Category Archives: Films Released in 2001
THIR13EEN GHOSTS
THIR13EEN GHOSTS-United States/Canada-2001
Tony Shalhoub as Arthur Kriticos
Embeth Davidtz as Karina Oretzia
Matthew Lillard as Dennis Rafkin
Shannon Elizabeth (r) as Kathy Kriticos
Rah Digga as Maggie Bess
F. Murray Abraham as Cyrus Kriticos
Directed by Steve Beck
Story by Robb White
Screenplay by Neal Marshall Stevens and Richard D’Ovidio
First of all, this film will be referred to as Thirteen Ghosts for the rest of this review. The fancy spelling with the numbers in the middle was for cute effect or some shit like that. This review will be brief. In fact, this review will be a list of all that’s wrong with this movie. That would be namely everything.
1. Why was this film even remade? It’s merely an inferior copy of a film that wasn’t all that good in the first place.
2. You would think that a film that contains all these nasty looking ghosts with all these homicidal tendencies would have some decent gore to it. “You would think” is the key part of that sentence. The only decent kill scene is that of the lawyer and his death is merely a watered down version of the ‘cable slicing through the crowd’ scene in Ghost Ship. For an R-rated film you would think Thirteen Ghosts was sucking the tit of PG-13.
3. The story is ludicrous and merely serves as a road map for what amounts to nothing more than fun house roller coaster moments. What can we do to the characters as we take them from Jump scene A to Jump Scene B?
4. Don’t even get me started on the casting. Tony Shalhoub and F. Murray Abraham should have known better, Shannon Elizabeth looks lost and Matthew Lillard is wishing he were starring in Scream again. Oh, and let’s not forget Rah Digga as the token black character who spouts witty things about white people and not doing windows. That’s not me being racist. No, that dishonor goes to the filmmakers.
So, there you have it. Thirteen Ghosts is all kinds of suck. Take care and stay scared.
TRIVIA
The special effects and sound mixing were so elaborate in this film, that many people claimed that the movie was physically painful to sit through.
The effect for “The Torso” was achieved using a double amputee wearing a special black hood that could be used to digitally remove his head.
Shawna Loyer attracted a small cult following thanks to her brief role as the Angry Princess. A rumor circulated that the role was actually played by porn actress Aria Giovanni using a pseudonym, but this is incorrect (Ms. Giovanni was in an adult parody titled Thirteen Erotic Ghosts.
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THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE
THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE-Mexico/Spain-2001
Eduardo Noriega as Jacinto
Marisa Paredes (w/Federico Luppi) as Carmen
Federico Luppi as Dr. Casares
Directed by Guillermo del Toro
Written by Guillermo del Toro, Antonio Trashorras and David Muñoz
The entire time that I was watching The Devil’s Backbone I kept thinking to myself ‘I know there’s a metaphor for war in there somewhere.’ I mean, a movie that features a dropped-from-the-sky-unexploded-in-the-middle-of-an-orpahanage-courtyard bomb has got to be making some kind of statement about war, right? The only thing is that I am one of the most metaphorically challenged people on the planet. I’ll get it eventually; just not at the moment.
So, I figured the best way to approach the movie was from the point of view of it being quite a frightening little ghost story. Bingo! Guillermo del Toro’s tale of a young boy and a vengeful ghost set in an orphanage in the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War is as downright scary a film as you are ever likely to see. The best thing is that Del Toro layers the suspense on slowly; taking his time and allowing us to digest each scene and each scare as an individual moment instead of a bombardment of jump scenes. There is a style to this film that is unlike any that I’ve seen in quite some time. The only other movie that comes to mind that features such a slow build of frights is Takashi Miike’s disturbing ode to a woman scorned, Audition.
Guillermo del Toro has stated that The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth are of a male and female companion piece to one another. I’ve never watched the latter film; but if it is anywhere near as satisfying as The Devil’s Backbone, then I cannot wait.
