Lawson posted some comments a while back where he gave his thoughts on some movies he’d seen recently, and I said that I would post my thoughts on those movies as well, as I’d seen several of them myself.
Since I like pro wrestling, I’ll use Lawson’s scale for rating the movies. Movies can score between 0 and 3, with the 3 being the best (since scoring a 3-count is how you win a wrestling match).
The Mist - I thought this was a really good movie overall. In addition to the sci-fi and horror aspects of the movie, they also did a great job capturing a sense of tension and high emotion. I didn’t like the fact that a Christian character was portrayed as the most evil character in the movie, but someone told me that they thought the viewer was supposed to realize that the character in question was more akin to a cult leader and that she wasn’t promoting true Christian values. I thought the ending of the movie was a little illogical, but it was also very ironic. It was similar to the ending of an episode of the Twilight Zone. I think I’ll make a seperate post later where I discuss the ending of this movie in greater detail. Rating: 2 2/3 count
30 Days of Night – I like horror movies, so naturally, I liked this movie. The premise was interesting. The movie takes place in an Alaskan town during the time of year where the sun doesn’t rise and it is always dark, and a group of vampires decide to take advantage of this unique situation. This movie drags a bit in places, and I wasn’t crazy about the ending, but the atmosphere and “feel” of the movie were great. Rating: 2 1/3 count
Cloverfield – I enjoyed this movie. The premise was similar to The Blair Witch Project, but on a grander scale. The entire movie was shot from the point of view of a character who was filming the events on his camcorder.
Now, as some of you may know, I think The Blair Witch Project is the worst movie of all time (and keep in mind that I like horror movies). In Blair Witch, nothing really happened in the entire movie. It was 90 minutes of people filming trees. In Cloverfield, however, a lot of interesting things happened. Among other things, you actually get to see the monster on screen quite a bit in Cloverfield, while all you saw in Blair Witch was a guy using the bathroom in the corner while the girl carrying the camera tripped and fell. I think what really happened to the ill-fated trio in Blair Witch is that when they went back and watched the footage they’d recorded, it bored them to death. But, I digress.
Cloverfield isn’t without its flaws. For one thing, it raises the same question that I’ve asked after watching other movies – If there’s a giant monster on the ground and you’re piloting an aircraft, why wouldn’t you fly high enough that the monster can’t reach up and knock you out of the sky? Also, the part where the heroes climb the outside of a skyscraper that is leaning on another skyscraper is downright stupid.
Despite its flaws, I enjoyed Cloverfield enough to give it a 2 1/3 count.
So all three movies were a 2 1/3 count… for shame! here I thought there was an honest referee but I guess ALL things wrestling are fake
JK but I think Cloverfirld was better than the other 2.