Autopsy

I just watched this movie the other night via Netflix.

I gotta say, I was very pleasantly surprised.
It takes about the first 15-20 minutes to really warm up, but once you start paying attention, it really pays off.
I mention the warm up part, because while watching, I was like, "Oh, this is just a dumb SyFy Original lookin' flick that I can fall asleep to."  Then I started to notice all the contrasting colors in the hospital and the interesting lighting and was hooked.

Plot: Some dumbass kids get into an accident or something (I wasn't really paying attention at the beginning, as previously mentioned) and they get carted off to a local hospital to get checked out but they seem to be the only patients there.  Horror ensues.

I recognized 2 folks right away - Robert Patrick (shown here):

And that tattooed guy from Nip/Tuck and some other shows/movies where a tattooed gangsta lookin' guy is called for (shown here):

There are a few uncomfortable & really well done scenes and some great gore effects.
And a girl gets punched in the face (which made me applaud from my comfy bed).

Matthew and I used to go to these HorrorFest; 8 Films To Die For shows when they first started up.  We stopped when the movies ended up not being worth the money so we missed the 2009 flicks.  If we'd have gone to this one, I think Autopsy would've turned me around.

Was super fun and there were a few scenes in this movie that I've never seen on screen before and it had a nice ending.

CHEERS TO THEM!!

I give Autopsy 5 out of 5 spinal taps.

Japanese Story

With the Oscars just last night...here's one that I'd never seen pop up or mentioned anywhere until it showed up on our netflix list.
I finally watched it this week.
As Matthew would say,
"Ho.
Lee.
Shit."

Its been in our queue for at least the past year and I feel completely stupid its taken me this long to see it.
I've loved Toni Colette for a while now - US of Tara, Mary&Max, among others sealing that deal....but I seriously had no idea....

Japanese Story. 

If you don't want spoilers, don't click that link.

If you don't want spoilers and you clicked that link, close that shit.

If you want spoilers and probably will or won't watch that movie, read that shit.

I love surprises and this one surprised me.
Gotta give it 4 out of 5 deadman anchors.
And now I'm feeling a bit heavy and must move on to something more light of heart.

Movie Monday - The Other Guys

Happy Monday.
Bleh.

I didn't watch any movies over the weekend since we were at the beach, so today I'm serving up some Netflix streaming goodness.

The opening scene with Sam Jackson & The Rock is effing funny....ridiculous....but funny.

Will Ferrell is a genius.
To be able to play both the straight man and the funny man at the same time??? Effing brilliant.
Mark Wahlberg is funny in this too. He plays angry funny really well. Like in The Departed. His scenes with Alec Baldwin in that flick made me el oh el.
Its also nice to see Michael Keaton again. Been a while.

Cheers to using Foo Fighter's "Hero" in the best scene of the whole movie which was about 15mins in. I laughed so friggin' hard no sound came out.
The silent fight also caused the same reaction but more so because I was trying to be quiet too.

The only part that pissed me off was when Marky Mark & Eva Mendes call Will Ferrell "sugarballs"...cuz that's what I call Matthew.* Shoulda trademarked that shit.

Another Cheers for using White Stripes "Icky Thump" for the conference room shootout scene.

And a standing ovation for the lesson in ponzi schemes, bail outs, & CEO salaries which was accompanied by charts & graphs while Rage Against the Machine's "Maggie's Farm" played during the end credits.

There's a cute little bonus scene at the end, too.

I give The Other Guys 4 out of 5 wooden guns.

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*Matthew, don't be mad. I'll make it up to you with 3 minutes put back in the bank. ;)