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Friday the 13th [2009]: another "bloody" attempt
On the 13th day of this 30 day blog challenge, I was really not sure which film I should talk about, then the number 13 struck a chord and now it seems so logical that I decided to write a review for Friday the 13th.
The first Friday the 13th film, the original film was released in 1980. Since then, we have seen its sequels, remakes, character wars with another franchise and god knows what not. To start with, this is a better film than most of its predecessors, 11 it is, still not too good. If you are so keen to watch a film about killings and bloodshed, this is not a bad choice to make. There are certainly weirder films people watch in the name of blood and gore, then why not watch Friday the 13th.
Jason is still doing what he was doing back in 1980, killing people or say a group of people and then being killed and return impossibly to life making a way for another sequel. By far, Jason has went through a lot, drowned in water, being hit by ax, sliced by a machete in the shoulder, buried, resurrected, thrown to hell, researched, frozen, chained and thrown into the lake, but no matter what, Jason does return.
Even after 12 films in the franchise, its IMDb rating is still crawling in between 4 and 6, its very clear, viewers have had enough . It's time Jason should hang his boots.
Movie Geek's Rating: ★★
Cast: Danielle Panabaker, Jared Padalecki, Derek Mears
Directed by: Marcus Nispel
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Author: Amrit Rukhaiyaar
The Resident Evil Franchise [2002-2012]: This was fun but stop it now
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Ali Larter, Oded Fehr.
Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson [Part 1, 4 and 5], Alexander Witt [Part 2] and Russell Mulcahy [Part 3].
Resident Evil [2002]: ★★★
Overall Movie Geek’s Rating: ★★
Also featured in IMDb Critic Reviews
Okay, so I was having a little chat with my friend some days back about movies, movie reviews and about The Movie Geek’s Blog. He asked me if I am only going to maintain a blog that praises every film, or I am going to be harsh as well to those who deserves.
This remark was like an eye opener for me, and I rushed to check my previous reviews and I found out that most of the reviews I write are for the films I liked.
Following the advice he gave, I decide to write about a film franchise, which went from Alright to Bad to Garbage after every new part that came. I am talking about the Resident Evil Pentalogy [I don’t even know if that word exist or not].
So I watched Resident Evil: Retribution [the 5th part] a few weeks back only because I have this syndrome to finish off movie franchises I started, and I had to watch this film and I will continue watching it even if they come with a 6th part, which they will.
When the original film; the part 1, Resident evil came in, I kind of enjoyed it [okay I watched it in 2005, forgive me for saying that], it was one of the first few zombie films I watched. I can’t fake to be sophisticated enough saying I did not like it at all and totally trash this film; instead I admit I liked the first film of the franchise. The whole concept of the Umbrella Corporation was fascinating; they remained untouched even after the greatest of apocalypse.
Zombie films are a very dangerous investment for the producers if they are looking for some critical reception; most zombie films fail because of several reasons. The authorities do not consider such films for any form of accolades or awards, critics do not prefer rating them anywhere above a 6 on a scale of 10. These films have to be extremely innovative to climb the ladder of success and critics & user ratings.
Some of the coolest zombie films I saw in the recent times are Shaun of the Dead, Zombie land and Go Goa Gone. They were successful because they used the element of humor in the background to present the supposed Horror.
Resident Evil on a completely different note tried a serious approach to present an apocalyptic tale that failed miserably as it became more and more unrealistic with every new addition to the franchise.
A zombie film is kind of a fantasy film itself, so in a good zombie film, there should be no other fantasy element. This keeps the horror intact, while in this franchise, you will come across a dog with 4 faces, zombies with 4 tongues, some characters that never die, characters that multiply, laser beams and many more things that you will ultimately regret being a witness to a crap like this. I will make some honest remark that you can like the 1st part as it had a story to go after and save the curiosity of the viewer till the end, you can continue to see what happened later to Alice and the others she befriended in the 2nd part.
In the 3rd part, you can see some really nice cinematography and lots of brightness and sun in this otherwise dark patched film also do not miss the little section that showcased Las Vegas covered in deserts after the T-Virus infected everyone.
Do not go any further; if you are into good movies only, the 4th and the 5th part are real shame to this otherwise entertaining franchise.
If you are only into great cinema, do not bother yourself to watch any part of the Resident Evil franchise.
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