I've been finding that a bit of a recurring annoyance lately... Even with ParaNorman, which I loved, I found that the second half was a bit too actiony, preferring the lighthearted fun of the beginning more.
Gran Torino is awesome. So's UHF. So's The Cable Guy.
Saw Titanic for the first time in full. Thought I'd hate it, but it was really good. Deserves a lot more credit than I ever gave it before.
Also watched Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy which blew me away. Incredible flick. Kinda reminds me of Polanski's The Ghost Writer in its pacing and feel. Really slow-burn, intelligent movies.
Lastly, I just finished up Captain America: The First Avenger. Pretty darn good; now I'm looking forward to checking out Thor and The Avengers; hoping I'll be able to see the former before the latter hits Blu-ray. (Been renting from Redbox a lot lately.)
Tonight I think I'll pick up the prequel/remake/whatever for The Thing. The John Carpenter movie is my favorite horror film ever, and in a lot of ways this prequel pisses me off because judging by the trailer, it seems to retread a lot of the same material, and I think it's dumb to have to see what happened prior to the 1982 movie, because Carpenter's sets it up very well and gives ya all you need to know; but, since it exists and I can see it cheaply, I will. (Redbox' website shows there's a copy on my delivery route, so I'll use a 50 cents off coupon and reserve that shiznat.)
Besides, I heard it has some good effects, although I also heard the filmmakers wanted to use more practical effects than CGI than they eventually did, supposedly due to studio interference. That sucks, 'cos practical effects kick ass.
The Rocketeer was a childhood favorite. Just saw that Disney put out a Blu-ray of it and they didn't do their usual grain-scrubbing work, so it looks good judging by the screencaps and I'm gonna hafta get that soon. Didn't know the director of it and Captain America are the same, but yeah...familiar territory in a lot of ways.
I've only seen the first and third Howlings and didn't know they'd gotten all the way up to 7. :S
First one's super good, and the third one's pretty bad but it offers some entertainment value. The glimpse I actually caught on TV and thought, "Wow, I gotta see this someday!" turned out actually being a movie-within-a-movie. And it's still the best part, and I'm still pissed the whole thing doesn't look and play out like that.
This was the scene I saw (shortened, of course):
And damn had I been wanting to see that for years afterward till I finally bought the DVD. Was disappointed when I eventually did get it... Expected the whole thing to be this way, so cornballed.
Anyone here watched the movie "And then were none/The ten little niggers" based in Agatha Christie book? I watched it in youtube some months ago and loved it, its the black and white version, since its in public domain anyone can watch this easilly. I watched this because I love Higurashi and Umineko no Naku Koro ni and Umineko is a little based in this setting. If you likes some mystery, its a movie for you. :)
Can't say as I have, though I have watched a good amount of old and public domain movies. Never could get into Agatha Christies work, her writing style just doesn't gel with me every time I've tried it. Some of the Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone are in the public domain as is the delightful television show from the 1950s, you should check both of those out if you haven't already. Also some of the Charlie Chan movies and the complete "Mr. Wong: Detective" series starring Boris Karloff are in the public domain so you might want to check those out. I've not seen the Chan/Wong movies but I hear good things. If you're not already on it a great place to find public domain movies, books and radio shows is www.archive.org (http://www.archive.org) huge selection, no commercials. And often a variety of uploads to choose from so you can find the ones with the best quality or rip them to dvd.Thanks, I should check it tomorrow or even today, I love these movies that you can discover things based on clues, I started to like them because of the Umineko's Sound Novels, its almost as if you are there too, very well descriptive and all. Since I learned all english that I know from myself, these games help me to learn new words and all these type of random things, movies too xD
Thanks, I should check it tomorrow or even today, I love these movies that you can discover things based on clues, I started to like them because of the Umineko's Sound Novels, its almost as if you are there too, very well descriptive and all. Since I learned all english that I know from myself, these games help me to learn new words and all these type of random things, movies too xD
edit: I know this site, I only never given attention to the another things! I discovered "wayback machine" years ago, thanks for telling me about this another things, otherwise I maybe never will notice them.
