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Friday, 5 April 2013
Machete (2010) - Robert Rodriguez
This is the cheesiest movie I have ever watched, but it gets away with it, because it's so bloody brilliant. Danny Trejo is made to play Machete, and Juni (Daryl Sabara) from all the Spy Kids series - Robert Rodriguez is in it as well. Robert Rodriguez is a brilliant filmmaker and this film proves it.
Monday, 14 January 2013
SPOILERS Halloween (2007) - Rob Zombie SPOILERS
Before I write this review, I'd like to get one thing clear: I know it's not THE original! Right, to business...
This film was good, it did what it was meant to. I liked the early life of Michael Myers, it made him more human, and therefore more brutal, when he grew up and started killing every fucker, even the nice guy, played by Danny Trejo; that part shocked me! I liked the gore too, and how different that was from the original, directed by John Carpenter.
As good as John Carpenter's seems to be, I've never really been enthralled by it. Sure, it's worth watching, but only for the countless other films it spawned, as well as the copycat outfits kids wear on Halloween. (I don't even think most of the kids are old enough to watch the film.) What I really can't seem to get a hold of, is a DVD copy of Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) - Tommy Lee Wallace, but it never comes into work (I work in a DVD store, by the way) and I haven't ever seen it in HMV (probably won't ever, if the news is to be believed). Even though reviews I've seen haven't been great, scoring 4.1 on IMDb, I think it'd be more interesting than another Michael Myers killing frenzy.
Anyway, watching this purely as a viewer, I'd give it an OK rating, not a blockbuster or piece of art, but certainly a film to make us think twice about the original from 1978.
This film was good, it did what it was meant to. I liked the early life of Michael Myers, it made him more human, and therefore more brutal, when he grew up and started killing every fucker, even the nice guy, played by Danny Trejo; that part shocked me! I liked the gore too, and how different that was from the original, directed by John Carpenter.
As good as John Carpenter's seems to be, I've never really been enthralled by it. Sure, it's worth watching, but only for the countless other films it spawned, as well as the copycat outfits kids wear on Halloween. (I don't even think most of the kids are old enough to watch the film.) What I really can't seem to get a hold of, is a DVD copy of Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) - Tommy Lee Wallace, but it never comes into work (I work in a DVD store, by the way) and I haven't ever seen it in HMV (probably won't ever, if the news is to be believed). Even though reviews I've seen haven't been great, scoring 4.1 on IMDb, I think it'd be more interesting than another Michael Myers killing frenzy.
Anyway, watching this purely as a viewer, I'd give it an OK rating, not a blockbuster or piece of art, but certainly a film to make us think twice about the original from 1978.
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