The Official Movie Thread

[Slammed]

To me Christine needs done to it what they did with the Shinning. Fuck the movie off and make the extended version, call it a mini series or whatever but the extended version of the Shinning actually tells a story not just part of a story.

 

[challenge_everything]

King books usually make for good movie adaptations.

I think "IT" is a notable exception. The movies aren't bad, but can't possibly do justice to the sprawl of the novel.

I would really like to see a remake of The Running Man. Great story, which was totally mutilated in the dumb Arnie adaptation.

 

[no country for old wainds]

my favourite king adaptation is carrie <3

 

[CiG]

I liked the Salem's Lot miniseries a lot.

 

[challenge_everything]

I liked the Salem's Lot miniseries a lot.

Directed by Tobe Hooper!?!?

 

[challenge_everything]

So I read they are making a movie of Doctor Sleep? I haven't read the book, but apparently it's a sequel to The Shining featuring Danny as an adult.

 

[CiG]

Directed by Tobe Hooper!?!?

Not a fan?

 

[challenge_everything]

Just surprised. Long before the Netflix era, noted directors didn't tend to sully themselves with TV miniseries.

 

[CiG]

Exceptions were often made for miniseries actually.

 

[no country for old wainds]

there was stuff like BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ and SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE and TANNER '88 and that hitchcock anthology.

 

[CiG]

Took a chance on a $1 Ebay listing with free shipping, arrived today and it's basically mint.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

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Took a chance on a $1 Ebay listing with free shipping, arrived today and it's basically mint.

Nice. I did the same thing with some film called Bubble just a few days ago. $2.50.. Cheap Bastardos for life!

 

[no country for old wainds]

awesome. extended cut = correct cut. i'm glad you didn't spend a ton on it 'cause i have no idea if you'd like it or hate it lol

 

[CiG]

I rarely ever spend much on something anyway, all about dat "Cheap Bastardos" life lmao. I've seen it talked up around here by a few people though so I was quite keen.

 

[CiG]

For the 25th day of October.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Saw this for the first time yesterday. I thought it'd be one of those things I'll respect but not particularly like, but I loved it.

That slow opening act establishing the bleakness of this world, the villagers' plight and the difficulty of finding anyone who'll help them really makes the heroism of the eponymous samurai stand out, when they decide to take on a probable suicide mission for meager pay. At the same time, their motivations aren't inexplicable; there's a beautiful scene when six of the seven samurai have been recruited and Kambei reflects on his sorrowful life, and the four others who are aged ronin like him look on in sullen silence, their expressions seeming to imply that their stories are similar. You get the sense that they take on this quest out of world-weariness (which is why Kambei tells Katsuhiro not to come.) And then you have Katsuhiro and Kikuchiyo as outliers with altogether different motivations. What a fucking great cast it is. I didn't think I would get so invested in this story.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Slant Magazine's 100 Greatest Horror Movies Of All Time

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Tonights lineup:

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

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For the 25th day of October.

That ones been on my "need to watch" list for a good while now.

 

[rms]

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