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Post by The Social Introvert on Dec 12, 2017 16:48:40 GMT
Or did I? For a fleeting moment it seemed I was genuinely watching a parody of the Jeepers Creepers movies. If you prefer a video version of this review, click on the below link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWKK0S0BtwU&t=3sWe need to get something quickly out of the way. As most people who have been following the Jeepers Creepers movies already know, the director Victor Salva is a convicted pedophile. He did a surprisingly short amount of jail time for a terrible crime, and his actions have gotten more public attention in the last couple of years or so, which made it difficult for him to get Jeepers Creepers 3 off the ground. As a result, whilst I’m not sure of the exact figure, the budget for this instalment is clearly significantly lower than the previous two films, based on having just seen the movie. It does bring up an interesting discussion. Should we judge a film on the final product alone, or should we take into consideration what went on behind the scenes? In general, I tend to look at only the final film, but I do acknowledge why a certain element of a movie didn’t work because of something that went on during production. At the end of the day, no-one usually remembers if a set was blown away or an actor walked off set halfway through filming, and some of the best films of all time had major complications before release. Also, if a director knows he has a certain amount of money to utilize, then he should work his film around this. Many directors alter things around based on changing circumstances, it must be a daily occurrence on set, and it’s clear after watching Jeepers Creepers 3 that Salva didn’t do this when he should have. The special effects in this movie are so poor, so laughably cartoonish, that you have to say that if Salva didn’t have the dosh then he should have filmed certain scenes differently, or scrapped them altogether. He didn’t, and as a result what little tension or fear that could have been generated through the horror related scenes are distractingly pissed on by syfy channel level effects. The effects weren’t even that good in the first two movies, so the bar to aim for is pretty low but even still JP3 trips over the first hurdle and lands embarrassingly on its nose. So this film that fans of the cult movie duo have been waiting over a decade of is set, no, not 23 years later as you might expect, but for some reason just after the end of the first movie with the Creeper teleporting all over the place to terrorise some farmers. Why? What is the point? We already know how the Creeper’s situation ends during this 23 day stint. Why set the movie then? It’s such a strange creative decision, and it’s made worse with numerous plot holes and a returning character, the local sheriff, who looks nothing like he did at the end of the first film. The story is to all intents and purposes completely isolated from the first and second movie, and though it’s teased that we’ll discover more about the creature and where it comes from we never do. All in all then the movie feels very pointless. There was no act structure, no beginning, middle or end. Everything just kind of happens. There are many different characters in different plot threads, who are all going about their business when the creeper comes aknocking. I’m still not sure who the main character was because no one is given adequate screen time and none of these plot threads tie up or build into a climax of any kind and instead most of the cast serve as easy pickings for the Creeper. In fact, the film had an annoying tendency to spend 10 minutes with one group of characters and then as soon as the creeper shows up it cuts away to another group of characters. Probably a good idea because the creeper despite being played by the same actor looks nothing like his usual sexy self. The makeup was nothing like the previous two films – he just looks like a big, black angry man – and it doesn’t help that much of when we see him is in broad daylight, giving us more opportunities to examine the poor job the makeup guys did, the conspicuous red jumper, and the ridiculously shoddy CGI wings. And he doesn’t seem like the same creeper. Maybe this is the original creeper’s younger, brain damaged brother, but he doesn’t actually do anything. None of the unnerving sniffing or glaring, no memorable kills or eating of body parts. He just kind of snorts and grunts his way through the film and is even dopey enough to get caught in his own trap. Going back to what I said about the cut away action – when we should be seeing the creeper I.e. when he’s taking someone out or munching up on some tasty flesh, we’re not seeing him. But when we shouldn’t be seeing the creeper, the film doesn’t hesitate to show the creature in full. You don’t show the Xenomorph creeping around ducts on his own, snarling at dead ends and checking out detours, which is actually a mistake Alien Covenant ended up doing. You don’t show Michael Myers giddily climbing into cupboards or crouching behind desks getting ready for a jump scare. Because these things take away from the mystery and creep factor of the bad guys. But Jeepers Creepers 3 does exactly this. We are with him, in the truck, while he bobbles along driving around town, even checking his rear view mirror – why does he even HAVE a rear view mirror? You can’t see around the back! So long as we were invited to see his day to day life, I was half expecting him to stop at the DVLA centre to que up to renew his number plate. At least that would have been funny. Speaking of the truck – this must be the biggest middle finger to the fans. The truck has magical powers! It has a mind of its own. It drives itself around and shoots out gadgets out of its arse against unsuspecting people. There’s just so much wrong with this. So much wrong with the entire film. With the way it turned out, it honestly seems as though Salva was trolling the audience, instead making a parody of Jeepers Creepers. The first film was genuinely distressing and scary, the second was pretty fun, but this is an abomination. I feel really sad for those who waited all those years for this, I mean I did too, but I read the signals a while ago and gave up hope of a decent third entry into the franchise so I went in with zero expectations and even then was disappointed. JP3 was a massive kick in the balls. I give it a 3/10. It seems the general consensus is that JP3 was horrible. Is there anyone who actually liked it, and if so what were your reasons for doing so?
