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      <title>Film:Friday the 13th</title>
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<strong>Title:</strong> Friday the 13th<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 2009<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> Marcus Nispel<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> A man in search of his missing sister stumbles across a deadly secret in the woods surrounding Crystal Lake as <a href="http://www.spout.com/films/34558/detail.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Texas Chainsaw Massacre</a> redux duo <a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___203853/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Michael Bay</a> and <a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___359417/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Marcus Nispel</a> resurrect one of the silver screen's most feared slashers - machete-wielding, hockey mask-wearing madman Jason Vorhees. The last time Clay heard from his sister, she was headed towards Crystal Lake. There, amidst the creaky old cabins and moss-coated trees, an unstoppable force of evil lies quietly dormant, patiently waiting for the perfect moment to strike. Though the police and locals all warn Clay to stay as far away from Crystal Lake as possible, it's the only lead he has and he isn't willing to give up until he finds his sister. Clay isn't the only one inhabiting these woods either, because a group of thrill-seeking college students have just arrived in Crystal Lake hoping for a wild weekend of fun in the sun. Later, as Clay and one of the recently arrived revelers search for clues, the infamous Jason Vorhees emerges to show them just why the locals have avoided these woods for years. Could it be that Clay's sister has already met a grim demise at the end of Jason's razor-sharp machete, or is she still out there somewhere in the woods, waiting for her brother to come to her rescue? Freddy Vs. Jason scribes Damian Shannon and Mark Swift pen the screenplay for a remake executive produced by Sean S. Cunningham (producer/director of the original Friday the 13th). ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 64<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 11<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 6<br/>
<strong>Number of discussion threads:</strong> 6<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 2<br/>
</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:40:59 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>Friday the 13th</spout:Title><spout:Year>2009</spout:Year><spout:Director>Marcus Nispel</spout:Director><spout:Plot>A man in search of his missing sister stumbles across a deadly secret in the woods surrounding Crystal Lake as &lt;a href="http://www.spout.com/films/34558/detail.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Texas Chainsaw Massacre&lt;/a&gt; redux duo &lt;a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___203853/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Michael Bay&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.spout.com/players/P___359417/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Marcus Nispel&lt;/a&gt; resurrect one of the silver screen's most feared slashers - machete-wielding, hockey mask-wearing madman Jason Vorhees. The last time Clay heard from his sister, she was headed towards Crystal Lake. There, amidst the creaky old cabins and moss-coated trees, an unstoppable force of evil lies quietly dormant, patiently waiting for the perfect moment to strike. Though the police and locals all warn Clay to stay as far away from Crystal Lake as possible, it's the only lead he has and he isn't willing to give up until he finds his sister. Clay isn't the only one inhabiting these woods either, because a group of thrill-seeking college students have just arrived in Crystal Lake hoping for a wild weekend of fun in the sun. Later, as Clay and one of the recently arrived revelers search for clues, the infamous Jason Vorhees emerges to show them just why the locals have avoided these woods for years. Could it be that Clay's sister has already met a grim demise at the end of Jason's razor-sharp machete, or is she still out there somewhere in the woods, waiting for her brother to come to her rescue? Freddy Vs. Jason scribes Damian Shannon and Mark Swift pen the screenplay for a remake executive produced by Sean S. Cunningham (producer/director of the original Friday the 13th). ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:TimesTagged>64</spout:TimesTagged><spout:taglevel>Tag Target (&gt;10)</spout:taglevel><spout:Numberoflists>11</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>6</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads>6</spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads><spout:SpoutRating>2</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s351617.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/Friday_the_13th/351617/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Friday The 13th(2009)</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/repoman2112/archive/2009/7/8/42950.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s351617.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/151736/default.aspx'>repoman2112</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 7/8/2009 4:35:07 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Friday the 13th(2009)      Micheal Bay is the kind of director that makes you want to hate movies forever. On his own, he is the man responsible for such cinematic abortions as "Bad Boys" 1 &amp; 2, "Armageddon", "The Rock", "The Island" and his holy grail of crap, "Pearl Harbor." Coming from the world of commercials and music videos, Bay doesn't make movies so much as he makes two and a half hour TV spots. His trademark explosions an indecipherable editing style have helped lower entertainment standards across the board. More recently as a producer, he has seen fit to remake classic fright flicks, turning once revered horror movies into lifeless cash cows. "Friday The 13th" is the latest to be groped by his slimey hand.      Released in 1980, the original film takes place at the infamous Crystal Lake, a summer camp with an urban legend past. Year prior, a young camper named Jason Voorhees drowned in the nearby lake as horny teen counselors did what comes naturally(i.e., sex.)  The entire camp was found murdered, leading the local yokels to nickname the site "Camp Blood." Several years later, the camp is reopened, much to the chagrin of the aforementioned locals. As the campers arrive, the new teen counselors begin to get killed by an unseen madman, often in conjunction with their indulgence in sex and the partaking of drugs. The deaths escalate and the tension tightens until the final moments when the killer, and their motive, is revealed.      Along with John Carpenter's "Halloween", "Friday The 13th" wrote the rulebook for the slasher movie, a sub-genre of exploitative thrillers thinly disguised as morality tales. The characters were usually made up of the broadest of archetypes; The jock, the slutty girl(s), the stoner, the outsider(punk, metal kid, goth, etc.), and of course, the "Final Girl"--the sole innocent of the group who inevitably escaped death. The slasher formula resulted in quite a few classics, but sadly was turned to parody by it's own sodomizing, it's unwillingness to experiment with the mold.      The new "Friday" starts by spoiling the originals climatic twist ending almost immediately before jumping to the present day. We meet our doomed teens hiking by the nefarious Crystal Lake. After the ham-handed campfire exposition, the gang quickly breaks off to: A)Have gratuitous sex and B) wander onto a rundown cabin and snoop around inside. A few obvious cat scares and one "Night Ranger" sing-a -long later, things end badly. Then the opening title card finally appears. Twenty three minutes on the clock and the movie has officially begun.      This chunk of the movie, which plays more as underwritten filler than story, also introduces another main character: Jason's pot garden. At some point, the serial slasher formed quite the taste for marijuana, harvesting a stash that would give Tommy Chong the munchies on sight alone.     Several weeks later(or as I call it, "Even more present day") we meet a new batch of kids, including the obligatory Asian stoner/comic relief and the racially sensitive black guy, along with the token sluts and jock A-holes. We also get a weak link to the opening act in the form of Clay (played by Jared Padalecki from TV's "Supernatural".) He shows up in town looking for his sister Whitney, the non-slut from the extended opening, who is now being held hostage in Jason's underground lair(Huh?).     