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« Reply #10860 on: July 04, 2011, 12:43:32 AM »
Can Wonder Woman make a cameo and snap Max Lord's neck?
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« Reply #10861 on: July 04, 2011, 05:19:22 AM »
Yep Hemsworth made that film his. Only reason i went to see it a second time was because of him.

Really looking forward to the Avengers now.  :-*

Ha! I finally saw Iron Man 2 today. Good action and a lot of laughs; it makes me excited for Cowboys and Aliens. I was stoked with the Nick Fury and SHIELD stuff, and the New Mexico, Land of Enchantment epilog. I probably just wasn't in the right mood for Scarlett Johannson and Black Widow, posing after each professional wrestling finisher move. Man. Cheadle was overly subdued; not sure why. Mickey Rourke, I don't know what it is about him, but he just owns any role he's given. How he manages it with that entirely messed up, Plastic Surgery Nightmares guest-starring face is beyond me.

If you guys are saying Mighty Thor is worth seeing, I'll try and hit it during this one or two weeks it's actually playing on the big screen in Japan. There's no 'th' or soft 'r' in Japanese, so the title here is "Maitii Soh" :lol

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« Reply #10862 on: July 04, 2011, 05:26:04 AM »
Hobo With a Shotgun-hilarious.  And way better then you'd think a self-conciously and purposely crummy movie should be.  Just lots of fun with a great Rutger Hauer performance.  ***

Troll Hunter-Cloverfield but funnier, but a very dry kind of funny.  I mean, there's multiple jokes about filling out paperwork for exterminating mythical creatures fer crying out loud.  Not funny ha-ha, and could stand to be much livelier then it is, but not bad, just not great.  **1/2.

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« Reply #10863 on: July 04, 2011, 07:31:01 AM »
Yep Hemsworth made that film his. Only reason i went to see it a second time was because of him.

Really looking forward to the Avengers now.  :-*

Ha! I finally saw Iron Man 2 today. Good action and a lot of laughs; it makes me excited for Cowboys and Aliens. I was stoked with the Nick Fury and SHIELD stuff, and the New Mexico, Land of Enchantment epilog. I probably just wasn't in the right mood for Scarlett Johannson and Black Widow, posing after each professional wrestling finisher move. Man. Cheadle was overly subdued; not sure why. Mickey Rourke, I don't know what it is about him, but he just owns any role he's given. How he manages it with that entirely messed up, Plastic Surgery Nightmares guest-starring face is beyond me.


If you guys are saying Mighty Thor is worth seeing, I'll try and hit it during this one or two weeks it's actually playing on the big screen in Japan. There's no 'th' or soft 'r' in Japanese, so the title here is "Maitii Soh" :lol

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« Reply #10864 on: July 04, 2011, 09:56:49 AM »
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« Reply #10865 on: July 04, 2011, 10:42:57 AM »
Let Me In

really really really really liked it. a lot.

I wasn't sure how it would be compared to the bitchin' Swedish version, but I liked them both equally.  Awesome films.

I've decided that I'm going to just not watch the original.



last night I watched Night Watch

it's not really good but it's got some charm and you can tell the Russians gave it their all.
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« Reply #10867 on: July 05, 2011, 05:51:40 AM »
Let Me In

really really really really liked it. a lot.

I wasn't sure how it would be compared to the bitchin' Swedish version, but I liked them both equally.  Awesome films.

It surprised me as it's hard not to be skeptical about Hollywood remakes. Setting it in the 80s worked really well.

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« Reply #10868 on: July 05, 2011, 10:21:55 AM »
The Island of Dr Moreau
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Due Date
I'd heard from quite a few people that it was a letdown.  While it wasn't anything groundbreaking or amazing, it had some really funny moments and was fairly solid.  Will probably never watch ever again.

Wall Street 2
Not bad.  Just not really good either.  Too much Stone fingerwagging and using real headlines from real articles as "deep" dialogue in his script is really shitty.  Entertaining for 2 hours though I guess.

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« Reply #10869 on: July 05, 2011, 11:15:50 AM »
yep, just not good either.  the daughter aspect was fairly pointless.  I hated the happy ending bullshit.  So fucking stupid after an hour and 45 minutes of convincing me that Gordon is a greedy sociopath.  I didn't fucking buy it.  Shia's story with his mom and drunken dad was stupid and pointless.  Winnie was an annoying hippie who seemed to naive to have ever survived that long in the real world.

