A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge is the second film in the Nightmare on Elm Street series of slasher films. It was released in 1985 by New Line Cinema. The film was directed by Jack Sholder.

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Trivia:

• Special-effects man Rick Lazzarini created a “demonic parakeet” puppet for the scene in which the Walsh’s pet parakeet flies around and explodes. His puppet was not used because they wanted a regular-looking bird.
• This is the only film in the series not to use Charles Bernstein’s original theme, or a variation of it.
• In the opening sequence, the bus driver is Robert Englund without the heavy “Freddy Krueger” make-up and his signature clothing.
• Cameo: [Robert Shaye] the S&M bartender.
• Brad Pitt, John Stamos and Christian Slater all auditioned for the role of Jesse.
• The song “Touch Me,” which is being played in Jesse’s room, is an early (and slightly different) version of Cathy Dennis’s #2 hit from the early 1990s.
• Nightmare series creator Wes Craven refused to work on this film because he never wanted or intended A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) to become an ongoing franchise (and even wanted the first film to have a happy ending), and also because he didn’t like the idea of Freddy manipulating the protagonist into committing the murders.
• The running time for this film is 87 minutes, Freddy appears in just 13 of them.
• JoAnn Willette is one of the girls seated in the back of the school bus driven by Freddy at the beginning of the film. She would later go on to star in the ABC sitcom “Just the Ten of Us” (1988), a program which not only featured numerous references to the “Nightmare on Elm Street” franchise, but also co-starred Heather Langenkamp (from the first, third, and seventh films) and Brooke Theiss (from the fourth film).
• The last film in the original “Nightmare” franchise in which Freddy’s house is the focal point of Freddy’s terror. In the rest of the series, Freddy’s terror revolves generally around Elm Street and the town of Springwood with the house occasionally making an appearance. In the hybrid film, “Freddy vs. Jason”, there was a reference in the film that Lori lived in Freddy’s house but the reference was cut from the theatrical release (but appears in the Deleted Scenes section of the DVD).

Cast
  Mark Patton … Jesse Walsh
  Kim Myers … Lisa Webber
  Robert Rusler … Ron Grady
  Clu Gulager … Ken Walsh
  Hope Lange … Cheryl Walsh
  Marshall Bell … Coach Schneider
  Melinda O. Fee … Mrs. Webber
  Thom McFadden … Mr. Webber
  Sydney Walsh … Kerry
  Robert Englund … Freddy Krueger

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Wes Craven's Shocker (1989)

Shocker (aka Wes Craven’s Shocker) is a 1989 horror film written and directed by Wes Craven. The relatively low-budget film has since become a cult classic. It starred Mitch Pileggi as the antagonist Horace Pinker. This role gained Mitch fame as Assistant Director Walter Skinner in The X-Files television series.

Tagline:  On October 2, at 6:45 AM mass murderer Horace Pinker was put to death. Now, he’s really mad.

Both Wes Craven and Universal had hoped for the film to launch a franchise (Craven had particularly wanted to create a new series since he felt he had not been given due profits from New Line Cinema resulting from the Nightmare on Elm Street series). However, due to the middling commercial performance of the film, no sequel was made.

A special edition DVD was released in 1999.

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Trivia:

• Shocker was filmed in ten weeks and in a low budget. Craven said that all this savings are in a small team work with talent and low known actors.
• According to Wes Craven, the film was severely cut for an R-rating. It took around 13 submissions to the MPAA to receive an “R” instead of an “X”.
• In Jonathan’s second dream, he looks up at a street sign and sees the street names Maddalena and Wagner. Marianne Maddalena was a producer of the film, and the actor playing the executioner was Bruce Wagner.
• When Jonathan and his father enter the Tavern after the funeral of their family, a news program is playing on the TV in the background and discussing the murders. Someone immediately changes the channel and on comes (briefly) the 1986 concert footage of Alice Cooper’s The Nightmare Returns tour.
• One of the bodies that Horace took over (the male “Road Worker” with long black hair) is a former guitarist for Alice Cooper.
• One of the bodies that Horace took over (the “Jogger” in the park) is Jonathan Craven, son of director Wes Craven.

Music:

Original musical contributions were made by Alice Cooper (who would later play Freddy Krueger’s abusive foster father, Mr. Underwood, in Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare), Megadeth who covered Alice Cooper’s 1973 hit No More Mr. Nice Guy. The movie’s “title song” was recorded by The Dudes Of Wrath, which was composed of KISS’ Paul Stanley and producer Desmond Child both on vocals, Def Leppard’s Vivian Campbell and Guy Mann-Dude on guitars, Whitesnake’s Rudy Sarzo on bass guitar, and Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee on drums. Also backing vocals by Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony & Kane Roberts.

Soundtrack listing:
“Sword & Stone” – Bonfire
“No More Mr. Nice Guy” – Megadeth
“Shocker” – The Dudes Of Wrath
“Timeless Love” – Saraya
“Demon Bell – The Ballad Of Horace Pinker” – Dangerous Toys
“Love Transfusion” – Iggy Pop
“Different Breed” – Dead On

The clash of titans, the rumble of heavyweights, thunder of the monsters?

During the 1980s and early 1990s, two undead box-office titans carried along two of the most successful horror film franchises of all time. The first is a child-murderer who was burned alive by the parents of his victims only to rise again to haunt them in their dreams. He is Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund). The second is a drowning victim of some negligent camp-counselors who returns from the murky depths to punish the campers of Crystal Lake. He is Jason Voorhees (Ken Kirzinger).

In 1993s “Jason Goes to Hell:The Final Friday”, fans drooled with excitement after they witnessed the clawed hand of Freddy drag down Jason’s hockey mask beneath the earth at the conclusion of the film. This one moment has sparked theory and speculation to if and when the clash of the infamous undead would occur.

After that event we saw a couple more entries in Jason’s series and one more in Freddy’s but no more signs of the final confrontation. Now fourteen years later after that small event, we have the movie that was promised.

In the film that finally finds the horrific titans facing-off, Freddy Krueger decides he has one last master plan on how to once again raise terror and destroy the people of Elm Street. Freddy invades the dreams of serial killer Jason Voorhees and uses Jason’s unstoppable body to slay the victims of Elm Street. Freddy’s master plan doesn’t go smooth as he becomes jealous of Jason’s power and that some Elm Street kids (Monica Keena, Katharine Isabelle and Kelly Rowland) begin fighting back against Jason. Can Freddy control Jason long enough to exact his revenge? If not how will the battle play out? Who will reign supreme?