Ahh I didn't realize you were a non-native English speaker, congratulations on being bilingual :).Thanks for the compliment, links and advices. :)
Here's some sample episodes of the Sherlock Holmes offerings Sherlock Holmes - The Case of Harry Crocker : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/download/http://archive.org/details/SherlockHolmes-TheCaseOfHarryCrocker)
Sherlock Holmes - Dressed to Kill - Public Domain : webranger1962 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/download/http://archive.org/details/stage6-1562947) also all of the original Sherlock Holmes stories are in the public domain so you can read them free on archive.org or Project Gutenberg. Here's a good one to start with. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1661 (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1661) also I don't know if it's available in your region but one of my very favorite Sherlock Holmes interpretations, the adorable Sherlock Hound (which was partly developed by Hayao Miyazaki) has been officially uploaded to youtube by TMSanime and I would recommend it to anyone. http://www.youtube.com/channel/SWK162qI1LPF8 (http://www.youtube.com/channel/SWK162qI1LPF8)
One thing I should mention about the Charlie Chan/Mr. Wong movies if you don't already know, they are somewhat racist stereotypes of "Oriental Detectives" played by white men. They were both relatively positive portrayals of Asians for their time, when the evil "Fu Manchu" stereotype was popular, but many Asian people understandably find them very offensive today. Also you probably already know this but just in case you're not aware the word "niggers" is usually considered highly offensive in English, so be careful to never say it. Though it's understandable you would use it in referencing the name of that movie, it is the name after all. At the time Agatha Christie wrote that book/the movie was made "the N word" (as it's often called) was a very common, but not at all friendly, word for black people/those of African descent. Today a good many black people use the word or a slight variant on it ("Nigga" with an "a" instead of "er") as a term of endearment or an insult, but it is taboo for non-blacks to use the word.
Thanks for the compliment, links and advices. :)
I knew thats not a formal word and that it can be offensive, but I dont thought its SO offensive like what you explained. I know that I've seen people saying "Nigga" in some places but not as offensive though. Here in brazil its the opposite, if we call a person black (preto) its offensive, but if we call them negro or negão (nigger, nigga) its the correct thing. If you say that someone is black in here you can be even arrested.
I said this only because well, thats the original title, after they changed the little wooden statues to indians, sometimes even little soldiers.
If someone felt offended by my post I only can say sorry, if its needed I can even edit it. Anyway, thanks, I will check these Sherlock episodes, I think that I can like them if they didnt make him with an anormal level of intelligence and deduction lol
I dont know if they launched Sherlock Hound here, what is it about? Sher"dog" Holmes? xD
This channel with Sherlock Hound is indisponible in my country, it seems that I used all my "luck tank" yesterday trying to beat Bloodlines in Expert lolAh too bad, welp, can't win them all.
Threw on Two Thousand Maniacs! a couple nights ago. Pretty fun, the most entertaining part being the semi-frequent closeups of the two main hillbillies, heh. They acted out their roles in a really comedic manner. Usual H.G. Lewis gore effects. "And the south's going to rise again, YEEEEEEEEEHAW!"
Though funny as it may be to say, I wish Lewis had done more non-comedies. I assume Blood Feast was a more serious attempt at horror, and while it's not very good, there actually are a few moments of dread and atmosphere.
Alternate titles for the film were "The Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf" and "The Howling II: Stirba – Werewolf Bitch"
The movie features Christopher Lee as the fearless Werewolf hunter Stefan Crosscoe, Reb Brown as the hitherto unmentioned brother of the main character from the first film, exploding zombie midget eyeballs and lots of Sybil Danning doing what she does best. Oh also that same song from the trailer 4 or 5 times.
Spoony did a review on that one. Let me find it.
http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/10/28/howling-2-stirba-werewolf-bitch/ (http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/10/28/howling-2-stirba-werewolf-bitch/)
I've never actually seen one of H.G. Lewis's films but I remember Joe Bob Briggs spoke very highly of his work. Not much of a gore hound myself. I don't go out of my way to see or not see it but like anything else it can get obnoxious when poorly or overly utilized.
I just watched Blade: Trinity because I grabbed one of those DVD multipacks and it happened to be in it. Pretty terrible, and Ryan Reynolds just twists the knife in the wound.
On the other hand, I saw Dredd last week and it was really good.
Like the previous number of years, I've been doing an October Horrorthon. But also like previous years, I've barely watched any so far and am not likely to watch a whole bunch, making it...not much of a marathon at all. I think the most I got in a month was 14. Meanwhile, a buddy of mine is very near to 100. Wtf...
Here's what I've knocked out so far, followed by my ratings for them (with "RW" signifying a rewatch):
Halloween (1978) - 5/5 (RW)
The Haunting in Connecticut - 3.5/5 (up half a star because Elias Koteas is a badass)
Night of the Living Dead (1990) - 4/5 (Blu-ray version which has a pretty controversial transfer due to heavily altered, DP-approved color timing)
Dear God No! - 4/5
Halloween II - 4/5 (RW) (up half a star because of how amazing the anamorphic photography is)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch - 4/5 (RW) (same as above)
The Frighteners - 3.5/5
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown - 4/5 (RW)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 - 3.5/5 (RW)
Black Sunday - 4.5/5 (RW)
Night of the Living Dead (1990) - 4/5 (RW with friends, this time the VUDU HDX download for PS3 since it has the original color timing; I kinda like the look of the Blu-ray more)
Mother's Day (1980) - 3.5/5 (RW)
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III - 3/5
Most of those on Blu-ray.
More to come.
I actually love Sleepy Hollow. But really only the first parts. The entire feeling of the town and areas is amazing. Once the action starts to pick up I can take it or leave it. Still all around a good movie tho.
