jane ([info]janejellyroll) wrote,
@ 2007-09-28 23:01:00
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Current music:"what satan said to me" - books on tape

Bad movies I have seen recently
Coogan's Bluff, a 1968 or 1968 Clint Eastwood movie. Eastwood is an Arizona deputy sheriff who goes to New York to transport an accused killer. Once in New York, he encounters homosexuals, feminists, and a crazy group of hippies. I note that the line between consensual and non-consensual sex was blurred in the late 1960s, as women keep telling Eastwood "No" and he blatantly continues. Bonus This was once acceptable? moment when a visual joke is made about an older woman trying to make a rape complaint at the police station. Eastwood's eyes (and the camera) sweep over her body from head to toe and the look on Eastwood's face makes the point clear. Rape this woman? Not likely. Haha!

Derailed, that Jennifer Aniston/Clive Owen movie from a couple of years ago. The "info" blurb provided by the cable company claimed this was "Hitchcockian." I knew that this review was likely to be inaccurate and also that the movie would probably suck. I was proven right. Xhibit from Pimp My Ride plays a bad guy--just one of the seven million ways in which this movie didn't ring true. He is only believable in roles where he has to exclaim "This car is gonna be tight!"

Halloween, which I have already reviewed. I have thought about it more since my review and it is still awful.

Resident Evil: Extinction was not as bad as the three movies above, but it still wasn't good. Note: In my post-zombie outbreak society, the standard procedure for any person in my caravan who has survived a one-on-one zombie encounter will be to strip down and be searched for bites. Normal people always hide their zombie bites (heroes will disclose their zombie bites and use their last minutes of life in order to achieve a needed goal/create an escape route).




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[info]hunterxtc
2007-09-29 08:09 am UTC (link)
I am still holding out hope for Halloween. If it is at the dollar movie theatre in the upcoming week, I might go check it out!

I have seen bits and pieces of the Resident Evil series. They remind me of Wesley Snipes in Blade for some reason. Maybe they could have a Resident Evil meets Blade film they way they did Predator vs Alien or Freddy vs Jason. I will admit I dig Milla Jovovich... did you know she had an excellent album from 1994? Gentlemen Who Fell is such a great song...

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[info]janejellyroll
2007-09-29 08:14 am UTC (link)
My take: The first Resident Evil is good zombie fun. The second should be avoided at all costs. The third is on the not-so-good side of fair (whatever that means, I guess I'm feeling pretty non-decisive tonight). [info]phordicus didn't mind going--despite the fact that he's not a horror fan--because Milla is so good looking. Resident Evil meets Blade is such a good idea.

Her album is very good. I actually got it right when it came out because my friends and I thought she sounded like Tori Amos and we were huge Tori Amos fans.

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[info]hunterxtc
2007-09-29 08:35 am UTC (link)
Her album is very good. I actually got it right when it came out because my friends and I thought she sounded like Tori Amos and we were huge Tori Amos fans.

Here's a somewhat obscure acoustic version of Gentlemen Who Fell- yummy yummy! Maybe this would be a good song in one of the Resident Evil films!

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[info]phordicus
2007-09-29 09:43 am UTC (link)
blade would destroy milla. sorry. meanwhile, enjoy her website, complete with her own songs!

http://www.millaj.com/

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[info]caseyistrendy
2007-09-29 09:40 am UTC (link)
That zombie-bite scenario is so done out. I think every zombie movie ever includes it?

Speaking of zombies, I cannot wait for I Am Legend.

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[info]dustyskinandall
2007-09-29 02:47 pm UTC (link)
I hate most contemporary "horror" films. I can't help it...gratuitous gory violence just doesn't do it for me and I have this penchant for, oh I dunno, plot.


Are there any good spooky films that have female characters who don't get abused or raped?

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