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Me Myself I (1999)
wrong release date.
It states that this was released in 1999. Well, in the spring of 1998, I was very ill, and hospitalized for a while. well, in May of 1998, I watched this movie in my hospital room on video cassette. so, it either went direct to video in 1998, prior to the spring, or it was made in 1997. either way, I saw it was too early for it to even be considered 1999. just bitching. go about whatever it was that you were doing. Besides that, I thought the film was decent enough for at least hospital viewing. If you are ever stuck in a bed eating pudding or whatever they try to pass off as meat in some backwards medicinal facility, and this movie comes on, go ahead, watch it. you might enjoy. you might not. it really left me with the feeling of "eh." to tell you the truth.
Haute tension (2003)
wow. thats all i can say.
I've seen many a horror film, and seen many redundancies in them. Most of the time, this can be annoying, or rarely, humorous. But, once in a great f**king while, a film comes along that regardless of any themes, shots, or scenes "lifted" from other sources, no one gives a sh*t. "Haute Tension" is that film. I loved EVERYTHING about this film. Violent? no. It's goddamned brutal. It induced suspense I haven't felt since my first viewing of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" years ago. The score is incredible. First it's music. Then as you become swallowed by this film, the score starts to weave itself into you with it's strange percussion manipulations and hollow synth patterns, to the point where you ALMOST feel violated. The only real "song" in the film (that matters anyways, please forget all about the first two in the car ride) is "newborn" by Muse, which shares the same intertwining haunting of the score. I've discussed the violence, the score, the suspense, so...
Oh yes, the most important part; I am a stupid impatient and easily aggravated American who normally can't stand "reading" my movies (my copy of it is french with English subs), but like I tell everyone, It doesn't even matter. If I didn't love the score so much, I'd mute the film because the imagery is so intense you probably wouldn't need sound to enjoy this. So, like i said: wow.