So I braved the wilds of West Des Moines.
Remember the layer of ice on everything? Add to that a light drizzle and heavy fog. Think of the automotive equivalent of ice skating.
Went to Breast Buy and gorged on DVDs.
Some of you will recognize the mix as being spread between really good and utter crap films. But remember that I buy movies for different reasons. For instance, Underworld. It's pretty craptacular, but it is filmed really well, with some excellent lighting. I am researching lighting, and set design and prop design. Thus also the purchase of Van Helsing and a few others. Director commentary, behind the scenes extras, things like that will sell me on a DVD.
Then went to The Darkness.
Maybe ten people in the theater total. Four of them sat right behind me and talked through the whole thing. Kinda made it a little less enjoyable.
Still, I liked it. Anna Paquin is a cute little semi-vulnerable teenage girl. She does that well.
Bear in mind that this is a Brian Yuzna (Bride of ReAnimator) film. It's not a comedy, it's a nice horror story. It's a little shallow and could probably have benefitted from some deeper explanation in places, but it would probably have been difficult with the pacing.
All in all, I'd say it's a decent film, but nothing spectacular. It could have been a lot better.
And now to eat some spaghetti and watch bad movies.
Remember the layer of ice on everything? Add to that a light drizzle and heavy fog. Think of the automotive equivalent of ice skating.
Went to Breast Buy and gorged on DVDs.
- The Punisher (Did this ever even make it to the movie screen?
- The Scorpiion King (Collector's Edition)
- Happy Tree Friends (volumes 1-3)
- Resident Evil: Apocalypse (Special Edition)
- X-Men Collection (4-disc set)
- Hellboy (Director's cut, 3 disc set)
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2-disc widescreen)
- Underworld (2-disc unrated extended cut)
- Boondock Saints (for $9.99!)
- Van Helsing (widescreen)
- Spiderman 2 (widescreen special edition)
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre (platinum series 2-disc set)
- Ginger Snaps 2 Unleashed
- Ginger Snaps Back
- Dark City ($5.99)
- Barb Wire ($5.99)
- Monkey Bone ($5.99)
Some of you will recognize the mix as being spread between really good and utter crap films. But remember that I buy movies for different reasons. For instance, Underworld. It's pretty craptacular, but it is filmed really well, with some excellent lighting. I am researching lighting, and set design and prop design. Thus also the purchase of Van Helsing and a few others. Director commentary, behind the scenes extras, things like that will sell me on a DVD.
Then went to The Darkness.
Maybe ten people in the theater total. Four of them sat right behind me and talked through the whole thing. Kinda made it a little less enjoyable.
Still, I liked it. Anna Paquin is a cute little semi-vulnerable teenage girl. She does that well.
Bear in mind that this is a Brian Yuzna (Bride of ReAnimator) film. It's not a comedy, it's a nice horror story. It's a little shallow and could probably have benefitted from some deeper explanation in places, but it would probably have been difficult with the pacing.
All in all, I'd say it's a decent film, but nothing spectacular. It could have been a lot better.
And now to eat some spaghetti and watch bad movies.