Home Room

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If "Traffic" didn't prove Erika Christianson is a damn talented actress, this movie removes all doubt. Busy Phillips co-stars and, not only is she as hawt as it gets, but she, too, is very talented at what she does. Check her out in "The Matthew Shepard Story" if you don't believe me.

Basically, this movie was very well done. I love the fact that the audience knows every piece of info at the same time E.C. learns it. I can't give away too much without a spoiler, but basically it's a movie like what happened at Culimbine. However, they weren't trying to make a quick buck off a tragedy. There actually is a damn good message about burning witches. How the media blaimed Marilyn Manson for Culimbine (highly amusing seeing as how those 2 kids made it clear they hated him. There's a really funny MTV interview with him about it and the irony of him being the scapegoat).

The movie address a few other messages as well, and I can honestly say it has the best portrayl of teenage suicide from the eyes of a teen that I have ever seen on film. I've always said, if you've never been suicidal than you don't know what it's really like. Well.. this movie made a damn good effort of showing what it really feels like.

And that's all I'll say because I don't want to ruin it. Suffice to say, every now and then you grab an unknown movie that you've never heard of, and it turns out to be surprisingly good. Even my brother Bryan, who hates "chick flicks" liked it a lot. Because it's not a chick flick at all. But it did almost make me cry. :)

[DeadLamb]

Originally posted by Girl_Monster
If "Traffic" didn't prove Erika Christianson is a damn talented actress, )

she played a good stalker in Swimfan too.. I watch all the stalker films!!

so Hoss, Bunnyslayer and I go out to see a film..... we pick traffic... about mid way thru the film I look over and Cliff (bunnyslayer) is no longer watch the film, he is watching the wall.... I mean like really watching the wall, I fear the film broke him... from then on the film has always been called asstraffic by him..

All I'm saying is that is is NOT a film for everyone.. Steven Soderbergh is a VERY good director and to be honest I am glad I saw the film. Still, I think the color shifts and so on for no really good reason hurt this film.. I mean I get why it was done, with a color for each story line but ever since Payback I have hated blue lighting for reason of "lets make it blue"..

if they do a color wash for a reason, great.. Matrix needs to be flat and green.. O Brother, Where Art Thou? HAD to have every single color washed out and grey to show the time line..

eerrrrrr but traffic I feel went to far, the yellow for mexico was ok but the super blue was just wrong IMO... I will say the acting was first rate but over all think if the color was more of slight and they hacked some time off the 147 min run time it would have been much better..

anyways.. I'll be sure to check out homeroom....

If ya have not see it make sure to rent Once Were Warriors (http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=7384)... one of the best pure character driven films I have ever seen. Errrr but again it is NOT for everyone, it is not in anyway a happy film and it's pretty brutal as far the domestic violence..

[atsui]

I added it to my netflix queue.

I also saw "Wrong Turn." This movie stars Elisha Dukshu who is also hawtness. It's your typical "deliverence for teens" sorta movie. The director's commentary is pretty interesting, and it seems that backwoods sorta feel is what they were going for, as opposed to the ever famous yet excruciatingly stylized film Scream. I could go on for days aboput the Scream series and how brilliant it is. Wes Craven is masterful and you gotta respect a man who can openly mock the franchise he took a part in creating (though John Carpenter takes the cake for starting slasher flicks).

Oi, where was I? I tend to get lost in my studies of films, specifically horror and independant.

Anyway my point was Wrong Turn is your typicasl "people do the dumbest things" sorta movie. Like, we're in a backwoods BFN sorta place, let's go check out this creepy house with tons of wrecked cars in the front yard. and even better, while exploring inside, let's waste precious minutes oohig and aweing over the jars of HUMAN TEETH and piles of sunglasses. :rolleyes: Oh and to the chick who had to pee so badly they went into the house: you're in the fucking woods for crying out loud! pop a squat and pee your little heart out!

*sigh* it was entertaining but I hate how stupid people are in these sorta movies.

Also watched R.S.V.P. with yummy Marjandra Delfino and Jason Mewes (Yes, Jay). Oh and Glenn Quinn (the best character on the tv show Angel who, unfortunatly, died at the end of the first season.. damn them) is in it too. Worth watching at leat once for the serial killer psychobabble. Watch the deleted scenes too, they explain a few plot holes that bugged me at the end of the movie. I wish the director had gone with his original intent, it was pretty cool. owell, that's the film biz for ya.

And now I go to sleep. Tomorrow I get to bitch to david about where my movie review page is for his site. :D

[DeadLamb]

Originally posted by Girl_Monster
I also saw "Wrong Turn." This movie stars Elisha Dukshu

arrrgg... it's Eliza Dushku, your stalker card is now pulled for 30days.. heh

yeah that is a good throw back film to the days of straight horror films.. no wink wink nod to the crowd as too many have done. As you said that was the goal of the film... I really liked it and being I have not been out of California too much, I'm sure that is JUST how all of the midwest is!!! As in all inbreeded cannibal hillbillies!!! hehehe

Thinking of the Scream like films. If ya have not seen it, make sure to also rent An American Werewolf in London (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0082010/). A John Landis directed classic of a film.. One of the first horror films to fuse humor into the film. It took a ton of heat over it at the time being no one really new what to make of it..

Still has one on of the best human to werewolf changes on film, in light of being 1981 of course..

[atsui]

Yes.. movies like "Wrong Turn," "Jeepers Creepers," "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," "Deliverence," and "House of 1000 Corpses" are the reasons I am never leaving the city. *shudders* I HATE the backwoods country BFN places. :scared: