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Saw Nanook of the North, the famous "first feature length documentary" from 1922 last night.
Was decent. It was a cool (and fabricated, I learned before watching) look at Eskimo life.
 
Liara T'Soni said:
I watched it on a limb because I saw it on netflix...

Oh, please tell me that this isn't a typo and that you really thought the saying was "I did it on a limb" rather than "I did it on a whim", because that'd be the best mangling of a phrase I've ever heard :).
 
ymmv, a) I love Paper Moon, b) I also love Harold Lloyd and it's great that you're enjoying those movies; the Kid Brother is probably my favorite of all the ones he did. c) Thanks for taking the time to write out such a long post! Dark Corner and the Unknown are in my Netflix queue somewhere, but at the rate I'm going, it'll be forever before I get to them...
 
Veidt said:
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I've watched me some pretty nasty films. But by god, nothing, nothing compares to this. This was some wild shit man. I couldn't even finish watching it, that's right. I stopped watching half way through, why? Not because it was scary, because it wasn't. It was fucking gory, too gory for my tastes. I felt like a buster, but man, sometimes, you gotta know when to quit.

http://www.collider.com/2010/11/16/martyrs-remake-daniel-stamm-kristen-stewart/
Apparently, there's also a remake coming up. I expect that hollywood will cast Megan Fox.

The 2nd half is pretty awful, so I wouldn't feel bad.
 
big ander said:
Saw Nanook of the North, the famous "first feature length documentary" from 1922 last night.
Was decent. It was a cool (and fabricated, I learned before watching) look at Eskimo life.
Definitely check out Louisiana Story. Really quite neat. I think it is still in print frim Janus/HVE.

Recent movies I've seen are Up In The Air and Howl's Moving Castle. Loved Up In the Air...one of those it is fun to be an American movies.
 
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8/10

I was very very satisfied by this movie, something that is rare with these kinds of flicks. I eagerly await the next one.

I've never seen any of the original movies or television shows, I went in pretty much cold outside of all the media and such that I had read about it. I probably missed a bunch of inside jokes, but it didn't take away from my pleasure.
I did enjoy seeing the "redshirt" get obliterated after he was talking about "ready to kick some Romulan ass"....:lol Pull your chute, dumbass.

The cast was great, although many didn't have much to do. Kirk, Spock, and Pike seemed to have the most interesting material and I liked their performances the best because of it. Nero was pretty generic, but Bana didn't ruin the character or anything, he just didn't get much material to work with. Hoping for more Pegg, Urban, and Saldana in the next one.

I noticed that this movie finally started getting some backlash on gaf, and I do admit, some of the plotholes should have been taken care of, but there is some decent enough fan explanations that made sense to me.
Kirk meeting Spock on that moon makes sense if you consider that they were both being stranded there, I mean, the Vulcan planet was the focal point of both scenarios. Kirk just wandering in the exact cave doesn't make much sense, however, unless you consider that both Nero and Young Spock picked a specific location for a very specific reason (Maybe it's the warmest part of the planet or something?) Abrams should have added some sort of explanatory scene where Spock see's the pod, and actively tracks Kirk down, that would have explained everything.
Overall though, I didn't really feel the need to nitpick too much. I'm sure my opinion of it might drop on repeat viewings and such but for now, this is one of the better action/blockbuster movies that I've scene over the last couple of years.

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5/10

I'm a huge fan of the originals, but I never expected this to be good, still disappointing though because with all the money they had to have spent making this, you think they could have come up with a better script.

The movie was shot well enough, the effects and such were interesting, locations looked sharp and believable. Freddy himself looked like what he needed to look like for a 2010 movie, and Haley did everything you could ask of him in such a role (Although, I still think that his height/stature is still too small).

The worst part of the movie is that they jump into and out of the dream world every 5 minutes, and it just becomes redundant. I hate jumping on the "producers don't respect out intelligence" bandwagon, but it really seems like that was the case here. The "micro naps" hook failed miserably for me. The kids are saying that they don't know what's real and what's fake, but the audience does, there is really no paranoia here, they jump in, they jump out, rinse and repeat. Could have taken that concept a lot further by having both the audience and the characters truly question whether things were actually happening or not.

And it seemed to take forever to get to the main characters. Not sure why they did that, Nancy is of course the main character but at the beginning of the film I would have thought it was Kris.