Re-teaming from their previous collaboration on the god-awful remake to "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", Bay, along with director Marcus Nispel and cinematographer Daniel Pearl have constructed a by-the-numbers and completely un-engaging motion picture. Characters are given zero backstory and no inkling of sympathy. Nispel's direction is dull and fails at the relatively simple task of staging decent deaths and nude scenes, the staples of the genre. Daniel Pearl, who never met a stage light he couldn't dim out of existence, photographs every scene as if he were creating mood lighting for a blind person.           The slasher movie genre may have never been genius, but it certainly deserves better than this.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:35:07 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>repoman2112</spout:postby><spout:postto>repoman2112 Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>7/8/2009 4:35:07 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Friday the 13th(2009)      Micheal Bay is the kind of director that makes you want to hate movies forever. On his own, he is the man responsible for such cinematic abortions as "Bad Boys" 1 &amp;amp; 2, "Armageddon", "The Rock", "The Island" and his holy grail of crap, "Pearl Harbor." Coming from the world of commercials and music videos, Bay doesn't make movies so much as he makes two and a half hour TV spots. His trademark explosions an indecipherable editing style have helped lower entertainment standards across the board. More recently as a producer, he has seen fit to remake classic fright flicks, turning once revered horror movies into lifeless cash cows. "Friday The 13th" is the latest to be groped by his slimey hand.      Released in 1980, the original film takes place at the infamous Crystal Lake, a summer camp with an urban legend past. Year prior, a young camper named Jason Voorhees drowned in the nearby lake as horny teen counselors did what comes naturally(i.e., sex.)  The entire camp was found murdered, leading the local yokels to nickname the site "Camp Blood." Several years later, the camp is reopened, much to the chagrin of the aforementioned locals. As the campers arrive, the new teen counselors begin to get killed by an unseen madman, often in conjunction with their indulgence in sex and the partaking of drugs. The deaths escalate and the tension tightens until the final moments when the killer, and their motive, is revealed.      Along with John Carpenter's "Halloween", "Friday The 13th" wrote the rulebook for the slasher movie, a sub-genre of exploitative thrillers thinly disguised as morality tales. The characters were usually made up of the broadest of archetypes; The jock, the slutty girl(s), the stoner, the outsider(punk, metal kid, goth, etc.), and of course, the "Final Girl"--the sole innocent of the group who inevitably escaped death. The slasher formula resulted in quite a few classics, but sadly was turned to parody by it's own sodomizing, it's unwillingness to experiment with the mold.      The new "Friday" starts by spoiling the originals climatic twist ending almost immediately before jumping to the present day. We meet our doomed teens hiking by the nefarious Crystal Lake. After the ham-handed campfire exposition, the gang quickly breaks off to: A)Have gratuitous sex and B) wander onto a rundown cabin and snoop around inside. A few obvious cat scares and one "Night Ranger" sing-a -long later, things end badly. Then the opening title card finally appears. Twenty three minutes on the clock and the movie has officially begun.      This chunk of the movie, which plays more as underwritten filler than story, also introduces another main character: Jason's pot garden. At some point, the serial slasher formed quite the taste for marijuana, harvesting a stash that would give Tommy Chong the munchies on sight alone.     Several weeks later(or as I call it, "Even more present day") we meet a new batch of kids, including the obligatory Asian stoner/comic relief and the racially sensitive black guy, along with the token sluts and jock A-holes. We also get a weak link to the opening act in the form of Clay (played by Jared Padalecki from TV's "Supernatural".) He shows up in town looking for his sister Whitney, the non-slut from the extended opening, who is now being held hostage in Jason's underground lair(Huh?).     Re-teaming from their previous collaboration on the god-awful remake to "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", Bay, along with director Marcus Nispel and cinematographer Daniel Pearl have constructed a by-the-numbers and completely un-engaging motion picture. Characters are given zero backstory and no inkling of sympathy. Nispel's direction is dull and fails at the relatively simple task of staging decent deaths and nude scenes, the staples of the genre. Daniel Pearl, who never met a stage light he couldn't dim out of existence, photographs every scene as if he were creating mood lighting for a blind person.           The slasher movie genre may have never been genius, but it certainly deserves better than this.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Catch Star Trek Wrestler on Friday the 13th in Cold Blood</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/dibot/archive/2009/5/25/42396.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s351617.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/17539/default.aspx'>dibot</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/dibot/default.aspx'>dibot Blog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 5/25/2009 10:32:51 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Star Trek is just a whole lot of fun. Director J.J. Abrams ("Mission Impossible III") takes us back to when the original crew were just cadets at Starfleet Academy. The story messes with the whole series' timeline, setting the stage for a whole other round of sequels. So there's that. But the effects are really good. The audience I was it with clapped and cheered. Fun, fun. And worth seeing on the big screen.I'm still not really sure what to think about Catch and Release. It's not really a romantic comedy, though there are bits of that. It's not really a tragedy, though elements of that are present, too. And it's not really great, but it has some good moments. Jennifer Garner ("Ghost of Girlfriends Past") stars as a woman whose fiancee dies and then she discovers that he had a child he never told her about. I guess it's just an interesting character study. I did think about it for several days, which is always a plus.In Cold Blood is the film version of Truman Capote's nonfiction novel of the same name. It runs very much like the book, with the build-up before the crime, the investigation and trials afterward. The film is dry, but still compelling. If you enjoy Court TV, this should be right up your alley.For the first fifteen minutes or so of the new Friday the 13th, I was totally pumped. It was goofy, dirty and bloody - all elements of a great slasher. Then it tried to have a story, and I just got bored. I'm not saying that slashers can't have stories. I'm just saying this was a bad one. It felt like just another tired sequel in this already overstretched franchise. Disappointing.Every time Darren Aronofsky ("The Fountain") makes a movie, I'm reassured that he's a genius. The Wrestler is no exception. Mickey Rourke ("Domino") is amazing in the title character, an aging professional wrestler who just doesn't know how to do anything else. The whole thing is heartbreaking. And wonderful.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 14:32:51 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>dibot</spout:postby><spout:postto>dibot Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>5/25/2009 10:32:51 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Star Trek is just a whole lot of fun. Director J.J. Abrams ("Mission Impossible III") takes us back to when the original crew were just cadets at Starfleet Academy. The story messes with the whole series' timeline, setting the stage for a whole other round of sequels. So there's that. But the effects are really good. The audience I was it with clapped and cheered. Fun, fun. And worth seeing on the big screen.I'm still not really sure what to think about Catch and Release. It's not really a romantic comedy, though there are bits of that. It's not really a tragedy, though elements of that are present, too. And it's not really great, but it has some good moments. Jennifer Garner ("Ghost of Girlfriends Past") stars as a woman whose fiancee dies and then she discovers that he had a child he never told her about. I guess it's just an interesting character study. I did think about it for several days, which is always a plus.In Cold Blood is the film version of Truman Capote's nonfiction novel of the same name. It runs very much like the book, with the build-up before the crime, the investigation and trials afterward. The film is dry, but still compelling. If you enjoy Court TV, this should be right up your alley.For the first fifteen minutes or so of the new Friday the 13th, I was totally pumped. It was goofy, dirty and bloody - all elements of a great slasher. Then it tried to have a story, and I just got bored. I'm not saying that slashers can't have stories. I'm just saying this was a bad one. It felt like just another tired sequel in this already overstretched franchise. Disappointing.Every time Darren Aronofsky ("The Fountain") makes a movie, I'm reassured that he's a genius. The Wrestler is no exception. Mickey Rourke ("Domino") is amazing in the title character, an aging professional wrestler who just doesn't know how to do anything else. The whole thing is heartbreaking. And wonderful.