I actually love Sleepy Hollow. But really only the first parts. The entire feeling of the town and areas is amazing. Once the action starts to pick up I can take it or leave it. Still all around a good movie tho.I probably came off as overly-harsh in my thoughts above. I don't dislike the movie, I have some fond memories of it when it came out. It's just not a masterpiece. I like it but I want to like it so much more than I do, partly because Washington Irving's original short story has been my favorite ghost story since I was a little kid. I've seen the "Headless Horseman" treated really badly in film though, like one movie where a bunch of hippies set up a commune/roadside wild west attraction and not much of anything happens for an hour, then the heads are poorly done paper mache.
Loved this flick! I remember seeing the old Disney adaption and was disappointed with the ending...because there wasn't any true ending to the story; just guesswork on the narrator's part. It literally left me hanging in the dark and wondering what happens next. Years later I learned that the 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow' was supposed to be that way but I still didn't like it. But when Tim Burton made his version of Sleepy Hollow I felt that my prayers were answered. The movie has an end to the story and it felt complete. It also laid out the reasons for the Headless horseman's murderous rampage. While the original story states that he was a Hessian mercenary who lost his head during the war of independence it didn't really explain why his "physical" body rose from the grave to menace the quiet little town rather then his ghost. At least in the movie there was a reason for it. I'm probably analyzing the original story too much but to me these are important questions that I felt were reasonably answered in Tim Berton's movie.That's certainly an understandable and fair enough opinion. The movie is a satisfying story, I just find it harmed by Cranes' unnecessary and out of place backstory (daddy issues) and art direction I've since become sick of. Though the latter complaint is obviously just a matter of taste, and it does help this film maintain a desired mood until the very end, instead of being pointless and/or out of place like in some later movies. *cough*Charlie&theChocolateFactory*cough*
I'm sure I'd have watched more horror movies this month, but I've spent a lot of watching The Venture Bros.Similar story here, only I've been watching "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" I've always loved how deliciously and un-apologetically goofy and fun this series is from Season 2 on. It's so refreshing.
I oughta consider getting Herc on DVD sometime, or subscribe to Netflix if it's streaming. I loved that show growing up.
I LOVED Hercules when I was younger and hated when it got canned in favor of Xena. I became a Xena fan way on down the road after like 5 seasons. I went back and tried to watch Xena again from the beginning on netflix earlier in the year and just couldnt do it. I didnt even make it to season 2.
I need to watch Herc tho... its on my instant queue
Farscape is one of my absolute favorite shows. Shame it got canned when it was still going super strong. You could've made a whole fifth season with all the stuff that was going on. I enjoyed The Peacekeeper Wars, but damn did that have a lot of loose ends to tie in three hours. Better than no closure at all, however.
Also, this was released a few days ago:
Evil Dead (remake) trailer (http://www.ign.com/videos/2012/10/24/evil-dead-red-band-trailer)
Initial reaction was, "Not sure what to think." More I thought about it and the more times I watched it, however, the more optimistic I became. It actually looks super cool and grisly, and that part where the long-haired dude wimpers, "Oh my God, why the fuck did you do that?" is actually kinda chilling.
Only negative feedback I can give at the moment is the first-person "evil" perspective, which has maybe an eighth of the coolness and intensity of the original two films. It just doesn't feel like you're "seeing" through the "eyes" of an evil presence anymore, based on what's shown in this trailer. Just a cheap imitation.
Hell, this good but not great (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO78lMTSRbA#) homage music video does it better.
I kinda lament that so many people talk about Firefly as the greatest "alternative sci-fi" show, but when I ask 'em if they've seen Farscape, they don't even know what I'm talking about. ;_;I'm still kinda mad about how obscure the show is when the Battlestar Galactica remake, which was literally Farscape's "replacement" on the syfy channel, gets all the credit for innovations which belong to Farscape. The first weekly Science Fiction show that proved you could break the old Star Trek mold of having a rigid status quo with largely static characters and have feature film quality writing, acting and special effects.
and she kept freaking spoiling everything for me as we were watching. So I never called her over to watch more and I haven't worked up the desire yet to start anew. Hopefully I've forgotten some of the stuff she spoiled.
THIS (http://caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleiche/comparison.php?cID=1340#auswahl) is why I love Blu-ray. Yow!
I wish all transfers could look this good. (That's not possible considering film stocks, budgets, craft, etc. of the original productions, but I guess what I mean to say is, I wish ALL BLU-RAY TRANSFERS were as skillfully done and as representative of the original source material as this one is.)
Also: Roger Ebert, y u di? :(
With English subs?
Link please? I never watched Kiva, but I've seen him in Decade. So I want to watch this movie.
But I never really liked Kamen Rider. I admit it's a bit more low-key than other tokusatsu shows and has a much more mature tone (relatively speaking), but I just could never get into it.