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Post by swimm on Dec 25, 2017 4:44:53 GMT
Or did I? For a fleeting moment it seemed I was genuinely watching a parody of the Jeepers Creepers movies. If you prefer a video version of this review, click on the below link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWKK0S0BtwU&t=3sWe need to get something quickly out of the way. As most people who have been following the Jeepers Creepers movies already know, the director Victor Salva is a convicted pedophile. He did a surprisingly short amount of jail time for a terrible crime, and his actions have gotten more public attention in the last couple of years or so, which made it difficult for him to get Jeepers Creepers 3 off the ground. As a result, whilst I’m not sure of the exact figure, the budget for this instalment is clearly significantly lower than the previous two films, based on having just seen the movie. It does bring up an interesting discussion. Should we judge a film on the final product alone, or should we take into consideration what went on behind the scenes? In general, I tend to look at only the final film, but I do acknowledge why a certain element of a movie didn’t work because of something that went on during production. At the end of the day, no-one usually remembers if a set was blown away or an actor walked off set halfway through filming, and some of the best films of all time had major complications before release. Also, if a director knows he has a certain amount of money to utilize, then he should work his film around this. Many directors alter things around based on changing circumstances, it must be a daily occurrence on set, and it’s clear after watching Jeepers Creepers 3 that Salva didn’t do this when he should have. The special effects in this movie are so poor, so laughably cartoonish, that you have to say that if Salva didn’t have the dosh then he should have filmed certain scenes differently, or scrapped them altogether. He didn’t, and as a result what little tension or fear that could have been generated through the horror related scenes are distractingly pissed on by syfy channel level effects. The effects weren’t even that good in the first two movies, so the bar to aim for is pretty low but even still JP3 trips over the first hurdle and lands embarrassingly on its nose. So this film that fans of the cult movie duo have been waiting over a decade of is set, no, not 23 years later as you might expect, but for some reason just after the end of the first movie with the Creeper teleporting all over the place to terrorise some farmers. Why? What is the point? We already know how the Creeper’s situation ends during this 23 day stint. Why set the movie then? It’s such a strange creative decision, and it’s made worse with numerous plot holes and a returning character, the local sheriff, who looks nothing like he did at the end of the first film. The story is to all intents and purposes completely isolated from the first and second movie, and though it’s teased that we’ll discover more about the creature and where it comes from we never do. All in all then the movie feels very pointless. There was no act structure, no beginning, middle or end. Everything just kind of happens. There are many different characters in different plot threads, who are all going about their business when the creeper comes aknocking. I’m still not sure who the main character was because no one is given adequate screen time and none of these plot threads tie up or build into a climax of any kind and instead most of the cast serve as easy pickings for the Creeper. In fact, the film had an annoying tendency to spend 10 minutes with one group of characters and then as soon as the creeper shows up it cuts away to another group of characters. Probably a good idea because the creeper despite being played by the same actor looks nothing like his usual sexy self. The makeup was nothing like the previous two films – he just looks like a big, black angry man – and it doesn’t help that much of when we see him is in broad daylight, giving us more opportunities to examine the poor job the makeup guys did, the conspicuous red jumper, and the ridiculously shoddy CGI wings. And he doesn’t seem like the same creeper. Maybe this is the original creeper’s younger, brain damaged brother, but he doesn’t actually do anything. None of the unnerving sniffing or glaring, no memorable kills or eating of body parts. He just kind of snorts and grunts his way through the film and is even dopey enough to get caught in his own trap. Going back to what I said about the cut away action – when we should be seeing the creeper I.e. when he’s taking someone out or munching up on some tasty flesh, we’re