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At 10/15/09 06:44 PM, Jack wrote: So guys, with Halloween approaching have you arranged any horror films to watch? I like to watch a good amount of horror flicks during the Halloween season.

I've ordered Fear(s) of the Dark (click my sig), which I should be getting in two weeks, because it's a DVD that's yet to come out. I wrote about the film before.

A few days ago, I saw Paranormal Activity at a midnight showing. It's very good. I think the audience's reactions made the experience more memorable. Some screamed at moments, and I could hear a lot of uneasy noises and talking. I was also on the edge of my seat, although I knew the scares were coming. What partly makes the film suspenseful is the naturalistic acting, like how the couple, who are mainly the only characters, react to their surroundings. Even if I knew the scares were coming, they were unpredictable as to where they would actually come from and they could just be little things. Aside from a couple of quibbles I have with the film, it's brilliant, and it's also proof that films don't need big budgets to be entertaining.

At 10/15/09 06:44 PM, Jack wrote: So guys, with Halloween approaching have you arranged any horror films to watch?

All I have for sure to watch is [Rec.], as far as movies I have not previously seen. maybe Drag Me to Hell, if I can get it. and Rosemary's Baby and Cannibal Holocaust. Those depend on Netflix. I think there may be a couple horror movies set to record on my DVR.

At 10/15/09 07:32 PM, Nev wrote: Memento:

great movie

Watched Battlestar Galactica: The Plan.

It was okay. Not as good as the other movie, Razor.

Retold the events of the series from the mini-series through to the season 2 finale from the perspective of the Cylons. It fills in a few plot holes from the series (who Caprica Six met on Caprica in the miniseries, what happened to the Shelley Godfrey Six, who put Ellen Tigh on a ship out of Picon) but the problem is all the answer are boring. After promising fans would have to watch the whole series again after seeing this, I was expecting some earthshattering twist, but no, you just get little things like seeing Leoben listening in to Kara's wireless chatter to explain how he knows her when she interrogates him, or Cavil giving Doral the bomb he uses to blow himself up on Galactica.

The stuff showing the resistance fighters on Caprica was pretty cool. At least that was genuinely something new, rather than just spoon feeding you stuff you assumed happened when watching the series itself anyway.

6/10.

At 10/15/09 09:56 PM, EclecticEnnui wrote:
I've ordered Fear(s) of the Dark (click my sig), which I should be getting in two weeks, because it's a DVD that's yet to come out. I wrote about the film before.

I've heard about that film, it's around the £6 mark in the UK. I might pick up a copy.

At 10/18/09 06:40 PM, Sense-Offender wrote:

All I have for sure to watch is [Rec.], as far as movies I have not previously seen. maybe Drag Me to Hell,

They're both brilliant, you're in for a real treat with them two.

Had a Hammer Horror fest on Sunday - great films.

The Horror of Dracula - 8/10
The Brides of Dracula - 7/10
The Curse of Frankenstein - 9/10

Lee and Cushing are terrific.

I watched the 1988 remake of The Blob.

I like to think have a strong stomach when it comes to violence in films, however, this film is so fucking disgusting I felt sick watching it. In particular the guy who melts in the Blob at the beginning and another scene where a guy gets sucked down a sink.

Seeing Kevin Dillion with a meaty mullet was particularly amusing though.

Made me feel sick, but a good, solid horror pop-corn flick.

8/10

Saw Adoration. It's about a teenager named Simon living with his uncle. At school, Simon writes a false story for his French class about his dad and mom plotting a terrorist attack on a plane before he was born. He was encouraged by his strange drama teacher, who also teaches the French class and gets involved with the plot as it unfolds. The performances are great and its puzzle-like plot is very interesting. It didn't leave me with unanswered questions. I like how it's not straightforward because that may have made it too ordinary. There's only one quibble I have and that's a coincidental moment when Simon is traveling on a bus and it happens to stop by his uncle, although the two don't see each other. I can't think of anything else bad about the film. It's not predictable, pretentious, or uninteresting in any other way. I think it's one of the best films of the year.

[Rec.] is pretty good. came out better than Quarantine did. And Zombieland is awesome.

Watched Unforgiven.

Definitely more "Gran Torino" than "For A Few Dollars More", which was a bit disappointing. Went in expecting badass western, instead got extremely well polished drama. Still good, just not what I thought I was going to be watching.

8/10

I watched Drag me to Hell, which I liked. Shame on me for expecting Sam Raimi to make a genuinely completely serious movie. It was good, but I would have liked it better if I knew beforehand to expect his out of the blue goofiness. I went in expecting critically acclaimed pure horror, but this was more like the Evil Dead movies (which I liked, of course). The end was too predictable and easy. As soon as she ran out of the car with the envelope without even thinking for a second to look inside, I was like "awwww". When it came, it shook me a bit anyway because of how it was done. I was all "oh fuck"

I also watched Cannibal Holocaust. Despite all the sick images of human beings being brutally murdered (some of that shit looked pretty realistic for a 1980 movie), the hardest thing to watch was one of a small animal being killed since it was real and it was so obviously a slow, horribly painful death for the thing from the way it was screaming in agony after getting stabbed. and there was the turtle...

