My Bloody Valentine 3-D

First, I must start off by saying that you realize the change in times when you get Squints from the Sandlot looking glasses when going to see a 3-D movie. The $2.50 surcharge wasn't bad at all considering that the lenses are now like regular glasses, and no longer have the token red and blue peep holes that seeing Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl and Meet the Robinsons in 3-D from my projectionist days caused nausea and headaches, thanks DLP for making REAL-D.

When reviewing theatrical releases, and this is my first I'll probably digress in the first bit about the trailers that were on the film itself. My Bloody Valentine was filled with accurately enough, this seasons round of horror remakes.

Friday the 13th- I am VERY excited for this remake, although I enjoy the fast Jason aspect of the film itself, I sadly do not think I will LOVE this movie, and I foreshadow a "meh" review. I hope to be wrong, but the best thing about the Friday the 13th original was the suspense and not necessaarily knowing where Jason was or even who was the killer (and yes, we all know it was Mrs. Vorhees, a wonderful twist for the newly growing horror genre, and if you get upset that I ruined this you'll be REALLY pissed to know that Bruce Willis was dead all along in the Sixth Sense.) In the most recent trailer for the remake you see him kill dun dun 13 times, could this be another trailer that shows all of the good bits and pieces? We shall see.

Last House on the Left- "God dammit, you have to be kidding me." My initial reaction to the fact that they were making a Last House of the Left remake. For those of you that haven't seen the original, it is Wes "Nightmare on Elm Street" Craven's first feature. It is an hour and some change of torture, sadistic hicks and two teenage girls with muffs for days. I was around 13 the first time I saw this movie, and it is one of my favorites. Realizing that Craven helped produce this, (which may not mean a damn thing) still gives me hope that this will be one of my top films of the year. Hopefully.

***I'm very happy that the filmmakers decided to release one in January, February & March.

The lights dimmed and the 3D began to kick in, first with the attached trailer for Coraline, which for a cartoon looks pretty decent, and I love how they are trying to slowly give in and expose kids to "scary" things.

I'll start the review by saying My Bloody Valentine, for all intensive purposes is a fun movie. It begins showing probably one of the more bloodier scenes in recent theatrical horror releases, I'm not talking about Saw or Hostel, but just a guy who rips people apart, and after he makes his convienent escape, the camera goes back to show you the carnage. The effects in this movie are actually really good, again in the beginning after 'Harry Warden' is introduced the carnage begins and doesn't ever really end. In my opinion, a good slasher flick has at least one really good kill every 15 minutes, and My Bloody Valentine does just that and even a bit more. Considering that when the other 3D horror films came out, I was simply a twinkle in my mothers eye, (Friday the 13th in 3D, Jaws 3D, and Amityville 3D all came out in the early 80's) and I was born in 1986.

The cast itself for me ten years ago would have been a WB wet dream, as Kerr Smith (Dawson's Creek) and Jensen Ackles, well also of (Dawson's Creek) show that in the beginning as teenagers to the sly "TEN YEARS LATER" they still manage to pull it off. Ironically enough, Kerr Smith looks nearly identical and unaged to the asshole he played in Final Destination, and that was 9 years ago! When they show Kerr though in present day he is sporting the Clooney salt and pepper, which works very well for him. I really enjoyed Jaime King as the love interest of the two. In the last several years she has really filled out, and by that I mean went from being waif like to healthy, and is one of the prettiest and underestimated actresses in my opinion.

Not giving to much away in My Bloody Valentine, you have a love story, a lost love, a bastard child, a twist ending, and above all a great amount of gore, which I firmly believe was so great because of the 3D. The greatest thing was seeing the pick axe that the killer uses in 3D, something about 3D always makes you kind of slink back in your seat, but especially when a huge guy holding a dripping axe, simply holds another little special place in my heart.

The only two gripes that I have about the actual film are 1) the only thing that was really shown about Valentines day was a couple heart boxes and flowers here and there, and the symbol that it happened on Valentines Day, which I suppose isn't really a gripe because I could gripe much, much longer about the film Valentine. My main gripe, is the way that the mine field looked like a model during the aeriels of the town. It may have just been too Real-D for my though maybe.

All in all, solid horror flick, lots of gore, left me wanting more, just don't do a fucking sequel.