Movie reviews!

[wraithfodder]

Well, I can tell you some movies to avoid

MEGA SNAKE - I watched it purely for Michael Shanks and it was pretty dreadful. But then, this was a Skiffy flick so should we expect any different? Ah, nope. Following it up with SNAKES ON A PLANE right now which is another movie composed of dumb people being bumped off by reptiles.  Oh, and saw MIMIC 3: SENTINEL earlier today on cable - had it running while doing checkbook, etc. - makes MEGA SNAKE look good! 

But, THE HOST is a great flick. Picked it up on DVD a few weeks back. It's a Korean monster film, dubbed in English, about the evils of dumping gallons upon gallons of toxic chemicals into the river, so that some-undetermined-time-down-the-road, a monstrous giant guppy-toad-fish critter the size of a Winnebago is romping around the countryside eating up people left and right. The heroes of the flick are a dysfunctional family who suffer their own losses by the time the movie ends, but it's also a veiled movie about the SARS crisis and governmental intervention, etc. Anyway, if you enjoy very well CGIed critters that devour people, this movie is right for you ;) Plus, my gawd, a scifi film NOT made in Vancouver or Bulgaria is a rarity in itself! ;)

Comments

[girly-curl-3.livejournal.com]

Oh god, I DVR'ed Mega Snake. Better or worse than Snakes on a Plane? Just so I know what to expect.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I'd almost say MS, cuz SOAP, despite its high production values, didn't have as many unintentional laughs ;)

[delcamy.livejournal.com]

Ah, I did the same thing. No idea why after seeing the promo they were running for it. Guess IF I watch it-it will take me 10 minutes. Guess Shanks was right.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Right in that the movie was pretty awful?? ;)

[oxbastetxo.livejournal.com]

Hee...I still say the best way to watch these Skiffy things is with you and I doing the running commentary. ;-)

I feel bad for Feedback. His "staring roll in a major SciFi Motion Picture" was the lousy cameo on MegaSnake. Poor guy.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Well, guess Skiffy's idea of 'starring' is not to be eaten by the snake ;)

[ancientcitadel.livejournal.com]

THE HOST sounds like a good flick, I'll have to look it up. The last movie I saw was BLACK SHEEP. It was funny - with a lot of sheep jokes - well worth seeing at the cinema.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

You saw Black Sheep? Lucky you! I read a review of it a month ago and went "I want to see!" but of course it doesn't get here. I so want to see the killer zombie sheep flick...

[ancientcitadel.livejournal.com]

According to Black Magic (a New Zealand film news site), the movie is released on DVD in the US on 9th October.
http://www.black-magic.co.nz/home/?p=518

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Oooh, thanks for letting me know :):)

[ancientcitadel.livejournal.com]

You're welcome.

[pisces227.livejournal.com]

I made it thru 5 mins of Mega Snake which was 5 mins tooo long.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

I suffered through it all, THEN watched Snakes on a Plane. I was a roll of bad reptilian flicks, I'll tell ya.