Why cast Clancy Brown if you're just going to waste him?

I also hated the ending,
original really took a brave step for the genre by allowing Nancy to basically kill Freddy through willpower. Here, she just gets a good "take that BITCH" and chops his head off...:lol

For what it's worth, I enjoyed Rooney Mara in her role, at least enough to consider that she might do the Millennium series justice.
 
Risible said:
Oh, please tell me that this isn't a typo and that you really thought the saying was "I did it on a limb" rather than "I did it on a whim", because that'd be the best mangling of a phrase I've ever heard :).

:lol

Not sure why I wrote that. I've said "whim" before, I think I said whim in my head when I was typing. Got the words confused or something I guess. I can't say it's a typo though because looking at my keyboard, those letters aren't anywhere near each other.
 
Veidt said:
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I've watched me some pretty nasty films. But by god, nothing, nothing compares to this. This was some wild shit man. I couldn't even finish watching it, that's right. I stopped watching half way through, why? Not because it was scary, because it wasn't. It was fucking gory, too gory for my tastes. I felt like a buster, but man, sometimes, you gotta know when to quit.

http://www.collider.com/2010/11/16/martyrs-remake-daniel-stamm-kristen-stewart/
Apparently, there's also a remake coming up. I expect that hollywood will cast Megan Fox.

*Shrugs*, can't fault you for not being able to stomach it. I loved it, one of the few films I've seen this year that I've thought about for some time afterward.

Not surprised it's being remade. I don't understand it, but it's par for the course nowadays.
 
An Education

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The last of the nominations for this years Best Picture I've got around to watch, by a long way the best. It's set in early sixties London, and it does an incredible job of capturing the class divide in London as it is now. It's a 'coming of age' story of a young school girl who sees greener grass with an older man and has to deal with the various pressures of an adult relationship that isn't wholly honest.

It was directed by Lone Scherfig, I haven't seen anything else of hers, but I'm very keen to do so now. It's based on a true story, but the screenplay was written by Nick Hornby who's amongst the most well known British scribes. I've seen all of his films, and this is by a long stretch the finest.

Performance wise, the film is near faultless. There is so much mediocrity working in the British film industry, none of it is present. Carey Mulligan, the leading young lady was really incredible, tardy and chased like only a liberated English school girl can be. And perfectly cast. Peter Sarsgaard (best known for Garden State I imagine) was also really great, he plays the pursuer. The dénouement includes something of a twist so I won't detail how the performances play into that, but it's fair to say I'm eager to see it again and see how that plays.

I'm incredibly impressed with the film. Maybe the finest piece of British cinema I've ever seen. It also has an additional special quality to me, for the most part being shot in Ealing where I've lived for the last three years.

If you haven't seen it, please do so.

Speed Racer

I barely saw an hour of it. Really bad, I can't believe so much of GAF is in love with this movie, it's dreadful.
 
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Danger: Diabolik -This was a really cool movie. In a lot of ways it seemed like it the Anti-Bond movie. In terms of character, i mean. The main character, Diabolik, while suave and resourceful, was a total asshole. :lol

This is the only Mario Bava movie i have seen, and he did a killer job with this one. It's got such a great vibe to it. It was very stylized and it had a great use of color in it's sets and overall palette. Also, Morricone's score was pretty awesome.

It seems like the perfect 60's movie. It embodies the elements of the counter-culture movement, and going against authority.

I can't believe this movie was on MST3K. It seems so wrong. :lol

EDIT:

If you're interested in the movie, DO NOT WATCH THE TRAILERS. It unfortunately followed the old formula for trailers and shows you almost the entire movie, including bits from the ending.
 
ezekial45 said:
I can't believe this movie was on MST3K. It seems so wrong. :lol

That's one of the problems with the show; they sometimes pick movies that are good. The other being people who think they've seen a movie if it has been on MST3K.
 
Open City, a film about Korean pickpocket gangs in Japan.

Enjoyable enough. Some alarmingly brutal bits.

It made me want a gnarly Korean police baton, for one thing. God DAMN at the damage.
 
I just watched Severance (2006). Some random movie I recorded a few months back. The description made it sound like some generic slasher flick, but it's so much more than that. It's actually a parody of the slasher genre and a great one at that.

Maybe I enjoyed it so much because I didn't know it was a comedy going in, but it hit all of the right beats and there were tons of moments that made me laugh out loud. The pacing is also great; much like true slasher flicks it starts out slow and ramps up more and more with each scene both in terms of plot and comedy. I definitely recommend it.

