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Originally Posted by newb
my brain's been on the shelf for years.
looking forward to this one
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You are gonna love it. Just remember to bring your beers.
Well, I will be honest. As a longtime fan of Argento and a fan of our own Roderick Usher, I was really expecting plenty. Maybe that let me down a bit.
The film is pretty decent, with plenty of neat photography, good pace and filled with trademark Argento shots of colorful scenery - the red carpets, the greenery, etc. But what was missing was matching background music (sorely missed Simonetti here), and a very uninspiring performance by both leads - Brody & Seigner, especially Brody who looked half-asleep throughout the film.
Elsa Pataky was wonderful as the victim AND looked very gorgeous, and surely was the high point of Giallo. The gore was okay, and one or two scenes made me flinch a bit. Where Giallo lets the viewer down is plotwise - the killer is revealed a bit quickly, it all becomes too evident in the last 30-odd minutes of the film, the bordering-on-torture-porn storyline, and the very unconvincing "jacking off" scenes. Surely Argento could have done a lot better with what he had in his hands. I am sure Sean visioned Giallo a bit differently than the final product - either way this could have been better.
Sorry, Sean. Don't be mad at me. :(
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Fantastic intertwined anthology chosen for the perfect setting of all things horror - Halloween. It might be one of the best films to have come out in our genre in the past 2-3 years. Too bad it wasn't a wider commercial release - bet it would have given some of the more successful BO films a real run for their money, if it had been released in October last year or the year before. Specially loved Anna Paquin's segment, and that one of the little girl in the lift. Superb.
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I blame Newb for making me watch this yet again. That is my final say.
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Something to keep the wife happy.
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