HRK69
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Not as mediocre as Silence
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DKehoe
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I saw The End the other day. Apparently this started out as a documentary about an oligarch and then transformed into a musical. So I was curious to see how the musical element played into things, particularly since the actors involved aren't from that world. I think it worked because the film is about people denying what their reality is and trying to build another, and musicals are the ultimate fantasy genre where the rules of reality don't have to apply.
Andyliini
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Taken (2008)
This film changed Liam Needon's career, for better or for worse. After this he was more or less typecast as an action-thriller hero, while also being a common man. And boy does this film rock. I have seen it only once before, but it hooked my like I hadn't. Good and suspenseful story, great action and doesn't overstay it's welcome either. In other words, great.
This film changed Liam Needon's career, for better or for worse. After this he was more or less typecast as an action-thriller hero, while also being a common man. And boy does this film rock. I have seen it only once before, but it hooked my like I hadn't. Good and suspenseful story, great action and doesn't overstay it's welcome either. In other words, great.
DKehoe
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I watched Death of a Unicorn. It's not really one to go out of your way for. The CGI isn't great, which is perhaps understandable since it has a fairly modest budget, but it doesn't help when the centrepiece of the film relies on it. Both Rudd and Ortega are fine I guess? Will Poulter is the highlight as a dipshit bro.
Edit: Also, at the same time my screening was stating there was a Minecraft screening starting in the screen next to it. It was fucking packed.
Edit: Also, at the same time my screening was stating there was a Minecraft screening starting in the screen next to it. It was fucking packed.
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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I wouldn't go out of my way to watch it but fun enough with a few good deaths. 6/10.
Gave that one an A+
clarky
Gold Member
Movie was fine, it just didn't really grab me. Kinda reminded me of Final Destination.Gave that one an A+
bitbydeath
Gold Member
Rewatching - Very Bad Things
Incredible movie, incredible cast, may possibly be the most underrated movie ever made as nobody ever talks about it.
Incredible movie, incredible cast, may possibly be the most underrated movie ever made as nobody ever talks about it.
mansoor1980
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excellent choiceRewatching - Very Bad Things
Incredible movie, incredible cast, may possibly be the most underrated movie ever made as nobody ever talks about it.
kruis
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Rewatching - Very Bad Things
Incredible movie, incredible cast, may possibly be the most underrated movie ever made as nobody ever talks about it.
If it's that good, I'll put it on my watch list.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
Rewatching - Very Bad Things
Incredible movie, incredible cast, may possibly be the most underrated movie ever made as nobody ever talks about it.
I remember the huge marketing for this movie when it came out. I was a teenager and always wanted to watch that. I'll add it to my watchlist
bitbydeath
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Best way to describe it is The Hangover meets Quentin Tarantino.
clarky
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Aye seconded. Good movie.
HRK69
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Watched the original with my dad, so it only felt right to watch the sequel with him too.
I’d been putting this one off, I usually give sequels a fair shot, but something about this one just didn’t sit right with me from the start. And after watching it… yeah, I hated it from beginning to end
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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Watched the original with my dad, so it only felt right to watch the sequel with him too.
I’d been putting this one off, I usually give sequels a fair shot, but something about this one just didn’t sit right with me from the start. And after watching it… yeah, I hated it from beginning to end
l'll probably enjoy it
HRK69
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Someone needs to start a 'What's your most controversial movie opinion?' threadl'll probably enjoy it
I’m surprised no one’s made one yet
jshackles
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Watched this last night! The black and white definitely added to the movies atmosphere and made the mist a lot spookier.
Andyliini
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A Working Man
Stathan and Ayer combine their forces once again in an action thriller where Statham plays a retired special forces soldier turned into a commoner. Last year's Beekeeper was better than this one. There were a few different plotlines being followed, but they were out of balance, and others than the main plot were forgotten to the background for a long periods of time. Some scenes were fun, like the swimming pool interrogation scene, but for the most part it was a dull and unsurprising action film.
Stathan and Ayer combine their forces once again in an action thriller where Statham plays a retired special forces soldier turned into a commoner. Last year's Beekeeper was better than this one. There were a few different plotlines being followed, but they were out of balance, and others than the main plot were forgotten to the background for a long periods of time. Some scenes were fun, like the swimming pool interrogation scene, but for the most part it was a dull and unsurprising action film.
