Movie You're Watching Tonight

[gomorra82]

This is very good. Tonya sure was nuts.
I liked the movie. The style they had gone for was pretty cool as well.


Picked up a couple of new movies at the library.
Au revoir les enfants is my movie for tonight.
https://youtu.be/YwYsbDuCFQA

[MovieGal]

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[xSookieStackhouse]

https://www.movieforums.com/community/attachment.php?attachmentid=87814
is the movie good? love stephen kings movies

[AgrippinaX]

This is one where the meta aspect doesn’t work at all for me. So weird and clumsy.
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRvN8j54ran-QIT8TsDlI2YF-mAB_MZd6hkclWWuQRsRPLfER6Q

[cricket]

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The Promise (1996)
29th HoF

[AgrippinaX]

I liked the movie. The style they had gone for was pretty cool as well.


Picked up a couple of new movies at the library.
Au revoir les enfants is my movie for tonight.
https://youtu.be/YwYsbDuCFQA

Amasing film.

[MovieGal]

is the movie good? love stephen kings movies

Yeah it's an older King film. I enjoy most movies based off his works.

[cricket]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYjNjMTk3M2EtYmQwOC00ZWQ5LTgxNTEtODVjMTkwZDdlNzc1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjA5Nzc2Mzc@._V1_.jpg

Vengeance is Mine (1979)
Repeat for the 29th HoF

[xSookieStackhouse]

Yeah it's an older King film. I enjoy most movies based off his works.
same here he makes good horror movies

[Johnny Bravo]

Ghost in a shell

[AgrippinaX]

Not a fan of Luhrmann at all, but I am a fan of anachronistic soundtracks.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSObvAvTibbMZ47hnPlZzXLWPTY3-IWF4zUs6VFhugXq3bhD2Kg
Liked it until about 3/4 through. The ending far too prolonged & sentimental.

[Stirchley]

Not a fan of Luhrmann at all, but I am a fan of anachronistic soundtracks.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSObvAvTibbMZ47hnPlZzXLWPTY3-IWF4zUs6VFhugXq3bhD2Kg
Liked it until about 3/4 through. The ending far too prolonged & sentimental.

It’s in my Q. Will take a look eventually; not expecting much.

[SpelingError]

29th Hall of Fame

https://i.postimg.cc/vm9X7SBS/adams-aebler-danish-movie-poster-md.jpg

[gomorra82]

Amasing film.
Great film. I knew nothing about it before i saw it. Of course i have known of the movie a long time. The only other movie i have seen of Malle is The Fire Within. That is also a good movie.

[cricket]

https://media-cache.cinematerial.com/p/500x/bhse2177/tomboy-british-movie-poster.jpg?v=1456707581

Tomboy (2011)
29th HoF

[xSookieStackhouse]

ahh thor love and thunder in 9 hours 😍😍
https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/au_movies_poster_thor_loveandthunder_a13b306a.png

[AgrippinaX]

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Odd film. Not my first viewing, but I still do not believe that Alana the character is 25. She acts like a 12-year-old. And here we are, claiming young people are becoming more infantile.

[beelzebubble]

American Flatualators
Pray for me!

[MovieGal]

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[John-Connor]

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[AgrippinaX]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81TAoz9Y6fL._SL1500_.jpg
I mean, “tonight”… it is 5.21 here.

[SpelingError]

The Hall of Infamy (REWATCH)

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[gomorra82]

Annihilation. Rewatch.
https://youtu.be/89OP78l9oF0

[KeyserCorleone]

I have officially seen 1999 movies. I'm saving number 2000 for something special, and I'm watching it now.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNjM2MjMwNzUzN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjEzMzE5MTE@._V1_.jpg

[cricket]

https://occ-0-3211-988.1.nflxso.net/dnm/api/v6/E8vDc_W8CLv7-yMQu8KMEC7Rrr8/AAAABSmobTuOyRXKRg2MIBaOB47IsK7XqPmtMdsfFowb8JFhZjd34obstoUUmrqG53PPD59AWacoS_Lu7yOcWQMsRKQaS9aoCP1t lYLa.jpg?r=00a

I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore (2017)

[ScannerDarkly]

In honor of James Caan I'm going to watch Thief (1980)

i have not seen it but the poster looks interesting and i love heist movies

The last film i watched with James Caan was The Gambler (1974)
And i cannot recommend that enough, beyond bleak but brilliant.

I think it may be online for free check it out.


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[FridayNightFights]

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Kind of on a Kendrick kick. Boy, that was a lot of Ks.

[AgrippinaX]

I don’t think that’s the one I was looking for with the poisonous lizards, but seems ok. They seem to be the right lizards, though.
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTFutqvqCqjpLzqZsJFHdVy9F6GS8NAGabA6pcuZKI7Eb6GFAFG
Kind of feels like a comedy to me, but that’s my peculiar sense of humour talking.
“Two pigs for one daughter” is great.

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRprt-Gu5meVs3kJakvsGc34dtcqVLL0B57vablQqJjmEp0BDBg

[beelzebubble]

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS1v37K8P_kxQVdx7Be1nt2_YuFB-WtBtSQDcnTiUGwzbIkaTgx

Kind of on a Kendrick kick. Boy, that was a lot of Ks.
Alliteration: lots of laughs!

[gomorra82]

Killer's Kiss. Two new films from the Library. Opening with this one.
https://youtu.be/S2Ntdp2_hoU

[Stirchley]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRprt-Gu5meVs3kJakvsGc34dtcqVLL0B57vablQqJjmEp0BDBg

I’ve seen this, I believe, but don’t remember a single scene.

[AgrippinaX]

I’ve seen this, I believe, but don’t remember a single scene.

It’s alright, easy on the eye, but not very memorable. I know Jarmusch is capable of brilliance, but for me, nothing comes close to Dead Man & Only Lovers Left Alive. But I love Tilda too, and so does he, so that was one reason to watch this. :)

Always have a special respect for filmmakers who are also musicians, as I then get a whole new soundtrack to add to my collection with every film.

[Stirchley]

Always have a special respect for filmmakers who are also musicians, as I then get a whole new soundtrack to add to my collection with every film.

You collect soundtracks? I barely pay attention to them.

[AgrippinaX]

You collect soundtracks? I barely pay attention to them.

Yup, I do. I write one thing or another nearly all day (or day & night, very often) and I’ve developed a bizarre sensitivity to everyday noise over the years, almost like misophonia, so I’m in headphones 24/7 to focus/exist, and that means I need a lot of music, and an ever-replenishing supply thereof, too.

[AgrippinaX]

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This is spectacular. A pure visual delight.

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSPr0wCtNdeQy76TL1fWZ1SeXKWpUTJqSUi7izFItWHOYWHgFXj
Total Annihilation rip-off, but it’s alright.

[skizzerflake]

Yeah, I did do Thor, Love and Thunder tonight. It was the night for dinner and a movie and we'd seen the other flicks on the block, so, against my better judgement, we saw it. I'm glad that my judgement is still intact. At least dinner was good.

I'll take a quote from Google - "Thor embarks on a journey unlike anything he's ever faced -- a quest for inner peace. However, his retirement gets interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods."

Yeah, that's it. Some of us might recall that Thor is a Nordic god, but the Greek Zeus shows up there too. We have a couple of magic hammers, a magic thunderbolt and some magic swords, so you know that the animators had a busy time on this flick.

