Okay, so now that I'm going to school, I'm going to be doing an article AND a review once a week, and as I'm sure you're thinking right now, that'll be near impossible for me, the way I keep up with things. Maybe I'll change this to once a week review on anything... Just a thought.
Anyways, review! Today is...Monday, so that would normally mean brand new movie, but as I haven't actually had time to watch anything 'brand new' lately, I'll do a review on... Paranormal Activity. (It was either this or Jennifer's Body, and I enjoyed this one more, which is honestly sad.)
Paranormal Activity was said to be the scariest movie ever, everyone I talked to that had seen it said that they might've wet their pants because they were so horrified. Trust be told, I am one of the jumpiest people I know, and I didn't jump once, in fact, I was falling asleep through parts.
This movie was entertaining to a point, and the effects were very well done. I sat through the entire thing and nodded, thinking to myself that it wasn't THAT bad. The acting was acceptable and the lack of a soundtrack added to the mood of the movie. If you enjoy filming in the style of 'The Blair Witch Project', you'll like this, which is to say, home-made movie with dodgy sound and picture quality. The fact that nearly the ONLY set you see is the inside of the couple's house adds something to the feel of the movie. The most private place in someone's world, and that's all audiences see. Lastly, the only actors used in this film are the two main characters, her sister, and (from what I remember) a psycic which added a very personal side to the movie.
Though the effects were done well, the lack of music added an eerie feel, and a very minimal change in set made the viewer feel like this were real, these things and more, I found, took away from the movie in general. With all of the possible effects in this day and age, the filmmakers could've done more to make the haunt-er seem a lot more real. I'm not used to movies without a soundtrack, and I found that in this one, that was the main reason I was getting bored. I need something more than effects and acting to keep me entertained during those longer scenes with very little dialouge. Almost only seeing the inside of the house, I felt almost restricted and annoyed. If someone's screaming her lungs out, could the neighbors not hear, or do they not care? When the leading lady gets home from work, the camera-man goes outside and films her, and you can see that they live in what looks like a suburb (major Desperate Housewives feel), so why does no one come running? Finally, as mentioned before, this was supposed to be super scary, and, maybe a mix of the reasons above, or just terrible script writing I didn't get scared at ALL. Possible nerves 'o' steel on my part could be a factor (joke), but I doubt it.
Overall, a boring movie that made an hour and a half feel like three. I give this movie a 2.5/5* and a .5/5 on the scream scale. With a lot of potential, and not bad acting, this movie didn't completely bomb, in my opinion.
Question of the...Blog. =]
What did you think of this movie, and/or what's the scariest movie you've ever seen?
Feel free to comment below, and to follow this blog, and the other one I occationally write.
Thanks for your time, and for reading.
xxxxxx
Showing posts with label raves. Show all posts
Showing posts with label raves. Show all posts
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12.31.2009
Friday's Review: Lego Batman
You all knew it was coming.
With the lack of games being released, I have to cover games I've owned for a while.
Positives: the game is mind numbingly entertaining, and presents easy enough gameplay. Basically, if you like Lego games, you'll like this one.
The fact that you get to play as the heroes, than the badguys is neat.
Working on the achievements for the game (if you're a completionist, like me, and have a 360) will keep you entertained.
Negatives: It's easy to get bored of this game.
Obviously, if you don't like the Lego games, you probably won't even look at the case on the shelf.
Overall, I'd give this game a 3/5* just because yes, it does give me something to do when I don't feel like reading, or I'm sick, but it doesn't keep my attention long enough to be worth while.
Thanks for reading and have a happy new year everyone!
xxx
With the lack of games being released, I have to cover games I've owned for a while.
Positives: the game is mind numbingly entertaining, and presents easy enough gameplay. Basically, if you like Lego games, you'll like this one.
The fact that you get to play as the heroes, than the badguys is neat.
Working on the achievements for the game (if you're a completionist, like me, and have a 360) will keep you entertained.
Negatives: It's easy to get bored of this game.
Obviously, if you don't like the Lego games, you probably won't even look at the case on the shelf.
Overall, I'd give this game a 3/5* just because yes, it does give me something to do when I don't feel like reading, or I'm sick, but it doesn't keep my attention long enough to be worth while.
Thanks for reading and have a happy new year everyone!
xxx
12.30.2009
Monday's Review: Sherlock
HA, only a DAY late this time =]
Monday Movie Sherlock Holmes
kay, saw this monday night and was amazed. This was a great movie and I might possibly be so in love with it because Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law are both gorgeous and entertaining.
NOW.
I haven't read much of Sherlock, but the movie portrays him as being very physical [meaning he fights lots].
He seems like a 19th century one-man CSI unit. He walks into a room and can figure everything out, he has what seems like identic memory [not complaining, so does Dr. Reid on Criminal Minds] and he can analyse a person's entire personality by talking to them for about a minute.
The story worried me at first but than I got more into it and was really able to enjoy myself.
There was quite a bit of action, jokes, and actual mystery that Sherlock, of course, sorts out in the nick of time.
Overall, I'd give it 4/5*. I love the period movies [and the soundtrack], costumes. Rachel MacAdams was amazing, and as I mentioned, both leading men were good-looking and engaging enough to keep my attention the whole time.
Thanks for reading, and now:
What movie have you gone to the cinema to see lately, and what did you think?
Any comments or questions can be left in the comments section and feel free to follow me!
xxx
Monday Movie Sherlock Holmes
kay, saw this monday night and was amazed. This was a great movie and I might possibly be so in love with it because Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law are both gorgeous and entertaining.
NOW.
