Comments on: From Harryhausen to the Handycam: The Beast from 20,000 YouTube Views

By: Last Exorcism Botches & Blairs (witch, not Linda) - cinemagogue

Last Exorcism Botches & Blairs (witch, not Linda) - cinemagogue — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:58:24 +0000

[...] of late (popularized and polarized by The Blair Witch Project and continuing with films like Cloverfield and [REC] or the American Quarantine) The Last Exorcism starts with a promising first act and [...]

By: J.J. Abrams gets new ALIAS… - cinemagogue

J.J. Abrams gets new ALIAS… - cinemagogue — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:42:35 +0000

[...] to like a movie with Tom Cruise again (after the second offering failed to Woo me). He then blessed Cloverfield with Abrams water, tagged the trailer on Transformers, and a few Slushos later we were overwhelmed [...]

By: cinemagogue | what is going ON here???

cinemagogue | what is going ON here??? — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:27:19 +0000

[...] Cloverfield [...]

By: Cinemagogue | Dear Diary, this movie sucked…

Cinemagogue | Dear Diary, this movie sucked… — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:30:43 +0000

[...] get surprised and/or surrounded by zombies, etc. The conceit of the film is that we are watching it Cloverfield-style: amateur video, although not a single camera, but amateur footage edited by our young adults, [...]

By: Ernie

Ernie — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:22:48 +0000

Went in with low expectations… heck the only reason I saw it was because a friend gave me free tickets to the movie. Well, I really enjoyed the movie. Even though I was a bit afraid of how annoying the camera movement would get, I think it really made the movie what it is. The ending was pretty haunting… not as haunting as the ending in “Blair Witch” with the guy in corner (yikes!). Anywho, great review. Thanks!

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:10:02 +0000

Solid review, James! I saw it last night and agree with you. There were definitely some folks in the theater who felt the ending was lacking (a “gyp”), but we don’t always get to know the whys and wherefores of what’s going on around us in our lives. The explanation of a crisis isn’t always as readily apparent as the crisis itself…if we are blessed to get to know, then we can use that information to our benefit; but if not, then we are still charged with trying to survive it, and to glorify God in doing so. And the attempt to save or redeem a loved one is just enough impetus to keep us going during horrible conflict. I think it’s sad that some folks will dislike or dismiss the film because of its ending, forgetting the tight context and style with which the film is offered: the 90 minute videotape. At some point, the tape just has to end, people.