The Eraser
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The 4th Man and Flesh + Blood are bretty gud.
Great Auk
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Beastmaster, great film. And the redhead is smoking hot.
I just watched Krull for the first time a couple months ago, I liked it! I love that weird 80s stuff.
Next up for me in the fantasy movie line up (that I've never seen before) is Dragonslayer.
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INC
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The crow (remake)
Really don't know where to start with this, it feels like it missed the mark on everything, the tone is all over the place.
Their "love" had 0 impact, so everything tied to that just falls completely flat I.e. the entire point of the plot
I know there's a comic, but was the demon dude in that? Because that felt completely out of place, like it was 2 separate movies
Their deaths didn't even warrant the coming back, in the origin crow shellys death was horrific and brutal, and their loved felt more real (even tho its barely shown), so him coming back for revenge was completely warranted and deserving
Most of the film Eric is a bumbling mess, until the last 10mins!
And the ending was funking awful
3/10
Really don't know where to start with this, it feels like it missed the mark on everything, the tone is all over the place.
Their "love" had 0 impact, so everything tied to that just falls completely flat I.e. the entire point of the plot
I know there's a comic, but was the demon dude in that? Because that felt completely out of place, like it was 2 separate movies
Their deaths didn't even warrant the coming back, in the origin crow shellys death was horrific and brutal, and their loved felt more real (even tho its barely shown), so him coming back for revenge was completely warranted and deserving
Most of the film Eric is a bumbling mess, until the last 10mins!
And the ending was funking awful
3/10
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EerieArcade
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I watched Guyver: Dark Hero. Guilty pleasure.
Karak
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Tanya Roberts ya. Passed away recently and was in that 70's show as the hot mom in one of the side families.
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
Sequel to a memorably gritty action heist flick about blurred lines between cops and robbers.
This one is…decidedly not as good. Hard to maintain suspension of disbelief. Why does anyone trust Nick? Without any incredible, deal-sealing loyalty test at all. Why do they even want him around? They find a use for him later, but only afterwards. So many plot contrivances. Nice Cube is not very convincing in his role, either, and has a few fumbled line reads with semi technical jargon that come off as ridiculous.
Long, slow middle act of getting to know the (largely uninteresting) thieves with a pretty good eventual heist payoff, but not a strong recommend.
Sequel to a memorably gritty action heist flick about blurred lines between cops and robbers.
This one is…decidedly not as good. Hard to maintain suspension of disbelief. Why does anyone trust Nick? Without any incredible, deal-sealing loyalty test at all. Why do they even want him around? They find a use for him later, but only afterwards. So many plot contrivances. Nice Cube is not very convincing in his role, either, and has a few fumbled line reads with semi technical jargon that come off as ridiculous.
Long, slow middle act of getting to know the (largely uninteresting) thieves with a pretty good eventual heist payoff, but not a strong recommend.
bender
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Kwaidan -
EviLore
recommended me this movie after I gushed about Hara Kiri. It's really great going into movies you know nothing about and here is my experience: Hey, it's a ghost story, I love ghost stories. Hey, it's presented largely like a stage play just like some of my favorite movies. It's actually ghost stories in the form of vignettes, I love vignettes! So, uh, why I don't I like this movie more? The Black Hair is enjoyable. Predictable though I was expecting something as our protagonist was making his way through the yard full of hung laundry. The story is a bit abrupt and I don't think it really sticks the landing. Modern movies have probably killed any type of shock value the ending may have held in the 60s. The color red is seared into my mind and now I'm on the hunt for it like I was in Schlindler's list. Wonderful cinematography but it's outclassed by the sound design. The music does such a great job of building tension throughout, but it just can't stick the landing.
The Woman of the Snow is my favorite vignette, easily. The cinematography and set design go up a notch or twelve and hey, there's that color red again. It's still predictable up until the slight zigzag at the end. And can I be an asshole for a second? Sure, I can. The woman in the snow told him not to tell another living soul. I guess it depends on your views on the metaphysical, but unknowingly tell the woman in the snow in my book, doesn't mean you broke your promise.