“Freddy vs. Jason” is full of slasher clichés, ridiculous gore, outrageous stunts, and laughter-induced legacy speeches. But all these elements are what these two horror fiends have been delivering for over 20 years. Believe it or not, it has been 23 years since Jason rose from Crystal Lake in 1980. Did we also forget that New Line Cinema is infamously known as “The House that Freddy Built”? What else could one expect when you bring these two characters together?

Gore fans will love the heavyweight fight that concludes the film. There are a lot of scenes that will make fans cheer as they are brought back to previous entries in each series. There are a lot of things to like in this film for slasher fans.

As for Freddy-purists who cherish “A Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Wes Craven’s New Nightmare” this seems like a step back for Robert Englund who finished off his horror franchise back in 1994 with “New Nightmare”.

Monica Keena, Katherine Isabelle & Kelly Rowland

That film was a great swansong for Englund and the classic character of Freddy it seems such a shame to bring him back for this brainless camp. Of all the horror characters, Freddy was least likely to be misunderstood. There was no gray area on his character; he was evil to the core. I guess in some ways I am a Freddy purist. He was always my favorite horror heavyweight.

The sad part for me was watching actresses Katharine Isabelle and Monica Keena play such rudimentary roles. They are better actresses than these characters. This isn’t the first horror film for both actresses but the first time where they seem wasted. Does any actress in Hollywood want to be the typical-cliched nude co-ed in a Jason movie?

This film is purely for gore-fans and horror-geeks but for people looking for a great scare it might be wise to wait for “Jeepers Creepers 2” or the remake of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”. This is just one Freddy-fans opinion.

2 out of 5

So Says the Soothsayer.

The truth, will find you.

Plecand de la aceasta premisa, ca adevarul intotdeauna iese la iveala, Numarul 23 este un thriller psihologic ce merita vizionat. [ in afara faptului ca numarul 23 te va urmari vreo 2 zile, pana te hotarasti totusi sa vezi alt film intre timp. ]
Il putem vedea in rol principal pe binecunoscutul actor de comedie, Jim Carrey – de care am fost foarte surprinsa, dat fiind ca din `90 pana azi in afara de The Cable Guy nu a mai jucat in nici o drama/thriller. Jim Carrey e clasic. Un comediant care poate lua absolut orice voce si de aceea, el e unul din cei mai buni. Nu ma mira ca filmul a iesit destul de bine si mi-a lasat o impresie ok. ( Bineinteles ca nu e genial, daca veti vedea filmul, veti vedea ca unele faze sunt prea trase de par si intortocheate, idei lasate sa pluteasca, fara sa fie terminate. )

Revenind la subiectul filmului, atat posterul * care, in cinematografie are o MARE importanta – cel putin pentru mine.* cat si trailerul * idem * sunt super lucrate. Povestea incepe cu un tip, Walter Sparrow ( Jim Carrey ) care povesteste un eveniment major care s-a intamplat in viata lui. E un fel de povestire in rama, naratorul fiind desigur, personajul principal. Ideea de baza, concluzia la care veti ajunge cu totii dupa terminarea filmului, e despre un tip dus cu capul care citeste o carte si o ia razna.
Walter, un hingher foarte simpatic, intarzie la intalnirea cu sotia sa, Agatha (Virginia Madsen) fiind muscat de catre un caine fara stapan. Agatha, aflata intr-o librarie, gaseste o carte cu copertile rosii si patate de sange, “The number 23“. I-o da in dar de ziua lui Walter, o crima misterioasa cu semnificatie numerologica, care se invarte constant in jurul numarului 23. Povestea il captiveaza pe Walter : viseaza, observa aspecte, amanunte ale cartii care par similare cu cele din viata lui. Cartea devine o adevarata obsesie, vrand sa descopere adevaratul autor al cartii.
Aici … e mai bine sa vedeti voi sfarsitul si cine este autorul. Intr-adevar, veti fi socati! *laughs *

Pana atunci, vizionare placuta !

Casa de productie : New Line Cinema
Director : Joel Schumacher
Release Date: 23 februarie 2007
Genre : Mistery | Thriller | Drama
Durata : 98 min

Autor recenzie : twisted3mind
Data : 01 octombrie 2009
Nota : 9/10

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The Hidden is a 1987 science fiction/horror film from New Line Cinema. The film was written by Jim Kouf and directed by Jack Sholder. The cast featured Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri and Claudia Christian.

Tagline:  A new breed of criminal.

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This film received a MPAA rating of R, and was filmed in color with mono sound. The DVD version was remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. At the time it was released it was an independent film and had been produced for less than US$5 million. A sequel, The Hidden II, directed by Seth Pinsker was released in 1994.

Trivia:

The transfer of the alien from DeVries into Jonathan Miller was accomplished by stop-motion photography. During the stops, stage hands would work at stuffing the creature model into the mock head. Actor William Boyett, upon seeing the alien going into “his” mouth, was so disgusted he refused to watch and actually left the room.

Claudia Christian

Me...and my...shaaah...dow!!!

(New Line) Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, Andy Serkis, Helen Mirren, Eliza Hope Bennett, Jim Broadbent, Sienna Guillory, Jennifer Connelly, Jamie Foreman, Rafi Gavron, Roger Allam (voice), John Thomson, Steve Speirs, Matt King, Stephen Graham. Directed by Iain Softley.

Few things in our experience are as powerful as the written word. With it, we can inform, entertain, transport, amaze, horrify, shock, save and titillate. Even in this electronic information age, most of us still get our information by reading something, whether on a printed page or on a computer screen. The most glorious thing is that the written word still has the power to fire up our imaginations to the point where the limitless is possible.

However, there is a far more dangerous magic in the written word. Certain people, called silvertongues, can literally bring the pages of a story to life when they read it aloud. The drawback is that when a character from a fictional universe is brought to the real world, a real person must be sent to the fictional universe to balance things out. As you might guess, people with this gift are few and far between, and those that do have it tend to keep it on the down-low if they use it at all.

Expert bookbinder Mo Folchart (Fraser) learned the hard way about the dangers of this gift. Reading aloud a fantasy story called Inkheart, he drew two characters from its pages; Dustfinger (Bettany), an itinerant fire juggler whose heart is in the right place, but whose courage and integrity are lacking, and Capricorn (Serkis), a genuinely menacing villain who cheerfully plans world domination with an urbane smoothness that wouldn’t be out of place in a Bond movie. While Dustfinger desperately wants to return home to his wife (Connelly in a very small role) and kids, Serkis prefers this world, where guns and Silvertongues make evil easier.

