Duped by A Trailer!

Again, I was duped by a pretty good trailer for a movie.

First of all, I really liked the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre that was released a few years ago. I really really liked it. What the heck, I'd go as far as saying I loved it. I thought it was a cut above the multitude of slasher flicks that were continuously being released. So I was looking forward to the prequel, aptly entitled The Beginning. The trailer was also cool and intriguing, which further fueled my anticipation. Today, being my first day of freedom from the prison that was pre-residency, I just had to watch a movie! It's no big surprise that I picked The Texas Chainsaw Massacre as the movie to watch. I should've watched The Departed instead, which everyone seems to highly recommend. I just didn't find the trailer appealing, so i thought I might find the movie boring. I mean, trailers usually showcase the best parts of a movie to entice moviegoers to see them. I didn't like the trailer for The Departed, so i figured if i didn't like the so called best parts, would i enjoy the full movie? If I'm going to pick which movies to watch based on trailers, maybe I should've watched open season instead. At least I was laughing so hard when I first saw the trailer for that.

Now back to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. What they probably meant by "the beginning" was--- this would be the beginning of the end for this franchise. The movie really sucks. There's not much fear nor suspense... just mindless blood and gore. And to think I like movies with lots of blood and gore (that's why I picked surgery for residency... joke!). Blood is good, but there has to be a good story behind it, or it should at least be a tool to create suspense. I can't even feel for any of the characters--- you don't really get to know them enough for you to develop sympathy for them. And they're so stupid, you'd think they deserved to die for such stupidity. That back story of two brothers on their way to the Vietnam war showed some promise, but that premise was quickly forgotten. Everything seems predictable too. The way they movie went along, it was almost like a carbon copy of the original movie. Very derivative. All of the villains were also present in this prequel, which would make the viewers conclude that all the protagonists are going to die anyway, so why waste time developing sympathy for them.

After having no contact with the outside world for a month, I thought I'd enjoy any movie, even one that sucked. Boy, how wrong I was. I should've listened to reviews and recommendations instead of basing my decisions on which movies to watch on movie trailers and other visual eye candies.