Horror Hoedown: Panic Button VS Red Eye!

WARNING! SPOILERS! 

Last month, I saw a horror movie called "Panic Button." It was a movie about a plane controlled by terrifying AI, and making the people on the plane do Saw like things. Yesterday, I saw a movie named "Red Eye." It was a woman is sitting next to a hitman... who was going to kill her father. But they were on... A PLANE!

So I just listed two movies about people on planes, with the theme being murder. But the question is, which movie is the better to watch in the dark? To watch alone? To watch at night? This is horror hoedown!

HORROR HOEDOWN!!!

PANIC BUTTON VS RED EYE!!!

Welcome to horror hoedown! Where the scariest movies ever duke it out for the ultimate prize, the tears of the damned! This time we look at Panic Button and Red Eye! Now first, let me be clear: this is my opinion and my opinion only. If you like one movie more then the other, then good for you! Put it in the comments button below so I can see. Now, onto the review.

When you look at them loosely, Red Eye and Panic Button have a lot in common. They are both on the plane, they are both about sick killers, and they are both really, really creepy. But watch them back-to-back, they are very different. Panic Button is more on shock value, with a secret message about what you put on the internet (The first half of the movie says that this is based on what the internet has told them. Have I mentioned that this is a independent film?). It has kills from the Saw movies, which if you have seen, then WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH YOU? I say this because the Saw movies are very messed up, and this movie is no exception. AI (or a man in his 50s) makes a plane were the people who bored it are asked if they want to play a game of trivia with the AI. But what makes it terrifying is that if they choose to not play, people die. In very, horrible ways. And this is were you say "OK, just answer the question then!" But the questions become... well... personal. Like asking how many times they have done it, and if they could please kill one another. Yes, they have to kill each other. What follows is messed up, but all in the way of how the characters react. They are asked questions that they have to answer, but they make you say "No, she would never do that!" But they do, and it is quite the shocker. 

Red Eye, on the other hand, is quite different. An assassin is in a airport with a woman and lets just say her dad is the target for the next murder. Unless she changes her room so she doesn't blow up her apartment during a heist. But her friend works at the hotel. See what I am getting at? She ends up with a cat and mouse chase with this man, and horror and hilarity ensue (Minus the hilarity). While Panic Button has shock and horror to keep people glued to there screens, its the acting and gripping story that I really liked in Red Eye. It has the right blend of terror and fun. It weirdly, in a way, is probably one of the best thriller movies I have ever seen. But that is the problem. Its a thriller. And trust me when I say this, that means that I have to put Panic Button as the better horror movie. By far, the better movie is Red Eye, but the horror elements are not there, making Panic Button the winner.

CONGRATS PANIC BUTTON, YOU WON BY A FEATHER... OF A WING... OF A PLANE! HAHAHAHAHHA! (that was a bad joke sorry)

Next time on PipePanic reviews, we will review the WORST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN. Ta-Ta! 

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

A lot of people are really going to hate me for this, but... I did not like Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Oh dear. 

PIPEPANICFTW PRESENTS

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, AND WHY I FEAR FOR THE SEQUELS.

Before I start, I must say this is not the worst sequel or the worst movie this year. Its just not what I think the Planet of the Apes should be.

Now when I here the word "action" I think of Edger Wright, Transformers (unfortunately) , and Planet of the Apes. When I here drama, I think The Notebook, Shortland Street (unfortunately) and DAWN of the Planet of the Apes.

The first half can just be composed of this. 

Human - "The virus nearly wiped us out, and the power is over there, where the killer apes are. What do we do? WE WILL JUST ASK NICELY!" 

Lead Ape - "Oh, I thought you attack us. My wife dying. Have your power"

Evil Ape - "You make mistake. I go shot 2 idiots." 

*talking, talking, talking, talking. Bond between human and ape happens* 

Human - "Lets be friends!"

Ape - "OK, oh but I have been shot by the evil ape. *dies* " 

Evil Ape - "Human totes shot him. WAR!"

Every Ape EVER - "K"

Now look at the poster.

That looks like a blockbuster. A action movie. What Dawn of the Planet of the Apes should have been. 

This another poster.

That looks like a Disney Nature movie. A drama movie. What Dawn of the Planet of the Apes really is. The thing is, the movie is not that bad. When the action is there, it does not feel forced. It feels natural (not like Micheal Bay's new Robo-flop). Its the drama and talking that feels forced. Feels unnatural. Feels wrong. And before you ask, yes I do enjoy movies like Forest Gump. But its Planet of the Apes! Its not a franchise you know for being kind and chatty. 

The poster has a ape on a horse (Oh, and the horse's you see like once or twice. Huh?) with a gun. That is the definition of action! How can they get Planet of the Apes? How?

THIS MOVIE THE AWARD OF LOOK IT UP! (1/3)

 Maybe I should not put this up... oh well.

9

This movie... is... pretty mediocre. And I love it!

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 9: BEST OK MOVIE EVER!

9 is one of my favorite movies... and I have no idea why!  Maybe its the fact it is directed by one of my favorite directors, Tim Burton. Or maybe it stars Elijah Wood, the man who stars Frodo in Lord if the Rings. Whatever it is, I love everything about 9. I mean, look at the poster.

That poster is awesome. Its has a dark, depressing tone and yet it still keeps that epic vibe. It is great. So lets look at the movie.

The story is... really weird. Apparently, we made robots to help win the war, but the creator makes a bo-bo and now those robots can kill and suck out people's souls. Why not? So we died (Thanks Obama) and the key to the robots return (yeah most of them are shut down. I wonder why.) is in a puppet that the creator of the robot brings to life. (He made 9 and split his soul into each one. So 9 sackboys are roaming around.) Oh and he died. Yes. So now 9 has to find and protect all 8 of the other puppets. Spoiler alert, he protects 3 puppets and the rest die. And even before that, 9 awakens a robot that is worse then the other robot. Our hero ladies and gentleman.  

The acting is OK. Its not horrible, but its not great ether. Its kinda generic. But you are not focusing on acting when the animation is just beautiful. Its dark, scary and uncomfortably strange. But in a good way. The monster's (robots) look creepy as hell, and 9 looks really cool. Also, this is probably Tim Burton's most subtle movie. There is nothing to big or strange, but it doesn't look boring. And the script. Oh god everything that anyone says is like butter. Nice, warm ans really bad for you. Maybe not the last one. But it still is cool.

I you have not seen this movie, go watch it right now. Its dark. Its creepy. Its great.

I GIVE 9 THE AWARD HUG IT (3/3)