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At 11/1/09 04:59 PM, Sense-Offender wrote:

daw but anumels r kild al duh time 4 food duh

You can't eat a tasty movie :).

Couples of rewatches.

Ghostbusters - 8/10
Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey - 7/10
Wrath of Khan - 9/10

Saw Where the Wild Things Are, a wonderful yet dark kids movie. The creatures from Max's world are given human-like personalities, so throughout the movie, they don't all get along. (One closely resembles Max.) The movie's definitely good at developing these characters, which is another reason I was able to care about them, even if they are not always likable. The CGI and scenery are magnificent and they give the film a surreal touch. Again, it's a dark movie for kids. I thought Coraline was happier. Where the Wild Things Are may be off-putting to parents, but it has a lot of spirit. I have to admit I almost cried at the end.

At 11/1/09 04:59 PM, Sense-Offender wrote: I watched Drag me to Hell, which I liked. Shame on me for expecting Sam Raimi to make a genuinely completely serious movie. It was good, but I would have liked it better if I knew beforehand to expect his out of the blue goofiness. I went in expecting critically acclaimed pure horror, but this was more like the Evil Dead movies (which I liked, of course). The end was too predictable and easy. As soon as she ran out of the car with the envelope without even thinking for a second to look inside, I was like "awwww". When it came, it shook me a bit anyway because of how it was done. I was all "oh fuck"

I thought it was a completely awesome edge-of-seat horror film. A few parts sort of scared me with its jolts, like the old lady in the bed during the dream sequence. It was unexpected and I didn't know it was a dream. The acting is very good and the story has a human touch, which makes it stand out from the generic horror films. Plus, as you mentioned, it's (occasionally) goofy, but in the right way. I actually didn't know what to expect at the end. The good thing is if it's predictable, it's only like two minutes. I should point out that the Evil Dead movies are also critically acclaimed, if you look on Rotten Tomatoes.

Pedo or not, Polanski is one hell of a director. I finally saw Rosemary's Baby and the Pianist. And I guess I neglected to mention a while ago that I saw Chinatown. They're all brilliant movies. Seeing Bob Evans in the interviews makes me want to see that show Kid Notorious again. Eh, it probably sucks, contrary to my memory.

Saw my first Saw movie last night (the first one).
I think the basic premise of the film is good and the scenes in the bathroom/other torture venues were actually interesting.
Evertime it cut to some story build up however it just completely took you away from the moment and left me incredibly bored. The police bits are necessary to the plot, but watching someone take photos couldn't be any less enjoyable.
I genuinely didn't see the twist either, I went through every possibility but the one that actually happened.

I'm going to watch Saw II tonight cause I have nothing else to watch and hopefully it'll be more about the scenario than the events leading up to it.

I watched the rest of the Saw pentology over the last 4 nights.
At first I thought 2 was better. I thought 3 was shitter. And 4 is the worst film I have ever seen. I actually thought 5 was pretty good. It was full of gratuitious gore, but I felt at least the whole moral dilemma part of the franchise was more present that it had been for the previous 3 films, which really were just torture porn with shitty twists and completely uninteresting plots.

But I don't really understand why 5 is considered the worst so far. I thought the story - while a bit convoluted - was better than any since the first. As were the characters. And for once people actually survived!

Anyway, shitty films and I'm glad I don't have to watch them again now. Though with the exception of 4 I did enjoy them all.

Watched The Snapper and The 13th Warrior.

The 13 Warrior was okay. It's about this band of Vikings fighting Neanderthals, although this isn't made clear in the film, and you'd just think they were men if you hadn't read the book. All in all, it's another disappointing Michael Crichton book-to-film. Still decent, but not as good as it should have been.

The Snapper is the second part in Roddy Doyle's very loose Barrytown Trilogy, coming in between The Commitments and The Van. It's not as good as the other two, but Jimmy Rabbitte Sr (renamed "Dessie Curly" in this for copyright reasons) is such an amazing character, that it's still great.

13th Warrior is badass.

Saw...They shouldn't have made sequels.

13th Warrior is great. I'm about to watch one of my favorite movies of all time though, High Tension. It's a french movie about these two college girls that go and stay with one of the girls family and it ends up being a Texas Chainsaw Massacre style setting. I like it much more though because it feels a lot more realistic. There's no sci fi elements, nothing like that. There's just a dude with blunt and or sharp objects that feels like killing everybody. The plot is good enough to stick with and it doesn't shy away from the visual aspects if that plot doesn't hold your attention. All in all, it's one of the scariest movies you'll ever see IMO. It's part of that new French genre that is all about being as gory as possible. Definitely a great watch.
10/10

Anyone else ever seen this film?

Yeah, so I just brought a new TV, and the first movie i had to watch on it was one of my favourite all timers.......LEON :D

What an awesome movie. I never get tired of watching it! 10/10

This seems like a fine club to me. I would love to join if that's alright with everyone. I have been trying to build a decent DVD collection for a while now and I would love to hear recommendations and discuss movie's with you guys.

So, can I join?

