'Shindig'
A place to talk about movies--Old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
I laughed in several places, especially in the first half of the film, but the gross out stuff towards the end counteracted that, so I ended up not liking the film that much. I am the first to admit though that I am a really big wuss about gross out stuff.
You never, EVER want to see Peter Jackson's earlier, funnier work, then. Trust me.
I thought Shaun of the Dead was pretty funny and not that gross. I think I liked the Dawn of the Dead remake better, actually, just because it was scarier and still funny.
The first time around, I completely missed that the scene towards the end
Hmm. I caught that. I was just like, "Huh. Good use of foreshadowing at the beginning."
I don't know. Maybe I'm missing the funny zombie gene. Although if someone had put "Thriller" on the jukebox as a way to distract the zombies, I think I would've enjoyed the film about ten thousand times more.
I don't know what that says about me, except perhaps that I like dance sequences.
I had mad, mad love for Shaun of the Dead. I caught the video game bit, and the zombie-training sequence, especially the shot of them putting it into action made me laugh so hard I almost choked on my popcorn. I still think back on bits and giggle. One of my friends had to miss out due to a rehearsal dinner so I gets to go again!
Another thing I liked were the shout outs to 28 Days Later in the news reports.
So, I saw a promo for The Grudge. It reminds me a lot of The Ring in look (which makes sense), though they seem to be mining more diverse creepiness, which may just mean that the movie's less focused, or more creepy, or both, hard to say for sure. Apparently, SMG's going to be one of those actors who, as long as she looks just-like-Buffy, it's gonna be a mental block for me.
as long as she looks just-like-Buffy, it's gonna be a mental block for me.
Me too, so far.
EW last week had a great set of photos of Buffyher.
You can go ahead and call them Buffy pictures. Their cover certainly did.
P.S. Thanks, Matt. I watched "The Punisher" without the slightest bit of attention to the plot, and I think I was happier for it. That movie certainly does do its part in bringing a shirtless hero to the screen. Moreover, a hero who should be consistantly shirtless, which is just nice.
(Consistant? Consistent? Why is my brain having so much trouble?)
She looks startlingly like Michelle T in a couple of those.
I was thinking that if she'd dye her hair for a couple projects, that would be a goodness, but it might just make her look even more like MT.
eta: I'm pretty sure it's with an e
Someone described the grudge trailer as "randomly flipping through TV channels, one of which has Buffy on", which sums up what I thought of it