Movies of october

[oneiriad]

42. Broderskab
This wasn't even half as good as I had hoped. Not so much because of the plot - seriously, why can't fictional gay couples ever meet in nice, accepting surroundings, and avoid gay-bashing and life-threatening injuries. This was Brokeback Neo-nazi, and the plot was, well, I liked that the gay-bashed guy stabbed the main character in the end. Nice dramatic twist, there - bad things done before realization of own sexuality having consequences after. That said, the biggest problem is that I didn't like any of the characters. Seriously, sons of bitches the lot...

43. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
What does it say about me, that I liked the league the best? Anyway, awesome special effects (the dragons! the bollywood demon bitch dancers!), but Scott Pilgrim himself, well - I liked the comics better. He has more time to turn into a mature, decent sort of person in the comics. In the movie, he kind of ends where he started...

44. Who framed Roger Rabbit?
The special effects are kind of dated, the plot is alright, even if it is a collection of clichés and the main villain manages to be downright creepy at times. Unfortunately, it's not particularly funny...

45. Daybreakers
Imagine a world in the near future - most of humanity has been turned into vampires and the small percentage that remained human are now mostly kept at Matrix-like blood farms. Alas, the predator-to-prey ratio is about as wrong as can be, so humanity is going to be going extinct very, very soon - which is a serious problem for the vampires, since they need to drink at least a little human blood in their diet or devolve into bat-like feral things. Our hero is an idealistic vampire scientist trying to invent True Blood, who gets involved with a human resistance group who has discovered how to turn vampires back into humans.
  The acting is pretty wooden, true, but I like the world-building - a society of vampires that isn't yet used to being immortal and eternal and therefore still clinging to traditional norms. Also, the movie managed to - well, thing is, sometimes the plots in otherwise good movies contain some element that just ruins my suspension of disbelief, and I was wondering how they'd explain why anybody would want to be turned back into human - I mean, considering the raging blood-shortage, surely they'd very quickly wind up as somebody's dinner. But I love that they actually have a reason that won't happen, and I even love the grisly domino-effect / soldier massacre scene. All in all, a fun movie that lots of people ought to watch.

Comments

[exeterlinden.livejournal.com]

Oh, you got to see Broderskab? Did you rent it? I've been trying to get a hold of it via the library, but no luck so far... But I kind of expected it not to be as good as one could hope, seeing its short-lived stint in the theatres :S

I just lent Scott Pilgrim from the library, looking forward to reading it :)

[oneiriad.livejournal.com]

I got hold of it by way of Lovefilm - I think it's too new for the libraries to have even been offered to buy it yet. I mean, at least the big ones probably will, since it's a Danish movie and all, but unfortunately they can't just go to the nearest shop and buy it, they have to wait for it to be offered by way of the usual channels :-(