Is it just me.. or did that trailer kinda heavily hint at the twist that their mother was a witch / the witch character Famke Janssen plays?
"Don't eat the fucking candy." Funny in the same way a Schwarzenegger quip is funny - because it's lame with a wanna-be badass delivery.
I can't tell if this is going to be a genuinely bad movie, or a knowingly goofy take on hammy, CG-laden movies. It looks a whole lot like Van Helsing, which was dumb fun if you managed to avoid paying attention to the plot, or Kate Beckinsale's accent. It's not something you'd particularly want to repeat.
Terry Gilliam used to have this tonal balance down pat. Do we trust Tommy Wirkola, director of Dead Snow, to match that? (Or Jeremy Renner, not necessarily known for his comedic stylings?) Perhaps - frozen zombified Nazis are a good test of anybody's ability to balance humor and horror. He did okay, making it clear that Sam Raimi was a big influence (the Raimi theme in every post today is coincidence, i swear). In his favor, I will say that I rarely ever like Gemma Arterton, but I dig what she's doing in these clips.
The poster, though, I kinda hate. No creativity there at all.
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If they were children at the same time, how come he's now fifteen years old than she is? A wizard did it?
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@Canadian.Scott Confession is good for the soul.
I often tell people: It was a FUN movie, just not a GOOD one.
Faramir stole the show. "Actually, I'm JUST a friar. . . "
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...I can already see it:
"Coming this summer...JACK AND THE BEANSTALK!
Jack is a badass warrior botanist who grows super stalks and climbs up them using sick ass steampunk technology to take out the tyrant giants in the sky!
JACK is BACK!"
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@BenMurphy Actually they are combining it with Jack the Giant Slayer. I'm not sure if the people who made this read either story though?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPBFv8HJ_bo
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@Someguy @BenMurphy hahaha yes, I think I remember you posting it's greatness before.
Now if only I can slyly redirect every news post to MST3K...
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@BenMurphy @Someguy Look at it BenMurphy. Look at what your whimsy has brought upon the Earth.
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@BenMurphy @Someguy Haven't you learned yet? In the competition for insanity, reality ALWAYS wins out over imagination. We just don't have a chance. "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."
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@Someguy @BenMurphy I prefer Nicholas Hoult as a blue-furred genius or an amorous zombie.
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@rabidronnie @Someguy @BenMurphy Nicholas Hoult is the luckiest son-of-a-bitch in the world because he gets to pork Jennifer Lawrence...........
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@10glfan59 Here is the working one. I hope.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpd541XVHv1qldofzo1_400.gif
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Bleh. This looked better when I thought it was PG-13. CGI gore and random F-bombs just to get a R rating is stupid.
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I'm not quite sure when my computer time will be cut short today, so before I unexpectedly have to dash for the weekend, I wanted to make sure I left this here for your weekend enjoyment. . .
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LJZkl.gif[/IMG]
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@arivalscientist You know, I've got to hand it to Renner. He knows his time in the spotlight is short, and by gum, he is going to grab every role humanly possible until those 15 precious minutes of fame tick to an end.
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@rabidronnie @arivalscientist He needs to be in a biopic of James Cagney.........he's got the look for it
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This is feeling more like one of those background movies. You know like when your cleaning the house.
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I dunno, looks like it could be entertaining at least. Something about the rock and roll voiceover in the trailer doesn't sit right for me though...
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Intentional or unintentional, this is going to be fabulous, quality cheese. I'll be there, snark at the ready.
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@DrAbraxas now if only one character were infected with lycanthropy and the other was either a vampire or zombie - then we could add bestiality and necrophilia to the mix
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Somewhere the guys at Syfy Original Movies are wondering "why didn't WE think of this?"
