The Official Movie Thread
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rms
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exactly sucka
"and also not knowing who the culprit is and being trapped with a set of possible enemies surrounded by snow etc"
not knowing who the snitch is, trapped in the garage because of the coppers
"Themes of isolation and fear of the other."
fear of the other fosho
wouldn't say themes of isolation are a factor in Hateful other than setting up the story/moving it along
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https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/filmschoolrejects.com/amp/p/b7e3cef910c9?client=safari
here's a side by side comparison vid or w/e
here's a side by side comparison vid or w/e
Oblivious Maximus
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Fuck yeah Rinse Dream's going into the AVN Hall of Fame: https://avn.com/business/articles/v...ductees-into-the-avn-hall-of-fame-707363.html
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i've seen two of those so far (ZOOTOPIA and HELL OR HIGH WATER), liked both but definitely wouldn't consider them for a year-end list - both are better allegories than films, more fun to think about than actually watch (mainly because the former lacks character and the latter suffers from poor writing). i'll probably post my list in like march or something lol, really been slacking this year
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Jason Bourne was the weakest in the series so far
I hated captain america civil war, don't get superhero films at all
Star Trek Beyond was pretty underwhelming
I hated captain america civil war, don't get superhero films at all
Star Trek Beyond was pretty underwhelming
CiG
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Picked up a big bunch of DVDs at my local grocery store, they sometimes randomly have cool stuff:
Swamp Thing
T.N.T. Jackson (<--- always cool to add to my blaxploitation collection.)
The Killing
Fear City
Raid On Entebbe
Braindead (aka Dead Alive)
Trilogy Of Terror
Recently also re-watched Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas and boy did it not lose any appeal for me over the years, Terry Gilliam rules.
Benicio's performance might be in my top 10 favourite performances of all time.
Swamp Thing
T.N.T. Jackson (<--- always cool to add to my blaxploitation collection.)
The Killing
Fear City
Raid On Entebbe
Braindead (aka Dead Alive)
Trilogy Of Terror
Recently also re-watched Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas and boy did it not lose any appeal for me over the years, Terry Gilliam rules.
Benicio's performance might be in my top 10 favourite performances of all time.
Oblivious Maximus
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CiG
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Yeah it's definitely a favourite of mine! I am a sucker for anything in a grimy, gritty city setting, especially from the 70's and 80's.
Krigloch the Furious
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Oblivious Maximus
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It'd make for prime marathon viewing along with the other NYC based serial slasher films from around the same time like Cruising, Maniac and The New York Ripper. I love how its both grimy yet slick at the same time much like Ms. 45 (please tell me you've seen that one!). There's always great psychology to Ferrara's stuff and really Fear City was the logical successor to what he started with The Driller Killer (even though he did a porno before that. Ever see 9 Lives of a Wet Pussy?)
I see you got Swamp Thing too. Always liked that one a lot and still love the goofy werewolf/lion/boar thing Arcane turns into at the end. It was the first time I saw David Hess in a move too and he instantly became one of my favorite actors. Incredibly presence.
Some recent viewings:
Scrubbers (Mai Zetterling, 1982) - Depressing women in prison flick. It was written by the same guy that wrote both versions of Alan Clarke's Scum and is often called a female version of said film which isn't inaccurate but its not quite as visceral.
Der Todesking (Jörg Buttgereit, 1990) - Sandwiched in between the two Nekromantik movies, this may lack the grotesque sensationalism and humor of Buttgereit's more famous "loving dead" duo but nevertheless its still an entirely singular, not to mention downbeat experimental horror film, broken up into seven segments or "days" centering around the theme of suicide and violent death. Buttgereit was really one of the most unique names in the genre. Hopefully he does another feature sometime in the future.
The Grapes of Death (Jean Rollin, 1978) - A "zombie" movie where the "zombies" aren't actually zombies but rather living beings gone mad that exhibit zombie-esque behavior after falling victim to toxic pesticides spayed at a vineyard that contaminate the wine. To anyone unfamiliar with Rollin, his style was very poetic, surreal and stream of consciousness based, often with an air of doomed romanticism which might seem odd for a film like this but its perfect as it plays out like lucid nightmare you're dropped right in the middle of. It also features one of the first non-porn roles for the amazing Brigitte Lahaie.
Then there was Andrzej Zulawski's Cosmos which no little blurb can do justice but rest assured, its masterful and whether or not it was intended to be his swansong, its a fitting end.
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The past two Star Trek films have been really disappointing. They look great, and the cast (the main three in particular) are cool but the films are just lame. I gave up on X-Men after about 30 minutes.
CiG
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I'd have to throw Taxi Driver in there, might be cliché and not a slasher but I'm obsessed with that movie. I actually haven't seen The New York Ripper.
