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[SWAT]

I'm in the mood tonight for a good horror flick. Anyone know of a couple of good Horror films, I've seen all the classics, just looking for something I haven't seen before that isn't a bad movie. Horror flicks tend to be good or just plain bad.

 

[tagradh]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_9


Although lots of the reviews seem to hover around 50-60%. I thought it was alright.

 

[SentinelSlain]

I'm in the mood tonight for a good horror flick. Anyone know of a couple of good Horror films, I've seen all the classics, just looking for something I haven't seen before that isn't a bad movie. Horror flicks tend to be good or just plain bad.

The problem is it's an exploitation genre. You're next is watchable anyway, as is The Church. They're not amazing though.

 

[unknown]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_9


Although lots of the reviews seem to hover around 50-60%. I thought it was alright.

Session 9 is pretty decent. It's better than your average haunted sanitarium movie

 

[CF87]

I'm in the mood tonight for a good horror flick. Anyone know of a couple of good Horror films, I've seen all the classics, just looking for something I haven't seen before that isn't a bad movie. Horror flicks tend to be good or just plain bad.

I watch horror movies. You might have seen it, but I would recommend Creepshow. George A. Romero and
Stephen King. It is one of my favorites.

 

[rms]

I watched Certified Copy and don't know why it's getting such high praise.

 

[SWAT]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_9


Although lots of the reviews seem to hover around 50-60%. I thought it was alright.

Interesting I'll give it a watch. Thanks

The problem is it's an exploitation genre. You're next is watchable anyway, as is The Church. They're not amazing though.

Yea most horror films aren't all that amazing, it's a very confining genre. I'll check out those movies. Thanks

I watch horror movies. You might have seen it, but I would recommend Creepshow. George A. Romero and
Stephen King. It is one of my favorites.

I saw this movie a few years ago, I was almost shocked to see Leslie Nielsen in a non comedic roll.

I liked Creepshow.

 

[rms]

Kill, baby..kill is cool. It's on Netflix

 

[SentinelSlain]

Just watch old David Cronenberg films

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Jared Leto's Joker ...

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/25/jared-letos-joker-officially-revealed

 

[CF87]

I watch Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino movies a lot. You can put them on anytime and not get bored, just like say Scarface,Goodfellas, and Casino.

I like this movie just as much as Scarface.

 

[rms]

Capped off my film semester with the screening of this, and I must say, I think everyone should see it. It's intense.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2076220/

 

[tagradh]

I saw it a while ago but I was fucked up and all I can remember is a weird sex scene.

Should probably revisit.

 

[rms]

No sex, but definitely weird.

 

[no country for old wainds]

HOLY MOTORS rules. it's a little too much like someone had a bunch of leftover scenes from movies they never made and decided to throw them all together (because that's literally exactly what it is), but i think there's enough of a tonal throughline to get away with it most of the time. and the amount of creativity on a scene by scene basis is just out of this world. i still like the OTHER 2012 limo movie even more though.

CERTIFIED COPY is pretty ace imo, what didn't you like about it rms?

 

[rms]

I've only read like 3 or 4 articles on the film (and interviews) and it seems that only that scene with Merde was pre-inspired? I didn't see Tokyo but apparently it's the same character/plot but just set in France. Guess he wanted to do it in USA instead.

I got that the film is working on the premise of a certified copy of a relationship, but I felt that the male lead is pretty deplorable (like The Wind Will Carry Us, too) and both leads subject themselves to more dislike/hostility than whatever their previous(current?) relationship is. I don't think they are married, but I don't think the quality of the film should be judged upon the confusing/interesting/conflicting plot, but rather it's themes--and I think it missed. Maybe i'll give it another chance, but I have Close-Up to watch too.

 

[no country for old wainds]

this is a good little piece that gets at the heart of the movie's appeal for me.

 

[rms]

I feel like I notice and agree with most of that article, but the dialogue didn't seem to have the same effect that it had on the author. I kept it on my HD so i'll give it another shot, sometime!

 

[Einherjar86]

I saw Ex Machina last night. It was everything I hoped for, and even a little bit extra.

It included what is probably the most daring and relentless portrayal of artificial intelligence since HAL; I would rank it on par with HAL. It's terrifying up until the very last shot, and yet the final shot is somehow cathartic. It's grim, doesn't hold back, and the question of humanism (both in terms of what it means to be a conscious human, and anthropomorphism) remains at its core throughout.

On top of all that, it has its fair share of humor, and it doesn't avoid the truly complex issues of AI operation (i.e. semantic models of language, language as innate versus acquired, the relationship between consciousness and simulation, etc.). All in all, this was an absolutely welcome contribution to contemporary SF cinema, which has exhibited an interest in AI as of late but has simply butchered it (I'm thinking of Transcendence, Automata, Chappie, etc.).

So, highly recommended.

 

[rms]

Ex Machina was pretty fantastic.