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First Impression: I heard about this movie (or more precisely, saw the poster) on the blog Stale Popcorn.

Afterthoughts: I didn’t watch the original Austrian film by the same writer/director, Michael Haneke, so I can’t compare, but really liked this film. It was nothing like I expected. Just like the Joker in Batman, it gets pretty scary when the villains start being polite and funny because you never know their ulterior motive. I’ve never watched a movie that made me laugh so much during torture scenes. Maybe Haneke’s right about our morbid curiosity. And I just want to say Naomi Watts is such a great actress…hot and talented.

First Impression: I enjoyed the first one, so I had to watch it again with my brother…in theatre.

Afterthoughts: I was a bit disappointed in this sequel, but mainly due to the inclusion of Alice’s seemingly supernatural ability that pretty much rendered her unbeatable. I also didn’t like the girl playing Jill Valentine, and perhaps the clothes looked a little slutty in “real life”. The end dragged abit but the audience were rewarded by one more kick ass scene from Alice in the lab so I forgave them. Actually, I forgot to mention this in my other two reviews but how awesome are the costumes in the RE series? They’re another reason why I can’t stop watching. Jessie and I have joked about me dressing up as Alice on Halloween…well, because of the obvious…but I really don’t think I can live up to Milla Jovovich awesomeness.

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Hard Core

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First Impression: One of the six movies we watched for my Zombie Night movie marathon at home. My brother bought this awhile ago and as we were waiting for the Resident Evil 1, 2 to finish downloading we decided to watch this one.

Afterthoughts: I never played the game so I don’t know how closely they resemble each other, but it was a pretty boring movie. The plot didn’t make much sense to me but the special effects were pretty good. Nothing else to say about this movie.

First Impression: As long as they continue to have Milla Jovovich starring as Alice in the Resident Evil series, I’m there watching in the theatre (with a bunch of friends as well…that I forced to watch with me).

Afterthoughts: To those new to this series (maybe you should watch the first two first? Just a thought) you shouldn’t expect much . The acting isn’t that good, the plot is cheesy and convoluted, and it sure isn’t Romano’s zombie series, but watching Alice (not me!) kicking zombies’ asses is just so enjoyable. Compared to the 2nd installation, I thought this was a nice improvement. Since her superpower was already established, I could safely suspend my disbelief and enjoy all the exploding things! I just loved the scene where all the crows got fried (awesome!). One tiny thing that bugged me was how they airbrushed Milla’s beautiful face for most of the movie. She’s running around and blowing shit up; she shouldn’t have this angelic glow around her ya know? I was planning to buy the series’ DVD at first, but seeing they apparently still want to continue the series (how? does it matter??) I’m still waiting for the ultimate collector’s edition that I’m sure will come out.

First Impression: The film was touted as the scariest film of the year. So I wanted to see what the hype was about.

Afterthoughts: What kind of crap is this? This is like the Plan 9 from Outer Space of scary movies. The whole movie is shot in documentary style, so the cam was blurry, shaky, and basically unwatchable. The three teenagers in the movie only knew the word ‘fuck’ and nothing else. One of the most memorable scene from the movie (it’s not like you can actually see what the hell they’re doing or running from) is this kid pointing the camera towards her face and started to narrate with like 3 inches of snot coming out of the nose. That was the only thing that scared me.