You may recall that we published a list of movies about movies not too long ago. It caused a bit of controversy due to the lack of a few entries. This list includes some of those omissions, plus a few films that are absolutely must-sees. Be sure to mention any that are missing from this, and the first list, in the comments.
A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music, nature, society, and life as he offs mailmen, pensioners, and random people. Slowly he begins involving the camera crew in his activities and they begin wondering if what they’re doing is such a good idea, particularly when the killer kills a rival and the rival’s brother sends a threatening letter.
This is the only movie on this list that I have not yet seen and therefore cannot accurately give any rating but the review on IMDB stated that “Our killer’s absolute disregard for human life, other than a thick crew of visually stunning characters, is nothing short of a masterpiece.”
A week in the life of Ben, a powerful Hollywood producer, as he juggles negotiations with a studio head so that his newest picture can open at Cannes in two weeks. Fighting with a high-strung director who must make edits to the film, with an actor and his agent because the star has arrived on the set of a new picture with a full beard, and with his most recent ex-wife, Kelly, who may have a lover. Can Ben keep it all together, get the green light from the studio to go to Cannes, move his new picture past the beard crisis, and maybe return to Kelly’s good graces?
What makes this movie interesting is that it views the life of a Hollywood producer who tries to keep his personal and professional life in check but it keeps getting screwed up by the people around him. This movie has a good story, likable characters and it’s funny.
(you might recognize some of the actors in this film: Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Bruce Willis, John Turturro, Kristen Stewart)
Side note: Catherine Keener also stars in the #5 film on this list “Hamlet 2″
Jerry is a junkyard worker who attempts to sabotage a power plant he suspects of causing his headaches. But he inadvertently causes his brain to become magnetized, leading to the unintentional destruction of all the movies in his friend’s store. In order to keep the store’s one loyal customer, an elderly lady with a tenuous grasp on reality, the pair re-create a long line of films including The Lion King, Rush Hour, Ghostbusters, When We Were Kings, Driving Miss Daisy, and Robocop, putting themselves and their townspeople into it. They become the biggest stars in their neighborhood.
I really enjoyed this film, the story was original and well written, the actors were good and Jack Black works great with Mos Def.
Side note: Jack black also stars in the #9 film on the first “movies about movies” list “Tropic Thunder”
In the beginning of this film we meet a documentary team of three young men and a young woman. They are heading for the south-American jungle to search for real cannibals. After a while the crew is reported missing and a rescue team is sent from the US. This team gets in touch with an amazon tribe called the Tree-people. The tree-people gives them the only remains of the first crew – the film rolls containing the material this crew shot during their search for real cannibals. Back in the US we get to see these films. Now we know exactly what happened to the first crew.
Now in this film we get to see (real) animals being cut apart and a young girl getting skewered. If you liked “faces of death” you’ll really enjoy this movie. Good luck trying to find a (legal) copy, this film has been banned in 50 countries.
Dana Marschz is a failed actor and recovering alcoholic who’s moved to Tucson to teach high school drama where he’s plagued by bad reviews, student indifference, budget woes (he and his wife, who is trying to get pregnant, take in a boarder), and his own teaching limitations. Because the other electives are closed he finds himself with a large class of seeming gang-bangers, and the principal informs him that drama will be cut next trimester. On the advice of a student reviewer, Dana decides to stage his own play, a sequel to “Hamlet” in which the prince and Jesus, with the use of a time machine, try to save Gertrude and Ophelia. Can Dana for once pull something off?
This movie is ridiculous but funny.
Side Note: actress Melanie Diaz also stars in the #8 movie on this list “Be kind Rewind”
The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them.
This movie is similar to “Man bites dog”; a serial killer takes a film crew around town and shows them how to be a proper murderer. What makes this movie good is that the killer explains some of the horror movie clichés and gives step by step instructions on how be a real killer.
Max Schreck’s performance in the classic film Nosferatu has become legendary. What if the reason he was so good is that he really was a vampire? That’s the premise of this film, which features director F.W. Murnau, so enamored with creating the perfect vampire film that he seeks out an actual member of the undead to play the title role. But when Schreck starts taking more and more advantage of the opportunities to feed he suddenly has, can Murnau come to his senses and destroy him?
This was a good movie, the awkwardness of Max Schreck gives the film a humorous side and his loneliness a tragic side.
