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Highlander Remake is back on the table. Funny, I was told there could be only one..

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Let’s start this off with the one question that matters. Why? I have no idea why this is even an option.

So Summit Entertainment is working on what they called a re-imagining of the classic movie Highlander. They claim they want to expand on the original Highlanders mythology.I don’t see why any expansion is necessary for the film, but what do I know I’m not sitting in on these brainstorming sessions.

The thing that really bothers me is that Summit has hired Melissa Rosenberg to write the screenplay for the remake. Although she has written for The Outer Limits, Hercules:The Legendary Journeys and Dexter she is also the writer for all of the Twilight screenplays. Now some people were saying that this might be a good thing because she’s good at dealing with immortal characters. The problem with that is the characters of Twilight are far off from the characters that live in the Highlander universe. Now it’s being said that she should be given a chance because she knows how to combine romance and action and she is used to the immortal character. To be honest though Twilight isn’t a great franchise realistically. I mean sure it has a large fan base but it’s a very certain fan base. Maybe I’m just being bias to her because I dislike Twilight.

Do I think she can do it? I guess only time will tell. Do I think they should continue with this remake? No.

King to resurrect his horror queen in Carrie remake.

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Lets start off with the fact that I don’t think this movie needs to be remade. I know that Stephen King is in talks with various people about various projects in development right now, but I didn’t think this was one of them. Sure I’m ok with a Creepshow remake because maybe they can do something new and exciting with it. Sure give me a full length feature of IT that is darker and closer to the book than the original TV mini series. When it comes down to certain films though, you should just leave them alone.

My main concern with the remake is who they would get to play Carrie. When you think of the IT TV mini series, there are two things that pop into your head. One is that god awful spider that they have to fight at the end as adults. The second and most important is that Tim Curry gave an amazing performance as Pennywise the clown. He owned that performance so well that I don’t know if there is anyone else that could play that part and be convincing. Which brings me to the point that it’s going to be just as hard to replace Sissy Spacek who had an Oscar nomination for this role. Now don’t get me wrong, I”m sure you could find one of the many great actress’ around right now to do a great job with this.

The fact that Stephen King said in an interview that he thought Lindsey Lohan would be a consideration for the role is what really made me think this was a bad idea. As if that wasn’t bad enough the next name to get thrown into the mix was none other than Megan Fox. In my honest opinion I don’t think that either of them have the talent to pull this role off. Let’s be honest here because we all saw I Know Who Killed Me or at least watched the trailer. Lindsey Lohan is far from the talent that it takes to make this role great. Megan Fox is even further from having the skill it takes as an actress to fill the shoes of Sissy Spacek. Anyone who saw Transformers or Jennifer’s Body can agree that she lacks the talent to even be considered a B-movie star. I know these two are only considerations and it’s not final that one of these actresses may get the role. I just think that there are much better considerations to be looked over before the final decision is made.

My soul to take.

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This is written and directed by Wes Craven. The synopses is A serial killer returns to his hometown to stalk seven children who’s birthdays coincide with the day he was supposedly killed. From what I see in the trailer the movie looks like it could have potential. I mean it is being done by Wes Craven but you never know these days.

Dark House

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Dark House was the recent winner of Fangoria’s Frightfest which earned it a theatrical release. The movie is directed by Darin Scott and Written by Darin Scott and Kerry Douglas Dye.
In the film the main character Claire, played by Meghan Ory, revisits the house where a brutal massacre of children took place in an attempt to confront her demons. The house, once run by the evil Miss Darrode (Diane Salinger), is set to be opened as a haunted house by Mr. Walston(Jeffrey Combs) who is in need of actors. Not wanting to set foot in the house alone Claire convinces her acting class to take the job with her. They show up ready to spread fright, but unfortunately for them Miss Darrode has other evil plans.
The movie follows the basic haunted house scenario with the writers ideas thrown into mix. Despite the few actors with Claire, the house runs completely on computer generated holograms that are designed to be lifelike. The second floor is converted into the main parts of the haunted house and everything is run from a computer system set up in the cellar.
The characters of the movie have a somewhat cliche’ persona to them, the jock, easy girl, smart ass, etc. The actor isn’t bad but in my opinion it isn’t anything special. Theres scenes where the dialog is just a little bit too cheesy or it felt like instead of coming up with something original they just gave a generic line. Like there is a hologram as seen in the trailer of a man dressed as a clown and they conveniently name him “Evil Clown”. Also the scenes with Miss Darrode are sometimes just her screaming with her mouth in a weird position and it comes off to me as and unneeded element in an already creepy scene.
The special effects were also pretty good for a small budget film. I’m not sure what they were going for with some of the blood but it looked a little too CG at some points in the movie. There’s one scene with a decapitation and the blood shooting out looks ridiculously fake. It takes away from the scene a bit because it’s brighter than the walls and surrounding scenery and it’s hard to not focus on it. Another bad CG choice was the Matrix computer screen that turns red and has Miss Darrode inside of it spinning and screaming. It just seemed like too much to have all that going on the way it was.
The storyline was good and so was the ending. A lot of the Imdb users seemed to think that it was a cop out ending but I disagree. The ending was an interesting way to tie everything up and explained a lot of the questions I was asking myself while watching the movie. The only other Fangoria Frightfest movie I’ve seen is Pighunt, which is also great, but I can see why Dark House won.

Amc theater Twilight Experience and Eclipse

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AMC theaters hosted an event on June 29th,2010 to see the Twilight saga in theaters all in one night. I attended the 34th street theaters event with my girlfriend and her friends. Tickets were $30 for a pass to all three movies and it came with a $10 concession stand gift card. We got these lanyards with the passes attached that allowed us to freely leave and return to the theater and screening room. The theater itself was nice and had a very classic look to it. Prices were a tad high but the food was really good and I found it to be worth the money. At the main desk and on the second landing they were selling tote bags and T-Shirts for $15 and giving away posters and other small Eclipse stuff. The event started at 6:30pm with Twilight and then after a short break was followed up with New Moon. Someone in the booth must have made a mistake though because New Moon started playing after the Twilight credits and had to be stopped and reset. After New Moon ended there was an hour break until the Eclipse premier.
I’m not the biggest fan of the Twilight saga and as a big fan of Star Wars I don’t really favor the word saga being associated. One of the things that got me a little more interested in Eclipse was that David Slade was directing. As a fan of Hard Candy and especially 30 Days of night I was excited to see how he would handle this film. The last film he directed was 30 Days of Night and as anyone who has read the graphic novels or seen the film adaptation can tell you it’s no Twilight. I thought he did a great job directing it though and I especially liked the fight choreography for the climactic fight scenes.
As for the movie itself, coming from someone who hasn’t read the books, it was pretty good. I think I enjoyed this one the most because it has a little more action in it and the fight scenes are really awesome. Of course aside from the six other guys in the crowd the screening was very female dominant. Throughout all three films all you could hear were screams, crys, and random comments of jealousy towards Bella. judging by the reactions and applause of all the women in the crowd I think that any fans who haven’t seen this yet should get to it.