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		<title>Movie Review: Dark Country</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristopher Ives</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dark Country is a film about a newly married couple driving through the desert. It tries to combine the cheap budget of a single setting of Phone Booth and the comic book like photography of Sin City &#8211; and fails painfully every step of the way. My main problem with this movie was continuity. It [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-850" title="DarkCountry" src="http://santiance.com/wp-content/uploads/DarkCountry.jpeg" alt="" width="278" height="436" /><em><a title="Dark Country (Wikipedia)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Country">Dark Country</a></em> is a film about a newly married couple driving through the desert. It tries to combine the cheap budget of a single setting of <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_Booth">Phone Booth</a></em> and the comic book like photography of <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin_City_(film)">Sin City</a></em> &#8211; and fails painfully every step of the way.</p>
<p>My main problem with this movie was <a title="Continuity in Fiction (Wikipedia)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuity_(fiction)">continuity</a>. It jumps all over the place and has too many holes. I noticed when I checked IMDB that <a title="IMDB Discussions about Dark Country" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469318/board/threads/">I&#8217;m not alone</a>. Since I don&#8217;t advocate watching this piece of trash, below is a little bit of a spoiler.</p>
<p>There are two timelines set in present day and some time period that is hard to detect and is only once vaguely refereced as 30 years ago. They drive around in cars from the 50&#8242;s, 80&#8242;s, and 2000&#8242;s and use cell phones intermittently. If you&#8217;re trying to decode all of this nonsense, then you&#8217;re probably putting more thought into it than the makers did.</p>
<p>A lot of time is spent in a car with very bad green screen. The backgrounds are a joke. Everything is just a black background.</p>
<p>Wikipedia says this movie had a budget of $5 million. Where did it go? I hope every penny went to the actors, because even though they didn&#8217;t do an amazing job &#8211; everything else was a complete flop.</p>
<p><strong>Rating:</strong> <a href="http://santiance.com/wp-content/uploads/goldstar.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-773" title="It was a movie" src="http://santiance.com/wp-content/uploads/goldstar.png" alt="" width="24" height="24" /></a><a href="http://santiance.com/wp-content/uploads/greystar.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-774" title="Mine field of plot holes" src="http://santiance.com/wp-content/uploads/greystar.png" alt="" width="24" height="24" /></a><a href="http://santiance.com/wp-content/uploads/greystar.png"><img title="Complete disregard for continuity" src="http://santiance.com/wp-content/uploads/greystar.png" alt="" width="24" height="24" /></a><a href="http://santiance.com/wp-content/uploads/greystar.png"><img title="Setting and Scene thrown out the window" src="http://santiance.com/wp-content/uploads/greystar.png" alt="" width="24" height="24" /></a><a href="http://santiance.com/wp-content/uploads/greystar.png"><img title="Badly failed attempt at a paradox" src="http://santiance.com/wp-content/uploads/greystar.png" alt="" width="24" height="24" /></a> (1/5)<br />
 Hover over the stars to see why</p>
<p>Anyone who disagrees, I&#8217;d love to hear why! Leave me a comment or tweet <a title="Kristopher Ives on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/kristopherives">@KristopherIves</a> with your two cents.</p>
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		<title>Movie Review: Zombieland</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristopher Ives</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having just watched Zombieland, a comedy-horror film, I&#8217;m giving a great review. This movie was refreshing because it mixed elements of survival with comedy in an interesting contrast. Without giving any spoilers, the film draws you in and delivers a good laugh at the right moment. It&#8217;s narrated in a somewhat Wonder Years fashion and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-772 noclear" title="Zombieland Movie Poster" src="http://santiance.com/wp-content/uploads/FileZombieland-poster.jpg" alt="" width="278" height="436" />Having just watched <em><a title="Zombieland (Wikipedia)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombieland" target="_blank">Zombieland</a></em>, a comedy-horror film, I&#8217;m giving a great review. This movie was refreshing because it mixed elements of survival with comedy in an interesting contrast. Without giving any spoilers, the film draws you in and delivers a good laugh at the right moment. It&#8217;s narrated in a somewhat <em><a title="The Wonder Years Television Show (Wikipedia)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonder_Years" target="_blank">Wonder Years</a></em> fashion and involves a <a title="Cast of Zombieland (Wikipedia)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombieland#Cast" target="_blank">colorful cast</a>, each with a surprising amount of depth. The film never breaks the third wall, but comes quite close, and once you see the movie I think you&#8217;ll know what I&#8217;m referencing.</p>
<p>The movie does have a lot of action (including a good shoot-em-up scene with <em><a title="Woody Harrelson" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Harrelson" target="_blank">Woody Harrelson</a></em>), but it&#8217;s at the heart a comedy. The film uses the non-comedic elements as bait, but you don&#8217;t feel cheated by any means. As Ebert said, it truly has &#8220;well-tuned comic timing&#8221; and creates a good atmosphere like <em><a title="28 Days Later (Wikipedia)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_days_later" target="_blank">28 Days Later</a></em> and fellow serious apocalyptic movies do.</p>
<p>You should be able to make it through this movie without checking your <a title="Twitter (with shameless plug)" href="http://twitter.com/kristopherives" target="_blank">Twitter</a> a single time.</p>
<p><strong>Rating:</strong> <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-773" title="Didn't Suck" src="http://santiance.com/wp-content/uploads/goldstar.png" alt="" width="24" height="24" /><img title="Kept my attention" src="http://santiance.com/wp-content/uploads/goldstar.png" alt="" width="24" height="24" /><img title="Had a hot chick and great cameo" src="http://santiance.com/wp-content/uploads/goldstar.png" alt="" width="24" height="24" /><img title="Kept me on my toes" src="http://santiance.com/wp-content/uploads/goldstar.png" alt="" width="24" height="24" /><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-774" title="Held to a few cliches" src="http://santiance.com/wp-content/uploads/greystar.png" alt="" width="24" height="24" /> (4/5)<br />
 <small>Hover over the stars for why</small></p>
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