A bunch of God-Kids have been kidnapped and don't have much of a future, so the adult gods have to get in lots of fights with various villains. Don't expect much in the way of Nordic metaphysics but it's kind of a fun thrill ride. It's loud, fast and doesn't demand much that will distract you from your popcorn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go8nTmfrQd8

[AgrippinaX]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTQwOTA5Mzc3Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTkxODAxMDE@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg
Adore stuff like this. Wish there was more of it.

[EsmagaSapos]

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Always had a lot of respect for Jeremy Saulnier. I’ve obviously seen this before, but recollections vague enough for it to be very enjoyable.

Many didn't enjoy this film, I really did. It's subtle in meaning, it doesn't tell much, and somehow people don't like that, not just nowadays but in the recent centuries.

I still believe the only reason Parasite (2019) won at the Oscars was mainly due to the director's press conferences explaining what the film meant, and the meaning resonated as a political stance with a lot of people.

29th Hall of Fame

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The Greatest film about cultural differences between Europe and America that was ever made in my opinion. Without Bruno S. this film couldn't be done, to this day Werner Herzog says he was the best actor he ever worked with. There are many things that I find funny on the human level:

Bruno was a forklift operator in a German factory. He used to sing outside, like in the film, no one liked him or his music, people ignored him.
In Cannes he was arrested, he was singing outside, and they thought he was some homeless guy, so they arrested him, and he never made it to the premier.
After the film he went back to the factory he used to work and the people that looked away, that didn't see him, started to take an interest in him.

[AgrippinaX]

Many didn't enjoy this film, I really did. It's subtle in meaning, it doesn't tell much, and somehow people don't like that, not just nowadays but in the recent centuries.

I still believe the only reason Parasite (2019) won at the Oscars was mainly due to the director's press conferences explaining what the film meant, and the meaning resonated as a political stance with a lot of people.


Hmm, well, personally I’ve never read anything Bong Joon-ho said about it. I also think a lot of Parasite is, well, self-explanatory, class etc., almost more self-evident in the West than elsewhere. That I think is why it won at the Oscars. Anyway. I did enjoy Hold the Dark (hence I actually used the word “enjoyable”), but I don’t know if I feel it’s making as much of a “point” as Parasite. Which actually in a way is something that appeals to me, because like as I might Parasite (and I love it), I find it incredibly preachy.

[cricket]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ab/da/f0/abdaf0d61220d67edcaf41865eeec838.jpg

Goldfinger (1964)
Repeat for the 29th HoF

[cricket]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTQwOTA5Mzc3Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwOTkxODAxMDE@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg
Adore stuff like this. Wish there was more of it.

What is the title?

[AgrippinaX]

What is the title?

I know this film as + 1, but it’s more widely known as Shadow Walkers and Plus One (2013). Up there with Coherence, Predestination, The Endless, Resolution etc. I love that sort of thing.

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRObn7nRGDUK2zCmeRB--KWRsX6oDR1_qwKUNoCTIvyu0GkStMc
A ridiculous degree of telling the viewer about the past events: “It already happened twice”. I mean, showing… no?
Very weird film. The scene where they are essentially torturing the baby, be that a “real one” or not, is ****ed up.

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTq0QaPqKJpMLR8VnzuL0VRiWcAiDncjXCfaGj_uKUDqGaZdWKf

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQmicT2f9UmMm9mdC3xOkTl1ykXHK4AegewvxdlGiMqkBAuTehd
Very strange to watch a film about a pandemic made in 2016. Thought I’d like this more, but whatever.

[AgrippinaX]

Love Samara.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT_5lThBxras82RQPgQ9mRYQ_WlfPfv8y2kH9PwdTHBFEOWYfGy
Not my style at all. Again, very much like a comedy and everyone very much overacting.

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS9gmdpdzb9nRlRyUS0YVV9g1N8P_U-b1K64ErvN2CZ9_qz-EV8
Hate it. Mouthwash needed.

[John-Connor]

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[AgrippinaX]

Now this one I love.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSrouT2IipS1rzC6Pk6atXBR4cTxn_JDlR4g4DGlKllTuB07sY0

[cricket]

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[skizzerflake]

The Thing, the 1982 version, done by John Carpenter - This is really terrific, a completely paranoid story, in which an extraterrestrial spacecraft crashes in the Antarctic, near a US outpost. The "Thing", as a monster is dead, but apparently has infected one or more of the sled dogs and crew of the outpost. It takes over your body, eventually reproducing the original creature, but not before it uses the human body to spread the infection.

Anybody can be a thing, there's no way to tell aside from a sketchy blood test that may or may not be right. It's cold, damn cold, outside the compound, nowhere to go. It's either freeze to death or be infected or fight the thing, by burning the body of the person who's infected.

This movie is so grim and paranoid, set in the cold and polar dark, with nowhere to run. The only place to hide is inside the compound with whoever might be infected.

The story is loosely based on John Campbell's "Who Goes There", written in the 1940's and was adapted into the 1950 masterpiece The Thing From Another World. In the old version, without good FX, the thing was just a humanoid monster, but that version is terrific too. Carpenter's is quite different, but both of them are masterpieces of paranoid claustrophobia....locked into a burning complex, with a monster and the cold.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ftmr17M-a4

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQVXsfA8UUBXylSJiZFaQNFjS174kpNOINrBYxenqdd2XFKQUYO
Steals the hook from The Ring, but then, I did always think that bit worked (if that’s not scary in the basic sense of the word, I don’t know what is), so yeah, enjoyed it.

[cricket]

https://media-cache.cinematerial.com/p/500x/z0qcndbc/anomalisa-british-movie-poster.jpg?v=1460824721

Anomalisa (2015) for the 29th HoF

[Stirchley]

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Hate it. Mouthwash needed.

Very meh. I bailed out. Looked very cheap & what was with Theo’s American accent? Why couldn’t he stay a Brit?

[AgrippinaX]

Very meh. I bailed out. Looked very cheap & what was with Theo’s American accent? Why couldn’t he stay a Brit?

Exactly, such a sorry mess. For once, I bailed out, too! Not one bit ashamed :)

[AgrippinaX]

Thanks, cricket, for the inspiration.
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSGXtl_eE0Ko-9ZUmnmShF7TFxOdxtJwQle6oTvomWFjSG64H4G
Love it. My favourite thing is the ice cubes, though.
Depressing, of course, but very true to life. I experience relationships exactly like that: everyone is exactly the same.

[SpelingError]

Thanks, cricket, for the inspiration.
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSGXtl_eE0Ko-9ZUmnmShF7TFxOdxtJwQle6oTvomWFjSG64H4G
That's a nomination in the 29th Hall of Fame. It's really good.

[Ultraviolence]

Hi!
http://uwbk.com.br/images/stories/Yagyuu.jpg

Yagyû ichizoku no inbô (1978)

[KeyserCorleone]

I have a couple rulers about watching movies. When I check out a new director, always check out more of his/her movies. And always start a movie series from the first to get the full experience. Remakes are optional.

So I'm thinking of checking out 6-Headed Shark Attack for more Mark Atkins, since it's gotta be a mock of 2-Headed Shark Attack, so before watching that, I have to get into Christopher Ray.

But wait! Christopher Ray is known for two sequels to Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus, so I gotta check out a few movies by Jack Perez.

