Comments on: Last Week in Horror: 4/27 - 5/04

By: R.J. Sayer

R.J. Sayer — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:24:15 +0000

Don’t fall for it, Peter.

you’ll only regret it… again.

i have the same problem with Freddy Vs. Jason, Saw, and all of rob zombie’s movies.

ugh.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:14:51 +0000

Now you’ve got me itching to watch it again. Just in case!!!

Arggh!!! I’m falling for the trap again!

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:12:10 +0000

I was just trying to get a rise out of you.

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:58:57 +0000

I think there is a distinction between a lack of and failure to. [REC] has a lack of because it has no goal to strive towards other than mere survival. There is no back story to any of its characters. The only history we’re given is limited to a day or so prior and even then it is purely for informational purposes (and sparse, as well).

THE DESCENT, however, tries to have back story. Neil Marshall tries to have dynamic between his characters, he tries to set each of them up with character specific obstacles. He tries.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:30:25 +0000

By the way, you lost the “lack of character development” card with your review of [rec].

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:34:02 +0000

I know. Every time I see a comment like yours I think…”Man, maybe I should watch it again…” I fell for that once and hated it more the second time around.

I think now, though, enough time has passed that I may once again be objective about it, if I give it a third shot…

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:59:16 +0000

I’ll never understand your hatred of The Descent.