Apparently, it's available on Netflix Instant. Check it out.
 
StuBurns said:
Speed Racer

I barely saw an hour of it. Really bad, I can't believe so much of GAF is in love with this movie, it's dreadful.

It's probably a cliche to say, but I believe, and I know many others believe this as well, that the movie really doesn't "click" until the end. You've probably heard that a million times about a million different films and been disappointed by most of them. But it seems to really ring true for a lot of people with Speed Racer. For me, it didn't really seem to have any real *point* until like, the final lap of the final race....:lol But after that, I really came out of the film having enjoyed the experience.

Coincidentally, knowing that you're a Lost fan (LOL, this is like the second time in a week I've said that to you), the film doesn't really get out of a rut until Matthew Fox's character begins to have a real presence.

Anyways, I saw the first one a month or two ago, and finally watched this last night :

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5/10

It was engaging, but all over the place. The actual detective mystery aspect is considerable weaker than it was in the first (Not like the first really had an interesting murder plot either, it was sub par, propped up by everything else). The boxer character literally comes out of nowhere, and I'm not exactly sure what him or Lizbeths fuck buddy really even added to the film.

The biggest disappointment is that
the two leads don't meet up until the very end of the film.
After the first movie, I was very interested in seeing where they would take this not so predictable relationship. Nowhere. At least not in this film. Netflix doesn't have the third one yet, gonna have to wait a bit.
 
Liara T'Soni said:
It's probably a cliche to say, but I believe, and I know many others believe this as well, that the movie really doesn't "click" until the end. You've probably heard that a million times about a million different films and been disappointed by most of them. But it seems to really ring true for a lot of people with Speed Racer. For me, it didn't really seem to have any real *point* until like, the final lap of the final race....:lol But after that, I really came out of the film having enjoyed the experience.

Coincidentally, knowing that you're a Lost fan (LOL, this is like the second time in a week I've said that to you), the film doesn't really get out of a rut until Matthew Fox's character begins to have a real presence.
I might give it another try, I haven't returned the disc yet. It certainly was pretty.
 
The Ruins (Unrated Cut) - Only barely remember this being advertised, and bought a copy for three dollars. I found it genuinely disturbing thanks to the effects of the villain/monster on the human body. Besides that, fairly predictable with a quick enough pace. But goddamn they lay the blood on thick. :lol Definitely worth watching if you like horror movies with lowered expectations. They couldn't write the character introductions for shit though.

Dreamland - A drama that goes nowhere. Sure, it looked nice and had an interesting premise, but that's about it. A high-school graduate struggles with a father who's not quite there and unrequited love. Avoid.
 
Checked out Chocolate finally. Was not disappointed, great fight scenes.
I loved how one of the final fights was another random autistic martial arts savant :lol
 
I just watched Trick R Treat, wasn't too impressed with it but it was decent. It kept my attention, I just thought some of it was a little comedic...not sure if it was intended to be. It might also be because the last horror film I watched was The Loved Ones, amazing flick.
 
Moon: I really enjoyed it. I was expecting an overly artsy nonsensical film, and was pleasantly surprised. It works well as a fantastic mystery that does not cheat the viewer by being extremely vague. There is no silly twist ending which I was expecting, and it just a really solid sci fi film.

Hard Eight (Sydney): To give it some credit, I was tired after watching Moon, and went into this expecting the best. I only made it halfway through, and maybe it picks up later on, but for a PTA picture I was really disappointed. What I saw was not bad by any means, but it just did nothing for me. I plan to finish it, and hopefully there is a payoff, but it failed to incite much interest or drama through the first half of the film.
 
Not a Jellyfish said:
I just watched Trick R Treat, wasn't too impressed with it but it was decent. It kept my attention, I just thought some of it was a little comedic...not sure if it was intended to be. It might also be because the last horror film I watched was The Loved Ones, amazing flick.

It's just suppose to be real campy and a traditional Halloween flick.
 
Yeef said:
I just watched Severance (2006). Some random movie I recorded a few months back. The description made it sound like some generic slasher flick, but it's so much more than that. It's actually a parody of the slasher genre and a great one at that.