BUT WAIT! One of HIS most notable movies is a sequel to Wild Things! Why do b-movie directors do other people's sequels all the time?

And that's the story of how I'm watching Wild Things. I planned on watching a few more erotic thrillers anyway, and John McNaughton doesn't make a lot of sequels. Talk about six degrees of Kevin Bacon.

[xSookieStackhouse]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjYzZGNkM2MtMjE2MS00YTcyLTliZjQtYjY5MDE3YjAyMWEzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODc0OTEyNDU@._V1_.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjEwMTgxNDY4N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMjAyODc3MTE@._V1_.jpg
So this is a shockingly shameless rip-off of Thing. Fine. But for all the lovers of random hatchet amputation scenes, this was still the most bizarre and unfounded decision to cut off a limb that I’ve ever seen in horror. Ridiculous. A bit of a Donnie Darko rabbit here, too?

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRQbEk81LwB7yCKB5335WApaatFbZlYoDtNyw-wvU6Ih49QIMUH
It’s a bit… over the top, love as I might all things cults.

[AgrippinaX]

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Better late than never. Already loving the colours in the first few minutes. Also, what a gang.
Didn’t expect to like it at all, but I do.

[John-Connor]

Better Call Saul 6x8
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[AgrippinaX]

Have an odd relationship with Claire Denis and didn’t like this last time I saw it. Will try again. It’s an A24 film, after all, it should grow on me.
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR76Pl5KalZDIK-4kgAawYhIFD00oYo2Ci2rJwpNizQgVngI7oJ

[AgrippinaX]

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Wtf. Lolitaesque lore lives on, apparently.

[Stirchley]

Have an odd relationship with Claire Denis and didn’t like this last time I saw it. Will try again. It’s an A24 film, after all, it should grow on me.
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR76Pl5KalZDIK-4kgAawYhIFD00oYo2Ci2rJwpNizQgVngI7oJ

I saw it & finished it (I think), but can’t remember a single scene.

[AgrippinaX]

I saw it & finished it (I think), but can’t remember a single scene.

Well, that’s saying something :lol: I finished it, too, but still didn’t like it. Ah, well. One to help one fall out of love with the idea of bearing children, for sure.

[gomorra82]

Paterson, rewatch. I really enjoyed this movie the first time i saw it. Perfect time for a rewatch, after about a year.
https://youtu.be/uW0Mr5uyG5w

[Stirchley]

Paterson, rewatch. I really enjoyed this movie the first time i saw it. Perfect time for a rewatch, after about a year.
https://youtu.be/uW0Mr5uyG5w

Love this movie.

[AgrippinaX]

Reminds me of Brazil.
https://flxt.tmsimg.com/assets/p19369720_p_v8_aa.jpg

[Ultraviolence]

Makai tenshô (1981)
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a1/25/4c/a1254c6a2ace59fa8459fe59cffea0b4.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQq01oNDyjKFBXyT08PIDCnbbXPygetZHgtzY26JQIwzRHsxafl

[AgrippinaX]

Oof. Not my cup of tea, probably, but will give it a try.
https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSWtUZ4tQcI471RI7mFuY-fV6ELihfXy-XNqTJMmyjEp8xOShh3
Spoke too soon, this is great. Actually laughed. Such a weird and heart-warming film. I guess it counts as science fiction?..

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRTU35nPLwQaAvRpC6-1-62ugO8F1CSFYexE8UTcxzsuVkUH5tN
Loving this. Oh, my. Strong Bergman vibes.

[beelzebubble]

Organ--my penultimate Hall of Infamy movie,

[Mesmerized]

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[MovieGal]

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRTU35nPLwQaAvRpC6-1-62ugO8F1CSFYexE8UTcxzsuVkUH5tN
Loving this. Oh, my. Strong Bergman vibes.

Yeah it's great. It was one of my nom choices for the 28th HOF but I went with The Painted Bird.

[John-Connor]

https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/original/ijBkNZQxiLihk8MZyJUvO6tJQBA.jpg

[Ultraviolence]

https://dongphymtv.com/public/files/flim/120x160/1445009035_1.jpg

[SpelingError]

The Hall of Infamy

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[donniedarko]

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[gomorra82]

Gretel & Hansel.
https://youtu.be/QZblQLhKcZQ

[MovieGal]

Not my movie choice


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[AgrippinaX]

https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.rogerebert.com/uploads/movie/movie_poster/the-long-walk-2022/large_the-long-walk-poster.jpeg

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTG4JjVOZAnlAo6CBEfNeGVM8u_WaPOTqzEibYgmSX8rbFxdIRc

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSp6Py6zIThAfLViyfCFHT-yfMZ7gFY0imj8WBddOUQfZzAWDYh
So, people go on and on about how misogynistic this is. I find Elvie an absolute miserable bitch. Impossible to look at, even though I love Michelle.

[Mesmerized]

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[cricket]

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0747/3829/products/HP2617_94d44822-979e-47b1-a239-d8e3d847937e_1024x1024.jpg?v=1571444879

Das Boot (1981) Director's Cut
Repeat for the 29th HoF

[SpelingError]

29th Hall of Fame

https://i.postimg.cc/nLGxR2S0/robot.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

My actual first time watching it (that I know of). It is… not good, but it does make me lament as ever that all teen/YA fiction somehow takes a perfectly serviceable concept and ****s it up. Battle Royale rocks, though.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjA4NDg3NzYxMF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTgyNzkyNw@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg

[skizzerflake]

Tonight's movie, a classic, The Monolith Monsters (1954). The monster for this one is rocks that grow. A small dusty western town, the kind that show up in a lot of these movies, has something strange. Apparently a meteor landed and whatever it's made out of is growing. Fragments of the rock are growing into huge crystals, which fall over, smashing buildings, creating havoc. The town's citizens, exposed to the rock, turn to something like rock themselves. How do you stop this?

For a movie of this sort, it's actually pretty good. Actors play it straight and the animation that makes the monsters is pretty good. Like any such movie, there's a magic cure, but I'm not saying what it is.

As these sort of movies go, it's really pretty good. No-name actors do their roles well, the FX of the "monsters" as well as town scenery are also nice. The tense, somewhat morbid music enhances the drama. Not bad for this era.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxohSwDFjxg

[mistique]

88003

Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013).

[Stirchley]

My actual first time watching it (that I know of). It is… not good, but it does make me lament as ever that all teen/YA fiction somehow takes a perfectly serviceable concept and ****s it up. Battle Royale rocks, though.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjA4NDg3NzYxMF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTgyNzkyNw@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg

I loved The Hunger Games. Scarface too.

[AgrippinaX]

I loved The Hunger Games. Scarface too.

I did love Scarface, it’s a classic. The Hunger Games I think has a very good concept, and I’m a fan of Jennifer, but it just felt a bit flat/simplistic. The “bad guys” gang cast was exquisite, though.

And then again, I don’t really dig even the best of dystopias except for Brazil & 12 Monkeys etc. They just never quite engross me. I think it takes much more skill and imagination to craft a compelling story, especially of the speculative kind, in as “real world”/normal context as possible.

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR3i4Z5L8--AmNDeNhn6a5BEmYab4jfsaXveDVtLdO-HZ4Kx6yy

[John-Connor]

88013

[beelzebubble]

TROG I will be revisiting my contribution to the Hall of Infamy. I am ticked off that I have to pay $2.99 to rewatch this turkey.