TRIVIA
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BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF (Les Pacte des loups)
BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF (Les Pacte des loups)-France-2001
Samuel Le Bihan as Gregoire de Fronsac
Vincent Cassel as Jean-Francois
Monica Belluci as Sylvia
Emilie Dequenne as Marianne
Jeremie Renier as Thomas de'Apcher
Mark Dacascos as Mani
The ‘wow’ factor on this film is at an all time high as we are treated to a spectacular hybrid of a film that should break down under the weight of so many genres; and yet each new scene brings a fresh approach and a new surprise to the viewer. Samuel Le Bihan, Monica Belluci, Vincent Cassel and Philippe Nahon are no strangers to the French horror genres as all four have performed in controversial fright-fests; Le Bihan in Frontier(s), Belluci and Cassel in Irreversible and Nahon in Haute Tension. Brotherhood of the Wolf is the kind of film that I found to be entertaining long after the credits rolled. I found myself replaying scenes in my mind and asking myself ‘What just happened?’
TRIVIA
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JOY RIDE
JOY RIDE-United States-2001
Paul Walker as Lewis Thomas
LeeLee Sobieski as Venna
Steve Zahn as Fuller Thomas
Directed by John Dahl
Written by Jay Tarver and J.J. Abrams
I hate it when I travel to pick up a hot chick and the next thing I know I got to pick up my good for nothing brother who eggs me on to talk on the CB radio (prehistoric internet) like a woman and get this clearly screwed up in the head trucker all hot and bothered. The next thing you know I got the cops knocking at my door making me come to the hospital so I can see what this psycho did to the guy in the motel room next door. Add to that the fact that this trucker, Rusty Nail, is hot on our trail playing a deadly game of cat and mouse. I guess I sounded a little too sexy for him.
I have a confession to make. That didn’t really happen to me. It’s from a movie called Joy Ride and it stars Paul Walker and Steve Zahn as Lewis and Fuller Thomas. It also stars a twelve year old boy named Leelee Sobieski as Lewis’ love interest that he’s not getting any from. Okay, so she doesn’t actually look like a twelve year old boy. I take that back. I’m in a mean mood today. The trucker, Rusty Nail, is actually never seen, a la’ Spielberg’s Duel, but if you listen really hard and think of the Silence of the Lambs you’ll know who’s doing the voice. Here’s a clue: “It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it is told.”
This is actually one of my favorite Paul Walker films. No, wait, I take that back, too. It’s my only favorite Paul Walker movie. The film is skillfully directed by John Dahl (The Last Seduction, Red Rock West), and there are actually a few genuinely creepy moments. My biggest complaint is the acting. Paul Walker needs to spit before he talks or something because he is just hard to understand. Steve Zahn does a decent job as Fuller, even if he does mug a bit too much. Don’t even get me started on Sobieski. I can sum up her talent, or lack thereof, in two words: no personality.
So, the next time you’re traveling down a lonely highway, don’t use the CB radio. There’s no telling what the guy on the other end will make you do.
Trivia
Three different versions of the ending were shot.
Eric Stoltz and Eric Roberts auditioned for the role of “Rusty Nail”.
Leelee Sobieski ended up filming two different romantic interludes, one with Steve Zahnand one with Paul Walker during the shooting and re-shooting of the film. Both scenes ended up getting cut.
GODZILLA, MOTHRA, KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK
GODZILLA, MOTHRA, KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK-Japan-2001
Gojira as Godzilla
Mosura as Mothra
Kingu Ghidoru as King GhidorahBarugan as Baragon
How many of you have ever met Godzilla? Anybody? Anybody? I met him once. It was back in South Carolina just after 1998. He was feeling pretty damn bummed out about the way (Roland) Emmerich and (Dean) Devlin treated him in the remake. I took him to a bar and he poured out his troubles over those drinks with the little umbrellas in them. With a tear in his eye he told me, “John, I was a star once. I was the biggest star in Japan. But now, look at me. Those two assholes Emmerich and Devlin have turned me into a parody, a shell of my former self.” I kept my mouth shut and let him get it all out. I knew this was what he needed to do. He took a sip of his drink and continued. “But, you know what, screw this shit!” He threw his drink across the room where it came that close to hitting the bartender in the back of the head. I thought for sure we were going to get kicked out of there, but the bartender just gave us a dirty look and went about his business. I figured it was because he never had a star of ‘Zilla’s magnitude in his two bit watered down, piece of shit bar before. Anyways, back to the big guy. He had already knocked back about a hundred of those little frou-frou drinks and was getting pretty damn wound up.
