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« Reply #21180 on: October 14, 2014, 07:19:52 PM »
The Borderlands - oh.  So you can still make a good found footage horror film.  Good characters, neat situation, fun effects with the camera.



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« Reply #21181 on: October 14, 2014, 07:55:39 PM »
The Borderlands - oh.  So you can still make a good found footage horror film.  Good characters, neat situation, fun effects with the camera.

Bookmarked. Thanks.

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« Reply #21182 on: October 15, 2014, 01:51:48 PM »
comic stuff.  WB/DC movies.

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    “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” directed by Zack Snyder (2016)
    “Suicide Squad,” directed by David Ayer (2016)
    “Wonder Woman,” starring Gal Gadot (2017)
    “Justice League Part One,” directed by Zack Snyder (2017)
    “The Flash,” starring Ezra Miller (2018)
    “Aquaman,” starring Jason Momoa (2018)
    “Shazam” (2019) The Rock as Black Adam
    “Justice League Part Two,” directed by Zack Snyder (2019)
    “Cyborg,” starring Ray Fisher (2020)
    “Green Lantern” (2020)

not on the list is a Batman spin-off of the LEGO Movie with Will Arnett in 2017 :bow2

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« Reply #21183 on: October 15, 2014, 02:06:29 PM »
The only one of those I'm really interested in is Suicide Squad.
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« Reply #21184 on: October 15, 2014, 04:24:44 PM »
All I want is a movie with the Joker and Harley in a way that explores their relationship. 

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« Reply #21185 on: October 15, 2014, 06:22:56 PM »
Can't believe the rock is signed on for a 2019 movie. He's 42 man, he should be doing this shit RIGHT NOW

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« Reply #21186 on: October 15, 2014, 06:40:04 PM »
Can't believe the rock is signed on for a 2019 movie. He's 42 man, he should be doing this shit RIGHT NOW

Just pump him up with some roids and he'll be good to go.
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« Reply #21187 on: October 16, 2014, 10:38:41 AM »
Can't believe the rock is signed on for a 2019 movie. He's 42 man, he should be doing this shit RIGHT NOW

Just pump him up with some roids and he'll be good to go.

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« Reply #21188 on: October 19, 2014, 06:08:07 AM »
Video Games: The Movie

Saw this on netflix over breakfast. Basically a two hour commercial for various AAA console games mixed with interviews of nerds desperate to convince themselves and others that video games are cool and important and art. Highlight was Will Wheaton being tremendously bitter about being unpopular in high school, wearing his geek-pride like some seared mark of oppression. Overall less funny and more meandering than Konami's 2010 E3 video, but still ok background material for catching up on twitter or whatever.

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« Reply #21189 on: October 19, 2014, 07:26:14 AM »
The Bad Seed- This film is pretty good definition of "camp"  it's very overwrought and painfully earnest which makes the situations and such all the funnier.  A mother finds out her perfect daughter is a sociopath who has killed.  It's less We Need to Talk About Kevin and more "how can such things be?!"  I'm certain this would be more effective if it were the 50s and I had children, where you could see it as a prequel to the parental freakout films that would come during the 60s and 70s (the whole "if we can't control our children, who will?" themes found in stuff like The Exorcist).  It's not bad, it's not good, it's just very much of its time it betrays that it was based on a stage play at nearly every turn.  Worth it as a cultural artifact, maybe?  Probably more fun w/ friends who have been drinking.
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« Reply #21190 on: October 19, 2014, 11:14:44 AM »
The Entity - Raped by a Ghost, basically.  Barbara Hershey is a mother of 3 who is attacked by something and raped by something she can't see.  The best parts of the movie are the battles of will between her character and a psychologist who is convinced that nothing happened.  I think the movie would have been stronger if it were possible that it was all in her head, but the film explicitly takes a side and has some interesting "invisible hands on breasts" effects which were uh odd to see.  I didn't like the ending which went a bit too bombastic.  Good acting, good script (for the first two acts).   i think it was worth watching.
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« Reply #21191 on: October 19, 2014, 11:27:43 AM »
I haven't seen a good Raped by a Ghost movie since Hollowman. 

