Review: Drag Me to Hell
THE PREMIER SUCKS! IT PREMIERLY SUCKS!
Okay in reality the theater isn't /that/ bad, it just makes for a horrible movie inexperience and I HATE giving them money. Their seats suck. They wiggle, provide no support if you lean back. The only thing they have going for them is that you can put the arm rests up if you're big, or big on making out.
Which leads me to my next point. It seems only assholes go to premier. Or maybe they just go when I'm there. WTF? FIVE PEOPLE TEXTING!? I haven't seen that much texting since... well fucking Houston in the middle of the ghetto! Two conversations, five different people texting in a theater of 15 people. Thats 1/3rd of the entire fucking audience didn't care about the movie so much as their OH SO FUCKING important social lives! Cause they certainly weren't texting about the movie!
AND STOP KICKING THE BACK OF MY SEAT OR LEANING AGAINST IT WHEN I LEAN FORWARD CAUSE THE MOVIE IS GETTING INTERESTING! Completely kills my suspension of disbelief.
Okay. I got that out of my system.
Wow. Okay if you're a horror movie fan. And by that I mean someone who really likes horror movies. Goes to see them whenever you can, knows director's names, buys the DVDs, etc etc. You really really need to see this movie.
If you're a casual horror movie fan... sure. Go for it. It might not be your style, just to warn you.
If you hate horror movies, definitely need to avoid this movie!
SPOILERS!
Wow! That was a lot of fun! And pretty scary! And, amazingly, funny! Actually it ran the gambit on emotions which I'm guessing was exactly what Sam Raimi wanted to do. I couldn't help but analyze some of the movie as I was going through it, mostly as a defense mechanism to keep me from pissing my pants.
Okay I admit I saw Justin Long and I got scared that maybe the movie wasn't gana be as cool as it ended up being. But he did a decent job. His only failure, which wasn't really his failure but I'm guessing an editing failure, was how he "bailed" Christine out for the money. And while he explained it to decent satisfaction afterwards, it came as a 'wait asecond he wouldn't do that!' moment, rather than a 'wow he is being shocking!' which I'm guessing was the point because, well like I said this movie was about taking you through all the emotions it could. And yes, the movie is kind of predictable if you knew what to look for/paying attention to details.
Alison Lohman really convinced me she was scared, angry, confused, etc. At no point could I fault her acting in anyway. Her expressions really pulled me in. I didn't feel like she was just another pretty face for bad things to happen to/hope she gets wet so I can see her breasts through her shirt (be it water, blood, or goo). Dileep Rao on the other hand felt a little too stereotypically Indian and his seance performance bugged me a little. Adriana Barraza was, however, a very convincing and scary possessed medium and it was refreshing to hear a seance in Spanish rather than Latin. And of course Kudos to Lorna Raver for similatanously being the most creepy and insane gypsy woman and creepy demon stalker pawn.
That poor kitty! That made me sad. And man was that gypsy woman a bitch. She had no justification for what she did, she was senile and insane! And her entire family as well. This movie was not very nice to the Romani people but stereotypes make for great films! Plus they aren't going to sue I imagine. Sam Raimi might want to worry about curses though...
So Kitty: Sad. Lamia: Scary. Lamia dancing the Spanish guy around like a puppet: Funny! Yes this movie had comedy and while some reviewers might pan it for that, I absolutely LOVED it. It had a definitely classic motif with the intro and the little boy, the title screen, and the action. The action was all over the top and obviously so. They were going 'hey look, staple the crazy bitch's head!' or 'drop a fucking anvil on her!' it was awesome. The movie simaltaniously scared the shit out of me, and made me laugh and completely inappropraite times, then scared me again. Obviously the film wasn't taking itself too seriously... but it was when it came to being scary. I can respect that.
It almost felt like it was a bit of an homage to older horror films. Techniques used to scare you were pretty classic, almost cliche. The early suspense stuff was really well done. I LOVED the shadow work. The use of overwhelming sound was awesome too. Really all the "haunting" stuff was right up my alley, even when the ghost was directly attacking invisibly. That was just awesome. I loved the bedroom scene. You wana call out on your cellphone? HA! Demons know how to deal with that shit now, you're modern technology isn't gana do shit. And of course, the ending which was nicely classic there was almost no way you couldn't see it coming. It was refreshing really, a scary horror film that wasn't J-Horror or slaughter porn.
That being said, I saw a preview for H2 before the movie and it kinda made me wonder if made a mistake in skipping 'Halloween'.
