Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'
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On a totally different topic, we were so sick of the few Mallory movies we have that we plunked down $3 for the Eragon DVD. I hadn't been able to watch it for more than 10 minutes on an airplane, but we thought, "Hey, dragons, Mal will watch it."
20 minutes in, he came and got me: "Mom, can I have a different movie? This one is bad. It is really so bad."
I just watched Shadow of the Vampire. It was not as cool as I'd hoped.
Mal clearly has taste.
I loved Shadow of the Vampire ! I actually own it.
I was kind of... bored. Which has been a theme for me lately, as I saw the Broadway production of A Chorus Line on Friday and felt much the same. Bad musical theater / horror geek. No biscuit.
I loved Shadow of the Vampire too.
We saw Dark Knight on Sunday and it punched me in the gut repeatedly. Felt more like a horror movie than a super-hero movie. Today I watched Rambo (not recommneded) and saw a 50 caliber machine gun tear big holes in people and was not even a shadow of the disturbed I felt walking out of PG-13 Dark Knight.
Felt more like a horror movie than a super-hero movie
I think... This.
Felt more like a horror movie than a super-hero movie
Such a great way of putting it.
Count me in as a Shadow of the Vampire fan, but I know a few folks who were considerably more "meh" on it. They all agreed that Willem Dafoe was awesome, however.
They all agreed that Willem Dafoe was awesome, however.
Oh, yeah.
It's just atmospheric enough that, although I do think it's a good movie for a couple of reasons, it's something ... my eyes get in the mood for, if that makes sense. Like, sometimes I want to watch the unremitting badness that is Bram Stoker's Dracula for the sheer visual trip of it.
Like, sometimes I want to watch the unremitting badness that is Bram Stoker's Dracula for the sheer visual trip of it.
See, I still curse the studio for not letting Coppola cast Johnny Depp as Harker. I could have dealt with the tacked on love story no problem with that alteration, because the movie is such a visual feast, and enough of the rest of the cast was worth it to put up with the story alterations and Winona (I mean Tom Waits as Renfield? Genius casting!).
Total agreement on the Dracula thoughts. If only. I can imagine a couple of ways Depp would have taken that role...both leagues above Keanu...with whom I actually have no problem as a rule.
I saw the Day the Earth Stood Still trailer tonight in front of TDK. It looks visually arresting, but I was not engaged in the story at all.
TDK exceeded my expectations like whoa. Seriously, I was surprised by what a well made film it is. I agreed in retrospect with most of the comments here, both good and critical but I have to say, it kept me riveted.
And while I was certain that Ledger's star was shining brighter due to the Deification of Death...I was wrong, he earned every scrap of praise heaped on him.
And you could really see every penny of the budget on screen.
Nice one Nolan.