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« Reply #21192 on: October 19, 2014, 04:01:15 PM »
RIPD: Why did I watch this? Do I hate myself?

Assassins: No, clearly I love myself, to treat myself to such lovely ‘90s tripe. Man, NO-ONE knew how to computer in old action movies. Apple paid a shit-ton of money for product placement, only to have ALL their screens replaced by completely low-res, impractical UI. It was great to finally see that quintessential Banderas meme in all its glory. Also Julianne Moore is delectable.

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« Reply #21193 on: October 19, 2014, 04:13:09 PM »
I've been meaning to watch RIPD with my bad movie bro.

Especially since we go "RIP" "Yeah, RIP" whenever someone dies in a movie or TV show.

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« Reply #21194 on: October 19, 2014, 04:53:22 PM »
Hulu has a fairly respectable horror library.

Well, "respectable" 

CHUD, The Beyod, Cannibal Holocaust, all of the Puppet Masters, the Children, Frankenstein's Army, Scanners 2/3, in addition to all of the odder Criterion films (check out Jigoku)

Currently watching Discopathe.  It's godawful. 🙌
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« Reply #21195 on: October 19, 2014, 06:25:37 PM »
Blue Ruin was pretty good. Well shot, well acted, well paced. Solid revenge flick.
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« Reply #21196 on: October 19, 2014, 07:52:15 PM »
Housebound - New Zealand film about a woman who is under house arrest in a haunted house with her family.  It's a black comedy with several twists along the way.  It's pretty fun, but it's not great.  Solid B flick for the most part.  Does drag a bit in the second act before ramping up the splatstick in the third act.

Discopathe - Yeah I dunno what I expected but this was pretty shitty.  When a guy hears disco music he goes into a murderous fugue state.  Stabs people, etc.

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« Reply #21197 on: October 19, 2014, 09:30:58 PM »
See No Evil 2.  Tim Lucas of Video Watchdog was over the moon for it, so I checked it out.  It's not a bad stalk n kill.  Better direction than most thanks to competent direction by the Soska Sisters, but it's still very much hampered by its very low budget.  It takes place in a hospital and we only see 10 characters maybe.  The kills are ok.  Nothing really stands out.  The actors are better than they should be for this project but I don't think there's anything to really recommend.  If you have friends over and beer, it may be a good thing to put on, but you probably shouldn't fly solo for it.
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« Reply #21198 on: October 20, 2014, 09:28:56 PM »

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« Reply #21199 on: October 20, 2014, 10:49:53 PM »
Are you not excited for FEMALE LEAD SPINOFF SPIDERMAN?

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« Reply #21200 on: October 20, 2014, 11:36:00 PM »
http://i.imgur.com/TMLoj4J.jpg

That's not the next few years of my life. :smug

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« Reply #21201 on: October 20, 2014, 11:43:01 PM »
Are you not excited for FEMALE LEAD SPINOFF SPIDERMAN?

Depends on how kawaii it is!

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« Reply #21202 on: October 21, 2014, 08:09:21 PM »
The Loved Ones

Awesome! Totally judged this on its cover a thousand times as I scrolled over it on Netflix thinking it looked like the budget horror crap that clogs up the service. It's really great! It's like a Hostel movie with a grim sense of humor, a fantastic antagonist and really great gore. Highly recommended.
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« Reply #21203 on: October 22, 2014, 05:29:55 PM »
I might go to the LA premiere of Interstellar even though I'm though I'm not a Nolan fan, or I might just go to dinner with friends :umad
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« Reply #21204 on: October 22, 2014, 06:46:29 PM »
Avengers 2 trailer leaked

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By4e12DxrjXQZ3FUaE0yVFlTSlU/view?pli=1

Going to watch this solely for Ultron. Don't give a fuck about any of the MCU heroes.

