Archive for June 20th, 2009

Drag Me To Hell

Christine refused to extend an old lady’s mortgage. Turns out, old lady was a gypsy and has a thing with curses. Luckily, Christine has Clay, a very supportive albeit confused boyfriend. After seeing a fortune teller, she finds out she has 3 days to live, unless she can turn the Lamia (the curse from the old lady) away. Typical horror plot. But different approach. Unlike the other Korean-horrorfilm wannabees, the movie build tension and scare through visual AND sound effects. Not the type where everything goes silent and then BAM! Movie’s going pretty well until the finale comes to the screen. Well, it is predictable really. But given the chase, it should have at least not left you hanging on to your seats, and then, huh? That part

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The Hangover

Personally, I like this movie. It has the elements of a good laugh movie. Except of course for the crude one-liners, but hey, nobody’s complaining. Unless you are from prude-town. Guys went to Las Vegas to throw a classic bachelor party. Thing is, come morning, they can’t remember what happened last night,one of them lost his tooth, a baby was in a closet, plus the groom is missing. As they tried to make a list of the things they did last night, they found out they’ve been rape-drugged, stole Mike Tyson’s tiger, one of them married a whore, stole a police car. Oh, and a psychotic, trash-mouthed Chinese is after them for money. The scriptwriter did come up with a refreshing way of showing an aftermath of a wild night in Las Vegas. I laughed from the beginning until the end of this movie. That was hilarious. It gave me a headache afterwards. Excessive laughing. It maybe a classic comedy with a Dude,where’s my car twist (that movie came up in my mind as soon as I realized the plot), b…

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