“I’m a star! I’ve made 25 movies! Has James Bond made 25 movies? Nooooooooooo!!! But now look at me! Look at me!!!” It broke my heart to hear the poor guy go on like that. I felt bad that I too had laughed at him in the Emmerich and Devlin remake. I gave the old boy a pat on the back and told him that it was all going to be okay. He grabbed me and hugged me just like Bitch-tits Bob did to Edward Norton in Fight Club. He needed to. He needed to know that someone believed in him and supported him.
“Big guy, I told him, you’re going to be a star again. I know it, deep down in my heart, I know it. In the next couple of years I’m going to be seeing big things from you, you just wait and see.” I could tell that I was getting through to him. The look of the old Godzilla was coming back into his eyes. We paid the tab and left the bar. We went to a pay phone where he pretended to be from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He called Emmerich and Devlin and told them that they had been chosen to receive an Honorary Oscar for their contributions to the motion picture industry. I could barely keep from laughing when Emmerich started crying and saying that this was the moment he had dreamed of all his life. It was good to have the old Godzilla back.
That was 13 years ago. Godzilla made several films in Japan after the debacle that was the American remake. I remember telling him that I was going to be seeing big things from him; in 2001 those words rang true. He, along with his buddies Mothra and King Ghidorah were the stars of Shusuke Kaneko’s “Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack.” It featured the Godzilla we are familiar with from his days with Ishiro Honda, except this time there are some new twists. For one, King Ghidorah is not a bad guy in the film like he has been in previous films he has starred in with ‘Zilla. Mothra is a little smaller, too, and the twin fairies are gone. The biggest change comes from the Big G himself. He’s still the same Godzilla we have all come to know and love, but this time his eyes are white, without pupils, like a zombie. It may have to do with his new origin story that the screenwriters have come up with. Instead of being the result of man’s folly in playing around with atomic weapons, this Godzilla is the embodiment of the tortured souls who gave their lives in World War II. I guess those souls are pretty damn pissed off if they use Godzilla to take out their aggressions. This is not your American remake Godzilla that runs from a fight and goes down after getting hit with a few piss-ant missiles. This is the bad-ass Godzilla that carries a wallet that says BAD MOFO on it in big black letters. This is the bad-ass Godzilla that gets annoyed with a bunch of screaming, running people and lets them have it with a blast of his radioactive breath. It takes the combined efforts of Baragon, Mothra and King Ghidorah to put a stop to his reign of terror. Will the giant monsters defeat the mighty Godzilla? Will Sookie decide between Bill and Eric? Will the sixth season of Dexter be as good as the last five? My friends, you’re just going to have to watch the movie. We are just going to have to wait and see.