Hell yes and no, I haven't really explored porno cinema in general for some reason. I should probably ask for some recommendations soon.
Yeah Swamp Thing is a really fun movie and nobody ever begrudges a film for putting Adrienne Barbeau in the main cast haha. David Hess rules, I think I first saw him in The Last House On The Left though.
Is Swamp Thing II any good? Worth buying?
Clearly I need to track this down because Scum is one of my absolute favourites. I should check this thread out more often!
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CiG
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Recently watched The Changeling, some thoughts:
George Scott couldn't lift this film from it's mediocrity.
Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed this film. I also happen to adore George Scott as an actor and given the fact that he's of the "old guard" who are often prone to looking wooden and emotionally lacking when cast in horror films, George Scott plays his role perfectly for my money. He never misses a beat and even throws some wild card reactions in that you might not expect.
But the obvious flaw of this film is that it contains damn near every single genre cliché in existence jammed into 115 minutes. Creaking doors, slamming doors, self-opening doors, shattering mirrors, cobwebs, moving objects, whispering voices, people that might or might not know something, I mean it quite literally has everything. It can be quite unbearable.
For me, the saving grace of this film is that it skips one cliché pretty much entirely; George Scott's character doesn't spend half the movie coming to terms with the situation, he realises the house is messed up and comes to terms with it almost immediately.
It was very interesting to see a film operate on the basis that the paranormal and the supernatural are just given truths and thus you're afforded a sort of realism that you already enter into any film with. The realism that you as a viewer already do accept the fantasy as reality and so from the start it's like you're truly going through the problems that George Scott's character is.
Well, that's how I felt anyway. This film was moderately enjoyable, absolutely zero splatter, corpses or anything in that area of attraction, just moving objects and a massive amount of tension-building and suspense.
Not highly recommended but I'm not telling anybody to avoid this. Watch it if you feel like a film with pretty much all the elements of a 1960's/1970's horror/suspense/mystery film but with a 1980 film quality. Especially watch it if you like George Scott, this was a left-field role for him and he convinced me.
George Scott couldn't lift this film from it's mediocrity.
Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed this film. I also happen to adore George Scott as an actor and given the fact that he's of the "old guard" who are often prone to looking wooden and emotionally lacking when cast in horror films, George Scott plays his role perfectly for my money. He never misses a beat and even throws some wild card reactions in that you might not expect.
But the obvious flaw of this film is that it contains damn near every single genre cliché in existence jammed into 115 minutes. Creaking doors, slamming doors, self-opening doors, shattering mirrors, cobwebs, moving objects, whispering voices, people that might or might not know something, I mean it quite literally has everything. It can be quite unbearable.
For me, the saving grace of this film is that it skips one cliché pretty much entirely; George Scott's character doesn't spend half the movie coming to terms with the situation, he realises the house is messed up and comes to terms with it almost immediately.
It was very interesting to see a film operate on the basis that the paranormal and the supernatural are just given truths and thus you're afforded a sort of realism that you already enter into any film with. The realism that you as a viewer already do accept the fantasy as reality and so from the start it's like you're truly going through the problems that George Scott's character is.
Well, that's how I felt anyway. This film was moderately enjoyable, absolutely zero splatter, corpses or anything in that area of attraction, just moving objects and a massive amount of tension-building and suspense.
Not highly recommended but I'm not telling anybody to avoid this. Watch it if you feel like a film with pretty much all the elements of a 1960's/1970's horror/suspense/mystery film but with a 1980 film quality. Especially watch it if you like George Scott, this was a left-field role for him and he convinced me.
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While neither film was perfect, I was entertained by both of them. That's what matters to me. The message behind Zootopia got annoying because of how often they repeated it throughout the movie, but I kind of ignored that after a while and just watched it as a animated comedy / mystery story.
As for Hell or High Water, I just loved the film for what it was. I don't spend a lot of time analyzing a movie's conscious or subconscious intent. Are they telling me a decent story is my main guideline.
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Obviously we differ.
I loved Civil War and since I do get the super hero films, it is unlikely we'd ever agree on them.
I don't know why everyone seems to have hated Jason Bourne, I really enjoyed it.
And Star Trek Beyond was the first of the 3 Nu-Trek films that actually felt like a Star Trek story instead of a sci-fi action flick with the Star Trek tag slapped on it.
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CiG
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I didn't mind Civil War for a silly popcorn CGI fest. Always enjoy The Cap.
Hugely looking forward to Logan though, Hugh Jackman actually took a pay cut to ensure it got an R rating.
Hugely looking forward to Logan though, Hugh Jackman actually took a pay cut to ensure it got an R rating.
