Today was another day of crappy weather so I wound up watching a few DVDs that had been sitting in my unwatched pile for a while.
Prom Night
My daughter bought this on DVD for us to watch a while back, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be but it was a routine and predictable teen horror.
Quarantine
I haven't seen the movie this was based on so I don't know how it compares, this was a great idea that was poorly executed, I didn't find it as annoying as a lot of the movies where the camera operator is a participant in the story such as Cloverfield or Diary of the Dead but there was no sense of suspense whatever and that was a shame because the whole movie just seems like a wasted opportunity, there was a nice stunt at one point but that was the only clever thing about the movie.
Gattaca
I hadn't seen this movie since it was in the theatres, I really enjoyed it then and I enjoyed it again today, it just goes to show you don't need massive budgets and insane special effects to make a good science fiction movie.
The Last Castle
I've had this on DVD for a couple of years but I just never got around to watching it until today, I really liked it.
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I spent a good part of Prom Night shouting at the TV, don't do that have you never seen a scary movie or Scream where the rules are laid out.
ReplyDeleteThat said, Dana Davis, scorching:)
I watched REC before watching the US remake Quarantine, pretty much shot for shot but I still prefer the original.
When we were watching Prom Night I was telling my daughter what was going to happen and it did, I totally nailed how he escaped from the police dragnet, Caitlin was convinced I'd already seen the movie, I hadn't seen it before but I'd seen enough movies like it to know what was going on.
ReplyDeleteREC and it's sequel are movies I'm interested in seeing eventually, I thought Quarantine had a good setup but it just had no sense of suspense or dread and that was a shame, perhaps in the hands of a more skilled director it could've been a lot of fun.