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« Reply #10870 on: July 05, 2011, 09:38:04 PM »
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« Reply #10871 on: July 05, 2011, 10:36:04 PM »
Have you read Heart of Darkness? Also a masterpiece.
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« Reply #10872 on: July 05, 2011, 10:51:48 PM »
Dance Movie!
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« Reply #10873 on: July 05, 2011, 10:54:12 PM »
Yes
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« Reply #10874 on: July 05, 2011, 10:54:38 PM »
No but it seems like I have to.

And what's the word on the documentary? is it any good?

The documentary is amazing.
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« Reply #10875 on: July 05, 2011, 10:58:53 PM »
The documentary is a masterpiece in it's own right.

It's got secret footage taken by Coppola's wife of him contemplating suicide, Martin Sheen having a heart attack, Coppola saying that Sheen can't die until he says he can die. Shit got real out there in the jungle.
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« Reply #10876 on: July 05, 2011, 11:45:50 PM »
And lots of drug use.
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« Reply #10877 on: July 05, 2011, 11:51:40 PM »
[youtube=560,345]ZHX1kBqn1-M[/youtube]

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The week I spent in Beaumont, TX this year convinced me the town isn't too different from what's in the trailer
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« Reply #10878 on: July 08, 2011, 09:35:05 AM »
Well, if Spider-Man can get rebooted after only 10 years, Footloose gets a gimme for waiting 25.

Edit: yay, math -- it's actually 27.
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« Reply #10879 on: July 10, 2011, 04:08:41 AM »
Hobo With a Shotgun-hilarious.  And way better then you'd think a self-conciously and purposely crummy movie should be.  Just lots of fun with a great Rutger Hauer performance.  ***

I actually wasn't crazy about it. The theme was great, and there was plenty of violence and gore. It just didn't end up being any fun. Was kinda boring I thought. Maybe I need to watch it again high.
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« Reply #10880 on: July 10, 2011, 08:38:32 AM »
Dude, Where's My Car: I'm not sure what I was expecting, but this wasn't it. Two douchebag actors who are friends IRL make a movie with jokes that they thought would be funny. A couple were, most weren't.

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« Reply #10881 on: July 10, 2011, 02:26:22 PM »
horrible bosses -- worth it to watch charlie day play charlie day and jennifer aniston say raunchy things. colin farrell needed more screen time. jason sudeikis wasn't given an actual character, and bateman/spacey phoned it in. great premise with a bad bad script.
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« Reply #10882 on: July 10, 2011, 05:04:47 PM »
Beowulf

Better then I expected, I guess its hard to mess up a good story. Some accents where shit.  But overall I liked it for what it was.

The Guard

Ok, it could have been really good if not every joke would have been "Haha you're black" "Haha, you're from Dublin" "Haha, Limerick sucks ass". Just needed more variety in humour.

Serpahim Falls

Liked it a lot. Not what I expected, ending was good. Not your typical western. I'd recommend it.

Roger & Me

Michael Moore's first (?). You know what to expect. Worth it for the time piece it is alone, jobs moving away, corporations not giving a fuck. Very unsettling to see what happens to a city like Flint, and heartbreaking to see attempts to revive it.

Fast Food Nation

Read the book years ago and thought this was going to be a documentary, but it's kind of re-adaptation with a plot etc. Kind of ok, but not nearly as interesting as the book. Also the scene on the killing floor isn't very convincing, I mean they wanted to show how bad it is but the video to Morrisons "Meat is murder" is much more shocking.





Dude, Where's My Car: I'm not sure what I was expecting, but this wasn't it. Two douchebag actors who are friends IRL make a movie with jokes that they thought would be funny. A couple were, most weren't.

This is a movie you were suppose to see when 16ish and stoned.

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Damn that's over 11 years ago. Jesus.

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« Reply #10883 on: July 11, 2011, 01:33:43 AM »
Crank 2 - This is among the most grotesque and distinguished mentally-challenged films I have ever seen. I really enjoyed the original but this was just stupid.

