My Bloody Valentine 3D/2D Flip
April 4, 2010 | Posted by admin 
Description
Ten years ago in the town of Harmony, an inexperienced coal miner caused an accident that trapped and killed five men and sent the only survivor, Harry Warden, into a coma. When Harry awoke, exactly one year later on Valentine’s Day, he wanted revenge and brutally murdered 22 people with a pickax before being killed himself. Now, after years of peace, something from Harmony’s dark past has returned. Wearing a miner’s mask and armed with a pickax, an unstoppable killer is on the loose. As his footsteps come ever closer, the townspeople realize in terror that it just might be Harry Warden who has found his way back.
My Bloody Valentine 3D/2D Flip
Categories: 3D Movies | 
Tags: 3D/2D, Bloody, Flip, Valentine | 
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I have not seen this movie but since they have never perfected 3D for the home market and the companies who care know that and do not release their 3D movies on dvd (Disney,Pixar) you can bet this is a blurry cheap production, no doubt using the blue and red glasses. Anyone who’s checked out the last couple of 3D releases knows what I mean. Don’t be fooled the people who put this out could care less about quality. Don’t waste your time or your money on the joke. It’s a 3D headache.
Rating: 1 / 5
DON’T WATCH THIS MOVIE……OR ELSE….you will waste 90+ minutes. “My Bloody Valentine” was a 1980s’ cheese-fest and the 2009 version is still cheesy, but the original was Brie-the new version is Limberger–it stinks!
It trots out almost every horror movie cliche but in 3-D. Someone runs from the pick-axe wielding psychopath, someone trips and falls. I ran out of fingers and toes trying to count how many times this happens–damsels in distress-the BOO! scene where nothing happens. Then there’s the nice guy everyone blames for the killings and the slightly crazed, adulterous sheriff who is always lurking where he shouldn’t be lurking. Which of these two are up to no good? A tired old cliche and any true fan or horror or mystery will guess correctly. The so-called “surprise” still cant save this pile of dung. One missed opportunity comes during a nude romp in a motel. A shame the actress’s “attributes” wern’t part of a 3-D effect.
What makes the experience even worse is watching the damn thing with the 3-D glasses. Keep the aspirin handy unless you enjoy headaches, the picture looks colorless and dark-and the 3-D effects are very few-a flying pick-axe, a shotgun pointed at the audience, a chunk of someones’ face(that’s a new one)and a bullet fired from a gun that seems to hit the viewer between the eyes.
Another time I will try the flip-side which has the movie in 2-D-i want to see the movie in color and lighter but I’m sure nothing can save this stinking wedge of limberger cheese.
Rating: 1 / 5
VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE COMPANY THAT PRODUCED OR MANUFACTURED THIS DVD, BECAUSE THE 3 D GLASSES WERE JUST THROWN LOOSE IN THE DVD CASE AND I RECEIVED TWO DVD SHIPMENTS FROM AMAZON AND IN BOTH SHIPMENTS, THE 3 D GLASSES WERE LOOSE BOUNCING AROUND THE DVD CASE AND BOTH DVDS WERE SEVERELY SCRATCHED..AND BOTH DVDS WERE SENT BACK, FOR A FULL REFUND,,
I REALLY WANTED THIS DVD IN MY COLLECTION, BUT I DO NOT FEEL IT IS MY FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE A DAMAGED DVD DISK TO A LOCAL STORE TO HAVE IT RESURFACED, AND THIS IS NOT AMAZONS FAULT EITHER,
I MAY TRY TO GET THIS DVD FROM WALMART, IF I CAN FIND ONE THAT THE 3 D GLASSES ARE NOT RATTLING LOOSE IN THE CASE,, OTHERWISE THIS DVD WILL NEVER GRACE MY DVD SHELF.. BOGUS DISTRIBUTER ,, I HAD TO GIVE THIS REVIEW AT LEAST 1 STAR, BECAUSE THE REIVEW WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO LEAVE IT AS ZERO STARS,, BUT ZERO STARS IS MY TRUE REVIEW,, A TOTAL “0″
MAYBE THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD INCLUDE A GIFT CERTIFICATE INSIDE THE DVD CASE TO TAKE TO YOUR LOCAL DVD STORE TO PAY FOR THE DISK RESURFACING FOR ALL THE SCRATCHED DVDS THEY SELL…
Rating: 1 / 5
Good move, but could’ve been better with different actors playing the sheriff and Hannigan Jr. Neither has the screen presence to play lead roles like they did in this movie. The movie was also strained and stretched. Unlike the original, this move revolved too much around the killing as opposed to a story with a motivated serial killer. Had the producers redid the original, but only modernized it with cell phones and such, this one would’ve been better. The original is a classic. As usual , in most modern slasher flicks, the producers substitute blood and guts for a good story. This is one I wish I had rented before I bought, but is not a wasted purchase. Not a sleeper, a keeper, but could’ve been better.
