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DVD The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (New Line Platinum Series)
The 2003 version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre adheres to the pure and simple slasher movie formula: Introduce a gaggle of sexy young people, make vague gestures to distinguish them--Jessica Biel (Summer Catch) wants to get married and doesn't like pot, so she's our moral compass--then start hacking them to pieces one by one. The visual palette includes grimy crucified dolls, fly-specked pig carcasses, body parts floating in murky jars, a tobacco-chewing redneck sheriff, and many slender beams of sunlight cutting through dank, dusty interiors. The camera lovingly photographs Biel's tank-topped bosom and sculpted abs as she's running in terror from a bloated, chainsaw-wielding, human-skin-wearing maniac. This remake lacks the macabre comedy of the original; it's all about the nauseating sensation of waiting for something to jump out of the dark. Also featuring Eric Balfour (Six Feet Under) and R. Lee Ermey (Full Metal Jacket, Mail Call). --Bret Fetzer
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Pésima!
Es claro que esta versión no se hizo si no con la única intensión de obtener ganancias económicas ya que la película en sí es un asco, los mismos cliches que siempre hemos visto, una historia absurda y una atmosfera que no causa la mas mínima ansiedad, fue esta cualidad en especial la que hizo de la película original un gran clásico.
Lo único que se podría destacar es la hermosa fotografía que esta posee, pero que por desgracia no fue suficiente en lo absoluto para hacer de la pelicula algo decente en el genero.
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We live in an age where remakes to any film are looked upon with shame and disgust. No matter how good the film actually turns out, the fact that it was ever made in the first place is considered by many as the one unforgivable sin.
I had heard the stories of Tobe Hooper's 1974 "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" just like everybody else, from the time I was sixteen years old. It was always the one movie people seemed to gravitate towards whenever the subject of horror was raised in conversation. I finally broke down and took a rental of the original home with me one night after work. To this day, I still have not been able to finish the movie through. It wasn't because I found the material disturbing or scary, not at all. The main reason I could never get through it was basically due to my profound displeasure with its overall poor quality and craftsmanship. I realize that I might very well represent a shrewd minority in that regard, but my opinion is nevertheless fact. Tobe Hooper's film plain and simply rubbed me the wrong way. Allow me to be clear now when I say that this wasn't a realization I came to easily. It was, infact, an assessment I had made only after attempting to sit through the film at four more subsequent and consecutive points in my life. Ultimately, as difficult as it may be for most other fans to comprehend, this was one of the "classics" that just didn't do anything for me.
Then, in 2003, came Marcus Nispel. He, at Michael Bay's behest, put together a stellar re-imagining of Tobe Hooper's original screenplay. Scott Kosar, who most recently penned the script for last spring's "Amityville Horror," updated Hooper's treatment and, within a short span, the film was put before cameras. Say whatever you want about my negative spin on Hooper's film, but I thought this remake blew that one thoroughly out of contention. The opening scenes, alone, set a pace throughout that never lagged. I presently cannot recall the last american-made horror film that was ever able to maintain the same aura of unmitigated dread that this motion picture possesses. This is no walk in the park, my friends! It is a movie that very literally kept me riveted to the edge of my seat in a cold sweat!
Jessica Biel, along with all the other principal actors, turned in some very believable performances. Even R. Lee Ermey, who can tend to overdo it at times, was an effective screen presence. The production also earns every last second of its coveted "R" rating. It was the much needed shot in the arm our current horror genre needed, at least until Zack Snyder's "Dawn of the Dead" met with similar success one year later.
I was totally pleased with what this remake brought to the table. I think anybody who favors a solid, intense, and in-your-face approach to sheer terror will be, as well. This title is definitely worth a purchase and belongs in every serious horror fan's collection.
Back to basics
Okay. Jessica Biel in a tank top. Very nice. One unrealistic quality was Jessica in a meat locker, and then in a sprinkler system (after the meat locker) and no natural reaction under the tank top.....
Great movie, tho. A few startling moments towards to beginning. Great camera work, and some of the effects (not to give anything away) were fantastic. Good old fashioned horror flick stuff. Hot chick running away from the bad guys, dark shadowy corners where evil things creep, and lots of gore! No one likes the thought of meeting the wrong end of a chainsaw! Well worth the 5 bucks I spent buying it used here at Amazon...
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