Zack Brown and Miriam have been friends since high-school and share an apartment with many unpaid bills. In a reunion party, they find that the former high-school star is now a porn actor, and this inspires them to make a porn film to pay their bills. They cast the actors, actresses and crew, and Zack writes the screenplay.
Funny movie, perhaps not Seth Rogens best performance but nonetheless worth watching.
Three film students travel to Maryland to make a student film about a local urban legend… The Blair Witch. The three went into the woods on a two day hike to find the Blair Witch, and never came back. One year later, the students film and video was found in the woods. The footage was compiled and made into a movie. The Blair Witch Project.
Really good movie, excellent acting and story, unfortunately if this movie was released today it would not get as much attention as it did back in 1999 because nowadays a horror movie needs a bunch of blood and shock effects to be valid which is truly sad.
This is not technically about the making of a movie, but rather about working on a screenplay and working for a big time producer. It is a must-see film and definitely deserves a place on this list. The synopsis: Buddy Ackerman (Kevin Spacey), a big time movie producer on the rise, hires young Guy (Frank Whaley) to be his assistant. Guy thinks he’s finally hit the big time. But Buddy has other ideas. He torments Guy with petty requests and daily reamings for bringing him Equal instead of Sweet-N-Low. Guy decides that he is fed up with Buddy’s torture and goes to Buddy’s house and ties him up and begins his revenge. Guy’s lover, a script writer who has “screwed” her way to the top, is dragged into this. You have to see this film – it is great.
Cannibal Holocaust is actually banned in 53 countries, not 50, and it’s not banned here in America. You Euro Listverser’s should import it from us.
@DrEvo82 (56): I get what you’re saying. Usually I just skim over all the errors on the lists because I love Listverse, but this list had so many that it was full of fail, sorry! A couple of other favorite web sites that I go to don’t seem to have as many errors of this type. I’m not sure why.
Blair Witch is a joke. Not at all scary. Shadow of the Vampire, now that is one creepy weird film.
I don’t know about you guys but I thought Be Kind Rewind was TERRIBLE.
I thought this list was kinda lame until I found ‘Swimming with Sharks’ at the top. Absolutely a delight and thrill to find it there….. what a fantastic forgotten gem. Frank Whaley is Oscar worthy in this (as he is in almost everything he does) and Kevin Spacey as awlays is brilliant. Can’t remember the female leads name but she holds her own with these two awesome performances.
I consider it to be the best movie about hollywood, followed by Altman’s ‘The Player’
I’m very worried that one day my great great grandchildren will be watching Saw movies. Torture ***** is garbage and nobody likes it, just throwin’ that out there.
Once again, Listverse delivers! I haven’t seen a few of these movies, they look interesting. Except Cannibal Holocaust, I’m not really down with animal cruelty.
Love it, three of those movies are in the book the Top 101 horror movies to see before you die.
I’m not even going to get into the horror/slasher debate going on, but would like to make a couple of suggestions for the list. I haven’t seen it, but the movie For Your Consideration would probably fit well, supposed to be about a bunch of B or C list actors filming a period piece. Sounds interesting, I am a fan of Christopher Guest’s films. My other suggestion, though not about films, I have seen years ago, and remember enjoying it. The 1981 film Mephisto, starring Klaus Maria Brandauer, is about a stage director who increasingly becomes embroiled in the Nazi party due to the popularity of his performance. He is finally receiving recognition, but at what cost? Great movie, I would recommend it.
Absolute crap from beginning to end, and as a career Script Supervisor in Hollywood, I speak with some degree of experience.
Hamlet 2 was freakin’ hilarious. That movie made me laugh so hard it hurt.
I just saw Paranormal Activity, and it was a phenomenal movie…great acting and really frightening…it should be a bonus on this list
I found a copy of Cannibal Holocaust at the local Virgin Records and wasted my money on it. What a POS… I can see how it caused controversy back then though.
@Wenchtits (38):
There’s no NEED to “ask” a schlock horror fan, as I AM one.
Don’t jump to conclusions Wench.
@AshleyR (44):
“…what is a good film and what is a bad film? it all is based on ones opinion.”
Not this lame-ass argument again. So, Ashley, you don’t believe in standards of taste and quality?
Okay, so you never listen to critics, and believe no individual piece of art—or commercial product—is better or worse than another.
Well, sorry, but that’s rubbish. Talent and taste ARE measurable and quantifiable. People who believe otherwise are always those who fear that they haven’t the personal knowledge or taste, themselves, to KNOW what’s good and bad. It’s a form of anti-intellectualism.
