TV Slut: 23 Days Of Fear

Last week Cam and I went to see that movie based off of the 2002 D.C Sniper shootings called Blue Caprice. As the days have gone by she and I have talked about that film and we have come to the conclusion that it sucks. Its the fact that it was inspired and not based on the facts and it also seemed to be afraid to touch on the real situations that occurred. So I checked online for other movies based off the shootings and found D.C Sniper: 23 Days of Fear which aired on the USA Network back in 2003 not that far after the real shootings transpired.

This is mostly going to be me comparing the first film with this one. I laughed at the fact that this movie made ten years ago got it right and the one made now shit the bed. Even the actors looked more like the real guys. John Allen Muhammad (not just JOHN!) is played by Bobby Hosea and Lee Boyd Malvo was played by Trent Cameron. They do touch on the fact that John Allen was Muslim which I said out loud “Thank you, movie!” for.

Theater Whore: Blue Caprice

Based on. What does that mean? I know what inspired by means. It means you can get away with a lot of things that didn't happen for real like in all of those exorcism films. Most of them are based off of one story that may have happened and then you can go bananas making the rest of it up. That is what Blue Caprice is though the poster says based on. Me and Cam saw this and after we left we were just puzzled and I asked myself for the hundredth time “Why was this made?”

Back in 2002 there was the DC Sniper attacks. If you don't remember that then you are probably too young or you just don't give a damn about murders and attacks happening in your own country. This movie is about that. Tequan Richmond plays a kid named Lee that lives in the islands. One day his mother leaves and never comes back. He wanders around hungry and starts following a man and his children.