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Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #38700 on:** March 19, 2021, 08:07:22 PM »

Extraction, for a movie with no plot, characters, and many problematic elements, is pretty good. The action, which is all there is to the movie, is very good.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #38701 on:** March 19, 2021, 08:15:24 PM »

Quote from: Tasty on March 18, 2021, 12:35:07 AM

Shit I got wasted and it's so late now have to watch tomorrow sorry

Have you watched it yet?

I watched the full movie that night, and it was pretty damn crazy. Some of the effects really didnt hold up but what can you expect from a movie from the 70's. I actually thought the cinematography in the beginning was better than in the middle, but it picked up a bit near the end again. I hoped to see a little bit more gore, it was actually fairly tame and in some ways more of a comedy than a horror movie? I had expected more of a horror movie going in haha. Kung Fu was great. Everytime her theme song came on I started laughing.

I also hoped for a bit more of a good ending, but eh

I rate it a 7.5 out of 10

Although we do see the hottest girl naked, so Ill give it a spare B+ banana point for that

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #38702 on:** March 19, 2021, 11:40:10 PM »

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #38703 on:** March 19, 2021, 11:43:05 PM »

Quaker · « **Reply #38704 on:** March 20, 2021, 12:43:59 AM »

^
^

If you haven't seen it, I think Crumb is one of the best documentaries I've ever seen.

G The Resurrected · « **Reply #38705 on:** March 20, 2021, 01:42:48 AM »

Not the cat news I was hoping for, but I’ll take them both.

I’m still hoping that the 1988 animated Felix the Cat: the movie makes its way onto something that’s at least 1080p. Rumor is that all of the cans were destroyed when the Hungarian government got involved with the movie and some rights issues. That’s why only a few minutes of film are available to boutique brands. Yes there are dvds of it out there but it’s horrible tape conversions. I own several of the original art cells and assets from that film and even bought some directly from Don Oriolo the man behind the movie. That movie was great... I think

team filler · « **Reply #38706 on:** March 20, 2021, 01:18:13 PM »

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #38707 on:** March 20, 2021, 09:06:20 PM »

Watching Nightmare on Elm Street 2 right now. I totally don't understand why the main dude doesn't bang the hottie. She is totally into him! Also, why does every second scene have a nude boy in it?

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #38708 on:** March 20, 2021, 09:33:49 PM »

'He's inside me. And he wants to take me again'

Nuitangg · « **Reply #38709 on:** March 20, 2021, 09:39:27 PM »

There's documentary I think on Shudder called Scream, Queen! that covers it. I dont remember it being that bad.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #38710 on:** March 20, 2021, 09:41:11 PM »

I was just going to ask if it was good. I have shudder right now.

Potato · « **Reply #38711 on:** March 20, 2021, 10:09:01 PM »

Elm Street 2 is the black sheep of the series. It breaks all of the rules established in the first one and then gets promptly forgotten in the third. I would skip it and go straight to 3, which is the best by far.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #38712 on:** March 20, 2021, 10:18:53 PM »

>Not watching it for the gay.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #38713 on:** March 20, 2021, 10:27:27 PM »

Just finished. It was really good. The inversion of I-can't-sleep-because-something-bad-will-happend-to-me to I-can't-sleep-because-I-will-do-something-bad, would have worked well on its own. But then it gets combined that with the subtext of feeling monstrous as a gay person and the fear of coming out and acting on it, which takes the inversion and adds social commentary to it and makes the movie something that really stands out. I hadn't seen it since I was 13ish, so like 2001ish, and I just remember going 'lol gay' with friends and thinking it was cheesy and not scary. Going to start 3 now. I don't think I have seen 5, 6, or Freddy Vs.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #38714 on:** March 21, 2021, 10:32:41 PM »

La Llorona was really good. It was more a drama about genocide in Guatemala than a horror.

