The last Final Destination movie was such a shitpile, I find it hard to muster any excitement for any subsequent installments. That said, I’m a David Ellis apologist and a huge fan of when teenagers are mutilated for the sake of onscreen entertainment. Final Destination 2 is the Citizen Kane of the Scattered and Smothered Teen genre and the first one’s kind of fun… so I’ll pony up warily to a fourth even though I know that unless it’s a remake of Salo I’m going to be disappointed.
New cast members [per Variety] ]have been added for this 3-D film [because if you really want to suck, why not suck in an extra dimension?], upgrading my excitement level from heinously bemused to significantly disinterested. Behold, The Big Chill talent precog of the 00’s:
Krista Allen brings her angular sweet meatness to the proceedings too, threatening to raise my excitement level to tragically indifferent.
Rebuttal / Addition from Russ:
Yesterday I spent over an hour talking with the three stars of The Signal (look for the interview as soon as I can finish transcribing this beast!) and one of them, Justin Welborn, is also in Final Destination 4.
His character? THE RACIST.
I won’t spoil his death, but what he told me sounded like terrifically appropriate fun. Welborn’s enthusiasm for the gig was infectious, and even though I’m wary after the last one, I’m just a little bit more excited now.
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Krista Allen
3D
I'M THERE!!
It'd be great if, for once, the person that had everything figured out was the FIRST to die. I always think it's hilarious how some character is able to figure out the exact order of everyone's death even though they (a) could have no possible idea of what's going on a mile down the road or (b) were sitting somewhere where they couldn't have possibly seen what was happening to everyone else. Instead, it's like they were watching the movie like we were and not seeing things from their own perspective. OK, that's a lot of nitpicking for a movie like this, but I AM tired of the Final Destination films being even MORE predictable than they already are (at least in terms of knowing exactly WHO is about to get it). While the gore is great and the kills are pretty creative, the third one started to seem like one of the later Nightmare on Elm Street films where you could guess a character's fate based on their ONE character trait. It'd be great if the second act of the 4th movie started with the brainy character going "Guys, I figured out Death's design, and…aww dammit…" SHUCCKK! There goes his face.
I like the idea of the previous poster–the guy figures everything out, then boom, his head is chopped off. Leaving the rest of the poor indefense people to wander/wonder around making these silly theories about how to "cheat death" only to die the second they come up with an idea..
As bad as the movie in its entirety was… Deep Blue Sea had Sam Jackson's "know what's goin on" character die in the first twenty minutes…and that death *was* awesome.
It took me a while to figure out what was going on in that picture. It looks like he driving straight into the biggest turd I've ever seen!
And I've seen Bono live in concert.
I hope that whoever is making this ponies up some dough for a decent "first vision" setpiece. FD3 didn't do itself any favors with the <spoiler>roller coaster bloodbath</spoiler> setting the tone for it.
As far as the cast….let them have a little fun for a change. Have one guy go out and *try* to kill some of them to see if it's possible when it's not their turn to go or something.
Final Destination 2 is just too great for words. Honestly, the kid starts out inside a dentists' office, the nitrogen in his anesthetic increases to massive levels, and he dies by getting crushed with a plate of glass. Too great for words.
Also, did anyone see the news yesterday about the car colliding with a logging truck, killing 4 people?? At least Final Destination 2 had a realistic death (the logging truck scene, not the girl getting decapitated in an elevator by a guy with a box of hooks scene) Thank god FD4 is being directed by David Richard Ellis.
Aw, I kind of like FD3, even if it doesn't hold up at all to the 2nd entry. Maybe it's just because I spent the entire running time lusting over Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
Yeah, that's probably it. (but the nailgun death was awesome!)
Wow, a salo reference. Wonder how many people here have actually SEEN that film. I freely admit I have not. Its not worth the money to see that kind of thing to me.
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