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02-05-15

February 4, 2015:

Torso (Sergio Martino, 1973) -

Badass giallo flick. Martino directs with ease, and it's a total product of the time - the music, the atmosphere, it all screams 70's. The thing I loved about it was how he went about hiding who the killer was - he did so by making everyone seem like a sick sexual pervert who could be the killer. Nicely done, sir.

neiba

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02-05-15

Originally Posted by MovieGal

Are they all very good experiences so far!?!?!?!?!

Why wouldn't they be? I laughted as a manic watching Chinese Torture Chamber, I really liked some of the horror short stories of Theatre Bizarre and I loved this one! So far, so good...

Originally Posted by MovieGal

What made you doubt that he doesn't give great performances?? You need to watch more Mads Mikkelsen films... I should express that more with members of the forum who enjoy diversity!!

Ahahah! I should definitely watch more Mads'! He seems quite complete, as you said! And I love listening to the German language so...

Originally Posted by MovieGal

Neiba, to me, the two best Charles Laughton films are "Island of Lost Souls" (1932) and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1939)...

I must check them! He is an impressive actor, that was unknown to me!

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02-05-15

Originally Posted by neiba

Ahahah! I should definitely watch more Mads'! He seems quite complete, as you said! And I love listening to the German language so...

Mads is danish!!!

Haha it's okay though, he has even acted in a french film so yeah he gets around.

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neiba

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02-05-15

Ahahah!

oooooops! MG is gonna kill me!

MovieGal

Msg

Registered User

02-05-15

Originally Posted by neiba

Ahahah!

oooooops! MG is gonna kill me!

Nah not kill you perhaps tickle you to death.

Mads is versatile and does french films as well as danish, german and english.

neiba

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02-05-15

Originally Posted by MovieGal

Nah not kill you perhaps tickle you to death.

Mads is versatile and does french films as well as danish, german and english.

Ohhh, someone made me lost my tickles a long time ago...

(if you know what I mean...)

MovieGal

Msg

Registered User

02-05-15

Ok Neiba... I have a challenge for you... 3 films of Mads within 10 days... I pick the films.. I want your thoughts on them.. here....

1. Efter brylluppet (2006)
2. De gr�nne slagtere (2003)
3. Elsker dig for evigt (2002)

after you watch them.. and review them.... I would like to hear your thoughts on him as an actor.....

Swan

CIA Spook

02-05-15

Originally Posted by MovieGal

Nah not kill you perhaps tickle you to death.

Isn't tickling him to death the same as killing him?

MovieGal

Msg

Registered User

02-05-15

Originally Posted by Swan

Isn't tickling him to death the same as killing him?

In a nicer way.. and more pleasant I think...

neiba

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02-05-15

05-02-2015

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
George Roy Hill
1969
110 min.

Definitely the funniest western I've ever seen! The perfomances by the two main actors are great, it's technically very well thought (the sepia scenes work really well), it has an incredible opening and an exciting final scene and a lot of great moments in the middle! There's this feeling throughout the whole movie that there is a fate almost unavoidable to each character and everything is more showed by action than spoken by words... That part is incredible!
The cinematography and sonography are great and there are some gold bits of sountrack!
I liked the first half much better than the second but overall I had a really great time with this!

neiba

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02-05-15

Originally Posted by MovieGal

uuuh!

I'll try! Though you must know my internet in my parent's house (where I'm right now) is a bit slow, I may have some trouble finding the movies but I'll see what I can do!

Swan

CIA Spook

02-06-15

February 5, 2015:

Possession (Andrzej Zulawski, 1981) -

Batsh*t crazy surreal horror movie that I still don�t quite know what to make of. This is my kind of movie. However, I think the divisiveness of it got in the way for me, I kept trying to watch the film from both sides of the conversation and it was kind of distracting. Hopefully when I revisit it, I�ll be able to ignore that and just enjoy it for what it is. Regardless, this is a fascinating piece, one that I still don�t quite understand. I think it�s f*cking weird, too, seeing Sam Neill in a movie like this and then in a movie like Jurassic Park. Two very different performances in two very different films.

