Daily Archives: 07/01/2012
11-11-11
11-11-11-United States/Spain-2011
Timothy Gibbs as Joseph Crone
Michael Landes as Samuel Crone
Wendy Glenn as Sadie
Written and directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
If you weren’t aware of it by now, Darren Lynn Bousman’s fifteen minutes of fame have expired. Of course I must remind you that those minutes were aided by the fact that he directed three sequels of the “Saw” franchise, an already popular yet waning series. So, needless to say, he had a little help with that Warhol-esque time in his life and career.
He’s on his own with “11-11-11″ , a doomsday yawner about a man who had lost his faith, finds coincidence in the titular numbers and then regains a degree of that faith only to be duped by it all in the end. Trust me; I’m not giving away the ending. You can’t give away something that you see coming from a mile off in the distance. Seeing as how most horror films nowadays rely on fast cuts and jump scenes to scare their viewers, Bousman appears to be the anti-jump scene director; as every scene was telegraphed so far ahead that there may as well have been a disclaimer at the bottom of the screen that read “We’re going to try and scare you now.” That and the fact that the hooded figures that make random appearances throughout the film are about as scary as grandpa with no dentures make this film about as exciting as watching snails fornicate.
What really bugs me about “11-11-11″ is that Bousman doesn’t seem to know if he’s making an h0rror movie or a propaganda film for an end-times cult. Either way, by the end of the film the main character regains his faith; whereas the audience loses theirs as soon as it begins. Not their religious faith, mind you, merely their faith in Darren Lynn Bousman.
NO TRIVIA
NO BLOOD DROPS
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Another Award and I Can Still Keep My Humility
Okay, so my good friend and fellow blogger Jamie has decided that I am worthy of the Versatile Blogger award. Well, I mean she nominated me; I’m not sure if that means I have it or not. So once again, I have to do a few required things to show my appreciation for all this. Here’s what I have to do and for those of you that I choose you have to do them do also. I know it’s a vicious circle.
I have to nominate and link to 10 fellow bloggers. Here we go!
2. LadyRomp
3. Creature With the Atom Brain
7. TheBruce
Whew, that was not easy. Personally I think everyone does a great job. It’s hard to pick just 10 or 7 or however many. Let’s see, what do we have to do next? Oh. Okay, add the Versatile Blogger Award. Easy enough:
Voila!
Next up I need to thank Jamie of Aloha Mister Hand and include a link back to her blog. Thank you, Jamie. I truly appreciate and am humble by this nomination. You truly rock!
Oh, and now I have to post the rules:
1. In a post on your blog, nominate 10 fellow bloggers for The Versatile Blogger Award; and link to them.
2. In the same post, add the Versatile Blogger Award.
3. In the same post, thank the blogger who nominated you in a post with a link back to their blog.
4. In the same post, share 10 completely random pieces of information about yourself.
5. In the same post, include this set of rules.
6. Inform each nominated blogger of their nomination by posting a comment on each of their blogs.
Finally I have to mention 10 random things about myself. I already sent everyone I nominated a comment.
1. I love video games. However, they can’t stand the sight of me.
2. More likely than not, I am bi-polar.
3. I have a very difficult time making decisions.
4. I started this blog because I wanted to find something I was good at doing.
5. I love professional wrestling, fake or not.
6. I have 2 guinea pigs named Alice and Annabel, 2 mice named Edgar Allan and Poe and two dogs named Bella and Clarice.
7. I have a fascination with serial killers
8. I swear way too fucking much
9. I don’t like change.
10.
I choose to leave number 10 blank. I’m a work in progress
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