Jetée

Hey, tastes vary, and right now, I am hankering a burger from Checker's.

"Sorry I'm Away So Much" adequately defines my presence here. I have been under the spell of great films and have spent the past few weeks just indulging myself in every film I could find. Now, time comes for me to review them...Ohhhh! I'm not rightly adept or expertly-trained to rate and critique films, I just know what I like and would could appeal to others. So, I will try to back-track and give a fair assessment of all the movies I have recently viewed so others could perhaps find the enjoyment, or abandon the urge, whichever, to view these films as well.

Here goes, with my most recent watching:

The Gravedancers

This particular movie was released in limited screenings during the Horrorfest weekend that was present in the States.As I was watching it, I thought that this was one of the better movies, but I still couldn't help but wonder why its budget was so big. These particular six(?) films were supposed to be produced by independent film studios, yet the effects and actors within it seemed to be high-end.

The basic premise of the entire film is that a group of three friends, who have recently lost another dear friend, decide to, instead of continuing their depressive mourning, celebrate the departed's death with some good ol' partying and debauchery at the local cementary. What good is a party at the graveyard without a bit of burial desecretation. Needless to say, some spirits get rightly pissed, start haunting them, and there you have a horror movie.

The movie was a real pleasure to watch.
It has a very intense opening scene, and some very supsenseful moments at times as well. Yet there are also some clichéd instances of bad horror movie etiquette; I mean, the eventual ending is really painful to watch because it is so cheesy. But the good moments in this flick solidly outweigh the bad, and it is a very promising film to partake in.

I rate it as good? I'm not sure I want to get tied in with generic numerals for a rating; I liked it, and have a good sense to guess that most would also enjoy it too, so here's a recommendation to go rent it.
I suppose I'll figure out how my future rating system will pan out, but for now, you get either choice OR choice

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves.

—Mohandas K. Gandhi