Probably the last Avengers film I'll be watching. Fuck Civil War

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« Reply #21205 on: October 22, 2014, 06:57:39 PM »
No, clearly, it looks great

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« Reply #21206 on: October 22, 2014, 08:25:16 PM »
It looks like an ok movie.

I'm far more interested in Captain America 3 though after how good Winter Soldier was.

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« Reply #21207 on: October 22, 2014, 08:28:41 PM »
If you like Spader you guys should watch the blacklist. Avengers in April is crazy though.

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« Reply #21208 on: October 22, 2014, 08:45:47 PM »
Walrus is correct.  If I saw your mom on the street, Esch, I would ask her where her cane was.  High-five Walrus.

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« Reply #21209 on: October 22, 2014, 09:09:48 PM »
Don't leave me hanging, Walrus

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« Reply #21210 on: October 22, 2014, 09:27:50 PM »


 
some of that quicksilver stuff looks out of the Flash tv show.  I don't know if I'm praising the flash or dumping on avengers 2.
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« Reply #21211 on: October 22, 2014, 09:48:33 PM »
The hulk iron man suit looks awesome though
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« Reply #21212 on: October 22, 2014, 09:48:35 PM »
Kind of wish Ultron's voice sounded more 'mechanical', but whatever. Looks solid.


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« Reply #21213 on: October 22, 2014, 10:04:24 PM »


 
some of that quicksilver stuff looks out of the Flash tv show.  I don't know if I'm praising the flash or dumping on avengers 2.

Pietro just looks fucking terrible in this

his costume and the cg

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« Reply #21214 on: October 22, 2014, 10:11:58 PM »
Kind of wish Ultron's voice sounded more 'mechanical', but whatever. Looks solid.

yeah, Ultron in general is more human than I expected.  mouth movement, metal eyeballs, lips and all that.  in other media they just crib HAL 9000.

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« Reply #21215 on: October 22, 2014, 10:36:45 PM »
*Uses raised hand to slick back hair. 
To slow, Walrus, to slow. 

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« Reply #21216 on: October 23, 2014, 01:06:28 AM »
awesome a lot of CG robots
that worked great in Iron Man 2
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« Reply #21217 on: October 23, 2014, 01:44:16 PM »
Avengers 2 looks bonerrific to me.
The hulk iron man suit looks awesome though
Yeah, Hulkbuster Armor is badass. Even looks great in Lego Marvel Heroes. :lol

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« Reply #21218 on: October 23, 2014, 01:45:15 PM »
awesome a lot of CG robots
that worked great in Iron Man 2
This is what I thought.  A bunch of robots.  Again.
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« Reply #21219 on: October 23, 2014, 02:36:27 PM »
I still can't tell if the threat in the first Avengers were robots or a hive mind alien species.

The hulk iron man suit looks awesome though

I like that he summons the parts to build on his regular suit.

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« Reply #21220 on: October 23, 2014, 02:44:30 PM »
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« Reply #21221 on: October 23, 2014, 03:32:08 PM »
I might go to the LA premiere of Interstellar even though I'm though I'm not a Nolan fan, or I might just go to dinner with friends :umad

You should go and fall asleep, then leave early for dinner.
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« Reply #21222 on: October 23, 2014, 03:57:15 PM »
Forgot that I saw RED 2, which should tell you something. Plane movies are easy to forget, but I’d actually been excited for seeing this movie. I loved the first one. This is just about the most hollywood sequel I can imagine, in that it looks like the first movie, except "turned up to 11.” It also is missing stuff that the first movie had, like a plot that makes sense.

If you liked the characters in the first movie, RED 2 has all of them, all over again, and a couple new characters who fit in nicely, but when the credits roll, you’ll realize that nothing which happened made even a lick of sense.

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And when they need stuff out of the Iranian Embassy in London, which also made no real sense, they end up killing a bunch of Iranians in London. Which, you know, seems like a bad thing to do in an Embassy. The first movie had minimal collateral damage, IIRC, but this one is fine with splatting embassy workers. Sheesh.