 What compels Folchart is that his wife Resa (Guillory) was sucked into the pages of Inkheart to replace Capricorn. Now he travels Europe with his precocious daughter Meggie (Bennett) in tow. Meggie is frustrated that she is aware something odd is going on, and is bothered by the nagging feeling that her father knows a lot more than he’s telling her, particularly about her mother’s disappearance. She gets the feeling somebody is chasing him, even as he is searching for something, a specific book.

When Dustfinger catches up with Folchart, the bookbinder is none too pleased to see him. In fact, Folchart runs away with Meggie, barely escaping the grasp of the juggler. Folchart and Meggie head to the home of Great-Aunt Elinor (Mirren). She is abrasive and unfriendly, but once you get past the outward unpleasantness she actually is loyal and loving. Still, she’s unprepared for her sanctuary to be invaded by men with evil intent, and her beloved antique book collection torched.

A desperate Dustfinger has led Capricorn’s men to Folchart, and the bookbinder, his daughter and Great-Aunt Elinor are taken to Capricorn’s castle, where he has a collection of creatures from the pages of fiction – the flying monkeys of “The Wizard of Oz,” the minotaur from Homer’s “The Odyssey,” the Tick-Tock crocodile from “Peter Pan” and the unicorn from the tales of King Arthur. The villain there reveals his plans – for Folchart to bring into this world a truly terrifying monster from the pages of Inkheart – the Shadow.

Director Softley has things like Hackers and K-PAX to his credit, which doesn’t really tell you how he did here. Filming in the beautiful Italian Riviera, as well as the Bourne Woods of Surrey, the cinematography has an otherworldliness that compliments the mood of the novel nicely. While it follows the plot of the Cornelia Funke novel it’s based on nicely, the movie is a bit less grim than its literary counterpart.

Fraser has been a capable action hero ever since his work in The Mummy and is proving to be quite a draw for family films as he showed in Journey to the Center of the Earth. He is less dashing and less heroic than other characters he’s played; his Mortimer Folchart is handicapped by his own guilt, and in trying to be protective of his daughter, causes her more pain than perhaps was necessary. I personally would have liked to see there be more of a rift between them – it’s hard to believe a 12-year-old girl would be too forgiving of a father who kept her in the dark most of her life about what really happened to her mother.

The central character in the book is Meggie, and while she technically is here as well, this isn’t her movie. Bennett is better than average in her performance, but when contending with actors the caliber of Mirren, Broadbent, Bettany, Fraser and Serkis, someone a little more memorable might have been better. She’s supposed to be the focus of the movie but she is clearly out of her depth here, so by default it become’s Mortimer’s story.

 My problem is that the writer gives these silvertongues immense power, but they rarely use it logically. Oh, when they’re forced to do it they can and will read things out of the classic stories, but for example when one silvertongue is imprisoned in a crypt with the Jim Broadbent character (who plays the author of Inkheart who is suffering from a massive case of writer’s block), while they are able to write all sorts of things for the silvertongue to read at the movie’s conclusion, they don’t think of writing something simple like “The locked door swung open of it’s own accord and the prisoners stepped out and escaped.” Of course, that would have made too much sense.

While the acting is top-notch, the special effects are nice and the scenery is beautiful, one of the problems I have is that this kind of movie needs a heart, something that will stay with the viewer long after they’ve gone home. Inkheart doesn’t have one. Bettany comes close, but his character is so weak-willed, and uses the excuse “I was written that way” to explain away his awful choices, so it becomes hard to root for him. Fraser is also curiously restrained; I think a little more Rick O’Connell might have served the movie better.

While this was ostensibly marketed for kids (and there were a bunch of them at the showing I attended), I wouldn’t characterize this strictly as a kid’s movie. Yes, the kids are going to enjoy this, but there is a great deal of violence and the Shadow is going to be far too scary for younger children. There is enough here, however, that make this a solid enough family movie that I can recommend without feeling guilty about it.

WHY RENT THIS: Gorgeous scenery. Nice performances from the supporting roles. Nice fantasy action and a truly frightening villain.

WHY RENT SOMETHING ELSE: Lapses in logic. Some characters a bit too weak to really support. Lacks heart.

FAMILY VALUES: The Shadow is a bit much for younger children. There is also some violence, but all in all just fine for most kids.

TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Author Cornelia Funke wrote the part of Mo “Silvertongue” Folchert with Brendan Fraser in mind.

NOTABLE DVD EXTRAS: Actress Eliza Bennett reads a passage from the book that didn’t make it into the movie. Using “Reading Rainbow” style visuals as well as illustrations from the novel gives the sequence some visual kick.

FINAL RATING: 6/10

TOMORROW: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

ชายลึกลับ หน้าตาอันน่ากลัวผิวหนังที่เต็มไปด้วยรอยไหม้อันสยดสยอง สวมเสื้อลายทางแดงดำ สวมหมวก สวมถุงมือที่แต่ละนิ้วเป็นใบมีดอันแหลมคม ตามฆ่าเหยื่ออย่างเลือดเย็นในความฝัน ที่มีชื่อว่า Freddy Krueger อันเป็นตำนานแห่งความสยองขวัญบนถนน Elm อันเป็นปีศาจระดับตัวพ่อของวงการภาพยนตร์สยองขวัญ และแล้วเขาก็กลับมากับการย้อนเวลากลับไปสู่เรื่องราวอันเป็นจุดเริ่มต้นของการอาฆาตแค้นที่ไม่มีวันจบสิ้นกับ A Nightmare on Elm Street !!

A Nightmare on Elm Street ภาครีเมค ได้ผู้กำกับ Micael Bay มารับหน้าที่โปรดิวเซอร์ เขาได้ให้ Platinum Dunes บริษัทในเครือของเขา เกี่ยวกับสเปเชียลเอฟเฟคเกี่ยวกับภาพยนตร์สยองขวัญโดยเฉพาะ (ที่เคยฝากผลงานจากเรื่อง Friday the 13th และ Texas Chainsaw Massacre ในภาครีเมคเช่นกัน) มารับผิดชอบด้านสเปเชียลเอฟเฟคครั้งนี้ คงการันตีความมันส์สะใจได้ โดนในภาคนี้ได้ผู้กำกับซีรีย์ชื่อดัง Samuel Bayer มารับหน้าที่กำกับภาพยนตร์เป็นครั้งแรก และได้ Freddy Krueger คนใหม่ Jackie Earle Haley จาก Watchmen มารับหน้าที่ต่อจากขาเก่าเจ้าประจำ Robert Englund ที่รับบทนี้มายาวนาน ได้ Eric Heisserer และ Wesley Strick มือเขียนบทจาก Doom มาสร้างเรื่องราวสยองนี้ โดยการดัดแปลจาก A Nightmare on Elm Street ในปี 1984 ที่ผู้กำกับ Wes Craven ได้สร้างภาพยนตร์สุดคลาสิคนี้ไว้!!