[SpelingError]

TROG I will be revisiting my contribution to the Hall of Infamy. I am ticked off that I have to pay $2.99 to rewatch this turkey.
That's the only one I have left to watch. If you don't want to pay for it, let me know if you need a link.

[PHOENIX74]

Excited about this - first viewing :

https://i.postimg.cc/GmsCHBRY/ev.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

Prefer Nitram by now, oddly, but this is good.
https://pics.filmaffinity.com/The_Snowtown_Murders-516299351-large.jpg

[Ultraviolence]

『ゴクウ』(Midnight Eye) ~ OVA I
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81PQ1exOGUL._AC_SL1500_.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

Didn’t actually plan on ever watching it, but have been working closely with Brazilian clients/on Brazil issues in recent years, so, **** it. Thinking about Dom Phillips and it’s suddenly less abstract.
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTi2Kf0TI5wAK9dn9vcMMoGjrOwFrSno8zswz-KY8oH2c-K0Wmw

[AgrippinaX]

Very weird film, but I love it. Afraid I behaved exactly like this at this age.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DVAK11fa1oQ/maxresdefault.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRyi6BPBdtGFgZdpiRh261KWfaJWOFBFRV5R5y8-pDyKuGiAHfG

[Ultraviolence]

https://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/anime/1/1880.jpg
https://images.fanart.tv/fanart/ninja-566c2c054d0ea.jpg

[gomorra82]

Spellbound. From my Youtube library. I have seen it once. but i must have been a little tired, since the story is a little unclare in my head.
Now i want to add some good movies to this list, because i have seen them all. It is 71 movies there right now. Some are poor quality though.
https://youtu.be/HIBaGIUbXqI

[gomorra82]

Secret Honor.


One i had forgot to see. Good opening. Philip Baker Hall as a library detective is one of my favorite scenes in Seinfeld.

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTc46ag43lqDQzruxA3wB9fFyRWf_XAplZHTZpsrsJx6CCjIVfy

[Ultraviolence]

https://posters.movieposterdb.com/14_06/2013/2458106/l_2458106_25d27558.jpg

https://www.toei-video.co.jp/images/jackets/DUTD02609-d.jpg

https://images.fanart.tv/fanart/kiss-of-the-dragon-53332f41b784d.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

Never watch Russian-language stuff, but this is a worthy exception.
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSBpI2U1Hj2nx4eGn9lrZArKJP2kMGyIH-qHsbPidzw5u-eSksW

[skizzerflake]

Tonight's noir film - Dark Passage, which does double duty as one of those Bogart-Bacall flicks. This time, Bogie escapes from San Quentin and is met by Bacall, who knows who he is and helps him in his escape, even though he doesn't know who she is. This being a noir film, of course complications and lots of cynical dialog happen. Bogart's character gets a plastic surgeon to change his face, but he's still Bogart. Escape to South American is their way out. Personally, if I were Irene (Lauren Bacall's character) I'd have just stayed out of this mess, but then, it would not be a noir film. She believes that he's innocent. We (the omniscient viewers) will never know. A lot of it is filmed with a kind of first-person perspective, as though we are seeing through Bogart's eyes, an interesting gimmick, but definitely a gimmick. Don't miss the taxi cab ride, a great sequence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFd0xohHqTI

[AgrippinaX]

I keep coming back to it - mentally, too. Still prefer Hereditary, but something about this does work.
https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS7TC3aqR6kv9_4b9P6DZWqJPkuhPJAC26omhgaWvPlfkVqJbdj

[skizzerflake]

Tonight's movie was Nope - A new film by Jordan Peele, who wrote, directed and produced. I've loved Peele's earlier movies, notably Get Out and Us, since, in his bones, he seems to be a guy who understands cheesy horror movies and how to make them better. In Nope, an African American guy has a business training and supplying horses to the movie industry. A number of businesses like that have long been supplying horses for movies and TV in real life. Otis Haywood (played by Daniel Kaluuya), is being challenged by a competitor.

Then things change. Electricity fluctuates, strange things fly around and a UFO appears. The UFO sucks up his competitors like ET with a big vacuum cleaner, and gets ready to suck up Otis and his family too. Why? Who knows. Before it's over, Otis has to figure out how the UFO is vulnerable to save his business and family.

I really enjoyed this. As a fan of old, geeky monster/sci-fi movies, this is right up my 15 year old alley. It's not as simple as The Creature from the Black Lagoon, but has some plot turns that make it more interesting. The characters are appealing, as is the plot exposition. In short, it's a better version of movies like The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, a homage that's better than what it imitates. The UFO is unlike any one I've seen in movies, a sort of fabric monster. It's a fun movie. Peele, being the guy behind the curtain, seems to love this kind of movie...a latter day Roger Corman. If you've liked Peele's other movies, this one won't disappoint.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In8fuzj3gck

[SuperMetro]

I will probably watch a musical tonight. I will watch La Dolce Vita another night.

[skizzerflake]

Never watch Russian-language stuff, but this is a worthy exception.
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSBpI2U1Hj2nx4eGn9lrZArKJP2kMGyIH-qHsbPidzw5u-eSksW

Loved this one, the DVD box is sitting next to me right now.

[SpelingError]

Never watch Russian-language stuff, but this is a worthy exception.
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSBpI2U1Hj2nx4eGn9lrZArKJP2kMGyIH-qHsbPidzw5u-eSksW

#1 favorite film for me :up:

[AgrippinaX]

#1 favorite film for me :up:

Yes, it’s fantastic. So many people shamelessly plagiarise it, too.

[cricket]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6d/4b/11/6d4b1128775a8281d650fd6b8a1897d8.jpg

A Moment of Innocence (1996) for the 29th HoF

[True Configuration]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAL0YluX0AABMQY.jpg

[SpelingError]

29th Hall of Fame (REWATCH)

https://i.postimg.cc/G2R0vDcG/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers.jpg

[Takoma11]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAL0YluX0AABMQY.jpg

Ooh. Moment of truth.

[True Configuration]

Ooh. Moment of truth.

:D

[gomorra82]

Man On A String. Youtube.
https://youtu.be/RY34xKlEw1U

[xSookieStackhouse]

right now rewatching goodfellas
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2NkZjEzMDgtN2RjYy00YzM1LWI4ZmQtMjIwYjFjNmI3ZGEwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzkwMjQ5NzM@._V1_.jpg

[Ultraviolence]

https://media-cache.cinematerial.com/p/500x/biscqhvm/wake-of-death-japanese-movie-poster.jpg?v=1456368454
Van Damme's 2004 DTD Wake of Death.

[Stirchley]

right now rewatching goodfellas
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2NkZjEzMDgtN2RjYy00YzM1LWI4ZmQtMjIwYjFjNmI3ZGEwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzkwMjQ5NzM@._V1_.jpg

For a short guy, Joe Pesci sure is terrifying.

[xSookieStackhouse]

For a short guy, Joe Pesci sure is terrifying.
i know right and its crazy that paul from the movie passed away today or yesterday :(

[FridayNightFights]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BY2QxY2JhZjQtNDcwYy00Mjk1LTkzMmItZjEzZmE0OGJkNmRkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTQxNzMzNDI@._V1_.jpg

Cake pop anyone?