He lived long enough to write a scathing review of the new Evil Dead at least, heh. That dude never did much like the horror genre, at least not the more exploitative stuff.
Okay, you are invited to hang out with me and my buddy in Tacoma,WA. Get his girl out of the house and we can have a TMNT marathon. All four movies then maybe the original cartoon series as well (which he has all of). We'll be fat and die of a heart attack on the way home afterward, but it'll be fun.
Okay, you are invited to hang out with me and my buddy in Tacoma,WA. Get his girl out of the house and we can have a TMNT marathon. All four movies then maybe the original cartoon series as well (which he has all of). We'll be fat and die of a heart attack on the way home afterward, but it'll be fun.
Evil Dead (2013)
Dellamorte Dellamore (Cemetery Man)
Evil Dead 2013
And it has the greatest after-credits sequence ever:(click to show/hide)
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
I really think they ought to follow through with the director's cut ending to Army of Darkness.(click to show/hide)
In Brazil the original ending/director's cut/post-apocalipse thing is what we have seen, this S-Mart ending is new to me. Its good to know that a "good ending" still exists to this guy, I felt bad about him when I was a kid, hau auu~
I keep meaning and then forgetting to check out the video games. One of the later ones sounded especially cool, think it was Fistful of Boomstick.
Campbell voiced the character in all the games, didn't he?
Can some one explain to me why army of darkness is not as scary as evil dead?
IIRC AoD was not that scary(I have not seen the whole thing but from what I watched it just did not give me a horror feeling but an action one at that. I was really young so my memory is not that good but.....) but evil dead from what I hear is scary so what gives?
I dont really like the first one either. I much prefer the 2nd one as the "real" first movie since its basically a remake of the first one but playin more to their strengths like AoD\Hercules\Xena
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I renounced all of the curse-filled music I've ever listened to (and everything else in my life). Been replacing it with worship and praise.
Recently got around to watching Dark Knight Rises.
I would rate it the worst of the 3 Nolan Batman movies. Tries too hard to be too many things, without letting any element truly sink in properly. It feels like every story point is rushed through without proper pacing, and I was disappointed at(click to show/hide)
Saw it in the theater, thought it was ok for what it was. Kind of demonstrates the shortcomings of confining yourself to a "gritty, realistic" telling of what is essentially adolescent empowerment fantasy. Much as I'm apathetic toward the actual character I must admit I think Iron Man has since demonstrated that you can have more blatant, even lighthearted, fantasy and still get a general audience to suspend their disbelief with this kind of "my superpower is lots of money" character. Now that Nolan and Bale are done with Bats I'm interested to see where Warner Bros. takes him next, but Adam West will always be my favorite Batman.It wasn't a problem of being realistic or gritty, really, it was that it was essentially fanservice, and thats it. "oooh look, It's like Dark Knight Returns, with Bruce coming out of retirement and staging his death!" "oooh look, it's totally knightfall with Bane breaking Batman's back and Bruce having to learn to walk again!" "Oooh look it's Talia! She was in this! WHAT A TWEEST!" It was pandering, and as a result, suffered for it. It just had shitty pacing because it tried to crap too many elements into it's story, without accommodating the run time of the movie. Joker's absence really doesn't mater too much. Bane broke Blackgate open, not Arkham.
PS- One also has to remember that the film was originally intended to have the Joker in it, who knows how this might have affected the re-write. Though he could have just been intended to fill the same cameo role Scarecrow wound up filling, dunno.
It wasn't a problem of being realistic or gritty, really, it was that it was essentially fanservice, and thats it. "oooh look, It's like Dark Knight Returns, with Bruce coming out of retirement and staging his death!" "oooh look, it's totally knightfall with Bane breaking Batman's back and Bruce having to learn to walk again!" "Oooh look it's Talia! She was in this! WHAT A TWEEST!" It was pandering, and as a result, suffered for it. It just had shitty pacing because it tried to crap too many elements into it's story, without accommodating the run time of the movie. Joker's absence really doesn't mater too much. Bane broke Blackgate open, not Arkham.
And even in the novelization, which references Joker, they mention him as having stayed in Arkham as it's lone inmate. Which actually kind of works. I would expect Joker to do creepy weird shit like decide to live in Arkham when everyone else gets sprung, and only escape when everyone else gets put IN.
I also saw "The Others" on TV the other day. Haha, what a GREAT ending. that was truly surprising.
OK. Jacob's Ladder, yeah. I fail to se a comparison between Silent Hill and Blue Velvet.
The sequel movie, on the other hand, had a couple familiar-looking characters and settings, but nothing in common with the series. Apparently the surreal and psychological horror elements flew right past the filmmakers, because this is just dumb horror movie fodder painted to look like a chintzy video game.
It's Fistin' the Furry Ass, so I'll stay home.
"The Final Duel" theme, by Ennio Morricone, for "The Good The Bad & The Ugly" is awesome!
