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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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Creepshow: Season One G/VG
I used another promo code for Shudder mainly to watch this
anthology series, among other things, and I liked it, I liked it, I liked it! I’m a big fan of the films Creepshow and Creepshow 2, more so of the latter due to being the first one I saw
and liking all the segments. Creepshow 3? Let’s just forget about that one, shall
we? This series consists of 6 episodes
containing 2 segments each, making it a total of 12 20-plus minute stories, and
it combines the best elements of other great anthology shows like Tales from the Crypt, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Tales from the Darkside, etc. Of the 12 pieces, I really only didn’t care
for 2; one (“Lydia Layne’s Better Half”) was just lame and the other (“The
Finger”) was a tad silly with a stop-motion creature that looked almost as bad
as if it were CGI (it wasn’t though and that’s another aspect I loved about
this series---the practical effects; a faithful nod to the first two
movies!). I didn’t completely detest
either episode though; both were bloody, and the creature’s overall design
up-close in “The Finger” was noteworthy.
“The House of the Head” was definitely unique in involving a haunted
dollhouse. The only other time I recall
a haunted dollhouse was the Are You
Afraid of the Dark? episode, “The Tale of the Dollmaker,” but “Head” isn’t
quite like that; both are novel in their own way, especially here. “Bad Wolf Down” may be the best werewolf
story I’ve seen in quite a while; maybe the best war story as well given it was
both. “The Companion” seemed like a
unique take, at least visually, for the scarecrow subgenre, “Times is Tough in
Musky Holler” took a different approach to the zombie subgenre (although that
may sound hard to believe), and “Night of the Paw” was still compelling despite
being told countless times (paw, three wishes, be careful what you wish for,
etc.) and had a somewhat creepy ending.
“All Hallows Eve” was a fun revenge tale set on Halloween night, and “By
the Silver Water of Lake Champlain,” directed by the legendary Tom Savini, was
made slightly better than the generally lacking short story by Joe Hill and definitely
felt more fit for the screen than page.
The rest---a gory creature feature (“Skincrawlers”), a very different Aladdin-ish tale (“The Man in the
Suitcase”), and the Stephen King-based “Gray Matter”---were worth watching as well. I recommend this series not just for fans of
the movies, but for fans of horror and anthology entertainment as well (which
this series proved there’s still life in).
Bring on more seasons! 1/20/2020
Jay and Silent Bob
Reboot EH
Being that characters in this film ripped on reboots and
remakes, there is a difference that’s sort of explained here, I thought this
would’ve actually been better than the average reboot (it may seem like a
remake of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back at
times, but it is more or less a reboot…I guess). Being that it was also Kevin Smith at the
helm of a film featuring his once beloved titular characters, I thought it
would be a much better film than this. I
did laugh a couple times, yes, but I hate to say that I ultimately hated this
movie. I would say sorry Kevin Smith,
one of my favorite directors once upon a time and also one of the directors
that once made me, myself, aspire to make films, but you made this movie and luckily
I only wasted time since I used a free Redbox code. No, I don’t regret watching it though because
I wanted to watch it and never would’ve let myself not watch it. Some part of me, being that I was watching a
film containing characters I’m very familiar with by a filmmaker I was once
enthralled by, wanted to keep watching, but a big part of me thinks that had
this been the same film with people I wasn’t so crazy about, it might’ve been
the worst movie of 2019. This film was
way too self-referential for me, making it wholly unoriginal and the script
made Kevin Smith seem infinitely more uneducated now than he ever was over 20
years ago! I think being in Hollywood
for too long made his pre-Hollywood property too Hollywood if this film is any indication. I’m still going to think that somewhere in
this universe (the real) Kevin Smith stopped making movies after Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, with the
exception of Clerks II, but maybe
I’ll still hold a bit of hope that one day he will rightfully return. I miss him…1/21/2020
Other
movies I've seen and their ratings (see above):
The Furies >>>OK
(Shudder)
Luz >>>OK
Party Hard, Die
Young >>>EH
Tammy and the T-Rex >>>OK
Tigers Are Not
Afraid >>>G
(Shudder)
---Sean O.
1/23/2020
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