Synopsis:
Someone is killing people and stalking a woman. In the meantime, it is giving the House of Wax plenty of subjects for their displays. But who is killing these people?
Review:
This is another Vincent Price classic. I absolutely love that man. And he delivers another great performance in this movie as the proprietor of the House of Wax. Having once been a sculptor who lost the use of his hands and legs in a fire years before, he now oversees the artwork of his employees for the house's displays.
The story-line is a good one, if a little bit expectant. You see the twists and turns coming and it's not hard to figure out, but enough stuff is happening to be able to keep your attention and over look the fact that you see stuff coming.
The bad part about this is that it is very similar to Chamber of Horrors (1966). At first, when I watched CoH I thought it might be a sequel to this movie, but it's not. They are two different movies with similar sets. Very similar sets. It wouldn't surprise me to find out that the set producer was the same for both movies.
But other than that I found myself really enjoying this movie. it is definitely a must see for any Vincent Price fans.
Kid safe: Yes. While this is a movie about murder there is no gore or anything like that here.
IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045888/
Monday, December 23, 2013
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Hannibal (The Series)
I am both anticipating and dreading the new series "Hannibal" that is set to start on April 4th. While I am a huge Hannibal Lecter fan and have read all the books and watched all the movies (including "Manhunter where Dr. Lecter was portrayed by Brian Cox instead of Anthony Hopkins) I am also a fanatic ABOUT the series.
Because of this I already have issues with this show.
First, Jack Crawford is being played by fucking Morophious?!? Who thought it was a good idea to turn a tall skinny white character into Lawrence Fishburn? Don't get me wrong, I don't care that Fishburn is black for any other reason than the character of Jack Crawford never was. It doesn't help that I just plain ole' don''t like Lawrence Fishburn as an actor. Really, the only thing I ever liked him in was Boyz in the Hood. That is it. Nothing else. So I have reservations about him taking on such an established character. If he was a better actor I might be able to look past it because of his ability, but I really doubt that will happen here. I can only hope that he wont have much screen time, but we all know if they are going to pay a big-name to be in their show they are going to us him. Well...shit.
Second, (Similar to the first reason) they changed Freddie Lounds from a man to a woman. WTF? Ok, well, this one I will have to see how it goes since I've never heard of the actress playing this character. Hopefully she will make me wish Freddie had been a girl all along. I really hope so after hearing about Lawrence Fishburn. I just really hate when producers/directors/casting changes the characters or world that has already been created by the writer.
This is also why I hate movie adaptations of books.
On the other hand, though, I am looking forward to some new stories in one of my favorite series's. I am looking forward to exploring the Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham relationship from when they were working together. Not to mention getting some insight on the "Cannibal" crimes as well as Will Graham and his immersion into the minds of serial killers.
Either way, I will give it a shot next week when it premiers and make my judgement then. (I'm still not sold on the new "Bates Motel", but I will write something later. Possibly after a few more episodes.
Because of this I already have issues with this show.
First, Jack Crawford is being played by fucking Morophious?!? Who thought it was a good idea to turn a tall skinny white character into Lawrence Fishburn? Don't get me wrong, I don't care that Fishburn is black for any other reason than the character of Jack Crawford never was. It doesn't help that I just plain ole' don''t like Lawrence Fishburn as an actor. Really, the only thing I ever liked him in was Boyz in the Hood. That is it. Nothing else. So I have reservations about him taking on such an established character. If he was a better actor I might be able to look past it because of his ability, but I really doubt that will happen here. I can only hope that he wont have much screen time, but we all know if they are going to pay a big-name to be in their show they are going to us him. Well...shit.
Second, (Similar to the first reason) they changed Freddie Lounds from a man to a woman. WTF? Ok, well, this one I will have to see how it goes since I've never heard of the actress playing this character. Hopefully she will make me wish Freddie had been a girl all along. I really hope so after hearing about Lawrence Fishburn. I just really hate when producers/directors/casting changes the characters or world that has already been created by the writer.
This is also why I hate movie adaptations of books.
