Unforgiven 2

Haha I was right a couple of people do use Winchesters in the film. Even though they aren't mentioned they are still in it. Anyway this has been my favorite film by far. Little Bill reminded me very much of Rankin from Runaway Train. They are both cruel lawmen however, we see a different side to Little Bill that we don't see in Ranken. We see his life outside of his job. Throughout the movie he is building a house. This seems to humanize him far more than Ranken because we see his life outside of his job. While as far as we know Ranken only focuses on his ability to uphold the law. Otherwise it was a very exciting movie.

Unforgiven

Heh so far this movie seems really quite good. Now I haven't seen many Western films but I have a general sense of what is cliche in the genre through television. So far I have noticed quite a few interesting things that you wouldn't see in a stereotypical western.
1) The Englishman (English Bob)
Now like I said I haven't seen many westerns but it doesn't seem like there is a large foreign presence in this genre. But of course there were some in real life, people travel. Also English Bob mentions Chinamen of course he was probably referencing those that worked on the railway
2) Mentions of guns and dates
Well as we discussed in class the mention of dates in a western is very rare. So the inclusion of them is very nice. It sets a period where you can pin down what is happening at the time. As for guns they mention guns that were around at that time. I am just waiting for a reference to the Winchester Rifle (the gun that won the west)

So that is it for now this movie seems very promising.

REALLY Delayed Halloween Movie Marathon Part 3: Donnie Darko

Wow it took me this long to post this, what have I been doing. O_o  Anyway Donnie Darko really interesting movie about time travel and a really creepy bunny. The movie certainly faked my friend and me out a couple of times as we initially thought everyone would die at the end. Also many things seemed to have a deeper meaning or at least that is what I want to believe since there were many aspects that didn't really have much to do with the story. However I think I would have to watch it again to understand it better as I was thinking it was a slasher or something when it really wasn't (I think the fact that Donnie floods the school and burns that motivational speaker's house down justifies my assumption). However it was a really good movie but definitely one you should watch twice. If anyone has seen this I would like to hear your interpretations of it.

The Seventh Seal

It has been an alright movie so far I think I would have to watch more of it to get a better opinion on it. Although there are two things I really like about it so far. First of all is the idea of playing chess with death. I find this image to be quite intriguing. It is a representation of the struggle with death that we all have throughout our lives, any move could be our last. Also the pauses in the game are significant because death is still following him even though they aren't playing. The other part was the precession scene this also seems to be saying that death effects everyone and no one can ever be saved from it, even if you are extremely religious you can not escape it. Overall I find this movie to be not as enjoyable as the others I think because of the setting but idk. 

Runaway Train

Surprisingly moving movie. I it started off really cliche with a classic escape pattern (hiding in a pile of laundry and then escaping through the sewers) but then it gets a deeper in a struggle where the line between good and evil becomes blurred. On one side we have Manny a hardened criminal who while being our protagonist shows truly evil sides at some points such as when Buck tried to get to the front of the second engine. However one might look at this as him desperately wanting freedom. One the other hand however is Ranken who could be described as being "Lawful Evil" or a person who uses underhanded or violent tactics in order to uphold the law. Manny representing freedom while Ranken represents oppression and in the end we see the two characters as what they represent Manny being free while Ranken is imprisoned. This was a very very good movie overall. 

Delayed Halloween Movie Marathon Part 2: Van Helsing

Urrrrgggg this movie... it felt like there wasn't anything deeper than the action in this movie. The concept of the movie was nice but the pacing was terrible at one point it was dragging on and I was falling asleep the next it felt like it was almost over. My friend and I were also commenting on how unbelievable the characters were for example the female lead Anna had a rather large assortment of weapons but didn't use them at all and if she did nothing came of it. Van Helsing himself was rather generic and uninteresting. However the Frair, who served as comic relief was quite funny and did get his chance to shine before the end of the movie. However this brawl of horror literature characters does have some redeeming points such as the detailed settings and action scenes. Overall I felt as if I wasted my precious time with my friend watching this and that we should have watched something else but oh well can't take it back now.  

Delayed Halloween Movie Marathon Part 1: Rocky Horror Picture Show

Ahhh The Rocky Horror Picture show, a Halloween classic. I have seen it before but this time was pretty different since I was with a friend who has never seen it and I am in this film class. I realized this movie makes little sense but it makes up for that because it is offbeat and has good music. The plot can get rather confusing at times (I had my friend asking me what was happening quite a few times). I found myself asking myself "why" why is this all happening I mean Frank creates a man but happens to be an alien on earth for an unstated reason. Oh well it is still one of my favorite movies.