New Line Cinema และ Warner Bros. ได้ปล่อยตัวอย่างเปิดตัวของ A Nightmare on Elm Street ที่ลงใน MySpace ในตัวอย่างบอกเรื่องราวความเป็นมาแรกเริ่มก่อนที่เขาจะกลายเป็น นิ้วเขมือบฆ่าเหยื่อในความฝัน กับการไล่ล่าเขาตอนยังเป็นมนุษย์ ถูกเผาทั้งเป็นในโกดังแห่งหนึ่ง จนอาฆาตและพกความแค้นกลับมาคิดบัญชีอีกครั้ง จนเลยเถิดไปในที่สุด!! การนำเสนอทำได้ดีมาก รู้สึกดูยิ่งใหญ่กว่าภาคก่อนๆ ภาพยนตร์ใช้ความมืดหม่น อึมครึมของบรรยากาศ และแสงเงาเล่นกับตัวละคร Freddy มากกว่าการที่ให้เห็นกันเต็มๆ ชัดๆ มันดูน่ากลัวและทำให้นึกถึงจิตนาการในการก้าวเข้าไปกระซวกเหยื่ออย่างช้าๆ มันดูล้ำลึก และรุนแรงกว่าภาคก่อน ๆ น่าจะเป็นการกลับมาที่สุดยอดและดีกว่าทุก ๆ ภาคเลยทีเดียวครับ!! ภาพยนตร์จะเริ่มระเบิดความสยองกันอีกครั้ง 30 เมษายน 2010 ปีหน้านี้แน่นอน !!

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Wow, we’re actually impressed by what we see. Go Freddy!

Pesadilla Final - La Muerte de Freddy (dir: Rachel Talaly, 1991)

Título original: Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare
Año: 1991
Dirección y guión: Rachel Talalay
Reparto: Robert Englund, Lisa Zane, Yaphet Kotto, Tom Arnold, Johnyy Depp

Recuerdo que cuando estrenaron esta película en el cine de mi pueblo, viendo el póster, donde aparecía un Freddy que extendía su mano hasta parecer traspasar el papel con su garra de cuchillas, me acojonaba hasta límites insospechados. Mi corazón quería ver la película con todas sus consecuencias, pero mi cabeza me decía que huyera, pues sólo el póster me iba a producir más pesadillas que a los habitantes de Springwood.
Además, el visionado del largometraje iba acompañado de unas gafas 3-D, lo que convertiría el pase en una horrible experiencia que podría marcar mi carácter para siempre, pues el amigo del jersey de rayas no tendría límites y podría caminar entre las butacas, entre los espectadores de la sala.

Yo sólo contaba seis tiernos añitos, pero en esa época ya comenzaba a estar interesado por el cine de terror y sus personajes, gracias a programas como Alucine de La 2, justo después del partido de Liga de los sábados. No conocía ninguna de las películas anteriores de la saga, pero mi mente ya sabía quién era ese tipo de las cuchillas y cómo se las gastaba. De todas maneras, mi madre me acabó llevando a ver la peli junto a unos amigos, a pesar de que intentó disuadirme (no penséis que mi madre es tan cruel y macabra), y yo no paraba de temblar e imaginarme cómo sería la película, minutos antes de su inicio. Pero me llené de valentía y me coloqué las gafas tridimensionales.

La pantalla se llenó de luz y Krueger empezó a hacer de las suyas. Y toda la sala estalló en mil carcajadas y en murmullos de ¿pero esto qué es? Recuerdo que, pese a mi juventud y a la impresión que me provocaba cada aparición del monstruo, pronto dejé de tener miedo y me comencé a aburrir bastante.

El filme cuenta la historia de un chaval amnésico, que cree ser el hijo de Freddy, pues no le asesina nunca en sus sueños (realmente idiota una de las primeras escenas, en la que el chico cae rodando por una ladera durante un minuto, sin parar), pero que en realidad está siendo manipulado por Fred para llevarle hasta su verdadera hija, que ayuda a un grupo de jóvenes con problemas.

Tras la penosa muerte del que parecía el protagonista, tras caer desde el cielo hasta una cama de pinchos, los chicos problemáticos viajan hasta Springwood, de donde no pueden escapar. Allí ya no quedan niños, pues todos fueron asesinados por Krueger, y sus padres se han vuelto locos, pensando que siguen ahí. Uno de esos padres es Tom Arnold, que nadie sabe muy bien qué pintaba por allí.

Cuando los chicos deciden pasar la noche en la vieja casa de Krueger, es cuando empieza lo interesante: un cúmulo de despropósitos y muertes que parecen sketches de Cruz y Raya. Por ejemplo, un adolescente que es introducido por Freddy en un videojuego, otro que fallece tras la explosión de su audífono, Johnny Depp en la tele en un anuncio contra la droga, la aparición de una mujer que introduce un bastoncillo para los oídos en la oreja de uno de ellos y lo saca por la otra…

Aquí Freddy se ha convertido en una parodia de sí mismo, algo que se percibía en anteriores entregas de Pesadilla en Elm Street, pero que aquí llega a resultar penoso y doloroso para las retinas del espectador. Nada provoca miedo y las secuencias que pretenden ser más surrealistas y oníricas, como al llegar al pueblo de Springwood, son aburridas y faltas de calidad. Parecen dirigidas por un David Lynch borracho y puesto de farlopa hasta las cejas. Las muertes, a pesar de ser originales, no te lo hacen pasar mal, como ocurría en otras películas del personaje. Y todo por culpa de la New Line Cinema, que quiso rizar el rizo con esta última entrega, y de su directora, que había participado en el departamento de producción de las anteriores pesadillas.

Por otro lado, se puede prescindir perfectamente de las gafas, ya que sólo hay dos o tres momentos en el filme, donde diversos objetos salen de la pantalla, y tampoco es que maravillen, ni mucho menos. Y el final es lo peor de lo peor, pues a Freddy se le concede una entidad demoníaca, tras un pacto hecho en el Infierno, siendo protegido por tres espermatozoides de fuego (si veis la película, me entenderéis), que posibilitan que vuelva a la vida siempre. Por ello, la protagonista ha de adentrarse en los sueños de Freddy, armada con ¡unas gafas 3D!, para acabar definitivamente con él y con la franquicia, que aquí llega a una degeneración extrema.

Sin duda, la peor película de Pesadilla en Elm Street, cuyas mejores bazas son su título y, como no, la interpretación de Robert Englund, siempre genial en su papel, aunque aquí parezca un Jim Carrey sin gracia. Pero como todos sabemos, fue seguida de más entregas y ahora esperamos el remake de la primera parte, que seguro superará a esta última pesadilla, inferior incluso a la nefasta segunda parte.

