Freeza Under The Shower
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Halloween 3: Season of the Witch is kind of amazing(ly bad) though. Ignore the rest as it's Myers re-do, but 3 is its own thing.
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Movies You've Seen Recently |OT| April 2017
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Halloween 3: Season of the Witch is kind of amazing(ly bad) though. Ignore the rest as it's Myers re-do, but 3 is its own thing.
I thought the original Friday the 13th was trash but Part II is good and does some interesting stuff and actually has semi-likable characters
I haven't seen beyond that yet, but others generally recommend The Final Chapter (part 4) and Jason Lives (part 6) too.
True Savior
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Watching Ugetsu next week on a movie-theater
Messofanego
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Krisha is really damn good. Watched this in anticipation for Trey Edward Schults' next film, It Comes At Night. Got Bergman vibes. Short (81min) but to the point chamber drama, about a recovering addict reconnecting with family. The horror overtones are fantastic. Krisha Fairchild is a powerhouse. Chilling audiovisual experience. More people should see this.
AngmarsKing701
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I enjoyed this one, but felt they could have really heightened the tension a bit more. The dude getting into the house could have moved things around on her and just fucked with her for longer, and we could have been inside her head more. Just absolute silence, no soundtrack, no noise, no nothing as she looks for something she knows she just put down.
But for what it was, I felt it did an ok job.
Also, I don't get the love for It Follows. Again, decent but I don't consider it amazing or a modern classic.
sixteen-bit
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Fate of the Furious - possibly within the top 3 of the franchise for me, lol. I had so much fun.
The Handmaiden - this was good as hell, Park Chan-wook is a genius
The Handmaiden - this was good as hell, Park Chan-wook is a genius
Count Dookkake
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All this effort and no one likes my Fast and the Furious cosplay... eff you all.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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It Follows is brilliant, a modern classic. Have you seen Under The Shadow?
I haven't, I've heard of it though. Mark Kermode said it was his best film of 2016!
xrnzaaas
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As usual little less ambitious flicks from me 
Final Girlshttps://www.themoviedb.org/movie/293970-the-final-girls was a really nice horror comedy. The cast certainly did a stellar job, the script had a cool concept and it was executed just fine, but I feel like there was more potential with spoofing more of the 80s slashers rather than just solely focusing on the Friday the 13th series.
Knock Knockhttps://www.themoviedb.org/movie/263472-knock-knock was decent. The movie felt like it was created without trying to have some meaning, but maybe that was exactly the point and the director wanted to show that the psycho girls did this mostly for fun, not mostly for trying to teach the victim a lesson (like in Hard Candy and many other similar flicks).
Under The Shadow was way overrated imo. Aside from the unique setting there's nothing exceptional about this movie really and it also takes way too much time to get things going (that's really not a good thing when the movie is only about 85 minutes long).
Final Girlshttps://www.themoviedb.org/movie/293970-the-final-girls was a really nice horror comedy. The cast certainly did a stellar job, the script had a cool concept and it was executed just fine, but I feel like there was more potential with spoofing more of the 80s slashers rather than just solely focusing on the Friday the 13th series.
Knock Knockhttps://www.themoviedb.org/movie/263472-knock-knock was decent. The movie felt like it was created without trying to have some meaning, but maybe that was exactly the point and the director wanted to show that the psycho girls did this mostly for fun, not mostly for trying to teach the victim a lesson (like in Hard Candy and many other similar flicks).
Under The Shadow was way overrated imo. Aside from the unique setting there's nothing exceptional about this movie really and it also takes way too much time to get things going (that's really not a good thing when the movie is only about 85 minutes long).
Net_Wrecker
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It's not authentic unless you ruin The Rock/Statham tag from existing.
(It's pretty good!)
Moon Presence
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The Wailing, what a gem.
Count Dookkake
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Watched Train to Busan last night. It was pretty good, with slick production, but definitely not the best zombie movie ever. Sorry, anime avatars. Probably best Korean zombie movie, but maybe there is a hidden gem. I'd like to see one set in North Korea.
