Comments on: Review: MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D

By: Jentz

Jentz — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:37:35 +0000

If you don’t believe in the ‘so bad, it’s good’ stance, you might want to read Susan Sontag’s essay “Notes on Camp” from the 1960s. People can enjoy terribly made films – the way they’re scripted, shot, acted, etc. – because the unappealing qualities become humorous and, therefore, often ironic. Why else would people hold Troll 2 in such high regard, as one of the worst movies ever made but also so enjoyable to watch?

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:11:28 +0000

This is brilliant: “We all know what to expect and it sure as shit isn’t a layered labyrinth of deep characters coming face to face with their mortality and unimportance in a withering small town based an antiquated economy. The only layers one should expect from MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D are of the geometric plane variety, the only labyrinth that of the mine shaft, and characters only deep enough to have a pick axe go in one side of their body and out the other. Anything else is dressing as far as I’m concerned.”

Maybe I’m cynical, or set my standards too high, but I still believe that, despite Lussier’s intent, one should always set out to make the best movie possible. Of course, having Todd Farmer write the script isn’t doing anyone any favors.

Great review.

By: Birdy

Birdy — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:58:45 +0000

Gah! I rarely go to the theater due to health concerns, but I was going to make a go of it to see this movie–but my town, despite having a brand new “top of the line” theater, doesn’t have the capabilities or desire to show it in 3D.

I said a lot of rather nice things about the theater people’s mothers when I found that out.

Luckily, my future brother-in-law has blu-ray, a huge TV, and a love of horror films, so I’ll still get to see it when it comes out on disc. I’m excited, if impatient.

And if they pull any crap and try to release it in 2D, I’m going homicidal. >.>

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:53:03 +0000

I loved this. Maybe it makes me a wimp, but I thought it was a nice change to see a modern horror movie that was gory without being mean.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:30:10 +0000

I actually saw this in theaters a couple of weeks ago, largely because I wanted to see how far this newfangled third dimension stuff has come along. Not bad. I’ll give the movie props for some fairly inventive deaths, but the ending is…well…is there a word that means retarded more than retarded means retarded? If there is, then pretend I said that word.