Movies you've seen recently

[whoshotthefrog]

The movie was somewhat predictable, but it was a good watch. Cinematography was excellent. Overall, I enjoyed this movie.

[stooge]

T HE  L O B S T E R
super weird!

[neighbor664]

[Dylan Thomas]

I watched that Enola Holmes movie.  It was enjoyable enough, witty, well written, a bit anti-climactic.

The strangest thing was that although one of the major plot points was early feminism and striking back against patriarchal social norms, those who made the movie had no issue once again blatantly exploiting Lolita tropes with a charismatic and talented underage female actress.  I mean, another of the plot points is that they blatantly sexualize her, although the awkward teenage romantic tension didn't even approach PG-13 territory.

A disappointing juxtaposition, for sure.

[renfield]

The missus and I used to watch a lot of horror movies but I find that I have less of a stomach for it in my old age. She doesn't have the same issue and put together a list of stuff we've missed in the last few years to get back into it. Started with TERRIFIER last night. Pretty awesome! I had a few complaints.. it commits a couple chekhov's gun blunders, and in my opinion didn't need to tell you who the final girl was at the beginning of the film.

[Lumpy]

Descent Into the Maelstrom (Radio Birdman documentary)

Pretty standard rockumentary, but worth watching if you're interested in the band. They released an album on Sire records in the late 70s, which I had listened to quite a bit back then. Additional information about them was practically nonexistent in the USA, because they were from Sydney and were dropped from Sire pretty quickly. So the movie was pretty informative. But it might be one of those 'for the fans' kind of documentaries.

[Dylan Thomas]

The missus and I used to watch a lot of horror movies but I find that I have less of a stomach for it in my old age. She doesn't have the same issue and put together a list of stuff we've missed in the last few years to get back into it. Started with TERRIFIER last night. Pretty awesome! I had a few complaints.. it commits a couple chekhov's gun blunders, and in my opinion didn't need to tell you who the final girl was at the beginning of the film.

Yeah, I hear you.  It's not that I don't have the stomach for it anymore, it's just that I don't get the same thrills from horror movies that I used to.  I still do it up proper in October for Halloween, I'm just far more selective the rest of the year.  Plus, it just seems that most of the horror movies that come out nowadays simply ain't that good....

So with that being said, I'll check out this movie because you're recommended it.

[jmucke]

I used to love horror movies but in my teens and tweens (70s/80s) the whole genre was more cutting edge. When horror movies became more and more torture porn I lost interest.
Also on a personal level I had to deal with repeated leg surgeries that my son had to go through. Believe me, cleaning the open wounds on the leg of your 5-year-old on a daily basis for several month kinda take the fun out of splatter movies.
Still, George Romero is one of my heroes.

[renfield]

Speaking of Romero and 70s horror, MARTIN is on our list. Apparently it's Romero's favorite film that he made.

We watched UNDERWATER starring Kristen Stewart and Vince Cassel. It's an ALIEN formula movie but instead of outer space it takes place .... well, you can figure it out. And you got cthulus instead of xenomorphs. There are some good claustrophobia scares along the lines of THE DESCENT and Kristen Stewart really carries the film with the central performance. Monsters were okay, maybe coulda been cooler. Super formulaic and predictable but that's not necessarily a bad thing with this type of film. It's directed by the same guy who made THE SIGNAL starring Laurence Fishburne and honestly that was a cooler and more memorable film despite this one having much more production value behind it.

[jmucke]

The Signal is a cool low-budget scifi-movie.

[Dylan Thomas]

Martin is really good, a bit more cerebral than most of Romero's films, though I'd say most of them really make you think.

[renfield]

Last night took a break from horror and watched ANTIPORNO, a pretentious and unsexy softcore porn made by the absolutely psychotic filmmaker Sion Sono. Weird how unerotic this movie is despite having wall to wall sex and nudity, but it's because he's making some sort of feminist critique. Kind of a pain in the ass to sit through but there was a lot to talk about when we were done.