And MARVIN is the voice of reason, because there needs to be a bunch of exposition? Really?
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It was fun, but about as filling as a marshmallow Peep. Hopefully there’s no R3D.

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« Reply #21223 on: October 24, 2014, 10:53:33 PM »
John Wick kicked ass.  That is all.
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« Reply #21224 on: October 24, 2014, 11:15:35 PM »
John Wick kicked ass.  That is all.

I like how the ads proclaim that it's the Keanu Reeve's "BEST SINCE THE MATRIX!!!" like that's an achievement. :lol

It does look p. cool, tho.
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« Reply #21225 on: October 24, 2014, 11:23:00 PM »
Movie's got style.

Plot does not exist.

Gunplay is great.  Fight choreography is great.

That's pretty much it.
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« Reply #21226 on: October 25, 2014, 02:16:40 AM »
sounds perfect
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« Reply #21227 on: October 25, 2014, 12:14:11 PM »
Hercules; Fun movie, kind of by the numbers but I really like the rock. 

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« Reply #21228 on: October 25, 2014, 04:26:19 PM »
Reviews #1 to 9 here.


10. The Last House on the Left (1972)

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Up front, I'll say I hated this movie. Its one saving grace is Wes Craven's direction, as even though this is his first film his attention to detail and sharp use of camera angles and editing are top-notch.

Everything else about this movie is garbage. Garbage can still be entertaining, but this movie mostly just pissed me off. The completely out of place, blaring music is what sticks in my mind the most, but the absolutely awful acting doesn't help either. The characters are all caricatures, and while I think it was a neat idea to kill the main two characters early a la Psycho and have the rest of the movie be about the parents' revenge fantasy, it's all too convenient. The script is trash on top of all this.

Finally, and worst of all, the movie almost seems to take perverse glee in showing all the worst things that happen to these poor girls. The gore here isn't exactly tame, but this movie is far more deserving of the "torture porn" title than Saw ever was. It felt like the movie was jacking off while showing its worst parts, and that's what's truly sickening. Irréversible was nauseating, but it was at least handled with care and was joyless to the core. Here, there's joy but it's entirely misplaced.

1 / 5
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11. The Last House on the Left (2009)

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Wow, this might be the most-improved remake of any movie I've ever seen. It takes the same basic premise (four criminals fuck up two girls and then the parents of one of the girls get their revenge) but not only is it handled in an appropriately dark and tense way, the remake makes a divergence from the original that not only changes the dynamics of the movie but improves on the contrived plot of the original. That change being of course that one of the girls lives and makes it back to her parents' house, instead of the parents just happening upon her body and figuring everything out all of a sudeen.

There's further smarter changes too. While the group of four criminals is basically the same (the mean leader, the crazy guy, the psycho chick, and the simpleton), they're all more rounded and far, far better acted. The change with the "simpleton" in particular is great.

Possibly the largest improvement on the original in this movie is how it treats the rape scene. It's hard to watch in both movies, but here you don't get the sense the movie is giggling behind the scenes about it. After the scene concludes here, the movie gives everything some time to breath which is to the audience's great benefit. It isn't like it just happens and the movie moves right to the next thing without even thinking about it. In this movie, you get a much better sense of the gravity of what just happened.

The cinematography is actually really beautiful at times, and more importantly the movie is very well-acted. I really felt bad for the parents in particular as they just come off as so believable and kind-hearted. This entire movie was very effective. The only complaints I have is that there isn't any memorable music, and it's not very scary. But those are pretty minor points all things considered.

Also, Jesse Pinkman gets the shit beat out of him in this movie and it's awesome.

4 / 5
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12. House on Haunted Hill (1959)

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Now this is what I call classic horror. I'll admit that the remake is actually a favorite of mine, and it was interesting to see where certain plot points of that movie came from. With that said, I thoroughly enjoyed the original. The music is stock "creepy" but considering the time period, I don't fault it for that and it honestly adds to the charm. The acting is all much better than I would have thought, and the movie's plot feels fresh and unconventional.

