This was actually a pretty good movie, that I have to see again on account of the fact that like half the theater felt the need to talk during the movie. And don't even get me started on the guy who felt the need to whistle after every scary part. I hate when horror films get PG-13 ratings it only invites stupid people who don't really like them to go. And it keeps real fans away which hurts box office. In case any body in charge of movies out there hasn't noticed this in recent months, PG-13 ratings hurt horror movie box office. You should not be aiming for anything less than an R.
Okay as I said the movie itself was good. There were several scary parts and Kristen Bell was so on her game. One thing that I know really helped this movie was the fact that one of the people responsible for the script was Wes Craven. It's to bad he didn't direct it as well. That would have taken it from a good horror film to a great one.
Considering that I couldn't focus on the movie as much as I would have liked I'm going to skip the spoiler section.
I paid full price to see this one and it was worth it despite the annoying people. I would be willing to pay full price to see it again.
Friday, August 18, 2006
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Emmy Time
With the Emmy's just around the corner I figured I better get my reaction to the nominations posted. Let me just say though how stupid the time frame for this years Emmy's is. NBC knew long before they got Sunday Night Football that they had the Emmy's this year. The NFL could have lived with one less Sunday Night game.
Over all the nominations weren't horrible but they weren't great either. The new system seemed to work a bit but not a lot. And as much as I love Veronica Mars and Gilmore Girls these shows are never going to be recognized until the producers and other executives start throwing fits like they did to get reality programming their own categories. The reason they don't get nominated is quite simple they are dramedies and until there is a third set of categories for dramedies these shows are going to find it nearly impossible to be nominated. Do I think the shows and the people in and behind them deserve nominations? Yes I do. However, I'm very realistic about this and instead of throwing fits about it I just accept what it is. Now Best Dramedy and so forth categories no nominations for them.
If you don't believe me on this subject you need look no furth than the comedy nominations this year. Where they were dominated by Desperate Housewives (also technically a dramedy) last year this year they are all about true comedies. In other words, sitcoms. With the exception of Alfre Woodard (who did not deserve a nomination) all the comedy nominations were for half hour comedies.
As far as the comedy categories go I really wasn't that thrilled with them over all. There were a few high points. Very pleased that Arrested Development scored a couple nominations. My favorite nomination for comedies has to be Stockard Channing for Out of Practice. I'm still pissed off at CBS for cancelling. My next favorite comedy nomination is Jamie Pressly for My Name Is Earl. I have been a big fan of hers since Jack & Jill. Ever since then I've kept my eye on her work and really touted how talented she is. I know people probably thought I was completely cracked at times but, now I have been proven correct.
In the drama categories. The number one thing that had to happen this year for the to be any hope for the new nominating procedures was for Kyra Sedgwick to get nominated for The Closer. And she did. Unfortunately people must not have watched the screeners for the rest of the cast or the show over all becuase I'm not sure how a couple other cast memebers got over looked. And I am a little miffed that the show didn't get nominated for best drama. I was very surprised to see Mariska Hargitay get nominated again. I really didn't think she could pull it off this season. Yes they had that episode early in the year that was designed to get her another nomination, if not the win, but those tend to backfire. And since they copped out on the ending of that episode I really thought it would hurt her. I'm glad she managed to sneak in there though. Unfortunately, odds are she'll be going home empty handed again.
I was also very pleased that Christopher Meloni finally got nominated. When I found out which episode they submitted for him I was like, yup that'll do it. Have to give the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit peopl a lot of credit. Some how they managed to go two for two in the episode designed for a nomination department.
A little upset by the fact that James Spader wasn't nominated again. Although the nomination for Candice Bergen was very nice to see. She totally deserved it.
And on one final note. The Ellen Burstyn nomination is complete and total crap. If that doesn't show the show them that there are still some serious issues and that people are voting based on name rather than work nothing will. How the hell do you get nominated for 15 seconds of screen time? Come on people snap out of it. Clearly people weren't watching their screeners to put her in the top 10. But, the real question is how did the so called blue ribbon panel decide that 15 seconds was worthy of a nomination?