Trivia
½DONNIE DARKO
DONNIE DARKO-United States-2001
Jake Gyllenhaal as Donnie Darko
Jena Malone as Gretchen Ross
Drew Barrymore as Karen Pomeroy
Mary McDonnell as Rose Darko
Katharine Ross as Dr. Lilian Thurman
Patrick Swayze as Jim Cunningham
Noah Wyle (with Drew Barrymore) as Prof. Kenneth Monitoff
Written and Directed bu Richard Kelly
I just watched Donnie Darko for the third time. This time I watched the director’s cut of the film. This time I still have no concrete idea what the film is about. Is it about time travel? Is it about a paranoid schizophrenic fucked up teenager? Is it about a man whose life flashes before his eyes at the moment before death? If it’s the latter that makes two for Jena Malone. After all, wasn’t Sucker Punch about a girl whose life passed before her eyes at the moment of being lobotomized? It’s a moot point, but one that I make to show you that I am clueless about Donnie Darko. Does that make me stupid? No, it doesn’t. Like Donnie himself it only makes me human. To be honest with you I think the film is about all those things. It is about love, fear, time travel, death and all things in between. It’s about the little things in life that lift us up; a kiss from our favorite girl, perhaps. It’s also about those things that bring us down hard and fast; a beloved author turns out to be a child pornographer in a role I would have never picked for Patrick Swayze; but then again I didn’t write the movie. If I did the film would be a boring linear film that goes from beginning to end. In the hands of Richard Kelly, Donnie Darko is a non-linear film that moves in a linear fashion from beginning to end. Does that make sense? It doesn’t matter. Donnie Darko is a masterpiece of a cult movie that deserves our respect and repeated viewings. That is as honest an assessment of Donnie Darko that I can possibly give. Who knows, maybe if I watch it for a fourth time I might truly get it. Or maybe I won’t. Does it really matter?
I just watched Donnie Darko for the third time. This time I watched the director’s cut of the film. This time I still have no concrete idea what the film is about. Is it about time travel? Is it about a paranoid schizophrenic fucked up teenager? Is it about a man whose life flashes before his eyes at the moment before death? If it’s the latter that makes two for Jena Malone. After all, wasn’t Sucker Punch about a girl whose life passed before her eyes at the moment of being lobotomized? It’s a moot point, but one that I make to show you that I am clueless about Donnie Darko. Does that make me stupid? No, it doesn’t. Like Donnie himself it only makes me human. To be honest with you I think the film is about all those things. It is about love, fear, time travel, death and all things in between. It’s about the little things in life that lift us up; a kiss from our favorite girl, perhaps. It’s also about those things that bring us down hard and fast; a beloved author turns out to be a child pornographer in a role I would have never picked for Patrick Swayze; but then again I didn’t write the movie. If I did the film would be a boring linear film that goes from beginning to end. In the hands of Richard Kelly, Donnie Darko is a non-linear film that moves in a linear fashion from beginning to end. Does that make sense? It doesn’t matter. Donnie Darko is a masterpiece of a cult movie that deserves our respect and repeated viewings. That is as honest an assessment of Donnie Darko that I can possibly give. Who knows, maybe if I watch it for a fourth time I might truly get it. Or maybe I won’t. Does it really matter?
Trivia
During conversations about sex with his therapist, the script had Donnie’s fantasies be about Alyssa Milano. This had to be changed to Christina Applegate due to legal reasons.
The original poster art for the movie had used an Arabic-style font, but this was changed to the more common Trajan typeface for the video release after the terrorist attacks on the United States on 11 September 2001. However, the font retains its original style in the film itself.
Frank says the world will end in “28 days 6 hours 42 minutes 12 seconds.” That figure is not random: it comes from adding or subtracting 1 from each part of the figure 27d 7h 43m 11s, which is the precise length of one lunar month (by one of the less-used definitions – sidereal instead of the usual synodic).
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HANNIBAL
The Gold Shield of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
HANNIBAL-United States-2001
Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter
Julianne Moore as Clarice Starling
Ray Liotta as Paul Krendler
Frankie Faison as Barney
Giancarlo Giannini as Inspector Renaldo Pazzi
Francesca Neri as Allegra Pazzi
Gary Oldman as Mason Verger
Directed by Ridley Scott
Written by David Mamet and Steven Zaillian
Based on the novel by Thomas Harris
Hannibalpicks up ten years from where The Silence of the Lambs leaves off. An escaped Hannibal Lecter is living a life of luxury in Florence, Italy. Agent Clarice Starling is disgraced by an incident that occurs during a high profile shoot-out. She is a pariah to her colleagues in the FBI and is considered a disgrace. In his own twisted fashion Dr. Lecter returns toAmerica to defend her honor. Can a beautiful FBI agent and a cannibalistic genius live happily ever after? Well…kind of. Goody g00dy.
