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I admit that I possess a history with the first My Bloody Valentine released in 1981. I must have observed it at least six times on HBO as I was making the boyhood journey thru adolesence with help from Wire Television . Even as a kid I believed it was pretty damned daft. My first reaction on hearing of the remake was “Why?” it had been a cut rate slasher flick even then, one which I had presumed had long been forgotten.
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I am a little shocked that I really brought myself to see the remake.

On top of just about thinking the first was trash I am also on a personal hate affair with 3-D films at this time.

I discovered that the 3-D version of Bolt I witnessed last year was annoying as hell. Still, I have been sort of half hoping I might see another good 3-D film : the “good” applying to the 3-D instead of the film, but ideally both.

My Bloody Valentine 3-D isn’t a good film by any stretch of the imagination. The acting borders on hideous from some of the young leads.
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The plot is pretty card slasher though it gets credit for making an attempt to throw a murder poser part into the mix. However, it is with hat in hand that I should admit, I had fun in this film. It’s rich and tripped out for full trick effect. It’s great and does precisely what it’s meant to do for this flick. And in contrast to Bolt, it was easy on the eyes and I had no dull pulsing headache walking out of the theater.
My Bloody Valentine 3D

You get the full effect whether it is a nipple brushing against your cheek or a pick-axe hitting thru your skull. Just as beautiful is the phenomenal depth demonstrated in numerous scenes when things are not flying out of the screen at you. There are a few of shots where the depth is just astounding. The other stuff done well with My Bloody Valentine 3-D are the refreshingly good make up and digital effects. I am a picture effects “tweener” to be truthful. I grew up with model-work, stop and go motion animation, and matte paintings but came of age in the youth of digital. Now we are in a film industry where the photos that is shot is just a canvas for the effects artists. I am able to tell you the gore effects here are pretty damned good. After the 1st wave of slasher films in latter 1970 and early 1980s slasher flicks lost their testicles. There is no sugar coating of the violence here and I applaud the film for that. Violence that’s so outrageous that you spend 1/2 the flick cringing and the other half guffawing. In addition, we get all of the daft horror film staples done to perfection. But that is OK, there really is sufficient destruction, it just might have been paced a little better.

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