10.14.2024, 05:49 PM | #25661 |
little trouble girl
Join Date: Jun 2024
Posts: 61
|
I've enjoyed this. I like it reminded me of a milder 'Buffalo 66' with a teen (?) delinquency love story to match. Recommended by friends. I am the least knowledgeable person about movies ever, so it made for nice Sunday evening viewing. David Yow is in it! |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
10.17.2024, 03:27 PM | #25662 | |
the destroyed room
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 598
|
+1 Buffalo 66
Quote:
I'm going to watch Threads at the weekend via iPlayer, been wanting to see it for a long time after hearing how bleak it is and how it still holds up despite it's age. I'm thinking it will be similar to Raymond Briggs' When the Wind Blows. Speaking of bleakness, I watched The Coffee Table. It handles taboo subjects but in an abnormal humorous way. Billed as horror but is possibly, without hyperbole, the darkest comedy I have ever seen. |
|
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
10.17.2024, 05:16 PM | #25663 |
expwy. to yr skull
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 2,151
|
In the Mouth of Madness.
__________________
Shake shake |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
10.19.2024, 01:34 AM | #25664 |
expwy. to yr skull
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 2,151
|
Jumanji 1995
__________________
Shake shake |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
10.22.2024, 01:33 AM | #25665 |
expwy. to yr skull
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Victoria, Australia
Posts: 2,484
|
The greatest movie I've ever seen? Possibly.
__________________
Making myself up as I go along. Check out my music-themed blog, 79:57. |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
10.22.2024, 04:07 PM | #25666 |
invito al cielo
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: I could live in eurHope
Posts: 3,957
|
I watched the 3rd Jumanji thinking i was rewatching the 2nd Jumanji (and not knowing that they ever made a 3rd), and then thinking what the hell, this all didn't happen the previous time I saw this movie a few years back.
__________________
what comes first,
the music or the words? |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
10.22.2024, 07:43 PM | #25667 |
invito al cielo
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: In the land of the Instigator
Posts: 27,984
|
watched Hannibal, then RED DRAGON
__________________
RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read. |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
10.23.2024, 08:34 AM | #25668 |
invito al cielo
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Vienna, Austria
Posts: 2,574
|
Watched it after having heard some glowing recommendations by fans of more eerie and psychological Horror. And that's exactly where it excels. The presentation is very quiet and the unease lingers. The ending is especially effective in its sad and haunting conclusion. I can't really call it a masterpiece though. Unfortunately, the narrative gets a bit muddled - plot points are introduced that don't add much to the overall movie. And its strong point - the mockumentary framing device - ultimately becomes a bit of a detriment as well. The way it is told seems somewhat lifelike, but the actions of its characters seem far-fetched. The documentary tone makes it harder to suspend your disbelief. Still, a pretty solid movie - especially for the small budget it was made with. |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
10.24.2024, 10:18 AM | #25669 |
the destroyed room
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 598
|
I do enjoy a good low budget found footage horror. Lake Mungo is a bit of an exposition dump-fest delivered through interviews but is worth watching for that one scene alone.
Some I've seen lately: In a Violent Nature - What could probably be best described as ambient horror. Imagine Friday the 13th but instead of watching the teen characters smoke pot and shag you get to watch from Jason's POV, strolling through the woods. Quite the surreal experience and subversive. The Devil's Bath - Harsh historical reality. Stop Motion - This movie is English, so naturally is the best on the list. Oddity - This movie is Irish, so naturally is the worst on the list. Divinity - This movie is American, so naturally replaces Oddity as the worst movie on the list. The Houses October built (2011) - Found footage, mediocre. Chime - This was too vague, even by Kiyoshi Kurosawa's standards. Skinamarink - Ambient analogue horror. I had to watch this twice due to falling asleep and not knowing what was going on due to the no-fi audio quality. With subtitles enabled and possibly uppers, I highly recommend. So, bear witness these cinematic marvels, throw your Fellini and Godard in the bin. The Season of the Witch is upon us, let's be avin' yer horror recommendations. |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
10.26.2024, 11:20 PM | #25670 |
expwy. to yr skull
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 2,151
|
The City of Lost Chidren
__________________
Shake shake |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
10.27.2024, 04:04 PM | #25671 |
little trouble girl
Join Date: Jun 2024
Posts: 61
|
Watched the 'Human Centipede 2'. The first one I've watched a few years ago and liked it. I know Tom Six bangs on about the film being a series of pop films meant to offend God knows who. The first one is good and shows what you can do with ridiculous ideas and eating shit from someone's arse. The second one I thought was stunningly filmed. My partner, who's a horror freak, told me it's a reaction to how some people think watching a lot of these movies influence behaviours, which is not normally true. He has one called 'The Onania Club' about a bunch of women masturbating on people dying of cancer, world poverty and such things. Apparently nobody will put it out because of the contents. Johan Waters was one of the few people to watch it a few years ago, liked it, but advised it's best for most people not to watch it. Here's the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xon...nel=ASRAFMASUM
|
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
10.29.2024, 02:40 PM | #25672 |
the destroyed room
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 598
|
The Onania Club: come and see, see and come Looks like a similar people wanking over inappropriate things vibe to Cronenberg's Crash.
