oh, the horror, the horror...wait, WHAT horror?!?
Rented three movies. One really disappointed me, and you can read below to find out why.
Nanny McPhee - **** - I rented this one for the kiddies, and was pleasantly surprised at how good it was. It's a funny little film about a group of seven horrible children and the nanny who comes to change their ways. A bit like Mary Poppins, but without the singing. The trick the children play to rid themselves of nanny 17 is probably the best part of the film, and it's right at the beginning. But, the film does not go down from there.
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis - *** - like all of the films before, it's a stupid zombie movie. And that's what is great about this series. It's dumb, but you'll be entertained. I don't know how teenagers with no training or experience can break into top secret, high security buildings with nothing more than climbing equipment, but in these films it happens all the time. The only disappointment was the big zombies introduced. They did absolutely nothing and got killed way too easily.
Hostel - 1/2 * - This film should be lucky to get a half star. It's probably not even worth that. What could have been a great film was killed by an introduction that was way, way, way too long. Basically, this was supposed to be a horror film. It wasn't. I didn't see anything that I haven't seen before, done better by worse directors. But this film (which, sadly, has Quentin Tarantino's name on it) was a poor effort. If you're looking for a film that has a ton of T and A and not much else, this is the film for you. If you're looking for something shocking or scary, there's a few episodes of The Wiggles that are scarier than this steaming load of crap. Not worth seeing even if you're stealing cable to watch it.
Nanny McPhee - **** - I rented this one for the kiddies, and was pleasantly surprised at how good it was. It's a funny little film about a group of seven horrible children and the nanny who comes to change their ways. A bit like Mary Poppins, but without the singing. The trick the children play to rid themselves of nanny 17 is probably the best part of the film, and it's right at the beginning. But, the film does not go down from there.
Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis - *** - like all of the films before, it's a stupid zombie movie. And that's what is great about this series. It's dumb, but you'll be entertained. I don't know how teenagers with no training or experience can break into top secret, high security buildings with nothing more than climbing equipment, but in these films it happens all the time. The only disappointment was the big zombies introduced. They did absolutely nothing and got killed way too easily.
Hostel - 1/2 * - This film should be lucky to get a half star. It's probably not even worth that. What could have been a great film was killed by an introduction that was way, way, way too long. Basically, this was supposed to be a horror film. It wasn't. I didn't see anything that I haven't seen before, done better by worse directors. But this film (which, sadly, has Quentin Tarantino's name on it) was a poor effort. If you're looking for a film that has a ton of T and A and not much else, this is the film for you. If you're looking for something shocking or scary, there's a few episodes of The Wiggles that are scarier than this steaming load of crap. Not worth seeing even if you're stealing cable to watch it.
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