My Bloody Valentine 3-D

Well- I did promise a horror movie review after my super, cheery, happy previous post.

Yesterday, Matt and I decided to go on a long overdue date together to catch a flick. We haven't seen a movie together at the theater in a very long time and decided to have fun and see My Bloody Valentine 3-D. We loaded up on the popcorn, slurpees, and $10 licorice and grabbed our Elvis Costello 3-D glasses. It was exciting going to a 3-D movie for grown-ups. (Although...we were a little confused thinking we were in the the wrong theater when we saw two different...BIG families come in with their kids...ages ranging from 3ish-10ish. Maybe the parents were confused with the 3-D glasses, Valentines....maybe they missed the BLOODY in the title...or the R rating. I did find myself watching the family in anticipation for the reactions of the both the parents and the kids to not only the massive amounts of gore, but that massive amount of gore in 3-D. Maybe the kids were being punished.)

Back to the film....

Now I am not going to do a review in the normal sense...there are too many talented people who get paid to do that. In fact...at the end of this I will link you to one of my favorite bloggers who reviews horror movies and is a hoot. She reviewed this movie for AMC...(very PG) and also briefly on her blog.(If you wouldn't go to a rated R movie and have issues with foul language, nudity, gore, chainsaws, zombies, anti-christ pregnancies, etc..then I must warn you to avoid the brillant Stacie Ponder's blog. Although the temptation is now there...and I know you want to look...)

My Bloody Valentine 3-D is a remake of the story of a pickax happy miner named Harry Warden. I have never seen the first one, although Matt remembered having seen it. That's as much background that I will give you. (Remember...not a true review..if I attempted to do that I would probably get in trouble for revealing too much or break movie review rules or whatever).

Matt and I went into this movie with big smiles on our faces...(how can you not with 3-D glasses on) and left with big smiles. The 3-D effects were very fun. In the first opening scene they (as in the movie people...who ever that is) do a great job setting the bar. It was so horrific, bloody and gory that we laughed with glee. It was that over the top. There were many more moments that you would hear the two of us going..."ooooohhhh..." or me going "blech.." followed by both of us laughing at the creative dismantling that we just witnessed. Who knew that you could kill someone in so many different ways with a pickax?

Things I loved about the movie...

-Looking over at Matt and seeing him in his Elvis Costello 3-D glasses.
-Over the top gore!
-Classic characters and dialogue. (My favorite was the sheriff and deputy in the first scene... so classic)
-The sound effects were pretty fun...very squishy.
-They hit upon so many classic horror kill spots...motel, woods, grocery store, old run-down house, small town suburbia, car, caves, hospital(hee hee), and I am sure more that I am missing.
-The ending

Things that weren't so good.

-Super expensive movie night with the extra 3-D surcharge.
-Feeling like an idiot when we paid for our million dollar movie food. (WHY?! didn't I stop at the Target and get big bags of candy and stuff it in my giant purse?!!)

Overall...after a weekend of watching Revolutionary Road (GREAT!), and The Duchess (good). It was a fun to go see an old school slasher flick with some modern digital 3-D technology.

I wonder how those kids slept last night.

Here is Stacie Ponder's link to her AMC review of the movie. (A real review).

Here is the link to Stacie Ponder's super awesome blog Final Girl.