By Mario.

Aquí tenemos la 5ª participación en el concurso, de la mano del prolífico Mario. Gracias y suerte!

Following the same blueprint as the recent Friday the 13th rehash, producers of the Jason Vorhees documentary, His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th, are creating a Freddy Kruger documentary to go alongside the slasher’s remake this spring. Franchise heroine Heather Lagenkamp (Nancy of Nightmare 1, 3 and New Nightmare) will both star and narrate the feature, which will give fans a more “definitive look” at the iconic horror demon and his legacy. Check out the teaser. The Son of a Hundred Maniacs Lives!

Source: Elm Street Legacy

The written words. It’s a powerful thing.You have to be careful with it.

Mungkin banyak orang yang akan mengingat kisah Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland begitu mendengar frasa ”dunia fantasi”. Cerita klasik yang berlanjut dengan Through the Looking-Glass itu ditulis oleh Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898) yang lebih dikenal sebagai Lewis Carroll. Karya Carroll tersebut mengisahkan petualangan Alice di negeri ajaib yang diawali dengan upayanya mengejar seekor kelinci putih. Dan kisah Alice hanya salah satu dari sekian banyak cerita fantasi yang pernah ada.

Kepopuleran dongeng-dongeng dan cerita-cerita fantasi lain mendorong industri perfilman mengangkatnya ke layar lebar, entah dalam bentuk animasi, pun dalam bentuk live action. Selain Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland karya Lewiss Carroll, karya-karya H.C. Andersen pun turut difilmkan. Belum lagi The Chronicle of Narnia karya C.S. Lewis.

Pada bulan Januari 2009 lalu, perbendaharaan film yang diangkat dari buku semakin bertambah dengan hadirnya ”Inkheart”. Film yang juga dibintangi oleh Brendan Fraser itu diangkat dari novel fantasi terlaris berjudul sama karya penulis asal Jerman, Cornelia Funke. Dan sebagai sebuah film fantasi, ”Inkheart” terbilang cukup menarik.

Sebagai buku, Inkheart merupakan buku pertama dari trilogi yang ditulis Funke. Sekuel-sekuelnya ialah Inkspell dan Inkdeath sudah diterbitkan empat dan dua tahun yang lalu. Inkspell diterbitkan pada 1 Oktober 2005, sedangkan Inkdeath sudah terbit pada 28 September 2007 di Jerman. Inkheart sendiri mendapat respons yang positif. Selain dari Kirkus Reviews, sebuah jurnal ulasan buku di AS, The New York Times Books juga memuji buku tersebut dengan menyebutnya sebagai buku yang ”penuh dengan percikan fairy dust ajaib”.

Dengan pujian sedemikian, bagaimana dengan filmnya?

Silvertongue
Versi film ini diawali dengan Mortimer Folchart yang membacakan sebuah dongeng, The Red Riding Hood. Ia tidak mengetahui kemampuannya yang membawa keluar hal-hal tertentu yang ia sebutkan dalam buku tersebut. Sambil terus membacakannya kepada Meggie, putrinya dan Resa, ia tidak menyadari telah mengeluarkan kerudung merah dari buku yang ia bacakan. Itulah kemampuan yang dimiliki orang-orang yang disebut Silvertongue.

Sebagian orang mungkin mengira bahwa film ini mirip dengan ”Bed Time Stories”. Meski sampai saat menulis ulasan ini saya belum pernah menyaksikan film tersebut, saya menjamin ”Inkheart” adalah film yang jelas berbeda.

Kemampuannya ini ternyata mengundang masalah. Setelah mengeluarkan Dustfinger, salah satu tokoh dari Inkheart, ia justru mengeluarkan Capricorn dan Basta, dua tokoh jahat dari novel yang sama. Pada saat itulah ia mendapat luka di lengan dari Basta, sekaligus menghadapi fakta yang lebih menyakitkan: istrinya masuk ke Inkworld! Sejak itulah ia tidak pernah lagi membacakan cerita kepada Meggie.

Didorong kerinduan untuk mengeluarkan istrinya dari Inkworld, Mortimer Folchart memburu Inkheart ke seluruh penjuru Eropa. Tidak jelas apa yang terjadi dengan Inkheart yang ia miliki sebelumnya. Berbagai toko buku tua ia masuki beserta Meggie, putrinya. Namun, buku tersebut tak kunjung ia temukan. Sampai akhirnya ia tiba di toko buku tua lainnya.

Namun, di situlah Mortimer kembali bertemu Dustfinger. Permintaannya cuma satu, yaitu agar Mo mengembalikannya ke Inkworld agar ia bisa bertemu dengan anak dan istrinya lagi. Namun, Mo malah menghindar darinya karena kekhawatirannya tidak mampu mengendalikan kemampuannya.

Dustfinger yang kecewa, terpaksa bekerja sama dengan Capricorn, meskipun tahu bahwa Capricorn bukan orang baik-baik. Melalui orang-orang suruhannya, termasuk Basta, Capricorn akhirnya berhasil menangkap Mo dan Meggie yang kini berada di Italia, di rumah Elinor Loredan, yang juga dibawa ke istana persembunyian Capricorn.

Capricorn yang ternyata tidak berniat kembali ke Inkworld, membutuhkan Mo untuk mengeluarkan berbagai hal dari dunia fantasi. Alasannya sederhana. Meskipun memiliki seorang yang bernama Darius dan memiliki kemampuan sama, orang ini ternyata gagap. Akibatnya, wajah tokoh-tokoh yang keluar memiliki tulisan. Dengan kata lain, apa yang keluar dari buku yang ia baca menjadi tidak sempurna.

Dustfinger yang menuntut Capricorn untuk memenuhi janjinya harus gigit jari. Ia ditipu Capricorn. Setelah mendapatkan apa yang ia inginkan, Capricorn pun membakar buku yang berhasil ditemukan Mo. Pupuslah harapan Mo untuk mengeluakan Resa, istrinya, dari Inkworld. Pupus pula harapan Dustfinger untuk kembali ke Inkworld.

Sudah habiskah harapan? Tidak! Mereka berniat mencari Fenoglio, sambil berharap sang penulis Inkheart itu masih memiliki salinan buku langka tersebut. Dibantu oleh Dustfinger yang menyesal akan keputusannya, ia membantu Mo, Meggie, Elinor, dan Farid, tokoh yang keluar saat Mo membacakan Seribu Satu Malam, mereka melarikan diri dari kastil. Namun, tentu saja kita tahu bahwa cerita ini tidak akan berakhir sedemikian mudah.

