This review will be unlike any I have done in the past and I really hope I never have to write another one like it again. I'm going to talk about the movie, no doubt, but I also want to talk about the night that Dustin, Jodie, and I went to Seneca, South Carolina and had the worse movie experience EVER.The night started off pretty good. We left early enough that we would have plenty of time to get from Toccoa, Georgia to Seneca, South Carolina. For those not from The Big Taco, the state line is like ten minutes from town, then it's like another twenty minutes to Seneca. The three of us were pretty chill. Just enjoying the ride.
We get to the theater and get our first chuckle of the night. There was a sign just propped up in the corner of a stairwell that said "Additional Parking". Of course we busted out laughing.
As we entered the theater we see a sign explaining that there will be no popcorn tonight because the "popcorn popper done blew up." Welcome to South Carolina, folks!
Dut and I go to the counter, he pulls out his wallet to pay for our tickets and the lady says "Are you students?" Dustin just looks at her dumbfounded and says "Uhh.. uhhh.. No!" That was a boost for our egos! We get our tickets and head up the ramp to the theater. We find our seats & start to sit down. Now I am a curvy girl. I have tits, hips, and ass. Dustin is a thin guy. Jodie is petite too. The seats in this theater were made for fuckin' Kate Moss on a coke binge. All three of us were claustrophobic in these tiny seats! Holy hell.
The previews start and they seemed a bit off. Kind of askew, if you will. Sad thing is, it never got any better. The whole time watching the movie the picture would slip down till you only saw like the tops of the actors heads. I went to complain, not once but twice! The second time they were all just sitting there in the office, staring at each other. They may have been high. It was horrible! So before I go into the actual movie review I want everyone to heed my warnings, AVOID SENECA CINEMAS 8!!
Now, on to the movie. Originally a Spanish movie called [Rec], Quarantine is about a news woman and her camera guy that are following around firefighters in LA for the night shift. They go out on a call and get mysteriously quarantined in this apartment building. Cool, huh? I thought so too. I was wrong.
Starring Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter, The Exorcism of Emily Rose), who was very good as the leading actress, I went into this movie with a tiny glimmer of hope. I never get my hopes up too high for new movies. Hollywood has dashed my hopes against the rocks too many times.
It was slow. The beginning was long and drawn out with way too much set up. By the time they finally got to the apartment building, I was bored and couldn't wait for something, anything to happen. When it finally did I figured out the plot twist right then. The rest of the movie was predictable, laughable and boring. The end of it had already been seen in the commercials and on the damn movie poster!
I know it was supposed to have a documentary feel too it but there was a time when the camera's movements were excessive. There was a time when they started to make Dustin nauseous. Jill, you couldn't handle it. It was like they were intentionally making the camera pan quick, zooming in and out for no reason. It did not help the film at all. I don't think anything on the screen did, however the jokes Dustin, Jodie and I cracked through out the movie did make it hilarious.
In the end, Quarantine wasn't great. The entire movie going experience wasn't great. My suggestion to you is just download the movie. Don't waste your money. Better yet, wait till they release [Rec] here in America and watch it. Can't be any worse than the Americanized version.
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2 comments:
Ha...I used to work at that piece of crap theater...It has majorly went downhill since I worked there. I was driving by there to see a friend of mine there the other day and saw the sign sitting outside that said "additional parking." I cracked up as well. The place needs to be torn down. The company, Dickinson Theatres, are too damn cheap to do any repairs. About the employees, I'm pretty sure they were high. I know, I used to work with them. I just wish we could have a decent theater for our growing community instead of that disaster...I refuse to go there, and I can still get in free...I'd rather pay and drive 30 minutes out of the way...sorry about your horrible experience!
Ha, awesome experience! Wish I had been there...I could have eaten someone's soul. Not to much soul eating around here...everyone is to nice and competent! Anyway, my friend wants me to watch the Spanish version but I really could give a shit about either version because lets face it...it's a dumb story with not a lot to help it. Maybe if it were a book it would be cooler or better yet, a graphic novel. Motion picture isn't for anything with the term "trapped in an apartment complex."
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