This movie is more mystery than horror, and while that works in its favor I also feel like it contributes to its only low point. After being hyped from the start as a haunted house movie, to see that give way to routine fakeouts and human explanations was disappointing. I would more easily accept that if the movie had no supernatural elements at all, but that isn't true either. It teases the supernatural through various "gags" and it never does anything with them.

Even still, this is a great representation of 50's horror and a sterling showcase for Vincent Price.

4 / 5
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13. Shaun of the Dead (yearly rewatch)

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Perfect in every way.

5 / 5
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14. Prince of Darkness

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All in all, a pretty weak effort I think. The characters were bland and didn't act in ways that made logical sense, and the writing and acting were pretty bad. No real good special effects either, like The Thing had in spades. Probably my least favorite of Carpenter's "Apocalypse Trilogy." There were a couple of neat, tense scenes, though the movie on the whole wasn't scary.

But hey, at least it has a funky score and Donald Pleasence.

2 / 5
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15. Home Movie

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Truly disturbing. This is a found footage horror movie (I'm a sucker for them) that gives us a glimpse into the life of a family who just moved to the woods in upstate New York. However, the evil in the movie doesn't come from the setting... it comes from within.

In general, I thought this movie was very effective. The ramp up to "something happening" was 100% on-point for me personally, which means most other people will probably think it's too slow. Lots of little bits are doled out methodically and realistically.

This was a very well-acted movie, too, with some good plot-based motivation for things happening on-camera. Big props for that. The finale was very gripping. Overall, the movie doesn't hit my "scare spot" though, but at times the tension is enough to compensate.

All in all, a great hidden gem. Give it a watch if you can find it online (I searched, and it's only available on DVD or Hulu Plus.)

4 / 5
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16. Fright Night (1985)

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Were the 80's great for horror, or what? I really dug a lot about this movie. First up was the score by Brad Fiedel, known most famously for the scores to The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Unlike with some of Argento's or Carpenter's flicks, I thought it was used well here and didn't feel overdone. Plus, the music really kicked ass.

The plot moves at a good pace and plays with genre conventions well, while also giving reverence to the horror classics of the past. On top of this, the acting was good (though I couldn't divorce Amanda Bearse from her roll in Married with Children as Marcy) and the practical effects later on were almost as mindblowing as The Thing's.

A solid, fun and inventive movie that's tailor made for the Halloween season.

4 / 5
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17. Fright Night (2011)

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Wow, this year has been great for remakes I've seen. All the little changes are improvements on the original, I feel (except for the music, which is still good but not Fiedel-level.)

David Tennant makes a fantastic Peter Vincent and I was really glad that he actually did believe in vampires. Also, one thing I'm always a HUGE fan of is when movies actually do the opposite of "haha the parents don't believe the kids!" It's always super annoying, and I liked that they went in a different direction here. Because of that, the movie amps up pretty much before the halfway point of the movie and it just keeps going and going from there. I also liked the update to Evil Ed (AKA, "Ed McLovin," lol.) He's far less annoying and kickstarts the plot in a fresh way.

Finally, Colin Farrell was far more imposing and ferocious as Jerry than Chris Sarandon. I like Sarandon's portrayal as the smug playboy-type, but I didn't feel like he really posed a threat. When he offered Charlie a truce in the original I was actually hoping he'd take it, since they both seemed like such reasonable people. But here, there's no sympathy. Farrell's a stone-cold bastard from the word "go" and it works for the plot much better.

Great movie and a tremendous remake, but I shouldn't have expected anything less from writer Marti Noxon (of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel fame.)

5 / 5
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18. The Ninth Gate

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This was a superb movie. Roman Polanski is a hot button topic I'll stay well clear of, but his writing and directing here is top notch. The movie keeps a steady cadence of tension and mystery throughout the film, and this honestly might be my favorite role by Johnny Depp.

