bolt 3D (2009)

the first of disney's output that has genuinely been affected by the appointment of john lassiter as head of animation proves a great success. i genuinely believe this to be the best disney film in many a year, in fact i claimed it to be the best since 1970's "the aristocats" (my first theatrical experience fact fans), upon first leaving the screening. the effect is helped greatly by the use of 3D. gone are the traditional 3D gimmicks of spikes coming out of the screen every five minutes, or shards of glass floating in front of the viewers eyes, and in comes a subtle technique adding a layer of depth previously unseen in such a film. it also helps to take the gloss off of the sterile nature of some computer generated animation. the use of 3D really does put that seen in last months ''my bloody valentine 3D'' to shame, and shows how imagination is once again rife at disney.

my bloody valentine 3D (2009)

this was showing in my local cinema in new fangled 3D, the type that james cameron is using for avatar. it was for this reason and this reason alone that i decided to check it out on my day off.

the film was terrible, just genuinely awful. the opening credits were amazing tho, in which the backstory of a disaster in a mine shaft was recapped using newspaper headlines. oddly enough, the standout had to be the lionsgate logo. i know that may sound a tad ridiculous, but the clockwork nature of the logo made me realise just how cool 3D could work in the hands of proper a filmmaker who can handle visuals well, someone like guilermo del toro. the trailer for coraline was ten times as impressive as anything in my bloody valentine, which was just beyond predictable and ludicrous (at one point a woman hits the "killer", who wears a helmet, on the head with a frying pan). worth seeing if you can get to it in 3D, but as an actual film its little beyond the usual rubbish you would expect on a late night horror channel.

oh, and the overuse of torches as a 3D device was beyond tired after the first five minutes. you know its a bad sign when the director seems to think that a police officer needs a torch in a fully lit house.

a nightmare on elm street - part 6 : freddy's dead - the final nightmare (1991)

not only is this entry into the franchise so dire that its put me off of watching the rest of the elm street movies, but its actually put me off of watching the other two franchises i intended on taking on next, the "friday the 13th" series and "scream" trilogy.

what offends me the most is the lack of credit it gives its own backstory. i mean, how many times does the fucking character have to die before hes finally boody dead? its just sloppy, lazy and downright immoral filmmaking (immoral in the respect that its purely for financial gain, not in the cartoon violence on show). there is a point where rosanne barr and tom arnold inexplicebly show up too, surely a sign that things have gone too far.

so there we have it, im officially abandoning the project. its just too damn depressing, especially when you consider all of the great cinema out there.