Wednesday, November 01, 2006
I've just realised that I won't be here tonight as I am taking Lorraine to see David Essex at the Symphony Hall. (Stop laughing at the back. David Essex made some mighty fine singles... a few years ago, and hopefully he will play some of them.)
So, I'll get this out of the way now.
"Red Road".
Other than a bit of a pat ending, I thought that "Red Road" was outstanding.
Jackie works as a CCTV operator for Glasgow council, watching over a small part of the city called Red Road. She is good at her job and empathises with the people she watches. (A man with an ill dog and an office cleaner who, when nobody is looking, dances around her office to the music on her Ipod.) She is lonely and is having a sexual affair with a co-worker that is going nowhere.
One day Jackie sees a man on her monitor. It is a man she knows and his presence alarms her. Jackie starts to follow him...
As the two main protagonists Kate Dickie and Tony Curran are really good. She as Kate, a woman frozen inside due to some great tragedy that befall her, and he as the mysterious Clyde (and I'm not going to tell you anything about him.) In some ways Tony Curran's role is the most intriguing. He starts off as an almost demonic figure and then becomes something else totally different. I wouldn't say exactly that you feel sympathy for him, but you do come out feeling that he is not a total villain. Who is totally innocent anyway?
"Saw III".
Ha ha ha ha ha! Leigh Whannell and James Wan really are a pair of sick, evil bastards, aren't they?
Violence, gore, ingenious torture. A bit of philosophy. (Appreciate your life, because it might be taken away from you at any moment.) You know the sketch. Everything you need for a good afternoon, or evening, out at the cinema.
I like the "Saw" films. Sue me. They are the 2000's cinematic children of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" and "Friday The 13th" films, and I really did like the "Nightmare On Elm Street" films.
I read yesterday on Empire Online that "Saw IV" is scheduled for production shortly and will be released for Halloween 2007. True the ending of "Saw III" is setup nicely for a sequel, but maybe it will be one movie too many?
Cringe. Cover your eyes and enjoy.
So, I'll get this out of the way now.
"Red Road".
Other than a bit of a pat ending, I thought that "Red Road" was outstanding.
Jackie works as a CCTV operator for Glasgow council, watching over a small part of the city called Red Road. She is good at her job and empathises with the people she watches. (A man with an ill dog and an office cleaner who, when nobody is looking, dances around her office to the music on her Ipod.) She is lonely and is having a sexual affair with a co-worker that is going nowhere.
One day Jackie sees a man on her monitor. It is a man she knows and his presence alarms her. Jackie starts to follow him...
As the two main protagonists Kate Dickie and Tony Curran are really good. She as Kate, a woman frozen inside due to some great tragedy that befall her, and he as the mysterious Clyde (and I'm not going to tell you anything about him.) In some ways Tony Curran's role is the most intriguing. He starts off as an almost demonic figure and then becomes something else totally different. I wouldn't say exactly that you feel sympathy for him, but you do come out feeling that he is not a total villain. Who is totally innocent anyway?
"Saw III".
Ha ha ha ha ha! Leigh Whannell and James Wan really are a pair of sick, evil bastards, aren't they?
Violence, gore, ingenious torture. A bit of philosophy. (Appreciate your life, because it might be taken away from you at any moment.) You know the sketch. Everything you need for a good afternoon, or evening, out at the cinema.
I like the "Saw" films. Sue me. They are the 2000's cinematic children of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" and "Friday The 13th" films, and I really did like the "Nightmare On Elm Street" films.
I read yesterday on Empire Online that "Saw IV" is scheduled for production shortly and will be released for Halloween 2007. True the ending of "Saw III" is setup nicely for a sequel, but maybe it will be one movie too many?
Cringe. Cover your eyes and enjoy.
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They were warning people about Saw 3 on the radio news yesterday. Apparently ambulances have been called to several screenings of it due to people fainting or becoming otherwise ill whilst watching it. Someone was even hospitalised, or so they said. And there was the usual tale of someone running screaming from the cinema, of course.
Is it really that much worse than the prequels, or are these people just rather pathetic?
Is it really that much worse than the prequels, or are these people just rather pathetic?
David Essex had one big hit here, Rock On, I think, then he never did a thing in the States. But he was huge in Britain. Enjoy the concert. The Saw films just aren't my thing--I'm still dealing with Henry:Portrait of a Serial Killer.
Ah, it's like the tales that happened when they showed The Exorcist and when they began showing Saving Private Ryan.
Excellent PR!
Excellent PR!
skywolf - Yup, 'just rather pathetic pretty well covers it. There is nothing in "Saw III" that will shock anybody that sat through the first two movies. I wouldn't criticise anybody who gave these films a miss. Some people do not like horror films and that is fair enough.
enemy of the republic - Absolutely correct and I did enjoy the gig.
threelight - Too true.
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enemy of the republic - Absolutely correct and I did enjoy the gig.
threelight - Too true.
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