Hoichi the Earless is where the movie starts to lose me. The juxtaposition of the paintings intercut with the stage play versions of armed combat in ship to ship battle is a very nice touch, but goes on a little too long which I'd say is a problem with this vignette as a whole. And again this feels predictable.
In a Cup of Tea - The most interesting story conceptually also happens to come with being the least interesting visually save for the tea cup mirrors. I'm also exhausted from the previous vignette but this one is a brief jaunt.
In all, it feels like it's lesser than the sum of its' parts but certainly worth watching and maybe a better watch if you view it in two sessions taking via the intermission as your stopping point for the first viewing. Expectations can be a horrible thing and mine were through the roof with Hara Kiri, but that's an all-timer. I know I'll go back to that one and I'm not so sure if I'll rematch this. I'm not saying you owe me $10.41
EviLore
, but Switch 2 games are expensive bub.
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ForAcademicPurposes
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★★☆☆☆ / One does not simply care about meg 2: the trench
bender
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It's been a while since I watched Terminator. I've always preferred it over the sequel and that didn't change with this viewing. The Ed Furlong jokes write themselves, but I prefer the horror elements of the original to the action movie the sequel became. Some of the effects haven't aged all that well like some of Arnold's self surgery scenes or towards the end when the use stop motion (I think) for Terminator's walk from the exploded 18-wheeler to the factory. That's all forgivable considering it had a budget that was less than 7% of T2. It does always get me to think about three things: why didn't the send the Terminator farther back in time, what the possible butterfly effect of actually succeeding in that mission and what the results might have been for better or worse, and the time paradox of Reese being John's father. Not exactly original contemplations, but even as silly as the original can be, the sequel takes the amount of ridiculous up twenty or so notches.
I'm not even sure what to say about Brazil. I understand what it is going for and I know people love it, but this is not for me and about as far away as for me as a movie can get.
TheUnicornGuy
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Watched last voyage of the demeter last night, it was not bad but not overly great. I'd say 6/10 and worth a watch if you're looking for something.
Watched legion(Paul Bettany) again this morning, stupid story but I always enjoy it. 7/10.
Watched legion(Paul Bettany) again this morning, stupid story but I always enjoy it. 7/10.
NeverYouMind
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Personally did not care for the original Gladiator with Russell Crowe so this was pretty much in line with it. I remember renting it along with The Patriot starring Mel Gibson and I prefered the film about the Revolutionary War. Ben-Hur (1959) and Spartacus (1960) were the last Roman Empire films I genuinely enjoyed. The TV shows have been a lot better.
Watched the original with my dad, so it only felt right to watch the sequel with him too.
I’d been putting this one off, I usually give sequels a fair shot, but something about this one just didn’t sit right with me from the start. And after watching it… yeah, I hated it from beginning to end
It is a mix of stylized old sci-fi, high fantasy daydreaming, and corporate dystopia with dark humor. Demented at its core but palpably absurd.
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bender
What time is it?
I get it but it's not palpable por moi.
forsakkenSoul
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Two weeks ago I watched The Terminator, I liked the movie and last week I watched the acclaimed Terminator 2: Judgment Day, a great movie. This week I plan to watch the third movie in the franchise. From what I've seen, from the third movie onwards none of them reach the quality of the first two. Which is a shame.
The Eraser
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bender
What time is it?
What didn't click for you?
The sci-fi world they built just isn't for me, but that goes for most science fiction.
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
Vampyros Lesbos - it’s an average erotic horror movie with sexy lesbian scenes. The vampire is also very pretty. Nice psychedelic music
Crash (1996) - This one is a ride. Who tf will come up with a concept “an erotic film about people getting sexually aroused with car crashes”. Also has lot of sex, like a lot. It’s a wild gross ride but one of my favorites.
Crash (1996) - This one is a ride. Who tf will come up with a concept “an erotic film about people getting sexually aroused with car crashes”. Also has lot of sex, like a lot. It’s a wild gross ride but one of my favorites.
The Rule of Jenny Pen - a thriller happening in a retirement home, with John Lithgow as a sadistic villain with a doll and Geoffrey Rush as a wheelchair-bound judge trying to face him. Acting was top notch; realistic depiction of stroke effects; psychodelic music and weird camera angles. Very dark and surprisingly good! It's not a trashy horror-comedy as its cover might suggest - quite serious in depicting such topics as ageing and dementia, no supernatural stuff. Think One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest mixed with Anthony Hopkins' The Father.
