Monday, November 22, 2010
Movie Sunday
Yesterday was a lazy Sunday. I made omelets and bacon for breakfast, then pretty much spent the day on the bed, hanging out with Henry and watching movies (just him and me while Laura watched cooking shows and such in the other room).
First up: Moon
This was a VERY, VERY good movie! And 99% of the movie was just Sam Rockwell. I won't spoil the plot at all. You should watch this.
Next up: Descent 2
From Netflix streaming, this movie was an unnecessary sequel to a scary original movie about five female friends exploring a cave system in West Virginia and the monsters they encounter. The sequel picks up just after the first movie, with the survivor of the first movie going with a rescue team into the caves (via a mine shaft this time) to search for the others. Oh, and the survivor has amnesia until she gets back into the caves (convenient). All the feelings of claustrophobia and dread from the first movie are gone. We know what the monsters look like from the first movie, so there's little shock there. You just watch and wait for the next person to get killed. They stumble across the bodies of the people from the first movie in reverse order, basically, so ultimately the sequel becomes a journey through the cave system in the reverse direction. By the time it ends you're just glad it's over. Boo.
Next up: Nosferatu
I didn't get more than 15 minutes into this one, I'm afraid. It looks very good, with creepy Klaus Kinski playing creepy Nosferatu, but German subtitles are a bad idea when you're holding a wiggly baby. Had to turn it off.
Next up: Graduation Day
Also courtesy of Netflix streaming, this is one of the cheesy slasher movie ripoffs that were popular in the early '80s in the vein of Halloween and Friday the 13th. This one is from 1981 and costars Vanna White, pre-Wheel of Fortune. She's supposed to be pretty bad in this, even among a group of bad actors in a slasher movie. But the boy decided he was bored or hungry or something, so I had to turn it off before the first teen is even killed. Here's a shot of Vanna from the movie from the web:
That's Vanna on the right, looking... scared?
First up: Moon
This was a VERY, VERY good movie! And 99% of the movie was just Sam Rockwell. I won't spoil the plot at all. You should watch this.
Next up: Descent 2
From Netflix streaming, this movie was an unnecessary sequel to a scary original movie about five female friends exploring a cave system in West Virginia and the monsters they encounter. The sequel picks up just after the first movie, with the survivor of the first movie going with a rescue team into the caves (via a mine shaft this time) to search for the others. Oh, and the survivor has amnesia until she gets back into the caves (convenient). All the feelings of claustrophobia and dread from the first movie are gone. We know what the monsters look like from the first movie, so there's little shock there. You just watch and wait for the next person to get killed. They stumble across the bodies of the people from the first movie in reverse order, basically, so ultimately the sequel becomes a journey through the cave system in the reverse direction. By the time it ends you're just glad it's over. Boo.Next up: Nosferatu
I didn't get more than 15 minutes into this one, I'm afraid. It looks very good, with creepy Klaus Kinski playing creepy Nosferatu, but German subtitles are a bad idea when you're holding a wiggly baby. Had to turn it off.Next up: Graduation Day
Also courtesy of Netflix streaming, this is one of the cheesy slasher movie ripoffs that were popular in the early '80s in the vein of Halloween and Friday the 13th. This one is from 1981 and costars Vanna White, pre-Wheel of Fortune. She's supposed to be pretty bad in this, even among a group of bad actors in a slasher movie. But the boy decided he was bored or hungry or something, so I had to turn it off before the first teen is even killed. Here's a shot of Vanna from the movie from the web:
That's Vanna on the right, looking... scared?# posted by smacky @ 9:41 AM 
