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Everything in 3D
(Sunday, February 22, 2009)Movie: My Bloody Valentine 3D
Director: Patrick Lussier
Writing credits: Todd Farmer, Zane Smith
Starring: Jensen Ackles, Jaime King, Kerr Smith, Megan Boone, Betsy Rue, Kevin Tighe
Now showing: Village Six
Rated: R18
Genre: Horror, thriller, suspense
Rating: out of five
Believe it or not, this was my first 3D (three-dimensional) movie at the cinemas and even though I gave it a three out of five rating - gruesome scenes were nasty - the 3D experience was exhilarating and mind blowing.
Off I went to Village Six with senior Fiji Times writer Irene on Tuesday to catch the 12.50pm show.
We were given our 3D glasses as we passed the ticket booth and were shown to our numbered seats, somewhere in the seventh row.
The lights dimmed and the movie attendant advised us to put on our 3D glasses. This was it. I was more anxious about the effects of 3D rather than the movie - I read a few bad reviews about the movie beforehand but that didn't stop me from enjoying the special effects of 3D.
The first few scenes gave a brief about the murderous miner Harry Warden, one of six miners trapped after a collapse in the mine.
Harry is left in a coma after five other miners were killed by a pickaxe more than a decade ago. The following year, he wakes from the coma on Valentine's Day and goes on a killing spree first at the hospital then the abandoned mineshaft where he finds youngsters partying like nobody's business.
Dressed in his miner's garb, Harry kills everyone except King, Smith and Rue who escape a narrow death.
Ackles, on the other hand, is trapped inside and comes face to face with Harry, staring into the bug-eyed mask with fear.
He escapes Harry's wrath with the help of local authorities.
Ackles skips town and returns 10 years later on Valentine's Day to take care of family business - selling the mine among other things.
But the terror begins when bodies turn up axed and cut just the way Harry did and Ackles soon becomes the prime suspect.
But Harry's dead body is not in his grave like the old sheriff thought and the town lives in fear of another massacre.
As the movie progresses, new suspects begin to emerge.
There's the new sheriff, Smith who is now married to King.
He spends a lot of time trying to pin the murders on Ackles. I thought this was a form of deception used in murder movies to conceal the real killer.
Then the creepy Deputy Martin who constantly has looks that run shivers down the spine. He does pretty good facial expressions that scream 'I might be the killer'.
There's angry miners looking to settle the score with Ackles because of the mine closure and the disgruntled mine manager.
My Bloody Valentine 3D is a remake of the 1981 Canadian hit of the same name.
Only this time, most of the action happens right in front or your eyes. Believe me, there was a 3D scene I was impressed with - a bullet right past the face like in Smallville.
It came so close I could reach out and grab it just like C.K but all I could do was let out a low "wow" as it curved past. I hoped only Irene could hear that little kaicolo word.
My feet leapt from the ground a couple of times and an occasional 'shoot' blurted out whenever a nerve shocking scene came on.
There were instances where props made the movie less than perfect and scary - a toy-looking mine and dummy victims covered in blood.
But all in all, the effects of 3D were too good and it was good to note the improvement and development in technology. My first 3D movie will always be a memory because I came so close to touching the infamous Harry Warden's pickaxe.
My Bloody Valentine 3D has added humour to calm the scared nerves but it's a thriller that has heaps of graphic scenes, violence and nudity.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
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