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Danika (2005)
Janikas journey
Psychological thriller .. well the thrills are a bit artificial and unrelated to the story but there's a bit of suspension still.
Large parts of the movie happen in the main characters mind. The ending is crucial to the integrity of the story. Until you get there you're feeling a bit like "whats the point of this flick?".
I personally thought it was a bit too dragging and slow to rank anywhere higher than 7/10, but a decent psycho-drama still.
Makes you think a bit to understand what its about. Look at the vote statistics, very young people vote low for some weird reason :-)
Gave avg 5 pts for the implementation, but the ending raises it to 7. Of course the fact that you find your self wondering whats going on during the film also is very positive.
Queen of the Damned (2002)
Excellent
Excellent vampire-story, one of the best I've watched and seen most. Aaliah was very good as the queen and I couldn't have asked for much more from the rest of the cast. Some of the side roles were filled maybe carelessly..
The plot is a whole new thing in the league of vampire movies, probing the origins of the "race" and developing surprising scenarios.
A must see for people who find they like the mystique of the genre.
Dreamcatcher (2003)
Pretty good
Overall impression was pretty good, maybe 7,5 out of 10.
If you look at the plot from a distance, it's pretty average but there's a nice touch of mystique mixed in. Especially the beginning was excellent.
There's a lot left untold from the book, but I felt the interpretation worked well. Things were told with flash-backs which made the plot seem more intresting than it might be in plain view.
Some of the Gore and perhaps the implementation of "aliens" was a bit too explicit. What I mean is showing every thing is quite often technically too demanding, if you're not on block-buster-budget..
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Rather plotless kill-mania
I've thought Tarantinos' films worth seeing, until now. The movie has a nice mix of esthetic's and ok music but falls very short plotwise. Personally I was very bored during the long hack n slash periods, jeez! To give a perspective, I had no problem with 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon' where the fighting was so artfull.
I'd recommend this film only for splatter enthusiasts.