They must. My buddies and I went out for a few before the screening.
They must. My buddies and I went out for a few before the screening.
The Fate of the Furious (2017): The gleeful absurdity this series is known (I once saw it described as a children's cartoon made for adults, which is perfect, even if I can't take credit for it) continues here, even if
The Breakfast Club (1984): If he's still alive today, John Bender is most likely writing a dating advice column for Breitbart News.
there's one particular villainous act perpetrated by Cipher (Charlize Theron) that verges on being too dark for the general atmosphere of the film. It was easy to predict that moment was coming, though, based on an opening conversation between Dom and Letty.
The Breakfast Club (1984): If he's still alive today, John Bender is most likely writing a dating advice column for Breitbart News.
Catch up time...
Big Trouble in Little China If ever Shang Tsung existed before Mortal Kombat it was here which he's probably been around for a long time in some incarnation or other but this looks like MK just lifted his character. Anyway when I watched Gremlins I felt it wasn't as good as something like the Goonies but not this. I'd say this is just as good as the Goonies in every way. I honestly don't remember if I've ever actually watched this completely before; maybe it was a Saturday afternoon edited for tv thing or maybe I rented it many years ago. I can't say but I knew the main premise I was a bit shocked at how good it was..then again this was Carpenter in his prime.
House of Wax I actually liked this one. Sure its nothing new...Paris Hilton death scene is nice but overall I think its a pretty solid horror/slasher type flick. It doesn't feel low budget and even though some of the ending looked like cgi it didn't look terrible. So the production was all around decent. I need to see the original at some point.
Memento This is probably my third viewing and my first takeaway is the beginning Polaroid being developed backward as a giant signal to how the film plays out. Now I'd already watched this enough to know all the little twists and turns but I have to say it still holds up for me.
The Void That trailer looked amazing. The beginning of this was awesome with some heavy Thing vibes over the creature effects..but then it kind of lost all the momentum it had going once the action survival phase kicked in. If only this could have held the tension it was building throughout and even if it ended the same just held that mystery. Maybe even explain things in the credits or something. Good movie and I did enjoy it but there was a bit of a letdown that kept this from being the greatness it could have been.
Big Trouble in Little China If ever Shang Tsung existed before Mortal Kombat it was here which he's probably been around for a long time in some incarnation or other but this looks like MK just lifted his character. Anyway when I watched Gremlins I felt it wasn't as good as something like the Goonies but not this. I'd say this is just as good as the Goonies in every way. I honestly don't remember if I've ever actually watched this completely before; maybe it was a Saturday afternoon edited for tv thing or maybe I rented it many years ago. I can't say but I knew the main premise I was a bit shocked at how good it was..then again this was Carpenter in his prime.
House of Wax I actually liked this one. Sure its nothing new...Paris Hilton death scene is nice but overall I think its a pretty solid horror/slasher type flick. It doesn't feel low budget and even though some of the ending looked like cgi it didn't look terrible. So the production was all around decent. I need to see the original at some point.
Memento This is probably my third viewing and my first takeaway is the beginning Polaroid being developed backward as a giant signal to how the film plays out. Now I'd already watched this enough to know all the little twists and turns but I have to say it still holds up for me.
The Void That trailer looked amazing. The beginning of this was awesome with some heavy Thing vibes over the creature effects..but then it kind of lost all the momentum it had going once the action survival phase kicked in. If only this could have held the tension it was building throughout and even if it ended the same just held that mystery. Maybe even explain things in the credits or something. Good movie and I did enjoy it but there was a bit of a letdown that kept this from being the greatness it could have been.
Messofanego
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What's a better zombie film in the last decade?
Count Dookkake
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Straight: The Dead.
Comic: Planet Terror.
Monster mash w/ zombies: Resident Evil Retribution.
RatskyWatsky
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I was reading about that the other day. I thought it sounded interesting!
I kind of want to watch another, just so I can see one with the iconic hockey mask wearing Jason in it.
True Savior
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Mulberry Street, Dead Snow, Juan of the Dead, 28 Weeks Later, Wyrmwood
Let me just echo a HELL YES on these.
