Craziest Remake Ever! (Awful Pun, I Know)
Another weekend, another trip to a movie theater. I fear this blog is becoming somewhat predictable. Maybe I should go make some friends or something so I don't run the risk of sounding like a broken record.
So anyway, I headed out earlier tonight to see the remake of The Crazies. (It was either that or Cop Out, and The Crazies won the coin flip.) I went into it without having seen George Romero's version of the movie, so all I really knew to expect was the basic plot synopsis and what I'd seen in the remake's advertising. I was actually afraid that it was just going to be some lame 28 Days Later ripoff, but you know what? I was actually pretty impressed.
Yeah, I really got into it. The movie totally had me hooked. The suspense was well-done, the scares were actually scary, and the acting was really good. You don't see too many horror movies nowadays pull off all three, but I thought The Crazies did. That's enough to earn it a recommendation from me.
And I really don't really want to get too deep into the details for fear of spoiling something, though I will say that I totally dug how the movie ended. I don't know what it was, but the final minute or so of the movie, along with an added scene during the credits, really struck me as being cool.
To wrap this up, I'd definitely tell you to go check out The Crazies if you have even the slightest of interest in it. It's totally worth the ticket price. So on the Sutton Scale, I'll totally give it four stars, and it earned all four. Now all I have to do is check out the original version, because now I'm totally interested in seeing it now.
And to think, I got through this whole post without making one stupid pun involving the word "crazy" beyond the headline. I'm proud of myself.
So anyway, I headed out earlier tonight to see the remake of The Crazies. (It was either that or Cop Out, and The Crazies won the coin flip.) I went into it without having seen George Romero's version of the movie, so all I really knew to expect was the basic plot synopsis and what I'd seen in the remake's advertising. I was actually afraid that it was just going to be some lame 28 Days Later ripoff, but you know what? I was actually pretty impressed.
Yeah, I really got into it. The movie totally had me hooked. The suspense was well-done, the scares were actually scary, and the acting was really good. You don't see too many horror movies nowadays pull off all three, but I thought The Crazies did. That's enough to earn it a recommendation from me.
And I really don't really want to get too deep into the details for fear of spoiling something, though I will say that I totally dug how the movie ended. I don't know what it was, but the final minute or so of the movie, along with an added scene during the credits, really struck me as being cool.
To wrap this up, I'd definitely tell you to go check out The Crazies if you have even the slightest of interest in it. It's totally worth the ticket price. So on the Sutton Scale, I'll totally give it four stars, and it earned all four. Now all I have to do is check out the original version, because now I'm totally interested in seeing it now.
And to think, I got through this whole post without making one stupid pun involving the word "crazy" beyond the headline. I'm proud of myself.
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10:13 PM
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