I saw "Stay Alive" with a couple friends last Tuesday - and it stunk to high heaven. HORRIBLE acting (by a bunch of no-name actors) and HORRIBLE dialogue. The scary bits weren't really that scary - even for an overly squeamish horror movie wimp like myself.
Here's one example of the horrid dialogue. It's paraphrased, but you get the picture:
Phineas: I'm sorry your friend died.
[Eyes the strange videogame CDROM]
Phineas: Ooooh...new game! Let's play...
The character in question was a *little* too apathetic about another's death. In fact, ALL of the characters were overly robotic. Just like their videogame alteregos.
Did I mention that one of the main characters was named "October"? If the scriptwriter had to name a character after a month, why not something a bit more normal - like April, May or June?
At least I didn't have to pay for my movie ticket (my friend paid for me). But if I wasn't with my friends, I would've walked out of the movie theater within five minutes.
Stay FAR away from "Stay Alive"!
Here's one example of the horrid dialogue. It's paraphrased, but you get the picture:
Phineas: I'm sorry your friend died.
[Eyes the strange videogame CDROM]
Phineas: Ooooh...new game! Let's play...
The character in question was a *little* too apathetic about another's death. In fact, ALL of the characters were overly robotic. Just like their videogame alteregos.
Did I mention that one of the main characters was named "October"? If the scriptwriter had to name a character after a month, why not something a bit more normal - like April, May or June?
At least I didn't have to pay for my movie ticket (my friend paid for me). But if I wasn't with my friends, I would've walked out of the movie theater within five minutes.
Stay FAR away from "Stay Alive"!
