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  • March 22, 2000 GET A LIFE 15 Movie Review 'Final Destination': A Slasher Film Sans Slasher by Jenni Battels Staff Writer I don't scare easily, but "Final Destination" about made me piss myself. It's not that the movie's all that great, because it's really not. It's your typical teeny- bopper fright flick. It's the idea the movie presents that's so unnerving. This movie is incredibly creepy because of this "mission" that Death is on, and it is without the standard senseless deaths; there is actually a reason for the deaths in the movie: The victims are supposed to die. This movie personifies death, and shows life to be a game in which we are pawns. In this game, Death always wins. However, you CAN outsmart Death, though you'd probably be better off just dying when you're supposed to. Following the "Sixth Sense" and "Stir of Echoes" theme, our leading man, Alex Browning (Devon Sawa), gets a vision of the plane he's on exploding and ev eryone dying instantaneously. He has some kind of epileptic panic attack and as a result, he and six other boarders get off or are physically removed from the plane, thus cheating Death. Apparently Death doesn't like this too much, because it's going after the few lucky (unlucky?) ones and killing them in sick and unusual ways. The movie is not for weak stomachs. As long as he has a premonition of his friends' death, Alex can intervene and save them. Devon Sawa ("Idle Hands", "Casper") seems to be Hollywood's attempt to create a new Leo clone, but it's not working. Sawa has been in two types of films: Box office bombs and, well, more box office bombs. He seems to be a decent actor who just can't get a substantial role. He has a strong presence and one of those faces that pre- pubescent girls slobber over. So where's his "Titanic?" It isn't this movie, but hopefully it's on its way. AH Latter ("The House On Haunted Hill", "Varsity Blues") is Clear Rivers (hippy parents?), Final Destination Directed by James Wong Starring: Devon Sawa Ali Larter V *•* •••••SeeitNOW ~k "k ir *k See it relatively soon * * * Wait for the video * • Watch for it on USA •k See it in Hell... Over and over again the only one besides Alex who de- boards of her own free will. While she did not have the premonition that Alex had, she also felt that Death was close. She befriends Video Review Alex and together they try to save the other survivors from fate. Kerr Smith ("Dawson's Creek") plays the tough guy of the group, threatening to kill Alex because he doesn't get to go to Paris. He remains an unthankful jerk even after the plane blows up. He claims to be the master of his own destiny. Ha ha ha. Tony Todd (the famed "Candyman" of the early 90s) plays a sadistic coroner who likes his job a little too much and enlightens Alex and Clear on Death's design for everyone. His only purposes are explaining what's going on, which helps the plot to move along, and to creep you out with the sensation of impending doom. This movie will scare the crap out of you if you are a strong believer in Fate. The idea of not being able to escape death is sort of unsettling, especially when you're pretty sure you're in- J vincible (as most teenagers do). As far as recent horror flicks go, this is a pretty good one. It's not stupid, though it is somewhat predictable, and there are no psycho-teens frolicking around with axes whacking people's heads off because they wouldn't be their friend. There is enough dark humor in it to attract the "Scream" freaks, but it's not corny. The horror genre has been sorely lacking for decent scares, but director James Wong and screenwriter Glen Morgan (both writers for some of the more disturbing "X-Files" episodes) have brought a kind of "Twilight Zone" twist to this cliched and played- out category of film. Everything in this genre that was new and innovative was done to death in the 70s and early 80s. It's hard to do something new in horror; however, I think this movie has accomplished something by scaring audiences both psychologically and with the gore we've come to expect. Growing Up 70s Style in 'Outside Providence' by Annie Sechrist Staff Writer In the media's recent effort to convey the coming-of-age stories of the lost generation of the 70s, America as a whole has been forced to endure grueling hours of mindless film and perpetual drug overdosing. In order to fill in the generational gap between this group of 30-year olds and the mass majority of present-day viewers, film makers have begun to idolized what was wrong with the decade rather than what was right. So we are left with such movies as "Dazed and Confused" and "The Stoned Aged," and TV programming like "That 70s Show." Not that there is anything significantly wrong with watching these, as long as the viewer realizes they are there for mere enjoyment, not accuracy, and one finds that they Shawn enjoy things that lack substance. "Outside Providence" looked hopeful as far as this whole genre was concerned, a movie that could possibly pull through and deliver enough of a punch that it would be worthy of the two hours I put into watching it. But to be truthful, I am still unsure if it accomplished this. The movie was like a Hemingway novel, in that it touches the Hatosy and Amy Smart in 'Outside Providence.' surface of topics, leaving one to decipher later what has actually taken place and it is only in this retrospective thought that one realizes its significant value to the story. The storyline leaves the gaps, and through the previously discussed expansion of the mind does one truly grasp what it was he didn't say, making Hemingway a genius photo courtesy www.outsideprovidence.com and if this is theory is correct, the movie a masterpiece. But I think I am giving credit to something where the credit is not necessarily due, maybe this was just a really bad movie. And those cute little "gaps" that are supposed to make you think are really just big gaping holes in the story due to bad writing and poor actor portrayal. "Outside Providence" tells the story of Timothy Dunphy (Shawn Hatosy), a directionless individual whose life consists of drugs and wasting time. Dunphy's father (Alec Baldwin) is the typical present, but not really here, dad who takes little interest in his son's life until circumstances force him to. Dunphy, whom Baldwin comically refers to as "Dildo," hits a parked police car while stoned out of his mind and Baldwin feels that it is his parental duty to send him off to prep school. Thus forcing Dunphy to start on the inevitable journey into adulthood. It is at school that Dunphy comes to grip with the reality that one is responsible for his own actions and ultimately his own destiny. He learns about the quality of life, and of love, and its wonderful nature. But the audience is not there to see how he comes to conclusions, we just see the results of these concepts and it left this viewer feeling very unfulfilled. Was this some weak attempt for a new "Good Will Hunting," or, heaven forbid, a new outlook on "Dead Poet's Society?" If so, it was greatly disappointing. "Outside Providence" has a good message, and could have been a wonderful movie, but the director seemed to cut more than the extra scenes from this movie, he cut out the plot as well.
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