Sedikit rumit
Meskipun filmnya relatif sederhana untuk diikuti, harus saya akui, cerita yang disajikan lumayan rumit. Cerita Inkheart ini lumayan kompleks kalau kita pikirkan lebih lanjut, sampai kita mungkin akan merasa perlu ada semacam penjelasan tertentu. Pertama, kemampuan Mo mengeluarkan tokoh-tokoh yang ia bacakan dan kompensasinya yang mengakibatkan tokoh dari dunia nyata yang masuk ke Inkworld. Dalam film ini, tampaknya siapa yang masuk Inkworld sama sekali tidak ia ketahui, bahkan ia tidak bisa mengaturnya. Mungkin itulah yang membuatnya takut mengulangi kejadian tiga tahun sebelumnya ketika ia mengeluarkan Dustfinger, Capricorn, dan Basta, namun memasukkan Resa ke Inkworld.

Dari situ, muncul masalah berikutnya. Bagaimana membawa tokoh-tokoh yang keluar kembali ke Inkworld? Meski dalam film itu diceritakan caranya cukup dengan membacanya kembali, bagian mana yang mesti dibaca sehingga tokoh itu benar-benar bisa kembali? Bagaimana pula dengan orang dari dunia nyata yang malah masuk ke Inkworld? Secara khusus, bagaimana cara Darius mengeluarkan Resa dari Inkworld? Dan bila demikian, adakah tokoh dari dunia nyata yang masuk ke Inkworld, atau justru tokoh dari Inkworld malah bisa kembali ke dunianya karena Resa sudah dibacakan keluar?

Apakah hal-hal tersebut muncul sebagai konsekuensi adaptasi ke layar lebar? Rasanya mungkin saja. Sebagaimana adaptasi ke layar lebar tentu akan memengaruhi alur cerita yang digunakan, beberapa kekurangan bisa saja muncul dan mengakibatkan pertanyaan yang sepertinya tidak terjawab itu. Oleh karena itu, kita sepertinya perlu melihat versi novel untuk memastikan apakah pertanyaan-pertanyaan di atas memang dijawab di novel atau tidak, sekaligus melihat sejauh mana perbedaan versi layar lebar dengan versi novel.

Hal-hal di atas ini tampaknya menjadi salah satu titik yang diserang kritikus. Kirk Honeycutt dari The Hollywood Reporter menilai film ini tidak menunjukkan kualitas sebagaimana dimiliki novelnya yang telah diterjemahkan ke lebih dari tiga puluh bahasa. Nilai kurang pun bertambah mengingat film ini digarap oleh Iain Softley dengan skenario yang ditulis oleh pemenang Pulitzer Prize untuk kategori drama, David Lindsay-Abaire.

Kita juga akan mendapati bahwa kemampuan Mo ternyata diwarisi oleh Meggie. Tanda-tanda ini kita lihat ketika Meggie berada sendirian di perpustakaan Elinor. Ia mendengarkan bisikan-bisikan yang kita yakini berasal dari buku-buku yang ada di perpustakaan itu. Ini persis seperti ketika Mo menemukan Inkheart di toko buku tua. Belakangan kita melihat kemampuan Meggie justru lebih berkembang karena kegemarannya menulis cerita. Hal ini pula yang kelak menyelamatkan dunia dari ancaman The Shadow.

Menanamkan kecintaan pada buku
Meskipun (mungkin) ditemukan banyak perbedaan antara film dan novel Funke ini dan mendapat kritik keras tadi, toh seperti dikatakan oleh Billy Goodykoontz dari The Arizona Republic, film ini cukup menghibur. Jalan cerita yang disajikan relatif mudah dipahami. Selain itu, film ini juga mengajarkan sejumlah nilai berharga bagi kita.

Hal pertama tentu berkenaan dengan buku. Mortimer dan Teresa sudah menanamkan hal ini kepada Meggie dengan membacakan buku sejak putri mereka itu masih bayi. Tindakan ini tidak sekadar upaya untuk menanamkan kecintaan pada buku. Para ahli berpendapat bahwa membacakan buku kepada bayi sangat bermanfaat. Selain mengajarkan komunikasi padanya, membaca dengan suara nyaring juga memperkenalkan konsep-konsep, seperti bilangan, huruf, warna, dan bentuk. Kemampuan mendengar, mengingat, dan kosa kata juga akan bertambah, sekaligus memberinya pengetahuan tentang dunia di sekitar dirinya.

Lalu kita juga diingatkan akan kekuatan buku. Dalam salah satu dialognya, Mo berkata kepada Meggie, ”The written words. It’s a powerful thing. You have to be careful with it.” Kalau dikaitkan dengan kisah ini, perkataan itu sepertinya hendak mengingatkan Meggie agar tidak mengikuti kesalahan Mo yang justru menimbulkan masalah: mengeluarkan tokoh-tokoh dalam Inkheart, namun malah menjerumuskan istrinya ke dalam Inkworld.

Sudah umum diketahui bahwa buku membuka pintu ke dunia penuh imajinasi. Dengan buku, seseorang bisa berkelana ke seluruh penjuru dunia hanya dari satu ruangan. Perhatikanlah apa yang dikatakan Elinor kepada Meggie: ”St. Petersburg, Paris, Middle Earth, distant planets, and Shangri-la. And never have to leave this room.” Selanjutnya, ia juga mengatakan bahwa membaca buku sama dengan bertualang, plus berbagai hal yang ditawarkan kepada pembacanya.

Namun, dari dialog tersebut secara tidak langsung penonton yang peka akan langsung mengenal novel-novel yang berhubungan dengan lokasi yang disebutkan Elinor. St. Petersburg, misalnya, bisa saja berhubungan dengan novel terkenal berjudul Petersburg (1913), karya Andrei Bely (nama aslinya ialah Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev) asal Rusia. Novel ini disebut-sebut sebagai karya simbolis yang menghadirkan ambisi seorang modernis bernama James Joyce. Adapun untuk Kota Paris sendiri, ada banyak kemungkinan. Bisa saja salah satu novel yang dimaksud ialah Le Ventre de Paris (1873) karya Émile Zola. Dalam novel ini, Zola mengisahkan pelarian seorang tokoh politik bernama Florent, Lisa Quenu dan keluarganya, yang menyembunyikannya. Kalau Middle Earth, rasanya semua kita tahu novel apa yang dirujuk: trilogi The Lord of the Rings karya J.R.R. Tolkien. Bagaimana dengan distant planets? Agak sulit bagi saya untuk menyebut contoh novel yang berhubungan dengan hal ini. Salah satu yang saya temukan ialah Dune (1965) karya Frank Herbert yang mengisahkan kehidupan manusia pada masa 20.000 tahun mendatang. Saat itu manusia berhasil hidup di sejumlah planet, seperti III Delta Kaising, Arrakis, Hagal, Junction, Lampadas, dan lain-lain. Terakhir, Shangri-la yang tampaknya merujuk pada novel karya penulis Inggris, James Hilton, Lost Horizon (1933)

Semua contoh itu tampaknya hendak menjadi semacam penekanan akan nilai lebih dari buku. Membaca buku akan mempertajam daya imajinasi kita. Lewat deskripsi yang baik, setiap pembaca diajak untuk seolah-olah berada di tempat-tempat tertentu. Aspek imajinasi seperti ini saya kira tidak akan bisa kita temukan dengan menonton televisi atau film. Maka tidak heran kalau sangat disarankan agar kita membaca bukunya terlebih dahulu sebelum menyaksikan filmnya. (Sayangnya, saya sendiri belum membaca Inkheart.)

