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| 130,000,000 x less expensive than Godzilla (1998). 130,000,000 x more entertaining. |
Finally started watching a few movies this year, enough so that we could (finally) compile a FV installment based on the one-week totals. Some decent independent flicks paired with two notorious Hollywood bombs (one deserved, one not-so-much) that I didn't feel obliged to give much virtual ink, as well as some fine civilian fare.
And no, you’ll never get me to watch the Emmerich Godzilla EVER again. This was purely an experiment and it hurt. Telling you, this movie-watching stuff – it ain’t for sissies.
As always, feel free to leave your two cents worth – we’ll make sure you get some change back.
Enjoy!
HORROR:
Battle: Los Angeles (2011) d. Liebesman, Jonathan (USA) (1st viewing)
Black Hawk Down meets District 9. Not sure why this got all the hate, as the “Marines under fire from alien attack” is as valid a storyline as anything else. Sure, it’s more war movie than legit sci-fi/action flick, but who says that’s a bad thing?
Dead Shadows (2012) d. Cholewa, David (France) (1st viewing)
***CLICK HERE FOR FULL REVIEW***
Demon Resurrection (2008) d. Hopkins, William (USA) (1st viewing)
***CLICK HERE FOR FULL REVIEW***
Godzilla (1998) d. Emmerich, Roland (USA) (2nd viewing)
Good news? Everyone hated this GINO (Godzilla-In-Name-Only) adaptation so much, Toho took back their franchise and delivered five more amazing G-flicks on their home turf. Bad news? Oh, EVERYTHING ELSE.
JOSE CARLOS GOMEZ: LOCAL HERO
Bled White (2011) d. Gomez, Jose Carlos (USA) (1st viewing)
***CLICK HERE FOR FULL REVIEW***
Plastic (2012) d. Gomez, Jose Carlos (USA) (1st viewing)
***FULL REVIEW COMING SOON***
CIVILIAN:
Dredd (2012) d. Travis, Pete (USA) (2nd viewing)
First saw this back in early February, watching over someone’s shoulder on a laptop...and it still kinda knocked me out. Flash forward two months where I’m watching it on my pal David Scott Hay’s enormous Blu-ray projector in 3D with Surroundsound. Oh, that’s how it was meant to be seen. Bloody good fun.
Seven Psychopaths (2012) d. McDonagh, Martin (UK) (1st viewing)
The crazy Brit who delivered the goods with In Bruges is back again with another terrific cast in service of another wicked black comedy, this time intertwining failed screenwriter Colin Farrell, dognappers Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken, and gangster Woody Harrelson. This is a curious and wonderful bird, which is probably why mainstream audiences didn’t know what to do with it.
Supercop (aka Police Story 3) (1992) d. Tong, Stanley (Hong Kong) (3rd viewing)
Jackie Chan. Michelle Yeoh. Together. Awesome. I had forgotten how chatty and goofy the first hour is, but the last 20 minutes are pure-and-simple blow-your-mind action greatness.
2014 Totals to date: 79 films, 41 1st time views, 45 horror, 1 cinema
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