59. The Curve
60. Midnight Movie
61. WWE: Judgment Day 2007
The Curve stars Matthew Lillard, Randall Batinkoff, Michael Vartan and Keri Russell back when she had the full-on Felicity 'do. The story focuses on the urban legend that if your college dorm mate dies, you'll get a 4.0 GPA for the semester. Here, Lillard and Vartan plan to 86 Batinkoff to get their grades boosted enough to help them advance to Harvard. Of course, things don't always go quite as planned.
This came out shortly after the successful Scream. It follows in that film's footsteps with the WB type casting of 30 year olds playing college students. This is a cross between Scream, Urban Legend and I Know What You Did Last Summer. It didn't see any of the success that those films did though as it went straight to video.
The cast here is decent enough. Lillard more or less plays a slightly mellower version of his character in Scream. He still tends to veer into campiness from time to time. Batinkoff, Russell and Vartan are all pretty good. The eternally beautiful Dana Delaney has a small role here as well. Story-wise, this one isn't breaking any ground. There are enough twists and turns to keep it interesting though.
All in all, The Curve is a decent time-waster.
Midnight Movie is a DTV flick starring a whole bunch of folks you've never heard of. The setting is a small movie theater. They're showing a horror movie from the 70s, made by a director who went insane shortly after making the movie and wound up vanishing from a mental hospital. Things don't go quite as planned when the killer from the movie makes the leap into reality and starts picking off theatergoers one by one.
This is a pretty cool movie honestly. I was very pleasantly surprised with it. The acting is alright, all things considered. The story has gaping plot holes and huge gaps of logic but for some reason, I was hooked. The killer has a cool look which often helps movies like these. If you do watch, be prepared...this movie really doesn't explain much of the happenings. It could definitely use a prequel or sequel to give some backstory and explore why things that aren't humanly possible have become so.
Midnight Movie is a pretty good DTV flick and is worth a rental.
WWE: Judgment Day 2007 is another typical WWE pay-per-view event. Some decent matches and some matches that were the perfect time to use the bathroom or grab a snack. The piss poor match this time out was a handicap match with Bobby Lashley taking on Umaga, Shane McMahon and Vince McMahon. The match itself was roughly a minute long but the shenanigans both pre and post-match took it into the realm of waytoofuckinglong. Personal highlights for me were the opening match with Ric Flair taking on Carlito. They say Flair can carry anyone to a decent match and this is true here. He made Carlito look like a million bucks here. Other highlight was CM Punk taking on Elijah Burke. They had a decent amount of time to work with and showcased themselves pretty well. Of course I'm a bit biased because I'm a huge CM Punk fan.
2 comments:
I saw "Midnight Movie" and wound up falling asleep for it during the Horror Challenge last year, so I wasn't impressed. But I'm glad you liked it. I never liked "Popcorn" either, and that's another movie-themed horror flick everyone else seems to like. story of my life, I like what other people hate and hate what other people like. :-p
I want to see "The Curve" now. thanks for the recommendation. I love these kinds of slashers so I'll probably like it.
Popcorn is another movie I like. I've always been a Tom Villard fan though and having him as the bad dude made it that much more enjoyable for me.
The Curve isn't so much a slasher as it is a thriller. I think you'd like it though.
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