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brilliant ... amazing ... impressive
great ... wonderful ... terrific
good ... alright ... ok
so-so ... average ... decent
bad ... awful ... can’t-believe-I-spent-two-hours-watching-guys-rape-a-deadgirl
(Feel free to skip the rant about the bottom five films.)
It’s unfortunate that horror is my favorite genre yet my least favorite five where almost all horror. In fact, they where all horror until I remembered Where the Wild Things Are. Apparently, I'm more in love with classical narrative structure then I thought.
Rob Zombie showed promise in Halloween 2 but ultimately failed to deliver. (Much like Adam, by the way. Adam was a disappointment. My internal monologue as I leave a theater shouldn't be, "It's good to see Mark Linn-Baker still working. I loved Perfect Strangers. But Bronson Pinchot was so sleazy on The Surreal Life it might ruin it a little if I try watching it now. Actually, what am I thinking? Mark Linn-Baker was great on Criminal Intent. I should watch more Criminal Intent. What are they thinking get rid of D'Onfrio and Erbe?")
Grace was just predictable, stereotypical, and kind of awkward. Not uncomfortable, just awkward. I can appreciate uncomfortable in my horror movies.
The Collector was a knock-off of Saw. More importantly, it was just bad. It had little story and what story it did have didn't make sense. (Bait? Why do you need bait in your own house?) Speaking of bad, let’s talk Deadgirl.
What I wanted that night was The Dead Girl with Brittany Murphy, a film the Blockbuster guy recommended, but we mistakenly picked up Deadgirl. It was almost worth watching when we returned it and I saw the look of horror cross the Blockbuster guy’s face when he realized we thought he wanted us to see Deadgirl. Needless to say, he understood how terrible this movie was and felt bad enough about it to give us our weekly movies free (plus he threw in The Dead Girl just to make up for it). I’m not going to go into why I hate Deadgirl I’m just going to say that I do. My reasons are fairly straightforward like pacing, believability in characterization, acting, etc. If you’re looking for semi-intelligent discussion on the film check out Sociological Images or Feministing.