I don't remember if that is the correct name.
Indeed, the music stands out in "The good the bad and the ugly".I have loved every version of this song that I have heard!
Yes, the name of the theme is The Trio, I checked it. It's superb!
That's the case with many Ennio Morricone soundtracks. His music os so great that it gains more protagonism than the characters. I like that.
Arcades aren't that outdated. When I was at Silverwood Theme Park in Idaho, there were quite a few people at the arcade. And the malls here used to have arcades. Sure that was probably ten to twe--
WAAAAAAAAAAH! I'M SO OOOOOOOLLLLLLDDDD!!!! WAAAAAAAAAH! :'(
And no, it's hardly a Toy Story ripoff. Toy Story wasn't as much about being accepted and remembered as time went on, it was about cherishing the things you had as a child. If you want to call Wreck-It Ralph out on being a ripoff of Toy Story (granted, it's the same company so it's a valid argument), then I could just as easily call Toy Story out on being a ripoff of The Velveteen Rabbit, which was way more of a tearjerker.
I was able to finally watch Prometheus.I find it inferior to the first 2 Alien movies, since those were masterpieces of the genre.
I felt it lacked something. It was dragging at parts... I wasn't really satisfied. Maybe I was expecting too much...
I love the first Alien, but my favourite is the 2nd one, I consider it a masterpiece.
About the sequels, they are just OK, and Prometheus is a something more than OK. But realy, the 3rd and 4th movies are not worth of the names they carry.
Also: I love the first Terminator, but my favourite is the 2nd one, I consider it a masterpiece.
The 3rd Terminator is good, especially the ending, I love it. And the 4th one is mediocre at best.
Still have to rewatch the Robocop films, I watched them like 12 years ago.
Prometheus ending, was a big let down for me and over all the story. I was expecting something different when i've seen 1/3 of the movie, only to find out a stupid ending. What they were trying to saw us, that Aliens started from Prometheus?Indeed, Prometheus is inferior to the first two Alien films, but anyway, it is a prequel and it isn't even named Alien. But it is vastly superior to the 3rd and 4th movies, which they lack in almost every aspect and pale in comparison to the original ones. They are mediocre, and some choices about them (like killing one of the main characters off screen between movies) seem made by amateurs. Also, the high frame rate (I don't remember if in both Alien 3 and 4 but at least in one of them) didn't help, it looked cheap, like a direct to DVD release.
I tend to prefer more low-key films, so my preferences for the Alien and Terminator movies are the first in the series. I consider the first of their respective series to be perfect 5/5 star movies, while the "sophomore" sequels I'd say are 4.5/5—just below the first ones but still absolutely amazing and perfect followups.I understand what you say. Don't expect much about Alien 4, but at least you can know that the worst thing of the series happened in the 3rd movie. Also, the ending of the 3rd movie is very good, but not that good to keep it from being mediocre.
I saw all of Alien 3 about a year ago, having only caught glimpses on TV prior to that as a kid, and yeah...that movie is a big, steaming dump. I'm kind of worried to see the fourth one, but I hear it's better than the third at least.
The first RoboCop is probably my favorite movie after Blade Runner. Just so much fun, so much great satire, killer effects, memorable music. It's pretty much a B-grade movie made with a considerably larger budget and I love that.
July 4
Looks like I'm going to be spending it in the most American way possible:
Watching my backlog of obscure kung-fu movie DVDs.
Heroes of the East
Battle of the Warriors
House of Flying Daggers
The Bride with White Hair 1&2
Lady Snowblood 1&2 (technically a samurai movie, but w/e)
Red Cliff 1&2 (I've never actually watched the entire thing. I just saw a bunch of clips on YouTube and ripped off all the Xiao Qiao scenes (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8115187/2/Debauchery-of-the-Three-Kingdoms))
Come Drink With Me
A Chinese Ghost Story ('87)
Butterfly Sword
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WUXIATHON HERE I COME
Let me think...
(thinks for a minute)
No, I don't think I've seen that movie.
Which would it be? Now I'm curious...
Been meaning to see that. The opening musical number from Bubblegum Crisis seems to be ripped straight from it.
Walter Hill's The Warriors is one of my favorite movies (the original cut that is), so I hope his other films are of similar quality. I expect nothing but pure B-grade movie goodness.
And ah man, The Warriors! Nice to see someone else who totally digs that flick. I'd have had less reason to go for SOF if not for The Warriors.
Are we talking the movie "Nine" or the movie "9"? Fuck i'm so confused!
The musical movie "Nine".Yup, the musical movie Nine.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0875034/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0875034/)
Anyway, I watched Happy Feet 2 yesterday. As with almost all sequels, I prefer the first movie.
But this quote is so cute: "Fluffy don't float"
Saw it in high def.
Searching for Sugar Man.
Excellent documentary, really interesting story.
