Post by Queen Shadowrama on May 27, 2008 2:42:46 GMT -3
Saw this movie in Rifftrax form for the first time today. First off, if you haven't seen this Rifftrax, do so because it is hysterical! They point out all the horrid cliches that affect most teen popcorn movies, like "Dude, bro!" and "Move move move!" and it makes for a great time.
But I'm not really writing a review of the Rifftrax. I remember seeing the trailer for this in the theater, and while it looked mildly interesting, I never got around to seeing it. I had no idea what the plot was (meaning I had no clue it was like a modern day Godzilla with Blair Witch Project camera work), and I didn't get the hype about it. Just another stupid teen horror flick.
And to some extent, that's what it was. It was cliche, the dialogue showed that the characters had about as big a vocabulary as a two year old, and the camera work did make me a little woozy at times. But somehow, without even realizing it, I got emotionally invested in these dumbass characters. I can't place when it happened, but it obviously did, because I was extremely disturbed by the ending.
When trying to figure out how the hell this movie duped me, I realized it didn't have much to do with the characters themselves, but the situation. Sure, they put themselves in a ridiculous amount of danger (stop trying to head farther into the city when everyone is evacuating you idiots), but the realistic disaster scenario (if you don't count that it's a monster doing all this) reminded me of how I felt when 9/11 was happening. I remember watching the towers fall, and seeing all the people running as they were covered in debris, and the horrible images of people jumping out of buildings. This movie took similar imagery, and combined with the first person narrative that the video camera provided, it made you feel like you were there. And that terrified me. Watching your best friends die one after one in horrible ways, running for your life from an unknown terror, and just the mass hysteria and confusion really got to me. The idea that you're not in control as the world feels like it's ending...scary stuff.
So yeah. What I thought was going to be standard Hollywood garbage surprised me. I couldn't just dismiss it and go do something else afterwards. I've been thinking about the movie all day. Thinking about what happened to the characters, wondering where the monster came from, and most of all, wondering what I would do in such a terrifying situation.
I sure as hell know I would have put the damn camera down and run for my freaking life. But that's about it.
All I can say is thank God for Mike, Kevin, and Bill. Because without their humor, I might have been even more upset after my first viewing. They make good buffers for these kinds of films.
Anyone else see it?
But I'm not really writing a review of the Rifftrax. I remember seeing the trailer for this in the theater, and while it looked mildly interesting, I never got around to seeing it. I had no idea what the plot was (meaning I had no clue it was like a modern day Godzilla with Blair Witch Project camera work), and I didn't get the hype about it. Just another stupid teen horror flick.
And to some extent, that's what it was. It was cliche, the dialogue showed that the characters had about as big a vocabulary as a two year old, and the camera work did make me a little woozy at times. But somehow, without even realizing it, I got emotionally invested in these dumbass characters. I can't place when it happened, but it obviously did, because I was extremely disturbed by the ending.
When trying to figure out how the hell this movie duped me, I realized it didn't have much to do with the characters themselves, but the situation. Sure, they put themselves in a ridiculous amount of danger (stop trying to head farther into the city when everyone is evacuating you idiots), but the realistic disaster scenario (if you don't count that it's a monster doing all this) reminded me of how I felt when 9/11 was happening. I remember watching the towers fall, and seeing all the people running as they were covered in debris, and the horrible images of people jumping out of buildings. This movie took similar imagery, and combined with the first person narrative that the video camera provided, it made you feel like you were there. And that terrified me. Watching your best friends die one after one in horrible ways, running for your life from an unknown terror, and just the mass hysteria and confusion really got to me. The idea that you're not in control as the world feels like it's ending...scary stuff.
So yeah. What I thought was going to be standard Hollywood garbage surprised me. I couldn't just dismiss it and go do something else afterwards. I've been thinking about the movie all day. Thinking about what happened to the characters, wondering where the monster came from, and most of all, wondering what I would do in such a terrifying situation.
I sure as hell know I would have put the damn camera down and run for my freaking life. But that's about it.
All I can say is thank God for Mike, Kevin, and Bill. Because without their humor, I might have been even more upset after my first viewing. They make good buffers for these kinds of films.
Anyone else see it?