Monster Sqad and Moments - dvd vs theatre??
05-05-2011, 04:07 AM
Well the scene I'm talking about (just the part with Zelda being there, not the rest) is actually exclusive to the film, but I personally think it adds to it.
A major theme of both book and film is coping with death. I think it's sort of darkly poetic in that Rachel basically "plays favorites" in handling the death of two relations, both dependent on her and neither of which did her real harm: where she is horrified of the thought of Zelda coming back to life, she is overjoyed to see Gage walking again. It's the sort of double standard that she takes to the matter of unnatural resurrection which highlights the whole "sometimes, dead is better" theme, and gives Gage turning rotten on her (despite her thinking his coming back could only bring good) an ironic angle.
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Back on topic, there are a couple endings to horror films I find the right combination of chilling and beautifully-made to watch again and again; the ones I'm thinking of at the moment are Tourist Trap and Phantasm. A BIG part of that are the scores, although the emotional factor in general is a pretty big part of it as well. I think I have a thing for horror that turns out genuinely tragic in the end >.>
A major theme of both book and film is coping with death. I think it's sort of darkly poetic in that Rachel basically "plays favorites" in handling the death of two relations, both dependent on her and neither of which did her real harm: where she is horrified of the thought of Zelda coming back to life, she is overjoyed to see Gage walking again. It's the sort of double standard that she takes to the matter of unnatural resurrection which highlights the whole "sometimes, dead is better" theme, and gives Gage turning rotten on her (despite her thinking his coming back could only bring good) an ironic angle.
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Back on topic, there are a couple endings to horror films I find the right combination of chilling and beautifully-made to watch again and again; the ones I'm thinking of at the moment are Tourist Trap and Phantasm. A BIG part of that are the scores, although the emotional factor in general is a pretty big part of it as well. I think I have a thing for horror that turns out genuinely tragic in the end >.>
âThe Fright Night remake is a film which taps into the audienceâs deepest rooted fears, such as those of vampires throwing motorcycles at them. I dread the thought of a vampire throwing a refrigerator or a deskjet printer or... Iâd better stop before I give myself nightmaresâ
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