Okay in reality the theater isn't /that/ bad, it just makes for a horrible movie inexperience and I HATE giving them money. Their seats suck. They wiggle, provide no support if you lean back. The only thing they have going for them is that you can put the arm rests up if you're big, or big on making out.
Which leads me to my next point. It seems only assholes go to premier. Or maybe they just go when I'm there. WTF? FIVE PEOPLE TEXTING!? I haven't seen that much texting since... well fucking Houston in the middle of the ghetto! Two conversations, five different people texting in a theater of 15 people. Thats 1/3rd of the entire fucking audience didn't care about the movie so much as their OH SO FUCKING important social lives! Cause they certainly weren't texting about the movie!
AND STOP KICKING THE BACK OF MY SEAT OR LEANING AGAINST IT WHEN I LEAN FORWARD CAUSE THE MOVIE IS GETTING INTERESTING! Completely kills my suspension of disbelief.
Okay. I got that out of my system.
Wow. Okay if you're a horror movie fan. And by that I mean someone who really likes horror movies. Goes to see them whenever you can, knows director's names, buys the DVDs, etc etc. You really really need to see this movie.
If you're a casual horror movie fan... sure. Go for it. It might not be your style, just to warn you.
If you hate horror movies, definitely need to avoid this movie!
SPOILERS!
Wow! That was a lot of fun! And pretty scary! And, amazingly, funny! Actually it ran the gambit on emotions which I'm guessing was exactly what Sam Raimi wanted to do. I couldn't help but analyze some of the movie as I was going through it, mostly as a defense mechanism to keep me from pissing my pants.
Okay I admit I saw Justin Long and I got scared that maybe the movie wasn't gana be as cool as it ended up being. But he did a decent job. His only failure, which wasn't really his failure but I'm guessing an editing failure, was how he "bailed" Christine out for the money. And while he explained it to decent satisfaction afterwards, it came as a 'wait asecond he wouldn't do that!' moment, rather than a 'wow he is being shocking!' which I'm guessing was the point because, well like I said this movie was about taking you through all the emotions it could. And yes, the movie is kind of predictable if you knew what to look for/paying attention to details.
Alison Lohman really convinced me she was scared, angry, confused, etc. At no point could I fault her acting in anyway. Her expressions really pulled me in. I didn't feel like she was just another pretty face for bad things to happen to/hope she gets wet so I can see her breasts through her shirt (be it water, blood, or goo). Dileep Rao on the other hand felt a little too stereotypically Indian and his seance performance bugged me a little. Adriana Barraza was, however, a very convincing and scary possessed medium and it was refreshing to hear a seance in Spanish rather than Latin. And of course Kudos to Lorna Raver for similatanously being the most creepy and insane gypsy woman and creepy demon stalker pawn.
That poor kitty! That made me sad. And man was that gypsy woman a bitch. She had no justification for what she did, she was senile and insane! And her entire family as well. This movie was not very nice to the Romani people but stereotypes make for great films! Plus they aren't going to sue I imagine. Sam Raimi might want to worry about curses though...
So Kitty: Sad. Lamia: Scary. Lamia dancing the Spanish guy around like a puppet: Funny! Yes this movie had comedy and while some reviewers might pan it for that, I absolutely LOVED it. It had a definitely classic motif with the intro and the little boy, the title screen, and the action. The action was all over the top and obviously so. They were going 'hey look, staple the crazy bitch's head!' or 'drop a fucking anvil on her!' it was awesome. The movie simaltaniously scared the shit out of me, and made me laugh and completely inappropraite times, then scared me again. Obviously the film wasn't taking itself too seriously... but it was when it came to being scary. I can respect that.
It almost felt like it was a bit of an homage to older horror films. Techniques used to scare you were pretty classic, almost cliche. The early suspense stuff was really well done. I LOVED the shadow work. The use of overwhelming sound was awesome too. Really all the "haunting" stuff was right up my alley, even when the ghost was directly attacking invisibly. That was just awesome. I loved the bedroom scene. You wana call out on your cellphone? HA! Demons know how to deal with that shit now, you're modern technology isn't gana do shit. And of course, the ending which was nicely classic there was almost no way you couldn't see it coming. It was refreshing really, a scary horror film that wasn't J-Horror or slaughter porn.
That being said, I saw a preview for H2 before the movie and it kinda made me wonder if made a mistake in skipping 'Halloween'.