OK, I get it, this director likes 80's slasher flicks. So do I, to some extent. But that's not enough to keep an audience watching. This movie is a carbon copy of every late 70's/early 80's slasher film, so from the get go you know exactly what you're in for. That could have been a good thing. But here, it is not thanks in large part to inconsistent period details, really sub par acting and super amateur sound editing. The movie reminds you of its budget limitations every few minutes. Can I forgive some things? Sure, but I've seen movies made in the same budget range that keep quality and acting talent a priority, so it's tough. For one thing, not once did I feel transported back to my youth, the 1980s, the only prop they had was a rotary phone and they thought that was enough I guess. The clothing and hair styles were all wrong. The dialog was all wrong (for the time period, the delivery of said dialog was all wrong, too). This director's vision far outweighed the film's budget and it shows. Kind of like a recent flick out of Rhode Island that attempted to do the "80's" thing, Murder University. But at least MU had actors who could act, a director that could direct and fairly consistent sound throughout. I'm not going to get in depth on the story since it is intentionally bad in The Sleeper, I guess that was supposed to be cool because the old movies have bad stories, too... I just call that a lame excuse for lazy screen writing. It's not as if The Sleeper was going to come out and make a big profit like the in the 80's, the least they could so is assemble a decent screenplay. I say PASS on The Sleeper, just gather together all your favorite 80's slashers and have a blast from the past instead, you'll enjoy the experience a lot more.
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Texas Chainsaw
(2013)
I already forgot about it
4 January 2013
Pure garbage. They set the movie in 2012, 39 years after the original. The only character that aged was the Sheriff. The main character was a baby in 1973 but is miraculously only about 22 or 23 in 2012 (which they clearly display on a grave stone, 2012). Also in 2012 smart phones can stream live HD video in real time over a call. I wonder how much their data plan is? Which, by the way, brought the film from ridiculous to absurd especially given that streaming the video served no purpose in the story or the scene. A speaker phone would have sufficed and my disbelief would not have been called back from suspension. So yeah, those are just TWO of the myriad issues this movie has. This was worse than the remake, by far. There isn't a film maker in the world who could make a good sequel to the original, even Tobe Hooper couldn't do it and HE directed the original. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) is a perfect film, it needs no more exposition, but this is the era of the retro cash grab. So everything cool from the 70's and 80's gets dragged out and crapped on for the youth market and they think the winks and nods to the source material will tickle us old fans nostalgia gland. Well screw you Hollywood. It doesn't. It's lazy film making. What I paid 10 bucks for was nothing more than a 1sr draft script chock full of slasher clichés and inept story telling. You know what made the original so brilliant? It wasn't about anything! It was simple, I dare say even plausible. But this movie BEGAN in implausible territory and only sank deeper into the abyss. Stay away if you have a brain. CGI gore, 'nough said. The 3D was not even adding any degree of anything, it was more distracting than anything, which is more the format, 3D just sucks.
Human Nature
(I) (2012)
I want to erase this "movie" from my memory
1 November 2012
Self indulgent slop. There is no aspect of this movie that lets you get into it, the movie is constantly reminding you that you are watching a low budget movie, at no point did I get drawn into the story or the characters. The acting is "meh", some people did a good job while others were as bad as infomercials or worse, I blame the director, no respectable director would allow such sloppy performances into their movie unless they are totally inept or just don't understand people. The movie takes place over several time periods, none of which were accurate or even remotely close to looking like the time period it was supposed to be. The photography was fairly good, it's just too bad the camera man didn't have anything good to point the camera at. The lighting was cheese, unless the scenes were outside the lighting was so obvious, another element that constantly drew me out of the film. And now, the story... See first line of review... It's about a writer and he has a love interest and life is a constant struggle, wow, how original. Even the title isn't original, there are at least a dozen movies called "Human Nature" and this one is the furthest thing I've seen from portraying actual human nature. F this slop, SKIP IT if you can, I had to suffer through it at The Pawtucket Film Film Festival. Garbage. I really had hope for this one since it wasn't a horror film or effects driven.... oh well, at least the b-horror stuff is entertaining.
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