Bienvenue au blog "Reviews & Revues" ou vous trouverez, j'espere, des informations interesantes sur les films, livres, musique et autres interets.

Welcome to my blog where you will find some interesting info i hope on all my interests in the form of reviews of movies, books, music or other.

Expanded rating system:

Entertainment rating: Are you having fun (10), is this too long and boring(1)

Cast/acting rating: good actors, good performance(10)

Artistic rating: What is the artistic value for this film, will it be a classic(10)

Reflexion rating: does the movie stimulate any provocative though(10)

Production rating: how well produced is the film, good FX(10)

Adult factor: is the film children ready for sex, violence, gore(10)

Wide audience: is this film opened for all tastes(10) or genre specific(1)

Overall personnal rating: My view on the worth of that movie to guide your choice

mercredi 1 septembre 2010

Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir #73: The Echo

Genre: Horror/Horreur

Annee/Year: 2008

Format: DVD

The Echo. This movie surprised in a few ways. The real horror afficionados really did not appreciate this movie as they claimed it was a copy of other movies of the genre. I was not so harsh against it. I thought this would be as hard a movie as the Grudge or that style. It is far from it. This can play against it but it makes the movie palatable by a wider crowd at the same time. The good surprise i had was the genius of the surround sound that the editors used. The placement of different sounds through the 3D space makes it seem like the action is going on in your room. I would qualify this movie as a good demo for your surround system. This nuance may be lost on others by i personnaly really enjoyed this technical aspect. The opening sequence really blew me away as you dont see anything but hear the action being played off around you.

The movie was produced by an asian producer Jan Laranas who used Jesse Bradford as main actor. Jesse did an excellent job playing an ex-con returning to occupy the home of his mother who passed away while he was "inside". He will soon find that some strange events and brutal events took place in that building.

This is an entertaining movie for a wide audience not a specialised movie for the hardcore horror fans. It is by no means ground breaking and innovative. But i will certainly use it for demos in the future.

Ce film est interessant et la trame sonore anglaise est vraiment super. Je ne crois pas quil faut le voir en d'autre version que l'original car on perdrait le super sens de surround utilise ici. C'est un film de fantome qui n'est pas innovateur mais qui est interessant pour une plus grande audience.

Great quotes:

Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0897347/

Rating perso: 6.5/10

Aucun commentaire:

Enregistrer un commentaire