Maybe I enjoyed it so much because I didn't know it was a comedy going in, but it hit all of the right beats and there were tons of moments that made me laugh out loud. The pacing is also great; much like true slasher flicks it starts out slow and ramps up more and more with each scene both in terms of plot and comedy. I definitely recommend it.

Apparently, it's available on Netflix Instant. Check it out.

This is a very entertaining film. I watched it back at Fantasy Film Fest in like 2005. Well casted and well put together. Also lots of memorable scenes, like the two busty blondes trapped in the pit. I thought it would have had a bigger audience due to Shaun of the Dead, but apparently it didn't.
 
Finally got around to seeing Avatar.

Neat. Very neat.

Beyond that? Nothing quite like a movie suggesting that in 150 years white people Americans humanity will still be doing the same stupid genocidal shit in pursuit of money.

6/10
 
NEOPARADIGM said:
Finally got around to seeing Avatar.

Neat. Very neat.

Beyond that? Nothing quite like a movie suggesting that in 150 years white people Americans humanity will still be doing the same stupid genocidal shit in pursuit of money.

6/10
Yeah, it seems like a no brainer that that is exactly what mankind is going to do so why make a movie about it?
 
Avatar: The Last Air Bender - Much better than most claimed it to be with some really nice action sequences with good camera work to boot. Didn't really see much wrong with it outside of the movie being in fast forward. Enjoyable, but it was what I expected it to be and nothing more.

Toy Story 3 - Spectacular. Damn near perfect really.
 
TETSUO THE BULLET MAN

Shinya Tsukamoto is my god. Third Tetsuo movie feels like a car-comercial/Western-remake of the first. Beautful to look at, great music, brutal revenge... this flick has it all. Also features some odd references to Evil Dead 2 and Inferno.

Yeef said:
I just watched Severance (2006). Some random movie I recorded a few months back. The description made it sound like some generic slasher flick, but it's so much more than that. It's actually a parody of the slasher genre and a great one at that.

Maybe I enjoyed it so much because I didn't know it was a comedy going in, but it hit all of the right beats and there were tons of moments that made me laugh out loud. The pacing is also great; much like true slasher flicks it starts out slow and ramps up more and more with each scene both in terms of plot and comedy. I definitely recommend it.

Apparently, it's available on Netflix Instant. Check it out.

Fun movie.

Shame it did not get too much notice.
 
Hard Eight (Sydney): To give it some credit, I was tired after watching Moon, and went into this expecting the best. I only made it halfway through, and maybe it picks up later on, but for a PTA picture I was really disappointed. What I saw was not bad by any means, but it just did nothing for me. I plan to finish it, and hopefully there is a payoff, but it failed to incite much interest or drama through the first half of the film.
After the introduction is over (first forty minutes) the second plot begins. And it's a PTA movie. So there will of course be excruciating drama and circumstances placed on all involved.
 
Robin Hood (Scott, Crowe, Blanchett) - I had very low expectations going into this because I've seen this story a thousand times....or so I had thought! I was surprised/pleased with the fact that it is a sort of prequel to the story we are all so familiar with...kind of like Robin Hood Begins. Definitely one of the better movies I've seen in a while. (8/10)

The Expendables (Stallone, Statham, Li, etc al) - I knew full well what this movie was about before going into it so my expectations were low...but I was still disappointed. I laughed every time the actor who played the general was on screen. I simply could not see him as anyone but Angel Batista. (5/10)

A Nightmare on Elm Street Remake (who cares) - I'm a huge fan of the original series and this one really let me down. A huge waste of potential. I felt that only 1 scene in the entire movie was good and that was towards the end
where Freddy was standing over Nancy being a pervert/sleaze ball
. That scene was pretty creepy I thought. Everything else was executed terribly. (3/10)
 
Count Dookkake said:
TETSUO THE BULLET MAN
Shinya Tsukamoto is my god. Third Tetsuo movie feels like a car-comercial/Western-remake of the first.

I'd hesitated after some initial hysterically negative impressions when it was on the film circuit, but that's pretty much exactly what I want from the film, plus a Trent Reznor theme. Time to hit up Yes-Asia.
 
Killamangiro said:
I too watched Chocolate after recommendations here and though fighting scenes were good everything else was really bad.
That describes just about every martial arts film I've ever seen, baring one or two.
 
abstract alien said:
Avatar: The Last Air Bender - Much better than most claimed it to be with some really nice action sequences with good camera work to boot. Didn't really see much wrong with it outside of the movie being in fast forward. Enjoyable, but it was what I expected it to be and nothing more.

