c_waid Reviews

Disconnect (I) (2012)

Excellent telling of 3 stories relating to interactions on the web.

[9/10 · 12 May 2013]

I'm going to keep this a simple review, there's plenty of longer ones if you want that. I went to this movie with zero expectations. I wanted to see a movie today and this just happened to be 1 of the 4 playing at my small theater. The movie was very well done. All 3 stories were intriguing and believable. Many sad stories such as these are often over-dramatized and make me hate them. However, I found this one to hit the drama level perfectly. They make you feel for the characters and believe their actions (to which I'll say all of the actors did an AMAZING job, particularly the kids).

I almost wish I could see a feature-length movie of 2 of the 3 stories in this. Those being the bullied kid and the other of cyber sex ring. Those 2 were definitely hit their mark. I thought the 3rd, with the couple who lost their money to identity theft, was good as well...but perhaps not to the same level as the others. To be fair though, the other 2 might just have been more intriguing of a topic for me.

Just a quick comment on the Rating: Personally, I think this movie should have been rated PG-13. There was only light violence (not gloritized, either) and very brief, tasteful nudity. All while 2 of the stories were relating to very real scenarios related to kids. Meh, maybe I'm just being silly thinking kids can handle movies about topics they clearly live through.

Attack the Block (2011)

Well-done, unique creature film.

[10/10 · 5 November 2011]

I love good sci-fi, but horror and creature films aren't generally high up on the list of movies I enjoy most. However, this one was very well-done in that it was unique. It isn't the same old over-done creature film. It's setting is new and interesting. Believable and witty.

Some people reviewing this movie seem to be really offended by the fact that it takes perspective of a gang. I don't understand why though, it's a lot more true to life than most movies and I don't think that's a bad thing. It does not glorify gang life or anything of the sort. If you're uptight and can't face different facets of life, you should probably avoid it. That being said, I enjoyed that angle of it...it's something I rarely see in movies and made it more fascinating.

Also, especially for unknowns, the kid actors were GREAT! Anyways, watched this on Blu-ray and the extras are great too! Never would have guessed the creatures were a guy in a costume (with mostly just post-production editing, not entirely CGI).

Doom (2005)

Horrible adaption on multiple levels

[2/10 · 8 February 2006]

First off, they reduced the storyline to that of Resident Evil. Doom is NOT resident evil. They limited it to genetic mutation. Doom goes beyond that and into Demonic openings from hell where they comes through portals. This was completely left out of the movie. I'm not one to say Game movies have to be perfect replicas of the games, but this completely tore up the story, while not performing on the action or anything else.

So let's look at this assuming we don't care too much that it isn't the same story as the game. Although I didn't fall asleep in this movie, I was not impressed at any point. Surprisingly very little action and when there was action it was Slow. This makes no sense. The best example of slow was actually the FPS clip of the movie. Although I loved that they actually did this, they did it horribly. In the game...and in any action movie...things need to be somewhat quick paced. Every time they showed a zombie/monster they stood about a foot away just standing there for a few seconds. Then in a shot or two they would be killed. They KEPT doing this. You don't walk slowly and stand still in front of a zombie/monster doing nothing but looking at it (even the zombie/mutations were just standing there...maybe swiping a claw...but not even hitting...yet standing 2 feet away). If you play the game or would even imagine how any situation like this may occur, it was totally unreal and slower than anything could imagine.

Oh, and there was ZERO spooks, scares, or anything remotely eerie...which doom is ALL about. I guess they got the gore in there, but that's about it.

Some how though, I didn't fall asleep like I mentioned earlier. Still thought the movie was sucktacular though.