Post by Fickle81 on Jan 19, 2006 0:48:39 GMT -5
Well,due to the version of the film I saw being a crappy CAM AVI,I can't give a rating on this film. A lot of it (about 80% of Paxton being in the "dungeon"/getting tortured) was near impossible to see what was going on due to the CAM's shitty display of scenes with subdued lighting. Also,there were moments in the film where it went out of focus,then in focus again,then out of focus,then in focus,and so on for seemingly no reason...one of the moments this happened that really had me scratching my head was near the beginning when the camera was panning to show landscape. I can't say 100% if the focus issues were due to the film cinematography itself or the person capturing the movie using the handheld camera.
However,what I saw and got out of it was far better than Cabin Fever. That being said,I really wish Roth would attempt to tackle a straight up 100% serious horror film and try to get away from the "good time party boy(s)" vibe and "hipster dialogue" thats in both this and Cabin Fever. Granted he had a good reason for it here,but I still wish he would start to get away from it.
Also...
Gang of kids who force people to give them gum > Jumpkicking mullet kid that screams "pancakes"
At least the former ended up serving a purpose.
I will eventually watch it again to fill in some of the holes I couldn't see to give a final rating. This is why I try to stay away from downloading CAM or TeleSync files,but this is the first time where its been bad to the point of not being able to see anything during portions of the film.
Finally,anybody who passes out or is that repulsed by the gore of the movie is a flat out pussy...Its really not all that and could have been a helleva lot worse. I DID like the eye bit though...
However,what I saw and got out of it was far better than Cabin Fever. That being said,I really wish Roth would attempt to tackle a straight up 100% serious horror film and try to get away from the "good time party boy(s)" vibe and "hipster dialogue" thats in both this and Cabin Fever. Granted he had a good reason for it here,but I still wish he would start to get away from it.
Also...
Gang of kids who force people to give them gum > Jumpkicking mullet kid that screams "pancakes"
At least the former ended up serving a purpose.
I will eventually watch it again to fill in some of the holes I couldn't see to give a final rating. This is why I try to stay away from downloading CAM or TeleSync files,but this is the first time where its been bad to the point of not being able to see anything during portions of the film.
Finally,anybody who passes out or is that repulsed by the gore of the movie is a flat out pussy...Its really not all that and could have been a helleva lot worse. I DID like the eye bit though...