Hey gang, I figured I'd just do a little report from FantAsia. (yeah, it's a slow work day, sue me.)
We got there, my crew and I, around 8. I had already eargerly purchased our ticks for Undead, after of course reading about it time and again right here on the boards and on the Corner page.
So my favorite summer festival's back, opening up with a killer showing, needless to say I'm pretty jazzed. The seating line-up literally wrapped around the campus grounds (Fantasia being hosted this year at a local university), and people were
lined up since 7:30. So we got in line, and of course waited for close to an hour and a half. (the only drawback of going to a Fantasia screening - LINE UPS!) Of course a Sci-Fi-Asian-Horror-Anime-Independant and Short Film festival's bound to attract a few, well - odd characters. (by the way I thought I might've spotted Butane there. If so sorry I missed ya chap.) So after a bit of people watching we
finally got into the theatre, which I gotta say for a student auditorium was pretty top notch. The sound was great, picture was great, the room was great but the
seats however... eh. Place held around 720 people, and it was packed, maybe a
dozen seats shy of a sell-out, which probably still counts as one. After the obligatory shout-out to the "Sponsors", we were off.
Now to anyone whose ever been to this Fest, you know how hot the crowd is. Perfect venue for films like these... after a few teasers and the usual "making funny hand signals with the projector stuff" - the film started.
GOD DAMN. I simply adored this movie - beautiful, funny, intense, gory as all heck and just classic. So many of the kills in there DESERVE top spots in the Top 100 kills list. I'll spare yuou all any spoilers, but god damn I had a blast. Instant classic. Great experience. I've still got around 10 films on my hit list this time around, but this was by far the best time I've had at one of these things (the sneak
preview of 28 Days later comming in at a close second) - so if the first film is any indication - I urge each and everyone of you to get your asses up here if possible and experience it for yourselves.
Post-flick pints are on me!
I gotta give props and thanks to the orginisers of FantAsia, and to the Chud/Corner boys for turning me on to so manygreat flicks, stuff I wouldn't of necessarily checked out before hand over these past couple of years. Good times baby, good times.
We got there, my crew and I, around 8. I had already eargerly purchased our ticks for Undead, after of course reading about it time and again right here on the boards and on the Corner page.
So my favorite summer festival's back, opening up with a killer showing, needless to say I'm pretty jazzed. The seating line-up literally wrapped around the campus grounds (Fantasia being hosted this year at a local university), and people were
lined up since 7:30. So we got in line, and of course waited for close to an hour and a half. (the only drawback of going to a Fantasia screening - LINE UPS!) Of course a Sci-Fi-Asian-Horror-Anime-Independant and Short Film festival's bound to attract a few, well - odd characters. (by the way I thought I might've spotted Butane there. If so sorry I missed ya chap.) So after a bit of people watching we
finally got into the theatre, which I gotta say for a student auditorium was pretty top notch. The sound was great, picture was great, the room was great but the
seats however... eh. Place held around 720 people, and it was packed, maybe a
dozen seats shy of a sell-out, which probably still counts as one. After the obligatory shout-out to the "Sponsors", we were off.
Now to anyone whose ever been to this Fest, you know how hot the crowd is. Perfect venue for films like these... after a few teasers and the usual "making funny hand signals with the projector stuff" - the film started.
GOD DAMN. I simply adored this movie - beautiful, funny, intense, gory as all heck and just classic. So many of the kills in there DESERVE top spots in the Top 100 kills list. I'll spare yuou all any spoilers, but god damn I had a blast. Instant classic. Great experience. I've still got around 10 films on my hit list this time around, but this was by far the best time I've had at one of these things (the sneak
preview of 28 Days later comming in at a close second) - so if the first film is any indication - I urge each and everyone of you to get your asses up here if possible and experience it for yourselves.
Post-flick pints are on me!
I gotta give props and thanks to the orginisers of FantAsia, and to the Chud/Corner boys for turning me on to so manygreat flicks, stuff I wouldn't of necessarily checked out before hand over these past couple of years. Good times baby, good times.