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for May 11: Camping</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_May_11_Camping/625/42276/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s351617.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/119628/default.aspx'>mercurial</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/625/discussions.aspx'>Weekly Theme</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 5/14/2009 5:06:15 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Some really good, and really awful, horror movies involve camping. Friday the 13th was already mentioned. I thought Campire Tales might have been good after seeing that James Marsden, Ron Livingston and Christine Taylor were it in, but alas, it wasn't. The updated House of Wax had its moments: Paris Hilton fit her part in the film perfectly and the creepy town that was constructed was exactly that, but overall it's nothing special. I'm not a fan of Cabin Fever but I will forever remember the disturbing little Kung Fu kid at the end of the film that ran around screaming "Pancakes!" and biting people. The Tripper also had some pretty hilarious moments and was an interesting idea, but was ultimately a let down. Courtney Cox as a PETA Hippie was a nice little cameo. Shrooms was probably worse then having a bad drug experience. I'm a huge fan of The Descent. I'm not however looking forward to the sequel. And the film that many Spout members have filled many a discussion posts over, The Blair Witch Project. I will rehash the tagline that was used during the promotion of the film: it did for the woods and camping what Jaws did for the ocean. I've watched it countless times and still get that anxious feeling of fear and dread each time.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 21:06:15 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>mercurial</spout:postby><spout:postto>Weekly Theme</spout:postto><spout:postdate>5/14/2009 5:06:15 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Some really good, and really awful, horror movies involve camping. Friday the 13th was already mentioned. I thought Campire Tales might have been good after seeing that James Marsden, Ron Livingston and Christine Taylor were it in, but alas, it wasn't. The updated House of Wax had its moments: Paris Hilton fit her part in the film perfectly and the creepy town that was constructed was exactly that, but overall it's nothing special. I'm not a fan of Cabin Fever but I will forever remember the disturbing little Kung Fu kid at the end of the film that ran around screaming "Pancakes!" and biting people. The Tripper also had some pretty hilarious moments and was an interesting idea, but was ultimately a let down. Courtney Cox as a PETA Hippie was a nice little cameo. Shrooms was probably worse then having a bad drug experience. I'm a huge fan of The Descent. I'm not however looking forward to the sequel. And the film that many Spout members have filled many a discussion posts over, The Blair Witch Project. I will rehash the tagline that was used during the promotion of the film: it did for the woods and camping what Jaws did for the ocean. I've watched it countless times and still get that anxious feeling of fear and dread each time.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Take it for what it is: an updated slasher flick.</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/digby00/archive/2009/3/1/40760.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s351617.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/147087/default.aspx'>digby00</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 3/1/2009 1:18:06 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> There were definitely some things about this movie that were done very well. The intro set the tone for the movie nicely, as well as gave insight to the story and what&rsquo;s to come. Also, the movie gives a brief background (for all of us that haven&rsquo;t seen any of the others) as to who Jason is, what his story was, and even how he got his hockey mask, which was nice. The characters were pretty clich&eacute; (the asshole, the nice girl, the party girl, etc.), but the cast good. Despite the suspense, there were a few comedic breaks in the middle that the actors filled naturally.   Aside from one aspect of the story that complicates the plot slightly and gives it more purpose, this movie had essentially the same ingredients of all the other slasher movies &ndash; early 20-somethings having fun in a somewhat desolate area, and then start getting picked off one by one &ndash; but because it&rsquo;s a remake, the recipe works. It isn&rsquo;t trying to be something that it&rsquo;s not (it would have been awkward to see a Friday the 13th with attempted depth of plot, or a life lesson).  See the full review, and check out what the critics have to say. <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:18:06 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>digby00</spout:postby><spout:postto>digby00 Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>3/1/2009 1:18:06 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>There were definitely some things about this movie that were done very well. The intro set the tone for the movie nicely, as well as gave insight to the story and what&amp;rsquo;s to come. Also, the movie gives a brief background (for all of us that haven&amp;rsquo;t seen any of the others) as to who Jason is, what his story was, and even how he got his hockey mask, which was nice. The characters were pretty clich&amp;eacute; (the asshole, the nice girl, the party girl, etc.), but the cast good. Despite the suspense, there were a few comedic breaks in the middle that the actors filled naturally.   Aside from one aspect of the story that complicates the plot slightly and gives it more purpose, this movie had essentially the same ingredients of all the other slasher movies &amp;ndash; early 20-somethings having fun in a somewhat desolate area, and then start getting picked off one by one &amp;ndash; but because it&amp;rsquo;s a remake, the recipe works. It isn&amp;rsquo;t trying to be something that it&amp;rsquo;s not (it would have been awkward to see a Friday the 13th with attempted depth of plot, or a life lesson).  See the full review, and check out what the critics have to say. </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Friday the 13th and Paul Blart Also Set Records. Today in Film Bloggery 02/16/09</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2009/2/27/40680.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s351617.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/9325/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog on spout.com</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 2/27/2009 6:01:20 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> While Karina (and indieWIRE) sits off to the side celebrating the recent indie box office record-breaker, most of the interweb is talking about the weekend’s mainstream achievements. Well, actually people are mostly focusing on just the shocking success of Friday the 13th, which I believe broke records for its franchise, its genre, its rating and for President’s Day weekend (though not for the month of February). As for the other monumental marker, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, I’ve seen maybe two bloggers comment on how it’s just passed $100 million. How is this a remarkable feat? Well, not only does this make Paul Blart the highest grossing January opener ever, but the oft-derided comedy is also the first film to debut in January to reach the $100 million point (not counting the special edition re-release of Star Wars, that is).