not seeing him. But when we shouldn’t be seeing the creeper, the film doesn’t hesitate to show the creature in full. You don’t show the Xenomorph creeping around ducts on his own, snarling at dead ends and checking out detours, which is actually a mistake Alien Covenant ended up doing. You don’t show Michael Myers giddily climbing into cupboards or crouching behind desks getting ready for a jump scare. Because these things take away from the mystery and creep factor of the bad guys. But Jeepers Creepers 3 does exactly this. We are with him, in the truck, while he bobbles along driving around town, even checking his rear view mirror – why does he even HAVE a rear view mirror? You can’t see around the back! So long as we were invited to see his day to day life, I was half expecting him to stop at the DVLA centre to que up to renew his number plate. At least that would have been funny. Speaking of the truck – this must be the biggest middle finger to the fans. The truck has magical powers! It has a mind of its own. It drives itself around and shoots out gadgets out of its arse against unsuspecting people. There’s just so much wrong with this. So much wrong with the entire film. With the way it turned out, it honestly seems as though Salva was trolling the audience, instead making a parody of Jeepers Creepers. The first film was genuinely distressing and scary, the second was pretty fun, but this is an abomination. I feel really sad for those who waited all those years for this, I mean I did too, but I read the signals a while ago and gave up hope of a decent third entry into the franchise so I went in with zero expectations and even then was disappointed. JP3 was a massive kick in the balls. I give it a 3/10. It seems the general consensus is that JP3 was horrible. Is there anyone who actually liked it, and if so what were your reasons for doing so? Just seen it. The first 2 were decent horror flicks. Not sure what this crap even was.So many stupid and pointless scenes with no real direction and then the movie is just over. Terrible "protagonists" Stupid severed hand scene that was ultimately pointless, Magical Creeper truck,etc. Horrible movie.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jan 15, 2018 10:53:27 GMT
As a JC fan, even of the second one, this was one of the most baffling movies I've ever seen. It really is Things Happening: The Movie. You think freckle guy will go after his kidnapped love interest. No. You think kidnapped love interest might get up to something interesting, but she's just stuck in the back of a truck, then she's not. Crazy grandma psychically links with Creeper hand, and we don't see, hear, nor are told what she sees. We get a 10 minute set up for Josh Hartnett lookalike, but he's just body count and we never see his mom and sister again. Black guy and sheriff have yelling matches about things we already know. Etc, etc. Then movie ends.
And yeah, really bad VFX. Not to mention the OTT acting. I thought The Creeper looked fine, though.
What in God's name was he thinking setting this between the first two? Does he really think 2023 will be so different that he couldn't set it then? He teases a way better movie in the last 30 seconds (which is honestly the movie I thought for 15 years I'd be getting) and then it ends. Argh.
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Post by bluerisk on Jan 19, 2018 0:42:05 GMT
As a JC fan, even of the second one, this was one of the most baffling movies I've ever seen. It really is Things Happening: The Movie. You think freckle guy will go after his kidnapped love interest. No. You think kidnapped love interest might get up to something interesting, but she's just stuck in the back of a truck, then she's not. Crazy grandma psychically links with Creeper hand, and we don't see, hear, nor are told what she sees. We get a 10 minute set up for Josh Hartnett lookalike, but he's just body count and we never see his mom and sister again. Black guy and sheriff have yelling matches about things we already know. Etc, etc. Then movie ends. And yeah, really bad VFX. Not to mention the OTT acting. I thought The Creeper looked fine, though. What in God's name was he thinking setting this between the first two? Does he really think 2023 will be so different that he couldn't set it then? He teases a way better movie in the last 30 seconds (which is honestly the movie I thought for 15 years I'd be getting) and then it ends. Argh. I thought it was set in the future, the sister of the victim in movie one has become wealthy and has formed a hunting party of former seals, SAS soldiers etc. pp. top notch fighters and that they go after him and it is revealed what he is and where he came from...is this nin the movie or not?
