I got passes to see this movie tonight at Grauman's Chinese in Hollywood for a special advance screening. I'm so damn excited. Anyone else itching to see this movie?
I'll post my impressions when I get back this evening.. 😀
*EDIT*
Ok, just got back. Waited 1.5 hours in line to get in (ticket said six, movie started @ eight).. Saw several celebrities go down the red carpet - David Arquette & Courtney Cox among others.
Anyway, to the movie:
To make a long review short, you get what you see in the trailer -- the first hyped up, ultra-corny, action-packed old-school B-Movie of the new millenium. It follows every one of its predecessors to a T in every aspect from the predictable plot to special effects. If you've seen the trailer, you've got the gist of the movie.
Plot summary: Toxic waste falls into pond, creating radioactive crickets which are fed to spiders in a spider farm. Surely enough the spiders become abnormally large and aggressive, break out and wreak havoc on the sleepy little town. You can guess how it goes from there.
Standard mutant bug movie fare includes tons of gore (mostly bug parts), dozens of fatalities (replete with excessive screaming), corny jokes and slapstick humor, and cheesy, low budget special effects (which are still impressive given today's technology, but still can't touch the likes of LOTR). In the motley crew of characthers, we have our hapless, clueless hero who does his darndest to save the day, the kid who no ones listens to until it's too late, the beautiful heroine, and, of course, the goofy co-stars for comic relief.
What more could you want in a B-Movie? If you want to see cats, dogs, ostriches and humans all get the crap beat outta them by spiders then see the spiders get shot, stabbed, and beaten, sit down, grab your popcorn, and have fun. If you're older than 15 and consider yourself "cultured" and above such lowbrow entertainment, then by all means stay at home this weekend, throw a tea party, or sing along to televised opera while eating your beluga caviar and goose liver pate, you fricking snob. This movie is for people who have been waiting for Hollywood to throw something that's no-holds-barred FUN at them, not a rehashed, half-assed sequel or an overproduced attempt at The Next Big Thing. Don't expect any Oscars from this one, folks, just be prepared to have a spider-crunching good time!
amnesiac 2.0's rating: *** / ****
Again, let me stress that the acting is HORRIBLE, the plot PREDICTABLE, the special effects CHEESY, but this movie is FUN. Expect nothing more.
Bonus for me: I walked right past Kari Wuhrer on my way out. Goddamn she is $%*@#$& hot!!!!
I'll post my impressions when I get back this evening.. 😀
*EDIT*
Ok, just got back. Waited 1.5 hours in line to get in (ticket said six, movie started @ eight).. Saw several celebrities go down the red carpet - David Arquette & Courtney Cox among others.
Anyway, to the movie:
To make a long review short, you get what you see in the trailer -- the first hyped up, ultra-corny, action-packed old-school B-Movie of the new millenium. It follows every one of its predecessors to a T in every aspect from the predictable plot to special effects. If you've seen the trailer, you've got the gist of the movie.
Plot summary: Toxic waste falls into pond, creating radioactive crickets which are fed to spiders in a spider farm. Surely enough the spiders become abnormally large and aggressive, break out and wreak havoc on the sleepy little town. You can guess how it goes from there.
Standard mutant bug movie fare includes tons of gore (mostly bug parts), dozens of fatalities (replete with excessive screaming), corny jokes and slapstick humor, and cheesy, low budget special effects (which are still impressive given today's technology, but still can't touch the likes of LOTR). In the motley crew of characthers, we have our hapless, clueless hero who does his darndest to save the day, the kid who no ones listens to until it's too late, the beautiful heroine, and, of course, the goofy co-stars for comic relief.
What more could you want in a B-Movie? If you want to see cats, dogs, ostriches and humans all get the crap beat outta them by spiders then see the spiders get shot, stabbed, and beaten, sit down, grab your popcorn, and have fun. If you're older than 15 and consider yourself "cultured" and above such lowbrow entertainment, then by all means stay at home this weekend, throw a tea party, or sing along to televised opera while eating your beluga caviar and goose liver pate, you fricking snob. This movie is for people who have been waiting for Hollywood to throw something that's no-holds-barred FUN at them, not a rehashed, half-assed sequel or an overproduced attempt at The Next Big Thing. Don't expect any Oscars from this one, folks, just be prepared to have a spider-crunching good time!
amnesiac 2.0's rating: *** / ****
Again, let me stress that the acting is HORRIBLE, the plot PREDICTABLE, the special effects CHEESY, but this movie is FUN. Expect nothing more.
Bonus for me: I walked right past Kari Wuhrer on my way out. Goddamn she is $%*@#$& hot!!!!