Now I know that there are those of you out there who are critical of the casting of Julianne Moore as Clarice Starling. I do not join you in your sentiments. The change in casting represents two entirely different times in the life of Agent Starling. Foster’s and Moore’s Starling are two entirely different people. One was green and inexperienced while the other is now wiser and more jaded to the ways of the world she is a part of. In the first film Starling is thrown to the wolf, Lecter. In this film the very people she works for are the wolves. After watching this film I don’t know who more of a cannibal is; the FBI or Hannibal Lecter.
Giancarlo Giannini stars as Inspector Pazzi, an Italian police officer determined to capture Lecter and reap the rewards. It is hilarious to hear Lecter insult him and his heritage at every turn. Pazzi may as well be wearing a shirt that says “I tried to capture Hannibal Lecter and I met the same fate as my ancestor.” When Pazzi’s death finally occurs at the hands of Lecter, I have to admit I was secretly thanking the good doctor. Giannini’s character is a lout and a pig, obnoxious and ignorant. Of course this being Giancarlo Giannini the part is played to the highest of expectations. Ray Liotta stars as the proverbial thorn in the side of Agent Starling. His character is as corrupt as Giannini’s is loutish. Rounding out the cast are Francesca Neri, Gary Oldman and Frankie Faison; the latter whom reprises his role as Nurse Barney from TSOTL.
Under the direction of Ridley Scott,Hannibalis a near-perfect film. It’s not the great film that Silence was but that doesn’t matter. It stands on its own two feet and that is really all we ask of it.
Trivia
When Jodie Foster declined to reprise the role of Clarice Starling, Julianne Moore beat Gillian Anderson, Cate Blanchett, Hilary Swank, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Heather Locklear, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Drew Barrymore, Winona Ryder, Sarah Jessica Parker, Brooke Shields, Kristin Davis, Bridget Fonda, Calista Flockhart, Helen Hunt, Sandra Bullock, Christina Applegate, Jennifer Connelly, Meg Ryan, Shannen Doherty, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Eggert and Teri Hatcher for the role. Anderson fell out of the running early on when it was discovered her contract to “The X Files” (1993) prohibited her from playing another FBI agent. Davis and Parker both turned down the part due to their contract to HBO’s “Sex and the City” (1998). Flockhart declined due to her contract to “Ally McBeal” (1997).
After Thomas Harris finished writing the novel, he sent copies to The Silence of the Lambs (1991) principals Jonathan Demme, Jodie Foster, Ted Tally, and Anthony Hopkins for approval. The screenplay was rewritten no less than 15 times because of dissatisfaction by Demme and Foster over new character elements. In the end, neither Demme nor Foster remained with the production.
In Florence, where part of the movie was shot, it is possible to buy a sort of tourist guide called: “Hannibal Lecter. Visit the places of the city where he was.”
Hannibal asks Pazzi about being demoted from the Il Mostro case. Il Mostro was a serial killer about whom Hannibal gives clues to Pazzi. This was a subplot that was filmed but never used as it was thought to be too complicated.
JASON X
JASON x-United States-2001
Spanish Poster for Jason X
Lexa Doig as Rowan
Lisa Ryder as Kay-Em 14
Jonathan Potts as Prof. Lowe
Peter Mensah as Sgt. Brodski
Kane Hodder as Jason Voorhees
Kane Hodder as Uber-Jaon
Directed by Jim Isaac
Written by Todd Farmer and Victor Miller (characters)
Jason X is the best film in the series after Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter. It is a kick-ass joy ride of a film that, unlike Friday the 13th Part XIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, takes Jason out of the element of Crystal Lake and plants him in the year 2455 on board a spaceship loaded with a group of students on a training mission. Oddly enough, teenagers are just as horny in 2455 as they are in 2001, which is when this film was released. So, even though he’s been cryogenically frozen for 454 years and then thawed out on board the ship by the unsuspecting crew Jason is never bored or at a lack of things to do. It’s sort of like when you take a kid to the bank and give them a coloring book and crayons to keep them occupied. Jason nearly meets his match in this film at the hands of Kay-Em 14, a fairly hot cyborg whose nipples tend to fall off at inopportune times. You have to see it to believe it, trust me. But, just when you think Mrs. Voorhees baby boy has bitten the dust for the umpteenth time, he returns as (cue Superman theme music) UBER-JASON!!! Faster than a speeding victim! More powerful than a horny teenager!! Able to slash through bodies with a single swipe!! Look out behind you! It’s not Michael, not Freddy! It’s Uber-Jason!! Just as soon as our boy gets his upgrade he is back in the business of killing. He even pays homage to one of his earlier kills in this one. When you see it you’ll know the one I’m talking about.
