tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21048905474250145.post7933981724517696479..comments2024-01-27T23:57:56.324-05:00Comments on Basement of Ghoulish Decadence: In Defense: The Apocalypse of Resident EvilJayson Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883805003597885908noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21048905474250145.post-85245295911945233162009-07-06T20:08:47.662-04:002009-07-06T20:08:47.662-04:00I think perhaps my biggest problem with the RE ser...I think perhaps my biggest problem with the RE series is not so much the technical quality or the presence/lack of a few memorable moments here and there in any one of the entries specifically, it's the INTENT overall. I looooove cheesy movies, as do all of my fellow bloggers her and @ other sites. But Hollywood does not craft these things with love or interest, and they are not TRYING to make "fun, cheesy" movies. They are trying to make money. RESIDENT EVIL is pure commercialism all the way; violent enough to titillate a lot of teens with a.d.d., but not TOO violent so as to be decried by parents, or heaven forbid, to be taken fucking seriously. Those behind the RESIDENT EVIL flicks simply throw big gobs of cash at a no-talent dummy like Paul WS Anderson and say "go put asses in seats, Paul". And he does so, without worrying about creating real horror or even staying true to the property he's ripping off. With the kind of money they spend on a franchise like this, you'd THINK they could put on a quality show. But if all they can garner is the appreciation of a few folks that like the 'cheese factor', then look at it this way - that's some EXPENSIVE FUCKIN' CHEESE, man. It's money well wasted, and I'd rather see those dollars go to ten smaller, more innovative filmmakers who have the actual talent and nerve to put something REALLY exciting up there on the screen, instead of just a lot of fireworks and Milla Jovavich's skinny, poorly-scripted ass. <br /><br />This approach to film-making results in a bunch of shitty, noisy spectacle and no actual effort, and as all the dummies pack themselves in line to see another Resident Evil pseudo-zombie film or another Michael Bay giant robot turd or another Mike Myers movie where he does a "funny voice", Hollywood keeps getting positive reinforcement and they end up thinking that this is all we want, and that is in fact all that we deserve. <br /><br />So I'm not gonna say I begrudge anyone their right to like shitty movies, God knows I like more than enough of them myself... but I would also like to point out this: down the road, when *everything* is another 'Paul Blart' movie or a Will Smith-starring action vehicle or an Anderson video game adaptation, and Rob Zombie is re-making his own already-existing horror remakes, PART of the reason will be that people kept shelling out money for Resident Evil movies, and Hollywood learned from that example and figured it was better to just play it safe and keep putting mindless pablum on screens. And before too long, some total asshole of a fucking film exec is going to say..."Hey, remember that great old zombie classic from a few years back, that, whaddya call it, that Resident Evil? We should remake that!"J. Astrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07572640647802774445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21048905474250145.post-69908484051457612632009-07-06T12:58:37.340-04:002009-07-06T12:58:37.340-04:00okay, with first thoughts re3 was it didn't fo...okay, with first thoughts re3 was it didn't follow where the second... not that it would have too.. the girl was so important and then she is gone without mention... so from the three films re2 is my favorite...<br />thanks!<br />2vs8<br /><br />Film-Madness (2007-2009)<br />please come to:<br />http://twothumbseightfingers.blogspot.com/Jeremy H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09238840905895102422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21048905474250145.post-45375865979344630462009-07-06T10:49:09.840-04:002009-07-06T10:49:09.840-04:00Must agree. I have no idea why RE2 gets the brunt ...Must agree. I have no idea why RE2 gets the brunt of the hate; the first one was boring, the third was watchable, but RE2 is certainly good dumbotainment.Thomas Pluckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17008022962076648740noreply@blogger.com