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Date Posted: 13:58:19 01/01/09 Thu Author Host/IP: adsl-70-234-179-47.dsl.tul2ok.sbcglobal.net/70.234.179.47 In reply to: Jimmy 's message, "Re: Let The Right One In" on 09:18:14 12/27/08 Sat >I never gave much credence to the Zombie genre. At >all. I think this could be a mistake on my part. >When your boy made his version of "Day of the Dead" it >brought the original into my plane and I had >positioned myself properly to appreciate its >incredible message. I don't have a boy that made a version of Day of the Dead. You are probably referring to Zack Snyder's re-make of Dawn of the Dead, which eviscerated all the sub-text from the Romero original. Surprisingly I didn't hate it despite the lack of allegory and his choice of having "fast zombies". >Having said that, I was stoned a few summers ago right >after I got out of the Corps and contemplated on Jason >for what seemed like hours. Then I thought about >fighting in the cage and going skydiving. Beyond a certain point Jason Vorhees could be considered a zombie, but he wasn't even the original killer in Friday the 13th (it was his mom, Jason was just her dead 'tardson). But the nature (and look) of Vorhees seems to change depending on the needs of the films. >If you were Hungarian you'd cut the vampire genre more >slack. Why do you hate my Grandma? ;) No, I wouldn't. That's like saying that because I live in Oklahoma I should have a soft spot for Larry the Cable Guy movies. I hate no grandmas. Except Barbra Bush. > "....but I haven't seen a >legitimately great vampire movie since 1987's Near >Dark." > >You totally lost me. How? I know some people like to include Coppola's Dracula, and it's by no means a bad movie. In fact it borders on greatness at times but derails itself under the weight of ambitions it never totally fulfills. >"So it's fitting that Let The Right On In reminded me >of that film. It shares a wonderful look that captures >the solitude of the night," > >really? That stopped me in my tracks. Elaborate. I'm >intrigued. There has always been an element of sexuality to vampirism due to the intimacy inherent in drinking ones blood from the neck. The fact that this could happen with men or women also gave the act a quasi-homoerotic appeal, as well. While I don't mind vampires having a recognizable human personality beyond a certain point they cease to be monsters because of the romanticism. Being a vampire wouldn't be much fun. Living forever in the night, cheating the laws of nature by living forever. Superficially this might seem desirable, but you would only feel life when taking it. You'd be the ultimate outcast, something not of this or any world. That desolation would be scary and sort of sad, like a ghost who was once human, that remembers what it's like to be human, can see it, even touch it, but never again be a part of it. >Morally ambiguous. I think I know what that finally >means. And I, personlly, reject it. Hungarian or >not. That moral ambiguity is built into the notion of vampirism. Eli kills because she has to, but Oskar wants to kill because he's pissed off at his bullies. Also, my supposition that the love is mutual might have been off the mark, though again I wouldn't want to say to much about this movie in that regard. It's an element that after a second viewing made the film that much more haunting. >He's a smart kid, >but his level of alienation is palpable." > >Don't you mean culpable? No. >Ah-HA! I knew it!!! If you didn't believe there >could be no soul for which the block could be without! WTF? I used that term as an adjective. >"She tells Oskar they can't be friends but, a Rubik's >Cube later," > >Anti-Hungarianism! Exactly. I must have edited the part where I called Erno Rubik a cock juggler. >Who are these actors? When you say kids, are you >talking about children or young adults? I enjoy >fledgling, legal EuroTrash. No, they're really 12 or so...you have heard of IMDB, right? >Oh no, you can get off your lazy ass and provide >details. Ya fucking burnout. > >DETAILS, MARINE! Someone else noted the shortness of that review and to be honest I'm OK with it because I think the more cold you go into this thing the more mysterious and haunting it will be. I avoided detailed reviews of this for that reason, and the ones I did read were just as stingy with the details for the same reason. >"Let's just say I've seen the best vampire movie of >the last 20 years, and one of the best films of 2008." >Hmmm, I'm not as serious about this genre as you but I >really dug the sequel to "Interview with the Vampire" >though I forget at the moment, what it was called. >That film made the strongest impression on me since >"The Lost Boys", which was a huge influence on my >life. And I'd be amiss if I didn't mention "Interview >with the Vampire" itself which I enjoyed immensely >initially but has slowly faded. And I'd also like to >add that I've never seen a Bela Lagosi but Martin >Landeau made me WANT TO! Legosi was a Hungarian stereotype. Interview with the Vampire (as well as all those other Rice novels) is what I consider part of the problem. I'm also not saying there haven't been any fun vampire flicks in the last 25 years. The Lost Boys would be one of them, but it's not creepy. Or great. Just fun and entertaining. Mr. B [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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