Likes and dislikes are personal matters. You may LIKE peas—but I don’t. You may LIKE “Cannibal Holocaust,” but I don’t. But peas are a vegetable that is good for you, and there’s no disputing that. I don’t like them, but I know they’re better for me than potato chips, and I know WHY they’re better.
Likewise, that you LIKE Cannibal Holocaust does not, in itself, make it “good.” In fact it’s a piece of *****ty, exploitative filmmaking which demonstrates not only a very poor choice of subject matter on behalf of the filmmakers, but poor STANDARDS of filmmaking. For countless reasons–it’s sub-grade in every way. Crap editing, crap acting, crap photography, etc. Moreover, visceral exploitation is a pretty repugnant reason to make films–and it’s a pretty lousy thing to enjoy them.
“…personally, i like cannibal holocaust, i find it interesting. so to me it is a good film. you cant really label a film good and bad…can you?”
Do you HONESTLY believe that? Do you honestly believe that there’s NO such thing as good or bad films—or any product or work of art for that matter?
@Randall (73): Fair enough Randall, but are you representative of the majority of schlock horror fans’ opinions?
I love the site, but every time I come here, I get redirected multiple times to other spam pages like this one – http://www.designer-optics.com/store/dolce-gabbana-sunglasses/ – and multiple pop-ups, and it’s really starting to get to me.
I admit I haven’t been reading comments lately, so maybe it’s been talked about before, but I still thought I’d say something about it. Apologies if this complaint should go somewhere else!
@DrEvo82 (56):
“I don’t read the lists for the grammer. Anyone (who didn’t actually make the list) with enough time to *****ize an entire list for grammer mistakes, should find something more productive to do with their time.”
BULL*****. Good communication skills is what it’s all about. If you’re writing to an audience, to say something in any way, then you ought to take the time to do it properly–otherwise your message utterly loses validity and worth.
Communication is a skill–sometimes an art. It needs to be properly exercised and managed.
@Mark (75):
Tell you what, Mark–my opinion represents that of ALL the schlock horror fans that I know—how’s that? Make you feel better? What do you want, a *****in’ poll?
And when you read around you find few people that consider it worthwhile. Every film has its fans, but that doesn’t mean those fans are legion.
People don’t just dislike Cannibal Holocaust because of its exploitative nature or revolting subject. They dislike it because there’s nothing redeemingly good about it, artistically.
That’s what being a schlock/cheesy horror film fan is about—you love “good-bad” movies because they have some redeeming charm about them. I’ve just never met anyone, in my circles, who ever liked “Cannibal,” or found anything TO like about it. “Tombs of the Blind Dead,” sure. “Suspiria,” yes. “Cannibal Holocaust”? Nah.
Blair witch project was lame for me. It’s not scary when they just make you imagine that something scary is going on. I like the feeling of uncertainty, when are you going to die? Saw has none of that, and saw sucks, but movies like Alien and the likes end up scaring me.
@Randall (77):
Stop arguing
Randall’s right
Man Bites Dog…awesome movie. The clip being shown is probably my favorite part of the movie.
…rather, the frame the youtube clip is frozen on…
If I ever meet the people who made the Blair Witch Project i’m going to punch them in the throat until they give me that hour and a half of my life back.
And if I ever meet Kate Beckinsale i’m going to do dark, probably illegal, *****ual things to her. Of topic maybe, but I think it needed to be said.
Pretty good.
To enjoy a film such as Blair Witch necessitates a GREAT imagination on the part of the viewer. Anyone that has been alone in their own house in the dark or a strange place where every creak sets you on edge can appreciate this film. When I’m on a roller coaster, it’s that first climb up the track that sets me on edge the most. It’s the unseen drop that sets the mood. Gore is ok if the story calls for it, but for a truly good scare, NOT seeing but imagining the results is terrifying.
@Randall (74):
“Talent and taste ARE measurable and quantifiable”. Even though I agree that a work of art cannot be evaluated on the grounds of personal taste alone, I think that calls for MAJOR backing up.
Hoo rah! Zack and Miri was hilarious!
As was most of the other Kevin Smith films!
Boo yah *****ES!
CLOVERFIELD D-:< !!!!!!!
@Kanza (86):
Common sense does not require “major backing up,” Kanza. And what you want from me is a free film class and art appreciation class, and I have neither the time now nor the inclination to offer these. You don’t agree with my statement? Go read some books.
How about s1m0ne?
get shorty?
final days of frankie the fly?
this is spinal tap?