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/xS5EAgCnFFvHbyRydlqTbDbaXZ6.jpg

[SpelingError]

29th Hall of Fame

https://i.postimg.cc/GhKS5NbB/la-promesse-french-movie-poster-md.jpg

[donniedarko]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWIxNzM5YzQtY2FmMS00Yjc3LWI1ZjUtNGVjMjMzZTIxZTIxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjU0OTQ0OTY@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.j pg

[John-Connor]

88109

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/tr2HNrOt54pbZc0tSjWW9MJ0kb3.jpg

[Stirchley]

29th Hall of Fame

https://i.postimg.cc/GhKS5NbB/la-promesse-french-movie-poster-md.jpg

Good movie.

[gomorra82]

An Autumn Afternoon. Youtube library. 40 min. left. They do drink a lot of Sake in this film.
https://youtu.be/Z3x7ffIpsUU

[gomorra82]

Naked
https://youtu.be/g1axEqfItxg

[beelzebubble]

I am going to finish watching Blackbird. Its a movie about a woman with ALS who is palnning on euthanizing throwing a weekend party with her family and one friend before the end. Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Rainn Wilson are in it. It seems pretty good so far.

[mistique]

https://i-viaplay-com.akamaized.net/viaplay-prod/940/312/1592377195-e1ad68867cce14aee9447a0fefe279caa004b91a.jpg?width=400&height=600

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTJ3ow-rElH55COCrgNx0_i8KOJ1MLzhAm0oX_iC2Ew8CP0HYbQ
Rewatch after a while.

[StuSmallz]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTJ3ow-rElH55COCrgNx0_i8KOJ1MLzhAm0oX_iC2Ew8CP0HYbQFirst time?

[AgrippinaX]

First time?

Not at all, I just forget to add “rewatch” every so often. My ex’s favourite film. It’s showing at my favourite cinema in central London. Should be a good setting.

[Stirchley]

Not at all, I just forget to add “rewatch” every so often. My ex’s favourite film. It’s showing at my favourite cinema in central London. Should be a good setting.

So there’s a movie theater in central London that shows old movies?

[AgrippinaX]

So there’s a movie theater in central London that shows old movies?

It’s only Picturehouse that I know of, but I love it. I usually go to Picturehouse Central, but I’m sure if one location shows old films, others do too in some shape or form. I went to see Vampyr (1932) there, also a lot of Hitchcock. It’s a great cinema, everything very chic and old-school.

[SpelingError]

29th Hall of Fame

https://i.postimg.cc/wTgv9tLt/stroszek.jpg

[gomorra82]

My Dinner With Andre. Youtube.

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS_r_J_QQTI5dcwRtw60cg90ff3IE4vs8MQwoLwIP7BJdKAg2vc
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjA2MTkxMDYzN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTc3Mzc4MzI@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg
Back-to-back.

[xSookieStackhouse]

rewatching one of my favorite tv series american horror story and my favorite season <3
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71hz24LFzML._AC_SY679_.jpg

[cricket]

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/34/a6/7c/34a67c38c38c7536026155a3dd7796c0.jpg

Stroszek (1977) Repeat for the 29th HoF

[skizzerflake]

Vengence - Wow...it's written, directed and starred by B J Novak, the guy I mainly remember from The Office. He's jumping straight from the sitcom world into the status of auteur. It's really pretty good, although its cognitive demands might require a re-watch.

BJ plays Ben Manalowitz, a podcaster from New York. He had "hooked up" with a young woman in NYC, but back in her home town in a dusty, dismal corner of west Texas, she's been murdered. He arrives to report on this and meets up with her family, a non-verbal bunch, both mourning the loss of the woman as well as being asked a lot of personal questions by this urban guy from New York that they know nothing about. The inevitable cultural clashes occur when he stays with them, and tries to interview and record other people in the town who might know something about the murder.

It doesn't help that this is an isolated town, in a hinterland between several police jurisdictions, where disputes are often settled outside the law and this guy has just seriously stepped into this situation....a city guy with a podcast and no six-shooter. Eventually he learns to communicate with them, learns to understand their insularity. He's part of the story now, not just a guy with a recorder. I'm not saying how this turns out.

For me, it was a very tense movie (I do NOT want to live there), with a lot going on verbally. There's not much action or imagery, there are a LOT of words and it's challenging. The movie almost seems like a stage play. The cast is quite good in their roles as these way far away Texans, as is Novak as the interloper. Justice will be done. Somehow. Like the characters in the movie, I'm not saying and nobody should ask. We take care of our own business here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GT1jFsNnPw

[AgrippinaX]

Have seen lots of similar stuff, but this is great. A true treatise on the virtues of being single. Revolting things, families.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmQ2ZDlmODMtMjZlMS00NjRmLWI5ZTItNmRhMzcyNTdiNjE2XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyOTc5MDI5NjE@._V1_.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

I was so looking forward to this, but… not the bloody zombies again.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.rogerebert.com/uploads/movie/movie_poster/the-sadness-2022/large_the-sadness-movie-poster-2022.jpeg
Gotta admit, though, this is pretty brutal.

[cricket]

https://www.ozmovies.com.au/uploads/media/poster/0002/24/e1eb99caaef48beba5980328bf455364577c904d.jpg

The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
29th HoF

[AgrippinaX]

Have seen this before but remember very little. Supposed to be good.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjQyMDY1YTktNWNjMC00MGNmLWEwMGMtMzIxZjQ1ODQ4MjgxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzMzMjU5NDY@._V1_.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTQsKmtKajz6VlcWknGT1A7iutE0EUF_tiJqZpddXLLBmJS2aNq

[Ultraviolence]

https://cdn.cinematerial.com/p/297x/jufc0sd3/mirai-ninja-japanese-movie-poster-md.jpg?v=1605375200

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQs7tWuW3fIpWdJ1jHmqCffggDCSRf-jXMmhPQV_IIvDhJyDHcr
This is pretty good. Nothing groundbreaking, but it works. I do think this is pretty scary, actually, in the best way. Very similar to my favourite Doctor Who episode “Fear Her”.

[cricket]

https://rue-morgue.com/framework/uploads/2018/08/The-Domestics-movie-poster-1.jpg

The Domestics (2018)

[xSookieStackhouse]

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0024/9803/5810/products/967593-Product-0-I_acdff0b4-18c6-4ec9-9935-60024940a5fb.jpg?v=1572282477

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/yxcHaWVdHXf6FbI0TYa43nnQeVo.jpg

[FridayNightFights]

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0024/9803/5810/products/967593-Product-0-I_acdff0b4-18c6-4ec9-9935-60024940a5fb.jpg?v=1572282477




i enjoy this one

[John-Connor]

https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/original/fjf3elnOC32m1BdNyxiL8CzNc6t.jpg

[xSookieStackhouse]

i enjoy this one
same here i saw it long time ago and decided to watch it again

[AgrippinaX]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOGQ0NGM4NDgtYzdlOS00YmFiLTgxMzItYTlmZGE3NTlhYmZjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNDk0MjA4MzI@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.j pg
Odd film. Watchable but a bit befuddled imo.

[Pussy Galore]

I know it's generally not permitted here, but I'm trying anyway.

I have a project with my girlfriend of watching the most interesting movies possible per year. Now we are at 1940 and there are some films we want to see, but cannot find. If I can pay online to rent these films, it would be fine by me, it doesn't have to be free.

