tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post8410947452556689924..comments2024-03-28T10:33:39.051-07:00Comments on Horror Movie A Day: Black Christmas (2019)BChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480847497966171794noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-22120773917198546072019-12-18T10:36:41.064-08:002019-12-18T10:36:41.064-08:00If you see a glass unicorn in the first act, someo...If you see a glass unicorn in the first act, someone will get stabbed with it in the third. <br /><br />I found this version unremarkable, and very preachy --- but I am an adult. I suspect that this film's politics, as well as its toned-down scares, were squarely aimed at a much younger crowd, for whom all of the film's various complaints might be a bit fresher. It is pretty ham-fisted, and seeing Cary Elwes' portrait hanging in the hall of the frat house was just painful, but I suppose if you were 13 years old there are worse films you could spend an evening on. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-87461246462412884682019-12-14T07:29:21.647-08:002019-12-14T07:29:21.647-08:00Interesting review...when you talk about possibly ...Interesting review...when you talk about possibly being perceived as a threat, I couldn't help but think, that's the experience many African-American men have everyday for years and years. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14837662329275808261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-21244518310721448832019-12-13T22:17:27.339-08:002019-12-13T22:17:27.339-08:00For me the movie felt so far removed from the orig...For me the movie felt so far removed from the original, and the remake, that I think I would have liked it better as a stand alone film with no association to the others. And frankly, other than sorority girls getting killed over holiday break, by the end of it the connection isn't really there at all in my opinion. But it's because of the connection, I think, that the end, "the thing" just felt so stupid and disappointing. <br />I didn't mind the politics of it all, and thought some of that worked well to put some slasher tropes on their heads but I agree that it was really blatant throughout taking the fun out it a bit (which as you commented is part of the point). I enjoyed the performances of the leads but overall it sounds like you enjoyed it more than I did. It's probably a "c" for me and my least favorite of the three. <br />august benassihttps://twitter.com/augustbenassinoreply@blogger.com