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The Descent (2005)
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"Last week, Roger Ebert finally got around to destroying reviewing Ben Stein’s anti-evolution film, Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. Ebert’s rant is as cerebral as it is merciless, and it’s worth a read even if you haven’t seen the film. He makes some good points about how the film completely misunderstands the concepts of probability and selection, forming flashy but ultimately useless argument. Ebert’s rage is thinly veiled. He’s obviously upset that clear logical fallacies can go unnoticed by so many people. Sure, misreading Darwin while attempting to refute him is a lame move when engaging in scientific debate, but the practice is quite common when it comes to filmmaking. When movies deal with evolution, there’s an unspoken understanding that they can completely distort the theory beyond recognition. It’s kind of like calling someone a pedophile during a F "
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"One of the most enjoyable movies I've seen recently is a bizarre but cookin' action movie called Doomsday. It's Neil Marshall's (Dog Soldiers, The Descent) latest horror/sci-fi movie. Doomsday is like Escape From New York meets The Stand. It's post-apocalyptic filmmaking at its most enjoyable. And I've got to talk about how regarding violence, this movie has its cake and eats it too. This is a graphic film; for short burts it's as graphic as Passion of the Christ or the new Rambo, which both disturbed me quite a bit. What's strange is that while I found the intense violence in Passion or Rambo to be much more sickening than entertaining, the violence of Doomsday really appealed to me as entertainment. What is even stranger is that one of the themes of Doomsday is the futile and selfish nature of cruelty... so it somehow manages to be really fun-violent while trying to unmask actual fun-violence as an abomination! "
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"Wow! I wasn't expecting much from this film considering the all girl cast and the fact that I usually hate chicks in these kind of movies because thay are usually the ones who fall down or can't keep their whimperings to a minimum when the boogey is near. This movie rocked! Very uber-creepy boogeys with their mewlings and milky-eyed blindness. Very highmarks for this one. One of my favorites now. "
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"THE DESCENT (2005)***1 hr. 39 min.R for strong violence/gore and language. written by: Neil Marshallproduced by: Christian Colsondirected by: Neil MarshallI made sure I watched this movie in the middle of an afternoon instead of late at night. I knew going in that it could be the type of movie that would send me to bed with the heebie jeebies. The latest trend in suspense and horror movies has not excited me in the least. All I see are countless ripoffs, remakes, and regurgitations of classic and mediocre movies that have already been done. If anything, I've been quite disappointed and disinterested in the popularity and apparent demand for various films depicting graphic decapitations, dismemberment, and mutilations. Thing is, I do like a good scare. I'm more of a "less-is-more" kinda guy. I don't need to see it all to be freaked out but I'll occasionally handle me some gore as long as the plot seems decent enough. Then I remembered this movie that origi ... "
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"The last few years have seen the renewal of the horror genre. What was once considered schlock fare for freaks is now a huge part of the corporate studio system and the most profitable genre of film today. Many of today’s horror movies are slick remakes of cult classics, some are barely more than staged snuff films, and a few attempt to open the genre to younger audiences by relying on suspense rather than arterial spray. The number of films being produced is nearing that of the halycon days of the 50’s. We are truly living in another golden age of horror cinema. With horror films being released almost every week these days it’s not surprising that some of best fall through the cracks. Labeled as “just another scare flick”, they come and go from the multiplex in the blink of an eye. This is unfortunate because there have been some truly great horror films released in the past years. Many of the finest push the genre forward while remaining firmly r ... "
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