I have tried online, at my local libraries, with no success. So if some of you know where to find any of these 2 films, send me a message or tell me, I'd highly appreciate it.

The 2 films are: The Mortal Storm and Remember the Night (I also leave the IMDB ID for both films)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032811/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032981/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Thanks!

[AgrippinaX]

Starring David Cronenberg? Colour me intrigued.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81C4vymbEPL._AC_SL1500_.jpg
Snap - turns out I have seen this before. Happens all the time.

[FridayNightFights]

https://www.tvguide.com/a/img/hub/2019/09/13/9de86aec-9ca7-468a-8874-20fd3eeac0b7/190912-are-you-afraid-of-the-dark.jpg

Right after I mow the lawn and shower.

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/2MqWq66ApRk0TK2whMgWp9CFgLX.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQW9UzVhQUXhv9TSADlFa7a8DMt9jAPntd5wersahuwBuA1BpZp

[Stirchley]

Starring David Cronenberg? Colour me intrigued.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81C4vymbEPL._AC_SL1500_.jpg
Snap - turns out I have seen this before. Happens all the time.

Only a Brit would be called Tuppence. :rolleyes:

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTS6Ap7L6zJh5vVcbZNbZIgl6u02Z3s1uu1FaSb5-k0ur1yGMBD
Ridiculous film, but a propaganda masterpiece, I guess.

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSMJfThe-3ZB1ETjQjz4XorhqrkUJ9bZzXWxzheuaujWQPJPwDD

[Bonehandle]

The Crimson Ghost (1946)

[cricket]

https://alchetron.com/cdn/what-have-they-done-to-your-daughters-2a0564bb-069d-4bcb-944a-428a92c60c2-resize-750.jpg

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/waNbo2tPC8zbublvvfylHboplWC.jpg

[SpelingError]

29th Hall of Fame

https://i.postimg.cc/Gtry0Xbt/tomboy.jpg

[Bonehandle]

Moloch (2022)

[AgrippinaX]

Moloch (2022)

I really enjoyed it.

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRyD6klO2WW285UBGKLcmOm7C3R1j3xjVILMdKRuMriKSxEGpqM

[Bonehandle]

I really enjoyed it.

That's good to hear.

[GulfportDoc]

I know it's generally not permitted here, but I'm trying anyway.

I have a project with my girlfriend of watching the most interesting movies possible per year. Now we are at 1940 and there are some films we want to see, but cannot find. If I can pay online to rent these films, it would be fine by me, it doesn't have to be free.

I have tried online, at my local libraries, with no success. So if some of you know where to find any of these 2 films, send me a message or tell me, I'd highly appreciate it.

The 2 films are: The Mortal Storm and Remember the Night (I also leave the IMDB ID for both films)


Thanks!
Remember the Night is on YouTube for free.

[John-Connor]

https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/original/rvsiHlXOWlaizQh7HsL6ZJwsbMj.jpg

[skizzerflake]

Not a favorite - Bullet Train, which wants to be a Quentin Tarantino movie but ends up being a David Leitch movie. The object of desire is a steel suitcase full of money and gold, fairly cheesy as these things go, but it gets used a lot to deflect bullets. Brad Pitt is not bad, as Brad Pitt, the rest of the cast is functional. The ads mention Sandra Bullock, but she just shows up for a few minutes, mainly putting her latest plastic surgery on display. Oh well.

A variety of gangster bad guys are competing to get the suitcase and Pitt's character is some sort of good guy, but it doesn't really matter since what they mainly do is to carve a wake of bloody shootings, decapitations, stabbings, clubbings and tosses-off-buildings around Japanese cities.

I knew what the movie would be, expected it to be that strange genre of entertaining bloodbath, but it mainly was a bloodbath. It had its moments of humor, but it's not high on my list.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGeJczJvWns

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/9xsOilxwYiaYg2Bjbdf2fkGVwTG.jpg

[skizzerflake]

Not a favorite - Bullet Train, which wants to be a Quentin Tarantino movie but ends up being a David Leitch movie. The object of desire is a steel suitcase full of money and gold, fairly cheesy as these things go, but it gets used a lot to deflect bullets. Brad Pitt is not bad, as Brad Pitt, the rest of the cast is functional. The ads mention Sandra Bullock, but she just shows up for a few minutes, mainly putting her latest plastic surgery on display. Oh well.

A variety of gangster bad guys are competing to get the suitcase and Pitt's character is some sort of good guy, but it doesn't really matter since what they mainly do is to carve a wake of bloody shootings, decapitations, stabbings, clubbings and tosses-off-buildings around Japanese cities.

I knew what the movie would be, expected it to be that strange genre of entertaining bloodbath, but it mainly was a bloodbath. It had its moments of humor, but it's not high on my list.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGeJczJvWns

Someone asked me, this morning, how the flick was. I could not waste a good snarky retort, so here it goes.

"I thought it was not that good. I'm middling on the genre itself, the humor of violent death, but there are plenty of movies of that sort where there's enough humor to outweigh the squirting arteries and severed limbs. Pitt's charm couldn't outweigh the rest of the cast, which seemed like extras in a TV show. When I finally DID see Bullock, I kept focusing on her new nose."

[AgrippinaX]

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Will finish it, but not for me.

[cricket]

https://static.displate.com/857x1200/displate/2022-03-18/3e0ab8e56de04dbcdf58f7b2879b944d_3573567fcc3bad02274ee7e035e4a291.jpg

[John McClane]

Kingdom of Heaven (Roadshow Edition)

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[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTKyqcqJ12JT4gdIkz-VeOf0BCosSZVbohoEsYqUFdJpMijdvCN
Road rage films mostly still work for me as I generally feel stressed behind the wheel. But on the minus side, everything now reminds me of Wild Tales’ Crime of Passion segment, to an unhelpful comedic effect.
This is pretty good, but unlike any Nordic film I’ve seen (off the top of my head), it’s ridiculously preachy. Drive slowly, follow the speed limit. I can understand the narrative about not insulting other drivers as in Wild Tales, but it really is up to the man if he wants to drive fast. Weird concept.
As a few reviews have noted, “do what the angry man says” is a strange message.

[AgrippinaX]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzRhMjVlYTItNGUzMy00ZGQ4LWI1YTQtNWVjYWVmYjQ5ZDE5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjgyOTQyNg@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,66 8,1000_AL_.jpg
I don’t entirely “get” the supposed psychology of this film. The voiceover is also incredibly weird.
Another part of me however thinks this is a May/Carrie-type snobbery of lonely/introverted/socially awkward people, which is understandable, but an odd thing to become aware of.

[cricket]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjAzMjI0NTc4NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDc0Nzg5Mw@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.jpg

Enthiran (2010) for the 29th HoF

[mistique]

https://www.kino.dk/sites/default/files/styles/k_poster_big/public/movie-posters/candyman_plakat_0.jpg?itok=vhH7bEr8

Candyman (2021)

[Feedback]

Ginger Snaps (2000)

[cricket]

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTKyqcqJ12JT4gdIkz-VeOf0BCosSZVbohoEsYqUFdJpMijdvCN
Road rage films mostly still work for me as I generally feel stressed behind the wheel. But on the minus side, everything now reminds me of Wild Tales’ Crime of Passion segment, to an unhelpful comedic effect.
This is pretty good, but unlike any Nordic film I’ve seen (off the top of my head), it’s ridiculously preachy. Drive slowly, follow the speed limit. I can understand the narrative about not insulting other drivers as in Wild Tales, but it really is up to the man if he wants to drive fast. Weird concept.
As a few reviews have noted, “do what the angry man says” is a strange message.