The Pirates! Band of MisfitsSo funny! ;D
--> I love Aardman Animations!
Last night i finally watched The Avengers and found it to be very entertaining. The treatment of the Hulk character was much better then what I've previously seen him in other Avenger flicks. He isn't locked up in a cage 24/7, he's treated like a human being for once. I also got a really big laugh when Loki does his speech not realizing that it's the Hulk he's dealing with and just gets tooled by him. After that he's left on the floor, barely breathing, LOL!
That was the best scene of the movie, in my opinion. ;D
I had that Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus movie but never watched it and think I might've sold it. Kinda wish I'd given it a whirl. :p Horrendous movies are fun from time to time.
Awesome video, but I couldn't ever see myself watching so many bad movies and am glad the only shark movie I've seen is Jaws (although the original Piranha kinda falls into the sharksploitation/Jaws-ripoff category).
I've read some years ago that the latest Piranha movie happened at a aquatic park. Really, imagine how horrendous the plot can be only be knowing that LOL
They could simply empty the pools and all the piranhas would die.
Y'mean Piranha DD? (Or 3DD depending on which version y'see.) It's possibly the worst damn movie I've ever seen. Honestly.
Written and directed by the guys who did Feast, so I figured it'd be pretty good. What I hadn't been privy to is that Feast was a fluke, because its sequels are pure shit (at least judging by the second movie; I couldn't stomach the thought of watching the third).
Yeah, I think thats the name, never felt the urge to watch Piranha DD, 3DD, King DeDeDe or whatever.
edit: since Ratty mentioned POTA...
Bomberman - Planet of the Bomberapes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsLPfGO4SU8#)
Piranha 3DD.Haha, totally!
Really bad movie but boobies...
I think there will be a sequel to this.
Besides, this is still a better movie than Twilight, which was the worst damn movie I was forced to see.
Now that Shiroi talked about Twilight...
I watched the 5 movies just to laugh at how bad they are.
I'm a little masochist, it seems...
Did anyone else do this?
little nemo good old hand drawn animation can't beat that just can't.
I'm a bit of a cinematic masochist myself, though I tend to watch older movies. I heard the last (or second-to-last?) one where they all use their ridiculous vampire and werewolf super powers and a bunch of them die was hilarious and fun until it turns out to "all be a dream".It is, and it's one of the most ridiculous things I've seen in a movie. It's one of those "so bad that it's good", because I kept laughing and laughing while watching the Twilight movies.
I did this type of thing too, I've watched these Resident Evil movies only to laugh at these forced scenes and absurd story.
At least Jill is hot no one can tell me otherwise 8)
sienna guillory is pretty hot/ beautiful :-[
Yeah xD
Im at least grateful that they added Barry in the last one, he is my fav char and deserves a proper game (Resident Evil Gaiden is horrible). Imagine a RE where you start with a Magnum :P
I did this type of thing too, I've watched these Resident Evil movies only to laugh at these forced scenes and absurd story.The 3rd Addams Family film is the best example of how a bad film can be funny to laugh at.
There was a third Addams Family film? I thought it ended with Values? Nowhere near as good as the first, but still pretty memorable.Yes, there was a 3rd film that should have been buried instead :P
Isn't Twilight the worst?When it comes to vampire stuff, it is the worst by far.
The Cabin in the WoodsAnd you heard it first from Pfil! :)
Really good! Glad I watched it. :)
One of the worst movies I've ever seen: Funny Games.
I recently watched the whole ImdB Top 250. With recently I mean in a year, and with whole I mean the 154 movies I had left unseen.
Not a good choice, if you ask me... just not for me.
Not one bad movie, but not many very good movies. Most of them were just OK.
I'm so accustomed to modern movies (modern meaning 90's, 2000's and current decade, maybe a little 80's too) that older movies just usually bore me.
Because of that, I am a little burned out on movies and I will have to wait some time to be able to watch a lot of movies again like I usually do.
*whistles* That's a lot of movies. As a former filmbuff myself I can sympathize with feeling burned out on movies and feeling the limitations of the format.I'm glad I'm not the only weird person with this feeling :P
I only hope it never happens with all my hobbies together, or I'll be so bored :(
You might actually get some sleep for once. :OAnd maybe I'll relax a little and stop being so... I don't know... so myself :P
Just finished Chinatown. Kinda feel like crying.Forget it, Jake...
Interesting documentary about a largely forgotten era (and continuing indie genre) of gaming. The actual movie starts about 7 minutes into the video.I loved choose your adventure as well. I recently went to a local Goodwill and found the full original collection of The Lone Wolf Series in mint condition and I bought them the instant I saw them. What's even cooler is that some programmer's have converted the books to play as standalone titles on my Nintendo DS!
GET LAMP: The Text Adventure Documentary (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRhbcDzbGSU#ws)
Thinking I might get the DVD set as a Xmas gift for a friend who played and sang "It is Pitch Dark" for an annoyingly long time a while back.