The Fountain - Never seen it before, but I came away impressed heavily. I think I may be up for a rewatch, though, because the movie is still settling in. I'm not sure how to react.

Ip Man 2 - This movie might as well be renamed Chinese Rocky. I highly doubt the historical nature of this film, and I'm sure it's loosely (extremely so) based off of Ip Man's life but despite all of that, it's a really great martial arts film. Highly suggested.

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« Reply #10884 on: July 11, 2011, 02:26:00 AM »
Faster - weird ass movie. Never really built up any momentum and you really didnt give a shit about any of the characters. The Rock was wasted in the lead role. He deserves much better.

Source Code - not a bad sci-fi thriller. Not great either. Took awhile to get going but a few of the twists were interesting. Still felt overlong at 90 minutes!
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« Reply #10885 on: July 11, 2011, 05:14:22 PM »
More confirmation from Ridley Scott that the
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The director confirmed that Iceland will not play the starring role in Prometheus: “It will be 15 minutes in total, if all goes to plan. We are shooting the beginning of time.”
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« Reply #10886 on: July 11, 2011, 08:27:06 PM »
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« Reply #10888 on: July 11, 2011, 11:03:11 PM »
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« Reply #10889 on: July 11, 2011, 11:04:11 PM »
so, No Man's Land then :lol
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Re: The new and improved "Movies you've seen recently" thread
« Reply #10890 on: July 12, 2011, 03:43:05 AM »
Flint, MI is probably the worst shit I've seen (in the US). There are some pretty bad parts of Detroit, but there are parts of Flint that look like someone dropped multiple bombs. You can go to bad areas of Detroit in the day time and not get fucked with as long as you don't do stupid shit/follow rules, but I've seen crazy shit pop off in Flint for no reason.
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« Reply #10891 on: July 12, 2011, 06:36:31 AM »
the illusionist.  a cartoon based on an unproduced Jacques Tati screenplay.  it laid on the melancholy a bit much at the end but aside from that it was fucking excellent. 
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« Reply #10892 on: July 12, 2011, 06:41:10 AM »
Flint, MI is probably the worst shit I've seen (in the US). There are some pretty bad parts of Detroit, but there are parts of Flint that look like someone dropped multiple bombs. You can go to bad areas of Detroit in the day time and not get fucked with as long as you don't do stupid shit/follow rules, but I've seen crazy shit pop off in Flint for no reason.

Jesus. Now I want to see it.

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« Reply #10893 on: July 12, 2011, 09:19:36 AM »
Gonna make that batman poster my wallpaper in my work pc :bow2
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« Reply #10894 on: July 12, 2011, 09:45:21 AM »
the illusionist.  a cartoon based on an unproduced Jacques Tati screenplay.  it laid on the melancholy a bit much at the end but aside from that it was fucking excellent. 

Yeah, I really liked it too, though I didn't think it was as good as Play Time or Mon Uncle. Really great animation regardless.
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« Reply #10895 on: July 12, 2011, 10:06:01 AM »
Hobo With a Shotgun-hilarious.  And way better then you'd think a self-conciously and purposely crummy movie should be.  Just lots of fun with a great Rutger Hauer performance.  ***

I actually wasn't crazy about it. The theme was great, and there was plenty of violence and gore. It just didn't end up being any fun. Was kinda boring I thought. Maybe I need to watch it again high.

I really appreciated it as I'm a huge fan of Troma films, and Hobo with a Shotgun takes a lot from those movies
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« Reply #10896 on: July 12, 2011, 12:19:54 PM »
the illusionist.  a cartoon based on an unproduced Jacques Tati screenplay.  it laid on the melancholy a bit much at the end but aside from that it was fucking excellent. 

one of the best of the year.