Tidak hanya soal mencintai literatur saja yang bisa kita pelajari dari film ini. Kita melihat sikap egois seseorang dapat mengakibatkan masalah baik kepada diri sendiri, maupun kepada orang lain. Mo dan Dustfinger yang semula saling memperebutkan Inkheart hanya untuk kepentingannya sendiri harus gigit jari karena Capricorn membakar buku yang ditemukan dengan susah payah itu. Nilai-nilai kesetiaan juga diuji, yaitu ketika Dustfinger diperhadapkan pada pilihan menolong Resa atau melarikan diri bersama Mo dan yang lainnya lewat tornado yang muncul dari The Wizard of Oz.

Simpulan
Meskipun memiliki sejumlah kekurangan, toh film ini tetap layak menjadi pilihan. Seluruh anggota keluarga pasti akan terhibur. Hanya saja para orang tua perlu memberi penjelasan pada banyak bagian dari film ini kepada anak-anak mereka yang masih relatif kecil. Namun, jangan lupa juga bahwa film tidak pernah bisa benar-benar menaklukkan kekuatan buku.

And it’s about time!

If you’re a Lord of the Rings fan like me, you’ll be glad to know that The Hobbit is finally coming to the big screen!

The heirs of J.R.R. Tolkien and a movie studio that produced the blockbuster “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy have settled a lawsuit over the films’ profits, it was announced Tuesday.

The out-of-court resolution clears the way for a two-film prequel based on Tolkien’s novel “The Hobbit” and will benefit charities around the world, according to a joint press release announcing the settlement (read the full story here).

Why do I care?

The Hobbit was one of my favorite books when I was younger – right up there with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.

Were you aware that J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, was a Christian?

Were you aware that he played a major role in C.S. Lewis coming to Christ in 1931?

For those of you that don’t know, C.S. Lewis is the author behind the popular Chronicles of Narnia series, though he is arguably even more well known for authoring nearly twenty books on Christianity as well as many insightful essays.

Many are not aware, but The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Chronicles of Narnia are all considered Christian literature. The themes wrapped into the storylines come directly from the pages of the Bible, and that’s no accident. Both Tolkien and Lewis had a message to share … that of Jesus.

Interested in learning more about Tolkien’s Christian beliefs? Order this book. If you’d like to learn more about Lewis’ beliefs, order this one.

Lord willing, I’ll be in line to watch The Hobbit opening night.

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Final Destination 2 (2003)

New Line Cinema

Director: David R. Ellis

Running time 90 mins.

Genre: Horror

Starring: Ali Larter, A. J. Cook, Michael Landes, Keegan Connor Tracy, Jonathan Cherry, James Kirk, Lynda Boyd, Justina Machado, Sarah Carter, TC Carson, David Paetkau andTony Todd.

The film takes place one year later after the Flight 180 curse from the first film. While on vacation, Kimberly Corman experiences a vision of a mass pile-up on the highway on which she is travelling. She blocks the entrance ramp to the highway so that motorists who would have otherwise died are spared. No one believes Kimberly until a mass pile-up happens on the highway just like in her vision. Soon the survivors who would have perished in the highway crash start dying in mysterious ways, the premise being that you can’t cheat death, even to its personification.

“For every beginning there is an end“

I like every Final Destination movie. And the second part is I don’t like the most. Even though the movie was a great sequel to the first. New bizarre, weird and freak accidents started to happen. Suspenseful plot of the series, and a decent cast of characters.  It was a great sequel to the original movie, though. Yeah, I can say that. But seriously, I don’t like this one.

The plot and suspense in the story was great. Mainly, the first main accident. The Highway pile-up wherein a truck carrying loads of logs accidentally scattered the logs and the accident started to happen. A girl named Kimberly had a premonition about the bloody pile-up and saves several people. And then here’s where the plot is getting very suspense and thrilling, they started to die one-by-one (every Final Destination movies does that, wink)

The good thing in Final Destination 2 is the main character is starting to see clues that can save the lives of death has been targeted.

If they save one, they can intervene and maybe it can skip them. But really, they can’t cheat death.. twice.

I can say that this is a crowd please because they said that this movie did a great job to be the second installment of the first one.

New freak accidents can totally freak you out, besides you can even cheat death for the second time. Or fail, and die like all of the survivors from the first one except one. Clear Rivers who got saved and she was in the second installment. I can say you can’t predict what might happen in a movie, that’s where the excitement rises up.

This movie is better on the first one but not better on the third installment. I’m sorry but I have to say that, because in other ways I can truly say that this movie lacks of effects and maybe the story itself.

But the good thing is, it was different than the other 3 movies, this is the only movie wherein the main character is still alive. They won, they cheated death and death wasn’t able to kill them.

We don’t know what might happen if they’re coming back or not, if they’re still alive. Or are they dead at the moment by now.

The movie was a success though, as a sequel to the first one. It was really a big bang to the movie screens. Especially for those who really loves horror and gory movies.

A must-see movie and worth it at the same time, of course I don’t give negative comments to movies, because I know they did their best job just to improve the coolness of the movie.

Nonetheless, this movie gave us the scream-of-your lives scenes and it freaked out us every single time. No one beats the originality and the concept of the story of Final Destination series. Every movie has a great experiences for our own. Every part has a lot of weird and freak accidents. It was gory all the time.

I give this movie a 6/10

El director Guillermo del Toro dirigirá la película El Hobbit, la precuela de la trilogía El Señor de los Anillos (La Comunidad del Anillo, Las Dos Torres, El retorno del Rey). Así será después de que los descendientes del autor y creador de la Tierra Media, J.R.R. Tolkien, y New Line Cinema limaran sus asperezas legales. Los fideicomisarios del patrimonio de Tolkien han llegado a un acuerdo con los estudios New Line Cinema y la demanda de los herederos de Tolkien se ha retirado. La demanda había sido puesta porque los herederos del escritor alegaban que New Line Cinema les había engañado con respecto a los beneficios de la trilogía cinematográfica, dirigida por Peter Jackson.

