Re: Cabin
Fun movie, kind of agree with Gris,kind of think they wanted to keep things simple. Neutral on Matt's point.
But no one's mentioned "Primeval" yet? Shame, people.
Everyone's getting spanked but me.
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chrismg - Apr 15, 2012 12:48:11 pm PDT #19466 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Polter-Cow - Apr 15, 2012 12:51:36 pm PDT #19467 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Wait, do you mean the Buffy episode or the television show ?
chrismg - Apr 15, 2012 1:32:04 pm PDT #19468 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Buffy
Think about it.
In fact, there's at least one shot I'd say looked like a deliberate call-back.
Juliebird - Apr 15, 2012 1:37:20 pm PDT #19469 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I *have* to make it to the 4:40 tomorrow, my willpower against the whitefont is waivering.
Polter-Cow - Apr 15, 2012 2:15:52 pm PDT #19470 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
In fact, there's at least one shot I'd say looked like a deliberate call-back.
Huh. Which? I'm seeing it again in four hours.
chrismg - Apr 15, 2012 2:18:46 pm PDT #19471 of 30000
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
There was one bit shortly after the monsters were let loose and everyone was being eaten, that reminded me a lot of a shot in "Primeval" down into the big pit in the Initiative, with, again, a pitched battle between monsters and soldiers.
But again, that whole sequence reminded me of the episode, so I may have been projecting.
Strix - Apr 15, 2012 3:10:23 pm PDT #19472 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
chrismg, I JUST got back from Cabin and I had that SAME thought! I was like, Did they re-use a set?
I thought it was great fun!! I assiduously kept myself unspoiled, and was VERY satisfied that I had.
Also? Fran Kranz' character's "accessory?" I am old and staid, but I would FREAKING love one of those things! For the sheer AWESOMENESS factor, if not for usage...I laughed and laughed and laughed when he got out of the car at the beginning.
Also — MORE STUFF IN THE AVENGERS THEATRE TRAILER THAN IN ON-LINE TRAILER! I was...a bad movie-goer. I made some sounds. I was clapping softly and bouncing in nergasmic glee through the whole thing.
Dana - Apr 15, 2012 3:16:34 pm PDT #19473 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I didn't get an Avengers trailer! No fair!
Vonnie K - Apr 15, 2012 3:17:24 pm PDT #19474 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Just came back from seeing The Cabin in the Woods. It's not particularly deep, but I found it very entertaining indeed. And it most assuredly is a Mutant Enemy Production in its tone. (There must have been a decent Whedon/Goddard fan contingent in my movie theater, because there was some enthusiastic clapping when "Mutant Enemy Production" came up in the title sequence.)
For those who are worried about the fright element: I'm a wimp when it comes to slasher movies, and I didn't have a huge problem with it. There is gore, and plenty of it, but I did not find the movie itself particularly scary.
Favourite bits: the demise of Bradley Whitford's character. Classic! Actually, that entire insane climax was... I don't even know what to say! Also, the phone call from the redneck dude from the gas station, hilariously named "Mordecai" -- freakin' GOLD. And anything and everything to do with Fran Kranz's Marty the Stoner.
Strix - Apr 15, 2012 3:25:58 pm PDT #19475 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Vonnie, yes, yes and YES!!!
I haven't seen a movie in a theatre in 3 years. It was Wolverine, on D and I's 3rd date. And now Avengers in a couple of weeks, and D was geebly about the Statham movie trailer.