So I watched Robin Hood last night. 3/10. One point for Russel Crowe, one point for Cate Blanchett (one of my most favorite actresses ever) and one point for trying. Almost a total waste of time, if I didn't have so much fun bashing the crap out of it with my dad. It's hilarious how inaccurate you can be with history (see also: things that have definitely already happened). I mean, just to give you a taste, the opening scene says "Turn of the 12th Century--1199". hmm... Turn of the century would have implied the beginning of the 12th century, or 1101. (Or in this case, 1099.) I won't get into the absolutely asinine things these supposed thirteenth century English people do that seem so out of place they're not even in good comedies set in modern times.So anyway. On to a good movie. I mean, hell. Sweden, where have you been all my life? I watched Dead Snow while I was at school, and that was amazing. Now, I just watched Let the Right One In. This thing is just fantastic. I mean, I don't think I've ever seen a movie whose horror is at the same time completely out in the open and almost entirely obscured by subtlety. The movie gets progressively creepier, and you don't realize til the end how freaked out you are. It's riveting until it's over, at which point you want to run the f*ck away and surround yourself with cats and garlic.
I'll say it once, and I'll say it again. Twilight is a load of crap. Vampires don't glow in sunlight. They BURN. [Picture is directly from the aforementioned Swedish horrorgasm. It's what happens to a real vampire when it's exposed to total sunlight.] The main character of LtROI is a (two hundred year old) twelve year old who attacks and drains people when she gets too hungry. No ancient high elders led by a fifteen year old, no sparkling, no Volvos, no random idiotic flying through the woods. Just pure horrific bloodthirst, hampered only by the conditions of being a real vampire (doors, sunlight, etc.). Not to mention the 97% it has on Rotten Tomatoes. A complete must see if you're into the whole logical suspension of disbelief thing the young 'uns can't seem to grasp.
And then of course there's another Swedish movie out in theaters now, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. This time around it's a 153 minute crime thriller with a hot goth chick in the lead. This girl is belligerent from start to finish, pausing only a few times for plot-developing research. If you've got the time, it's worth it.
