The Media

I giant regurgitation factory is what it's been reduced down to. A new idea is rare, and often you find yourself seeing reused, emulated, or 'based on' movies, books, games, etc all over. Some upcoming movies I've taken notice of caught my attention. V for Vendetta, Silent Hill, The Hills have Eyes, An American Haunting, The Da Vinci Code, Superman, and many others, are all copied from another medium (or remakes). And some recent movies that have already passed such as Blood Rayne, Resident Evil (both from video games), Daredevil, Spiderman, Batman Begins (comics), The Notebook, Lord of the Rings, The Cronicles of Narnia, the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (novels), King Kong, Dawn of the Dead (remakes), etc. These are just a few off the top of my head. Though I liked many of these movies, (Lord of the Rings, have yet to see the Notebook, Batman Begins, to name a few), it just seems to me that more often that not these days, transfering from one medium to another is far too common.

I miss seeing new, and exciting things in theaters, that "push the envelope", as some would say. As much as I want to see all of those movies (and believe me, I do), it also pains me to see a decline of original ideas. I'm not saying there's no more ideas, and that people aren't coming up with new great stories, direction ideas, etc, but it just seems the market is getting a bit flooded with reused-copy-edit-and-paste ones. I can understand movie to book, because movies are sometimes inconvenient, and you want to have it with you, but not every book needs to be made into a movie.

Well, I guess I ranted on a bit, I mean, many of those were really well done, and many of those deserve to be movies, but my statement still stands. Some of those (An American Haunting for example) isn't really a remake, it's one of those 'based on a true story' ones, where it probably takes a snipet of truth and weaves a thread of ticket-selling-ideas. Don't get me wrong, all those 'up coming movies' that I listed, I want to watch, but often I find myself dissapointed and rarely see them (Final Destination III for example, I wanted to, but never got the time, and sort of lost interest). This is why I find myself going to a movie theater less than 6 times a year, and watching movies maybe once a month. I'm a harsh judge (and a bad critic!), and sometimes I judge unfarily, but my opinion is mine, and thats how I like it... unless you want it too, that's cool, I'm willing to share, but it doesn't hurt to have your own opinion too.

-whoa, segway into a review!- steathy like a ninja
- 4 out of 7 undeserving of life, lost theirs for this movie -

Recently saw See II ... no, wait, let me try again, I recently seen Saw II ... er, no, still not right. I recently viewed Saw II. THERE we go, *whew*. It was alright, I liked it, but it wasn't as deep and intricate (spelling?) as the first one, in my opinion. There were a few "I saw that coming a mile away" scenes, which were very rare in the first one, but over all, it was quite enjoyable. The sequel is set to hit in October, the 27th or something, and you must see it if you saw the second one (oh, cliffhanger-endings, you ticket-selling pimp you!).

I'm too lazy to give it a full review, but I really thought they could have put a bit more effort into the details, and had it less action oriented, and had more thought provoking puzzles. It felt more like a giant episode of fear factor, which was not the case in the 1st movie. The original (while also being original at the time, which added a lot) was more focused on emotional damage, and forced some thinking, while the sequel was more action-oriented. If I had to watch it again, I wouldn't mind, but not nearly as much as I wouldn't mind watching the first one (does that sentence make any sense?).