Have you seen the show? You couldn't possibly say (type) that with a straight face if you've seen the series.
 
So I watched a lot of classic westerns over the last two days that up to this point I'd missed out on:

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (*edit - o hai Net_Wrecker :D) - 5/5 - I watched this without having seen the two previous films in the "The Man With No Name" trilogy, and I have to say: fucking amazing movie. I'll admit that at first the absurd amount of dubbing was unexpected and bothered me a lot, but after doing some research and finding that Leone did this with almost all his films (as did many Italian film makers, apparently) since he let the extras speak in their native tongue and just dubbed over them with English. So knowing it wasn't incompetence and just the way Leone made his films, I stopped worrying about it :) Also, Eastwood really is just the classic badass.

The Wild Bunch - 4.5/5 - I know this film is known more for it essentially revolutionizing the way gun violence was portrayed in cinema (in addition to it's fast-paced editing/slow-mo shots), and man I can see why; some of this shit is just brutal . Overall I felt the performances were the best part, since the movie does drag here and there. But I can see why it's considered to be a classic.

The Magnificent Seven - 5/5 - Rarely do I think ensemble-cast movies work, but some how this one just really does. Of course Yul Brynner (an actor I'd never even heard of before) steals the show; very charismatic and has a commanding screen-presence.

Once Upon a Time in the West - 3.5/5 - Okay here's one I don't get. I understand it's Leone and Charles Bronson, but I was bored throughout most of the movie. It wasn't bad obviously, I did love the cinematography and I now simply have a soft-spot for Leone's style of film-making, but (and I hate to say this) I think Charles Bronson was only capable of making two expressions throughout the whole movie, which urked me.

I think that's simply because I've noticed a lot of cowboy tough-guys back in the 60's all loved to do one thing: squint their eyes, make a cocky smile, then light a cigarette like they're kings of the world who could give two shits about anyone, knowing they could kick anyone's ass. By the time I'd gotten Once Upon a Time in the West, I'd already seen about a dozen actors do that in other movies so I was simply tired of seeing it. This may have been what soured my view of the film overall.

I still have yet to see Unforgiven, and I do want to see both A Fistful of Dollars and A Few Dollars More (although I hear the latter is the weakest of the Leone/Eastwood bunch). Part of me wants to watch True Grit simply out of anticipation for the Coen Brothers' adaption coming out next month. So yeah, I've got a few more to go ;)

*edit:

For poops and giggles, of all the westerns I've seen, I think I'd rank them thusly (at the moment):

1.) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
2.) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (this movie is only held back by what I still maintain is a mis-cast of Brad Pitt as Jesse James)
3.) Butch Cassiday and the Sundance Kid
4.) The Searchers
5.) 3:10 to Yuma (the 2007 remake)
6.) The Proposition
7..) The Magnificent Seven
8.) The Wild Bunch
9.) Everything else.....
 
Loxley said:
So I watched a lot of classic westerns over the last two days that up to this point I'd missed out on:

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (*edit - o hai Net_Wrecker :D) - 5/5 - I watched this without having seen the two previous films in the "The Man With No Name" trilogy, and I have to say: fucking amazing movie. I'll admit that at first the absurd amount of dubbing was unexpected and bothered me a lot, but after doing some research and finding that Leone did this with almost all his films (as did many Italian film makers, apparently) since he let the extras speak in their native tongue and just dubbed over them with English. So knowing it wasn't incompetence and just the way Leone made his films, I stopped worrying about it :) Also, Eastwood really is just the classic badass.

The Wild Bunch - 4.5/5 - I know this film is known more for it essentially revolutionizing the way gun violence was portrayed in cinema (in addition to it's fast-paced editing/slow-mo shots), and man I can see why; some of this shit is just brutal . Overall I felt the performances were the best part, since the movie does drag here and there. But I can see why it's considered to be a classic.

The Magnificent Seven - 5/5 - Rarely do I think ensemble-cast movies work, but some how this one just really does. Of course Yul Brynner (an actor I'd never even heard of before) steals the show; very charismatic and has a commanding screen-presence.