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Post by bluerisk on Jan 19, 2018 0:43:56 GMT
Or did I? For a fleeting moment it seemed I was genuinely watching a parody of the Jeepers Creepers movies. If you prefer a video version of this review, click on the below link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWKK0S0BtwU&t=3sWe need to get something quickly out of the way. As most people who have been following the Jeepers Creepers movies already know, the director Victor Salva is a convicted pedophile. He did a surprisingly short amount of jail time for a terrible crime, and his actions have gotten more public attention in the last couple of years or so, which made it difficult for him to get Jeepers Creepers 3 off the ground. As a result, whilst I’m not sure of the exact figure, the budget for this instalment is clearly significantly lower than the previous two films, based on having just seen the movie. It does bring up an interesting discussion. Should we judge a film on the final product alone, or should we take into consideration what went on behind the scenes? In general, I tend to look at only the final film, but I do acknowledge why a certain element of a movie didn’t work because of something that went on during production. At the end of the day, no-one usually remembers if a set was blown away or an actor walked off set halfway through filming, and some of the best films of all time had major complications before release. Also, if a director knows he has a certain amount of money to utilize, then he should work his film around this. Many directors alter things around based on changing circumstances, it must be a daily occurrence on set, and it’s clear after watching Jeepers Creepers 3 that Salva didn’t do this when he should have. The special effects in this movie are so poor, so laughably cartoonish, that you have to say that if Salva didn’t have the dosh then he should have filmed certain scenes differently, or scrapped them altogether. He didn’t, and as a result what little tension or fear that could have been generated through the horror related scenes are distractingly pissed on by syfy channel level effects. The effects weren’t even that good in the first two movies, so the bar to aim for is pretty low but even still JP3 trips over the first hurdle and lands embarrassingly on its nose. So this film that fans of the cult movie duo have been waiting over a decade of is set, no, not 23 years later as you might expect, but for some reason just after the end of the first movie with the Creeper teleporting all over the place to terrorise some farmers. Why? What is the point? We already know how the Creeper’s situation ends during this 23 day stint. Why set the movie then? It’s such a strange creative decision, and it’s made worse with numerous plot holes and a returning character, the local sheriff, who looks nothing like he did at the end of the first film. The story is to all intents and purposes completely isolated from the first and second movie, and though it’s teased that we’ll discover more about the creature and where it comes from we never do. All in all then the movie feels very pointless. There was no act structure, no beginning, middle or end. Everything just kind of happens. There are many different characters in different plot threads, who are all going about their business when the creeper comes aknocking. I’m still not sure who the main character was because no one is given adequate screen time and none of these plot threads tie up or build into a climax of any kind and instead most of the cast serve as easy pickings for the Creeper. In fact, the film had an annoying tendency to spend 10 minutes with one group of characters and then as soon as the creeper shows up it cuts away to another group of characters. Probably a good idea because the creeper despite being played by the same actor looks nothing like his usual sexy self. The makeup was nothing like the previous two films – he just looks like a big, black angry man – and it doesn’t help that much of when we see him is in broad daylight, giving us more opportunities to examine the poor job the makeup guys did, the conspicuous red jumper, and the ridiculously shoddy CGI wings. And he doesn’t seem like the same creeper. Maybe this is the original creeper’s younger, brain damaged brother, but he doesn’t actually do anything. None of the unnerving sniffing or glaring, no memorable kills or eating of body parts. He just kind of snorts and grunts his way through the film and is even dopey enough to get caught in his own trap. Going back to what I said about the cut away action – when we should be seeing the creeper I.e. when he’s taking someone out or munching up on some tasty flesh, we’re not seeing him. But when we shouldn’t be seeing the creeper, the film doesn’t hesitate to show the creature in full. You don’t show the Xenomorph creeping around ducts on his own, snarling at dead ends and checking out detours, which is actually a mistake Alien Covenant ended up doing. You don’t show Michael Myers giddily climbing into cupboards or crouching behind desks getting ready for a jump scare. Because these things take away from the mystery and creep factor of the bad guys. But Jeepers Creepers 3 does exactly this. We are with him, in the truck, while he bobbles along driving around town, even checking his rear view mirror – why does he even HAVE a rear view mirror? You can’t see around the back! So long as we