Leaving out most of the obvious ones, I just have to mention Dead Set which is a miniseries and not a movie, but still cool. The Horde and Pontypool (taking zombies in the creative sense of the word).
xrnzaaas
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Hexxen-Panda
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Roman Holiday (1953)
I really liked this delightful 20th century fairy tale.
The leads are charismatic, the comedy has aged well for the most part, and overall it was a really pleasant film. Some really nice camerawork and lighting elevates it to Very Good instead of just good.
I really liked this delightful 20th century fairy tale.
The leads are charismatic, the comedy has aged well for the most part, and overall it was a really pleasant film. Some really nice camerawork and lighting elevates it to Very Good instead of just good.
Yeah about that...he doesn't get the mask until like 3 or 4. Until then he runs around with a cloth sack. So yea...
Sibersk Esto
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I feel like 2 has the only sequence in the entire franchise where Jason comes off as threatening.
He gets the hockey mask in three, which I personally think is awful (I think the F13 series is pretty awful outside of 6 to be fair).
RatskyWatsky
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Count Dookkake
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6 is wonderful, but X is secretly the best.
5 is of note for dat twist that is staring you in the face all along.
5 is of note for dat twist that is staring you in the face all along.
Persistence of Vision 8/10
This is a fantastic, little known doc about the great animator Richard Williams trying to get The Thief and The Cobbler made. I feel like one of the biggest letdowns in the history of cinema involved what happened to that film, Williams being fired from finishing his vision and how it was released anyway with added scenes/dialogue that cheapened how well-done the animation and concept was, turning it into something that more resembled an Aladdin knock off (Even though TTATC was the inspiration for Aladdin). It was such a visually unique and gorgeous movie with massive potential to be a classic, lots of fluid and at times impressively complex animation. The DVD of POV also includes the workprint cut of TTATC, which is about half to two thirds complete, with the rest of the footage being rough animation and storyboards. Really interesting and tragic story, highly recommend.
This is a fantastic, little known doc about the great animator Richard Williams trying to get The Thief and The Cobbler made. I feel like one of the biggest letdowns in the history of cinema involved what happened to that film, Williams being fired from finishing his vision and how it was released anyway with added scenes/dialogue that cheapened how well-done the animation and concept was, turning it into something that more resembled an Aladdin knock off (Even though TTATC was the inspiration for Aladdin). It was such a visually unique and gorgeous movie with massive potential to be a classic, lots of fluid and at times impressively complex animation. The DVD of POV also includes the workprint cut of TTATC, which is about half to two thirds complete, with the rest of the footage being rough animation and storyboards. Really interesting and tragic story, highly recommend.
I gave up on my shitty movies of Nic Cage month. I thought about it and realized I was just torturing myself. Life is too short.
Central Intelligence (2016) - A standard buddy cop formula movie, with one being a fish out of water and the other misunderstand and unorthodox. We've all seen this film a dozen times with different pieces shuffled around the board. Some really funny moments, and satisfying pacing; Over and done with quickly, a nice little distraction.
Central Intelligence (2016) - A standard buddy cop formula movie, with one being a fish out of water and the other misunderstand and unorthodox. We've all seen this film a dozen times with different pieces shuffled around the board. Some really funny moments, and satisfying pacing; Over and done with quickly, a nice little distraction.
Discotheque
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you were watching the boring shitty Nic Cage movies bro. should have checked out Con Air. that is really entertaining and has the likes of John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Dave Chappelle and John Cusack in supporting roles.
and Nic Cage sounds like that rooster from Looney Tunes. (foghorn leghorn)
Oh I've seen Con Air, that is one of his good ones.
I was watching the movies he's made since about 2007, all clearly for the money. The knockoffs of other popular movies. Films likely made because they were a tax write off in some European country. Those Nic Cage films.
I actually digested two more from Netflix between now and my previous Cage-related post, but there was nothing really to say/write about them. I guess "well, they were movies", but's that's about it.