Added to watchlist

[AgrippinaX]

Added to watchlist

Please let me know what you think! This one has certainly left an impression.

[AgrippinaX]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDgwZDg5OGEtZDdjYy00YTk1LWEyMDgtNjUyNzdmMzI2N2NhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzMzMDQ3MzY@._V1_.jpg
Very unusual and memorable film. Reminds me of The Killing Gene/WAZ conceptually, but this is much more accomplished.

[AgrippinaX]

Someone asked me, this morning, how the flick was. I could not waste a good snarky retort, so here it goes.

"I thought it was not that good. I'm middling on the genre itself, the humor of violent death, but there are plenty of movies of that sort where there's enough humor to outweigh the squirting arteries and severed limbs. Pitt's charm couldn't outweigh the rest of the cast, which seemed like extras in a TV show. When I finally DID see Bullock, I kept focusing on her new nose."

I feel much better now about having bailed out of seeing it twice. I was about twenty feet away from the cinema having dinner and I just couldn’t do it.

[skizzerflake]

I feel much better now about having bailed out of seeing it twice. I was about twenty feet away from the cinema having dinner and I just couldn’t do it.

Yeah, IMO, you didn't miss much. We went mainly because of the location of the theater, near dinner and an art opening that we needed to attend for a friend, and because we had already seen the other ones that were playing. It was a night on the town, which has been rare these weird couple years, but the movie was the low part.

[skizzerflake]

Watching an old classic, The Forbidden Planet from 1956. It's a take on Shakespeare's The Tempest, a surprisingly smart plot line for a ray-gun sci-fi movie of its time. In their day, the model-based FX were astonishing as was Robbie the Robot, who was an essential character as well as comic relief.

I saw it at a drive-in as a kid, taken there by my parents. The climax, with the Id-Monster (a monster materialized out of human hostility by fusion reactor instrumentality in the planet) scared the crap out of me, didn't sleep right for a week. It's still pretty darn good and it has Leslie Nielson as a starship commander. The Id Monster is some kind of hand drawn animation, but still nightmare worthy.

The movie was unique in its time for a completely electronic musical soundtrack. Sound FX were blended into the music, so that the audience realizes that the monster is approaching due to the music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKdTYaAY1V8

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/emOEOkrH4HT7dsjvIRbI9kaWUvL.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

So far I’m enjoying this, but it also appears to be a prime example of people deciding on four gay characters to open the film and then engaging two of them in dialogue such as:
“Adorable!”
“Of course, it’s a gay B&B.”
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQHoxfz54XIGxKRR-mabJNMdbxokrmZFUlWpfcosb16sOHOqsPe
Of course, it’s very derivative of What Keeps You Alive, which I thought was very good, so that doesn’t help.

[mistique]

https://www.kino.dk/sites/default/files/styles/k_poster_big/public/movie-posters/candyman_plakat_0.jpg?itok=vhH7bEr8

Candyman (2021)

I was too lazy to put on the Blu-ray of Candyman - so ended up watching Final Destination 3 on streaming. So tonight I will try again with Candyman:rolleyes::D

[AgrippinaX]

My house has too much sunlight for me to watch The Retreat (I’ve tried staring at the black screen making noises for 20 minutes, and it’s not fun), so this for now:
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjYzZGNkM2MtMjE2MS00YTcyLTliZjQtYjY5MDE3YjAyMWEzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODc0OTEyNDU@._V1_.jpg
Actually quite enjoyed that. Love this type of stuff.

[claredevlin7432]

I'm probably gonna watch Prey...I'll tell you a secret......
It ain't my first time

[AgrippinaX]

Not my cup of tea, but generally respect Verhoeven, so let’s see.
https://musicart.xboxlive.com/7/a20a5200-0000-0000-0000-000000000002/504/image.jpg?w=1920&h=1080
Edit: yeah, this was… I guess the most succinct summary would be to say I didn’t understand the point of this. But okay. Ticked off the list.

[Stirchley]

Not my cup of tea, but generally respect Verhoeven, so let’s see.
https://musicart.xboxlive.com/7/a20a5200-0000-0000-0000-000000000002/504/image.jpg?w=1920&h=1080

I bailed out quite quickly.

[AgrippinaX]

I bailed out quite quickly.

I paused it to go to dinner. Still dining. Let’s see if I can get back to it.

[annbrown]

The Lost City.

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQS8eMvv_708CvD6OB6IOleieHdTkydzKVSmFBCJbHYnDEpKfR7

[cricket]

https://www.cinemaclock.com/images/posters/1000x1500/90/the-innocents-2021-poster.jpg

The Innocents (2021)

[AgrippinaX]

https://www.cinemaclock.com/images/posters/1000x1500/90/the-innocents-2021-poster.jpg

The Innocents (2021)

That was outstanding.

[Ultraviolence]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOWExZDAxYjgtMGIyNC00YWI4LTg0MTItMGJlOTdhODExZWZjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjAyNTEwOQ@@._V1_.jpg

[John-Connor]

Better Call Saul 6x12
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FZpHRcbWQAARqgp?format=jpg&name=900x900

[xSookieStackhouse]

https://i0.wp.com/bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/image002.png?resize=740%2C1104&ssl=1

[SpelingError]

29th Hall of Fame

https://i.postimg.cc/15QSDL3b/vengeance-is-mine.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDgyYTYxYjAtNzA0Yy00Yzc1LWIwYmMtMzg0ZTgwY2FmMTI3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjI3NDAyNg@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.j pg
Adored it. Especially the lip-syncing bit. Very Lynchian.

[AgrippinaX]

https://contentserver.com.au/assets/596782_p44887_v_v8_aa.jpg

[Stirchley]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDgyYTYxYjAtNzA0Yy00Yzc1LWIwYmMtMzg0ZTgwY2FmMTI3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjI3NDAyNg@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.j pg
Adored it. Especially the lip-syncing bit. Very Lynchian.

I like his movies.

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTbOu_Ozb1vVvvLtCxFYRP14Cb2T8e6JWbFaRPmDtBii0KyQtFe
Love this. Reminds me of Solstice for some reason. Really like the concept too.

[AgrippinaX]

I like his movies.

This is Jafar’s son though (I seem to remember us discussing the father, or maybe I’m losing it). I believe that’s his debut? Prefer Jafar of course, but this was lovely and uplifting. Really-really enjoyed it.

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/f6wxEZOObA6h31iRS2k2Nog5bgD.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRsv5pKrd39je_n7bdM54hO0nehidgLGCDnsvxIIZ8hn7RjYqJ0
Nope. Weird film, with my usual trigger where adults randomly snap at children for no reason other than to advance plot.

[AgrippinaX]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81V+FCPLkNL._AC_SL1500_.jpg
Not as spectacular as I’d been hoping. I just do not connect with the Soviet aesthetic with very few notable exceptions. But a good watch of course.

