Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Movies Linoleum Knife's fire and 'Devil Inside's' ending
Posted by Curt Holman @Curt_Holman on Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 8:49 AM
Here are two small items from over the weekend that I decided to blog about because they have a tenuous connection. First, the movie review podcast Linoleum Knife posted its latest episode on Jan. 8 after the Los Angeles arsonist caused hosts Alonso Duralde and Dave White to take an unplanned hiatus. (Full disclosure: we're all old pals.) On a night just before New Year's Eve, a firebug ignited Dave's car, which spread to their West Hollywood apartment building. Neither were hurt, but both of their cars were trashed: you can even see Alonso's car on the right of the photo in this Los Angeles Times story. A mutual friend set up a ChipIn account to help the freelance film critics fight the fire costs, and it's caught on like a house on fire very well. The new podcast is the first since the fire and it's interesting to hear them talk about it, particularly Dave's admitted uncertainty at how to handle their generosity of friends and strangers. They also catch up on 12 movies with their usual level of snappy wit, insight and bickering. I particularly like the observation that The Iron Lady's Meryl Streep, despite being one of the world's great actresses, seldom works with filmmakers who really challenge her.
The last movie they discuss is the first major release of 2012, the exorcism horror flick The Devil Inside, which made $33 million over the weekend but has also earned notoriety for how it ends. Slate's BrowBeat blog has a new post, "Does The Devil Inside have the worst ending in movie history?" On Linoleum Knife, Alonso says "It's almost as bad as the ending of Monster-a-Go-Go," which rivals Manos, The Hands of Fate as the worst film ever shown on "Mystery Science Theatre 3000." The Devil Inside is one of those found-footage horror films like Paranormal Activity or The Blair Witch Project, which tend to have sudden, shocking endings. At this movie-spoiling bootleg clip attests, audiences seem particularly annoyed by how The Devil Inside winds up:
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