Giles

I thought the killing of the nubile chick was a cop out - either they just didn't film it or the MPAA had their say...

technically I thought the 3D effects trounced the 3D imagery in the lacklustre 'Bolt'

paradicelost

I'm trying to find a time to go see this, big fan of the original and am a big fan of Supernatural so when i saw that Jensen Ackles was in it I thought it may actually be a remake worth seeing.


Speaking of part 3, my 8 yr old just put Dokken's Dream Warriors on her ipod, she wanted the video but we couldn't find it. She's upset that i told her she 3-4 years away from being able to see the films, since she loves Freddy in the Dream Warriors video. I don't know to be excited that she's getting my love of horror(and older metal) or a little bit worried.

Strafe

So disappointed. Went to see it in 3D today. I don't know what the process is but there was no 3D. The glasses only made it look darker. I'm guessing my theater played the wrong reel in the wrong theater. I heard puzzled remarks from others in the theater also. Left about 10 minutes into the movie and got my money back.

Torchur317

Wow,One of the best horror remakes in recent years!!!!
I loved it,it felt like an 80s slasher flick....
Very brutal with some awesome deaths plus it had bush!!!! lol

BravesMG

Just got back and totally agree with this. Holy shit there were stretches of what felt like 15-20 minutes of absolutely nothing going on. The 3D was pretty good, but I got a fucking blinding headache about an hour in that didn't help.

Couple good kills but it just felt like a massive waste of time and not really fun.

Torchur317

I'm surprised so many are disappointed with this....

LiquidSky

I ended up going this afternoon and was very entertained. Grade: 8/10.

mdc3000

I was mildly entertained and had some fun with it...but it starts off so strong that the rest can't help but feel like a HUGE disappointment... I mean, the movie was going off like gangbusters until the Midget bought it... then we got like 50 minutes of dialogue...boring as fuck, who gives a shit dialogue... then the kills just felt tired, sloppy and didn't even have much 3D pop (jaw scene excluded)... If they hadn't blown their load in the opening minutes it might not have felt like such a bore - but since we already had some great kills and tits and then NOTHING, it really hurt the momentum. And sure, the acting isn't going to win any awards but I think Jensen Ackles kicks ass, even if he didn't have much to do in this one...

Gizmo

For those that have seen this...are the colors "off" like watching an older 3D film (F13, Jaws etc)?

Boba Fett

Definitely fun seeing the 3D version, but the ending was a lame cop-out, and the film was about 25 mins too long.

Ronnie Dobbs

I wasn't expecting anything great going in so I wasn't too disapointed. The ending was terrible. If they make a sequel I might see it but I don't really care if they do or don't.

Scotts35

I'd bet that you were in a house showing the actual film print which is in 2D. I don't know why the theater/box office didn't inform you this nor why they gave you glasses but that's what happened. And FYI, these 3D prints aren't films but Hard drives played through a digital projects housing a special "Real D" lense.

And to answer another question the glasses are solid black plastic frames with clear but darkened lenses, not red and blue.

OldBoy

I'm surprised that you're surprised so many people didn't like a horror remake of a not acclaimed film to begin with using a gimmick that is probably hit or miss...

mdc3000

I really should have had my expectations in check when I realized this was directed by Patrick Lussier - dude has yet to make something that wasn't a slightly polished turd.

Gizmo

Are these recycled for the next guests or do we take them home/junk them?

Giles

I don't know... I thought the gun thrown to the face was the best effect - I winced and moved 'out of the way'.

One effect I thought wasn't that well utlized was

Giles

there's an actual cardboard bin that you can 'recycle' them near the exit/entrance of the theatre I was at.

man*machine

SPOILERS...........






It looks like that scene may have been trimmed for the MPAA as it ends abruptly just when the head starts sliding down, as you said.

As far as the glasses go, they are supposed to be re-used as they are not cheap paper-glasses. Also, although the glasses look like they have clear lenses, if you look at them very closely, they are slightly tinted in two colors - one lense greenish-blue, one lense red (I think those were the colors - in any event, each lense was a different color). It's very subtle and I thought they were clear myself until my friend told me to look at them closer to see the colors. So it looks like this could be a more high-tech digital version of the old red-blue process. The 3-D looked pretty good, but I think polarized is more clear.

The movie itself was pretty bad, but still enjoyable to a degree. I didn't think they utilized the 3-D enough and there really wasn't anything clever to most of the death scenes. We've seen this all before. Still, I've always thought this killer was cool so it was worth seeing the remake once. Also, there's a short bonus after the end credits so stick around.

I wonder if the DVD will be in 3-D. Has LG ever released a 3-D dvd before?

Torchur317

Yup,They released that horrible Night of the Living Dead remake....
And it looked really really really bad....

Giles

I'd very interested in knowing what was cut - in the Rue Morgue article, it is mentioned that the remake like the original did have some run ins with the MPAA and cutting it down to it's R-rating. There were quite a few kills I would have filmed differently - if you're filming in 3D, exploit it.



if I were Lionsgate, I would have released the NC-17 cut at the end of the film's run to see all the grue in 3D form - unfortunantley I don't think well see the excised gore til the home video release.

dsa_shea

The price difference between seeing the regular version and the 3D version is too much in my opinion . My wife and I could go and see this movie or another regular movie showing at the same time as the 3D version for about 9 dollars less for two tickets. Most theaters are charging like a 2.00 premium for each ticket but that is on top of a more expensive base ticket price. When we saw Journey to the Center of the Earth in 3D last summer we didn't pay more to see it and from what it sounds like MBV isn't much better than that movie.

Giles

complaint/question: Gallery Place here in DC is a mixed blessing for 3D films, it's a great setup - excellent brightness to the image and surround sound. BUT ... the ceiling lights, directly above you, never go fully out, they are faint and when wearing 3D glasses produce a glare when you're sitting in the prime middle seats. I asked management if the lights can be manually turned completely off - she said no... if that's really the case, I'd just go to AMC's Georgetown or Tyson's Corner (which aren't that readily metro subway accesible - bus only)

I would assume this seems to be an isolated case, or does anyone else notice this at theatres - ancilary light causing distraction?

-TRANCE-

I was very letdown by this film. I was expecting a great remake but instead it was another tiresome gory remake with graphic nudity and no suspense. The acting was the worst i've seen in a long time and the ending was rather silly.

SpaceBoy

I didn't stick around for the credits and the surprise - anybody care to spoil it for me?

man*machine

Well, after the endless end-credits sequence of going down through the mine caverns is over, the miner killer finally shows up at the end of the remake one last time and swings his pick-axe right at the screen, which is pretty cool compared to most of the earlier 3-D moments in the film.