The one downside, and it got progressively worse as the movie went on, was the music. Most of the time it feels lifted from a Home Alone flick and really took my out of things at points. And also, I can tell the ending would leave something to be desired for some people. Me, I was fine with it, mostly cause I knew the movie couldn't ever really cash the check it was writing. But seeing it write the check was quite the spectacle.

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19. Dead Silence

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This movie, while very messy (the writer apparently went through hell trying to come up with the actual story and dealing with execs' requests), still has a lot of charm and some good points, too. The first thing that stands out right from the opening credits is the music. It's pulse-pounding, rocking yet melodious, and sets the stage for a cheesy but eerie flick - and that's exactly what Dead Silence is.

To be fair, I didn't really care a lot about anything happening in this movie, not the plot nor the characters. Things play out in a forced and arbitrary manner. And while it's creepy and tense, it's not scary. But I dig the direction by James Wong (Saw, Insidious, The Conjuring) and the cinematography so much I almost overlook them. The movie also has an absolutely fantastic "silencing" effect for certain scenes, and it's so unsettling I almost want to see a movie made just based around that.

This is actually a movie I wanted to see in theaters back in 2007 just on the concept and trailer. It just looks so good. The fog, the gothic imagery, the idea of killer ventriloquist dummies that hit me right in my R.L. Stein sweet spot... it all seemed so good.

And that stuff is good here. But that's about all that is. If you know what you're getting into, there's worse ways to spend an hour and a half.

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Re: The new and improved "Movies you've seen recently" thread
« Reply #21229 on: October 26, 2014, 12:08:14 AM »
Yeah, John Wick rocked. The shootouts were amazingly slick. Some real John Woo shit.
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« Reply #21230 on: October 27, 2014, 10:39:50 AM »
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« Reply #21231 on: October 27, 2014, 10:51:46 AM »
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« Reply #21232 on: October 27, 2014, 01:14:52 PM »
Greatest urban market focused action series is back!

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« Reply #21233 on: October 27, 2014, 01:44:35 PM »
Lucio Fulci's Voices From Beyond.  Man, what a clusterfuck of a film.  I grabbed it because I have become interested in Fulci beyond his major gorehound works, because i found his Bava and Argento inspired use of colors to be a bit more grounded and his tales more straight forward, but this tale about a dead man who comes back as a ghost to help his daughter find his killer is a bit of a mess.  It's one of his final films, made when he was quite sick and the ending credit roll begins with a "This film is dedicated to my few real friends, in particular to Clive Barker and Claudio Carabba." - Lucio Fulci. so you know that he was kind of angry and bitter.  This film has a lot of nudity but none of it done in an exciting manner, more like "oh i guess we need some breasts to get sold" so it's not exploitation filmmaking, but more expectation filmmaking.  For a guy who is known for his gore, this film has very little as most of the film is dedicated to Argento like dream sequences and long exposition.  Not recommended.  At all.
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« Reply #21234 on: October 27, 2014, 02:27:55 PM »
Meh 5 and 6 where great.  I'm hoping that Walkers death doesn't mean there won't be 8-10.  I'd rather have a Rock/Vin team up anyways. 

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« Reply #21235 on: October 27, 2014, 03:07:11 PM »
Cumberbatch is Dr. Strange

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« Reply #21236 on: October 27, 2014, 03:24:20 PM »
I wanted Keanu.

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« Reply #21237 on: October 27, 2014, 03:50:08 PM »
Its just a rumor right?

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« Reply #21238 on: October 27, 2014, 03:54:44 PM »
Its just a rumor right?

Nothing finalized but apparently there's a press event tomorrow

Also, :piss on Treesong's taste in movies. He won't be happy until everything is a light and happy Adam West-esque Batman comic book movie.
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« Reply #21239 on: October 27, 2014, 04:00:24 PM »
Cheap Thrills - goddamn.  This is a brutal critique of the manipulation of labor by capital in a very very very black comedy that pulls elements from Roald Dahl and a million other stories of this ilk.  It's shot well, acted well and the violence is ratcheted up quite well.  I liked it a great deal.  Definitely not for everyone though
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