I watched the first 90 minutes of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Even as a "trainwreck" it seemed pretty disappointing. The action sequences were incoherent CG gobbledygook, and the "human" segments were just some awful comedy bits written at about the same level of sophistication as a Disney channel sitcom. I didn't even get to see much of the racist bots. Mostly it was just pointless and boring - not really satisfying even as a bad movie. To be fair, the plot finally started to get rolling around the time I left.....but if it takes that long for a plot to emerge, then who cares really?
I switched over to Drag Me To Hell at 7:30 and it was pretty good. In contrast to Transformers, the plot is established within 10-15 minutes and it appropriately escalates from there. I was kinda sad that all the scares were the usual "Booo!" surprises, since those things don't usually get me. All the grotesque splatter stuff was great though, and the last 30-40 minutes are all excellent. I can't believe Eel/Kevin was whining about the ending on The Borecast - it's great, and the "new jacket" that the girl bought was a nice red herring for the ending twist. The scene in the graveyard was excellent, and clearly the highlight of the film. The only major problem was Justin Long, who I'm incapable of seeing as anything other that the smarmy "Mac Guy". Overall though it was a great mix of horror and comedy, and I really enjoyed the moments where the main character strayed from her "Gosh shucks" country girl persona and got pissed off ("I beat you, you old bitch!" "I'm gonna shove it down her fucking throat!").
As a side note, I think I'm pretty much done with seeing PG-13 horror movies in theatres. I got stuck with a gaggle or irritating teens in the crowd that talked their way through pretty much every non-scary scene in the film. If I'd actually bought a ticket for Drag Me to Hell I might have complained, but since I was theatre-hopping I had to sit there and bear it.
