420 reviews have nothing to do with weed. I'm not saying that I may or may not have been stoned when I saw some of these, but that's neither here nor there. The deal is that the first place I started sharing my thoughts about movies was facebook. At that time there was a 420 character limit on statuses. It became a fun little challenge to sum my thoughts about a flick up in exactly 420 characters. Not 419 or 421. Oh no, it has to be exact. When those bite sized reviews eventually led to this blog, I decided to bring that tradition back from time to time. Plus, I get a laugh out of imagining the stoners who randomly clicked on this link expecting something completely different.
So, with that said, let's get caught up...
No One Lives
This was way, WAY better than I expected. There’s a
refreshing “old school-ness’ to the proceedings. It’s well shot with minimal
wobble-cam. There’s plenty of blood, a couple of nice twists, some creative
violence, and even a little gratuitous nudity. Just be warned that every time
someone opens their mouth, you’re about to hear something mind numbingly
stupid. Just don’t let that WWE Films logo scare you off. 7.5/10
Hatchet 3
The gore is excellent of course. The cast is great. It’s
about damn time Caroline Williams returned to horror. Danielle Harris is always
good. Even JTRO got in on the fun. My problem is the tone. Part 2 played it
fairly straight and the over the top gore created the laughs. This one takes a
step back towards the parody feel that I hated in 1. Rocket launchers? Come on
now. Better than one but not as good as two. 6/10
V/H/S/2
I hated the first one, but VHS2 blew me away. I would have
rearranged the segments so that the weakest one wasn’t last, but we do get some
genuinely creepy moments, a few really good performances, and actual novel
twists on the played out POV gimmick. They mostly ditched the bad CGI that
ruined the first one, going more practical this time. Plus, Hannah Hughes is
HOT. I love it when flicks surprise me like this. 8/10
Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan
2 comments:
The Safe Haven segment of VHS 2 was great. Wish they had made a feature of it. I have avoided No One Lives due to the WWE logo so I'll have to check that one out. Hatchet 3 was a great wrap up to the series to me. I hope they don't milk more sequels out of it. I believe Rob Kurtzman worked on Axe Giant. That is the only good I can think of.
Your review of Hatchet 3- Better than one but not as good as two.
Amen, bro!! You said the same thing i did in my review for it! :)
And, we agree on V/H/S/2, as well. the first one was meh, at best, but this was so good. And, yes the last segment was the weakest, no doubt about it. And, yes Hannah Hughes is HOT!!
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