@mandiemurder (9): anywhere you go, let me go too. That’s all I ask of you.
all the movies on this list suck
zack and miri is the absolute worst kevin smith movie
Great list I’ve seen all but one of these and it seems the trailer of that one “Cannibal Holocaust” has been removed. Would love to see “Man Bites Dog” again but can’t seem to find it in any video stores anymore. It was such a great peice of dark humor.
Hmmm interesting. I never knew any of these movies.
have not seen any of these films. thanks for the list!
@Randall (89):
I think you have proven yourself clever enough, Randall, to be aware that “appreciation” is not synonimous with “measuring” and “quantifying”. Hence, “art appreciation” – which I can and have learned about reading Argan, Gombrich, Hauser, as well as Aristotle, Hegel, and others – is different from talent and taste mesuring and quantifying – of which I have never heard any of the mentioned authors, plus others, write about. Of course, there are many things that fall under that case.
But, as you see, I was not implying that common sense needs major backing up – just that a very bold statement that you did does. A statement that does not belong to common sense, that talent and taste can be measured and quantified. Mind, however, that I never said I disagree with it. Neither that I agree.
In all, note, then, that I don’t want any “film class and art appreciation class” from you. You are not qualified to give me those. But I may, as you suggested, read some books – provided that you tell me which are the authors that support the notion that talent and taste are measurable and quantifyable.
Which is what I asked, in the first place…
Am I the only one to notice that Hamlet 2 isn’t a movie about a movie? It’s a movie about a play, well musical to be more accurate. Don’t get me wrong, I laughed so hard in theaters that almost wet myself, but it doesn’t really fit on this list.
You know, honestly… I don’t like this list. Too many mediocre movies, and even some outright awful ones, on it.
I mean really… Blair Witch… a “great” movie? No. No that wasn’t a great movie, genius in its use of advertising to build interest and suspense, but it was not great in itself. In fact, I must say that the advertisements for the movie were better than the movie itself. If you compiled all of those and made them into a movie it might even be marketable.
But that load of crap they foisted on the public leads me to believe that its creators should be shot multiple times in interesting places on their bodies – like in the knees or groin.
Before you respond, XIII, please consider that I’ve been a horror enthusiast for my whole life, literally since my parents used to sit me down with them as a baby to watch with them (they have or had pictures), and I write horror myself now. Blair Witch is an abomination and an embarrassment, and should never be considered a horror movie.
@Kanza (97):
Kanza, honest to god, off my *****ing back. I’ve noted three separate occasions on this website where you’ve needlessly nitpicked at people over the most arcane and pointless minor issues. You did it to Segue in one of the recent threads with that “science as savior or doom” remark or whatever the hell it was, taking an innocent phrase she used as a throwaway FAR too *****ing literally and reading into it all manner or bull***** that I can guarantee you was never there in the first place (one because I know Segue–we’re friends, and I know her mind—and two because I don’t make it a habit, unlike you, of forcing an *****ysis on every turn of a phrase someone uses in the midst of a conversation). There was another instance recently, the details of which escape my memory—and I was going to address BOTH of these but I’ve just been too damn busy to bother.
Look—clearly you’ve got some smarts, I don’t dispute that, but I need to make a further observation or two about you: to begin with, you write somewhat awkwardly at times, (is English not your first language? That’s a serious question) and I get the distinct impression that you’re trying far too hard to sound intelligent and intellectual, but it’s falling flat because your sentences and syntax are rather turgid and needlessly awkward. Whatever the hell you’re doing, tone it down a notch or two, because every time I see one of your comments, I find myself being forced to reread it a couple times to get your gist, and that’s not good.
Oh, and don’t give me any wisecracks about it–I’m a professional writer, a former teacher, and while I’m a forgiving soul about some grammatical and syntactical faux pas… pa? Whatever the plural of that is… I’ve seen your brand of it in students before, who are laboring to sound portentous and important. Stop it.
Now, it’s amusing that you’d automatically assume I’m “unqualified” to teach you anything about film or art appreciation. I beg to differ.
At any rate, once again, my time is limited, and while I’d love nothing more than to jump into a long convo about art and the quantification of talent and quality, I’ve got three lists of my own to finish before Halloween (as they’re timely) and a number of things to do here at the office this morning. Bottom line is, we were offered an argument that there is NO value in criticism, and that good/bad are all matters of personal opinion—and, indeed, I was asked how there can even BE a good or bad in art. I found this a ludicrous “philosophy” and said so, and offered a brief counter to it. Included in that is the assertion that aspects of talent and artistic value CAN be quantified and measured—but for chrissakes already, Kanza, I did NOT mean that scientifically.
