Archive for the ‘Comedy’ Category

Movie: Scream 4

Monday, February 13th, 2012


Rating: ★★☆☆☆

Why does this happen at all? Come on Wes Craven, do something different instead of milking that same cow over and over again.

So we get another part of the Scream series, in which the most innovative thing is that the killer uses an iPhone to call his victims, instead of those old, heavy and bulky cellphones from previous movies. I’m pretty sure he’s playing angry birds too, waiting for his victims. Or maybe fruit ninja, to practice his cuts and stabs. This is more of a comedy than a horror movie – the only horror’y thing here is the cliche loud noise with someone jumping out. The rest is typical teen gore that’s not completely bad, but nothing inspiring too. If you want to laugh over a beer or two with your friends (or your cat) over some teens being stabbed.

It’s really like a movie inside a movie, that became so iconic in a way, that it’s laughing at itself. In that respect it works and is even pretty fun sometimes. But even as a self-parody I’m not quite sure if it’s actually needed.

Movie : Baghead

Saturday, March 5th, 2011

baghead4
Rating: ★★☆☆☆

Ok first of all – this is an indie film. It looks like a very low budget production and it is one. It’s not really a horror movie too. It’s more of a story of two couples thinking to make a horror movie. With some artsy-fartsy things in mind. It’s not a bad movie if you consider the budget, but it’s not a horror at all. Sure there’s some suspense eventually, and even some sort-of scary elements. The acting isn’t really that bad too, actually it’s better than in most high profile horror flicks. The only problem with this one is that it gets a little boring. The action is really slow paced, before anything starts to happen most of the movie is already over. And seriously, if I wanted “relationship drama” I’d watch something else anyway, right? So this is a hit and miss at the same time. Hit because it’s pretty clever, mocking some of hollywoods greatest artsy films, and showing you can create something that looks like a real movie even with low budget. But it’s boring, and the plot is pretty weird even for an indie film.

I have no idea who to recommend it to. If you want a horror movie, then it’s not for you. It wont be scary in the slightest, and it’s not visually stunning. More like a semi-home-video kinda thing. It’s not a horror-fake-documentary either because the camera man is “invisible” to the characters. It’s a film about making movies before you’re big and rich and can afford special effects and writers who can translate the plot from a spanish movie. For me it’s kinda cool because once I tried to make a home-horror movie too and the end result wasn’t good at all. It’s basically a movie about relationships that pretends to be a horror. If you’re into that then go ahead and watch it :)