The Virgin Spring & The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Virgin Spring is an outstanding movie. Except for the final bit of the movie. Ugh. Why did Bergman keep the ending? The horrible religious aspect of the message was so terribly bad that I got extremely frustrated. Everything else about it is excellent. Makes me think less of Wes Craven for the unoriginal aspect of Last House on the Left, but then again, at least he ripped off a really good movie, and got rid of the worst part of it. But then he replaced it with gratuitous violence and nudity. Woot? Strange that Bergman won for this. Why not for his other, much, much better films? I haven't seen Fanny and Alexander, but this and Through a Glass Darkly are nowhere near his best films. Barghle! Stupid Academy.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre suffers from not only being a terrible movie, but that there are no suprises at all in it. Anyone who has seen the original knows what's going to happen to everyone. Or, more accurately, anyone who's seen the original doesn't need to see the remake because it sucks ass. Why remake a film that works because it feels real with one that has recognizable actors and actresses? Plus, after seeing the original on the big screen, I don't see the point of watching this remake on the small screen. Too bad I have this perverse need to watch this. Just to be able to say that it is definitely sucktacular rather than just guessing at the craperrificness. Which is on plentiful supply in this movie, by the way.