'It is better to reign in Hell, than Serve in Heaven' - John Milton, Paradise Lost

Listening To Right Now - Anberlin - Never Take Friendship Personal

Film School #3

Splinter - 2.5/4 - A horror film where the gore and acting far outweigh the direction. Despite the fact it feels that the movie was edited by someone from the Sci-Fi channel there is a good deal of great terror acting going on. Two young lovers decide to go on a camping trip until they're kidnapped by an outlaw and his girlfriend. The four get trapped in a gas station with a seriously freaky creature (which never gets fully explained but that's okay here) that is bent on turning them into walking corpses (not really zombie style however). Minus .5 because of the directing.

Hamlet 2 - 2/4 - The potential for a great comedy film that falls flat on its face. Steve Coogan portrays a theatre teacher that is faced with the prospect of losing the Drama Department. So he writes his own play 'Hamlet 2' in which all the characters from the original Hamlet are saved with help from a time machine and Jesus. Steve Coogan obviously has the ability to be a great comedic actor and the lines he was given which are actually funny her delivers perfectly. Unfortunatly, I can count the times I've laughed on one hand (that's bad since I laugh at really stupid things). The movie tried to go with the shock element of racial slurs and injecting some religous blasphemy (not my term) into the script. If the film makers had concentrated on that aspect than they may have been able to produce a funny albeit controversial film.

Next film school: Doubt