asterisk8 said:

Bingowings said:

The opening sequence of Scream is so mean spirited and sadistic (as a film sequence beyond what the characters are doing) that it really spoiled the whole film for me.

Can you elaborate? I'm really puzzled.

Lincoln - 7/10 - A nice film, but not a masterpiece. The acting, costuming, set design, and script are all masterful (save Tommy Lee Jones who was just himself, like every role he plays) but it just lacked a certain something I can't quite put my finger on, but I'm blaming Spielberg. I guess I was hoping for something a little more daring, more artistic, and I think I expected Lincoln to seem not quite so heroic and "perfect", for lack of a better word. DDL was amazing, and brought me the closest to Abraham Lincoln the man that I think I'll ever come, but I just have a gut impression that Lincoln was a little rougher around the edges, in private a little less polished, less agreeable and magnanimous and ever-ready with the perfect thing to say or do in every situation. What made Lincoln who he was, and better than his rivals to lead the country at this time, was exactly that lack of polish and culture. This film Lincoln, like all the others, just seems a tad too ideal. We're still looking at what we hope, or need, Lincoln to be, instead of the flawed human being he really was. Still, an excellent film.

Well, it's a young girl being psychologically tortured and then gutted. It's one of the best horror sequences I've seen, and the perfect start to a modern masterpiece--a scene that is equal parts horrific and clever, and that is basically how the first Scream was. It was precursed by Wes Craven's New Nightmare, which operated in a similar vein. "Meta" before there was such a term. Brilliant films. The Scream sequels sucked pretty hard compared to the genius of that first film.