As this is a holiday and most of the web cinephiles are celebrating appropriately by watching North by Northwest or Point Break, there isn’t much else being written about, so here are some noteworthy quotes and links regarding the stunning box office figures:


Let’s begin with a comment from horror expert Scott Weinberg (of Cinematical and elsewhere), from whose Twitter I learned of the F13 tally: “Wow, $42m for “Friday the 13th”? Get ready for a bunch of dumb articles about how horror is “back!”"
And not even just from the mainstream media, Scott! As one of the very excited F13 fans at Bloody-Disgusting.com writes: “2009 is going to put horror back on the map! Could we see a repeat of the 80’s? As one person said, MBV 3D got 50 million and this is predicted 100 million. Back that up with the earnings that New Line will rake in with Final Destination 4 plus Vincenzo Natali making a return with Splice and niche horror titles coming to DVD such as Hush, Shortcut, Triangle and God knows universal will get returns on The Grudge 3. THAT is something we can cram down peoples throats and say, “Yeah, mock our genre now, bitches!” HORROR RULES!!!!!!!!!!! THIS YEAR WE WILL CHECKMATE THE FILM INDUSTRY AND TAKE THE BOX OFFICE BY STORM!!!!”
In what seems to be an analogy relating Jason Voorhees to Richard Nixon, Stu at Defamer writes, “Fittingly or not, the biggest President’s Day weekend in box-office history was led by a bloodthirsty, unlikable and unkillable man who’s spent the last 30 years strategically decimating his opponents. Jason Voorhees’s landslide triumph reaffirmed his supremacy and mandate for years to come, or at least until David Frost corners him to ask why he didn’t burn the tapes and if he would like to apologize to the American people for anything in particular. Actually, Frost/Jason doesn’t sound half-bad.”
It might sound better if Frost/Nixon wasn’t considered the opposite of Friday the 13th in terms of box office success. In yet another analysis of yet another weekend in which “the Oscar bump” was nowhere to be seen despite the otherwise stellar box office numbers, Patrick Goldstein at The Big Picture notes, “It’s time for filmmakers to grasp the new reality: The Oscars have become a hollow brass ring. They may be the ultimate status symbol to everyone inside the industry, but outside–in the real world, where Oscar ratings have been steadily dropping–the awards have less and less impact.”
Minute details about the box office numbers are worth paying specific attention to, by the way. While Nikki Finke ponders the following, “I don’t know which is worse: that moviegoers flocked to horrific Friday The 13th 2009 from New Line/Warner Bros because it’s Friday the 13th. Or that they also saw a machete-wielding psycho killer with a loved one on Valentines Day.”
Radar points out, “That’s impressive, though the signs for continued success aren’t so good: nearly half that total was netted on Friday, meaning that the die-hards went to see it and didn’t necessarily recommend it to their friends. And — okay. Maybe it wasn’t the best date movie in the world on Saturday for Valentine’s Day.”
Gabe Toro at The Playlist still sees continued success: “Though the dropoff was steep after a nearly $20 million Friday (I guess couples didn’t want to spend Valentine’s Day watching people hacked and slashed to death?), don’t be surprised to see the franchise suddenly have new legs after this becomes by far the most successful of the series. The awful, reductive, embarassingly simplistic series.”
Screen Daily comments on the triumph for the R rating: “That the number one launch was R-rated compared to [former horror top-grosser] The Grudge’s less problematic PG-13 certification is all the more impressive and vindicates Warner Bros’ decision to release this latest New Line bequest over Valentine’s Day weekend.”
Of course, it’s worth reporting that The Grudge still sold more tickets.
At Film Threat, Scott Mendelson has some quick thoughts on another remake: “I guess the $50 million 4-day Friday the 13th opening means the feared Nightmare on Elm Street remake is about to get fast tracked, right quick (when are we going to see that Martin Campbell remake of The Birds?). For the record, the movie could actually use a remake. The original still holds up as a creepy and surreal horror film, but all of the kid actors are pretty mediocre (yes, even Johnny Depp). And good on Platinum Dunes for getting a hungry, artistically talented rookie to direct the thing.  Better a hungry music video vet with something to prove than a theoretical auteur just in it for the glory (think Rob Zombie).”
