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my extremely in depth review of dear john
Posted: February 5, 2010 in opinions and reviewsTags: movies, review
paranormal activities alternate endings
Posted: October 25, 2009 in cool stuff, opinions and reviewsTags: alternate, alternate ending, cool stuff, dreamworks, oren peli, paranormal activity, paranormal activity alternate ending
SPOILER WARNING! IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN PARANORMAL ACTIVITY DO NOT CONTINUE READING!
So we all know the story about Oren Peli’s road to hollywood, and how Dreamworks originally wanted to re-shoot PA as a big budget glossy flick, but after seeing how well it was screening they decided to keep at as is, except for one thing… the ending. Dreamworks had Peli re-shoot the ending to be more “crowd pleasing” and in tune with Hollywoods obession with BOO! style scares. In the theatrical ending, Katie is compelled to go downstairs, and out of view she begins screaming hysterically, Michah awakens runs down stairs and we assume she stabs him to death, because after some time passes Katie re-appears holding Micah and she throws him directly at the camera, Katie who is covered in blood walks toward the camera sniffs Micha and swipes at the camera. Its a fairly terrifying scene, and one the sticks in my mind. I liked the ending I thought it was a highlight of the film, but it wasn’t what Oren Peli originally filmed.
According to Peli there are two alternate endings, one which you can see below involving the police, and another in which after killing Micah downstairs, Katie walks towards the camera and slits her own throat. Between the two of them I prefer the throat slitting, that would of been quite disturbing. Anyways check out the ending that has surfaced online, I really don’t like it, the creepiest part is just how she doesn’t stop rocking back and forth – but tell me what you think.
NOTE ALL VIDEOS OF THE ALTERNATE ENDING HAVE BEEN REMOVED BY THE STUDIO.. AS SOON AS ONE BECOMES AVAILABLE I WILL POST IT. THANKS!
the wolfman resembles max payne
Posted: October 22, 2009 in cool stuff, opinions and reviews, watch thisTags: cinema, cool stuff, max payne, new wolfman trailer music, the wolfman
Universal have released a new The Wolfman trailer which starts Benicio Del Toro and the great Anthony Hopkins, it’s been up for a couple days now and I’ve been watching the Internet comments about it and thus I have to come to a conclusion, movie studios are finally starting to realize just how important music selection is in trailers. The only problem is Universal clearly ripped of Marilyn Manson and Mark Wahlberg at the same time, a feat only Matt Damon could pull off.
How you may ask? I will show you, below you will see the trailer for Mark Wahlberg’s 2008 flop Max Payne, now while watching take notes on the music and its pacing.
Now watch the new Wolfman trailer and you will instantly notice the music/pacing similarities.
Now let’s just hope the Wolfman doesn’t have the same fate as Max, a good trailer that led to a crappy movie.
what’s so paranormal about it?
Posted: October 22, 2009 in opinions and reviewsTags: cinema, movie, paranormal activity, review
So a few days ago I took my girlfriend to see Paranormal Activity and I would like to express some feelings about it. First off let me say that the movie is freakin scary – now I am a pussy when it comes to scary movies (I shat a chicken during the strangers) but I made observations on the sold out monday night crowd, and I was not the only one shaking in my space booties. So in terms of the hype, in that regard yes it lives up to it, in terms of it being the scariest movie of all time? highly doubtful, I would argue Silence of the Lambs is a scarier movie and has much better use of building tension.
Another problem with this movie is that once it leaves theaters and hits blu-ray/DVD it will loose all of its flare. This is a movie that NEEDS to be seen in theaters – I cannot imagine myself being even remotely frightened watching this on even the biggest of flat screens. The reason for this is during the night time cam scenes there is a euphoric state among the audience, everyone is silent with a thick fog of dread clogging up the air. It’s a rare moment where you know everybody else around you is experiencing the same emotions as yourself, everybody was absolutely engrossed by what was happening on screen, and that is a rare achievement for any outlet of entertainment let alone a movie. This is an emotion that will not easily be replicated in the comfort of your own home, which is why I urge you to catch this flick before it leaves cinemas, and if possible try to see it before halloween just to add to the experience.
I give Paranormal Activity an 8.0 out of 10.0
hey
Posted: October 22, 2009 in cool stuff, everything else, life, opinions and reviews, randomTags: first post, thought, welcome
the long boring initial post.
let it begin.
this is where I am supposed to say welcome, hello, you found me, etc etc. but that shit is boring, but I do feel obliged to share with you what in the hell the point of this is.
It’s simple, this is me, patrick, in all unpolished truthful glory. thoughts, opinions, rambles, run on sentences and what have you. you got it here.
See I told you it was simple, as I post more the whole thing should come together and hopefully, for whatever you reason, you feel compelled to continue coming back to see what I have to say.
thanks
iampatman