Absolutely intentional. It's nothing but parody and spoof.

Watch the trailer... it will let you in on the tone of the whole movie.

Detention of the Dead





Let me start off by trying to get Chips attention, because I’m thinking he’s not all that into horror movies. Well Detention of the Dead is horror/comedy flick and think, The Breakfast Club with a very dark side… zombies.

I was rather pleased to be entertained by Detention of the Dead. I went into it with some hope of, but would not be surprised if it sucked. I don’t think it did. I’d watch this again.

Seriously, all those involved must have tackled this by watching The Breakfast Club over and over and then adapting zombies to the film. With tongue firmly in cheek, they pull off the very hard project of not being too serious and not too silly. Just enough blood, guts and gore for zombie fans, enough humor to entertain both sexes and it’s well written, well because it closely follows a classic film’s script. The production value is top notch. The zombies were rather impressive. I was over impressed with the soundtrack. I didn’t recognize a song, but loved just about everything they played.

If a studio is going to attempt reboots of sort, this is a prime example of doing it right. Different than the original, but a good, solid, entertaining story.

I highly recommend for goofy, yet entertaining fun.

No copies in my system. Is this a new release? If yes, then that would most likely be the reason why there isn't a copy. Just based on past history of when you watch new titles, my library is usually 4-6 months behind you when it comes to new titles.

Since I'm doing a write-up on it for GoIntoTheStory, I popped in "The Professional" (I haven't watched it in a long time).  I accidentally selected the theatrical cut on the menu and I don't even remember the last time I saw THAT version (probably not since videotape or when it was on TV).  Dang good movie, I really don't want to say too much because I don't want to use up all my juju here and not on my assignment, but I tell you, it's going to be hard not to just write a thousand pages of analysis and praise on this flick.

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones For the pretty young ladies.




The fifth in the Paranormal Activity series, takes a serious hard right from the formula of the past flicks. Normally I would applaud this, but unfortunately, they did everything wrong possible. The Marked Ones takes a novel approach by going into the Hispanic community. This brings fresh faces and a new perspective on how a culture approach the paranormal. The minor fault here though is too much emphasizing.

The past 4 flicks were very similar in formula. I liked them though. There was slow reveal of creepiness. And the part I loved most where the static camera’s monitoring rooms and we as the viewer just paint the screen with our eyes to figure out what ghostly thing was happening.

None of that here. All gone. Not static POV. It’s all shaky cam. Which then brings back the very tired question of why are you filming certain scenes when clearly your life is in danger or there is absolutely no reason to be holding a camera. I know why its done… to tell a story, but the reasoning just diminishes credibility thus scariness.

And for some unknown reason they pus elements of “Chronicle” in this movie where one of the characters gets super powers. Yea, he can fly while skateboarding. WTF?

They introduce a lot of unexplained things, that just ends. Never follow up with it in any sense. gahhhhh

The Marked Ones really fails. It’s lazy. It’s not scary. It’s not interesting. We’ve seen it all before.

So yea, I was going in kinda expecting some goodness because of the different direction. Unfortunately it falls on the other side of the fence and splats with a loud thud.

August: Osage County



I picked this up solely on hearing buzz about it. I knew nothing going into it. The cast looked phenomenal.

I’m not going to rate this. Primarily because just a few minutes into it, I knew exactly what kind of film it would be and that makes me severely biased. I just hate these kinds of dramas and my slamming it with a bad rating is not fair in the context of it all. It just would show I didn’t like the film. I think it won Oscars… I dunno. I don’t care either. I just did not find this film entertaining in any way. I think I’m discovering that about myself. Flat out drama’s just don’t move me. But August, actually is worse because it hits to close to home with reality. I don’t need to sit and watch more of what is going on in my life. I guess I’m strange in that way.

I found this film to be a microscope on dysfunctional family with everything but the kitchen sink thrown in. Some very ugly people with meanness and lies dictating the dialog. I just didn’t find this enjoyable in any sense.

I will give kudos to the actors for letting themselves be displayed in the worst light possible. Not only physically, but in their portrayal of bad people. This made me think of Kramer vs. Kramer years ago. Back then a movie like that was representing current real world thoughts. It too was too close to home. My parents were not doing well and on their way to divorce. Why would I want to sit down and watch a movie about the same thing happening in front of me? It’s ugly.

So, for me personally, I hated sitting through the mud slinging. But that shouldn't impact someone else wanting to see this.
Ignore everything I just said.