So for this weeks weekend preview I give you Insidious. A horror film directed by James Wan, and written by Leign Whannell. Wan has worked on his share of Horror films such as Saw(2004), Saw 3(2006), and Dead Silence (2007). Legign Whannell has acted in and also worked on many of the Saw movies. The film was produced by Oren Peli who is best known for the two Paranormal Activity films, and the up coming Area 51.
Ok now that all the formal stuff is out of the way let me give you my thoughts on the trailer.
Insidious is Insidious, ok got it, they want us to know Insidious is Insidious what ever that is suppose to mean, repeat that five or six mores times in the opening ten seconds of the trailer. Ok now the trailer opens with some substance, Oh a rocking horse with no one on it creepy! though I was really hoping for a creepy looking ghosted out Micheal Jackson. what too soon? Anyway a happily married couple has a kid who appears to be in a coma or at least that's what it looks like but the doctors are seemingly dumb founded by it. They then introduce some paranormal detectives who can't find anything, so they bring in the old over tanned lady from There's Something about Mary as a Psychic detective. Low and behold what does she tell us? The house isn't haunted, their son is. So after watching this trailer a few dozen times I noticed something and figured out, just who the true villain of our story is. If you didn't notice him, don't be ashamed I'm a Star Wars nerd. There can really be only one character from Star Wars that is crazy enough to be in his own movie, where he happens plays a child haunting bastard. Yeah, you guessed it right, it's Dark Maul, you crazy looking bastard.
Weekend Preview: Super by Graham
So let's take a moment to talk about a movie I'm surprised everyone isn't talking about - Super (James Gunn,2011). First off, yes, it is "that" James Gunn. To recap for those who know know, he wrote the screenplay for Zach Snyder's Dawn of the Dead and directed the PG Porn Shorts. More importantly, he's the brother of Sean Gunn, Kirk from Gilmore Girls (who is in this movie). The man is a genius. Watch the PG Porn Stuff, just search it in Youtube, it's all great.
But let's talk about Super. After doing a little digging, I'm afraid to say it's a movie none of us will be seeing in theaters too soon. First off, it's unrated. Which is a death sentence for box office and distribution. Hopefully it will turn up in Ann Arbor or Cleveland in a week or two. The second is that for now it's only releasing in New York and LA. So if you live in one of those places, you should go see it. I don't care to much if critics or even I think it's good. The point is that the guy has payed his dues and is working with a talent cast. Rainn Wilson is the lead, with Ellen page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, and Nathan "Captain Mal" Fillion. Watch the movie just because I told you to, dammit. These people need to be encouraged to make more movies like this one
If my word isn't enough, though, consider the story. It's about Rainn's wife (Liv Tyler) being seduced by a sexy drug dealer (Kevin bacon). Rainn Wilson then adopts a superhero alter-ego to fight crime and attack Kevin Bacon, all the while trying to ignore that he's doing it for personal reasons, not out of any real sense of good or evil. In an increasingly morbid and gory descent into vigilante insanity. Also, his catch-phrase is "shut up, crime".
Anyway, look it up and follow it. If anyone happens to catch it tell us about it in the comments. Otherwise I'll update when it's more widely available or I get a chance to see it. For now, though, go watch the trailer on youtube just search Rinn Wilson "Super".
Yeah.Peace.
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