We recognize, however, that composition has certain “rules” (LOOSELY speaking) which convey to the eye and mind varying degrees of value, depending on the quality of said composition. We find it difficult, yes, to see the blurred demarcation between “good” and “great,” but that between “bad” and “good” or “worthy” isn’t as hard to see. If one knows enough about it, and studies it well enough, it can be seen how certain elements of a visual composition can cause a work to fail or succeed.
Still a matter of opinion to an extent? Sure. But I wasn’t dismissing ALL opinion from art, I was SIMPLY stating that it isn’t ONLY a matter of individual opinion—which is the argument I was COUNTERING.
You want books to read? Go seek out Kenneth Clark’s works, and Walter Pater… and just off the top of my head, a book by the New York writer James Monaco called American Film Now. Okay? And then stop the nitpickery. I don’t have time or patience these days to bicker.
@Moloch1123 (99):
Moloch, I don’t agree with you at all about Blair Witch, but to each his own. (I don’t consider it “great,” just good… and it did scare me, and still does).
But let’s talk horror writing sometime, as I’ve been doing some of that as a sideline to my regular writing, with a friend. Are you published? Plan on it, if no?
I think people tend to think “because I like it, it’s awesome” even if it’s not good. I am the queen of bad horror movies and B movies. Teenage Catgirls in Heat? Seen it, loved it. Drive-Thru, in which a group of teens are terrorized by a fast food mascot named Horny the Clown (who deep fries a teenagers face off)? Seen it. Twice. However, I KNOW these movies aren’t masterpeices, or even good on any other scale than the “so bad it’s good” one. Take stock of yourself. I’m smart, well read, a hold a good job, but I have a weakness for terrible horror movies. It is what it is people, and fighting over it is dumb.
I do agree that things like talent and taste are quantifiable. If you don’t, find me someone who thinks Paris Hilton should have won the Oscar for House of Wax.
Randall (100):
Assuming that you are not qualified to offer me lessons is just as amusing as assuming that I wanted such lessons from you. I know nothing of your qualifications, as you don’t know of mine.
English is not my first language. Do I write it awkwardly? It didn’t seem that way for me, but I am open to this criticism, and thank you for it. Just as I thanked mom424 criticism about the commas (though I don’t even know if she had read anything I have written); I tend to overuse them, it’s a reflection of my native tongue. I don’t try to sound intelligent and intellectual, and I don’t try to make my writing portentous and important (as a matter of fact, I think I write in a pretty straightforward manner, I try not to resort to uncommon vocabulary or to use unusual phrase structures – even though that might be the case, as you poibted out!); that´s how I write, be it good or bad.
You describe the exchange you had with AshleyR very accurately, and I agree with the bottom line of your ideas – as I said before. I just thought that better arguments could have been provided. The way you wrote, he/she will either believe you or not. Probably not.
Still, scientifical or not scientifical, I know nothing of talent and taste measuring and quantifying. I will look for the books you indicated, though; thank you for that. Then I’ll discover if they can offer basis for measuring and quantifying, apart from proper appraising – which I agree with you, I repeat, there is.
About segues’ comment, I already wrote about it in the other list, and I don’t see the need to repeat it here.
Okay, I’m off your back. Good luck with your work!
@callie19 (102):
As I mentioned before, quantifying and appraising are different things. Appraising calls for a judgement, while quantifying does not. I haven’t watched this House of Wax (only the original), but I believe that the critics that *evaluated* her acting unworthy of such distinction were correct.
Quantifying, on the other hand, doesn’t require a judgement. If I say, “That car is moving fast” or “The distance between our homes is too long to walk” that’s a judgement; but if I say “That car is moving at 150 mph” or “The distance between our homes is 1000 miles” that’s not a judgement, it’s a quantification of the car’s speed or the distance – which may or may not be found fast, or too long.
That´s way I said that I don’t know how talent can be quantified – what is the scale that quantifies it? – even though it can, and should, be appraised.
@callie19 (102):
By the way, thanks for the movie tip!
I love Hamlet 2, but that’s more of a movie about a play, not a movie.
@ Randall: Yes, I assumed that you weren’t a fan, sorry. But that still doesn’t speak for everybody.