Then, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. Of course this isn't the first time I've seen this, but somehow I remembered it being cornier and less impressively brutal. They really make you wait before the shit hits the fan and when it does it's extremely shocking. Possibly my favorite old school slasher flick, although I might be grading it on a curve due to how comparatively mediocre all the modern horror I've been watching is.

[Dylan Thomas]

What you mentioned is what I like about older horror, and feel like modern horror really doesn't do well.

They make you wait, and when the shit hits the fan, it's legitimately shocking.  Modern horror has largely forgotten how to do that, build that sort of dramatic tension and suspense by understanding that when it comes to shock value, less is often more.  If the filmmaker is careful about only showing glimmers of the true terror, then our imaginations naturally fill in the blanks, and that's where the true horror lies - in our own minds.

[renfield]

You would probably enjoy the first couple films Ti West made if you haven't seen them. HOUSE OF THE DEVIL and THE INNKEEPERS. The former is about the most pitch perfect slow burn horror of the modern era.

[Dylan Thomas]

You would probably enjoy the first couple films Ti West made if you haven't seen them. HOUSE OF THE DEVIL and THE INNKEEPERS. The former is about the most pitch perfect slow burn horror of the modern era.

Oh yeah, for sure, Ti West gets it.  House of the Devil is a masterclass in creating suspense and atmosphere, and nailed the whole throwback vibe to a T.  I wasn't surprised to find out that Ti West also worked on the Them series, as that really well done, for the most part.

[RAGER]

Kelly McGillis is in The Innkeepers.

[RAGER]

Watched The Woman In The Window last night. Amy Adams. She's kind of a crack pot. But is she? 

[Muffin Man]

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). 8/10 Fun. Learned who the director was 1/2 in. okay, good. cool.
American Made (2017). legit rogue-pilot drug skit. I don't remember the flying. re-watch for the story? Hey that Cruise is okay.

[Muffin Man]

THX 1138 on the backround screen. Good backround sounds/cheap sci-fi sound- love it. I guess I'll watch it, looks goofy.

[Dylan Thomas]

I really enjoyed Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, and I'm not a big Tarantino guy.

[stooge]

I really enjoyed Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, and I'm not a big Tarantino guy.

i enjoyed it big time
and tarantino lost me after jackie brown

[Dylan Thomas]

I really enjoyed Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, and I'm not a big Tarantino guy.

i enjoyed it big time
and tarantino lost me after jackie brown

Yeah, I liked Jackie Brown also.

[renfield]

Rough approximation of how I would rank the Tarantino films. Ask me tomorrow and it will be different other than the top 3 which are pretty solidified. I like all his films and love most of them.

I always felt like it was kinda fashionable to dislike Tarantinothe way it is to dislike Spielberg or like, The Beatles, but that doesnt' apply to you fine chaps, I know your opinions come from the heart.



1. Once Upon
2. Jackie Brown
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Inglourious Basterds
5. Death Proof
6. Reservoir Dogs
7. Kill bill
8. Django
9. Hateful 8

[Dylan Thomas]

I tend to either really like some of his films, or be okay with them and also get a bad taste in my mouth over them because people gush over them and it makes them feel overrated.

You liked the Inglorious Basterds remake, aye?  That's one of them I really didn't care for, I couldn't even make it through, turned it off.

My top two would probably be the same, Once Upon and Jackie Brown.  I thought Jackie Brown was much more subtle and clever than his prior films when it came out, though a lot of my friends didn't care for it.  Pulp Fiction was fun, though I'm still not sure why people are so enamored with it.  It didn't have a lot of replay value for me.  Same with Reservoir Dogs, I enjoyed it, though it's not like something I'd buy and rewatch.

I really, really liked True Romance, though I guess he only wrote and didn't direct that?  Same with Natural Born Killers, he wrote that and did not direct.

[renfield]

Yeah Inglourious Basterds... not really a remake, is it? The only real thing it has in common with the original film is the title and somethign to do with Nazis.

It's such a well made film. The strudel scene is a master class in coiled-fuse tension. Christoph Waltz's performance. Can't really relate to your reaction at all I'm afraid