Scream 4
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 5:01 am
Look scream 4 is wes cravens next movie in his scream series and probably the last, not because the movie was bad because it wasn't.
Scream was pretty popular since it kind of restarted the whole slasher horror genre when they weren't really being made that much anymore. It was fairly popular in our house hold because it had heart throbs in it or something and started all the other slasher movies with heart throbs like Freddy Prince Junior in that I Know What You Did Last Summer zomg. I saw scream 2 and 3 but they were really memorable and it's hard to make a sequel good if the slasher always dies in each one and they have to find a new person.
Scream 4 has a basic storyline in that Sidney comes back to town to sell her book and then there are killings again by some dressed as ghostface. The movie has some good knife action and doesn't really try to be too creative with the kills besides just stabbing people really hard but they are usually fairly satisfying. It's the type of sequal that doesn't really try to move the series into a new direction but goes back to the basics of a small town with a serial killer and I think it does it well, most of the stuff is predictable and the movie knows that and kind of pokes fun at itself a bit like the others. Either way it kept me on the edge of my seat so if you atleast enjoyed scream 1 mildy I would recommend this movie.
My biggest peeve with the movie is that Wes Craven didn't make some of the characters very smart. Generally he is pretty good about trying to make the unrealistic, realistic in that he tries to make the characters somewhat smart. I think my best example is with Nightmare on Elm Street when the girl goes to the doctor (1. most movies skip the doctor all the together) and then freddy fries the doctors machines or whatever (most movies would just have the doc say nothing is wrong). In scream 4 it's a case of not enough cops and hey lets just put 2 crap cops on patrol when you know the guy is going after the girl. I think the movie to do it best was Halloween 4, they brought huge brigades of cops and they actually were worth a damn.
Besides that the reveal of ghost face was a bit lame but it's to be expected when you have to find a new killer each time like I said before.
Scream was pretty popular since it kind of restarted the whole slasher horror genre when they weren't really being made that much anymore. It was fairly popular in our house hold because it had heart throbs in it or something and started all the other slasher movies with heart throbs like Freddy Prince Junior in that I Know What You Did Last Summer zomg. I saw scream 2 and 3 but they were really memorable and it's hard to make a sequel good if the slasher always dies in each one and they have to find a new person.
Scream 4 has a basic storyline in that Sidney comes back to town to sell her book and then there are killings again by some dressed as ghostface. The movie has some good knife action and doesn't really try to be too creative with the kills besides just stabbing people really hard but they are usually fairly satisfying. It's the type of sequal that doesn't really try to move the series into a new direction but goes back to the basics of a small town with a serial killer and I think it does it well, most of the stuff is predictable and the movie knows that and kind of pokes fun at itself a bit like the others. Either way it kept me on the edge of my seat so if you atleast enjoyed scream 1 mildy I would recommend this movie.
My biggest peeve with the movie is that Wes Craven didn't make some of the characters very smart. Generally he is pretty good about trying to make the unrealistic, realistic in that he tries to make the characters somewhat smart. I think my best example is with Nightmare on Elm Street when the girl goes to the doctor (1. most movies skip the doctor all the together) and then freddy fries the doctors machines or whatever (most movies would just have the doc say nothing is wrong). In scream 4 it's a case of not enough cops and hey lets just put 2 crap cops on patrol when you know the guy is going after the girl. I think the movie to do it best was Halloween 4, they brought huge brigades of cops and they actually were worth a damn.
Besides that the reveal of ghost face was a bit lame but it's to be expected when you have to find a new killer each time like I said before.
