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FilmCouch #105: Sundance, My Bloody Valentine 3D, Gimmicks, Horror

Kevin Buist
By Kevin Buist posted 9 months ago
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My Bloody Valentine 3D isn’t worth watching in one dimension, let alone three. But it does serve to spark some good conversation. What other gimmicks have boosted the box office of sub-par films? What does good contemporary horror look like? Neil Marshall’s The Descent offers a refreshing palette cleanser. Also, what do horror and porn have in common, besides cheap nudity?

Karina checks in from Park City with some hits and misses from this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Moon, Hump Day, and The September Issue were worth writing home about, while Paper Hearts and Brief Interviews with Hideous Men will quietly fall into obscurity (we hope).

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0:00 - Intro

3:22 - Psychoanalyzing a listener based on his favorite films

8:15 - My Bloody Valentine 3D, gimmicks throughout movie history

16:22 - Humanizing horror vs. porn with blood

31:12 - Sundance

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  • Ed Ho said

    I am listening to your current podcast #105 and thinking WTF?

    I understand what you are saying about the lack of value of MBV 3D. Sure it is an exploitive piece of crap. There is extensive nudity, an exploitive death of a small person. There is not any real “film” value in this at all when viewed in the lense of film criticism.

    But

    This is not a film and should not be reviewed as one. This is a “slasher movie” designed to steal some money from the public. What you are doing is comparing it to a great film “The Descent” on film terms.
    This is the same as a theater critic going to a middle school play and critiquing it on professional terms.

    I am sure the makers of MBV 3D do not compare it to the descent. They may be comparing it to “Fiday the 13th” but that is a genre movie too. That is what we need to do also. Compared to other slasher movies where does it stand.

    The horror genre unfortunately is still seen as an all encompassing grouping when in fact has splintered into many different unique subcategories. We who watch alot of horror really do separate into expectations for the subcategories before reviewing the movie.

    I also disagree about the 3D effects, the new system was just excellent. Clear and effective.

  • gemma sweeney said

    i personally feel isolated from watchin this film…. i am partially blind so carnt see things in 3d did you ever think about people like me?????????????????????????????????? it is discrimination in my eyes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!