Seasons

I was just thinking about how we all watch movies according to the season when gets to be the fall and winter's impending doom is just around the corner. October through December is the triad of seasonal months and it seems as though we all like to watch classics like Charlie Brown and his rendition of Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. We all seem to like to watch spooky or scary movies around Halloween. This Sunday in fact I have plans to watch several scary movies in the evening. Christmas is especially known for the specials on TV like Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer and all the other clay-mation shows. Along with other great movies like Jingle All the Way with Arnie, Ernest Saves Christmas, and other classics such as A Muppet Christmas Carol and A Christmas Story. There are even scary movies for those who enjoy Christmas but are also fanatic horror watchers. I like both seasons but I have to be in the mood for Christmas movies but I watch horror flicks all year long.

Land of the Dead

'Tis the season. It's October and I cannot get enough zombie flicks to watch. I just watched Land of the Dead. It's a fairly good zombie flick however; if you're not really a zombie movie kind of person you might not like it because it's more complicated. It delves into the possibility of zombies learning and adapting to their prey. The plot was ok but the effects were sub par compared to Dawn of the Dead. I feel as though Romero didn't have as large of a budget for this film but it was good none the less.

Ok soo

I lied. I gotcha though. I do love zombie movies. They intrigue me and scare the crap out of me at the same time. The idea of reanimated dead is thrilling but if the campus is really quiet, like on weekends, I kinda wonder to myself if I'm the last person on campus that's not "dead". I've even had dreams about the zombie apocalypse were I've woken up sweating because of how real it felt in my dream. I watch zombie movies, play the video games, apparently dream about them.. This isn't critical of any specific movie but I will blog about dawn of the dead, 28 days/weeks later, land of the dead, etc..

ZOMBIES!!!11!!!!!1!1!!1!1!!!1111!!!!

I love zombie movies. That is all.

Shanghai Noon

Looove Jackie Chan movies. This is just a good movie. It has Jackie Chan, Cowboys, action, Owen Wilson, and of course: Lucy Liu. There's plenty of action and of course Jackie Chan beating the crap out of everyone. I have yet to see a bad Jackie Chan movie. If you've never seen it definitely go out and rent it or watch it on netflix. Like... Tonight.

Spoiler Alert: Quarantine

I watched Quarantine last night. It wasn't my first time. It's actually a very good movie. It's like a mixture between Cloverfield, which sucked, Dawn of the Dead, which is epic, and Old Yeller. It's all shot from a shoulder cam like what a news studio would use for on location shoots. It involves some zombie-like people who are actually infected with a strange strain of rabies (hence Old Yeller) which takes only a few minutes to show signs when regular rabies usually takes months. In all it was a good movie; intriguing, suspenseful, good acting, Zombies, and the style definitely helping in many factors in making the film with a PoV style shot.

Romantic Action.

In Lethal Weapon 3 there is a scene when the two main actors, Danny Glover and Mel Gibson, are on a boat. Danny Glover. Sgt. Murtaugh, is drinking to try and forget about a kid he shot. He shot the kid because the kid had a sub-machine gun and was shooting at him and Sgt Riggs, Mel Gibson, he hadn't known who the kid was when he returned fire but he found out it was a kid from down the street whom his son was friends with. Back to the boat; Murtaugh was drinking because he blamed himself for killing the kid even though the kid was trying to kill him and his partner. This whole scene was shot from several different close-up and medium shots. It was set up perfectly to evoke the emotions felt by the characters. The characters are very close and share just about everything with each other, and even though Murtaugh tries to hit Riggs several times, the scene is almost romantic in the way it brings out the emotions of its audience. They even hug sooo... It's gotta be romantic.