Motherf'ing Snakes on a Motherf'ing Plane
Snakes on a Plane - Yes, I went and saw this movie. How could you not? I mean when the title along was enough to sign Samuel L Jackson onboard, how could I not go see it?

Actually the movie wasn't bad. The thing I thought it lacked was consistency. The acting was surprisingly decent and I thought that the special effects were well done. The consistency issue was related to what type of horror movie it wanted to be. The movie started off with as a cheesy, but tolerable, B horror movie. Something you would see in the late 70s. Basically, all the build up and little to no gore. That changed part way through and they went to the other extreme, Gore-fest 2006. This actually felt very forced. Like they were trying too hard to show as much gore as they could in as short a time period as possible. Then they switched back for 20 minutes and then Gore-apalooza returned.

So while I recommend the movie, I don't recommend it for the weak stomached.

The Brothers Grimm - I believe I liked it better the first time around when it was called Sleepy Hollow. That said, I didn't by any means hate the movie. It was, what it was. A two hour movie with a bunch of fairy tale references. Matt Damon and Heath Ledger do a decent job, but I think the supporting cast show more depth, specifically Monica Bellucci, Jonathan Pryce and Peter Stormare. If you don't know who those people are, go look them up on IMDB and check out some of their previous work.

Silent Hill - Another horror movie. This one is based on a video game. Odd as it may be, I've never played the game. That may be why I enjoyed the movie. I've heard other reviewers who've played the game say that it wasn't very true to the game. I don't dispute that but I don't think that makes it a bad movie. As a horror movie I think it does quite well. It uses some of the classic make-up techniques reminiscent of Hellraiser. Of course they look 100 times better than Hellraiser ever did. Between that old school horror movie feel and a plot (another rarity these days) that moved along well made this a very good movie. I would have said great, but the writer for some odd reason decided to go with a more Japanese style horror movie ending. For those of you wondering what I mean by that, rent this movie, then go rent The Ring, The Grudge and Dark Water. They actually talk about the style in the special features of The Grudge. Obviously I'm not a fan of the style. But it's a great movie if you can get deal with the "epilogue".
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