MC Frontalot - It Is Pitch Dark (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nigRT2KmCE#ws)
(The song is a reference to Zork.)
Interesting documentary but personally I don't have the patience for text adventures. When you spend 30 minutes trying to solve a puzzle only to find out you got it right the first 4 times, the author just wanted a really obtuse phrasing to the answer, the fun melts away. Or at least it does for me. I still have a soft spot for game books ("Choose Your Own Adventure") though, loved those things as a kid.
"Requiem for a Dream"
One film I NEVER want to rewatch - brilliantly realised, but jaysus, was it ever relentlessly and horrifyingly depressing.
Nothing feels slow after original Dawn of the Dead ;D
And as much as I hate survival horrors and as much as I hated RE because it was survival horror, to this day I still admire it because, at least in the beginning, it was the antithesis to modern films, especially horror films. There was soooo much of NOTHING in RE. Think about it, you walk around an empty house then there's a zombie eating your buddy! Blam! Blam! ... Silence. You walk around the house more in silence. You go down a hallway. More silence. CRASH! HOLY SHIT OH MY GOD WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO YOU DOG?! WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU COME FROM, DOG?!?!??!!! ARRRRRGH! BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM DIE YOU FUCKING DEVIL DOG!!!! More silence......
Rewatched a few of the movies on my October list the other day, The Last Man on Earth and NOTLD. Forgot just how sad The Last Man on Earth is, great movie though.
Hey, its that movie that "I am the Legend" is a rip-off?
Dawn of the Dead is actually a pretty well paced film. Most of its imitators were much slower, like the very well regarded Zombi 2 (AKA "Zombie") an unofficial prequel/sequel which famously featured a fight between a zombie and a real shark.
Best anti-drug film IMO.
Titan AE.
Urgh... the blue scenes hurt my eyes so bad.
I watched "The Breakfast Club" with my friends yesterday.Loved that movie so much as a teen, haven't seen it in years but can still safely say it's my favorite "brat pack" movie. Funny thing about the guy who played the geeky kid, when he got a little older he beefed up and moved on to "Jock" roles, perhaps most notably as the villain from Edward Scissorhands.
Thor: The Dark World!
Whooohooo~ Tom Hiddleston! :D
This is way better than Iron Man 3. I wish it were longer though... I couldn't help but feel quite a number of things went to the cutting room.
Hyping myself for the Desolation of Smaug by watching the Unexpected Journey for the 3rd time.
I'll probably wait to see that one on DVD like I did with Unexpected Journey. Journey was ok but felt padded and I missed the greater proportion of practical effects to CGI we got to see in the LotR trilogy. Oh and I've no idea where the Gandalf x Galadriel thing comes from if not the deepest depths of Deviantart. (That or, more likely, some executive in a boardroom about to have a hernia when he found out there wasn't going to be a shoehorned romance in the movies.) But I hope you enjoy Desolation of Smaug :) Be sure to let us know what you think!
Stephen Fry was likewise brilliant as the Master of Lake town, with a smidge of Lord Melchett in there I thought (for anyone here familiar with Blackadder).Blackadder, eh? I'd thought no one remembered that series... Something of a small comedic masterpiece, it was.
I felt myself drawn more to Thanduil, who's one magnificent basterd of a character. He was hot, and played spot on by Lee Pace. I want his silver robe and boots! :)
Most of the film was superb, although Beorn's section was a bit too rushed.
The Battle of Five Armies is going to be glorious!
I was planning to see The Desolation of Smaug this weekend... but that was until a particularly unpleasant digestive condition hit. Shiroi, seraph, would you consider it a "must-recommend" for someone who was a bit underwhelmed by what the first movie offered? I'll be seeing it anyways (Middle Earth is always good fun, and I can't miss a PJ movie), but I'd like to know what to expect.
I was planning to see The Desolation of Smaug this weekend... but that was until a particularly unpleasant digestive condition hit. Shiroi, seraph, would you consider it a "must-recommend" for someone who was a bit underwhelmed by what the first movie offered? I'll be seeing it anyways (Middle Earth is always good fun, and I can't miss a PJ movie), but I'd like to know what to expect.
Blackadder, eh? I'd thought no one remembered that series... Something of a small comedic masterpiece, it was.
Yu,p spot on. I had internal fangirlish screams when he first showed up of screen. That look! oh my.... ♥
Let's share, keep his fabulous robe and boot, I'll take his weapons, staff included. Hehehehe.
I have a feeling the extended edition would feature more of their stay there.
*Cackles* Yup, agreed, we can share. I already have a claim on Leggy's bow and Arwen's Hadhafang (from FotR), so you can have Thranduil's sword and staff. Heck, tbh I just want to raid Weta's workshop and run off with as many of the Elven weapons and costumes as I can. I saw a chunk of the stuff from LotR at a LotR exhibit ten years ago and it was gorgeous.
