Apr. 16th, 2012

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I've seen a lot of folks chastising critics for spoilers, but I'm not sure how much of this movie can really be spoiled. This isn't From Dusk 'Till Dawn, with its complete genre shift mid-movie (something I'd like to see more of); nor is it The Sixth Sense, with a twist ending that, on reflection, was the only possible way the movie could make sense. Hell, it's not even The Crying Game, with twist reasonably early in the movie that forced people to adjust their expectations. If you watch the first third of Cabin in the Woods and you somehow can't predict everything that's coming (in a general sense), you probably haven't seen many movies.

This isn't so much a movie as it is a ninety-minute work of film criticism. Whedon and Goddard are talking about the horror genre, from the final-girl myth to the torture porn craze to the cultural differences in horror movies in different countries to the question of free will and agency in victims to (as Nordling at Ain't it Cool points out) our own culpability as fans. And you get most of that in the first ten minutes, let alone the first half.

That said, I suppose if I do discuss anything specific, I should toss in a spoiler tag. A few discombobulated random thoughts behind the cut.

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yendi: (Default)
I've seen a lot of folks chastising critics for spoilers, but I'm not sure how much of this movie can really be spoiled. This isn't From Dusk 'Till Dawn, with its complete genre shift mid-movie (something I'd like to see more of); nor is it The Sixth Sense, with a twist ending that, on reflection, was the only possible way the movie could make sense. Hell, it's not even The Crying Game, with twist reasonably early in the movie that forced people to adjust their expectations. If you watch the first third of Cabin in the Woods and you somehow can't predict everything that's coming (in a general sense), you probably haven't seen many movies.

This isn't so much a movie as it is a ninety-minute work of film criticism. Whedon and Goddard are talking about the horror genre, from the final-girl myth to the torture porn craze to the cultural differences in horror movies in different countries to the question of free will and agency in victims to (as Nordling at Ain't it Cool points out) our own culpability as fans. And you get most of that in the first ten minutes, let alone the first half.

That said, I suppose if I do discuss anything specific, I should toss in a spoiler tag. A few discombobulated random thoughts behind the cut.

Read more... )
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Today's a holiday here in MA, incidentally. Patriots' Day is celebrated only in MA, ME, and parts of WI, and even that small group can't agree on where to put the apostrophe (the folks in ME insist on putting it before the S). So I'm at home, proctoring Elayna as she takes an SAT practice test.

Anyway, a handful of deals:

Amazon's DVD Deal of the Week is Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series (plus Collectible Cylon) on DVD for $89.49. Of course, season 4 is one of the worst recent seasons in television memory (rivaling B5 season 5 and any season of Two and a Half Men), and season 3 isn't exactly perfect either, but at least the acting's good. And those first two seasons really are kind of awesome.

The Blu-Ray of the week is the Tom Cruise Blu-Ray Collection (with Collateral, Days of Thunder, Minority Report, Top Gun, and War of the Worlds) for $25 (57% off). Granted, Days of Thunder is basically the BSG season 4 of this collection, but it's still a nifty deal.

In video games, you can nab the limited edition of Fate/Extra for the PS3 for $29.99 (25% off), and Resident Evil 4 for the Wii (AKA the last good RE game) is $9.99 (50% off)
yendi: (Default)
Today's a holiday here in MA, incidentally. Patriots' Day is celebrated only in MA, ME, and parts of WI, and even that small group can't agree on where to put the apostrophe (the folks in ME insist on putting it before the S). So I'm at home, proctoring Elayna as she takes an SAT practice test.

Anyway, a handful of deals:

Amazon's DVD Deal of the Week is Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Series (plus Collectible Cylon) on DVD for $89.49. Of course, season 4 is one of the worst recent seasons in television memory (rivaling B5 season 5 and any season of Two and a Half Men), and season 3 isn't exactly perfect either, but at least the acting's good. And those first two seasons really are kind of awesome.

The Blu-Ray of the week is the Tom Cruise Blu-Ray Collection (with Collateral, Days of Thunder, Minority Report, Top Gun, and War of the Worlds) for $25 (57% off). Granted, Days of Thunder is basically the BSG season 4 of this collection, but it's still a nifty deal.

In video games, you can nab the limited edition of Fate/Extra for the PS3 for $29.99 (25% off), and Resident Evil 4 for the Wii (AKA the last good RE game) is $9.99 (50% off)

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