors and celebrities to be in this piece of shit is a mystery. I can't believe this is from the same people who made The Naked Gun, Airplane, and the original Scary Movie. This is the first film in the series to come out in nearly a decade, and I hope this effectively kills an already dying franchise. This is still in theaters, and isn't doing very well at either the box office or in the eyes of critics, so I hope this is the last film in this franchise. Scary Movie 5 is an awful, unfunny, uninspired mess. Why can't horror spoofs be more like The Cabin in the Woods or Tucker and Dale vs. Evil? That's all I have to say. 1/5 stars.
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Scary Movie 5:
The first film not to feature Anna Faris and Regina Hall. Guess they finally got in their right minds and ditched. This film stars Ashley Tisdale, Simon Rex, Erica Ash, Sarah Hyland, Bow Wow, Kat Williams, Jasmine Guy, and Heather Locklear. It also features cameos by celebrities such as Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Lohan, Jerry O'Connell, Mike Tyson, Snoop Dogg, Mac Miller, Sheree Whitfield, and Big Ang. The film crams in four parodies into 85 minutes: Mama, Paranormal Activity, Black Swan, and Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It also has "side-parodies" of films such as Sinister, Insidious, Inception, and Evil Dead (which must have been shot in the past week as that film came out a week before this.) It even has a "parody" of The Cabin in the Woods, which was self-parody to begin with, and is 5x funnier than this film. The "parody" is simply saying the title 8 times over and over. It also parodies pop culture such as Fifty Shades of Grey, Madea, and Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo. It also makes reference to Army of Darkness (one of the original Evil Dead movies), which in itself was a reference to The Day the Earth Stood Still. The film lacks any subtly, with only a few moments that made me chuckle, I was laughing because the people next to me were enjoying the film so much (they quietly informed me they were high, but who knows, they could have just been stupid). You know, this film would probably only be funny to a pothead, it's random, weird, and just all over the place. How they got all these actors and celebrities to be in this piece of shit is a mystery. I can't believe this is from the same people who made The Naked Gun, Airplane, and the original Scary Movie. This is the first film in the series to come out in nearly a decade, and I hope this effectively kills an already dying franchise. This is still in theaters, and isn't doing very well at either the box office or in the eyes of critics, so I hope this is the last film in this franchise. Scary Movie 5 is an awful, unfunny, uninspired mess. Why can't horror spoofs be more like The Cabin in the Woods or Tucker and Dale vs. Evil? That's all I have to say. 1/5 stars.
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Friday, April 12, 2013
The horror classic "The Evil Dead" gets a darker reimagining, will it be something to remember?
Last weekend I saw the reboot of the classic horror-comedy Evil Dead Trilogy.
Evil Dead:
Five friends go to a cabin in the woods to help one of them, a young college student named Mia, detox from a drug addiction. But when one of them discovers a mysterious book of the dead ("Necronomicon") in the basement, and Mia becomes possessed. The trip then becomes a gruesome nightmare, and it's a fight to survive the night. I was initially worried about this movie, but when I heard the original director Sam Raimi (who also directed Spiderman, Drag Me to Hell, The Gift, and Oz the Great and Powerful) and original star Bruce Campbell (Raimi's childhood friend who is also a cult star) endorsed the film and even produced it. The film, although being the first film not to be directed by Raimi or feature Campbell as the bad-ass character Ash, it's surprisingly effective. The red band trailer went all over the Internet, making it top at the box office in it's opening weekend. The film packs in a much gore as it can in 90 minutes. Whereas A Good Day to Die Hard was 97 minutes and felt like it was a half hour long, this film is several minutes shorter, and feels a lot longer, but in a good way, like you got your money's worth. The film, although much darker than the original, which played most of the violence for dark slapstick, was entertaining, thrilling, terrifying, and shocking. There were moments where people couldn't even look at the screen. I feel that the found-footage films are dying out, as the torture porn films did back in 2010, and I hope this is the direction horror films continue to go in. But a fair warning: if you are squeamish, just avoid this movie. The movie also showcases things that we saw in the original Evil Dead: strange and surreal camera angles, excessive gore, and practical effects. Something this reboot is being praised for is it's used of practical effects over CGI. The film also packs in a bunch of references and subtle homages to the original trilogy. With the success of this film, the filmmakers are thinking of coming out with a fourth Evil Dead film (as in a continuation of the original series).That would be awesome. If you like Sam Raimi's film, the Evil Dead franchise, or horror films, Evil Dead is a must-see. 4/5 stars.
(Note: One thing this film does well, is turn hot chicks into disgusting demonic monsters with the magic of special effects.)
Some news about director James Wan
I was researching director James Wan recently, and, from what I've read about his upcoming projects, he's branching into new genres. For those of you unfamiliar with the young, Malaysian-Australian film director, he has filmed and written macabre hits such as Saw and Insidious, as well as some mediocre flops such as Dead Silence and Death Sentence, as well as directing a commercial for survival horror game Dead Space (similar to crime filmmaker Guy Ritchie's popular Black Ops II commercial from late 2012). He has had several projects announced that never went anywhere, such as Fall Night, a vampire movie based off a graphic novel. Even a neo-noir/action film called X-Ray was announced in 2009, and it never got any more news. He even had a film called Haunts announced for release this year that was never mentioned again. But it appears he's gotten some big work recently. He was signed on to direct an adaptation of the MacGyver series. He also is to begin shooting Fast and the Furious 7 this summer, as he is directing it. A young filmmaker known for work in horror films moving to action blockbusters? Let's see how it works out....
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