Ain't it fun when you know that you're gonna die young.
Meh it's hot again, when did that happen. I haven't done anything this weekend either. All I've done is watch films and eat ice cream. I should probably have some like... actual food.
Batman Begins is actually a pretty nifty flick. Forget Schumacher and forget the gothicness of Burton, this is Batman does kendo. I think my favourite part of the film is the whole backstory of how Bruce Wayne became who he is including learning martial arts and being a bit of a criminal himself. There's some gorgeous cinematography such as the fight on the frozen lake versus Ducard and when the bats swarm around him underneath the mansion. I also liked that Batman doesn't actually make an appearance for the whole first hour. I dig the practicality element aswell with most of his arsenal being unused military tech. I think it adds a whole layer of believablity to it and not just having Bruce being some super genius with a underground lab and all kinds of crazy shit. Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Ken Watanabe also made me love the film more. Alfred was as funny as hell. More please, kthx.
The Grudge was okay and I think I was expecting more after some people had told me that it was actually scary. I'm not quite sure what they were watching. The only thing that freaked me out was the bit where the female ghost walks up to the security camera and even that was only because of the music. I still prefer the american version of The Ring, there's something about the tension and atmoshphere of that film (aside from the ruined TV crawl - mler). The mewing little boy was just a little bit silly. I don't like that the explanation didn't make much sense either and that you need to have seen the director's cut to get it. Lame. And could the end have been anymore of a lead in to a sequel? It was so choppy. People I usually like fell a bit flat in this film too. Sarah Michelle Gellar did what she could, but being in only half the film, but supposedly being the main character made it hard to sympathise with her. Clea Duvall was wasted and seriously why was Bill Pullman in this film? I'm still checking out the sequel because I do love Amber Tamblyn so. I miss Joan ;_;
Final Destination 3 is the pinnacle of glossy horror schlock fests. I enjoyed the hell out of it because it had everything that it said on the tin. It was mindless, gory (although not really enough for my tastes) and fast. The plot made no sense and they went a bit crazy with the rules this time around. There was no real tension even though you could tell that a lot of scenes were based around the "How are they gonna die?" factor. I'd really like to know why these people are chose to have visions. Three films down and still no proper explanations. For the fourth one, which undoubtedly there will be, please at least address this. There weren't really any standout deaths for me this time around and the whole rollercoaster thing wasn't half as cool as the motorway pile up. Better luck next time I guess, but still passable.
Batman Begins is actually a pretty nifty flick. Forget Schumacher and forget the gothicness of Burton, this is Batman does kendo. I think my favourite part of the film is the whole backstory of how Bruce Wayne became who he is including learning martial arts and being a bit of a criminal himself. There's some gorgeous cinematography such as the fight on the frozen lake versus Ducard and when the bats swarm around him underneath the mansion. I also liked that Batman doesn't actually make an appearance for the whole first hour. I dig the practicality element aswell with most of his arsenal being unused military tech. I think it adds a whole layer of believablity to it and not just having Bruce being some super genius with a underground lab and all kinds of crazy shit. Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Ken Watanabe also made me love the film more. Alfred was as funny as hell. More please, kthx.
The Grudge was okay and I think I was expecting more after some people had told me that it was actually scary. I'm not quite sure what they were watching. The only thing that freaked me out was the bit where the female ghost walks up to the security camera and even that was only because of the music. I still prefer the american version of The Ring, there's something about the tension and atmoshphere of that film (aside from the ruined TV crawl - mler). The mewing little boy was just a little bit silly. I don't like that the explanation didn't make much sense either and that you need to have seen the director's cut to get it. Lame. And could the end have been anymore of a lead in to a sequel? It was so choppy. People I usually like fell a bit flat in this film too. Sarah Michelle Gellar did what she could, but being in only half the film, but supposedly being the main character made it hard to sympathise with her. Clea Duvall was wasted and seriously why was Bill Pullman in this film? I'm still checking out the sequel because I do love Amber Tamblyn so. I miss Joan ;_;
Final Destination 3 is the pinnacle of glossy horror schlock fests. I enjoyed the hell out of it because it had everything that it said on the tin. It was mindless, gory (although not really enough for my tastes) and fast. The plot made no sense and they went a bit crazy with the rules this time around. There was no real tension even though you could tell that a lot of scenes were based around the "How are they gonna die?" factor. I'd really like to know why these people are chose to have visions. Three films down and still no proper explanations. For the fourth one, which undoubtedly there will be, please at least address this. There weren't really any standout deaths for me this time around and the whole rollercoaster thing wasn't half as cool as the motorway pile up. Better luck next time I guess, but still passable.