Like Tim, I too am a fan of escapism. For my dollar, I prefer outsider escape to the kind that Hollywood comes up with. Because, honestly, Godzilla should have been a slam-dunk. Maybe it's no coincidence that the writers of the movie that set giant monster movies back a decade also wrote the increasingly tiresome Pirates of the Caribbean sequels. Check out the trailer to D-War -- it's a Korean giant-monster that imagines dragons and their slayers duking it out in the modern-day. It looks quite a bit cheesier than The Host (which, I might add, was pure, unbridled awesome). Those of you with an extremely high tolerance for movie cheese should check out Godzilla Final Wars -- it's a nutso monster battle royale from the guy who directed Versus, a Evil Dead-influenced low-budget actioner that pit the yakuza against zombies.
Monday, July 2, 2007
I Welcome Our New, Monstrous Overlords
Like Tim, I too am a fan of escapism. For my dollar, I prefer outsider escape to the kind that Hollywood comes up with. Because, honestly, Godzilla should have been a slam-dunk. Maybe it's no coincidence that the writers of the movie that set giant monster movies back a decade also wrote the increasingly tiresome Pirates of the Caribbean sequels. Check out the trailer to D-War -- it's a Korean giant-monster that imagines dragons and their slayers duking it out in the modern-day. It looks quite a bit cheesier than The Host (which, I might add, was pure, unbridled awesome). Those of you with an extremely high tolerance for movie cheese should check out Godzilla Final Wars -- it's a nutso monster battle royale from the guy who directed Versus, a Evil Dead-influenced low-budget actioner that pit the yakuza against zombies.
Looks entertaining. Will it make it to theaters around here though?
ReplyDeleteIf it does it'll probably be at the Lagoon for a really short run.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reminding me to put The Host on my Netflix queue. I'm excited to see that one.
ReplyDeleteThe Host trailer was great. Why didn't I hear about this movie?
ReplyDeleteTim, I tried to drag as many people as I could to see The Host, but Lucas was the only one who bit.
ReplyDeleteSorry I wasn't around or I would have made the obligatory Tim bashing response here. The Host was quite enjoyable... though I have few better New Year's memories than watching The Terror of Mechagodzilla at 3am with a couple of my 2nd grade friends at the Holidome in Rantoul IL in 1982, er technically -3 since it was after midnight.
ReplyDelete~I'm such a child of the 80's... no wonder I loved Transformers.