tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post2884886925472002969..comments2023-03-31T06:55:42.398-07:00Comments on Dinner With Max Jenke: My Bloody Valentine 3-DJeff Allardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-40142725693936801492009-01-17T04:21:00.000-08:002009-01-17T04:21:00.000-08:00I'm glad to hear you liked it, too. And while ...I'm glad to hear you liked it, too. And while I'm glad that most people are taking the movie in the spirit that it's intended to be taken, I have to shake my head at the indignation of some viewers who Just Don't Get It. I've read a comment or two online with idiots in a huff about how the 3-D is "just a gimmick", as though this movie has cheapened the works of Shakespeare by asking us to thrill to the sight of eyeballs flying off the screen. I'm also amused at how some people want to take the new movie to task for lacking the characterization of the original. I love the original - I think I may have written about it on this blogspot more than I have any other film. But honestly, do people not realize that the original was regarded as - at best - a servicable slasher film in its day? There's a habit among genre fans where pedestrian movies become venerated by those who saw them first as kids to the point where they lose all perspective on a film's actual merits. I know if you went back in time and told any genre fan that twenty five or so years later that anyone would be up in arms about a movie not living up to the dramatic legacy of My Bloody Valentine, they'd laugh in your face. So while you would think that no one would complain about the new film - after all, it delivers amazing gore, T&A, and Tom Atkins, and it does it all in 3-D - there's some out there who feel like they're guarding the future of film and applying their keen critical insight when they point out that if not for the gore, the 3-D and the audience participation that this wouldn't have been anything special. To these people I can only say just because you're old enough now to appreciate a movie like Let The Right One In doesn't mean you have to be insecure about enjoying a movie that's just meant to be fun.Jeff Allardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265550466781988388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964885632131848660.post-3693776109040985032009-01-16T20:55:00.000-08:002009-01-16T20:55:00.000-08:00I got to see this Thursday night, and you are abso...I got to see this Thursday night, and you are absolutely correct. The movie is a total blast, and anyone who has a gripe about it probably set their expectations way too high. The thing I was most impressed with was, although the 3D was great, I think the movie would have played just fine in 2D. If all remakes were this good, no one would complain about 'em.Bob Igniziohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03630416222197419152noreply@blogger.com