The Unfortunate Film Review

The PLOT:   A young girl is tormented by nightmares of a history she's never known from a town long since burned to ashes, whilst her mother seeks to right whatever wrong might have transpired to make her daughter this way... at any cost. The CAST:  Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Deborah Kara-Unger The GOOD:  Director Christophe Gans takes us on a thrill ride all its own in this loose adaptation of the hit videogame series.  EVERYTHING about this movie was done with a passion not seen in other videogame adaptations, such as "Resident Evil" 1-20, "Street Fighter", and "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within".  From the editing to the subtle camera work we saw in this franchises first installment being copied over to a new form of media that only aficionados of the games could realize, this film has it all.  The vibe. The fear. The character development. Perhaps it's just that I'm a fanboy of the games and of the town, but the fact remains: we've a...

PLOT: A reimagining of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life in which a serial killer/stalker is reenacting various elements from several of his grisly tales in an attempt to challenge the poet to a battle of wits. Starring: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans THE GOOD: ...is simply that it "wasn't bad".  Don't get me wrong, it wasn't good either, but it just has too many elements that were done with such mediocrity that it actually blended into a bowl of believable and somewhat satisfying intellectual distractions. And, to be fair, how would YOU have done a reimagining of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life?? Actually, if you had any sense, you wouldn't, because... THE BAD: Sadly, there were quite a few bad things about this film.  The acting is done in such a way as to make me believe the director was tight on time and took too many "good enough" takes.  The plot as a whole is hardly believable and the villain is too drama...

Hey all! This is just to let you know that I plan on taking up my hobby of reviewing movies again, this time utilizing the blogger page! Any friends supporting are greatly appreciated! First review to come soon, just testing out this format....