Over all the nominations weren't horrible but they weren't great either. The new system seemed to work a bit but not a lot. And as much as I love Veronica Mars and Gilmore Girls these shows are never going to be recognized until the producers and other executives start throwing fits like they did to get reality programming their own categories. The reason they don't get nominated is quite simple they are dramedies and until there is a third set of categories for dramedies these shows are going to find it nearly impossible to be nominated. Do I think the shows and the people in and behind them deserve nominations? Yes I do. However, I'm very realistic about this and instead of throwing fits about it I just accept what it is. Now Best Dramedy and so forth categories no nominations for them.
If you don't believe me on this subject you need look no furth than the comedy nominations this year. Where they were dominated by Desperate Housewives (also technically a dramedy) last year this year they are all about true comedies. In other words, sitcoms. With the exception of Alfre Woodard (who did not deserve a nomination) all the comedy nominations were for half hour comedies.
As far as the comedy categories go I really wasn't that thrilled with them over all. There were a few high points. Very pleased that Arrested Development scored a couple nominations. My favorite nomination for comedies has to be Stockard Channing for Out of Practice. I'm still pissed off at CBS for cancelling. My next favorite comedy nomination is Jamie Pressly for My Name Is Earl. I have been a big fan of hers since Jack & Jill. Ever since then I've kept my eye on her work and really touted how talented she is. I know people probably thought I was completely cracked at times but, now I have been proven correct.
In the drama categories. The number one thing that had to happen this year for the to be any hope for the new nominating procedures was for Kyra Sedgwick to get nominated for The Closer. And she did. Unfortunately people must not have watched the screeners for the rest of the cast or the show over all becuase I'm not sure how a couple other cast memebers got over looked. And I am a little miffed that the show didn't get nominated for best drama. I was very surprised to see Mariska Hargitay get nominated again. I really didn't think she could pull it off this season. Yes they had that episode early in the year that was designed to get her another nomination, if not the win, but those tend to backfire. And since they copped out on the ending of that episode I really thought it would hurt her. I'm glad she managed to sneak in there though. Unfortunately, odds are she'll be going home empty handed again.
I was also very pleased that Christopher Meloni finally got nominated. When I found out which episode they submitted for him I was like, yup that'll do it. Have to give the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit peopl a lot of credit. Some how they managed to go two for two in the episode designed for a nomination department.
A little upset by the fact that James Spader wasn't nominated again. Although the nomination for Candice Bergen was very nice to see. She totally deserved it.
And on one final note. The Ellen Burstyn nomination is complete and total crap. If that doesn't show the show them that there are still some serious issues and that people are voting based on name rather than work nothing will. How the hell do you get nominated for 15 seconds of screen time? Come on people snap out of it. Clearly people weren't watching their screeners to put her in the top 10. But, the real question is how did the so called blue ribbon panel decide that 15 seconds was worthy of a nomination?
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Scoop
I really don't like Woody Allen and the two movies of his I had seen previously were rather boring. I was very worried about this one but figured Scarlett and Hugh would make it worth it and I was right. I was actually quite surprised at how well written and funny it was. A lot of that had to do with Scarlett's perfect delivery. It's official that girl can do anything.
Major Plot Point Ahead:
The over all story was very fun except for the part where Scarlett and Woody didn't end up figuring out who the real killer was. And while the little twist at the end where Hugh's character did kill one of the women led to a rather funny, yet obvious final moment between him and Scarlett I would have prefered he not be a killer.
I saw this at a matinee and it was well worth that price. I wouldn't have felt ripped off if I had paid full price but, because Woody annoys me so it was a better value for me at matinee.
Major Plot Point Ahead:
The over all story was very fun except for the part where Scarlett and Woody didn't end up figuring out who the real killer was. And while the little twist at the end where Hugh's character did kill one of the women led to a rather funny, yet obvious final moment between him and Scarlett I would have prefered he not be a killer.
I saw this at a matinee and it was well worth that price. I wouldn't have felt ripped off if I had paid full price but, because Woody annoys me so it was a better value for me at matinee.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
The Descent
I was in the mood for a fun no brainer of a movie and horror films usually fit that bill. I was intrigued this one because of it's all female cast. That's just never done. I didn't have very high hopes for this movie because it really looked like The Cave with an all female cast. And it was very much like it but it was better written and the creatures where better.
