Re: THE RUINS (no spoilers)
- From: trotsky <gmsingh@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:50:16 GMT
nick wrote:
On Apr 9, 10:33 pm, Garondo Marondo <Classic.Mr.H...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:On Apr 5, 1:39 pm, nick <nickmacpherso...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Apr 4, 4:55�pm, moviePig <pwall...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Saw it today, not many people in the theatre on a Wednesday afternoonMy noble aim here remains commentary that's useful while leaving aA gratuitous titty shot immediately followed by a shot of a hot dude
reader's viewing experience (should he pursue one) pristine ...and in
that light, the horror flick THE RUINS is a bit tricky. �So, merely
some oblique facts: �I read the book back when, and judged it full of
good prose within my favorite genre, but still coudn't recommend it
(...and moreover, would've passed on the movie if the alternative
Clooney-toons had shown any spark). �I can't be sure, but I *think*
the movie may be better. �In print, both it and, e.g., THE MIST
should've been short stories - MIST nearly was - and this 90-minute
quick march, though not in MIST's league (nor even the 'PG-13'
CLOVERFIELD's) is still an improvement. �New director Carter Smith
covers his ground - RUINS looks great - and manages his young cast
well enough, but not his viewers' gut, afaics. �Where RUINS might've
been a horror clinic, it's often merely clinical. �(Btw, I'd like to
think that *any* more empowered director would've ditched RUINS's
early and wholly gratuitous titty-shot ...but maybe an 'R'-rating
implicitly promises certain goods.) �
drying off his naked body with a towel. Carter Smith covered his
bases and covered them quick.
I liked The Ruins. It's effective and there's not a dull minute. But
it was maybe too relentlessly downbeat and oppressive, definitely the
third movie in an unintended trilogy that includes Cloverfield and The
Mist. I wish I'd seen it in a crowded theater instead of the
abandoned mall theater because I bet it plays well with a full
audience.
at 1pm, but there were these 3 older guys, the oldest had to be 80 and
the other two not far off and clearly they didn't know what they were
getting into! I had a good laugh at their reactions and comments.- Hide quoted text -
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The same thing happens to me when I go see weekday matinees. You get
these retirees who automatically go see anything and then they sit
there befuddled at what they're watching. Some of the time they don't
even get the title right, like the old guy who asked for a ticket to
"The Low Country for Old Men".
I didn't you know you lived in the same locale as Calvin.
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