Cannibal Holocaust (Ruggero Deodato, 1980) -

Eh, the less said the better. Just not my style I guess. I gave it a point for being interesting in a weirdly nihilistic way, but I'm just not into the sick realistic gore and animal cruelty. That's bad joojoo.

hello101

Registered User

02-06-15

Have you seen Phase IV, Swan? It's one of those weird sc-fis that came before Star Wars and in the wake of 2001. I reckon you'd like it.

Swan

CIA Spook

02-06-15

Originally Posted by hello101

Have you seen Phase IV, Swan? It's one of those weird sc-fis that came before Star Wars and in the wake of 2001. I reckon you'd like it.

I haven't, it looks pretty wild though. I'll check it out.

jiraffejustin

Before man was, war waited for him.

02-06-15

That Cannibal Holocaust poster is dope. I can't really blame you for not liking the movie though, even though I did when I saw it a while back.

neiba

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02-06-15

06-02-2015

The Birds
Alfred Hitchcock
1963
119 min.

I know this is supposed to be a masterpiece and one of Hitchcock's movies that everybody loves, but except for the last 25 minutes (which are truly amazing), The Birds really didn't much for me!
It's impressive from the technical point of view, no doubt about that, but I just didn't feel the suspense I think I was supposed to! The pacing during the first half bored me a little too...

Last edited by neiba; 02-06-15 at 01:53 PM.

Swan

CIA Spook

02-06-15

February 6, 2015:

I rewatched Phibes and watched two movies for the Horror HoF. I'll just post what I said in the thread here for my write-ups.

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (Robert Fuest, 1971) -

[REWATCH]

I rewatched The Abominable Dr. Phibes. I was sorely disappointed.

Just kidding. Actually, quite the opposite. I haven't seen it in years, and I felt with the (mostly) mediocre response I would have felt mediocre about it too upon rewatch. But I was instead blown away. I don't understand how anyone can't love this movie. I mean, I don't have a problem if you don't like it, I just don't get that myself. To me it's a masterpiece. Sure a bit campy but campy can be good. It has a deliciously macabre character in Phibes. In fact, I'd say Phibes is one of my all-time favorite characters in cinema. He's just so much fun to watch, so wonderfully dark - he gets such joy out of killing these people. It's all the more amazing that you get that impression despite him having no facial movement and little dialogue.

Anyway, I for one love it, and I'm not ashamed to have nominated it anymore.

"Nine eternities in doom!"

The Night Stalker (John Llewellyn Moxey, 1972) -

Watched The Night Stalker. I liked it well enough, was decent, but like Sane I felt it was a bit more TV mystery than horror. Then again, I realize horror often blends genres. The TV production quality did kind of lessen it for me, if it had been an actual made-for-movie movie, I probably would have liked it better. Still, good nomination hello. I know Kolchak because the TV series is mentioned in Stephen King�s Danse Macabre, but had you not nominated it I may have never watched this.

Alyce Kills (Jay Lee, 2011) -

Just finished Alyce Kills.

I was really, really hoping to like this. And I was for the first 30 minutes or so. I really liked Alyce and Carol at first. But I felt Alyce got progressively more and more annoying as a character. I also didn't understand a lot of her character motivation, but that might just be me. I get that her friend just died and the whole idea was she was going insane. The gore, despite being real and somewhat sickening, didn't really bother me. Maybe because there wasn't a whole hell of a lot of it. I also really liked Jade Dornfeld's performance (even though I hated the character, ultimately). This is the kind of script that demands a good lead actress to play the character, and she rocked it. In the end, however, I didn't really get the point of the movie. Sorry cricket. If it's any consolation, I'd say this isn't as bad as a lot of modern day horror, something I'm tend to not be a fan of aside from the occasional greats that come out like The Babadook. It was worth a watch, and I'm glad you nominated it.

Captain Spaulding

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02-07-15

Originally Posted by Swan

Cannibal Holocaust (Ruggero Deodato, 1980) -

If I had participated in the Horror Hall of Fame, there's a strong chance I would have nominated Cannibal Holocaust. One of my all-time favorite horror movies and, in my opinion, one of the most important entries in the genre. Not that I blame you or anyone for being too turned off by the violence and turtle dissection.

I recorded The Abominable Dr. Phibes yesterday, so I'll be watching it sometime in the near future.

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