I haven't read much of Sherlock, but the movie portrays him as being very physical [meaning he fights lots].
He seems like a 19th century one-man CSI unit. He walks into a room and can figure everything out, he has what seems like identic memory [not complaining, so does Dr. Reid on Criminal Minds] and he can analyse a person's entire personality by talking to them for about a minute.
The story worried me at first but than I got more into it and was really able to enjoy myself.
There was quite a bit of action, jokes, and actual mystery that Sherlock, of course, sorts out in the nick of time.
Overall, I'd give it 4/5*. I love the period movies [and the soundtrack], costumes. Rachel MacAdams was amazing, and as I mentioned, both leading men were good-looking and engaging enough to keep my attention the whole time.
Thanks for reading, and now:
What movie have you gone to the cinema to see lately, and what did you think?
Any comments or questions can be left in the comments section and feel free to follow me!
xxx
12.28.2009
Fridays Review
Okay, so I know, I know. Two, almost 3 days late, but I was busy with christmas, family and WORK. [I'm just as lame as my excuses.]
So, I shall cover a game I got for christmas, than.
I got Guitar Hero 5 =] [yay me]
The positives: The songs I've unlocked thus far are a good selection and include songs for people who like rock, punk, [some] metal and a couple more 'poppy' songs. /shrug Fairly pleased.
The challenge and test on hand/finger-eye coordination is increasily frustrating yet entertaining.
I like the customization of the rocker and guitar [i don't have all the instruments at this point...yet] and the idea of using my avatar as the rocker.
The negatives: I know it's not fair to put this in, BUT the fact that I can't actually DO some of the bonus challenges because I don't have the mic or drum set is kind of annoying. If I wanted the whole band, I'd get Rock Band, thanks.
Because I haven't been able to play it as much as I'd like to, that's all I have right now. I realise it's dumb to do a review of a game I haven't played much, but it was this or Lego Batman [heck yeah!], so be happy.
If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment and/or follow this blog ;) You know you want to.
Thanks for reading and happy holidays!
xxx
So, I shall cover a game I got for christmas, than.
I got Guitar Hero 5 =] [yay me]
The positives: The songs I've unlocked thus far are a good selection and include songs for people who like rock, punk, [some] metal and a couple more 'poppy' songs. /shrug Fairly pleased.
The challenge and test on hand/finger-eye coordination is increasily frustrating yet entertaining.
I like the customization of the rocker and guitar [i don't have all the instruments at this point...yet] and the idea of using my avatar as the rocker.
The negatives: I know it's not fair to put this in, BUT the fact that I can't actually DO some of the bonus challenges because I don't have the mic or drum set is kind of annoying. If I wanted the whole band, I'd get Rock Band, thanks.
Because I haven't been able to play it as much as I'd like to, that's all I have right now. I realise it's dumb to do a review of a game I haven't played much, but it was this or Lego Batman [heck yeah!], so be happy.
If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment and/or follow this blog ;) You know you want to.
Thanks for reading and happy holidays!
xxx
11.11.2009
First of [Hopefully] Many
Hi, and hello, all.
Sarah here and this blog is going to be a review page for movies, music and games.
I've set up a schedule for myself; here's to hoping I actually hold true to it.
Mondays: Movies
Wednesdays: Music
Fridays: Video Games
Simple enough, right? We'll see.
To start with I'm just going to review whatever I already own, or rent from work.
If people ACTUALLY read the blog, they should feel free to do requests or suggestions.
I do have a couple of restrictions, and it's for the video games portion of my page.
Systems//Consoles.
I own:
I hope to get some sony systems in the future, but the way things stand now, it'll be these for a while.
Music, there's no real problem. I listen to everything, basically, and I live on youtube which means that if someone DOES suggest a song//artist, I can look them up and see what I can find. Mostly, for music, once a month I make myself a playlist that I pretty much live off of, and I try to circulate the songs as much as possible. There are some artists that I listen to religiously and their names will pop up often.
Movies, again, I watch anything and I work at a rental store, so I have access to movies, if I don't already own them.
As I said before, at first these will be older songs/games/movies that I feel like spotlighting. Feel free to make suggestions and ask questions, I adore chatting for hours about these things. Eventually I'll most likely add books to the week, just so I get to talk about them, too.
Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy. =]
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Sarah here and this blog is going to be a review page for movies, music and games.
I've set up a schedule for myself; here's to hoping I actually hold true to it.
Mondays: Movies
Wednesdays: Music
Fridays: Video Games
Simple enough, right? We'll see.
To start with I'm just going to review whatever I already own, or rent from work.
If people ACTUALLY read the blog, they should feel free to do requests or suggestions.
I do have a couple of restrictions, and it's for the video games portion of my page.
Systems//Consoles.
I own:
- Super Nintendo
- N64
- Game Boy Color
- Game Cube
- DS
- Xbox
- Xbox 360
- PC
I hope to get some sony systems in the future, but the way things stand now, it'll be these for a while.
Music, there's no real problem. I listen to everything, basically, and I live on youtube which means that if someone DOES suggest a song//artist, I can look them up and see what I can find. Mostly, for music, once a month I make myself a playlist that I pretty much live off of, and I try to circulate the songs as much as possible. There are some artists that I listen to religiously and their names will pop up often.
Movies, again, I watch anything and I work at a rental store, so I have access to movies, if I don't already own them.
As I said before, at first these will be older songs/games/movies that I feel like spotlighting. Feel free to make suggestions and ask questions, I adore chatting for hours about these things. Eventually I'll most likely add books to the week, just so I get to talk about them, too.
Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy. =]
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