stonekeeper_ever

I will just assume that I'm the one to blame because everyone else seem to love this but me. I can't say I even liked it. You know sometimes, at the beginning of a movie, there will be an animation clip of a few minutes with slapstick humour to sort of indicate what the movie will be about? Well, I was wondering when the movie would start until I realized that th there was nothing more to it. 1h40mins of silly, childish and ludicrous slapstick humour. 35 minutes in I already had enough i'm started working on my computer while it played in the background. If this was released in 1926, I'd understand the attraction and appeal but at this point, I don't understand the use for this kind of movie. But then again, it's not my kind of entertainment to start with and I'm in the minority so don't take my word for it. I'm giving it three points for the original look. My rating: 3/10.

Wait a second, this movie has a IMDb rating of 5.4, Metascore of 24 and 15% on Rottentomatoes. Yet, it has a overkickass AC/DC soundtrack, an overcool beginning with the brigde, an overcute Emilio Estevez, overrad special effects, overbadass trucks, overwicked dialogues (Curtis: we gotta get some gas. Connie: that's good because I got to go to the ladies room. Curtis: can I come in and watch? Connie: No, you cannot come in and watch! Curtis: Damn.), overintense love affair and finally, overslick direction from Stephen King. This movie is unfortunately the opposite of overrated. Apparently even King himself, when asked why he didn't direct any movie after maximum overdrive, said: just watch maximum overdrive. Well, either we are missing out because he felt pressured by critics to say that or either it's a good thing he didn't do more movies because he would've changed is style totally. This here, is a gem of a movie I tell you! Let's just look at some of the characters names: Bill, Brett, Brad, Barry, Curt, Deke and Steve. Splendid. I think this movie would make a great combo with Tremors. My rating: 8/10.

Here's how I would rate the 5 stories : 3Am: ffwd 50% of it. Who can endure this? It's atrocious. 1/10

Edward: ffwd 75% of the conversation. The end was alright. 3/10

Quiet: More boring 2/10

Merry little Christmas (AKA "The one with the monster from the poster".): Made my body shiver, my heart race, my eye tear up as I clench my teeth through most of it. I want to be shocked. I was. No clue what this masterpiece does hiding inside this pile of pure garbage. 9/10

The deviant one: Garbage that was funny for a second. 2/10

So final verdict is, if you need a good fix of hardcore horror, watch Merry little Christmas but dismiss the rest.