Comments on: DVD Review: Quarantine

By: Jack J

Jack J — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:13:20 +0000

The remake was alright at best but the original shits all over it that’s for sure. It’s gonna be interesting to see the sequels. :/

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:32:10 +0000

I piss on this shitty ass remake…

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:55:30 +0000

I like Quarantine as well, but I perfer REC.

I however think that anything that gets people to watch the originals is a good thing.

From my own experiences working at blockbuster:

I hated the Ring, but I was so glad that I was able to find RINGU on DVD when The Ring came. I also noticed people renting it by mistake at Blockbuster and returning saying it was better than the original. (I didn’t have the heart to tell them that RINGU was the original)

I can only hope that REC is right there in videostores for people to rent now.

By: Annie

Annie — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:23:36 +0000

Neither am I. I liked it. Sue me.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:19:13 +0000

I will throw my hand up and state that I am not being a cool kid in my attitude to this movie – I am being a snob. I admit it freely. But in this instance I am not ashamed.

By: Marc

Marc — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:37:19 +0000

Yeah Annie… like join the cool kids club already! LOL.

By: Annie

Annie — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:48:00 +0000

Okay okay, I’ll rent REC as soon as I can. Then I can be one of the cool kids who hated this film.
Yeesh!

By: Marc

Marc — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:50:55 +0000

Oh – and Annie saw the Quarantine under the conditions that anyone should… without having seen the original. The further you are removed from [REC] the more you’ll enjoy yourself. Quarantine was well done. But again… it was just paint by numbers.

By: Marc

Marc — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:48:38 +0000

Here’s the main problem with Quarantine… it exists.

Now that it does exist what do we do? It wasn’t a bad film. It was genuinely frightening at times, and I must admit, far better than most of the Hollywood horror today. Part of me truly enjoyed the film.

The problem was that is was practically a shot for shot remake of [REC], you know the ORIGINAL film. So I guess that means Quarantine is not really that original at all, which might lead me to say Quarantine is actually a pretty shitty film. Shit, I’m no filmmaker, but I could probably pull off a paint by color film with a half measure of success.

But let’s get down to politics and let’s call a spade a spade about why Quarantine really exists, and that’s to pad the pockets of Sony exec’s. [REC] has all but been banned in the US. Sure, it’s not been officially banned, but it’s been corporately cock blocked. Why? So that Quarantine can exist and make an American studio some cash. It’s a philosophical and ethical nightmare that will make one’s head spin like little possessed Regan. You can’t stop it. You can’t rage against the machine. It is what it is. Fuckin’ sad.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:20:05 +0000

It’s cool that you enjoyed it, but I can’t feel anything but resentment for this film. There is simply no reason for it to exist. REC hasn’t even been out a year, and now a hell of a lot of people won’t ever bother to see it. And for what? Because some people are too lazy to read subtitles? Such bollocks.

REC is a great horror film. I haven’t seen this and don’t intend to – I just can’t see how it can stand up on its own merits.