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This is one of the most important
conventions
of the modern game and has been misused and represented by the writer.
Oscar-nominated scenarist Scott B. Smith of "A Simple Plan," adapting his own bestselling novel, sticks steadfastly to the standard clichés and
conventions
of all twentysomething scary sagas where reckless youth do everything but tote signs begging the forces of evil to eat them.
This movie is a clumsy mishmash of various ghost-story and suspense-thriller conventions, none of them fully realized and all of them rather irritating.
tries to be a creepy supernatural tale,but fails miserably.The action is slow,the acting is nothing special and there is no suspense whatsoever.Even the sex scenes are lame.The climax is pretty gory and violent,so fans of splatter should be pleased.However the first hour of "Deathbed" is deadly dull and offers some tired horror movie
conventions
and cheap scares.Definitely one to avoid.My rating: 4 out of 10 and that's being generous.Watch "Re-Animator" or "Castle Freak" instead.
Like Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, this movie is cognizant of the
conventions
of this type of horror movie and manages to come up with a few good lines and scenes that play on those
conventions.
Stylized Hollywood Westerns, full of familiar conventions, seem to have eternal life and this is an avatar.
And when it does, near the end, try to cover up its story of "father goes psycho under influence of sketchy haunted house in a foreign place," it does so by stooping to plenty of other already established
conventions
and ideas.
But in the end, as in "Far From Heaven," the filmmakers' good intentions are undermined by having a protagonist so ridiculously oblivious to the social
conventions
of their time.
But that probably violates some provision in the Geneva
Conventions.
The synopsis of this movie led me to believe that it would be a story of an unconventional woman challenging the
conventions
of the society in with she lives.
Anyone who watched "Alien vs Predator" must've known that the
conventions
of the "Alien Quadrilogy" were not exactly adapted for the film.
Granted, the film seemed to take on many buddy-film
conventions
while trying to make fun of the concept, it goes without saying this film was genuinely funny.
Roy Andersson has managed to craft something that defies nearly all
conventions
of what a film should be, a piece of art that is both beautiful, funny and evocative at the same time.
This movie could have been a genuine classic if it left its Scooby Doo
conventions
behind and went straight for the throat.
Combining the
conventions
of both Western and Gothic horror, and often directed as if it were an art movie, this is one of Siegel and Eastwood's best collaborations.
You realise that in fact the whole thing is a spoof of Spaghetti Western conventions, and in retrospect, the first half is so well done that you completely miss this spoof undercurrent.
Another good point is the role that sexual jealousy plays even in relatively progressive milieus that think that age-old
conventions
can easily be surpassed.The atmosphere of the Blitz was also convincing as well as the portrayal of the distinct outlooks among people who have experienced war as opposed to those who talk about it theorizing on it's possible political outcomes.I think one would recommend such a movie.
I'm not a big fan of detective movies but this one was really good, also because it doesn't give a damn about
conventions
of the supernatural.
In search of that realism it has eschewed certain
conventions
such as obvious character arcs and hooks.
An intense allegory on the fragile facades of civic
conventions.
In listening to recent blogtalkradio show called the AARF show(Robert Morgan is a co-host)he tells that because it has become such a cult classic and does well at movie
conventions
and such,there are plans to maybe do a sequel to this film.
I don't know if the problem I had with this movie is that I was not able to capture the way movies were done in the past but I believe that this one did not miss to make use of any of the the fashionable
conventions
available in the 40s to make a film.
Darkly comic serendipity about a cosmetics saleswoman, with odd ties to Elvis Presley, running into a sea of Elvis impersonators while speaking at
conventions
in Nevada...and accidentally killing each one of them through little fault of her own.
Among those conventions, alas, is consistency of character and clarity of concept.
Proof why Hollywood
conventions
are in place.
However, we are in "modern art-house cinema" territory, so
conventions
like narrative structure, lighting the subject so it can be seen, camera techniques that add to rather than distract from the action and a vaguely consistent plot can all be abandoned.
(A good example of scare which has been done to clichéd excess now, is the cat jumping out of the closet, followed soon there after but a now unexpected appearance by the villain of the film) This film couldn't successfully pull that off, so how could I expect it to fulfill any of the other
conventions
of horror film.
The usual spoon feeding
conventions
are non existent in this film, leaving a content audience to sit and watch these real life moments trickle one after the other on the screen.
Those are people who live in their parents basement and attend
conventions
wearing costumes with pointed rubber ears.
Sure, it has the very same moments that often times give a kids movie its aforementioned quality, but this film does a good job of staying away from such
conventions.
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