Tasty · « **Reply #38715 on:** March 21, 2021, 10:33:55 PM »

The Curse of La Llorona is schlock amazingness.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #38716 on:** March 21, 2021, 10:42:04 PM »

I was waiting to watch the good La Llorona before I watched that since I have watched the other 6 conjuring-verse movies in the last 2 months. Not going to lie, I enjoyed Conjuring 1,2, Anabelle 2, and even 3 a bit. The Christian conservative messaging is a bit grating but they are fun ghost stories.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #38717 on:** March 22, 2021, 08:24:30 AM »

Tasty go watch Housu

Tasty · « **Reply #38718 on:** March 22, 2021, 11:01:04 PM »

Oh yeah! I need some bud first.

Also TV spots playing it real fast and loose with a Godzilla vs. Kong spoiler, watch out.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #38719 on:** March 23, 2021, 07:45:32 AM »

Who watches tv?

Tasty · « **Reply #38720 on:** March 23, 2021, 09:07:46 AM »

Quote from: MMaRsu on March 23, 2021, 07:45:32 AM

Who watches tv?

I call them TV spots but they all end up on YouTube with spoiler thumbnails regardless.

Tasty · « **Reply #38721 on:** March 23, 2021, 09:08:45 AM »

Quote from: Stro on March 23, 2021, 08:01:39 AM

Who gives a shit about a Godzilla vs Kong spoiler

It's building off an end-credits scene so even if you care, I suppose you're already "spoiled."

Tasty · « **Reply #38722 on:** March 23, 2021, 09:39:40 AM »

Yahoo Tech: Regal Cinemas strikes Warner Bros. deal to show 2021 movies alongside HBO Max.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/regal-cinemas-strikes-deal-with-warner-bros-over-hbo-max-releases-093807610.html

IMO, this news story is the official death knell of the traditional theatrical release window.

RIP, 1905*-2021

* If you're an asshole you'd probably say it technically started when VHS was introduced

Tasty · « **Reply #38723 on:** March 23, 2021, 09:44:10 AM »

Quote

Starting in 2022, Cineworld will have a 45-day exclusivity window before titles are released on streaming services.

If the window keeps collapsing no way WB doesn't try to renogotiate this when the time comes. Only a matter of time until the HBO Max model is normal. And honestly... In that case, everyone wins, right?

Tasty · « **Reply #38724 on:** March 23, 2021, 10:58:40 AM »

Akira Kurosawa’s List of His 100 Favorite Movies [as compiled posthumously by his daughter]

Tasty · « **Reply #38725 on:** March 23, 2021, 11:31:27 AM »

Burr and Bobby Lee are more knowledgeable on cinema than I'd have guessed.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #38726 on:** March 23, 2021, 11:58:21 AM »

Quote from: team filler on March 20, 2021, 01:18:13 PM

Watched this years ago.
It's a pretty fun low budget action movie.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #38727 on:** March 23, 2021, 02:45:22 PM »

Quote from: Tasty on March 23, 2021, 10:58:40 AM

Akira Kurosawa’s List of His 100 Favorite Movies [as compiled posthumously by his son]

No Black Panther? You ain't slick, Kurosawa.

Tasty · « **Reply #38728 on:** March 23, 2021, 02:47:59 PM »

Quote from: Tasty on March 23, 2021, 10:58:40 AM

Akira Kurosawa’s List of His 100 Favorite Movies [as compiled posthumously by his daughter]

Even I am prey to sexism; the list was actually compiled in a book authored by his daughter, not son.

That's also what you get for skimming the list and not RTFAing.

Her name alone (Kazuko Kurosawa) would have been a giveaway.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #38729 on:** March 23, 2021, 04:18:08 PM »

I dont think the oldboy one take is neccesarily better than the scorcese Goodfellas one take but

Nintex · « **Reply #38730 on:** March 23, 2021, 04:18:12 PM »

https://twitter.com/bverhoev/status/1374428351989911554

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #38731 on:** March 23, 2021, 04:25:15 PM »

July I should be able to see it in theaters. I wasn't planning on in May so this is good.

