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In case you haven’t seen the intro from my entry dated
1/26/19 (it’s in my archives whenever you want to read it), I’m no longer going
to review every single movie I see. I’m
going to review one, with the occasional bonus, and just give ratings for the
rest from now on (unless I decide to pick it up again in the future). You can always ask me why I gave the ratings
for the films without reviews though (via comments or the e-mail addresses
under the ‘About Me’ section).
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Capsized: Blood in the Water OK/G
TV movie that premiered during Shark Week this year based on
a true story about a group of five people ending up (ahem) capsized after a
storm on their way to Florida from Maryland at the end of October in 1982 (shortly
before I was born). [I always thought
there should be actual movies during Shark Week]. Their momentary saving grace is a life raft
that keeps them afloat and protects them from the sharks beneath. It’s kind of like Open Water but not quite; they didn’t have a raft for protection in
Open Water; plus I was reminded of The Perfect Storm in the beginning and then
several “lost at sea” TV movies I’ve seen (one that came to mind involved a
family lost at sea and the father jumps in at one time to catch a turtle for
food; I don’t remember the title though).
This is primarily about the ordeal that follows the capsizing and how
they deal with the situation; the sharks are just an added danger in addition
to starvation and dehydration (everyone knows you shouldn’t drink ocean water
and that proves fatal for at least one member).
This really wasn’t that bad for a TV movie made in 2019. They did a satisfactory enough job of
juxtaposing real shark footage with the performers too (points for no apparent
CGI!). 8/3/2019
Scream: Season Three G
It took me until hearing of this season to finally sit down
and watch this entire series I never got around to. I do like the Wes Craven film series in which
this is obviously based (well, I like Scream,
the sequels were just okay with Scream
2 being my least fave), and even though Scary
Movie parodied them, they themselves were parodies, or self-referential
more appropriately, set up as thrillers.
Sometimes slasher movies
overstay their welcome, so I wasn’t sure how a series with 40-plus minute
episodes could sustain itself before becoming dull. One character in the beginning of season one
even mentions those very thoughts and I thought they would try to contradict
that, but season one was a very drawn-out teen series with the occasional
murder that I forced myself to continue watching and that’s never good. Season Two contained the same characters (at
least the survivors) and the same location with even more episodes, but somehow
I liked it better because the characters grew on me and the episodes seemed to
be a bit quicker (I also liked how each episode bore the title of a horror
movie); there was even a “bonus” episode that felt like its own movie. This season has different characters and a
different location with fewer episodes (six; the first had ten and the second
had thirteen). If they changed
characters and location this time, why wasn’t the second season different from
the first or why wasn’t this season a continuation of the first two? Whatever, I gave this a mild recommendation
solely on the fact it was only six episodes and I liked most of the characters,
but it’s really nothing special if you’ve seen the Scream movies and the other two seasons and enough slasher movies for that matter. Like always though, why stop now if you made
it this far? It won’t take as long as
the others to watch either. You also don’t
have to watch the first two seasons before this since it’s a different location
and characters (like I said) and contains no references to them either. F.Y.I.:
On Demand has the last two episodes out of order (at least it did for
me), so make sure you watch the episode titled “Blindspots” before “Endgame.” 8/3/2019
Other
movies and TV show(s) I’ve seen and their ratings (see above):
Hellboy (2019) >>>B/EH
The Intruder >>>EH/OK
The Poison Rose >>>OK
Scream: Season Two
>>>OK/G
Ugly Dolls >>>EH/OK
---Sean O.
8/4/2019
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