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Scream (1996)
Awesome Slasher Movie!!
Re-invention of the Classic Slasher? Yes indeedy. Back in the 90's, just when you thought the horror genre had limped away with the odd entrails popping up here there and everywhere, up jumps this little gem and BOOOOOOOM, hundreds more jump on the bandwagon for a bloodthirsty, gut spilling ride. Drew Barrymore's role was cleverly placed as top billing (if I remember correctly she was all over the Cinema posters and adverts etc etc) and ended up "Sliced and Diced" within the first 10 min of the film.......Awesome casting. Neve (that's Nev not Neeeeeeeeev) Campbell plays a virginal high school girl Sydney Prescott, mentally scarred by her mothers tragic murder who doesn't give it up for her Depp looky-likey Boyf Skeet Ulrich. She's the main target through out the film and plenty of "It's him"...."no no, He's the killer" ensues. Scream doesn't take itself too seriously and that's what I love about this film. Jamie Kennedy's Randy is utter genius, esp the Rules of survival.....so so true to the classic low budget slasher! There's not one character in this film that doesn't belong and even Rose McGowen's Tatum (who, I'm sorry, could probably have someones eye out with those things!) is a good compliment to the meek and mild Sydney. There's plenty of tense moments with one of my favourites (The killers at large, Sydney's at her house waiting for Tatum. She opens a door, music builds up for a climax, she closes it and there's nothing there). I was told that Scream was one of the first movies to adopt that red herring...not sure if that's true, but it's very good and have seen it in lots of other movies since. A healthier looking Courtney Cox is a refreshing change to the emaciated botoxed bore she's now become and it's interesting to see the sparks fly between her and David Arquette. As for Matthew Lillard.....he's my dirty little love secret so there will be no bad reviews from me (yes yes that goes for Scooby Doo too!!!)
A Perfect Getaway (2009)
Enjoyable Film
The "Normally funny but not so funny in this" Steve Zahn and his newly wed Milla-Im actually quite a good actress-Jovovich are heading to Hawai for their Honeymoon. There's been a Murrrrder on another Hawaiian Island and the culprits are on there way to the ...honeymooners destination. Mr Olyphant and his Bit of Fluff pop up looking all broody and mischievous. Paranoia sets in....so does a bout of food poisoning if Zahn's face is anything to go by and towards the end of the movie.....all hell breaks loose!!! I actually enjoyed this film more than I thought I would. I'm quite good at spotting a "who dunnit" so it was a refreshing change to be surprised by the ending. Worth a watch. There are no "bad eggs" in this film, every actor holds there own and are very convincing in the role they play.
Surrogates (2009)
Average!
I like a good ol Syfi movie once in a while and whilst the concepts of Surrogates is a good one, im still left feeling like something more could have been done. Old Brucie's digitally enhanced to play his Robo-esq Surrogate as if the World needed to get any lazier......humans no longer interact with one another but use dodgy looking robots to do their dirty work. People start dying, Bruce frowns a lot, there's a big bad guy, Bruce frowns some more.......there's an even bigger bad guy, Bruce needs Botox.........meh! The effects are relatively good and doe-eyed Rosemund Pike gives an average performance. There could have been so much more they could have done with this film!
Triangle (2009)
Good Film With Great Twists
Melissa "Since i've had my teeth done i can't close my mouth properly" George hops on a boat with a couple of mates and heads off across the sea on a lovely day out, only to be caught in a big bad mother of a storm.....Obviously! Out of the blue, as if from nowhere, all of a sudden, surprise surprise, there's a big eerie Ocean Liner coming their way. They board and then the rest of the film is met with twist after turn after twist with Melissa looking like a guppy gasping for breath. I'm usually pretty good at spotting the ending of a good mooovie, so was a little disappointed in myself when my so called ending came and then royally went.......and then there was another half an hour of twisty turny, could that be the end....no it wasn't....how about now......nope...ah!.....there it is!! I thoroughly enjoyed Triangle. Totally got what the director/writer Mr Christopher Smith (of Severance and Creep fame) wanted to do and he certainly did it very well. Loved the tension although thought there could have been more character building to create more shock and the uncomfortable Ms George never really being able to keep her lips shut without looking like a masticating filly!
Angels & Demons (2009)
Meh!
Now! I have to admit I shouldn't really be commenting on this considering I fell asleep after the first 1.45hr........that in itself is never a good sign! Mr Hanks comes back as Symbolist, Robert Langdon to solve a murrrrrder with clues leading to the age old misfits and mischief makers...the Illuminati. Blah blah blah. The Scottish Ewen McGregor makes an appearance as an Irish Priest...oh sorry, Camerlengo (did you not know that all Irish folk are religious???) and then much chasing around the Vatican for clues to find four captured cardinals and some energy source as powerful as the "Big Bang" theory. Next there's 45 mins worth or "Oooh look, that statues pointing over there, lets follow it" "OMG, that drawing of a thumb is pointing upwards, lets climb that ladder" "WOW, that spear seems to be pointing directly at that deserted van, that must be the last clue" *yawn* With a storyline as bad as Hank's hair plugs, you're not really going to be happy at spending 146mins waiting for the lame ending *husband told me when i woke up and it's pretty rubbish*. Note to Ron Howard.....sometimes less is actually more
Disaster Movie (2008)
Awful! Awful! Awful!
This left me speechless......and not in a breath-taking "Shawshank Redemption" type way! I literally wanted to rip my arm off and throw it at the TV it was so bad. My husband and I made a bet with one another as to who could keep watching it the longest........the loser buying the weekend beers! I was quite happy to lose that night. I had no idea what was going on, it kept skipping from one sketch to another with no plot, no reason and NO POINT! Awful acting, awful impressions, awful film! Pretty much is what it says on the tin, A Disaster. Do not watch this movie. You'd be better off stapling your genitals to a table for an hour...it'll be less painful for you!