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DAY 52: October 22nd, 2008.
I Know What You Did Last Summer
It amazes me the amount of crappy movies I liked as a kid. Listen to me saying kid, I'm only 20. Well when this one came out I was really young. Looking back I ponder why I liked it, but for some strange reason it has some place in my heart. Could it be my insane being in love with everything Buffy did? Or was it the fact that I thought the 'look' of the killer was cool and simple? I can't really answer and I can tell you this film has many things wrong with it, but for the sake of nostalgia, I'm giving it a positive review.
This film, along with Scream gave birth to the teen slasher genre for my generation. So as bad as this film was, it gets away with a lot considering the flack other films of the same caliber get. Let's look at the cast.
They are young, they are good looking, they are in the early stages of their careers. The acting wasn't the best, but seeing where these people are now is something. JLH has fallen out of the film industry and into television (again). FP Jr. and SMG have married and are stuck in a rut for their film roles. No one takes Prinze Jr. seriously and Gellar is stuck in the horror genre. She needs a hit, desperately. Not a kid flick, Scooby Doo, but a genuine hit. Phillipe is the considered a star, starring in big films and getting recognition for his acting ability.
The deaths are all pretty much the same, death by hook. I don't mind, I liked the hook. The soundtrack is your basic indie teenage angst filled songs. I for one own it, don't ask me why, it's kind of embarrassing.
I can't really recommend this to anyone, it's nothing new, nothing thrilling and nothing scary, but for some odd reason I still enjoyed (some aspect) of it. I think I might be going crazy here, but PW is right, I guess I do like bad films.
I Know What You Did Last Summer
It amazes me the amount of crappy movies I liked as a kid. Listen to me saying kid, I'm only 20. Well when this one came out I was really young. Looking back I ponder why I liked it, but for some strange reason it has some place in my heart. Could it be my insane being in love with everything Buffy did? Or was it the fact that I thought the 'look' of the killer was cool and simple? I can't really answer and I can tell you this film has many things wrong with it, but for the sake of nostalgia, I'm giving it a positive review.
This film, along with Scream gave birth to the teen slasher genre for my generation. So as bad as this film was, it gets away with a lot considering the flack other films of the same caliber get. Let's look at the cast.
They are young, they are good looking, they are in the early stages of their careers. The acting wasn't the best, but seeing where these people are now is something. JLH has fallen out of the film industry and into television (again). FP Jr. and SMG have married and are stuck in a rut for their film roles. No one takes Prinze Jr. seriously and Gellar is stuck in the horror genre. She needs a hit, desperately. Not a kid flick, Scooby Doo, but a genuine hit. Phillipe is the considered a star, starring in big films and getting recognition for his acting ability.
The deaths are all pretty much the same, death by hook. I don't mind, I liked the hook. The soundtrack is your basic indie teenage angst filled songs. I for one own it, don't ask me why, it's kind of embarrassing.
I can't really recommend this to anyone, it's nothing new, nothing thrilling and nothing scary, but for some odd reason I still enjoyed (some aspect) of it. I think I might be going crazy here, but PW is right, I guess I do like bad films.