The Hole
Airborne
Jason: In many ways, The Hole is more of
a tribute to 80s cinema than J.J. Abrams' Super 8. For one,
it's directed by one of the finest purveyors of 80s movie
making -- Joe Dante. You know, the guy who made Gremlins, Explorers,
and Inner Space? Hell, when it comes to horror, this is the dude who made
the original Howling and Piranha
But is this movie any good? Yarp. The
creepy kid and creepy doll sequences are beau-coup scary. Actually,
this movie really took off for me when the ghost of the dead kid AND
the creepy clown were introduced, almost simultaneously.
Actually, every horror sequence in this movie works. Flawlessly.
I admit, I'm a bit too old to fully
enjoy The Hole. This would be a perfect flick for someone in his
early to mid teens. Hell, even the jail bait that is Haley Bennett is
cast strictly to entice young male viewers.
That said, my son will
love this shit when he is old enough to fully appreciate it. And I know I will watch
this again with him, and that rates a Good in
my book.
Shawn: Nickelodeon does horror.
Hey, this
movie had a butt-load of potential. It had some fantastic imagery
in some spots, a good bit of hair-raising moments. However, the look
and feel of the actors was all wrong. It brought what looked like a
feel-good kids' movie into the wrong genre. There were some strange
plot holes, and odd behaviour.
This could have been a shorts shitting
movie had they made it a bit “grittier." Otherwise, it was just
a YTV movie that bordered on horror and abuse. I’ve watched too many
of those. I have to give it a Bad.
Airborne
Shawn: I went into this movie dragging my
heels, and my guitar in my lap, for distraction purposes. Just in
case. A movie set mostly on a plane. Woot. Feel the energy and
excitement. Woot.
BUT you know what? This movie came
around! I was pleasantly surprised. Mark Hamill was a secondary character.
He is a flight control supervisor trying to save the plane from
multiple assailants, including the spirit of some EVIL Japanese
GOD! How are you going to save it? …Use the force,
Luke!
Naw. A pleasant surprise that I may
even watch again. Bad acting and all. Gotta give it a Good!
Jason: Poor Mark Hamill. He hasn't
got any respect since Star Wars, and even then everyone
knew Harrison Ford was the man. He seems pretty wasted here, in that
he has nothing to do. Whether or not he was sober during the shoot
isn't any of my business.
Airborne is very contrived. A
flight full of red flags, a plot to steal some valuable artifact AND
some kind of evil Chinese god? Sure. I know movies are supposed to be
bullshit, but I can't even suspend my disbelief enough to believe that all this shit
could go down at once.
This movie isn't bad to the ass at all.
It's just bad and ass. I'm not even going to give it a Bad, actually.
It wasted my time, so it's an Ugly.
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