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Post by jcush on Oct 23, 2022 19:28:01 GMT
First Viewings: The League of Gentlemen (1960) 8/10 Panama (2022) 2/10 The Leopard Man (1943) 5/10 Greased Lightning (1977) 7/10 The Masque of the Red Death (1964) 6.5/10 No Sudden Move (2021) 7/10 Cleopatra Jones (1973) 6/10 Repeat Viewings: The Bat (1959) 5.5/10 The Masque of the Red Death - 7/10 No Sudden Move - 7/10 The Bat - 6/10
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Post by jcush on Oct 23, 2022 19:29:58 GMT
Welcome back to another week of the BEST & WORST edition of 'what movies did you see last week?' thread. For those who haven't been part of it before, basically your host (me) posts my weekly movies and you can comment on those and list your movie for the same time frame. I will get back to you on yours and you can talk to other users here about their films. It's a great place to talk about film. FIRST TIME FILM VIEWINGHalloween Ends (2022, David Gordon Green)This final chapter of the new Halloween trilogy takes a big swing at something that would be commendable in of itself if it didn’t feel like a reaction to the poorly received Halloween Kills. Like the Star Wars sequel trilogy this set of films do not feel planned outbox if they were they changed course with this one. The opening plays like a pretty good short film but when attached with the rest we get a very weirdly structured film that instruindo to love in two different camps and does not work. It has some great songs, cool kills and various good scenes but on its own terms as a whole it’s a mess and it’s even worse attempt closing part of a trilogy. 4.5/10Clerks III (2022, Kevin Smith)Well this film is cheap and cannot hide it. It is very lazily put together and lives firmly in the directors ass. It is rife with unearned sentimentality and despite some okay scenes and occasional good dialogue is pretty bad. 4/10REPEAT FILM VIEWING Dressed to Kill (1980, Brian De Palma)blu rayDe Palma’s ode to Psycho functions as an American Giallo film and has many stunning set pieces. 7.5/10WEEKLY FILM AWARDSBEST FILM: Dressed to Kill BEST ACTOR: Keith Gordon - Dressed to Kill BEST ACTRESS: Nancy Allen - Dressed to Kill BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Michael Caine - Dressed to Kill BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Angie Dickinson Dressed to Kill BEST EDITING: Gerald B. Greenberg - Dressed to Kill BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ralf D. Bode - Dressed to Kill BEST SCORE: John Carpenter - Halloween Ends BEST SCRIPT: Brian De Palma - Dressed to Kill BEST DIRECTOR: Brian De Palma - Dressed to Kill 10/10 - Perfection (or as close to it as possible) 09/10 - An Excellent film 08/10 - A VERY Good film 07/10 - A Good film 06/10 - A Solid film 05/10 - An Average film 04/10 - Below Average film 03/10 - A mostly bad film 02/10 - A mostly terrible film 01/10 - Awful through and through 00/10 - Not only awful but offensive too Hi, Dark. Yours: Dressed to Kill 8/10 I like it, I actually think it's a tiny bit overrated, I prefer other De Palma movies, but yeah, it's like. The begining with Angie Dickinson is fantastic. Loved the score too. Mine: The Menu 7/10 It's the movie with Anya Taylor Joy and Ralph Fiennes, caught a screening. It's about a couple who's invited to an exclusive restaurant on a secluded island, where only ultra rich people are invited, and then things start to get weird and creepy. It's O.K., it's very heavy-handed, but yeah.. Some parts are fun and I like Anya Taylor Joy and Ralph Fiennes. John Leguizamo is fun too. How Do you Know 7.5/10 It's a James L. Brooks movie with Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd and Jack Nicholson. It's about a softball player who's been cut by her team because they feel she's too old, who's divided between her boyfriend, who's a baseball player, and a guy she just met, who just lost his job and is in big trouble with his former company. I head it wasn't good, I enjoyed it though, I thought it was funny, sweet too. Jack plays Paul Rudd's father. I liked Reese Witherspoon. Owen Wilson is fun too. Play It as It Lays 9/10 It's a Frank Perry movie, with Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins. It's about an actress, who's going into a breadown, she's unhappily married to a director, she has problems with her daughter and her best friend is a producer, who actually has his own demons. Love it, it's really a great movie. It gets really dark. It's no easy, but I found it really powerful. Tuesday Weld is fantastic. I think she's a very underrated actress. Anthony Perkins is really great too, he plays the producer. Sleepless 5/10 It's a movie with Jamiee Foxx, it's about a Vegas cop, who steals with his partner, a lot of cocaine. The crime boss who owned the drug goes after him, and also an internal affair cop starts investigating. Didn't like it much, I found it a bit weak. There are some twists, I thought they were kind of predictable though. Summer Lovers 7/10 It's a movie with Daryl Hannah, Randall Kleiser directed it, the director of Grease, it's about a couple on vacation in Greece who meet a French tourist and end up starting a menage a trois with her. It's O.K., it's not great maybe, I liked the atmosphere though, it's fun, sensual too. How Do You Know - Watched this a few months ago. Good cast, but the movie didn't do a lot for me. 5.5/10
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Post by jcush on Oct 23, 2022 19:31:45 GMT
Halloween Ends - 5/10 Also seen this one this week. Mine: The Devils Rejects (2005) - 10/10 Pizza Girl Massacre (2014) - 3/10 The Church (2018) - 1/10 We Need To Do Something (2021) - 4/10 Gore: All Hallows' Eve (2021) - 4/10 Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) - 4/10 Orphan: First Kill (2022) - 6/10 Survival of the Dead (2009) - 5/10 The Devil's Rejects - Hated the first half, but found the second half surprisingly decent. 5/10 Bodies Bodies Bodies - 7/10 Orphan: First Kill - I kind of admire what they were going for, even if it doesn't fully work. 6/10 Survival of the Dead - 4.5/10