And finally, for no other reason than it has to do with the other record-breaker, a trailer mash-up of Paul Blart and the similar yet darker upcoming comedy Observe and Report (via Best Week Ever):


Seth Rogen in Paul Blart Mall Cop Trailer @ Yahoo! Video Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:01:20 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>2/27/2009 6:01:20 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>While Karina (and indieWIRE) sits off to the side celebrating the recent indie box office record-breaker, most of the interweb is talking about the weekend’s mainstream achievements. Well, actually people are mostly focusing on just the shocking success of Friday the 13th, which I believe broke records for its franchise, its genre, its rating and for President’s Day weekend (though not for the month of February). As for the other monumental marker, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, I’ve seen maybe two bloggers comment on how it’s just passed $100 million. How is this a remarkable feat? Well, not only does this make Paul Blart the highest grossing January opener ever, but the oft-derided comedy is also the first film to debut in January to reach the $100 million point (not counting the special edition re-release of Star Wars, that is).
As this is a holiday and most of the web cinephiles are celebrating appropriately by watching North by Northwest or Point Break, there isn’t much else being written about, so here are some noteworthy quotes and links regarding the stunning box office figures:


Let’s begin with a comment from horror expert Scott Weinberg (of Cinematical and elsewhere), from whose Twitter I learned of the F13 tally: “Wow, $42m for “Friday the 13th”? Get ready for a bunch of dumb articles about how horror is “back!”"
And not even just from the mainstream media, Scott! As one of the very excited F13 fans at Bloody-Disgusting.com writes: “2009 is going to put horror back on the map! Could we see a repeat of the 80’s? As one person said, MBV 3D got 50 million and this is predicted 100 million. Back that up with the earnings that New Line will rake in with Final Destination 4 plus Vincenzo Natali making a return with Splice and niche horror titles coming to DVD such as Hush, Shortcut, Triangle and God knows universal will get returns on The Grudge 3. THAT is something we can cram down peoples throats and say, “Yeah, mock our genre now, bitches!” HORROR RULES!!!!!!!!!!! THIS YEAR WE WILL CHECKMATE THE FILM INDUSTRY AND TAKE THE BOX OFFICE BY STORM!!!!”
In what seems to be an analogy relating Jason Voorhees to Richard Nixon, Stu at Defamer writes, “Fittingly or not, the biggest President’s Day weekend in box-office history was led by a bloodthirsty, unlikable and unkillable man who’s spent the last 30 years strategically decimating his opponents. Jason Voorhees’s landslide triumph reaffirmed his supremacy and mandate for years to come, or at least until David Frost corners him to ask why he didn’t burn the tapes and if he would like to apologize to the American people for anything in particular. Actually, Frost/Jason doesn’t sound half-bad.”
It might sound better if Frost/Nixon wasn’t considered the opposite of Friday the 13th in terms of box office success. In yet another analysis of yet another weekend in which “the Oscar bump” was nowhere to be seen despite the otherwise stellar box office numbers, Patrick Goldstein at The Big Picture notes, “It’s time for filmmakers to grasp the new reality: The Oscars have become a hollow brass ring. They may be the ultimate status symbol to everyone inside the industry, but outside–in the real world, where Oscar ratings have been steadily dropping–the awards have less and less impact.”
Minute details about the box office numbers are worth paying specific attention to, by the way. While Nikki Finke ponders the following, “I don’t know which is worse: that moviegoers flocked to horrific Friday The 13th 2009 from New Line/Warner Bros because it’s Friday the 13th. Or that they also saw a machete-wielding psycho killer with a loved one on Valentines Day.”
Radar points out, “That’s impressive, though the signs for continued success aren’t so good: nearly half that total was netted on Friday, meaning that the die-hards went to see it and didn’t necessarily recommend it to their friends. And — okay. Maybe it wasn’t the best date movie in the world on Saturday for Valentine’s Day.”
Gabe Toro at The Playlist still sees continued success: “Though the dropoff was steep after a nearly $20 million Friday (I guess couples didn’t want to spend Valentine’s Day watching people hacked and slashed to death?), don’t be surprised to see the franchise suddenly have new legs after this becomes by far the most successful of the series. The awful, reductive, embarassingly simplistic series.”
Screen Daily comments on the triumph for the R rating: “That the number one launch was R-rated compared to [former horror top-grosser] The Grudge’s less problematic PG-13 certification is all the more impressive and vindicates Warner Bros’ decision to release this latest New Line bequest over Valentine’s Day weekend.”
Of course, it’s worth reporting that The Grudge still sold more tickets.
At Film Threat, Scott Mendelson has some quick thoughts on another remake: “I guess the $50 million 4-day Friday the 13th opening means the feared Nightmare on Elm Street remake is about to get fast tracked, right quick (when are we going to see that Martin Campbell remake of The Birds?). For the record, the movie could actually use a remake. The original still holds up as a creepy and surreal horror film, but all of the kid actors are pretty mediocre (yes, even Johnny Depp). And good on Platinum Dunes for getting a hungry, artistically talented rookie to direct the thing.  Better a hungry music video vet with something to prove than a theoretical auteur just in it for the glory (think Rob Zombie).”
