Escape to the Movies: Scre4m

[Nocta-Aeterna]

What's MovieBob's favorite scary movie? Not this one.

Huh... I thought deconstruction was more showing how the tropes work outside a fictional universe, rather than just smugly pointing them out. As far as I know, the Dollars/Man With No Name trilogy and the spaghetti western genre was a deconstruction of the Western, Watchmen a deconstruction of superhero comics, Metal Gear Solid 2 a deconstruction of video game escapism and so on and so forth.

 

[DTWolfwood]

for the longest time i kept mistaken I know what you did last summer was the same as Scream. in my mind the 2 movie are the same lol

 

[unacomn]

You keep saying the '90s were horrible. As someone who lived(a bit) in the communist, oppressive, no freedom of thought, no freedom of choice, no freedom of speech, no personal life '80s, I can say the '90s were the most awesome thing to ever happen to me. But hey, what do I know, I'm not a wrestler.

 

[RyePunk]

Wow, you really let her rip into that movie.
Also the 90s wasn't that bad, we had Samurai Pizza Cats.

 

[Bigwig]

I like Bob, but he came off as a real self-important jerk at the start of this. Also he contradicted himself when he said that Scream started the self-awareness trend and then later said its references to tropes were tired and obvious.

 

[TheIronRuler]

I would love to watch Scre-four-'eM.
It's a shame that when I type that in google search it refers me to a shit film called Scre4m....
Oh.... that's the same film. Shit.

 

[fundude365]

I'm already watching Shaun of the Dead

 

[Fursnake]

This just reinforces my belief that not watching any of these movies has been smart move on my part.

 

[Tonimata]

Bradley Cooper? BULLSHIT! Brandon Lee needs to come back from the dead to make justice! Where is that damn crow when you need it?!

 

[GrizzlerBorno]

I expected someone to post a Youtube video about the only good minute in the film. Can someone do that please?

 

[ironlordthemad]

Wait, look at the face of the fat cop at 5.22, haven't we seen him before... yeah in... wait a minute... THIS IS A "MOVIE" MOVIE!

EVERYONE HIT THE DECK!

 

[theApoc]

Dear Nerd Who Got Beat Up a lot,

I have no doubt this movie sucks, but seriously, give the whole "nerds are more sophisticated than popular kids" thing a rest. Not everything that is fanboy wet dream material is cool, no matter how much you want it to be and not every stereotypical Hollywood money maker sucks. You often do a pretty good job of reviewing movies, it is only when you feel the twinge of an adolescent wedgie up your crack that you let your reviews fall flat.

Stick to the material, the directors and writers of this age have plenty of failings, your teenage angst and awkwardness need not be combined with their failings.

Sincerely,

Bigger Nerd Who was still cool enough to not get beat up

 

[dalek sec]

I kinda had a feeling this was going to suck badly, I never did like any of these types of movies and yes I've given them a chance in the past. Well atleast I know to save my money for something else.

I still think the 90's were a pretty good time filled with fun tv shows, movies and games but that's just me and my two dinky cents for the jar.

 

[Optimystic]

Now obviously not to the level of Drew Barrymore granted but c'mon she's Monica from Freinds.

Thing is, Friends is what made her famous, not Scream. Scream was a footnote in her career, not a launchpad nor even a highlight.

 

[Jenx]

Nice explanation of "Deconstruction" there Bob. I'd love to see what your definition for Movie is "Bunch of flashing pictures that sort of tell a story sometimes."?

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

where does all the hate for the 90s come from?
is it because people who were born in the early 80s just went through puberty in the 90s and that universally sucks or something?

Nope, it's mainly because the 90's was the beginning of the talentless presenters era, and those who were famous just for becoming famous. (Early 70s child here)

It was the decade of the re-birth. Bringing things back that sucked at the time and actually making them suck harder; killing off things that actually worked and generally cloning shows at an obscene amount so that the 00's could only succeed by shattering budgets one way or the other.

We brought in a load of rules dictating what could fit and what couldn't fit and people were assigned STRICTLY to Establishment or Anti-Establishment so much that there was no way to differentiate them.

The 40's had the world in turmoil, the 50's saw the "birth" of the teenagers, the 60's brought teenage rebellion, while the 70's suffered the depression when they realised they couldn't change the world, the 80's embraced commercialism as the sugar coated placebo they needed to grow up and then the 90's brought "GREED IS GOOD" ('87 actually, but it was the turning point for the YUPPY) and the drive to make everything "standard".

The 00's limped away trying to bring back 70s/80s culture, while destroying the last remnants of fun (MTV...Cartoon Network), and the 10's revolved around being "popular" or being a "hater".

One of the few things that the 90s did that was far better than the other decades was the rise of black humour - and also Black humour - but that was born out of the crushing monotony of losing so many great things.

Boy bands (born in the 60s), Shell suits, The Macarena, The Spice Girls (GIRL POWER...oh wait, you're still wearing stripper costumes). River Phoenix, Kurt Cobain, Brandon Lee all lost.

Sure, there were some good things - but compared to the decades before (even the 70's which were bloody hard) there was little to do except laugh ironically and power ballad.

Oh yeah. Barney.

 

[daxterx2005]

I happen to like the scream franchise.
Looks like me and Bob can't share ALL the same opinions.
Oh well