Aug 22 2007
The Crow
Shulan’s been in a Horror Movie kind of mode for a while, ever since being recommended a Stephen King novel to read. Anyway we got The Crow to watch last night, a movie I’ve of course heard much about but never sat down and watched. First of all I can see why its a bit of a cult favorite, it has this vibe and sense of mood about it (not to mention the tragic connection with Brandon Lee’s death). I was, however, quite struck with the overlap in feel with another of my favorite movies, The Matrix. It is listed as a connection/inspiration of the Wachowski’s, but I’ve never really seen much of a discussion of any large influence between the two. Of course the underlying genera are different, the science fiction feel of Matrix and the Horror/Vigilante-Revenge setup of Crow. But so much of the feel/gestalt of the movies struck me as familiar, even down to particular scenes and costuming. Of course the comic book connections and origins of the two could also be mentioned as a common point. In any case The Crow is a good entertaining watch for a slow weekday night.