At 10/29/09 09:40 AM, TheMaster wrote: Watched Unforgiven.

Definitely more "Gran Torino" than "For A Few Dollars More", which was a bit disappointing. Went in expecting badass western, instead got extremely well polished drama. Still good, just not what I thought I was going to be watching.

8/10

That movie was not quite what I had expected either, but I loved the last few scenes. Not sure, but I believe Clint Eastwood is pretty good at making awesome endings for his movies. I've also seen his Space Cowboys a while ago and although it's only a mediocre movie, the ending was really well done imo.

At 11/12/09 03:07 PM, Auz wrote: I have been trying to build a decent DVD collection

Let's be best friends.

At 11/11/09 06:23 PM, michelinman wrote: Anyone else ever seen this film?

lolyeah. brb masturbatin' with severed heads.

At 11/12/09 02:42 PM, Life-Stream wrote: LEON

love that movie

Rewatched Aliens. Still perfect. 10/10.

Disc was skipping in places. Might have to pick up another copy. Don't know whether to hold out of a Blu-ray release, though.

At 11/12/09 08:26 PM, TheMaster wrote: Rewatched Aliens. Still perfect. 10/10.

It's a shame it lacks tiny white pants :(.
And it has a few flaws I think Alien doesn't have - ie, jocks and ladyboys. So I think Alien is the better film, but I'll admit to enjoying Aliens more... if that makes sense.

Got me some films to watch too: - I would start tonight but I've got a nasty case of tooth ache and I want to enjoy them with some ice cream. But theres no way I'm putting something so sugary in my mouth at the moment.

The Wrestler
Gran Torino
9 Songs

At 11/12/09 08:44 PM, Nev wrote: It's a shame it lacks tiny white pants :(.
And it has a few flaws I think Alien doesn't have - ie, jocks and ladyboys. So I think Alien is the better film, but I'll admit to enjoying Aliens more... if that makes sense.

Please, Hudson and Vasquez both rock. Almost all of their lines are gold.

The Wrestler

I've got this to watch, too. Don't know when I'll get round to it, working through Deep Space Nine season 5 at the minute, and I think I'm going to start on Breaking Bad afterwards.

Gran Torino

Good film.

At 11/12/09 04:06 PM, Sense-Offender wrote:

At 11/11/09 06:23 PM, michelinman wrote: Anyone else ever seen this film?

lolyeah. brb masturbatin' with severed heads.

Yeah. That movie doesn't shy away from anything. It's fucking crazy. Haha.

At 11/12/09 02:42 PM, Life-Stream wrote: LEON

love that movie

I'm bored, and you guys have intrigued me. I'm off to watch the trailer of this movie and see if I'm interested in watching it. (God I love netflix)

Leon is something I've been wanting to see for a while, but it was out of print for ages, but I've just checked and it was re-released in September.

Ordering.

At 11/12/09 03:21 PM, TheMaster wrote:

At 11/12/09 03:07 PM, Auz wrote: I have been trying to build a decent DVD collection

Let's be best friends.

So you're a collector as well?

Anyway a few days ago I finally watched Watchmen. Thought it was very good for a superhero movie.

I could imagine why some people would think this is the best graphic novel ever written, the story was really good in my opinion. I especially loved how the heroes didn't actually seem like heroes, but more like humans who happen to have superpowers. They weren't particularly on the good or evil side either. The general dark atmosphere was also nice and pretty unique for these type of movies. The only thing I didn't like much was the silly "villain explaining his master plan at the end". And Dr. Manhattan was a bit of a letdown to me as a character. I just didn't find his personality that interesting.

Overall I think I'd give it a 9/10. It seems a bit underrated to me (on imdb at least, with a 7.8 score). But most of the critical comments were once again about the book being much better and that kinda shit.

Anyway, I also bought some new movies a few days ago. I got American History X for a low price due to Christmas sales ^^ Also got Snatch and Burn After Reading (I love the Coen brothers' work).

At 11/13/09 05:59 AM, Auz wrote: So you're a collector as well?

Yeah, for about 3-4 years now. 360 DVDs and counting.

Used to be an ace DVD thread here over in general, but it was locked.

At 11/13/09 06:07 AM, TheMaster wrote:

At 11/13/09 05:59 AM, Auz wrote: So you're a collector as well?

Yeah, for about 3-4 years now. 360 DVDs and counting.

Used to be an ace DVD thread here over in general, but it was locked.

Jesus Christ. I just saw your blog post and that's a pretty impressive collection you got there. I only started collecting recently so currently I only have about 30 DVD's in my personal collection and my parents got about an equal amount downstairs. Also got a friend who has about as many as you have, so I watch a lot of movies there.

It seems I got a quite a few DVD's you don't have though. I see no Coen brothers movies in there for example, I wonder why that is. They're great directors and writers and surely you must've heard of The Big Lebowski. It's a really awesome movie, you should definitely watch it sometime if you haven't already. I can also recommend O Brother Where Art Thou?, Fargo and No Country For Old Men, from the same Coen brothers.

For the rest I got Requiem For A Dream, Office Space, Magnolia, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and LA Confidential which I can also recommend in case you haven't seen those.