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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
oilgun:
Yesterday I watched 30 DAYS OF NIGHT. It's a VERY effective horror featuring a couple of great performances by Ben Foster and Danny Huston as the lead vampire and an appropriately brooding Josh Hartnett. It's quite gory although it's not all about the gore, it's scared the crap out of me!
oilgun:
--- Quote from: susiebk on February 28, 2008, 12:25:59 pm ---Ooh, I love vampire stories. I just added it to my Netflix queue.
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You won't regret it, but be warned, these are not your standard Anne Rice-ish sexy & romantic Vampires. I can't wait to get home and watch it again along with the Director/Josh Hartnett commentary.
Strangely, the movie rates only 50% on Rotten Tomatoes. There are plot holes of course but the constant tension made them fairly easy to ignore. I don't know what these critics were expecting from a movie based on a graphic novel. It's way better than most films in the horror and the based-on-graphic-novel genres.
Here's a review that I agree with by James Berardinelli:
http://www.reelviews.net/movies/t/30_days.html
Aaah, look at that face! Here's Josh looking tense, no, concerned. Scared? Sad? Determined? Who cares, he looks gorgeous! :-*
oilgun:
--- Quote from: susiebk on February 28, 2008, 06:34:27 pm ---Thanks for the warning, but I don't mind a little blood and gore. I recently viewed and enjoyed 28 Days Later (zombies as opposed to vampires), and also Underworld with Kate Beckinsale. Have you seen either film?
The review sounded interesting - thanks for the link.
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Yes, I've seen both and really enjoyed 28 Days Later. I liked Underworld but mostly for Scott Speedman, lol! (Yes I was a Felicity fan, lol!) Anyway if you like those two than you'll have a blast with this one.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: susiebk on February 28, 2008, 06:34:27 pm ---Thanks for the warning, but I don't mind a little blood and gore. I recently viewed and enjoyed 28 Days Later (zombies as opposed to vampires), and also Underworld with Kate Beckinsale. Have you seen either film?
The review sounded interesting - thanks for the link.
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I liked Underworld - mostly because of the twist of the story and because of all the shenanigans that were going on behind the camera.
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: garycottle on February 29, 2008, 03:04:10 am ---Has anyone seen Margo At The Wedding? I watched it yesterday, and I really liked it a lot. :D
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Really? I saw it in the video store and thought about renting it, but it got such lousy reviews. I think it played in the movie theater for 20 minutes or so.
What did you like about it?
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