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They do what they can with the material they've got, but a lackluster script doesn't really do them any justice.
There are some scary moments throughout, however.
** (out of four)
There's one line that makes it worth to rent for Angel fans.
Everyone else: this is just a very bad horror flick.
The female characters are typical horror movies females.
They are wooden, annoying and dumb.
You are glad when they are killed off.
Long live the strong female character in a horror movie!!
There are so many puns to play on the title of the spectacularly bad Valentine that I don't know where to begin.
I will say this though;
here is a movie that makes me long for the complexity of the Valentine cards we used to give out in elementary school.
You know, the ones with Batman exclaiming "You're a super crime-fighting valentine!"
Valentine is a slasher movie without the slightest hint of irony, one of the few horror movies in recent years that ignores the influence of Scream.
The villain is omniscient and nigh-invulnerable.
The heroes are easily scared when people run around corners and grab them by the shoulders screaming "HeyIjustleftmycoatbehind!"
The score is more overbearing than Norman Bates' mother.
The flimsy plot follows several childhood friends, now grown up and extremely curvaceous.
Since the film gives them nothing else to do, they stand around and wait until a masked stalker kills them one by one.
This stalker appears to be former nerd Jeremy Melton, who was constantly rejected by women and beaten by men in high school.
With Valentine's Day approaching, the women begin receiving scary cards foretelling their doom.
Melton seems like the obvious suspect.
Only problem is, as numerous characters warns, in thirteen years Melton could have changed his appearance to look buff and handsome.
So (insert terrified gasp here) everyone is a suspect!
Here's problem one.
In order to have any sense of suspense while watching Valentine, you have to accept a reality in which a high school nerd is capable of becoming David Boreanaz.
Nerds don't turn into Angel when they grown up, they turn into older, balder nerds.
He's not a terrible actor, but the script, by no less than four writers, gives him and the rest of the cast nothing to do but scream and make out.
Denise Richards (the bustiest actress in Hollywood never to star in Baywatch) is especially exploited;
most shamefully in the blatant excuse to get her in a bathing suit just before a crucial suspense scene.
Note to self: always bring a bathing suit to a Valentine's Day party.
Just because it's February doesn't mean you might not feel like taking a little dip.
The slasher in Valentine dresses in head-to-toe black with a Cherub's mask.
Here's problem number two.
The filmmakers clearly thought this would be a disturbing image to have on the head of someone who's whacking people in the face with hot irons.
Plain and simple, it's not.
Instead, it just made me wonder how a guy with a mask that covers his entire face, including his eyes and ears, can move so stealthily without bumping his shins on chairs or tables.
Then again, given the things the Cupid Killer does, maybe he can teleport and his eyes are on his hands.
Not only is the movie bad, it isn't even sure who the killer is;
the final "twist" is more "Huh?"
than "Hah!"
When you're not scratching your head you're yawning, then groaning, then searching for the nearest exit.
Do not watch this movie.
Even if you're alone on Valentine's Day, find something, ANYTHING, else to do.
You'll be glad you did.
There is no way to describe how really, really, really bad this movie is.
It's a shame that I actually sat through this movie, this very tiresome and predictable movie.
What's wrong with it?
Acting: There is not one performance that is even remotely close to even being sub-par (atleast they are all very pretty).
Soundtrack (songs): "If we get Orgy on the soundtrack then everyone will know that they are watching a horror film!"
Soundtrack (score): Okay, but anyone with a keyboard can make an okay soundtrack these days.
Don't even get me started on the "What the hell?"
moments, here are a few: Killer can move at the speed of light--door opens actress turns, no one is there, turns back, there is something sitting in front of her.
Out of now where The killer shows up with a power drill, a really big one!
The filmmakers get points for at least plugging it in, but can I really believe that the killer took the time to find the power outlet to plug it in.
I feel like one of the guards at the beginning of Holy Grail and want to say "Where'd you get the power drill?"
I could go on and on about how bad this film is but I only have 1000 words.
I will give this 2 out of ten stars.
One star for making me laugh and another star for all the cleavage.
Seriously, do not waste your time with this one.
In an attempt to bring back the teen slasher genre that was taken away by spoofs like Scary Movie and Shriek if you know what I did last Friday the 13th, Valentine fails.
Why did people like Halloween?
Because it was original, new and went beyond anything that's ever been done.
Why did they like Scream?
Because at least it made sense.
Valentine is just a stupid slasher-flick that has hardly any gore what so-ever.
The plot is so similar to Halloween and Urban Legend it's not funny.
And the moment the killer comes on screen, you know who it is, it's just sssssssssssooooooooooooo predictable.
The teen slasher genre is DEAD Get over it!
0 out of 10
Firstly, there are some good things about this film, but it's all cliche slasher stuff combined with a teen movie.
In the advertising of this movie, that I've seen, a large emphasis was on the fact that Denise Richards is in it, but she's a poor actress, and not as good looking as people try to make her out to be (not that that has anything to do with the movie).
And what's with that look she gives everyone?
Perhaps it's part of the character, but like I said, the acting...
Still, the writing is fine.
You know who it is all throughout the movie, and you can almost predict what is about to happen, but not in an irritating way.
I think the book it's based on is probably good, judging by the plot line, but next time I'll read the book to find out rather than watch this.
This stalk and slash turkey manages to bring nothing new to an increasingly stale genre.
A masked killer stalks young, pert girls and slaughters them in a variety of gruesome ways, none of which are particularly inventive.
It's not scary, it's not clever, and it's not funny.
So what was the point of it?
Valentine is a horrible movie.
This is what I thought of it: Acting: Very bad.
Katherine Heigl can not act.
The other's weren't much better.
Story: The story was okay, but it could have been more developed.
This movie had the potential to be a great movie, but it failed.
Music: Yes, some of the music was pretty cool.
Originality: Not very original.
The name `Paige Prescott' Recognize Prescott?
Bottom Line: Don't see Valentine.
It's a really stupid movie.
1/10
This movie was rented by a friend.
Her choice is normally good.
I read the cover first and was expecting a good movie.
Although it was a horror movie.
Which i don't prefer.
But no horror came to mind while watching the movie.
It was a dull, not very entertaining movie.