The biggest complaint I have against this film is the acting. The main cast is good, but the supporting cast leaves a bit to be desired. Kane Hodder is in excellent form as both Jason and Uber-Jason. After four films he’s got this part down to a science. It’s no wonder the guy has such a large following at conventions.
Jason X is the final film in the Friday the 13th series. I don’t count Freddy vs Jason as the last because the events in it would have taken place before the year 2455, regardless of whether it was released at a later date than Jason X. It’s like the Beatles with Abbey Road and Let It Be. The latter was the last album released, but the former was the last album recorded.
This film allows the series to go out with a bang. Not a big bang, but a bang none the less.
Trivia
The space debris floating in space has “Cunningham Reality” written on the side. This is a reference to the name of producer Noel Cunningham, the son of executive producer and maker of the original Friday the 13th (1980/I), Sean S. Cunningham.
Jason Voorhees’ eyes never blink when they are shown.
The name of the primary ship in the film is the “Grendel” which is the name of a monster in the Old English poem “Beowulf”. Grendel was a direct descendant of Cain from the Book of Genesis, a monster described as half-troll, half-ogre. Like Jason, Grendel rose from a lake in search of victims and seemingly could not be killed. Also, in their fight, Beowulf rips Grendel’s arm off, and in the movie, when Kay-Em shoots up Jason, the first thing he loses is his arm.
1/2
JEEPERS CREEPERS
Chris Benoit
JEEPERS CREEPERS-United States-2001
Gina Philips as Patricia Trish Jenner
Justin Long as Darry Jenner
Jonathan Breck as The Creeper
Patricia Belcher as Jezelle Gay Hartman
Eileen Brennan as The Cat Lady
Written and Directed by Victor Salva
Jeepers Creepers is the Chris Benoit of horror movies. Okay, now that you are scratching your head and wondering what the hell I’m talking about, I will explain via comparison. Jeepers Creepers is a skillfully directed horror film. Chris Benoit was a highly skilled professional wrestler. Jeepers Creepers has two characters, Trish and Darry Jenner, who are believably portrayed by Gina Philips and Justin Long. Chris Benoit could take a sport (or spectacle if you so prefer) like pro wrestling and make it believable. In 1988, while filming Clownhouse, Victor Salva, the writer-director of Jeepers Creepers was convicted of five felony counts of sexual relations with a 12 year old boy. In June of 2007, over a three day period, Chris Benoit strangled his wife and seven year old son and ended his own life by hanging himself with the weights and pulleys from his personal weight machine. Salva served 15 months of a three year sentence and was paroled. He is now a registered sex offender. Any mention of Chris Benoit has been erased by World Wrestling Entertainment at the behest of its Chairman, Vince McMahon.
I was a huge Chris Benoit fan. I am a huge Jeepers Creepers fan. That is, I am a huge fan of Chris Benoit the professional wrestler. I am not so sure about Chris Benoit the man. I am a huge fan of Jeepers Creepers. I am not a fan of Victor Salva. But then again, I don’t have to be. I don’t have to agree with what he stands for as a human being. I believe that what he did is one of the lowest acts that a grown man can do to a child. Just as Chris Benoit took the lives of his wife and child, Victor Salva has taken away the very thing that makes a childhood special and that is his innocence.
Jeepers Creepers is an almost-great horror film. Too bad the same can’t be said for Victor Salva.
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