Sometimes people like movies if it causes a reaction. Especially strong reactions. This tends to be the case of Cannibal Holocaust.
I’d much rather have a movie cause a reaction of disgust/shock than cause no reaction at all. Maybe I’m masochistic in that sense. It may not particularly mean it is a “good” movie by any definition, but I still like it.
Ahahah, I love Randall.
He gets people all hot and bothered. XD
@Kanza (103):
“English is not my first language.”
Well, I did not mean to imply that you do poorly with it. You’re quite close to fluent, in fact. But when you’re not 100% with a language, and are trying to make an intellectual point, reach for simplicity.
“(as a matter of fact, I think I write in a pretty straightforward manner, I try not to resort to uncommon vocabulary or to use unusual phrase structures – even though that might be the case, as you poibted out!);”
Well yes, you do, and no, it’s not terribly straightforward.
I do not, again, mean to hurt your feelings. You actually do well with the language, but in this KIND of discussion, watch for the awkward phrasings. It’s jarring, and can make your meaning less clear.
“I just thought that better arguments could have been provided. The way you wrote, he/she will either believe you or not. Probably not.”
Well both statements are probably true. But this to me is a minor battle, I have much bigger ones to contend with on this site. If you wish to have an honest discussion about the nature of art and so on, I’d love to, if I have the time. But if all you want to do is nitpick at my meanings, then go away and find someone else to pester.
“Still, scientifical or not scientifical, I know nothing of talent and taste measuring and quantifying.”
Again, don’t be so literal. I only meant to indicate that there ARE standards by which we judge works of art and they are NOT ONLY matters of PURE opinion.
Honestly now, I need to move on. I don’t even have time for a lunch today, I’ve got so many f**king meetings to attend.
@Randall (109):
No hurt or hard feelings here. I never meant to disturb you with what you call “nitpícking”. I thought it was an important issue that could strenghten your point, instead of making it a “take it or leave it” affirmative. As it turns out, you disagreed with it.
Wish you all the best in the ways you choose.
I liked the list, as per usual. However instead of Zack and Mir make a *****o, a far better movie was Jeff Bridges “The Moguls” or as it was in Canada “The Amateurs”. As I recall it came out around the same time but was over shadowed by the media attention paid to Seth Rogen.
It is about a small town down and out father who come up with a plan to make some cash for himself, his buddies and his town. All in an effort to find a way to win his son’s respect.
Regardless go rent it!
@Kanza (110):
If you wish to strengthen my point, then do so. Offer your own thoughts on it, to respond to the person I originally responded to. You seemed more interested, though, in arguing with ME about it.
And I’m sorry I seem impatient with that, I’m just pressed for time today.
What, no 8 1/2?
I just farted in the theater.
Will that cause a reaction? Will it be good? Will it be bad? Will it smell like popcorn?
The suspense is palpable!
“Paranormal Activity” is crap. If you’ve seen the trailer, you’ve basically seen the whole movie. Don’t waste your time or money…
@Randall (77): When it comes to public speaking or news reports I would agree with that. But, these are just lists written buy ordinary people. I notice the mistakes but I don’t really care.
@archiealt (83): I agree with you 100%
@Randall (101): I would welcome such an opportunity, Randall! Yes, I am published, nothing paying yet, just working on getting some free publicity.
Most of the problem is finding time around a full time and a part time job, as well as spending time at the gym(health issues), and making sure that I don’t neglect the little lady.
Oh, and Randall, most of my disgust with Blair Witch stems from my anticipation prior to watching it, and then my disappointment when I woke up as the credits began rolling. It was that bad for me.
No, I’m neither a gore-***** nor an intellectual snoot when it comes to horror. I’ve watched some great intellectual horror and I’ve seen some stuff that would be downright stomach churning for most people.
It seems to me like the folks who did Blair Witch were trying to pull off a cinematic equivalent of a H. P. Lovecraft story, and consequently overreached because they didn’t have the acting skill to pull it off.
It IS a good story, and it had a LOT of potential, but the actors blew it all to Hell and back with their lack of experience. In fact, the only convincing scene I saw was at the end, and that was the girl crying near the end( I did manage to watch it in parts, a little at a time).
I think I may be able to speak from some experience there, as I was lost in the woods for a short while as a little boy, and I can tell you, even then I didn’t freak out like those punks did. Though to be fair, I grew up in the country, so finding my way in unfamiliar territory was a lot easier.
yay i have a copy of cannibal holocaust, whooppee