I enjoyed the first 2 Human Centipede movies, not so much the 3rd. I heard somewhere Tom Six was going to make a 4th, but this could be Insomnia kicking in. A horror obsessed colleague of mine who used to love a good live autopsy told me about some of the banned scenes in Human Centipede 2, which are quite extreme. |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
10.29.2024, 06:01 PM | #25673 |
invito al cielo
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: In the land of the Instigator
Posts: 27,984
|
Psycho
then Psycho 2
__________________
RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read. |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
10.31.2024, 02:03 AM | #25674 |
expwy. to yr skull
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 2,151
|
Scream - in theaters
Scary Movie - at home Had to happen.
__________________
Shake shake |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
11.04.2024, 09:34 AM | #25675 |
expwy. to yr skull
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Victoria, Australia
Posts: 2,484
|
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a brilliant film, even though it made me want to throw myself into traffic.
__________________
Making myself up as I go along. Check out my music-themed blog, 79:57. |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
11.04.2024, 12:52 PM | #25676 |
invito al cielo
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Northern Europe
Posts: 12,279
|
The Substance, very good fun. Not as extreme as reports would have you believe though
|
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
11.04.2024, 12:56 PM | #25677 | |
expwy. to yr skull
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Victoria, Australia
Posts: 2,484
|
Quote:
The fact that I could handle it suggests it's not that bad. I thought it was a good, but not great, film - the writers couldn't resist going for an obvious comment or joke that kind of cheapens what they're trying to say. The ideas were interesting, and I was impressed with a few of the effects, but I think the ending sinks it a bit. I watched Basic Instinct tonight, which I had a pretty good time with.
__________________
Making myself up as I go along. Check out my music-themed blog, 79:57. |
|
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
11.23.2024, 01:59 PM | #25678 | |
invito al cielo
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: mars attacks
Posts: 42,628
|
Quote:
i did a stupid thing with mulholland drive which was to "solve" it as a dead person who doesn't know she's dead wandering through the bardo (my own obsession from a different time and place). and that narrative unfortunately works too well basic instinct is of course the great paul verhoeven. see if you can find "the fourth man", which is a very unusual movie hahaha. showgirs is often panned as trash but i think it's pure genius. and if you watch starship troopers try to remember that it was satire--problem is reality has exceeded satire by now. we are so degraded, we are beyond satire |
|
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
11.24.2024, 12:08 PM | #25679 |
expwy. to yr skull
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Rennes, France
Posts: 1,268
|
I've seen the Substance too and really enjoyed it ; colors are wonderful, frames are great, and I'm glad Demi Moore accepted to play in it
Saw Hundreds of Beavers in a packed theatre, with everybody laughing. I wondered whether the film could keep on being surprising and wasn't disappointed at all. |
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |
11.25.2024, 02:22 AM | #25680 | ||||
expwy. to yr skull
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Victoria, Australia
Posts: 2,484
|
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
I was talking with a friend about what some of my favourite films say about my psychology - the four I came up with were Dog Day Afternoon, Videodrome, Back to the Future, and Parasite, and his interpretation was that I have this fascination with a very idyllic, capitalist, normative depiction of suburbia and the way in which things are always fucked up beneath the surface. Which I think is pretty fitting for me! Other films I've watched in the last few months that I haven't mentioned here yet: Lost in Translation (technically very good film that I still found a little muted and underwhelming; will probably get more out of it if I rewatch it in a few year's time), Pulp Fiction (a lot of fun, very obvious why it's such a big obsession with a certain demographic, and I have to respect Tarantino for writing a film that's so obviously drawn from his obsessions alone), Fargo (very well written to make the violent crime scenes and goofy workplace drama scenes not feel out of place with each other; my Midwest fangirlism continues unabated), and a couple of nights ago Lady Bird (brought me to tears thinking about my relationship with my own mother). Sorry for such a long post but this is fun to get passionate about!
__________________
Making myself up as I go along. Check out my music-themed blog, 79:57. |
||||
|QUOTE AND REPLY| |