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• A haunting, intense and very good film — for The Mist
  Written by D4m4n on 02.01.2010

  I went to see this film expecting something smart, I loved The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption. But knowing it was about a mist sheltering eerie monsters within, I wasn't sure what exactly it would be. I find this to work in favor of your viewing pleasure.

  We meet a young happy family at home watching a horrific storm, who decide to head down into the basement. The next morning they find their house in ruins.
  While father and son attempt to stock up on some vital goods at the local grocery store, their small town is covered in a thick mist, preventing everyone from leaving the store.

  At this point the film's main attraction begins, terror. At first the mist seems nothing more than an inconvenience. They soon find out however the mist harbors some seriously dangerous creatures. The locals find themselves imprisoned in the crowded store with nothing to do but work together to overcome their mutual problem.
  However small conflicts emerge, intensifying the tensely forced relations between the citizens. The film turns into a psychological thriller.
  With the conflicts heating up and the danger of the mist creatures becoming more and more imminent the film builds up a tension rarely seen in modern horror films. You will find yourself breathless at the tip of your seat, gasping to find out what unfolds.

  And like previous Stephen King films, the ending will not disappoint.

• The best film ever made — for Pulp Fiction
  Written by D4m4n on 02.01.2010

  Ever since I first saw this film, I knew it would be very hard to top it. And now, many years and viewings later, it is still my favorite film.

  Why is that? I've wondered about this myself. It's not so much the stories, it's how they're put together. There are three stories that connect to each other at different points in the film. And they are split up and told out of chronology. This gives the film a very unique feel, as you are not quite sure who you're rooting for. The stories are about crime, and deal with murder and drug use. But you find yourself loving the main characters because among each other they seem to just be regular people.
  All main character's are made interesting by the spectacular dialogue throughout the film. This film is practically made out of memorable quotes. I always find myself talking along with the dialogue because it's so smart, and yet its subject matter is usually not high brow. It's about the way the sentences are built up, it's about the way everything loses its edge when you switch some words around. This is truly where Pulp Fiction shines.
  The actors always deliver their lines perfectly, emotions are wonderfully quickly interchanged and the characters are as such developed quite extensively. Samuel L Jackson and Harvey Keitel provide some very satisfying eloquence. While Quentin Tarantino and Amanda Plummer lighten the film at some point with some laugh at loud humor.
  The violent scenes are contrasted with the main character's total apathy towards their crimes. I'm used to some pretty violent scenes in film, but if you're not, it might be hard to relate to the characters sometimes. But the pure style makes every minute of the film so enjoyable and so memorable that you're gonna wanna see this over and over again.

• Bad, bad, bad — for The 6th Day
  Written by D4m4n on 06.07.2010

  This film is just awful. The main problem is Arnolds acting. I really think he wasn't trying. His acting in the terminator, terminator 2 was, granted, not brimming with human emotion, but he was nonetheless acting. And he basically made true lies his funniest film by, again, acting. Maybe it's just hard to take him seriously as a normal family man. But I perceived his acting to be terrible in this film, sometimes to the point of cringing. The story isn't so bad however, although it gets delivered somewhat annoyingly, with flashes of contradictory images. It kept me interested though, the typical bad guys also performed less than oscar worthy, but at least they were more convincing than Arnie.
  Another problem was the amount of completely unnecessary scenes. The film took about two hours. Which felt way too long for a shallow action film, a pretty weak action film at that. It's very PG13, not really what made Arnie one of my favorite action stars(I'm thinking predator, commando, terminator, total recall) and there's no humor to balance the lack out. If you're gonna make an action film, be sure to decide if it's gonna be a real one or an action comedy like True Lies, this is neither. Which is ultimately dissapointing. It's too complicated for ten year olds to follow, but it's too weak to be an action film. It tries to be, there's plenty of gunfire, but it just doesn't satisfy. It's a poor choice for any occasion, because it's really not fun. I would suggest any of the other Arnie film I mentioned.