So now that I've taken almost as much time to reply to this as it took you to watch the movie, I'm glad you enjoy it. I wouldn't heap praise on a movie like I do this one if I didn't think it really deserved it. I go so far as to buy people copies of the movie and force it on them:p

Now, if the studio ever found the footage they lost of the alternate ending, I could die a happy man:D

Quantum of Solace.

Wonderful.

The gritty, humane Bond of the previous movie becomes dark and brooding here. I am guessing after 20 flicks of basically the same stuff, the producers finally decided to make Bond look as human as possible...ergo Casino Royale and now this. Craig makes a wonderful 007, ably supported by Judi Dench's cameos.

My only gripe - the camerawork in this one. The director had a lot of potential to make this as technically sound as he could, but in that one department he is lacking. The script is pretty good, and the direction is quite neat...although it looks like he ran out of ideas towards the end.

I am eager to see where the series goes next.



Rating - * * * ½

Anaconda 3...Well, I haven't finished watching it yet, I'm about to the middle...The CGI is overdone and far too obvious, much like in Anaconda and Anaconda 2, so I was expecting it anyway...I'll finish watching it when the baby lets me...I DID get to watch Alligator again for the first time in years...I still love it

Bachelor Party (1984) - 4/10.

Other than a couple of fairly funny moments, this film was pretty boring.

The Premature Burial (1962)

See my post in the Classic Horror forum for thoughts.

Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV...X98_SY140_.jpg

Little disappointed with this one. With the delightfully campy title and over-the-top movie poster I had high hopes for this one. It SCREAMS Evil Dead II meets Dead Alive, but doesn't necessarily do a particularly good job emulating either.

That said, the beasties were simply awesome and I was impressed at its purposeful use of animatronic special effects to create its gruesome big bad. It also had some fantastic gory kills to go along with it.

However, it took waaaaay too long to actually bring the monster onslaught and it almost lost me as a viewer. In terms of modern monster movies, Slither did it better.

I give it a 2.5/5

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The Cottage

Obviously heavily influenced by Severance (incidentally, another film to come from Isle of Man Film Company), The Cottage started out slowly (TOO slowly), but then turned into a pretty damn good urbanoia mutant slasher film. Not perfect (Hatchet and Severance did it better), but definitely thoroughly enjoyable toward the end.

I give it 3/5.

Oh, but WE loved it, the kids did, too...And it's ROBERT ENGLUND :D

I have Severance, but I haven't had a chance to watch it yet...Hopefully we can watch it tonight since Dustin FINALLY has a night off work...I'll be looking for Cottage now ;)

I know this isn't a movie, but I wanted to post it here anyway:

Friday night I was able to catch a production of Evil Dead: The Musical.

And, wow. What a blast. They pretty much meld the two plots from Evil Dead and Evil Dead II together, throw in a bunch of references from Army of Darkness, and occasionally change some aspects outright to make them funnier. However the latter fails several times, I must admit, i.e. they turn the character of Shelly into a "dumb blonde" and one long sex joke.
Don't worry, though, it's certainly saturated with hilarious "inside jokes".

At any rate, we sat in the first row, which was part of the "Splatter Zone". Throughout the performance (but especially in the second half) we were covered in blood.

Certainly the most entertaining performance I've witnessed in a long, long time. If you love the trilogy, then this is mandatory (if it happens to come to your area).

Oh Dear God, I would LOOOOVE to see that!...The kids would, too!

It doesn't come anywhere near us :(

But LOOK!
Raimi has given the okay for a 3D theatrical movie based on Evil Dead: The Musical, to be co-directed by the musical’s original director, Christopher Bond, and choreographer, Hinton Battle. Bond would like to begin filming next spring with members of the original cast, though the filmmakers will need to address “serious rights issues.”

http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/09/08/...cal-the-movie/

It would be amazing to actually see it live, tho.

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