Blogspot Z: My Bloody Valentine

[zannes]

Blogspot Z: The Last Place to Go for News (affectionately known in media circles as ZSPN)

We went to see My Bloody Valentine (3D) to support The Ackles’ career, so I expect a thank you note for the approximately $60 he picked from our pockets.

Picked...get it? There's a miner with a.... Okay, moving on.

Comments

[azephirin]

I'm pretty sure I enjoyed this review far more than I would the actual movie. (Not to diss JA; horror just isn't my thing.) I applaud the rating system as well. I just wish it were possible to have 90 minutes (or whatever) of 3D Jensen in hoodies without there being tons of blood and guts!

[zannes]

I don't see horror in the theatres, either. I went for The Ackles. It really wasn't that bad, and they pretty much broadcast the upcoming scares so you could close your eyes in advance. Ackles was sadly underused, but it's a horror movie, and acting really isn't a top concern for the creators.

[charis_kalos]

But I think, in the end, The Ackles made it worthwhile, because watching his face shift from pained and scared to bone chilling in the last ten seconds of the movie was almost worth the exorbitant cost of the tickets.

Really? Seriously? I want to support The Boys (being a true Supernatural fan whose "duty [it is] to inform you of The Boys and their career choices at every opportunity" but I hate mindless horror. I need horror that I can analyse and on which I can write deep and meaningful theological essays about the nature of good and evil. This doesn't sound a possibility with My Bloody Valentine.

So, do I see it? As a fan of The Boys, is it my duty to see it?

Help!

[zannes]

I do think it is your duty to see it, because I want The Ackles to make more movies.

While it's not great horror (and is very often mindless), it does offer an interesting look into how evil affects the common man. You have to read between the lines and wank like crazy, but Tom is a good guy who goes through something horrible, and comes out tainted by it. You could debate responsibility and intent. I was a little ticked off by how dismissive most people were that he was a survivor of a rather brutal attack; akin to raped in a way that the townsfolk overlooked. He had the burden of survivor's guilt, that when combined with this atrocity, made him into a new, and far more damaged man. The sad thing is, he knew he was damaged, which was why he left town in the first place, but no one offers any sympathy. They merely berate him for cowardice for leaving, when leaving was the best thing he could have possibly done.

[megsjedi]

Yes! That was what I was thinking about on my way home! It's not exactly pleasant to see a lot of people dead, get injured, have your friends and girlfriend abandon you to a psycho-killer, then have said killer's blood get splashed all over you. A brand-new killer personality was born in Tom's head, the personality that hated everone in that po-dunk town for letting him down. The killer personality protected Tom's psyche as best it could. Of course, Tom couldn't stop the killer from taking him back on the signifigant 10th anniversary.

Did anyone else notice that the second time around, the killings weren't quite so horrid? I wanted that blonde (yeah right, she was blonde, sure) to get pick-axed! And the ex-police chief deserved what he got too.

Cheerio!

[charis_kalos]

Hmm, so you are able to find depth in it? With the reading between the lines and wanking.

I do think it is your duty to see it, because I want The Ackles to make more movies.

Yeah, this argument may have convinced me.

[cityphonelines]

Now, now, now to be fair she ran around in platform wedges, not silettos.

I liked it a lot, but I'm a horror genre geek from way back. Add in Ackles, Kerr Smith and Jamie King and I was sold from day one.

[zannes]

But they were strappy.

I like my horror a little more psychological, but this was fine for a slasher flick.

[vagrantdream]

I enjoyed this review so much that I don't even know if seeing God and wearing a cricket sweater would be better.

Side note #64 - When did Kerr Smith turn into a wharf rat with mange? I felt like I could catch an STD just by watching him on-screen.
made me lol out loud. The photo really illustrated your point.

and spree killers in training. heh.

So overall, those little flashes of acting did come out? I wish I could just watch those. ;)

In general I get bored by horror movies and laugh at all the wrong times.

I will mention in closing that I love your rating system.

[zannes]

There was much laughing in the crowd, so you'd fit right in. Kerr Smith just looked...dirty, and not in a good way. I think it was the scruffy beard that made him look diseased, but it really didn't do him any favors.

There were flashes of The Ackting, but Ackles was really underutilized.

Thanks! I always try to find something that relates to the movie, but there weren't a lot of options out for MBV, so I chose screaming Jensen.

[charlie_jae]

Ok because I didn't wanna go by myself to see this (no I am not a chicken its just more fun to see it with more peoples), I convinced my bud and a few co-workers to go see it. We so loves Ackles *squuuessss* the bonus is the 3D part, cause we never done that before as a group.

[zannes]

It's a lot more fun to go as a group. Everyone picks up something different.