MrStabby

Stay Alive. I rented this I didn't have high expectations. I wanted some gore, a couple of scares, maybe some jokes. This movie could not deliver.

The premise is simple you play a video game. Since the game contains the spirit of a homicidal countess if you die in the game you will die the same way hours later. There should have been some fun with this premise. The actors are quite good unfortunately the lead guy is the weakest hero I've ever seen and the premise was being taken very seriously.

"Why did you bring that game into our lives? Why?" "I'm sorry I didn't know." There is an old saying that what you don't see is scarier then what you do see. This film was made to be PG 13 so you never see anything! Ultimately I found myself struggling to stay awake rather then alive. This is a joyless no fun horror film for kiddies. Check the credits Agent Cody Banks is in it.

There is potential for this to become a series of Direct to DVD films like Wishmaster. But I really feel that this was a missed opportunity for a decent B grade horror film.

Hi so this is the new Battlestar Galactica. Less then 50,000 of us and life is bleak. I wasn't a fan of the mini series. But I decided to take a look at this series on DVD. It's great. The series relies on tension rather then special effects. When they do use the special effects, WOW. Some of the best dogfights I've seen in a long time. The camera maintains a doco style and the picture looks a little grainy, in a good way. Sometimes rather then show you the battle your only allowed to hear it on the ships intercom, Very much like the black hawk down documentary that used the communications to tell the story. It's simple and effective storytelling at it's best.

The characters are all well drawn and motivated. If I had to find a flaw maybe the episode "Black Market" could have been scrapped. It's not as good as the rest of the series.

The biggest critique I have heard of this show revolves around the character Starbuck being changed to a woman. This in my opinion is misplaced. I think the actress is doing a great job and the character is better written and more human then in the original series. I think she's one of the better written women roles on television.

I am a fan of the original and I don't see why people can't like both. The older one is a product of it's time, Hey I have Richard Hatch's autograph.

I can't imagine the BSG all the people that dislike it wanted. I'd say have a look I'm sure you'll like it

I just saw River Queen today. It's not as bad as the critics are saying. But it's not as good as it could have been. The acting from the leads is good, Cliff Curtis proves how world class he is and it's great to see Temuera Morrison doing some acting again. And as unpopular a view as it might be I thought Samantha Morton was very good. The cinematography is amazing and at times breathtaking. But (come on you knew there was a but.). The voice over is just really annoying and seems to state the obvious when I'd rather the actors just be allowed to show us. I also found the first half hour or so really hard going, it seemed disjointed and felt more like a long short film. The action sequences were well done and captured the battles well without doing the shaky hand held camera work that everyone else is resorting to these days. Overall the film is worth a look I'm sure everyone will get something out of it.

Note, If your a fan of Kiefer Sutherland. He's really just there so they can put his name on the poster there are plenty of local actors that could have played that role.