I'm going to share some thoughts about the differences between stage and screen.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Red Dawn
I know! I saw a movie in theaters. Try not to faint.
So, as the time Mayans predicted as of the End of Days draws closer, I'm enjoying the current crop of post-apocalyptic worst-case-scenario movies.
Though, I must admit, I didn't have a really high expectation when I went into the theaters for this 1984 remake. I was drawn by the attractive faces and the action sequences, I will freely admit that.
While both of those things were were really very well done (My, has Josh Peck grown into himself nicely), I found myself really engaging with the story. The group of kids that decide to wage war against the invading North Korean forces (The original was invading Soviet soldiers, hence the title), and they are never safe, can never really let their guard down. I was genuinely stressed out by this, in a good way. I always felt the tension that the characters felt.
Aside from the ever present and eternally boring girlfriend/boyfriend coupling that Hollywood always feels the need to thrust in the middle of a really good movie (Perhaps I'm just biased) I really genuinely enjoyed this movie. It fed my paranoia nicely.
Not that it needed any more ammunition in the first place, but that is beside the point.
Though, I must admit, I didn't have a really high expectation when I went into the theaters for this 1984 remake. I was drawn by the attractive faces and the action sequences, I will freely admit that.
While both of those things were were really very well done (My, has Josh Peck grown into himself nicely), I found myself really engaging with the story. The group of kids that decide to wage war against the invading North Korean forces (The original was invading Soviet soldiers, hence the title), and they are never safe, can never really let their guard down. I was genuinely stressed out by this, in a good way. I always felt the tension that the characters felt.
Aside from the ever present and eternally boring girlfriend/boyfriend coupling that Hollywood always feels the need to thrust in the middle of a really good movie (Perhaps I'm just biased) I really genuinely enjoyed this movie. It fed my paranoia nicely.
Not that it needed any more ammunition in the first place, but that is beside the point.
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