And finally, for no other reason than it has to do with the other record-breaker, a trailer mash-up of Paul Blart and the similar yet darker upcoming comedy Observe and Report (via Best Week Ever):


Seth Rogen in Paul Blart Mall Cop Trailer @ Yahoo! Video Originally posted on:SpoutBlog</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: New Movies 2/13 -- Get your date movie on!</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Coming_Soon/New_Movies_2_13_Get_your_date_movie_on/216/40390/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s351617.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/2126/default.aspx'>spout</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Coming_Soon/216/discussions.aspx'>Coming Soon</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 2/10/2009 10:29:01 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> NEW TO THEATERS 2/13  Friday the 13th -- Watch the trailer. Did you know that hospitals are busiest on full moons? Yeah, weird but true. Do you know what buildings are busiest on Friday the 13th? Tents and cabins in the wilderness. Weird, huh?  The International -- Watch the trailer. I've heard some rumors that this is suprisingly good. I'm intrigued by the premise, that a large multi-national bank would use its (our) funds to support terrorists and other criminals. And hey, two winners heading the show: Naomi Watts and Clive Owen.  Confessions of a Shopaholic -- Watch the trailer. Hmm. I haven't read the book, but I have bought it several times. Anyone looking forward to this?  Two Lovers (limited) -- Watch the trailer. Did you know that Joaquin Phoenix has retired from acting? It's true. And now for something that's not true: Two Lovers is the first installment in a teen-fantasy-based trilogy, completed by I Beat Up the Bully In Front of Everyone and I Win The Talent Show With My Own Power Ballad.     Gomorrah (limited) -- Watch the trailer. This mafia movie set in modern-day Naples won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes, and its American release is sponsored by Martin Scorsese. This movie looks like it can boast authenticity from its head to its toes...three of the actors are tied to mob activity, and the author of Gomorrah (the book this is based on) has been living under 24-hour protection since the book's release. NEW TO DVD 2/10 Blindness -- Watch the trailer. Sort of like Children of Men, but is it as good? Listen to Filmcouch. Burn After Reading -- Watch the trailer.  Foot Fist Way -- Watch the trailer. I liked this one a lot. Listen to the review. Frozen River -- Watch the trailer. Won Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic Feature at Sundance 2008. Miracle at St. Anna -- Watch the trailer. Just a heads-up, I haven't heard one good thing about this movie.  Son of Rambow -- Watch the trailer. Soul Men -- Watch the trailer. The final film performances of Isaak Hayes and Bernie Mac. W. -- Watch the trailer. Eh, it was so-so.    <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:29:01 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>spout</spout:postby><spout:postto>Coming Soon</spout:postto><spout:postdate>2/10/2009 10:29:01 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>NEW TO THEATERS 2/13  Friday the 13th -- Watch the trailer. Did you know that hospitals are busiest on full moons? Yeah, weird but true. Do you know what buildings are busiest on Friday the 13th? Tents and cabins in the wilderness. Weird, huh?  The International -- Watch the trailer. I've heard some rumors that this is suprisingly good. I'm intrigued by the premise, that a large multi-national bank would use its (our) funds to support terrorists and other criminals. And hey, two winners heading the show: Naomi Watts and Clive Owen.  Confessions of a Shopaholic -- Watch the trailer. Hmm. I haven't read the book, but I have bought it several times. Anyone looking forward to this?  Two Lovers (limited) -- Watch the trailer. Did you know that Joaquin Phoenix has retired from acting? It's true. And now for something that's not true: Two Lovers is the first installment in a teen-fantasy-based trilogy, completed by I Beat Up the Bully In Front of Everyone and I Win The Talent Show With My Own Power Ballad.     Gomorrah (limited) -- Watch the trailer. This mafia movie set in modern-day Naples won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes, and its American release is sponsored by Martin Scorsese. This movie looks like it can boast authenticity from its head to its toes...three of the actors are tied to mob activity, and the author of Gomorrah (the book this is based on) has been living under 24-hour protection since the book's release. NEW TO DVD 2/10 Blindness -- Watch the trailer. Sort of like Children of Men, but is it as good? Listen to Filmcouch. Burn After Reading -- Watch the trailer.  Foot Fist Way -- Watch the trailer. I liked this one a lot. Listen to the review. Frozen River -- Watch the trailer. Won Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic Feature at Sundance 2008. Miracle at St. Anna -- Watch the trailer. Just a heads-up, I haven't heard one good thing about this movie.  Son of Rambow -- Watch the trailer. Soul Men -- Watch the trailer. The final film performances of Isaak Hayes and Bernie Mac. W. -- Watch the trailer. Eh, it was so-so.    </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Friday the 13th (1980) VS Friday the 13th (2009)</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Re_Make/Re_Friday_the_13th_1980_VS_Friday_the_13th_2009/674/40339/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s351617.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/5711/default.aspx'>Dr_Gor</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Re_Make/674/discussions.aspx'>Re-Make</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 2/7/2009 8:13:15 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> [quote user="mercurial"] After countless reincarnations of the indelible Jason Voorhees, Marcus Nispel (who directed the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) is trying to reinvent another classic horror film, Friday the 13th. The celluloid is packed to the edges with B-List teens and twentysomethings that undoubtedly jumped at the chance to be screaming fodder for the iconic serial killer. Expectations are up in the air as fans of the original ponder whether the remake will in fact follow the surprise twist that made the original such a great film. Does it matter? Are we just looking for a hockey mask and machete wielding giant that likes decapitating horny kids? Or an interesting revenge driven plot that will live up to the original? Let us know! [/quote]    What I saw in the previews was a rather large "Jason" wearing an "art-deco" kind of hockey mask and dispatching some teenagers.   As fans of the original series are well aware, Jason didn't get his trademark hockey mask until Part III !   In Part II, Jason wore a cloth sack with eye-holes cut in it over his head and he was dressed EXACTLY like the killer in  The Town That Dreaded Sundown .   And, as everybody knows, Jason was NOT in Part I at all, except as a zombie-child who leaps out of the lake at the end in a sequence that might or might not have been nothing more than a dream.    I must admit I am curious about this "remake".   Are they going to consolidate the first three (or more) films of this series into one movie?   Will this movie include "Mrs. Vorhees" dispatching some kids and getting decapitated?   I guess we will find out this coming Friday the 13th...                                                                            &lt; GOR &gt;<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:13:15 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Dr_Gor</spout:postby><spout:postto>Re-Make</spout:postto><spout:postdate>2/7/2009 8:13:15 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>[quote user="mercurial"] After countless reincarnations of the indelible Jason Voorhees, Marcus Nispel (who directed the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) is trying to reinvent another classic horror film, Friday the 13th. The celluloid is packed to the edges with B-List teens and twentysomethings that undoubtedly jumped at the chance to be screaming fodder for the iconic serial killer. Expectations are up in the air as fans of the original ponder whether the remake will in fact follow the surprise twist that made the original such a great film. Does it matter? Are we just looking for a hockey mask and machete wielding giant that likes decapitating horny kids? Or an interesting revenge driven plot that will live up to the original? Let us know! [/quote]    What I saw in the previews was a rather large "Jason" wearing an "art-deco" kind of hockey mask and dispatching some teenagers.   As fans of the original series are well aware, Jason didn't get his trademark hockey mask until Part III !   In Part II, Jason wore a cloth sack with eye-holes cut in it over his head and he was dressed EXACTLY like the killer in  The Town That Dreaded Sundown .   And, as everybody knows, Jason was NOT in Part I at all, except as a zombie-child who leaps out of the lake at the end in a sequence that might or might not have been nothing more than a dream.    I must admit I am curious about this "remake".   Are they going to consolidate the first three (or more) films of this series into one movie?   Will this movie include "Mrs. Vorhees" dispatching some kids and getting decapitated?   I guess we will find out this coming Friday the 13th...                                                                            &amp;lt; GOR &amp;gt;</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Friday the 13th (1980) VS Friday the 13th (2009)</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Re_Make/Friday_the_13th_1980_VS_Friday_the_13th_2009/674/39997/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s351617.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/119628/default.aspx'>mercurial</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Re_Make/674/discussions.aspx'>Re-Make</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 1/27/2009 7:07:18 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> After countless reincarnations of the indelible Jason Voorhees, Marcus Nispel (who directed the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) is trying to reinvent another classic horror film, Friday the 13th. The celluloid is packed to the edges with B-List teens and twentysomethings that undoubtedly jumped at the chance to be screaming fodder for the iconic serial killer. Expectations are up in the air as fans of the original ponder whether the remake will in fact follow the surprise twist that made the original such a great film. Does it matter? Are we just looking for a hockey mask and machete wielding giant that likes decapitating horny kids? Or an interesting revenge driven plot that will live up to the original? Let us know!<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:07:18 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>mercurial</spout:postby><spout:postto>Re-Make</spout:postto><spout:postdate>1/27/2009 7:07:18 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>After countless reincarnations of the indelible Jason Voorhees, Marcus Nispel (who directed the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) is trying to reinvent another classic horror film, Friday the 13th. The celluloid is packed to the edges with B-List teens and twentysomethings that undoubtedly jumped at the chance to be screaming fodder for the iconic serial killer. Expectations are up in the air as fans of the original ponder whether the remake will in fact follow the surprise twist that made the original such a great film. Does it matter? Are we just looking for a hockey mask and machete wielding giant that likes decapitating horny kids? Or an interesting revenge driven plot that will live up to the original? Let us know!</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: A 'Bloody' good time, as long as it's in 3-D</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/usesoap/archive/2009/1/23/39838.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s351617.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/113227/default.aspx'>usesoap</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/usesoap/default.aspx'>usesoap Blog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 1/23/2009 1:34:10 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> My Bloody Valentine 3-D is a film comfortable in its own skin... even if that skin is either impaled, gouged, filleted or otherwise decimated by its pickaxe-wielding killer. Count me as one of the chorus members who bemoans each and every new "re-imagining" of old horror films. I found the latest Texas Chainsaws to be dull blades at best, the new Prom Night to be just as awkward and unfulfilling as my own, and I really have no real urge to see Jason arrive on his unlucky Friday in a few weeks (but I'm sure I'll still go). But by dressing it with the novelty of 3-D, the creators of Valentine have taken a forgotten, otherwise expendable little slasher film from back in the day and gave it a William Castle-style jolt. For those unfamiliar, Castle was the legendary director who in the '50s resorted to gimmicks like buzzers in theater seats for some of his films to entice audience involvement. The use of 3-D is certainly nothing new for horror films, as everyone from Jaws to Jason has at one time promised "a new dimension in terror" or some weak derivative. But it is only recently that the medium has been perfected, ditching the old school red-and-blue tinted glasses (called anaglyph) for the much more fluid "Real 3-D" and "Dolby 3-D"," in which patrons sports gray-tinted shades that reduce the risk of headaches often incurred by the former. It is no longer seen as a hokey gimmick and is becoming more and more commonplace for animated films to be released in this format (in theaters that can project this format) simultaneously with 2-D versions. And Valentine certainly realizes that this added dimension is its biggest (perhaps only?) selling point. From the signature weapon of choice for the film's killer to various other objects (tree limbs, ham hocks, eyeballs), Valentine is not stingy with its device and hurls things at the audience at a brisk clip. It's even conveniently set in a mining shaft, whose cavernous walls allow for excellent scope. Fans of the genre will also be happy to note that it is quick to the bloodshed, punctuating the film with several inventive impaling, creative crushings and slick slaughters. But perhaps even more surprising is the film's little Scooby-Doo-style mystery that had me and my viewing mates guessing until the end. It's not perfect and does bend the rules a bit, but for those seeking more accurate crime scene analysis, there's more than likely a procedural drama on television right now for you. The original film was notable to young gore hounds such as myself in the pages of Fangoria magazine (imagine Entertainment Weekly, with more dismemberings), which previewed the film's deliciously bloody deaths in full color. As with most films of the era, the result was not the sum of its body parts. But the producers of the remake have apparently recognized its strengths (the gore) and realized its flaws (everything else), and have crafted an efficient little scary, fun date movie that claims to be nothing more. The plot, if it matters, concerns an incident in a small Pennsylvania mining town in which an accident brought tragedy to the town. In it, a group of miners were trapped inside, all killed by a co-worker who was not all that into sharing the limited oxygen below. He emerges from his coma after a year and, muscle atrophy be damned, manages to massacre an entire hospital in a violent rage. A decade later, similar killings befall the same sleepy town. The only actor worth mentioning is the elder cast member who serves as a shout-out to old school horror fans. Tom Atkins, veteran of such '80s-era horror flicks as Halloween III: Season of the Witch, The Fog, Creepshow, and Night of the Creeps plays a sheriff who supposedly originally disposed of the killer years ago, only to find that he may not have sealed the deal. Director Patrick Lussier's prior credits include crappy direct-to-video fodder that would not suggest this film would have any mark of quality whatsoever. And while his skills here are not top tier, they are better than the average genre junk that pummels audiences into sensory overload. My Bloody Valentine by no means redefines the genre or reinvigorates the device of an added dimension. But where it succeeds is in embracing both, accepting them for what they are and offering viewers a wholly entertaining diversion, filled with cheap, effective thrills and senseless mayhem that are the staples of the slasher film. (Those who view the 2-D version, though: Enter at your own risk.)