I didn't have very high hopes for this movie aside from being a couple hours of entertainment. As I told me good friend Liz Taylor's House it was not the craptastic gorefest I was anticipating it to be. It was rather gory but it wasn't bad. The dark setting made the gore a little less gory which was cool.
The cast was really good as well. None of them phoned it in and they took it seriously. No trying to make it campy or anything like that.
Spoilers Ahead:
The movie was very well put together and the story was good as were the characters. However, there were a couple of flaws that hurt my overall enjoyment of the movie.
One was when Juno hit I think it was Beth with her ice ax after having just faught off two of the creatures. I had a feeling a moment like that was coming but I didn't think it would play out quite like that. She hits her right square in the throat and then leaves her there to die. Not entirely cool leaving her like that but there was no way they were going to be able to save her. But then later Sarah finds Beth in the creatures food pile and she's still alive. Come one, that was so stupid there was no way she was still going to be alive that much later. She would have bled to death within minutes. And not only was she alive she was able to give Sarah important info about Juno.
Which sets up my major problem with the movie and it happened right at the end. Sarah and Juno are the only two left alive and they are almost to the opening and safety. There's a bunch of the creatures closing in. Turns out that Juno was having an affair with Sarah's husband (who was killed at the beginning of the movie) a fact which Sarah learned from Beth. Beth also told Sarah that Juno was a danger and that she had to find her own way out. So right there at the end Sarah takes her ice ax and puts it through Juno's knee leaving her there to die. Total character problem. I get your mad she had an affair with your husband, your best friend made it sound like Juno killed her on purpose, but no true horror film herione would leave someone behind unless they absolutely had to.
When it came to the creatures it was cool how they could only find their prey by sound. And that worked very well for the story except for one part. One of the characters was hanging from the top of the cave over some water. Her sister and Juno were trying to get her to come back and they were yelling at her. So the creature that was there next to her should have gone after them. Only he just starts swinging and clawing for the one hanging there until he finally gets her. I'm still trying to figure out exactly how he knew she was there or where she was exactly.
I went to a matinee and it was well worth that price. I don't think it is really worth more than that.
I didn't have very high hopes for this movie aside from being a couple hours of entertainment. As I told me good friend Liz Taylor's House it was not the craptastic gorefest I was anticipating it to be. It was rather gory but it wasn't bad. The dark setting made the gore a little less gory which was cool.
The cast was really good as well. None of them phoned it in and they took it seriously. No trying to make it campy or anything like that.
Spoilers Ahead:
The movie was very well put together and the story was good as were the characters. However, there were a couple of flaws that hurt my overall enjoyment of the movie.
One was when Juno hit I think it was Beth with her ice ax after having just faught off two of the creatures. I had a feeling a moment like that was coming but I didn't think it would play out quite like that. She hits her right square in the throat and then leaves her there to die. Not entirely cool leaving her like that but there was no way they were going to be able to save her. But then later Sarah finds Beth in the creatures food pile and she's still alive. Come one, that was so stupid there was no way she was still going to be alive that much later. She would have bled to death within minutes. And not only was she alive she was able to give Sarah important info about Juno.
Which sets up my major problem with the movie and it happened right at the end. Sarah and Juno are the only two left alive and they are almost to the opening and safety. There's a bunch of the creatures closing in. Turns out that Juno was having an affair with Sarah's husband (who was killed at the beginning of the movie) a fact which Sarah learned from Beth. Beth also told Sarah that Juno was a danger and that she had to find her own way out. So right there at the end Sarah takes her ice ax and puts it through Juno's knee leaving her there to die. Total character problem. I get your mad she had an affair with your husband, your best friend made it sound like Juno killed her on purpose, but no true horror film herione would leave someone behind unless they absolutely had to.
When it came to the creatures it was cool how they could only find their prey by sound. And that worked very well for the story except for one part. One of the characters was hanging from the top of the cave over some water. Her sister and Juno were trying to get her to come back and they were yelling at her. So the creature that was there next to her should have gone after them. Only he just starts swinging and clawing for the one hanging there until he finally gets her. I'm still trying to figure out exactly how he knew she was there or where she was exactly.
I went to a matinee and it was well worth that price. I don't think it is really worth more than that.
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