Ok, with all the talk of the Letdown second portion of Jeepers Creepers (to most, not all) I got to thinking. What other movies were let-downs like this? I don't mean Dungeons & Dragons or Battlefield:Earth style let-downs that suck from the get go... but ones that really have you liking the movie. The ones that get you going, and have your hopes high, only to be dashed into the cruel jagged rocks of sucky reality a scant hour later.
well, here si a short list of mine. Each brilliant and tragic in it's own way. Gather these up for a weekend of tension and ... well... no real release.
1) Jeepers Creepers
Ok, it has all been said. But the really agonizing part about this film is that the first portion really was that good. It was amazing. I felt like I was a kid again watching a classic 70's style horror film. Amazing build up here.
2) Resident Evil
Alright, the sequence that opens this film, with the system lock-down, it one of the msot gripping segments I have seen in a long long time. This was so well done with the pacing, the visuals and especially the music. Seeing what happens and progresses actually had my breathing up a bit. What a complete non-gory let-down this turned out to be in the end though.
3) Ghost Ship/House on Haunted Hill
Ok, i love both of these movies, but what let-downs their final antagonists turned out to be. The visuals in House were nothing short of spectacular. Taking the definition of thrill rides to a whole new level. And the intro to Ghost Ship just has to be seen in all it's glory to be believed.
Now these two didn't end as horribly as some of the others on this list, it is just that they were very anti-climactic. In thsi world of happy shiny ending, soemone needs to realize that this doesn't mean the big bad-guy needs to be an impotent joke.
4) Shocker
You will never watch the X-Files the same way again. Mitch Pelegi is an AMAZING serial killer in this flick. great soundtack and soem real tension as he is being aprehended. They even take a break for some finger foods. But right in the middle this turns into techno-thriller... and falls flat on its face. What a Shock!
5) Brainscan
Alright, who remembers this little gem? The video game sequences are supremely cool. They want you to think he is being drawn in, and when viewed on a theatre screen, YOU feel like you are being drawn in. Great use of first person perspective. But when the rock and roll jester appears we all just kind of wonder where in the hell it all went wrong.
6) Hannibal
Ok, this one was very odd. I had read the book first so I thoguht I was going to be disappointed. In the book...
(#@SPOILERS@#) Clarice and Hannibal run off as lovers, jet setting around the globe... yuck.
How uncharacteristic. Well, with Gary Oldman you can't go wrong. And the gore early on is very well done. But then... well, they ended it even WORSE than the book. How is that possible?
Well, thats a good list for now. What do the rest of you think?
well, here si a short list of mine. Each brilliant and tragic in it's own way. Gather these up for a weekend of tension and ... well... no real release.
1) Jeepers Creepers
Ok, it has all been said. But the really agonizing part about this film is that the first portion really was that good. It was amazing. I felt like I was a kid again watching a classic 70's style horror film. Amazing build up here.
2) Resident Evil
Alright, the sequence that opens this film, with the system lock-down, it one of the msot gripping segments I have seen in a long long time. This was so well done with the pacing, the visuals and especially the music. Seeing what happens and progresses actually had my breathing up a bit. What a complete non-gory let-down this turned out to be in the end though.
3) Ghost Ship/House on Haunted Hill
Ok, i love both of these movies, but what let-downs their final antagonists turned out to be. The visuals in House were nothing short of spectacular. Taking the definition of thrill rides to a whole new level. And the intro to Ghost Ship just has to be seen in all it's glory to be believed.
Now these two didn't end as horribly as some of the others on this list, it is just that they were very anti-climactic. In thsi world of happy shiny ending, soemone needs to realize that this doesn't mean the big bad-guy needs to be an impotent joke.
4) Shocker
You will never watch the X-Files the same way again. Mitch Pelegi is an AMAZING serial killer in this flick. great soundtack and soem real tension as he is being aprehended. They even take a break for some finger foods. But right in the middle this turns into techno-thriller... and falls flat on its face. What a Shock!
5) Brainscan
Alright, who remembers this little gem? The video game sequences are supremely cool. They want you to think he is being drawn in, and when viewed on a theatre screen, YOU feel like you are being drawn in. Great use of first person perspective. But when the rock and roll jester appears we all just kind of wonder where in the hell it all went wrong.
6) Hannibal
Ok, this one was very odd. I had read the book first so I thoguht I was going to be disappointed. In the book...
(#@SPOILERS@#) Clarice and Hannibal run off as lovers, jet setting around the globe... yuck.
How uncharacteristic. Well, with Gary Oldman you can't go wrong. And the gore early on is very well done. But then... well, they ended it even WORSE than the book. How is that possible?
Well, thats a good list for now. What do the rest of you think?
