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Forum: General Movie Discussion 8 minutes ago
Replies: 3,126
Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom
Posted By crumbsroom
Is this post how we now know the body snatching...

Is this post how we now know the body snatching has been completed?


#showsNotReallyCaptTerrorthedoor
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10 minutes ago
Replies: 3,126
Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom
Posted By crumbsroom
They were basically just Halloween wallpaper...

They were basically just Halloween wallpaper they'd put on the screen whenever cutting between scenes of the show and behind the scenes scenes. And they reminded me of old Halloween cards I used to...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 16 minutes ago
Replies: 3,126
Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom
Posted By crumbsroom
I have that same disc, but have never watched the...

I have that same disc, but have never watched the sequel. I think there is a part of me that feels it's likely really embarrassingly bad, and might end up casting a light on the original.


As for...
Forum: Home Theater Questions & Information 24 minutes ago
Replies: 41
Americans’ New TV Habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat.
Posted By crumbsroom
Shudder isn't very good, but every month, I'd say...

Shudder isn't very good, but every month, I'd say maybe two or three things might pop up which just about justify it. Plus, there are some standard classics on there I've seen a million times, and...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10 hours ago
Replies: 145
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: MST3K: Anti-cinema?

Clearly I didn't realize I've been talking with yet another 'movies are a business' poster.


I'm no longer interested in this conversation.


Have a good evening.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10 hours ago
Replies: 145
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: MST3K: Anti-cinema?

Also, as Wyldeside said, Heaven's Gate is a good movie. Which is something your average person will just instinctively roll their eyes at if you say. Because the story is no longer about how too much...
Forum: Movie Reviews 10 hours ago
Replies: 280
My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: My 2024 Watchlist Obsession!

I really need to rewatch Cleo. It's one of those greats that, while I like, has never affected me like it has so many others. Clearly I'm missing something.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10 hours ago
Replies: 145
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By crumbsroom
And why can a big flop take down an entire...

And why can a big flop take down an entire studio? Did Cimino make such a bad movie, an entire business fell apart. Or is it more complicated than that?



No, it matters who was to blame, and...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10 hours ago
Replies: 3,126
Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom

The funny thing, is the AI cutaways are the only things I didn't hate in this movie.


And apparently, now that I've learned that it was Michael Ironside doing the narration, I was reminded I...
Forum: Movie Reviews 10 hours ago
Replies: 11
Late Night With the Devil
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: Late Night With the Devil

Oh, yippee, another place I can talk about how beyond terrible this movie is.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10 hours ago
Replies: 3,126
Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom
Posted By crumbsroom
And I think I was trying to pass as an American...

And I think I was trying to pass as an American by calling it American cheese.


In Canada it's just called junky lunch. Or process cheese, when we are being polite (which we always are, at least...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 10 hours ago
Replies: 3,126
Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom
Posted By crumbsroom
Predictable is forgivable. Being stupid and...

Predictable is forgivable. Being stupid and terrible and embarrassing, less so.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11 hours ago
Replies: 3,126
Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom
Posted By crumbsroom
Re: Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom

Is Late Night With the Devil worse than Babydriver?


Once we get to this point in cultural decline, does it even matter anymore? We might as well just keep the plastic wrap on our American cheese...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 12 hours ago
Replies: 145
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By crumbsroom
I said if this is what we take away from the...

I said if this is what we take away from the Heaven's Gate situation, that the directors are the problem, and not the way the executives were budgeting their films, than you are believing what the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 13 hours ago
Replies: 145
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By crumbsroom
Huh? To this day when the Heaven's Gate...

Huh?


To this day when the Heaven's Gate debacle gets referenced, it's almost always about how negligent the director was, and how the studios were now at the mercy of the egos of their...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 13 hours ago
Replies: 145
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By crumbsroom
And exactly what warning should be learned from...

And exactly what warning should be learned from Heaven's Gate?


Was the problem artistic freedom? Or was the problem that movies in general were exploding their budgets at that time in the hopes...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 15 hours ago
Replies: 145
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By crumbsroom
I'm not saying movies shouldn't make money....

I'm not saying movies shouldn't make money. Making a movie thoughtful or unique or that is a quiet slow burn or is made on the cheap, doesn't negate its financial potential. This has always been a...
Forum: Movie Reviews 15 hours ago
Replies: 1,763
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By crumbsroom
Not liking The Third Man score makes about as...

Not liking The Third Man score makes about as much sense as not liking Suspiria's score. Yes, I know a lot of these people exist, but that only makes it all the more baffling.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 16 hours ago
Replies: 307
SpelingError's Top 100 Favorite Short Films
Posted By crumbsroom
Was any Susan Pitt on this list? Rewatched The...

Was any Susan Pitt on this list? Rewatched The Doctors (think that's what it was called) last night, and that deserves a mention
Forum: General Movie Discussion 16 hours ago
Replies: 145
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By crumbsroom
Honestly, because of the crap Hollywood has been...

Honestly, because of the crap Hollywood has been investing in, and their constant pandering to the lowest instincts of their audience, not only do they probably deserve to tank everything, I also...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 18 hours ago
Replies: 145
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By crumbsroom
The issue isn't that movies need to turn a profit...

The issue isn't that movies need to turn a profit (that's always been a challenge in the film industry), the issue is the business model these studios have is broken and is being run by executive...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 18 hours ago
Replies: 145
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By crumbsroom
Yes, please let's keep talking about how movies...

Yes, please let's keep talking about how movies are a business as an excuse to limit a film aspiring to art, when there are thousands upon thousands of artistic films that have both been made and...
Replies: 41
Americans’ New TV Habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat.
Posted By crumbsroom
I did this for Disney for Get Back and Apple for...

I did this for Disney for Get Back and Apple for The Velvet Underground.


I generally am too lazy to cancel subscriptions, but those streaming services were so unbelievably terrible I had no...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 307
SpelingError's Top 100 Favorite Short Films
Posted By crumbsroom
I've never been able to get the whole way through...

I've never been able to get the whole way through it.


It was way way too much for me.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 145
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By crumbsroom
No one is asking for anything erudite. ****...

No one is asking for anything erudite. **** erudite. But smart and worthwhile things can be said about any movie that has ever been made. Everything. Yes, even The Crawling Eye.


And just so you...