Tasty · « **Reply #38732 on:** March 23, 2021, 04:26:52 PM »

Quote from: MMaRsu on March 23, 2021, 04:18:08 PM

I dont think the oldboy one take is neccesarily better than the scorcese Goodfellas one take but

I'd have to rewatch both but I would also personally give the edge to Oldboy.

Tasty · « **Reply #38733 on:** March 23, 2021, 04:28:09 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on March 23, 2021, 04:18:12 PM

https://twitter.com/bverhoev/status/1374428351989911554

Lotta the industry (mostly exhibitor protectionists) gonna have egg on their face after publicly blowing Disney in defiance of the HBO Max announcement last December.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #38734 on:** March 23, 2021, 04:30:58 PM »

Touch of Evil one-take > *

Don Rumata · « **Reply #38735 on:** March 23, 2021, 04:45:45 PM »

OngBak>

benjipwns · « **Reply #38736 on:** March 23, 2021, 04:46:21 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on March 23, 2021, 04:18:12 PM

https://twitter.com/bverhoev/status/1374428351989911554

https://twitter.com/the_moviebob/status/1374456086023991310

Bebpo · « **Reply #38737 on:** March 23, 2021, 04:56:12 PM »

I could probably see BW in theaters safely by then.

But I'll pay $30 to watch it on my ipad in bed because it's more convenient

Bebpo · « **Reply #38738 on:** March 23, 2021, 04:58:17 PM »

My horror meetup group (which I'm not really involved in post-pandemic) is renting out a theater to watch Godzilla vs. Kong.
Seems crazy to me when it's free on HBO Max, but I guess some people need that theater experience in their life.

I'm all for theaters returning, but idk at my age I don't really care about the theater experience anymore. Maybe for seeing shitty horror movies that everyone can laugh at afterwards.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #38739 on:** March 23, 2021, 05:22:06 PM »

Quote from: Tasty on March 23, 2021, 04:26:52 PM

Quote from: MMaRsu on March 23, 2021, 04:18:08 PM
I dont think the oldboy one take is neccesarily better than the scorcese Goodfellas one take but

I'd have to rewatch both but I would also personally give the edge to Oldboy.

It's a lot less harder to film though

Tasty · « **Reply #38740 on:** March 23, 2021, 07:47:04 PM »

Quote from: MMaRsu on March 23, 2021, 05:22:06 PM

Quote from: Tasty on March 23, 2021, 04:26:52 PM
Quote from: MMaRsu on March 23, 2021, 04:18:08 PM
I dont think the oldboy one take is neccesarily better than the scorcese Goodfellas one take but

I'd have to rewatch both but I would also personally give the edge to Oldboy.

It's a lot less harder to film though

Fight choreography is harder, or so I assume.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #38741 on:** March 23, 2021, 08:20:51 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on March 23, 2021, 04:46:21 PM

Quote from: Nintex on March 23, 2021, 04:18:12 PM
https://twitter.com/bverhoev/status/1374428351989911554
https://twitter.com/the_moviebob/status/1374456086023991310

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #38742 on:** March 23, 2021, 08:39:49 PM »

About to watch Detective Pikachu for the 4th time.

Potato · « **Reply #38743 on:** March 23, 2021, 09:58:25 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on March 23, 2021, 04:58:17 PM

My horror meetup group (which I'm not really involved in post-pandemic) is renting out a theater to watch Godzilla vs. Kong.
Seems crazy to me when it's free on HBO Max, but I guess some people need that theater experience in their life.

I'm all for theaters returning, but idk at my age I don't really care about the theater experience anymore. Maybe for seeing shitty horror movies that everyone can laugh at afterwards.

