I went from that to Kevin Costner dealing with the same problem in the opening minutes of Mike Binder’s Black and White. This is a tiresome interracial custody dramedy in which white non-guilt righteously dukes it out with black melodrama. It’s like Tyler Perry’s Crash.
Famous Mortimer wrote:Made it all the way through the "Silent Night, Deadly Night" series, including the 2012 remake. Sort of miserable, apart from the hilarious part 2.
I keep discovering more Christmas-themed slasher films, though, so I feel I'm going to have to save a load of them for next year. One called "To All A Good Night", and then there's "Silent Night, Bloody Night" (plus awful-sounding low budget recent "sequel"), "Santa's Slay", "Black Christmas" (2 versions), "Christmas Evil" and no doubt even more.
I assume you've seen Jack Frost?
Black Christmas (original) is the only one that I've liked off of your list, although they're all fun on some level.
Oh... and Rare Exports is the undisputed king of the category for me.
In general, movies are overdoing it with setting a color tone. I'm guessing that there is technology now, when coupled with sets and costumes that makes it easier to have everything be sepia or glowy aura.
Just looking at those previews - BlackHat - darks and sharp and sleek..woooo techy. Fifty shades - night all the damn time.
Westerns - now all sepia. Those movies in ancient times real or not like "300" or "the Hobbit" all black and blue.
You get the drill. It's a necessary tool for filmmaking, but overall I think this era of major filmmaking will be linked to this over-the-top use of tone style. They try to say too much with it. On the good side, now I can look at these movie tones and tell that i don't want to watch it.
Examples
ghostrunner wrote:This Is the End was pretty awful after the first 30 minutes and the trailers make this look to be along the same lines.
whoa there buddy
I mean, he's not wrong.
I was hoping for 80-90 minutes of ridiculous fun. The fun part got out of the way quickly. Seeing celebrities sent up and skewered (literally and figuratively)was great. The rest was mostly just ridiculous. Like a long drawn out version of that scene in a buddy cop comedy where the two guys will scream and look at each other, look out the window, and look at each other again.
Also, 1 hour and 47 minutes. There's no good reason for that.
ghostrunner wrote:This Is the End was pretty awful after the first 30 minutes and the trailers make this look to be along the same lines.
whoa there buddy
I mean, he's not wrong.
I was hoping for 80-90 minutes of ridiculous fun. The fun part got out of the way quickly. Seeing celebrities sent up and skewered (literally and figuratively)was great. The rest was mostly just ridiculous. Like a long drawn out version of that scene in a buddy cop comedy where the two guys will scream and look at each other, look out the window, and look at each other again.
Also, 1 hour and 47 minutes. There's no good reason for that.
The James Franco - Danny McBride scene was one of the funniest things ive ever seen
I only just twigged the other day (while watching "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang", a great movie) that just about everything Shane Black's attached his name to is set at Christmas. Lethal Weapon, The Last Boy Scout, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Last Action Hero, Iron Man 3...I feel dumb for not twigging before now.
Famous Mortimer wrote:I only just twigged the other day (while watching "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang", a great movie) that just about everything Shane Black's attached his name to is set at Christmas. Lethal Weapon, The Last Boy Scout, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Last Action Hero, Iron Man 3...I feel dumb for not twigging before now.
Had to look up twigging, just to be sure i interpreted correctly.
