Friday, February 18, 2011

Past and Present Movies


Movies have been around for many many years. They started out without color and sound, Sucha s the movie above, 'Nosferatu' which means vampire. I think this was one of the first vampire movies ever made. This probably one of the best, because there is no talking and no color, making it more dramatic, not scary. Now days movies have sound and color, when something bad is going to happen, you hear scary music in the background and you wait for it to happen, some movies even have alot of blood and gore in it, to make it even scarier. But to me it makes the movie worse, because alot of movies have done this already and you're used to it. Back to the silent movie, as you watch this, several people might think of this as boring and doesn't have enough 'kick' to it. That's because we are so used to the movies today. I personally like 'Nosferatu' is a great movie to watch at night with popcorn and the lights off, to give the movie for effect.
Now for the movies we have today, I chose another 'horror' movie called the Grudge, I believe this is the japanesse version. But from what I can see from the trailer it is similar the American verison of the 'Grudge' Against the silent movie this movie may seem more scary and makes you jump, because of the sudden ghost appearing of Ju-On, and you know when she is comming beccause you hear that eeiry broken neck groan, as she comes after her next victim. I personally didn't care for the 'Grudge' it lacked something, but I am not sure what, perhaps its because Ju-On appeared so much or you knew she was comming. So movies have come from silence, minus the back ground music, and colorless, talking and full of color. I am not saying all horror movies are bad now days, I like the Child's Play movies, they are more funny than anything, but make me jump every so often.

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