Shiroi, have you ever encountered a UK company called The Dark Angel? They do a lovely Elven style coat in copper velvet which looks very heavily inspired by Elrond's Council costume. :)
http://www.thedarkangel.co.uk/en/product/486-alphonse-coat (http://www.thedarkangel.co.uk/en/product/486-alphonse-coat)
Sorry guys btw for the slow replies. I have patchy access to the internet at the moment.
Just watched Frozen last week, I think.
There really is a trend for placing strong female characters in animated stuff nowadays.
I loved Idina Menzel's "Let it go" song.
As for the story, typical Disney fare.
Rewatched Predator, I somehow forgot how awesomely cheesy it is. I love the Yautja.
Also: what did you think of Predators? I loved it.Obligatory
And here I am, jumping all too late into the Hobbit bandwagon.
I've just seen The Desolation of Smaug, and it's noticeably better than its predecessor. Gone is the wobbliness of the first title -- this one, while still not as extraordinary as the franchise that inspired it, entertains from start to finish, with no hiccups in between. And as for quality, it is, after all, Peter Jackson entertainment; that certainly goes for something. It's even got me hyped for the trilogy's conclusion (although I still don't think a cliffhanger constitutes a fitting end to a 3-hour long movie).
I finally saw Frozen as well earlier in the week. There were a couple of songs which were good, but Olaf the snowman was painfully annoying, aside for the creepy humour bits such as his reaction to getting impaled, or ignoring that he'd melt in the sun. It wasn't the worst Disney film I've seen, but it's no Beauty and the Beast. Aside for the refreshing twist, I didn't see quite why everyone's raved so much about it.
Godzilla (2014)
I went in expecting monster vs monster mayhem and I got human drama.
It seems that the ones who made the movie were skimping on the CGI shots.
And finally, why is Godzilla fat?
Pacific Rim is better than this in my opinion.
they should have had a remix of the original theme song during the credits.
Well, to be fair, a lot of the original series Godzilla movies were like that to, most of them actually. Because it's cheaper, easier and faster to make the B-plot with humans into the A-plot and have 15 minutes of monster footage in an hour and a half+ movie. Which was important back then because once it was clear Godzilla could be sold to kid's matinees they were basically produced on an assembly line in the 60s and 70s.
I have no problems if this was a movie from the 60s or 70s and I loved the originals simply because it was difficult to create special effects during those days, but for a movie of this day and age, they should have ramped up the action. Or maybe I entered the theater with too much expectations. Oh well, that's just my opinion.
Just watched Transformers 4. It wasn't quite as horrible as I thought, however it will remain irredeemable as long as it's sitting on top of the 3 garbage films that came before it.
If any of you guys haven't seen the movie Dog Soldiers, I suggest you do so right away. It's the best werewolf movie I've ever seen.
Yeah it's a favorite of mine. Werewolves have always been my favorite monsters and I appreciate the use of practical effects in this film. Which while not the best (I'd say that goes to the original "The Howling") they are close, double impressive considering it was a pretty low budget movie. The acting was also really great. Good thing to re-watch in October.
Wes Craven's Deadly Friend.
We need more scary movies like this
Is that a new movie from Wes Craven?
Cant tell if serious...
its from 1986
Would you mind telling me whose brain I DID put in?
Igor: Then you won't be angry?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: I will NOT be angry.
Igor: Abby someone.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: (pause, then) Abby someone. Abby who?
Igor: Abby... Normal.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: (pause, then) Abby Normal?
Igor: I'm almost sure that was the name.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: (chuckles, then) Are you saying that I put an abnormal brain into a seven and a half foot long, fifty-four inch wide GORILLA?
(grabs Igor and starts throttling him)
Watched Vampire Hunter D last night. So like Castlevania it's not even funny. At the end they even have Dracula's castle sinking into the earth while heroes look on from a distance.
Resurrecting this again.
I just watched Spectre! The plot is great.
Daniel Craig looks so old though... They really need to find a younger Bond.
I still would rather see Idris Elba as the next Bond. Screw politics...
Also if Marvel does recast Blade (Let's hope they keep Wesley, he would be my first choice...or Spawn for that matter.)
8 Fast 8 Furious?
Watched Fast and the Furious 8 today.
8 Fast 8 Furious?
Edit: Should've been "F8 of the Furious"
Yeah. that one.My partner and I were tempted to see that or Beauty and the Beast when we had a week off, but we couldn't decide. Then I went home and did our own thing and I played Zelda ;P
The Thing. Jesus H Christ, that movie was a little too intense for me. I really, REALLY, felt sorry for the dogs. Especially the dog that was the first victim. Getting sprayed by the creature then consumed. An old film from the early 80's but still a brutal one at that. Poor dogs :'(The thing ( especially compared to it's remake), is the #1 prime example of why practical effects will always top CGI.