Movie Bashers Inc.

[colubrid660]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

Anyone else wanna take a crack at AvP? If not, we can move on to the dissection of another fun movie.:D

I am sort of ambivalent about this movie. I have said I hated it, but I think of all the "Alien" films on a spectrum, with Alien on one end, and Resurrection on the other. I guess this one is in between along with Alien3.

Originally Posted by ____ V ____

I thought AvP was mildly entertaining, and had its fair share of atmosphere too.

Yeah, I think it did too, and also a lot of slick visual references to previous films, which you'll notice only if you pay attention. Sometimes I think this is Anderson's way of placating die-hard fans of franchises so he is more free to mutilate them as he sees fit (like Resident Evil). But he did leave the dark, cramped atmosphere and a little of the tension of previous films, which I appreciate.

Originally Posted by Kane_Hodder

I thought it was good. The trouble with the series was, Alien and Aliens set such high precedents that the rest can't live up to the expectations.

Very good point. The first 3 films were so good, and the 4th film (Resurrection, with its stupid baby Alien and lame "humor") is so bad, I think we all had high expectations on it to bring the franchise back into respectable horror. It delivered on this slightly I think; it was not nearly as bad as Resurrection, but then, it was no Aliens either, so there is room for improvement. I haven't seen Requiem yet, but it seems to be based on an early script of AvP, which I read online before AvP came out and was pretty good. I have seen the Unrated DVD out which includes extra footage and supposedly adds to and improves the original film.

Originally Posted by ____ V ____

Was it the lack of claustrophobia? Or was it the plot?

It was mostly the plot. AvP was pretty claustrophobic in only a few parts, but it was also a predator movie to some extent, so I guess I can forgive that. The plot was the bigger problem. Typical Anderson, I suppose, without going too much into detail. Resident Evil could have been a really freaky and scary movie, but the result was little more than an excuse to ogle Milla in that torn dress. Yummy.


Anyways, I think Resurrection deserves the ridicule if we are going to bash any Alien movies. What did you guys think of it?

[_____V_____]

Very nicely dissected, colubrid. I am impressed. And I m sure Alien: Resurrection will be up anytime soon in this thread.


Anyway, about Sleepy Hollow, its a great flick no doubt. But come on folks...we arent exactly bashing it are we?;)

Someone get Doc Faustus. He ll give this one a nice kick in the butt.:D

[colubrid660]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

Its a great flick no doubt. But come on folks...we arent exactly bashing it are we?;)

I wanna bash Resurrection!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad:

[Staplez]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

Very nicely dissected, colubrid. I am impressed. And I m sure Alien: Resurrection will be up anytime soon in this thread.


Anyway, about Sleepy Hollow, its a great flick no doubt. But come on folks...we arent exactly bashing it are we?;)

Someone get Doc Faustus. He ll give this one a nice kick in the butt.:D

I loved Sleepy Hollow. Depp, Walken, Burton. Whats not to like? Classic story and decent acting.

On a side note, I thought the horseman was scarier with the head on.

[fortunato]

Originally Posted by Staplez

On a side note, I thought the horseman was scarier with the head on.

christopher walken with demon teeth!
ahhh!

sleepy hollow is fun. it's not amazing, but it's exactly as good as it tries to be, and that's what i enjoy about it.

[colubrid660]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

Very nicely dissected, colubrid. I am impressed. And I m sure Alien: Resurrection will be up anytime soon in this thread.

Thank you.

Originally Posted by Staplez

sleepy hollow is fun. it's not amazing, but it's exactly as good as it tries to be, and that's what i enjoy about it.

Its typical Tim Burton, so appreciate it for that. Its a fun movie with a gothic edge. Sure it will disappoint the hardcore horror fans among us (I am at the point where "Dawn of the Dead 2004" is a "Fun" movie hah hah), but its cool in its own Burton-y way. I'm not a teenage emo girl, so Johnny Depp is not my favorite actor, but he seems to play whatever part Burton gives him quite well, and he was good on 21 Jump St., so he's cool in my book. No Walken though. :p The movie was especially cool for me because I grew up in that area, near Ichabod Crane high school, and it does kind of look like that around there, it gets really dark and desolate in the fall, and I think fantastical elements aside (like Burton's signature, almost cartoon-y dark landscapes) the setting was done quite well.


So lets stop wasting time attempting to shit on a pretty good movie, and really shit on a bad one.....like say Alien: Resurrection :D

[Despare]

Hey _V_, we need a bad flick here, otherwise this will become Movie Nitpickers Inc.

[colubrid660]

Originally Posted by Despare

Hey _V_, we need a bad flick here, otherwise this will become Movie Nitpickers Inc.

There is no shortage of bad flicks in American horror Cinema. Heres some I remember from the mid 2000's

- The Exorcism of Emily Rose (stupid)

- Resident Evil: Apocalypse (lame)

- The Boogeyman (complete crap)

- Doom (insert string of expletives here)

[_____V_____]

Originally Posted by Despare

Hey _V_, we need a bad flick here, otherwise this will become Movie Nitpickers Inc.

lmao :D

The purpose of this thread was to bash popular and critically-acclaimed horror movies...but I guess we could take our frustrations out on a punching bag once in awhile.

Ok...from the draw of lots, I guess the first one in line to be bashed is...



Wishmaster!!

Let the bashing begin!:cool:

[fortunato]

wow, lots of possibilities here for bashing. i'll pick a small one so that others have a turn.

worst "catch phrase" ever:

"give me your wisheeees!"