were invited to see his day to day life, I was half expecting him to stop at the DVLA centre to que up to renew his number plate. At least that would have been funny. Speaking of the truck – this must be the biggest middle finger to the fans. The truck has magical powers! It has a mind of its own. It drives itself around and shoots out gadgets out of its arse against unsuspecting people. There’s just so much wrong with this. So much wrong with the entire film. With the way it turned out, it honestly seems as though Salva was trolling the audience, instead making a parody of Jeepers Creepers. The first film was genuinely distressing and scary, the second was pretty fun, but this is an abomination. I feel really sad for those who waited all those years for this, I mean I did too, but I read the signals a while ago and gave up hope of a decent third entry into the franchise so I went in with zero expectations and even then was disappointed. JP3 was a massive kick in the balls. I give it a 3/10. It seems the general consensus is that JP3 was horrible. Is there anyone who actually liked it, and if so what were your reasons for doing so? I stopped reading when you wrote nothing about the movie but about the crime record of the director, something I couldn't care less about. A waste of time.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jan 19, 2018 0:50:01 GMT
As a JC fan, even of the second one, this was one of the most baffling movies I've ever seen. It really is Things Happening: The Movie. You think freckle guy will go after his kidnapped love interest. No. You think kidnapped love interest might get up to something interesting, but she's just stuck in the back of a truck, then she's not. Crazy grandma psychically links with Creeper hand, and we don't see, hear, nor are told what she sees. We get a 10 minute set up for Josh Hartnett lookalike, but he's just body count and we never see his mom and sister again. Black guy and sheriff have yelling matches about things we already know. Etc, etc. Then movie ends. And yeah, really bad VFX. Not to mention the OTT acting. I thought The Creeper looked fine, though. What in God's name was he thinking setting this between the first two? Does he really think 2023 will be so different that he couldn't set it then? He teases a way better movie in the last 30 seconds (which is honestly the movie I thought for 15 years I'd be getting) and then it ends. Argh. I thought it was set in the future, the sister of the victim in movie one has become wealthy and has formed a hunting party of former seals, SAS soldiers etc. pp. top notch fighters and that they go after him and it is revealed what he is and where he came from...is this nin the movie or not? Nope. Not at all. None of that. The movie starts off right where 1 ended, then ends where 2 begins. Why this was done, I have no idea. Seems like they're saving all that for JC4...as if it wasn't hard enough to get JC3 off the ground.
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Post by poelzig on Jan 19, 2018 2:15:01 GMT
If someone cut that rapist monsters dong off and jammed it down his throat until he choked to death I would laugh. No surprise that the same Hollywood scumbags that eagerly give a child rapist money to make more movies are now being exposed for the sexual predators that they are. Sadly morons still goosestep along to whatever those shithead socialists in Hollywood politically poop out. "Oprah run for prezdent? Me vote her. YAY!!!!!!" As a non white it will be hilarious when President Oprah starts rounding y'all silly white liberals up to as she put it "Die so racism can end."
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Post by bluerisk on Jan 19, 2018 3:14:07 GMT
I thought it was set in the future, the sister of the victim in movie one has become wealthy and has formed a hunting party of former seals, SAS soldiers etc. pp. top notch fighters and that they go after him and it is revealed what he is and where he came from...is this nin the movie or not? Nope. Not at all. None of that. The movie starts off right where 1 ended, then ends where 2 begins. Why this was done, I have no idea. Seems like they're saving all that for JC4...as if it wasn't hard enough to get JC3 off the ground. Thanks a lot! I was really hoping for this other plot. And it took years and years and then this...I fear this one has killed the franchise (if it was one in the first place). Too bad, I think it had potential in the right hands. So the second parts remains a guilty pleasure.
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Post by James on Feb 13, 2018 0:41:54 GMT
I understand fully. I'm a fan of the first film and found the second to be pretty decent, but this movie was pretty much the definition of a wasted opportunity. Not only did it lack the answers we needed for the mythology of the Creeper, but it didn't even had any balls to it by bringing back key plot elements from the first movie until, like moviebuffbrad said, the last 30 seconds. Even though this franchise is like his baby, it's clear that Victor Salva should just pass the director's chair to someone else and have them continue on with the series, therefore no one will be complaining about him having fortune being the bastard that he is.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Nov 12, 2018 6:38:15 GMT
5/10 - I didnt think it was that bad but easily the weakest of the three.
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