tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post3361053220928123586..comments2024-03-28T20:46:33.836-04:00Comments on Final Girl: Mini-Event Day 1: The CaveStacie Ponderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-86823037689274574102008-12-16T00:39:00.000-05:002008-12-16T00:39:00.000-05:00Didn't see the Cave - but I'm adding it to Netflix...Didn't see <I>the Cave</I> - but I'm adding it to Netflix now.<BR/><BR/><I>The Descent</I> was good. Nice amount of tension. <I>The Hole</I> was not.<BR/><BR/>Other horror movies based around holes? <I>The Gate</I>. And who could forget <I>Holes</I>?<BR/><BR/>I'm reminded of the time a couple years back that there were two or three movies concerning Nazis and soldiers in bunkers/foxholes...which all end the exact same way.John K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12643547504161137741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-54622933987834358202007-02-15T14:54:00.000-05:002007-02-15T14:54:00.000-05:00See, personally, I always thought that with CPR, t...See, personally, I always thought that with CPR, the pants comes off first.<BR/>And I was always embarrassed to take off my pants in public, even if I were in the process of saving a life, so, I never really took the CPR classes because of that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-52347357868423980792007-02-11T00:40:00.000-05:002007-02-11T00:40:00.000-05:00Great review! I'm a chick and even I thought the f...Great review! I'm a chick and even I thought the filmmakers should've taken advantage of the chemistry between Piper and Lena. You guys should see some of the promotional video interviews they did for Imagine Me and You and see how much they hated The Cave. So what's the title fot the NYPD buddy cop movie?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-88857311501788235722007-02-08T21:49:00.000-05:002007-02-08T21:49:00.000-05:00The trick is to only do the ones that pay. My time...The trick is to only do the ones that pay. My time is worth at least $2, and my answers...more than that (I'm thinking like $2.25, though I need $2.50 to do laundry)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00663519069406041482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-69725130940748075252007-02-08T17:59:00.000-05:002007-02-08T17:59:00.000-05:00Dreamrot- I did one of those mall-survey things on...Dreamrot- I did one of those mall-survey things once, though I didn't get paid. A woman approached me with a clipboard and I answered some questions...then she led me deep into the bowels of the mall where I watched a shampoo commercial. She then proceeded to ask about 58749654896549 questions- I was there for about a half hour and I kept asking if I could leave (why I didn't simply walk out beats me...guess I didn't feel like being rude that day), to which she'd reply "Just a couple more". When I finall left I felt a bit as if I'd done a tour of duty.<br /><br />Thanks, Spaceman! And I must say, I agree with you- I'd love to see this movie hit screens. Please write to your local Congressman and/or Hollywood Producer and let's make this happen!!Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-40893363195527573702007-02-08T04:14:00.000-05:002007-02-08T04:14:00.000-05:00That NYPD-detective synopsis is pure gold! You cou...That NYPD-detective synopsis is pure gold! You could write blockbusters for Hollywood just like that! ... I mean that IS a blockbuster scenario right there, it's only a matter of time before that plot his the big screen. It just feels right.<BR/><BR/>And the ending made me laugh and feel warm inside at the same time. Beautiful!<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Snarfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04469754701354563713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-16813401918142151462007-02-07T21:30:00.000-05:002007-02-07T21:30:00.000-05:00I remember a couple months before this came out, I...I remember a couple months before this came out, I was at the mall, and I was broke. One of the people there was doing a survey thing and it paid like $5. Well, shit, 5 bucks is five bucks. Free money. So they had me watch the trailer for <I>The Cave</I> and then they asked me some questions about it.<BR/><BR/>I spent the $5 probably that day (cigarettes if I had to guess). Still haven't seen the movie.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00663519069406041482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-24912202104708445762007-02-07T16:00:00.000-05:002007-02-07T16:00:00.000-05:00#1 on my new to-do list: SEE ZOLTAN. I'm sorry, b...#1 on my new to-do list: SEE <b>ZOLTAN</b>. I'm sorry, but a vampire dog movie seems to good to be true. Thanks for the heads-up, Bill!<br /><br />It's interesting to watch The Cave after having seen The Descent because you're right, Josh, there are some similarities in the perils faced; it's fun to analyze the difference in approaches and why one works and the other doesn't, or why one is more tense than the other. Jump cuts, loud music = not tense. Quiet, long shots= tense.<br /><br />ANd I don't see how an R-rating would help this movie, although it might make the kills more interesting to watch. They're pretty dull as it stands.<br /><br />I should've known I could count on you, Heather, for some CPR tidbits...thanks! The cutting of the wetsuit just seemed so gratuitous to me, like it was a flimsy excuse to get a shot of Lena Headey in a bra.<br /><br />That might be giving the film too much credit, though.Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-84634537724946539532007-02-07T14:02:00.000-05:002007-02-07T14:02:00.000-05:00If I remember right Stacie, one of the instruction...If I remember right Stacie, one of the instructions was to loosen any restrictive clothing, not take them off. In the CPR classes I have been in or attended, we were never told that. Unless it was keeping a person from breathing I wouldn't worry about what the person was wearing. Every second counts and don't want to waste time having to mess with what the person has on.Heather Santroushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03225708725622936749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-28791565790772411792007-02-07T12:21:00.000-05:002007-02-07T12:21:00.000-05:00I knew that this movie was going to be too silly t...I knew that this movie was going to be too silly to do anything but laugh when the person I saw <b>The Cave</b> with began laughing hysterically during the prologue (I think it was the giant bat art in the church, but it's been a while)<br /><br />Now that I think back on it, yes, there are a number of scenes which are kinda like <b>The Descent</b>, like the climbing across perilous falls sequence, but then again, there's that Cole Hauser fight at the end flying around in the fire room...<br /><br />What a silly movie. The director would have you believe the "lost" R rated cut makes it less so, but I can't see how...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-43601188518505958922007-02-07T12:14:00.000-05:002007-02-07T12:14:00.000-05:00Great and hilarious review, Stacie.
The bit with ...Great and hilarious review, Stacie.<br /><br />The bit with her parasite eyes there puts me in mind of the terrifying ending of <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0077470/"><i>Zoltan, Hound of Dracula</i></a>.<br /><br />Oh, hey, that's a '70s horror film. You would dig it. It sort of prefigures the goofiness of <i>Strays</i>, during all of whose Monster P.O.V. shots, I sing "e-vil kit-ty... e-vil kit-ty" to the theme from <i>Jaws</i><br /><br />Anyway, the main special effect to let you know that Zoltan is a <i>vampire</i> dog is that his eyes glow green. Kinda like someone just off camera is shining a flashlight in his eyes. Ooh. A whole new dimension of terror.<br /><br />Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, the terrifying ending. If I'm remembering right, Zoltan, before getting staked in the heart, has managed to get his chomp on with some of the family dogs (also Great Danes, I think). And in the terrifying conclusion, after the dénoument, it's revealed that, one of them is back from the grave! A <i>vampire <b>puppy!</B></I> Not only does he crawl out of his grave, but <i>his eyes glow!</I> <b>BUM BUM BUM BAAAAAAH!</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com