<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:34:10 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>usesoap</spout:postby><spout:postto>usesoap Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>1/23/2009 1:34:10 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>My Bloody Valentine 3-D is a film comfortable in its own skin... even if that skin is either impaled, gouged, filleted or otherwise decimated by its pickaxe-wielding killer. Count me as one of the chorus members who bemoans each and every new "re-imagining" of old horror films. I found the latest Texas Chainsaws to be dull blades at best, the new Prom Night to be just as awkward and unfulfilling as my own, and I really have no real urge to see Jason arrive on his unlucky Friday in a few weeks (but I'm sure I'll still go). But by dressing it with the novelty of 3-D, the creators of Valentine have taken a forgotten, otherwise expendable little slasher film from back in the day and gave it a William Castle-style jolt. For those unfamiliar, Castle was the legendary director who in the '50s resorted to gimmicks like buzzers in theater seats for some of his films to entice audience involvement. The use of 3-D is certainly nothing new for horror films, as everyone from Jaws to Jason has at one time promised "a new dimension in terror" or some weak derivative. But it is only recently that the medium has been perfected, ditching the old school red-and-blue tinted glasses (called anaglyph) for the much more fluid "Real 3-D" and "Dolby 3-D"," in which patrons sports gray-tinted shades that reduce the risk of headaches often incurred by the former. It is no longer seen as a hokey gimmick and is becoming more and more commonplace for animated films to be released in this format (in theaters that can project this format) simultaneously with 2-D versions. And Valentine certainly realizes that this added dimension is its biggest (perhaps only?) selling point. From the signature weapon of choice for the film's killer to various other objects (tree limbs, ham hocks, eyeballs), Valentine is not stingy with its device and hurls things at the audience at a brisk clip. It's even conveniently set in a mining shaft, whose cavernous walls allow for excellent scope. Fans of the genre will also be happy to note that it is quick to the bloodshed, punctuating the film with several inventive impaling, creative crushings and slick slaughters. But perhaps even more surprising is the film's little Scooby-Doo-style mystery that had me and my viewing mates guessing until the end. It's not perfect and does bend the rules a bit, but for those seeking more accurate crime scene analysis, there's more than likely a procedural drama on television right now for you. The original film was notable to young gore hounds such as myself in the pages of Fangoria magazine (imagine Entertainment Weekly, with more dismemberings), which previewed the film's deliciously bloody deaths in full color. As with most films of the era, the result was not the sum of its body parts. But the producers of the remake have apparently recognized its strengths (the gore) and realized its flaws (everything else), and have crafted an efficient little scary, fun date movie that claims to be nothing more. The plot, if it matters, concerns an incident in a small Pennsylvania mining town in which an accident brought tragedy to the town. In it, a group of miners were trapped inside, all killed by a co-worker who was not all that into sharing the limited oxygen below. He emerges from his coma after a year and, muscle atrophy be damned, manages to massacre an entire hospital in a violent rage. A decade later, similar killings befall the same sleepy town. The only actor worth mentioning is the elder cast member who serves as a shout-out to old school horror fans. Tom Atkins, veteran of such '80s-era horror flicks as Halloween III: Season of the Witch, The Fog, Creepshow, and Night of the Creeps plays a sheriff who supposedly originally disposed of the killer years ago, only to find that he may not have sealed the deal. Director Patrick Lussier's prior credits include crappy direct-to-video fodder that would not suggest this film would have any mark of quality whatsoever. And while his skills here are not top tier, they are better than the average genre junk that pummels audiences into sensory overload. My Bloody Valentine by no means redefines the genre or reinvigorates the device of an added dimension. But where it succeeds is in embracing both, accepting them for what they are and offering viewers a wholly entertaining diversion, filled with cheap, effective thrills and senseless mayhem that are the staples of the slasher film. (Those who view the 2-D version, though: Enter at your own risk.)</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: WB @ Comic-Con (Watchmen, Terminator, Friday the 13th, JEREMY PIVEN, JARED PADALECKI)</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Comic_Con/WB_Comic_Con_Watchmen_Terminator_Friday_the_1/611/32273/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s351617.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/89318/default.aspx'>lopezdash</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Comic_Con/611/discussions.aspx'>Comic-Con</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 7/8/2008 11:15:57 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Here's a tentative preview of what to expect from the WB movie-wise at Comic-Con  Panels have been scheduled for Watchmen, with director Zack Snyder, Terminator Salvation, with the always entertaining McG, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars, with director Dave Filoni, producer Catherine Winder,  Jeremy Piven, Ludacris and Guy Ritchie will talk RocknRolla Rain (AKA Korean sensation Ji Hoon Jung) will excite fangirls -- though I can't guarantee he'll dress the part -- as Ninja Assassin, with director James McTeigue and fellow star Naomie Harris. The new version of Friday the 13th will also be spotlighted, with Jared Padalecki and Derek Meaks ready to talk Crystal Lake and hockey masks.  Source<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:15:57 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>lopezdash</spout:postby><spout:postto>Comic-Con</spout:postto><spout:postdate>7/8/2008 11:15:57 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Here's a tentative preview of what to expect from the WB movie-wise at Comic-Con  Panels have been scheduled for Watchmen, with director Zack Snyder, Terminator Salvation, with the always entertaining McG, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars, with director Dave Filoni, producer Catherine Winder,  Jeremy Piven, Ludacris and Guy Ritchie will talk RocknRolla Rain (AKA Korean sensation Ji Hoon Jung) will excite fangirls -- though I can't guarantee he'll dress the part -- as Ninja Assassin, with director James McTeigue and fellow star Naomie Harris. The new version of Friday the 13th will also be spotlighted, with Jared Padalecki and Derek Meaks ready to talk Crystal Lake and hockey masks.  Source</spout:body></item>
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