Been rewatching the Spiderman trilogy since yesterday, and remembering how good the first movie was. Number two and three don't quite live up to it, even if the third was an improvement.

It just felt like they were trying really hard to be funny in the sequels. Especially in the second one, where there was so much personal problems for Peter Parker that there was barely any room for the super hero action. In the third film there's a scene with a planned proposal, and everything just seems to go wrong. If that scene had gone on one second longer it would have turned into a bad american rom com disaster.

However, I shouldn't be too harsch, because on the whole I think it's three pretty excellent movies who don't get enough credit for good story-telling. It's just the fact that the original was so perfect, which makes the other two seem bleek in comparison.

Rewatched the first of the Final Destination movies yesterday.

Even if the theory the storyline rests on is a bit cheesy, it still makes for quite an original horror if you ignore asking too many questions. Basically, an american school class are bording a plane to go on a school trip when one of the students have a very realistic vision. He experiences a massive air accident, and is then brought back to the present and manages to get off the plane before it takes off, taking a few people with him. All the passengers who stayed on the plane are killed in the accident, and the survivors are in shock. But then, the survivors start dying in strange accidents of their own...

The theory the teens come up with about "cheating death's plan" is kind of annoying, I find it hard to buy into it. Apart from that, there's some pretty cool gruesome death scenes, which is basically what makes this any good. There are three more movies sequelling this, with different people reliving similar events. Out of them, I think the second movie had the best deaths. So if you're into all that, this is right for you.

Saw some movies on sale that I've bought as well, so we're soon gonna be watching The Mist, Chapter 27 and Death of a President.

More horror, yay!

The Ring is a proper horror classic, and not many good movies like that get sequels that are actually well thought through, entertaining, make sense and even add to the story of the original in a natural way.

The Ring Two is a better sequel than most. I feel closer to the story with this than with the first movie, to be honest. When you're too occupied being confused with all the weird plot, there's not a lot of time left to be scared. In this second movie, we already know what the background is and can focus on what's important.

Aidan becoming "possessed" might seem a bit Exorcist-rip off at first, but it turns out very good and creepy. There's nothing more evil than when it infests the one you love, right? The mother soon gets declared crazy for her behaviour towards her son, which is excellent, very realistic and makes it more scary. Anything that brings you back to reality a little bit is a good thing for a story like this, where the plot could otherwise spiral away so far into unbelieveable that all credibility is lost.

Definitely worth a watch for anyone who ever enjoyed a horror.