Movie: FrankenFish
Hubby and I are still on a roll blowing through movie after movie. We watched three movies in one day alone: Open Water, FrankenFish, and Hero.
FrankenFish is the reason why I appreciate that actual video stores still exist. I've never heard of this movie before. The only reason I picked it up was because Hollywood Video had FOUR of them on display. I figured it's got to be better than Python or Arachnid (not to be confused with Eight Legged Freaks or Arachinophobia). The latter two pretty much just hired porn starts to read, and I do mean READ, the lines. And occasionally you'd see scenes of nudity and two girls making out. Those are not even B-lined monster-flick. They are D-lined porn.
FrankenFish, on the other hand, was a fairly decent monster flick. Even the hubby liked it!! :) Does that say something? I'll put it in the same category as Red Water, Lake Placid, and Deep Blue Sea. I especially like the recent monster flicks where they are NOT afraid to show you the monster. :) It's really cool. I remember when I was a kid and you'd have to strain to try to see the monster. The background was always dark. The light was either flickering or broken, or the characters just didn't bother turning them on. And at any given time you could only see a portion (like about 1%) of the monster. Grrrrrrr.
FrankenFish: recommended, if you are a monster flicks kinda person.
Another movie that I picked out from the bargain bin that turned out pretty good was Alien Hunter.
FrankenFish is the reason why I appreciate that actual video stores still exist. I've never heard of this movie before. The only reason I picked it up was because Hollywood Video had FOUR of them on display. I figured it's got to be better than Python or Arachnid (not to be confused with Eight Legged Freaks or Arachinophobia). The latter two pretty much just hired porn starts to read, and I do mean READ, the lines. And occasionally you'd see scenes of nudity and two girls making out. Those are not even B-lined monster-flick. They are D-lined porn.
FrankenFish, on the other hand, was a fairly decent monster flick. Even the hubby liked it!! :) Does that say something? I'll put it in the same category as Red Water, Lake Placid, and Deep Blue Sea. I especially like the recent monster flicks where they are NOT afraid to show you the monster. :) It's really cool. I remember when I was a kid and you'd have to strain to try to see the monster. The background was always dark. The light was either flickering or broken, or the characters just didn't bother turning them on. And at any given time you could only see a portion (like about 1%) of the monster. Grrrrrrr.
FrankenFish: recommended, if you are a monster flicks kinda person.
Another movie that I picked out from the bargain bin that turned out pretty good was Alien Hunter.
posted by cahalan @ 01:59
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