[mistique]

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[AgrippinaX]

One of my favourite films of all time, though it didn’t fit on the list. Gives Flatliners & Co a run for their money, imo.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRzX_nS8zmE7ouwo1JOgGqZZXG47vnnSdbSK8gWXmof6L0e-_fA

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRQffZfWt22cBgY4TnNQno6yRVBnfCF5s170EkdT8-kH9xZbN1Z

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTKz2SIP4gumzGCDIHQAjwIDvyGzDZftCnYlcEi68E4cEyvByzm
Not my cup of tea, though I love Andrea. The only thing I enjoyed that was not unlike this is Only Lovers Left Alive, and that was owing to Jarmusch’s idiosyncrasy. So sorry, nope (more on that later).

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSTLzZQXnjg_oSBV5j6cRPxGVsU1coYrXZ0JTlHrd8rgDsHAbv2
Damn. Unfortunately I’ve seen this already.

[AgrippinaX]

As far as Peele is concerned, nothing he makes counts as horror to me, but hell am I looking forward to this.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSIgJp_ZoMufqDS17oo_fxOplO6W34XXM_LTpjQGyxAXEdxXwpH
Aaand it was pretty good. Really enjoyed it, which I can rarely say these days. Nothing about it was remotely horror-like, as expected, but a very enjoyable sci-fi nonetheless. Worth noting however that it does somewhat plagiarise the best bits of the Resolution/The Endless premise/universe, what with the looking up/sky monster looking at people who shouldn’t look back at it. But I guess Peele gets to exploit his Peele-ness and get away with it. Also thought the idea of a “bad miracle” (not that this is overly eloquent) deserved a much better, deeper treatment. That was what originally stood out to me in the advertising and it wasn’t even there.

The actual “nope” reaction I did find hilarious. At the same time, as someone who loves all things understated (especially horror), I did feel something was conceptually lacking; it felt more like the “not much to say” understated than the “a lot to say” kind.

[Ultraviolence]

https://images.fanart.tv/fanart/rurouni-kenshin-kyoto-inferno-5cf530582c1ae.jpg

https://media.fstatic.com/tB46gFUiIIo_zRC4ZTPv6cnGCbQ=/290x478/smart/media/movies/covers/2015/03/tattooed-flower-vase_t119514.jpg
Kashin no irezumi: Ureta tsubo

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/aYC5smQFaKpBrgJ3XsJ0aAmiD1A.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmVjN2IxOGItNmUyYy00NDUwLTkxYzUtM2ZiMTBhNjEwYmVmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTM0NTU5Mg@@._V1_FMjpg_UX1000_.j pg
I’m not sold on the concept (feels a bit crass?), but loved Persepolis, so am intrigued if this’ll be similar.
Strangely, I didn’t like this at all. The attempt to make it “relevant” is just nauseating. Can we not leave some things alone? The world is going nuts for sure. It takes a certain ingenuity (not the good kind) to make an Anne Frank film about 21st-century refugees. It’s incredibly well made of course, especially the underworld bit, but that’s not quite enough for that sort of thing.

[cricket]

https://i0.wp.com/unhpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/prey.webp?fit=936%2C1387&ssl=1

[Mesmerized]

88407

[Fabulous]

https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/4BML3pbeopzTbwMNFhUWX0MerGE.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS9ComaAEYDdrlgnbL3WYR8fIsVO-6_xIoCCStsL4N184g0--RJ

[AgrippinaX]

http://www.nerdly.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Peripheral-art.jpg
This is utterly heartbreaking. I love it, but it would be more believable if the software turned a male protagonist into a woman, not vice versa.

[xSookieStackhouse]

As far as Peele is concerned, nothing he makes counts as horror to me, but hell am I looking forward to this.
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSIgJp_ZoMufqDS17oo_fxOplO6W34XXM_LTpjQGyxAXEdxXwpH
Aaand it was pretty good. Really enjoyed it, which I can rarely say these days. Nothing about it was remotely horror-like, as expected, but a very enjoyable sci-fi nonetheless. Worth noting however that it does somewhat plagiarise the best bits of the Resolution/The Endless premise/universe, what with the looking up/sky monster looking at people who shouldn’t look back at it. But I guess Peele gets to exploit his Peele-ness and get away with it. Also thought the idea of a “bad miracle” (not that this is overly eloquent) deserved a much better, deeper treatment. That was what originally stood out to me in the advertising and it wasn’t even there.

The actual “nope” reaction I did find hilarious. At the same time, as someone who loves all things understated (especially horror), I did feel something was conceptually lacking; it felt more like the “not much to say” understated than the “a lot to say” kind.
have u watched his horror movie called US?

[AgrippinaX]

have u watched his horror movie called US?

Yes, of course. Liked it less than Get Out, but some bits of it were great, and I could have suffered through anything to listen to I Got 5 On It. In fact his music choices are a big part of why I always look forward to Peele.

[matt72582]

Every night I tell myself, "Tomorrow you must watch a movie. Your life depends on it", and then I don't. Finding movies is hard enough, and then finding where to view them is another story.


I'll try to watch this today. A movie directed by Louis CK. Everyone who has seen it says it's great, but of course the "professionals" know they have to shit on this movie to keep their jobs/money/girlfriend on the side.



https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/Fourth_of_july.jpg

[SpelingError]

29th Hall of Fame

https://i.postimg.cc/mk51cBQz/the-year-my-voice-broke.jpg

[xSookieStackhouse]

Yes, of course. Liked it less than Get Out, but some bits of it were great, and I could have suffered through anything to listen to I Got 5 On It. In fact his music choices are a big part of why I always look forward to Peele.
i havent seen it yet D= only watched horror movies in day time lol. i need to watch get out D=. are his music choices on spotify?

[matt72582]

Not my cup of tea, but generally respect Verhoeven, so let’s see.
https://musicart.xboxlive.com/7/a20a5200-0000-0000-0000-000000000002/504/image.jpg?w=1920&h=1080
Edit: yeah, this was… I guess the most succinct summary would be to say I didn’t understand the point of this. But okay. Ticked off the list.




Was the best part of this movie the breasted film cover?

[AgrippinaX]

i havent seen it yet D= only watched horror movies in day time lol. i need to watch get out D=. are his music choices on spotify?

I have no idea! I would imagine the US/Get Out soundtrack will be on Spotify in some shape or form. (I don’t use it so can’t say). Michael Abels who has scored all Peele’s films to date blows my mind. He makes unforgettable music. I remember being on holiday in Athens just before the pandemic and they played the Get Out Abels score by the pool at night! I didn’t even need to Shazam it, I knew that was it, but my brain did do a double take. I thought that was incredible and a testament to how good the music is.

[AgrippinaX]

Was the best part of this movie the breasted film cover?

Not quite, but you’ve got the right idea. They were both very hot women and looked very hot naked. The dildo was great (I don’t know if that’s a spoiler?). But none of that means it was worth watching :lol:

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ7yN63IMirW5ICdJA75CSDzW1TO-JBT2JCVdtIhZ8uYzuujAg0

[ScannerDarkly]

Very nice looking movie so far

Utilizing nighttime is essential!.. love that.


https://d2rdhxfof4qmbb.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/20190705153422/LostInTranslation_onesheet_USA-3.jpg

[AgrippinaX]

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR5bbGnjruaJW7feRLOGCmJh42h0jEht9cudAcX-x2oW1q5xX9x
Love this.