tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post4959800313168677580..comments2024-03-27T17:57:27.840-04:00Comments on Final Girl: Day 13: [REC] 4: APOCALYPSE (2014)Stacie Ponderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-40672492680607765362015-10-14T14:31:13.204-04:002015-10-14T14:31:13.204-04:00I'm going to stick up for Genesis, which I lik...I'm going to stick up for Genesis, which I liked better than the first two BECAUSE it didn't need the found footage - because the whole wedding video aspect was so perfect - I mean how great to have all your extended friends and family assembled in one enclosed space, dressed to the nines and then have all plummeting from the Grand Prospect Hall-style balconies in their tuxes and dresses, trying to kill you, to metaphorically carve you up like a wedding cake? As for the Spaniards being great at horror movies, I'm not terribly convinced --those Blind Dead movies are a real bummer- how many slow mo skeletons on horseback can you watch before you just lose your faith in the genre all together? They're way better than the Portuguese, though. Good lord. Erich Kuerstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-6141457081089227582015-10-14T02:47:48.677-04:002015-10-14T02:47:48.677-04:00I joined in and saw it too and I pretty much agree...I joined in and saw it too and I pretty much agree with everything you said. Perfectly serviceable, action-y zombie movie! My expectations were low, and maybe that was why I groaned less at this than I did at [REC]3 where my expectations where kind of super high. <br /><br />And I agree about Angela Vidal. SPOILER: One thing I WAS hoping for was Angela going all Medeiros girl and Devil-thrash the place up. I really thought that heroine Vidal wasn't even on the table. This girl had Satan inside her and man was she gonna make people suffer, preferably whilst transforming into the girl from the attic. It was clear pretty early on that wasn't gonna happen though, so I kind of dropped it, but I had a lingering thought of "What if? Wouldn't it had been cool if..." throughout the movie. C'est la vie, comme ci comme ca, pomplemousse, Gerard Depardieu, et cetera.<br /><br />Fun to join Shocktober though! I need to watch more movies. Yummy Pizzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15445545230143390988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-63101498754141936612015-10-14T01:00:06.686-04:002015-10-14T01:00:06.686-04:00I do respect them for trying different things for ...I do respect them for trying different things for sure–same with Blair Witch 2! I doubt I'll watch either 3 or 4 again...well, maybe 3, it was fun. They're just...not [REC]. Alas. I didn't hate either one of them, so that's something.Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-26405517661640389352015-10-14T00:14:24.854-04:002015-10-14T00:14:24.854-04:00I have to respect that the creators of the series ...I have to respect that the creators of the series stayed on and actually took the franchise in different directions. They didn't just churn out the same pile of crap over and over again.<br /><br />*cough*JU-ON*cough*CashBaileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593976245341180685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-44923213176558196712015-10-13T23:50:44.981-04:002015-10-13T23:50:44.981-04:00I agree with you wholeheartedly. After [Rec] and [...I agree with you wholeheartedly. After [Rec] and [Rec] 2, both of which I thought were amazing, this and Genesis were real disappointments. The lesson here is that they never should have left the apartment building. It was an important character in its own right, and both movies that abandon it falter without it.Nicholas Kaufmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07197620904585990376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-17662045588931182222015-10-13T23:02:08.150-04:002015-10-13T23:02:08.150-04:00For a horror fan, "Well, that wasn't TERR...For a horror fan, "Well, that wasn't TERRIBLE" is basically the equivalent of an Oscar nomination!Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-63778992976753694132015-10-13T22:47:20.992-04:002015-10-13T22:47:20.992-04:00Often I find there are horror movies I find to be ...Often I find there are horror movies I find to be utterly awful but with maybe a good scene, theme, or other element. There are of course great ones that come out (two to three per year, recently, it seems), but after watching enough rough without a diamond, I'm fine with something that is basically just a competently made movie.matangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13336600001870239447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-15297463482092822682015-10-13T22:40:32.722-04:002015-10-13T22:40:32.722-04:00It might have been awful, keep your expectations l...It might have been awful, keep your expectations low for sure! It's just...an action-y zombie movie, really. Quite predictable. But it was well made, and...maybe I'm still reeling from that trash pile <i>Devil Seed</i>? I didn't hate it, but I have no desire to ever see it again.<br /><br />And I agree–the Spaniards know what's up! There are some real gems out there.Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-79582164284204785142015-10-13T22:23:37.102-04:002015-10-13T22:23:37.102-04:00Hm. I had heard this was awful, but I will have to...Hm. I had heard this was awful, but I will have to check it out. <br /><br />These Spaniards should make more horror movies; they are pretty good at it. Not as (sometimes off-puttingly) avant garde as the French, but inventive and much stronger at putting together plots that make sense than they used to be (in like the Blind Dead era).matangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13336600001870239447noreply@blogger.com