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« Reply #10897 on: July 12, 2011, 10:44:20 PM »
Ahahahah holy shit at Machete. Really liked that.
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« Reply #10898 on: July 12, 2011, 11:35:06 PM »
13 Assassins

It was okay, definitely worth it for the battle that takes up the second half, but it seems like it's gotten a lot more praise than it really deserves. The first 30 minutes or so are just really hard to get into. A bunch of characters are introduced in rapid succession, with little chance to really get a feel for them, and there's way too many scenes of these newly-introduced characters talking to each in other in darkened rooms, making it even harder to tell them apart. The villain is well-acted, but ultimately a cliched character from start to finish, which isn't a huge problem given what sort of movie this is. But none of the characters really stand out that much, except for the crazy guy. It's a remake of a movie from the 60's, but it also feels really similar to Seven Samurai. But, again, the second half is pretty good stuff.
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« Reply #10899 on: July 13, 2011, 12:41:21 PM »
Shit teaser, dat Bane theme though :drool
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« Reply #10900 on: July 13, 2011, 02:56:51 PM »
Saw that last Fast and the Furious movie at a dollar theater yesterday. It was pretty good. A good dumb summer action flick which unfortunately you don't get very often nowadays. It was like MW 2 mixed with a heist flick.

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« Reply #10901 on: July 13, 2011, 03:58:20 PM »
and you paid to see it :teehee
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« Reply #10902 on: July 13, 2011, 04:01:59 PM »
Not much going on in the teaser, but that's hardly surprising.
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« Reply #10903 on: July 13, 2011, 04:08:22 PM »
teaser wasn't great, but that last shot was.

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Batman backing away in fear as Bane lumbers towards him.  And you know Bane wrecks Gordon at one point too.
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« Reply #10905 on: July 13, 2011, 09:22:17 PM »
Gary Whitta's AKIRA is dead:
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/07/13/akira-live-action-film-dead-chris-weston/

Gary Whitta hasn't been involved in a while. Also, this move shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.
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« Reply #10908 on: July 13, 2011, 10:47:28 PM »
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« Reply #10909 on: July 13, 2011, 10:51:24 PM »
By the way, it's being directed/written by the guy who's only previous movie experience is this:

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« Reply #10910 on: July 14, 2011, 04:21:00 AM »
The Exorcist - I couldn't remember the last time I'd seen it so...  Scariest movie ever?  I can't imagine even back in the day it was particularly scary.  I was disappointed that I didn't find a really strong, identifiable atmostphere.  I found it entertaining enough though.

Poltergeist - another I couldn't remember at all.  Thinking of Poltergeist makes me think of being at the roller-skating rink, skating to my favourite song of the time (Ghostbusters :rock).

I watched about half and hour and couldn't bear any more - they are the ultimate fuck-annoying family. :lol

Stranger than Fiction - damn, I really enjoyed it.  I can't sit through a full Will Ferrell comedy, but he is great at playing an endearing character.  Interesting story too.

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« Reply #10911 on: July 14, 2011, 05:33:24 AM »
Stranger than Fiction - damn, I really enjoyed it.  I can't sit through a full Will Ferrell comedy, but he is great at playing an endearing character.  Interesting story too.
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It's one of those few films I can see both ways and accept though.
Flint, MI is probably the worst shit I've seen (in the US). There are some pretty bad parts of Detroit, but there are parts of Flint that look like someone dropped multiple bombs. You can go to bad areas of Detroit in the day time and not get fucked with as long as you don't do stupid shit/follow rules, but I've seen crazy shit pop off in Flint for no reason.
Jesus. Now I want to see it.
Ha! PD's basically right. I have tons of family in Flint.

One thing I notice, a lot of Flint's "thugs" are white people trying to emulate what they think Detroit is like. But Detroit isn't really like what they imagine. Especially depending on the neighborhood. There are wide swaths of Detroit where I wouldn't be afraid of asking someone for directions because even "gangbangers" will probably just tell you most of the time rather than start shit, but Flint, fuck that I'm not stopping anywhere, especially any corner with eight white guys dressed like it's the late 1990s loitering around.

That said, one of the "Rules of Detroit" applies double to Flint, if you don't see trees, you don't stop. Especially since there are way more trees around Flint.

Anyway, movies.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - How did I never see this movie? It's one of those films I've always said I'll watch, but despite seeing everything else of the era like Airplane!, Naked Gun, The Jerk, etc. I somehow always missed this. But it was still awesome.

