If you don’t remember, I rated Funny Games as something to make you look forward to 2008. For me, it was something that did make me look forward to this year. I’ve been waiting for this movie to be released ever since 2007. My expectations were exceeded for this film. It is a remake of the 1997 German film Funny Games, both with the same director (Michael Haneke). I have yet to see the German version, but I would really like to.
Summery: This film begins with the typical American family who go out to their cabin for vacation. When stopping to chat with their neighbors, they notice that the neighbors are acting odd around two new guests. The plot slowly moves on when Anne (the mother, played by Naomi Watts) is confronted with one of the first guests who asks to borrow eggs. He clumsily ends up breaking eight eggs before the next guess arrives along with the father and the son. The two young men (Peter and Paul) attack the father and break his leg. They then make a bet with the family that the family will not be alive tomorrow by 9 o’clock.
Rating: Four stars out of Five This was a superbly written and directed psychological thriller. It reminds me of Red Eye and the French film Merci Pour le Chocolat, if you enjoyed those two films you will also enjoy Funny Games. I must warn you, this movie is not Black Dahlia, Saw, or Hostel. Don’t expect fast pace scenes with blood and gore. This is an intelligent movie, and will not be received well by the typical movie goer. If you have already seen the movie Read the rest of this entry »
Twilight begins slowly. Stephanie Meyer builds her characters nicely and describes the setting vividly. My only problem was– her grammar– she seems to write sentances– that have many odd pauses. I almost considered putting the book down because it began to bother me. Does she not know how to use commas? Eventually I grew used to the weird pauses her narration took as I got more into the story. 
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I’ve seen more than half of Tim Burton’s work. All I have to say is, “Really? No seriously… really? This is the man you all worship?” to my generation. I could understand the slight obsession with some of his other wor- wait, no I can’t. I really can’t understand the level of obsession so many people have with Tim Burton. Every movie I’ve seen of his is basically a mixture of Beetlejuice and James and the Giant Peach. All it does is feed the freaky emo kids of my generation. Tim Burton, you’re a creative man, please stop generating the same work! 
