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Post by Ass_E9 on Apr 11, 2017 3:27:28 GMT
Psycho II (1983)
The 80s de rigueur slasher gore moments detract from what is otherwise a solid movie with fine performances.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Apr 11, 2017 11:51:52 GMT
Night Was Our Friend (1951, UK, 59 minutes) - 6.5/10. Odd that the rating on IMDb is relatively positive (6.1/10), yet the reviews are extremely negative. I thought this film was somewhat better than mediocre, although I admit the pacing is far too slow. But I don't mind slow pacing that much....
Not sure what to watch next.
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Post by Marv on Apr 11, 2017 12:06:00 GMT
Scream...still as enjoyable as ever. I forget how heavy handed some of the red herrings are.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Apr 13, 2017 2:13:39 GMT
I Am a Litter Basket (1959, UK, 6 minutes) - 8/10. Plot: A litter bin at a train station is greatly saddened by the fact that people refuse to put their rubbish in him. Instead these awful people keep dropping their rubbish all over the train station floor. The litter bin is hungry, and wants some rubbish. The litter bins then decide to come to life and move across the train station, frightening people, in an effort to get them to put their trash in the bin. Yet no matter what, people keep refusing their put their trash in the bins. The litter bins are greatly saddened and depressed because of this. But there's a happy ending: A group of boy scouts come by and put their rubbish into the bin, thus giving hope to bins of the next generation. Yes, I am actually describing the plot of this film, which is truly one of the oddest things I've seen so far this year.......I watched this short via the DVD release "British Transport Films Collection: Volume One". There's also a copy on YouTube, but it is in fake widescreen. Ugh. I hate fake widescreen and all of its short fat people.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Apr 13, 2017 5:28:07 GMT
Danse fleur de lotus (1897, France, 1 minute) - 8/10. The "serpentine dance" film was a popular genre in 19th century cinema. This is particular example is no better and no worse than most others. But this is such a delightful type of film that I really enjoyed it anyway. This film was directed by Alice Guy, the world's first female film director.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Apr 13, 2017 7:22:46 GMT
give a mini review on the movie you saw last. For example: I finally saw Phantoms last night (yes this Phantoms ) it's not very good, but it's kind of fun. It's kind of like 3 different horror movies meshed into one, most notably "The Thing" but with a devil, ancient evil, biochemical twist? idk, but it's a guilty pleasure watch. I watched the the gripping 1941 crime noir I WAKE UP SCREAMING - with Victor Mature, Betty Grable, Laird Cregar and Elisha Cooke Jr., last night. Although I had seen it before a few years back I thoroughly enjoyed it again and so did my missus - who was watching it for the first time. Plus, it was a restored print, so the crsiply photographed black and white film looked even more excellent and atmospheric this time around. We (the missus and I) had shared a huge muffin laced with cannabis oil and by the time the movie started we had a seriously lovely buzz on. Because of the potent cannabis oil muffin, I had first figured on screening either Alan Parker's film of PINK FLOYD'S THE WALL or Hal Ashby weirdly romantic black comedy classic HAROLD AND MAUDE (with its wonderful Cat Stevens' songs and marvelous performances by Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort) last night. But at the last moment I changed my mind and went with I WAKE UP SCREAMING. It was a good call and the film gelled beautifully with our buzz.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Apr 13, 2017 12:23:06 GMT
Raise the Red Lantern - stunning visually, and exquisitely plotted toward the inevitable downfall. 9/10, probably be a 10 on rewatch. Haven't seen much Zhang Yimou, but he hasn't disappointed yet. Note: I haven't seen The Great Wall
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Apr 16, 2017 15:51:18 GMT
The last film I watched was a short subject: Sixty Years of Fashion (1960, UK, 18 minutes) - 7/10. A breezy look into the history of British fashion from 1897 to 1960, filmed in glorious colour. A bit too breezy, to be honest. But hey, I was tired and bored, and this proved easy to watch.
