A movie version of Resident Evil that doesn't suck?
Man, it felt like the past week went by at a snail's pace. I kept looking forward to the weekend only to realize that it was still Monday or Tuesday night. Once work stopped occuring every night, though, the days went by a bit faster. And now here I am at the brink of another start. Thankfully, though, we don't have classes tomorrow so I can relax for one more day at least.
I've been playing a lot of guitar lately and I'm just about at the end of the first book. One of the last lessons was power chords, which really opened the door for me because a huge amount of the music I listen to contains mostly power chords. The lessons are done now; the final part of the book is 3 full-length songs complete with chords, solos and verses. I'm excited...I've never made it this far in terms of ability before :).
We also just went to see the movie Cloverfield last night, which is affecting me a lot more than I originally thought. I found myself thinking about it before I went to sleep, and again when I woke up the next morning. And it led me to realize something that I'm not entirely sure I want to admit: I was genuinely scared by that movie. Not like a cheap scare tactic used in a typical horror movie scares me, but like a full-on deep psychological scare. Maybe I just get too involved in movies I watch nowadays, I don't know. I do know that I am not scared by most horror movies, however, more than a few seconds at least. In fact, most I like to watch over and over (Aliens).
I came away from Cloverfield the same way I come away from having just finished a Resident Evil game: thinking of reliving it makes me shudder. The entire movie is shot from a hand-held camera, which basically puts you directly in the action as it's happening. This is sometimes annoying, because the camera guy isn't a professional or even a camera guy at all...and so, at times, the action gets really, really disorienting and shaky. However, this just serves to make the movie that much scarier because half the time you can't even see what's going on. It takes the concept of a giant monster attacking New York and actually makes it...believable. I know, that sounds stupid, but the movie just seems so realistic being shot this way that you could imagine something like it happening. The entire trek across the city is accompanied with a constant feeling of dread that doesn't go away even after the end credits. A scene involving an unlit subway system is unnverving, and even though you know what's going to happen, it's still scary when it does. Sure, there were a couple of in-your-face shock moments, too. One scene in particular made me feel slightly sick inside, but like a flash it was gone, leaving only the after-effect of pure horror.
There is no backstory involving what happened, or why, or what the hell the thing was in the first place. I think this was actually a good design choice because it just adds to the feeling that you're stuck there with the main characters without a clue as to what's going on. I think it makes the movie scarier. The ending, too, is rather anticlimactic, but the nature of the film pretty much leads you to expect it and I can't imagine having it end any other way. One thing I know for certain: I can't watch it again for a little while.
Shift's over. gotta go.
I've been playing a lot of guitar lately and I'm just about at the end of the first book. One of the last lessons was power chords, which really opened the door for me because a huge amount of the music I listen to contains mostly power chords. The lessons are done now; the final part of the book is 3 full-length songs complete with chords, solos and verses. I'm excited...I've never made it this far in terms of ability before :).
We also just went to see the movie Cloverfield last night, which is affecting me a lot more than I originally thought. I found myself thinking about it before I went to sleep, and again when I woke up the next morning. And it led me to realize something that I'm not entirely sure I want to admit: I was genuinely scared by that movie. Not like a cheap scare tactic used in a typical horror movie scares me, but like a full-on deep psychological scare. Maybe I just get too involved in movies I watch nowadays, I don't know. I do know that I am not scared by most horror movies, however, more than a few seconds at least. In fact, most I like to watch over and over (Aliens).
I came away from Cloverfield the same way I come away from having just finished a Resident Evil game: thinking of reliving it makes me shudder. The entire movie is shot from a hand-held camera, which basically puts you directly in the action as it's happening. This is sometimes annoying, because the camera guy isn't a professional or even a camera guy at all...and so, at times, the action gets really, really disorienting and shaky. However, this just serves to make the movie that much scarier because half the time you can't even see what's going on. It takes the concept of a giant monster attacking New York and actually makes it...believable. I know, that sounds stupid, but the movie just seems so realistic being shot this way that you could imagine something like it happening. The entire trek across the city is accompanied with a constant feeling of dread that doesn't go away even after the end credits. A scene involving an unlit subway system is unnverving, and even though you know what's going to happen, it's still scary when it does. Sure, there were a couple of in-your-face shock moments, too. One scene in particular made me feel slightly sick inside, but like a flash it was gone, leaving only the after-effect of pure horror.
There is no backstory involving what happened, or why, or what the hell the thing was in the first place. I think this was actually a good design choice because it just adds to the feeling that you're stuck there with the main characters without a clue as to what's going on. I think it makes the movie scarier. The ending, too, is rather anticlimactic, but the nature of the film pretty much leads you to expect it and I can't imagine having it end any other way. One thing I know for certain: I can't watch it again for a little while.
Shift's over. gotta go.