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Dr.Morris79
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Watched this last night, awsome!
Give it a watch
Coconutt
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After putting it off for so many years finally decided to watch Intersteller. When I see the "absolute cinema" from now on I will think about Intersteller. Id be remiss to not mention the amazing soundtrack as well. I've been on a space kick lately and really enjoyed all the space scenes here especially the stuff with the black hole.
That ending to me was beautiful man meeting his daughter after several several years. Plus the main character getting to go colonize an entire planet with Anne Hathaway sounds like a win to me. Fuck Matt Damon why is this guy so good at playing unlikeable character.
That ending to me was beautiful man meeting his daughter after several several years. Plus the main character getting to go colonize an entire planet with Anne Hathaway sounds like a win to me. Fuck Matt Damon why is this guy so good at playing unlikeable character.
To Live and Die in LA (1985)
This movie feels like it has a certain self-awareness about the essence of the 80s from within it, somehow. The last William Friedkin movie I watched was Killer Joe, and while LA is definitely not as extreme, it still pushes the limit of an R rating every chance it gets and has a nihilistic horror-edged darkness to it that sets it apart from its contemporaries.
I’m not entirely sure why a counterfeiting case turns crazier than the jungles of Vietnam circa 1968, but no complaints. Great performances by William Peterson (notably from Manhunter) and the ever illustrious Willem Dafoe. Now I want a 1984 Ferrari 308 GTS to cruise through the orange-red smog at sunrise.
This movie feels like it has a certain self-awareness about the essence of the 80s from within it, somehow. The last William Friedkin movie I watched was Killer Joe, and while LA is definitely not as extreme, it still pushes the limit of an R rating every chance it gets and has a nihilistic horror-edged darkness to it that sets it apart from its contemporaries.
I’m not entirely sure why a counterfeiting case turns crazier than the jungles of Vietnam circa 1968, but no complaints. Great performances by William Peterson (notably from Manhunter) and the ever illustrious Willem Dafoe. Now I want a 1984 Ferrari 308 GTS to cruise through the orange-red smog at sunrise.
INC
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After putting it off for so many years finally decided to watch Intersteller. When I see the "absolute cinema" from now on I will think about Intersteller. Id be remiss to not mention the amazing soundtrack as well. I've been on a space kick lately and really enjoyed all the space scenes here especially the stuff with the black hole.
That ending to me was beautiful man meeting his daughter after several several years. Plus the main character getting to go colonize an entire planet with Anne Hathaway sounds like a win to me. Fuck Matt Damon why is this guy so good at playing unlikeable character.
Fun facts, the rendering of the black hole is the most realistic representation of a black hole ever done in science, let alone cinema, it took months to render based on data
The gif you posted of him watching the videos back, was done on the first take, because he wanted his raw take and reaction
HRK69
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That docking scene thoAfter putting it off for so many years finally decided to watch Intersteller. When I see the "absolute cinema" from now on I will think about Intersteller. Id be remiss to not mention the amazing soundtrack as well. I've been on a space kick lately and really enjoyed all the space scenes here especially the stuff with the black hole.
That ending to me was beautiful man meeting his daughter after several several years. Plus the main character getting to go colonize an entire planet with Anne Hathaway sounds like a win to me. Fuck Matt Damon why is this guy so good at playing unlikeable character.
AJUMP23
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Been a while since I have seen this one, but I remember it being good. I have started going back and started watching 80s movies I was too young to see in the 80s. There are some great cop movies in that time period.
MilkyJoe
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the 90s was the best decade for moviesRewatching - Very Bad Things
Incredible movie, incredible cast, may possibly be the most underrated movie ever made as nobody ever talks about it.
DKehoe
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It's probably my favourite of his. If you're interested in delving deeper into the film I'd recommend checking out this video
digoutyoursoul
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Hard Boiled and City on Fire coming to iTunes via Shout!.
That Hard Boiled shot gun sound….boom
wipeout364
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I love this movie, it’s not widely available for some reason but it did get a recent 4K release which I grabbed . I love how it feels like everything is just spiraling out of control. I have watched it probably a dozen times over the last 30 years.
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