Una de las trilogías de más éxito literario también es una de las trilogías con más éxito en la taquilla; El Señor de los Anillos en su trilogía cinematográfica recaudó unos 6.000 millones de dólares gracias a las entradas vendidas en taquillas, los DVD’s y los artículos de todo tipo vendidos sobre El Señor de los Anillos (camisetas, gorras, toallas…). Esta cantidad de dinero no es la que los estudios New Line Cinema dijeron a los descendientes, que interpusieron una demanda a los estudios cinematográficos por valor de 150 millones de dólares. Como la denuncia se ha retirado, el juicio (que se hubiese celebrado el próximo 15 de octubre en el Tribunal Superior de Los Ángeles) no se celebrará.

Una buena noticia para los seguidores de la Tierra Media, un mundo mágico donde el bien y el mal luchan entre sí, un mundo mágico en el que por ser mágico el bien es el que gana al mal. Tras los éxitos de taquilla de cada una de las tres películas de la trilogía, el reto de Peter Jackson (será productor de El Hobbit) y Guillermo del Toro será conseguir que las dos partes en que se va a dividir el nuevo film sobre la Tierra Media tenga un éxito similar. La historia de El Hobbit es el origen de la relación de Bilbo Bolsón, un hobbit de La Comarca, con el anillo. Ahí comienza la lucha interna que todas las personas portadoras del anillo en alguna ocasión tienen por culpa de poseer el anillo, por culpa de la atracción por el mal que Sauron, el Señor Oscuro, provoca en los que tienen el anillo en sus manos.

Por tanto, es el inicio de la aventura que en El Señor de los Anillos provocará que hombres (Aragorn), elfos (Legolas), enanos (Gimli) y medianos de La Comarca (Frodo, el portador del anillo; Samsagaz Gamyi, el fiel compañero de Frodo; y los medianos que provocan más males que bienes a la comunidad del anillo, Merry y Pippin), todos ellos guiados por el mago Gandalf desde La Comarca hasta Mordor, morada de Sauron, donde el anillo debe ser tirado al abismo para destruir a Sauron y a todas las fuerzas del mal de la Tierra Media. Una aventura en la que la vida y la muerte, el amor y el odio, la lucha entre el bien y el mal, la lucha interna de Frodo, apariciones de antiguos poseedores del anillo como Gollum (que representa en lo que un mediano poseído totalmente por el anillo puede llegar a ser, ya que Gollum antes era Sméagol, un mediano que un día de pesca encuentra el anillo en el fondo de un río mientras se está ahogando)… están presentes.

La explicación inicial (salvando las distancias con el contenido del libro El Silmarillion, que explica el inicio de la Tierra Media) de la trilogía El Señor de los Anillos está en El Hobbit, y gracias a que los litigios y problemas legales se han solucionado, para el año 2011 los fans de la obra de Tolkien podrán disfrutar con la primera parte de El Hobbit, ya que se va a dividir en dos partes.

Fuente:

www.elmundo.es

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Final Destination 3 (2006)

New Line Cinema

Director: James Wong

Running time: 92 min.

Genre: Horror

Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Kris Lemche, Alexz Johnson, Amanda Crew, Texas Battle, Chelan Simmons, Crystal Lowe, Sam Easton, Maggie Ma, Gina Holden and Jesse Moss.

Story: The story is set six years after the Flight 180 curse from the first film. Wendy, a soon-to-be graduate from McKinley High School, enjoys a Grad Nite visit to an amusement park with her friends, Carrie and Kevin and her boyfriend, Jason, before their graduation. Whilst there, one of the friends has a camcorder and Wendy has a regular camera taking pictures of their visit. Wendy and her friends decide to ride on a roller coaster which has a talking devil statue at its entrance which unsettles Wendy.

“This ride will be the death of you”

The most horrifying gore movies of all time. One of the most awesome part in the Final Destination series. James Wong, the director of 1 and 3. Did a great job putting all the stuff in this movie. New Death Scenes will mostly horrify you, more bizarre and weird accidents will star to happen and new victims of death will die one-by-one in a moment of time.

The best part is, the main accident will happen at a Carnival on a rollercoaster ride. We all know some of us are afraid of riding those kind of rides. This is where the thrill will be in action, Roller Coaster is a good idea, the movie is set in motion with those scenes from the roller coaster with the bang. With Wendy’s premonition, the story gets exciting every time another person died.

I can say the third installment was better than the two past movies of Final Destination. It was a tough choice to pick a best one, but for me. This was the best among the rest, it was so unique. But unfortunately, the was movie was predictable in some other ways. Because we all know that Final Destination movie is that a girl/boy sees a vision about how they die and death chases them and then they die. End of the story, but this time they added a couple of twists in the story.

Erin's Death Scene with a Nail Gun

I enjoyed the movie, it made me says “Ew. Gross” at the same time, but mostly I was amazed on what they put in the movie. That photo vision Wendy has, it was cooler than just seeing things with a simple vision.

There will be more slice-and dice, slashing, burning and stick-that-nails-to-her-face scenes. And it also involves Nail guns, of course. and Roller Coaster, a Tanning Bed, Train, Gym, Spear, Horse and utterly provocative fireworks.

The good thing is they didn’t ran out of ideas where these teenagers will about to die. Let’s say, their deaths. One-by-one death is chasing after them and they’re chasing death back. Who doesn’t enjoy Final Destination movies? Well, this is a must-see movie, if you want to freak yourself out then you better watch this movie.

I’m not judging or criticizing this movie, or the movies a rated/reviewed. I’m just sharing my thoughts on what I’ve learned or did I enjoy the movie myself? I’m sorry if I made this movie review a rush, I’ll post more reviews as soon as possible. Hope you like it guys.

I almost forgot, I’ll give this movie a 7.5/10

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Variety reports that New Line has settled a lawsuit with the HarperCollins and the Tolkien Trust over profit participation in the Lord of the Rings films.  The terms of the settlement are confidential, but this is an important decision for New Line as it clears any potential stumbling block to the production of their movies based on The Hobbit.

The Tolkien Trust did not bring this lawsuit solely to increase the wealth of its members.  The Trust supports over 1oo charities, including Save the Children Fund, the Darfur Appeal, Asia Earthquake Appeal and the World Cancer Research Foundation.  This settlement will enhance their ability to support these causes.