[quote=KeyserCorleone]God this is true.  I honestly feel that Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon are great examples of this.[/quote]

[quote=FilmBuff]Agreed[/quote]

[quote=Wyldesyde19][quote=FilmBuff]That's because they ARE overrated, but in all fairness they seemed a lot better when they were brand new![/quote]
There are some good directors out of that particular period, for sure. Wong Kar Wai, Stanley Kwan, Ann Hui, Fruit Chan for example. For the most part, yeah…not so great.[/quote]

[quote=FilmBuff]That's because they ARE overrated, but in all fairness they seemed a lot better when they were brand new![/quote]

[quote=Wyldesyde19][quote=Mr Minio]So Weird Science is basically a great premise done the American way, which is the wrong way? Hong Kong would make this into a masterpiece.[/quote]
The more I dig further into Hong Kong cinema during the 80’s and 90’s, the more I feel it’s mostly over ratted. Particularly their hybrid action films (usually horror/comedy/action/combination that seems too much of a mishmash of genre to be coherent at times).[/quote]

[quote=AgrippinaX][quote=MovieGal][quote=AgrippinaX][quote=MovieGal]When someone asks ne a scary movie...I say there are scary scenes in movies but not all horror are scary. 

The end of the original Carrie..has a scary scene.[/quote]

I’ve tried to articulate what ‘scary’ even means when it comes to horror, and it’s hard. I think deeply sad, raw stuff hits harder than any gore.[/quote]

To me, the end of Carrie and scenes in Salem's Lot.[/quote]

I would agree. Classics, what can I say.[/quote]

[quote=MovieGal][quote=AgrippinaX][quote=MovieGal]When someone asks ne a scary movie...I say there are scary scenes in movies but not all horror are scary. 

The end of the original Carrie..has a scary scene.[/quote]

I’ve tried to articulate what ‘scary’ even means when it comes to horror, and it’s hard. I think deeply sad, raw stuff hits harder than any gore.[/quote]

To me, the end of Carrie and scenes in Salem's Lot.[/quote]

[quote=AgrippinaX][quote=MovieGal]When someone asks ne a scary movie...I say there are scary scenes in movies but not all horror are scary. 

The end of the original Carrie..has a scary scene.[/quote]

I’ve tried to articulate what ‘scary’ even means when it comes to horror, and it’s hard. I think deeply sad, raw stuff hits harder than any gore.[/quote]

[quote=MovieGal]When someone asks ne a scary movie...I say there are scary scenes in movies but not all horror are scary. 

The end of the original Carrie..has a scary scene.[/quote]

[quote=AgrippinaX][quote=MovieGal][quote=AgrippinaX][quote=MovieGal][quote=AgrippinaX][quote=MovieGal]I recommended Eden Lake to some younger movie enthusiasts and they LOVED it![/quote]

I love Eden Lake! Good to know youngsters still have taste. :)[/quote]

They are 30 and 32 yrs old. He took a picture of my recent diary on Letterboxd. I told him to make sure she watches The Loved Ones because I want my DVD back. They have that and Blackoon of mine.[/quote]

Oh god, I once showed ‘The Loved Ones’ to my father (who’s not averse to horror and violence and so on) and he was truly disturbed and turned off and went on a rant about how cinema has degenerated and the end of the world must be nigh. Fun times. In any case, ‘The Loved Ones’ has got ‘Carrie’ written all over it, and I still prefer the latter, but it’s a fun little thing.[/quote]

I prefer the original Carrie to the remake and Carrie 2.

The Loved Ones is just fun![/quote]

Me too — I also feel Sissy Spacek is criminally underrated.[/quote]

[quote=MovieGal][quote=AgrippinaX][quote=MovieGal][quote=AgrippinaX][quote=MovieGal]I recommended Eden Lake to some younger movie enthusiasts and they LOVED it![/quote]

I love Eden Lake! Good to know youngsters still have taste. :)[/quote]

They are 30 and 32 yrs old. He took a picture of my recent diary on Letterboxd. I told him to make sure she watches The Loved Ones because I want my DVD back. They have that and Blackoon of mine.[/quote]

Oh god, I once showed ‘The Loved Ones’ to my father (who’s not averse to horror and violence and so on) and he was truly disturbed and turned off and went on a rant about how cinema has degenerated and the end of the world must be nigh. Fun times. In any case, ‘The Loved Ones’ has got ‘Carrie’ written all over it, and I still prefer the latter, but it’s a fun little thing.[/quote]

I prefer the original Carrie to the remake and Carrie 2.

The Loved Ones is just fun![/quote]