the cabin in the woods

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1259521/

the cabin in the woods is a horror movie, but it is not the horror movie you think it is when you first start watching it.  this is made somewhat obvious by the opening moments, so i guess i am not giving a whole lot away here.  there was little enough gore that i could bear to watch it, anyway.  the dialogue and plot were classic whedon, which is another way of saying it is at least worth watching.

the most interesting part of the film is how the trailer ties into it.  if joss whedon were not involved, i would just assume that the people who made the trailers did so without regard for what they were giving away, but since whedon is in the mix, i have to wonder whether he did it on purpose, to further heighten the audience's sense of knowing what is going to happen...when in fact, the audience does *not* know what is going to happen, because, as mentioned earlier, the horror movie you think it is is not the horror movie it actually is.  i did not really spend too much time thinking about that because i am too pretty to have deep thoughts, but i am sure there is a thesis in there somewhere.

i give cabin in the woods four mermen.