i rented some movies the other day and saw another at the theatre yesterday. of note are well i finally watched the first terminator and predator, i've been in the mode of catching up with movies i should have seen by now. i also watched cry_wolf, and i rather enjoyed it. it presents itself as a slasher but it's really more of a thriller in slasher's clothing and a good one in my opinion, it was clever and kept me guessing until the end with all the plot twists.
i saw the matinee showing of mirrors in salt lake yesterday with travis, steve, and alex after having some breakfast at a vegan diner called vertical. anyway, after watching it we all agreed it was pretty bad. i loved the directors other two movies, haute tension and the hills have eyes remake, making it all the more disappointing. i think the biggest fault was that it lacked balls and it wasn't all that interesting or scary. also the main character, played by kiefer sutherland died at the end and ended up in some kind of mirror world where no one can see him and all the text is backwards with no real understanding of why this would happen, it was pretty stupid.
and once i got home watched dark star that i borrowed from alex. i've been wanting to see it for a long time now, but it's never been available at my local blockbuster, and i don't like purchasing movies. it's a sci-fi/comedy john carpenter made along with the writer of alien, dan o'bannon in film school. one of my favorite music groups, pinback, got their name from the character in dark star played by dan o'bannon, sgt. pinback, who's real name isn't even pinback. i haven't seen a movie by john carpenter i haven't liked and this one was no different, two thumbs up.
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