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Post by maxwellperfect on Apr 16, 2017 16:10:41 GMT
I tried watching 'Suicide Squad' last night but fell asleep after around 30 minutes. In its defense, it was fairly late.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Apr 16, 2017 16:43:09 GMT
Danse fleur de lotus (1897, France, 1 minute) - 8/10. The "serpentine dance" film was a popular genre in 19th century cinema. This is particular example is no better and no worse than most others. But this is such a delightful type of film that I really enjoyed it anyway. This film was directed by Alice Guy, the world's first female film director. (video) Thanks so much for this, Wolf. It's beautiful. And I just wanted to add that Alice Guy (Blanche) has 436 directing credits from 1898 to 1920. Amazing!!! You should post this on CFB. I'll be posting a link to it on the next "classics watched last week" thread. Other linked-to items will include an 1899 "workers leaving factory" film (those things are addictive!), and a fascinating news story about trains from a 1951 BBC TV newscast.
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Post by Jerk on Apr 16, 2017 18:32:26 GMT
Prime Cut 1972, 8/10.
Staring Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman. A hard boiled, men are real men 70's movie. Some great tension between the leads and a great script. A little bit ridiculous compared to modern movies in terms of content but still an enjoyable movie.
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Post by brownstones on Apr 16, 2017 23:23:41 GMT
I tried watching 'Suicide Squad' last night but fell asleep after around 30 minutes. In its defense, it was fairly late. Nah.........that's fine.......the movie is.....ummmm. yeah. You can turn it off exactly at 57 minutes for the theatrical cut (or 1 hour 1 minute in the extended) that's honestly the film's "peak"
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Post by TheFilmologist on Apr 17, 2017 0:42:54 GMT
Peter Jackson's Meet The Feebles (1989)
Meet The Feebles is certainly not a film for everyone.....but for those who are a fan of over the top violence, REALLY DARK humor, or trashy, yet lovable cinema, it's a much-watch. 😄
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Post by chalk2 on Apr 17, 2017 0:57:21 GMT
Fate Of The Furious. Thought it held up well considering who's missing and how many sequels there are. Clearly a strong franchise with a descent entry. Plenty of action with a movie version of a real life event at the end.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Apr 17, 2017 1:00:34 GMT
6 Souls (2010) - 3/10 A very generic horror film with very little going for it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2017 5:24:28 GMT
Office Christmas Party
While it has a pretty good cast the movie itself just falls flat with it's intended humor. You have fart jokes, bird semen jokes, nerd who can't get a girlfriend jokes. I mean whoever wrote the script was really scratching at the bottom of the barrel in terms of comedy. This movie basically wrote a stereotypical Jason Bateman character where he's a bit wound up too tight and going through a divorce. It was just very more of the same sadly from a good actor in Bateman. Same goes for TJ Miller, was drug and alcohol humor with him. Just more of the same. Olivia Munn of course plays the office hot chick with a bit of a sarcastic sense of humor. No real stretch there either. Then the cherry on top is Jennifer Aniston who once again shows that she can't perform well in a big comedy. Outside of Office Space I can't think of a good comedy or even a good movie that she's ever done. Hell in Office Space she just happens to be in it as her role could of been played by anybody but I'm trying to throw her a bone.
In the end 5/10 for me. I didn't hate it and I didn't like it. It was just there and I don't recall ever laughing once.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Apr 19, 2017 8:38:26 GMT
Painting People (1965, 27 minutes) - 8/10. An excellent documentary about portrait paintings by Australian artists. Several artists are interviewed. This is one of many short documentaries produced by the Australian Commonwealth Film Unit during the 1960s.
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Post by tastytomatoes on Apr 19, 2017 8:47:27 GMT
G A T T A C A
Pretty good, Jude Law and Ethan Hawke are amazing
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2017 9:03:46 GMT
The Void
A mix between Hell Raiser and The Thing. Pretty gory creepy cult like shit. 6/10
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Post by TheFilmologist on Apr 20, 2017 7:07:34 GMT
Blade Runner: The Final Cut
Prior to this, I'd only seen Blade Runner in the original US theatrical cut with the narration and "happy ending". I really didn't get it or appreciated it the first time, but as I learned more about the film and thought about it more, the more I began to fall in love with.
I'm SO pumped for Blade Runner 2049! 😄
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