(Puppy was impressed)
I’m impressed.
(But how to convey that…)
But how to convey that…
The first 35-40 minutes I’m thinking: It doesn’t take itself seriously and it’s kinda clever/”cool”/witty in a somewhat predictable sense. Yup, Joss Whedon.
A dark comedy that is all polish and expertise but not quite enough inspiration – Whedon can pump out stuff like this in his sleep. Pick a genre, pick a setting…
Then it really gets good.
A little (vastly-improved) ‘Evil Dead’, a little ‘Truman Show’, a little pathos, a little “So Much For Pathos…”, a little RACE AGAINST TIME action mockery, a LOT of horror-movie mockery, some horror-AUDIENCE mockery…even some specialized Asian Horror+AdorableAnimeCuteness mockery!
And, my favorite, Cthulhu-esque mythos mockery featuring Whedon’s idea of the final guardian.
Great makeup, really good FX, great timing, and…and this is the KEY part…it still retains the Whedon-esque nature that was the first 35-40 minutes.
It’s gory…but it’s not a horror movie. FAR too tongue-in-cheek for that.
Inspirational Quote: “He’s got a husband bulge.”
Grade: B+
9/27/13: I have to. I just HAVE to. I mean, when the worst thing you can say about a movie is that one of the brief mythicals is out-of-character, that’s something. And if those aren’t the twins I saw, they’re close enough. Grade: A-