Movies recut

I discovered that there are tons of "recut" film trailers that make horror movies look like romances, vice versa, and everything in between.

Check out the recut of The Shining:



I know, I'm a bit late to this game, but since film editing is a hobby of mine (passion, really), I COMPLETELY dig this.

Here's Mary Poppins recut as a horror movie - genius.



And one of my faves, Top Gun recut as to what it really should have been - a love story with TC and Val.

Top 10 Reasons I LURVE October

10. Baseball is OVAH - yes, I'm well known for disliking baseball. I enjoy going to a game when it's cool out, getting a tall brew and shooting the shit with friends. But as for the game, well, I could care less. BO-Ring.

9. Cooler weather - I am at my best during this time of year. The smell of wet leaves, the chill in the air, damp mornings and evenings on the back porch. I dig it. I really do.

8. Football - specifically, college. Go Bison, go Tigers, go Jayhawks. Nuff said.

7. Oktoberfest - I love a month that is dedicated to celebrating beer. My favorite at the moment would be Lips Of Faith Dunkelweiss by New Belgium from Ft. Collins.

6. Halloween - everything about this holiday makes me smile. The candy. The costumes. The decorations. My family has a long-standing tradition (this marks our 20th anniversary) where we get together, deep fry everything (fries, shrimp, etc.), hand out candy, watch scary movies and play cards. It's a blast, and I look forward to it every year.

5. Wineries - I love me a little long-stemmed culture on a hillside with my homeys.

4. Foliage - Missouri has phenomenal changing of the leaves. The colors are unlike anything I've ever seen. I guess growing up in North Dakota, where there are 4 trees and you have maybe 21 minutes between summer and winter will do that to a girl.

3. NBA - I think basketball players are incredible athletes. Constant movement, multitasking, speedplay. Astounding.

2. Bad horror movies - I recently reviewed the Human Centipede. I would consider this to be a bad horror movie. Bad in a good way. Others would include Motel Hell, I Spit On Your Grave, and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre II.

1. Good horror movies - nothing beats a good horror movie this time of year. My favorites include Halloween, Devil's Rejects, The Shining, Grindhouse, The Exorcist, Inside, 20 Days of Night, Let The Right One In.

Movie Review - The Road

I'd read and heard reviews of this movie from various friends, most of whom I trust. The general consensus was that it dragged, was a bit dark, and the ending blew.

Well, I think quite the opposite. It was dark, but in a good way. Kind of spooky also, what with the cannibalism, hiding, and bodies in the basement.

The short of it is, a man and his young and tender son are making their way to the coast, and the country (earth?) has fallen into a sort of apocalypse. Nothing grows, there are frequent earthquakes, fires, and ash/dust everywhere. Not sure how this all came to be - in the first scene the world seems to be on fire outside of the main characters house, why it's this way isn't really explained. The man and the son encounter bad people along the way, difficult and life threatening situations, and there are multiple flashbacks as to how they came to be a team of two (aka, where is the mother).

The end is what I'm wondering about.

Spoiler - if you don't want to know, stop reading.

So, the dad dies, the boy who is very frail of mind is left to fend for his own. The man and family who invite him to join them, well, they creeped me out.

All I kept thinking was, they are going to eat him.

Yup. Every minor character throughout the movie had the same effect on me, but not in such a major way.

The woman, the way she caressed his cheek, gave me the heebies. I felt like she was the witch in Hansel and Gretel pinching his cheek to see how fattened up he was.

Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe my mind is warped.

Did anyone else think he was about to be the main course?