tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post6763591132464205013..comments2024-03-28T02:30:08.913-04:00Comments on Not Just Movies: Carpenter's Tools: The FogJakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-26174680117408198262013-06-25T13:10:21.414-04:002013-06-25T13:10:21.414-04:00I've always been a huge Carpenter fan but I ha...I've always been a huge Carpenter fan but I hadn't seen this movie since I was about 15 (almost 20 years ago)... The last time I saw it it was in full frame on VHS and I hated it which looking back is obvious as I was missing almost half the movie. This time around it was scary, well shot, amazing effects of fog, well acted (of a cast of awesome Carpenter regulars) with character names like Dan O'Bannon and Nick Castle, and an amazing and memorable score by Carpenter. Sure it wasn't gory enough, it doesn't fully make sense and the ending is slightly lacklustre but it's so enjoyable to watch, seems like it would hold up very well to repeat viewings and is better than most other horror movies of its kind that it is the type of movie that will live on and only get stronger as the years go by...<br /><br />I haven't read your Prince of Darkness review (and I haven't seen that film in as many years as this one) but I used to love it. I am working my way through Carpenter's films at the moment (which is the first time I have seen most of them in widescreen and the first time I have seen Someone's Watching Me! and Elvis and the first time I will have seen The Ward) and am looking forward to Prince of Darkness, even more now that you say it is your favourite of his. How can it beat Halloween, or The Thing, or Assault on Precinct 13 or even The Fog, I cannot fathom but I can't wait to find out. <br /><br />I want to know what you think of The Fog when you watch it again and also I am disappointed that in your complete list of films of Carpenter, there is no review for Elvis...FullMetalReviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04872089316689622242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-85534577448329347252013-06-25T09:52:33.210-04:002013-06-25T09:52:33.210-04:00It's funny you say this because lately I'v...It's funny you say this because lately I've been thinking about how much I undervalued this and a handful of other Carpenters (the other big on is Prince of Darkness, which I flat out panned but is now my favorite of his). I'm looking forward to picking up Shout Factory's release and reevaluating it.Jake Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532951308638768249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-15351911573418518112013-06-25T04:11:45.840-04:002013-06-25T04:11:45.840-04:00I just watched The Fog and I have to point out an ...I just watched The Fog and I have to point out an error in your review (which I mostly agree with but overall think it is a better movie than you give it credit for). <br /><br />You say Carpenter left in a glaring mistake when the townsfolk know of the every 100 year curse that exists. Well in my viewing of this film, no one knew about it-they discovered it as the film played out. DJ Barbeau figured it out via the missing boat and wooden plank her son found. Stud Atkins pieced it all together through his search for his friend and the radio. Father Halbrook discovered the curse in the book he discovered that day. The rest of the town had no idea of the curse (and presumedly were all killed off by the fog as they were all gathered together at the memorial site).<br />Where did you get the idea that they all knew about this curse?<br /> FullMetalReviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04872089316689622242noreply@blogger.com