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Post by william123 on Oct 23, 2022 21:23:41 GMT
Hi, Dark. Yours: Dressed to Kill 8/10 I like it, I actually think it's a tiny bit overrated, I prefer other De Palma movies, but yeah, it's like. The begining with Angie Dickinson is fantastic. Loved the score too. Mine: The Menu 7/10 It's the movie with Anya Taylor Joy and Ralph Fiennes, caught a screening. It's about a couple who's invited to an exclusive restaurant on a secluded island, where only ultra rich people are invited, and then things start to get weird and creepy. It's O.K., it's very heavy-handed, but yeah.. Some parts are fun and I like Anya Taylor Joy and Ralph Fiennes. John Leguizamo is fun too. How Do you Know 7.5/10 It's a James L. Brooks movie with Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd and Jack Nicholson. It's about a softball player who's been cut by her team because they feel she's too old, who's divided between her boyfriend, who's a baseball player, and a guy she just met, who just lost his job and is in big trouble with his former company. I head it wasn't good, I enjoyed it though, I thought it was funny, sweet too. Jack plays Paul Rudd's father. I liked Reese Witherspoon. Owen Wilson is fun too. Play It as It Lays 9/10 It's a Frank Perry movie, with Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins. It's about an actress, who's going into a breadown, she's unhappily married to a director, she has problems with her daughter and her best friend is a producer, who actually has his own demons. Love it, it's really a great movie. It gets really dark. It's no easy, but I found it really powerful. Tuesday Weld is fantastic. I think she's a very underrated actress. Anthony Perkins is really great too, he plays the producer. Sleepless 5/10 It's a movie with Jamiee Foxx, it's about a Vegas cop, who steals with his partner, a lot of cocaine. The crime boss who owned the drug goes after him, and also an internal affair cop starts investigating. Didn't like it much, I found it a bit weak. There are some twists, I thought they were kind of predictable though. Summer Lovers 7/10 It's a movie with Daryl Hannah, Randall Kleiser directed it, the director of Grease, it's about a couple on vacation in Greece who meet a French tourist and end up starting a menage a trois with her. It's O.K., it's not great maybe, I liked the atmosphere though, it's fun, sensual too. Hey Billy Dressed to kill isn’t in my top depalmas either. sad to say I’ve seen none of yours this week. any interest in Halloween Ends or Clerks 3? Well, I didn't like Clerks 2, and I didn't like the trailer for this one, so, no, not much interest. I haven't seen Halloween Kills yet, actually. I might watch that and Halloween Ends. I thought the first of the new Halloween movies was O.K., but I wasn't crazy about it. You should check out Play It as It Lays, if you can. I think you might like it.
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Post by william123 on Oct 23, 2022 21:25:26 GMT
Hi, Dark. Yours: Dressed to Kill 8/10 I like it, I actually think it's a tiny bit overrated, I prefer other De Palma movies, but yeah, it's like. The begining with Angie Dickinson is fantastic. Loved the score too. Mine: The Menu 7/10 It's the movie with Anya Taylor Joy and Ralph Fiennes, caught a screening. It's about a couple who's invited to an exclusive restaurant on a secluded island, where only ultra rich people are invited, and then things start to get weird and creepy. It's O.K., it's very heavy-handed, but yeah.. Some parts are fun and I like Anya Taylor Joy and Ralph Fiennes. John Leguizamo is fun too. How Do you Know 7.5/10 It's a James L. Brooks movie with Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd and Jack Nicholson. It's about a softball player who's been cut by her team because they feel she's too old, who's divided between her boyfriend, who's a baseball player, and a guy she just met, who just lost his job and is in big trouble with his former company. I head it wasn't good, I enjoyed it though, I thought it was funny, sweet too. Jack plays Paul Rudd's father. I liked Reese Witherspoon. Owen Wilson is fun too. Play It as It Lays 9/10 It's a Frank Perry movie, with Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins. It's about an actress, who's going into a breadown, she's unhappily married to a director, she has problems with her daughter and her best friend is a producer, who actually has his own demons. Love it, it's really a great movie. It gets really dark. It's no easy, but I found it really powerful. Tuesday Weld is fantastic. I think she's a very underrated actress. Anthony Perkins is really great too, he plays the producer. Sleepless 5/10 It's a movie with Jamiee Foxx, it's about a Vegas cop, who steals with his partner, a lot of cocaine. The crime boss who owned the drug goes after him, and also an internal affair cop starts investigating. Didn't like it much, I found it a bit weak. There are some twists, I thought they were kind of predictable though. Summer Lovers 7/10 It's a movie with Daryl Hannah, Randall Kleiser directed it, the director of Grease, it's about a couple on vacation in Greece who meet a French tourist and end up starting a menage a trois with her. It's O.K., it's not great maybe, I liked the atmosphere though, it's fun, sensual too. How Do You Know - Watched this a few months ago. Good cast, but the movie didn't do a lot for me. 5.5/10 I prefer other James L. Brooks films, but I don't know, I enjoyed it in the end, maybe because I didn't really have high expectations.