Giant monsters fighting kind of demand the full cinema experience though.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #38744 on:** March 24, 2021, 01:48:09 PM »

Quote from: Stro on March 24, 2021, 12:43:01 PM

The last 2 Godzilla movies absolutely do not demand a full cinema experience

The last Godzilla movie demanded an aspirin.
Gave me a massive headache.

Nintex · « **Reply #38745 on:** March 24, 2021, 04:25:44 PM »

https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1374806249624240128

chronovore · « **Reply #38746 on:** March 24, 2021, 06:57:36 PM »

Netflix now costs nearly 2x its launch price in Japan.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #38747 on:** March 24, 2021, 07:28:46 PM »

The last King Kong movie was aight tho, with shouting ass sam jackson

chronovore · « **Reply #38748 on:** March 24, 2021, 10:42:57 PM »

Quote from: MMaRsu on March 24, 2021, 07:28:46 PM

The last King Kong movie was aight tho, with shouting ass sam jackson

Skull Island was a great analog for American engagement in 'Nam, sure.

zomgee · « **Reply #38749 on:** March 24, 2021, 11:26:53 PM »

I consider myself a Coen Brothers fan but I have never seen Blood Simple until tonight. Very slow noir film with plenty of tense moments. The Coens wrote for character actors. M. Emmet Walsh plays a hayseed Anton Chigurh who is in it for himself at every opportunity, causing all of the conflict and forcing not-so-good people to make worse decisions. Coen films are based on bad choices, this one is full of them.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #38750 on:** March 24, 2021, 11:32:39 PM »

Pretty wild how so much of the Coen Brothers' style and themes were in place right from the start.

zomgee · « **Reply #38751 on:** March 24, 2021, 11:45:40 PM »

Man.

That trailer is loaded with plot elements.

But yeah there are little hints of their future filming styles and character traits all over Blood Simple. It's like Ur-Coen of their current style, you see germinations of ideas, all within a bleak noir drama and dark dark DARK comedy.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #38752 on:** March 24, 2021, 11:56:08 PM »

Why does the guy in Pet Cemetary sound exactly like Keanu Reeves?

chronovore · « **Reply #38753 on:** March 24, 2021, 11:58:13 PM »

Quote from: zomgee on March 24, 2021, 11:45:40 PM

Man.

That trailer is loaded with plot elements.

But yeah there are little hints of their future filming styles and character traits all over Blood Simple. It's like Ur-Coen of their current style, you see germinations of ideas, all within a bleak noir drama and dark dark DARK comedy.

I think a movie from 1984 is exempt from people claiming "SPOILER!"

Fun chrono-fact: I saw this movie in a theater during its initial theatrical run. The theater has been replaced an ugly-ass office building.

zomgee · « **Reply #38754 on:** March 25, 2021, 12:15:28 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on March 24, 2021, 11:58:13 PM

Quote from: zomgee on March 24, 2021, 11:45:40 PM
Man.

That trailer is loaded with plot elements.

But yeah there are little hints of their future filming styles and character traits all over Blood Simple. It's like Ur-Coen of their current style, you see germinations of ideas, all within a bleak noir drama and dark dark DARK comedy.

I think a movie from 1984 is exempt from people claiming "SPOILER!"

Oh, no, it wasn't that, the movie was just so fresh in my mind that when I saw all these pivotal scenes it just brought the moments back. It's a good trailer for celebrating that movie.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #38755 on:** March 25, 2021, 09:38:27 AM »

Quote from: Madrun Badrun on March 24, 2021, 11:56:08 PM

Why does the guy in Pet Cemetary sound exactly like Keanu Reeves?

Who, Herman Munster?

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #38756 on:** March 25, 2021, 10:46:38 AM »

Yes - they sound exactly the same.

Tasty · « **Reply #38757 on:** March 25, 2021, 11:01:17 AM »

The Munsters theme is so goddamn catchy.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #38758 on:** March 25, 2021, 01:59:11 PM »

Tasty · « **Reply #38759 on:** March 25, 2021, 03:00:44 PM »

Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) lookin' good

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