Rating: 2 / 5
Surviving an attack by a madman with a pickaxe, is the horrific situation faced by terrified victims, in My Bloody Valentine (2009), a remake of the 1981 slasher classic. It is a very scary, graphically violent, modern retelling of the legend of Harry Walker, the miner who turned into a pickaxe wielding murderer.
In this version, the Valentine’s Day aspect is emphasized less, as instead of Valentine’s Bluff, the setting is in a town called Harmony, and the killings have no connection to a Valentine’s Day dance. As before, after a mining accident, Harry Walker goes homicidal, killing his coworkers. On Valentine’s Day, after being in a coma for year, he resumes his killing spree at a mental institution. Returning to the Hanniger mine, Warden attacks a group of college kids. Among them are Tom Hanniger (Jensen Ackles), Axel Palmer (Kerr Smith), Sarah (Jaime King), and Irene (Betsy Rue), who survive an encounter with Harry and his pickaxe, as he vanishes into the mine, pursued by the police.
Flashing forward ten years, the Hanniger mines, are now closed, and Harry Warden is long presumed dead. Tom Hanniger, the mine’s new owner, has returned to town after a ten year absence, intending to sell the mine. Axel and Sarah are now married. He’s the town sheriff, she runs a local market.
A masked killer, who favors a pickaxe, makes a sudden appearance. His first victims are Frank the Trucker (Todd Farmer), his lover Irene, and a motel clerk (Selene Luna), who are all dispatched with brutal flair. Ms. Rue is to be commended for her bravery in doing full nudity, and for a most remarkably well toned body.
The deaths shake up the town, and revive talk of Harry Walker’s return, as a human heart is sent to Sheriff Palmer in a heart shaped candy box. Grisly, bone crunching deaths follow, with the police making little progress in solving the case. With Axel carrying on an affair with Megan (Megan Boone), a clerk in the market, and Sarah sill having feelings for Tom, their marriage is quite shaky. When the killer strikes at the market, more blood is spilled, and Sarah barely escapes alive. The level of suspense remains high, and the mystery about motives and the killer’s identity, is preserved until near the very end. The door is wide open to the possibility of a sequel, so we may not have seen the last from this group.
With the stage already partially established, taking a more adult and modern approach works well. Besides the Hanniger mine, the bloody mayhem is spread to various other settings, and the film has some graphically outrageous kills. One involves a pickaxe and an eyeball, and another involves a shovel to the jaw.
Director Patrick Lussier tries to feature 3D effects wherever possible, with impalements, various projectiles and flying parts, and objects that penetrate surfaces. Sets of 3D glasses are included with the DVD. How well the 3D effect works varies, but if it doesn’t look right, or if you get eye strain from watching 3D, the double sided disc also includes a 2D version of the film. Lussier and co-writer Todd Farmer (who also appears in the film), provide an informative, low-key, and fun commentary. The remake of My Bloody Valentine provides the feeling of terror from facing a swinging pickaxe, in a more polished, contemporary package.
Rating: 4 / 5