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The Ring Two (2005)
It took me too long to finally get around to watching this. Being such a huge fan of the original, and hearing dreadful things about the sequel, my expectations were rather low. While it's nothing exceptional, The Ring Two is a moderately creepy sequel, even if it does seem like a departure from the original's themes. In The Ring Two, Rachel and her son, Aidan, have moved away to Oregon to get away from the terrifying events that occured in Seattle, but Samara has followed them and plans on taking Aidan's life for her own. Something you'll notice from the very first scene is how much different this movie is to its predecessor. Where The Ring used the seven-day time limit to create tension and simple, yet haunting visuals to scare its audience, The Ring Two seems to focus more on big, flashy special effects to overwhelm the viewer. That becomes a huge distraction throughout the entire film, as the CGI looks cheesy and outdated today. This tone of the movie also seems very unfocused. The tone meanders throughout the entire film, going from your average ghost flick to a mystery-thriller like the original to a sort of evil child movie. That's not to say it isn't engaging; The Ring Two is, for the most part, rather entertaining, and it never tries, fortunately, it never tries to be too "intelligent", and then end up being convoluted and confusing. The plot itself is very tight and controlled. It's just tonally inconsistent. I also want to mention the incredible score. It's seriously one of the best and most memorable scores to any horror film in recent memory, and it really adds to the creepy atmosphere of the movie. The Ring Two is certainly not a remarkable film, but it is an entertaining and creepy little supernatural thriller. 6/10 |
Insidious 3 is coming to theaters here soon, and I still have yet to get my horror fix in theaters. I've never seen the first two chapters, so I'm knocking those off my list now. Off work tonight so good a time as any.
Insidious Very Poltergeist, but I enjoyed it. I'm going to have to fan art that demon. Fucking sinister I loved it. They sure do insist on a lot of loud noises to scare their audience. Can't say I support that as a scare technique in horror, but the movie was good at building suspense, so that made it easy to sit through. Insidious: Chapter 2 Oh lord more shrieking. we get it, title, you're a horror movie, move along. Seriously, the noises. Just no. But that aside, it was an excellent continuation of the first. Ended the story and opened way for another just perfectly. I can't decide which is better because like the first three Fri13ths, they're parts. I feel they should be counted as one. But I do look forward to seeing 3 now. Jurassic Park I don't think a review is necessary. I'm getting ready for Jurassic World. 8) |
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Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrells is his debut movie. Snatch his second. They're both great. Solid casting and acting, fun characters and lots of dry humour. Mean Machine is a remake of The Longest Yard (1974), about a pro footballer ending up in jail, coaching and playing with inmates for a game against the guards. Lovely movie. Statham's part isn't that big in this movie but it's hilarious. Crank 1 and 2 are probably my favorite Statham movies. They're so over the top and fun. Jason plays a hitman who's been poisoned and has to keep up his adrenaline level or else he'll die. It's a total blast! |
Personally out of that lot, I'd only really recommend Lock Stock and the first Crank.
Started watching "Killing the Softly" tonight, seems alright. Interrupted by baby, as per most movies I watch these days...so many left partially watched... |
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The Tracey Fragments
Basically its a film shot with various screens displayed on a single screen, changing size and length/width. They show different parts of a scene or connections to the current scene. It could have been interesting, but the story's dull. A small breasted girl(this is something referenced a lot in the film) in highschool with awful parents who likes the new boy. She's told to see a psychiatrist, but she's not crazy. Blah blah blah. Couldn't finish it. 3/10 |
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