On the other hand, though, I am looking forward to some new stories in one of my favorite series's. I am looking forward to exploring the Hannibal Lecter/Will Graham relationship from when they were working together. Not to mention getting some insight on the "Cannibal" crimes as well as Will Graham and his immersion into the minds of serial killers.
Either way, I will give it a shot next week when it premiers and make my judgement then. (I'm still not sold on the new "Bates Motel", but I will write something later. Possibly after a few more episodes.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
The Amazing Spider-Man
Synopsis:
Kid gets bit by a spider and develops "Spidey-sense." Need more? Okay, he also tries to attract the girl he has the hots for all while fighting crime night after night and foiling the plans of whatever supervillian.
Review:
After the Toby McGuire trilogy I was very apprehensive about watching this one. I actively hated the first three movies. Since this was the movie choice for family night, and I was WAY WAY WAY to ill to resist or even get up and leave the room, so I ended up laying there and watching this version. I gotta say, I like what they did with it. It was a sort of reinvention, like Batman, only with keeping the comic feel.
I was THRILLED that the love interest was Gwen and not Mary-Jane. (It doesn't hurt that I like Emma Stone and don't care for Kirsten Dunst.) I also like the guy they got to play Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield). Although I am a fan of Toby McGuire, I though he did a poor job at Spider-Man and I like this guy better. He seemed to have a good grasp of how to do comedy and serious without over-doing either.
The effects were about on par with the first series, but the story was better written in this version. It was able to keep that comic book feel without going into the realm of ridiculous and cheesy. I like that they didn't go with one of the well known supervillians and instead went the way of The Lizard. I don't know if that was actually one of the villains from the comic books since I was always more of an X-Men fan then Spider-Man, or if it was the writers take on the Green Goblin (which it seemed to be), but I liked it. I also like how instead of just defeating the villain Spider-Man tried to help him since he had a personal relationship with Dr. Connors before he turned bad. It sort of reinforces the good, helpfulness of Spider-Man instead of just making him the hero that battles the bad-guy.
I liked this one enough that I am hoping this is not the end of the line and that there are more movies to come.
Kid safe: Yep. In fact, I would recommend this movie for kids. I think they do throw a few "crap"s or "hell"s in there, but nothing overly colorful.
IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0948470/
Kid gets bit by a spider and develops "Spidey-sense." Need more? Okay, he also tries to attract the girl he has the hots for all while fighting crime night after night and foiling the plans of whatever supervillian.
Review:
After the Toby McGuire trilogy I was very apprehensive about watching this one. I actively hated the first three movies. Since this was the movie choice for family night, and I was WAY WAY WAY to ill to resist or even get up and leave the room, so I ended up laying there and watching this version. I gotta say, I like what they did with it. It was a sort of reinvention, like Batman, only with keeping the comic feel.
I was THRILLED that the love interest was Gwen and not Mary-Jane. (It doesn't hurt that I like Emma Stone and don't care for Kirsten Dunst.) I also like the guy they got to play Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield). Although I am a fan of Toby McGuire, I though he did a poor job at Spider-Man and I like this guy better. He seemed to have a good grasp of how to do comedy and serious without over-doing either.
The effects were about on par with the first series, but the story was better written in this version. It was able to keep that comic book feel without going into the realm of ridiculous and cheesy. I like that they didn't go with one of the well known supervillians and instead went the way of The Lizard. I don't know if that was actually one of the villains from the comic books since I was always more of an X-Men fan then Spider-Man, or if it was the writers take on the Green Goblin (which it seemed to be), but I liked it. I also like how instead of just defeating the villain Spider-Man tried to help him since he had a personal relationship with Dr. Connors before he turned bad. It sort of reinforces the good, helpfulness of Spider-Man instead of just making him the hero that battles the bad-guy.
I liked this one enough that I am hoping this is not the end of the line and that there are more movies to come.
Kid safe: Yep. In fact, I would recommend this movie for kids. I think they do throw a few "crap"s or "hell"s in there, but nothing overly colorful.
IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0948470/
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