Movie trailers tend to do a good job in giving the viewer a taste of plot, character, and tone. The trailer for Silent Night, Zombie Night also succeeded in doing this. So why am I bringing this up? Trailers can also be deceiving!
After watching the trailer, I was floored - it was filled with zombies, guns, and gore: the staples for a good zombie movie. The movie started off strong - no back story as to why zombies were running amok in town, no medical experiment gone wrong, zombies were just attacking people. From there on, it was all downhill.
Zombies are such a popular villain because they pose an imminent doom and despair. They are infinite and bloodthirsty. The zombies in Silent Night, Zombie Night are the Dodo of the zombie species. Apparently if they can't smell you, they can't see you.
Another problem I had with the zombie aspect was that there were no creative Christmas themed ways they were disposed of. No Home Alone style traps or zombies roasting on an open fire. In fact, the only thing that even had to do with Christmas was one Santa zombie and a few decorations in the houses. What a waste of a great concept.
The story focused around three unlikable characters holed up in a house whose relationship turned out to be a soap opera love triangle. This boring plot over took the momentum of the movie and completely derailed it. From the moment these three are together, you can forget about those zombies, because you'll rarely see them any more.
If you want to see Silent Night, Zombie Night, watch the trailer. That's all you need.
Total Brain Cells Lost: 10 million out of 10 million
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Movie Reviw: Robogeisha
It has been said that James Joyce's Ulysses gives such an accurate, in depth description of Dublin, that if the city were to be wiped off the face of the planet, it could be reconstructed down to the very cracks in the sidewalk by reading the book.
Similarly, Noboru Iguchi's Robogeisha would allow every Japanese sci-fi, martial art, ninja, monster, geisha epic to be recreated should some freak Godzilla attack leave the country movie-less.
Robogeisha is a cinematic non-sequitur. While there is a sinister plot driving the movie forward, it drags and loses momentum frequently, caught between absurd fight scenes. A shame because it's actually quite interesting and somehow delves into topics of slavery and human trafficking. But before you get excited about the depth of the plot, don't forget that Robogeisha is an unabashed, over the top action flick that doesn't take itself seriously. The humor in the dialog, whether intentional or a byproduct of bad translation, is fantastic and the action scenes serve as ends to let computer animated blood splatter. From sword fighting to robot fighting to building fighting to deep fried fighting to handicap fighting, there's plenty of fighting to behold. It's completely ridiculous but somehow strangely enjoyable.
This isn't a good movie, but it's not bad either. Watch it with some friends and have fun. Robogeisha is unique even if it is just a lot of drivel.
Total Braincells Lost: 5 million out of 10 million
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