The Official Movie Thread
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Hah. Same thing here. Not a lot of people are happy with watching black & white movies in today's world, a shame.
Oh absolutely, I like black comedy and they just completely nailed it.
Kubrick was a brilliant director, although I still find 2001 to be vastly overrated.
Also... Watched Taxi Driver and L.A. Confidential the other night. Excellent stuff. James Cromwell was fucking great in L.A.
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I think they're terrible for the most part. John Carpenter's The Thing is the only horror remake I like off the top of my head (but naturally, that was re-re-made as well). The stupid "back story" they always throw in is one of the many reasons I hate remakes so much. It's better when it's left a mystery.
Has anyone seen A Serbian Film? I've been meaning to watch it but I don't know if I can bring myself to do it after simply reading descriptions of the movie (and this is coming from someone who likes to be disturbed).
The Hills Have Eyes remake was pretty decent. I haven't seen the original though.
Think A Serbian Film was discussed a few pages back. A lot of people will probably disagree with this, but I think if you can stand something like Saw, then you can probably stand A Serbian Film. From the start, it has a really obvious exploitation/grindhouse feel, so it's quite clear that it's not meant to be taken seriously.
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Are we talking about the same movie? Wasn't it pretty high budget with some of Serbia's big name actors? Saw was really not that disturbing at all and I'm surprised you'd lump that in the same category as a movie that depicts baby rape (among other things).
The Hills Have Eyes original is a lot different than the remake. The characters are creepy on a personality level as opposed to the remake blatantly making them look deformed. I also can't believe they didn't even use Pluto as a character in the remake.
The Hills Have Eyes original is a lot different than the remake. The characters are creepy on a personality level as opposed to the remake blatantly making them look deformed. I also can't believe they didn't even use Pluto as a character in the remake.
Maybe I worded that wrong. A Serbian Film is much, much better than Saw but, visually, it's not that disturbing. The gore is nothing you haven't seen before and the only truely disturbing parts of the film are only implied for the most part. The baby rape isn't that graphic and the same goes for the other infamous scenes of the film. What I'm saying is that the shocking parts are only shocking in concept rather than depiction.
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Yeah, you probably saw the cut version then. The uncut version just got released recently I think.
Oblivious Maximus
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A Serbian Film is overrated. It's really hard to be shocked by it when it's as over the top as it is. Call me jaded but whenever I hear about how "shocking" or "controversial" a film is these days I take it with a grain of salt.
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If I had just seen the cut version where all that over-the-top stuff was "implied" then I'd agree with you.
Psychonaut
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I saw the uncut and feel the same as Chimaera. It should be shocking in that "Irreversible" way but something about it felt campy. Never been able to put my finger on why.
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Well I haven't seen it so I couldn't comment. I don't see why something wouldn't be shocking just because it's campy though (i.e. Cannibal Holocaust).
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http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=358631
Looking at this, I'm pretty sure it was the uncut version I saw. Psychonaut is right in that it's really campy. I think it's supposed to be like that though. In terms of presentation, it's a lot like watching a Robert Rodriguez film.
Looking at this, I'm pretty sure it was the uncut version I saw. Psychonaut is right in that it's really campy. I think it's supposed to be like that though. In terms of presentation, it's a lot like watching a Robert Rodriguez film.
Oblivious Maximus
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Nail and head. A serious case of the try too hard's. If all your film has going for it is "shocking" imagry then you're in trouble. It's the main reason the Augest Underground movies bored me to tears. I'll say this about A Serbian Film, the filmmakers seemed to have gotten what they wanted, people talking and placing the film on many a "most shocking" list. But the difference between it and films such as Salo, The Beast, The Night Porter and Crash (Cronenberg's, not the after school special with a budget), those films had a lot more to offer than just provocative subject matter.
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Cronenberg's Crash didn't really interest me much. I'm a huge fan of his stuff, but after halfway through I just turned it off. Maybe I need to revisit it
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It's not bad. Even I finished it and enjoyed it and I'm not much into all this "racism in america" shit. American History X is a cool movie though. US movies about these problems are usually predictable and even when they are shocking they repeat all the clichés that bore me.
