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I! AM! BEOWULF!

Advantages: Anthony Hopkins
Disadvantages: CGI.

...but I digress... Beowulf uses a technique wherein CGI is pasted over and mixed in with live action footage. Original, yet massively over-ambitious. The graphics werent generally well-received, as the public has come to associate CGI characters with childrens' movies. Not to mention that CGI itself is only in its adolescent state. However, it could not have acheived its impressibe battle scenes without the technique, the most memorable being the one ...
...conveniently placed objects and furniture obscuring Beowulf's genitalia in a highly comedic fashion. The film has, to all intents and purposes stuck to the text, with its landscapes mirroring perfectly, the imagery of the book. I was surprised to see excessive bloodletting in this film, as it is not what I have come to associate with CGI-based movies. Nonetheless, there is plenty of it. Although in terms of entertainment, the level of gore pales ...

Mutalisk 09.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Beowulf (DVD)

A mediocre attempt at the mythological story

Advantages: slightly different slant to the Greek myth
Disadvantages: never really manages to be more than an ok movie

...evil reign who worships the Minotaur as there God. When a group of people are no longer happy in worshipping there stone idol they mate there queen with a bull, and unleash a horror that we soon be there own downfall years later. Not heading the words of his father that he must stay hidden so he may one day receive the title as head of the village. The young man hears of word that his love taken in the last sacrificial raid onto his village has survived ...
...off drastically. Firstly the minotaur is nothing like it is portrayed in the legends but rather a humongous deformed bull with red eyes, that look like it is totally skinless. Secondly the king of Minos is black male, which this would not have been the case. The story focuses on the ancient village of Thens. Every five years or so, village youngsters are taken by force to the Minoan palace, and placed in the underground labyrinth to be a sacrifice ...

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Review of Minotaur (DVD)

Classic werewolf film

Advantages: Story and special effects
Disadvantages: none

The John Landis film, An American Werewolf in London, is an iconic film that has achieved cult status over the years. This film is about two American college students, David Kessler and Jack Goodman, who whilst backpacking in England, encounter a werewolf who vicious attacks them, killing Jack but it is killed before David is killed as well. David wakes up in a hospital in London but starts to suffer terrible nightmares of his dead friend Jack, ...
...Sergeant McManus This is an excellent film that has a brilliant story. The story is quite simple but features some great dialogue and quirky special effects. The cast is not exactly full of big stars but John Landis, who wrote and directed this film has managed to get some brilliant performances from the cast. The transformation of David into the werewolf is quite impressive and well done. The scene at the start of the film is very eerie and very ...

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Review of An American Werewolf In London (DVD)

Scary Movie, tons of laugh, suspense and hotties.

Advantages: funny, thrilling, exciting, suspense, and fun all the way in this masterpiece
Disadvantages: some violence, drug usage and gore with a bit of sexuality and vulgarity

...are now stalked by a scary and mysterious hooded masked man. Day after day the murders of their peers and members start happening and their count increases. Now it is upto the teenagers to solve the mystery of the mysterious killer with a mask. The movie involves non-stop actions and suspense from start to end with twist of events all the time which keeps viewer glued to the scenes. The movie includes hotties like Cindy Campbell who does a great ...

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Review of Scary Movie (DVD)

Zoltan, Hound of Dracula - totally barking vampire flick.

Advantages: You'll spend more time laughing rather than shaking behind the sofa
Disadvantages: Weak story. Quite annoying at times.

Zoltan, Hound of Dracula (also known as Dracula's Dog) is a vampire film with a twist. The vampires in this film are dogs. Set in modern times, (the film was made in 1978), the story starts in the old country, Romania. All the vampires are dead, having been slain and entombed. Such a tomb is uncovered by the Russian military, who are carrying out excavations in the area. Not knowing what they have stumbled upon at first, a single soldier is posted ...
...the guard, Zoltan is awakened. Zoltan, a large, muscular hound (looks like a Doberman), goes on to release another vampire, a vampire slave/servant of Dracula played by Reggie Nalder (better known for playing the lead vampire in the 1970's version of Salem's Lot). The pair, without a master, become hell-bent on finding a new master, the last remaining descendant of the Dracula bloodline. Michael Drake (played by Michael Pataki), is this last remaining ...

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