Double billed The Pianist and Schindler's List (rewatch) over the weekend. Oh, the misery of it all, but there is no denying the fact that both of these movies are powerful at what they are depicting. Schindler's List especially is a perfect 5/5 movie for me. Might even be Spielberg's best now that i think of it.
Wanted to watch something fairly mindless last night, and decided on The Running Man (1987). I wasn't expecting anything great, but for some reason I was absolutely floored by this movie. It's one of the most 80's things I've ever seen, and although it's incredibly cheesy it just worked for me. Had some amazing one-liners from Arnold and the seeing Maria Conchita Alonso run around in spandex (plus the sequences with the dancers) was just icing on top.
Weirdly I can't point to any individual element of this film that was great, but as a whole I found it incredibly entertaining. If you can turn off your brain and enjoy the ride for a couple hours I'd definitely recommend it. On Amazon Prime until the end of the month.
Easy 4/5.
Weirdly I can't point to any individual element of this film that was great, but as a whole I found it incredibly entertaining. If you can turn off your brain and enjoy the ride for a couple hours I'd definitely recommend it. On Amazon Prime until the end of the month.
Easy 4/5.
Apart from they being shitty Cage movies he never phones in a performance. .
Lol this has happened to me too.. They're very different movies so it makes it extra confusing to mix them up.
Jack The Nipper
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Stranded - Wouldn't suggest watching it, feels cheap and poorly made (trying to be a bit alien) but it really isn't much of anything. Hardly anything happens and feels as if they just never had a good idea for the entire movie... it's unbeliaveable how lackluster the actual story and scenarios actually are. Feels forced and silly to boot
4/10
As good as it gets - could be better, was worth watching I guess
6/10
almost famous - decent band flick
8/10
john dies at the end - a bit crazy and twisted film where almost anything can just happen. If you like off the wall films with strange situations, look it up.
8/10
4/10
As good as it gets - could be better, was worth watching I guess
6/10
almost famous - decent band flick
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john dies at the end - a bit crazy and twisted film where almost anything can just happen. If you like off the wall films with strange situations, look it up.
8/10
Flick about a decent band or a decent flick about a band?
I have the exact same problem!
Fast & Furious (2009): This is such a weird franchise to chart the development of. This, the fourth film (which has basically the same title as the first film), is more or less the beginning of the modern iteration of the film series, trying to bring together various elements from the first three disparate films (mainly the first) to form a team that would stick together henceforth. Lin and Morgan also briefly bring back Han from the third film, with his appearance ending with the implication that he's off to die in said third film, before they go back and decide to prolong his life for two films more. And they kill Letty in a pretty dumb, anticlimactic way, something they'd have to reset over the next two films (though ironically, that she dies offscreen here makes that a bit easier than it would otherwise have been). Anyway, the core of this movie, Brian and Dom reconnecting, is nicely done. The plot is otherwise pretty average, and the racing scenes are too dependent on subpar CGI.
Dom's Batman detective mode! Shea Whigham getting beaten up at work! Those are the only two things that caught my eye on the rewatch a week back, haha.
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Fancy Clown
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The Mummy (1932): All the enjoyment I eked from this was really contingent on Boris Karloff's screen presence and some iconic imagery scattered about (I got chills every time they cut to the close-up of Boris, his heavy brow throwing his maleficent eyes in shadow). But even some handsome visuals can't really do much for this incredibly plodding, exposition heavy, and hokey film.
Outside of a standout sequence in the beginning where the Mummy is resurrected, driving a man to a chilling display of madness, there are aren't really any frights to be found here. Instead it relies heavily on paper thin characters talking to one another in exceedingly boring fashion.
Outside of a standout sequence in the beginning where the Mummy is resurrected, driving a man to a chilling display of madness, there are aren't really any frights to be found here. Instead it relies heavily on paper thin characters talking to one another in exceedingly boring fashion.
Messofanego
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I did love Dead Snow. 28 Weeks Later starts strong, then becomes predictable and forgettable. Wyrmwood was meh. I'll check out The Dead and Wyrmwood but lol at Resi.
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