tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993991.post3992267571264497662..comments2023-10-05T07:46:44.392-04:00Comments on And Now the Screaming Starts: Movies: Lovely Bones it ain't.CRwMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07896615209770501945noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993991.post-89190133812382756912007-12-15T13:44:00.000-05:002007-12-15T13:44:00.000-05:00The one and the same. It's tempting to divide Jack...The one and the same. It's tempting to divide Jackson's career up into his gross-out juvenalia and his more mature, calmer work - though you can often see shades of his earlier work in his later blockbusters. <BR/><BR/>You can see some of his old gross-out splatter tricks in the bug slime pit scene in <I>Kong</I>.<BR/><BR/>The Reaper in <I>The Frighteners</I> is a dress rehearsal for the Dark Riders of <I>LotR</I>.<BR/><BR/>Both <I>Kong</I> and <I>Rings</I> have these elaborate everything-and-the-kitchen-sink action sequences where multiple characters are having their individual fights on top of one another. Jackson's <I>Dead Alive</I> and <I>The Frighteners</I> both fetaure similarly dense action sequences.<BR/><BR/>Still, when you're watching some dude make zombie smoothies with his lawn mower while PAs gush 5 gallons of fake blood per second on to the screen, it i easy to forget it's the same director.CRwMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07896615209770501945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993991.post-3527590861443782852007-12-14T11:37:00.000-05:002007-12-14T11:37:00.000-05:00Peter Jackson, of the hobbit fame ? Crazy.Anyway, ...Peter Jackson, of the hobbit fame ? Crazy.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, seems like a the equivalent of zombie Godwin's law, but this sounds vaguely like 'Shaun of the Dead,' no ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com