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« Reply #10912 on: July 14, 2011, 10:06:50 AM »
The Exorcist is not scary.  I can see why it would have been in the 70's, but not now.  I appreciate it as pushing boundaries and for the amazing special effects of the day.  Every exorcism movie since has tried to emulate it instead of doing something unique which is sad.  But I'm thankful for the effect it had on horror in general.  I love that the first 2 hours are mostly exposition.  But great exposition.  Knowing why Father Damien is having his bout with faith and why his mother is such a sore subject makes the "shock" scenes have actual impact.  Movies today miss that and instead the shock scenes are shallow and have only one redeeming factor, shock.  The writing is excellent.  "If you're the devil, make the straps disappear"  "Much too vulgar display of power, Karras."  That's just fucking badass.  That makes the devil more badass than any scene you could write with cuss words and levitation.  It has a smart script.  That kind of shit is lost on most horror movies today and most definitely on exorcism movies.  Instead we get shit like The Last Exorcism and The Rite and as long as they continue to make profits we'll get nothing of value.

Speaking of, anybody have a recommendation for a good exorcism movie?

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« Reply #10913 on: July 14, 2011, 10:48:06 AM »
Mupepe nails it

Not just the horror genre, but more movies in general need to be more like the Exorcist. Engage the viewer before blowing your load. Otherwise I come out feeling unfulfilled.

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« Reply #10914 on: July 14, 2011, 11:43:24 AM »
I think that's why a movie like The Ring works really well. There is the one shock scene at the beginning, but then it's a slow build after that with lots of character moments and before everything starts to fly apart. And, of course, it certainly helped that it also had great sound design and was very well shot, with lots of suitably creepy imagery.

Oh, and you can thank William Peter Blatty for The Exorcist being well-written.
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« Reply #10915 on: July 14, 2011, 11:50:53 AM »
I haven't seen the ring since high school.  I remember watching it on X and being freaked out at the beginning and then bored for the rest and haven't watched it since.  I reserve judgment on it since my high school self had terrible taste but i have just never had the urge to watch it.  I should though

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« Reply #10916 on: July 14, 2011, 12:01:38 PM »
Agreed, Wrath.

I haven't been scared of a horror movie since I was 5 and I would watch Child's Play, Tales from the Crypt and It on HBO all the time with my dad.  My wife is starting to appreciate them.  She's not a fan of gore porn like Saw and she assumed they were all like that.  I appreciate a lot of horror movies for their exploration of dark subjects, great use of budgets, creative writing and like comedy, it can have such a wide range of material because what's scary is so subjective.  I find horror to be more of a subtle art that when it's done well it's hard to match it visually.  For example, one of the reasons I love Pan's Labyrinth so much is the visual aspect.  Del Toro makes beautiful movies, no doubt.  But Pan's is beautiful and scary in subtle ways.  The way Pan sinks into the shadows and comes out of nowhere.  The violence that is shown is fantastic and it's not over the top.  Seeing the farmers son get his face smashed in with the bottle comes out of fucking nowhere and scars you a little.  I probably won't forget that scene for as long as I live.  A good scary movie makes a visual impact.  Just like my mother has said she'll never forget seeing The Exorcist.  She said the spider walking down the stairs actually affected her for a long time.  For us, that's tame.  But it was scary as shit back then and it's still great visually.

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« Reply #10917 on: July 14, 2011, 12:20:38 PM »
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Oh, and you can thank William Peter Blatty for The Exorcist being well-written.

I've been meaning to watch Exorcist III and The Ninth Configuration for awhile now. This post just reminded me to get to it.

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Re: The new and improved "Movies you've seen recently" thread
« Reply #10918 on: July 14, 2011, 12:21:05 PM »
Since we're talking about great horror movies:

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Re: The new and improved "Movies you've seen recently" thread
« Reply #10919 on: July 14, 2011, 01:02:58 PM »
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Oh, and you can thank William Peter Blatty for The Exorcist being well-written.

I've been meaning to watch Exorcist III and The Ninth Configuration for awhile now. This post just reminded me to get to it.
I saw The Exorcist II when I was younger and man I remember it being bad.  It's in my Netflix instant streaming queue but ehhhhhhhhhh.  Is Exorcist III supposed to be better?

Since we're talking about great horror movies:

[youtube=560,345]l25gvZhYqEY[/youtube]

[youtube=560,345]TevQS4qgE_Q[/youtube]

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