Once Upon a Time in the West - 3.5/5 - Okay here's one I don't get. I understand it's Leone and Charles Bronson, but I was bored throughout most of the movie. It wasn't bad obviously, I did love the cinematography and I now simply have a soft-spot for Leone's style of film-making, but (and I hate to say this) I think Charles Bronson was only capable of making two expressions throughout the whole movie, which urked me.

I think that's simply because I've noticed a lot of cowboy tough-guys back in the 60's all loved to do one thing: squint their eyes, make a cocky smile, then light a cigarette like they're kings of the world who could give two shits about anyone, knowing they could kick anyone's ass. By the time I'd gotten Once Upon a Time in the West, I'd already seen about a dozen actors do that in other movies so I was simply tired of seeing it. This may have been what soured my view of the film overall.

I still have yet to see Unforgiven, and I do want to see both A Fistful of Dollars and A Few Dollars More (although I hear the latter is the weakest of the Leone/Eastwood bunch). Part of me wants to watch True Grit simply out of anticipation for the Coen Brothers' adaption coming out next month. So yeah, I've got a few more to do ;)

For a Few Dollars More > A Fistful of Dollars

Also you should rewatch Once Upon a Time in the West after a few months. It's one of my favorite movies of all time.
 
I'm watching Close Encounters right now (seen it before but the bluray just came today), anyone know what this was shot on? Looks anamorphic with the way the light is bleeding, but the focus is really crisp, lots of nice deep focus too.
 
I consider Once Upon a Time in the West to be probably the greatest Western that I've seen; I think that it hits a lot of the things that Ford and Hawks hit on in their work in a much more sparse and poetic way. The introduction to that movie is nothing short of masterful. Plus, casting Henry Fonda as such a cold-blooded villain is one of the best uses of casting against type that I've seen.
 
Count Dookkake said:
TETSUO THE BULLET MAN

Shinya Tsukamoto is my god. Third Tetsuo movie feels like a car-comercial/Western-remake of the first. Beautful to look at, great music, brutal revenge... this flick has it all. Also features some odd references to Evil Dead 2 and Inferno.



Fun movie.

Shame it did not get too much notice.
You seem to watch movies that are fun and judge them fairly.
 
Loxley said:
1.) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
2.) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (this movie is only held back by what I still maintain is a mis-cast of Brad Pitt as Jesse James)
3.) Butch Cassiday and the Sundance Kid
4.) The Searchers
5.) 3:10 to Yuma (the 2007 remake)
6.) The Proposition
7..) The Magnificent Seven
8.) The Wild Bunch
9.) Everything else.....
Once Upon a Time in the West is my favorite Leone western. Fonda's performance alone puts it in the top tier for me.

Now watch these:

Stagecoach
My Darling Clementine
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Red River
Rio Bravo
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Ride the High Country
The Ox-Bow Incident
 
Snowman Prophet of Doom said:
I really, REALLY don't understand why The Searchers is as exalted as it is. Ford made way better Westerns.
Agreed. As far as later Ford works go, Liberty Valance is much more deserving of the praise and notoriety that is often heaped upon The Searchers.
 
Dr. Strangelove said:
Agreed. As far as later Ford works go, Liberty Valance is much more deserving of the praise and notoriety that is often heaped upon The Searchers.
Whoa! I've finally met someone that agrees with me.
 
Dr. Strangelove said:
Agreed. As far as later Ford works go, Liberty Valance is much more deserving of the praise and notoriety that is often heaped upon The Searchers.

Totally. Liberty Valance, Stagecoach, and My Darling Clementine are all far superior to The Searchers, but all are thought of rather marginally in comparison; they are all also free from the deadweight comic relief that really drags The Searchers down (not that I think the main tale would be that good either way, but it would at least give it some brevity).

Still, Leone > Ford, so give me Once Upon a Time in the West or the second two of the Dollars trilogy any day.
 
I watched a couple of horror films today, first
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Botched (2007)
VERY weird film. It's a horror comedy but I found it to be very random and bizarre in a good way since the film doesn't take itself seriously (although sometimes, its randomness reminds me of Leslie Nielsen's movies). Stephen Dorff is awesome in his role too. Worth checking if you have some time to waste, like blood and gore and not serious films. 3/5

then I watched

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Severance (2006)
I loved this film :D It's fast paced, bloody and and fun. This is a more serious flick compared to Botched, but it has some awesome comedic moments. I found the cast to be enjoyable and the leads are badasses, specially the chick. I was rooting for them when the shit hit the fan. 4/5
 
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