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Post by darksidebeadle on Oct 24, 2022 3:08:58 GMT
Hey Billy Dressed to kill isn’t in my top depalmas either. sad to say I’ve seen none of yours this week. any interest in Halloween Ends or Clerks 3? Well, I didn't like Clerks 2, and I didn't like the trailer for this one, so, no, not much interest. I haven't seen Halloween Kills yet, actually. I might watch that and Halloween Ends. I thought the first of the new Halloween movies was O.K., but I wasn't crazy about it. You should check out Play It as It Lays, if you can. I think you might like it. Yeah it does sound interesting and I like Tuesday Weld
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Post by sjg on Oct 24, 2022 7:23:38 GMT
Hey Dark,
Just one of yours this week Clerks III (2022, Kevin Smith) 4/10
Mine: 1) The Heartbreak Kid 1972 (6/10)
2) The Buddy Holly Story 1978 (7/10)
3) Agatha 1979 (5/10)
4) Clerks III 2022 (4/10)
5) The Electric Horseman 1979 (6/10)
6) The Saturn V Story 2014 (7/10)
7) Fellini's Casanova 1976 (3/10)
TV Series:
1) ¡Mucha Lucha! Season 2 2003/2004 (5/10)
2) 13 Hours That Saved Britain 2010 (6/10)
Re-Watches:
1) The Big Bang Theory Season 2
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Post by darksidebeadle on Oct 24, 2022 9:13:36 GMT
Hey Dark, Just one of yours this week Clerks III (2022, Kevin Smith) 4/10 Mine: 1) The Heartbreak Kid 1972 (6/10) 2) The Buddy Holly Story 1978 (7/10) 3) Agatha 1979 (5/10) 4) Clerks III 2022 (4/10) 5) The Electric Horseman 1979 (6/10) 6) The Saturn V Story 2014 (7/10) 7) Fellini's Casanova 1976 (3/10) TV Series: 1) ¡Mucha Lucha! Season 2 2003/2004 (5/10) 2) 13 Hours That Saved Britain 2010 (6/10) Re-Watches: 1) The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Hey SJG 1) The Heartbreak Kid 1972 (6.5/10) 2) The Buddy Holly Story 1978 (7/10)
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Post by theravenking on Oct 24, 2022 10:56:08 GMT
Hey Dark, Just one of yours this week Clerks III (2022, Kevin Smith) 4/10 Mine: 1) The Heartbreak Kid 1972 (6/10) 2) The Buddy Holly Story 1978 (7/10) 3) Agatha 1979 (5/10) 4) Clerks III 2022 (4/10) 5) The Electric Horseman 1979 (6/10) 6) The Saturn V Story 2014 (7/10) 7) Fellini's Casanova 1976 (3/10) TV Series: 1) ¡Mucha Lucha! Season 2 2003/2004 (5/10) 2) 13 Hours That Saved Britain 2010 (6/10) Re-Watches: 1) The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Hey, SJG!
7) Fellini's Casanova 1976 (6/10)
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Post by william123 on Oct 24, 2022 11:55:38 GMT
Well, I didn't like Clerks 2, and I didn't like the trailer for this one, so, no, not much interest. I haven't seen Halloween Kills yet, actually. I might watch that and Halloween Ends. I thought the first of the new Halloween movies was O.K., but I wasn't crazy about it. You should check out Play It as It Lays, if you can. I think you might like it. Yeah it does sound interesting and I like Tuesday Weld I loved it as much as The Swimmer, from the same director (O.K., I know apparently Sydney Pollack is rumoured to have directed a lot of that one, but still...I'm not sure how true or not that rumour is...).
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Post by sjg on Oct 24, 2022 16:14:46 GMT
First Time Viewing Blood Creek (2009; Joel Schumacher) - Messy Nazi zombie movie that feels more like trashy backwoods horror. 3.5/10 Diary Of The Dead (2007; George A. Romero) - Didn't care much for this, but I generally dislike both zombies and found footage. 3.5/10 The Loved Ones (2009; Sean Byrne) - This Aussie horror had a good idea, but was just too demented for my taste. 4/10 Magic (1978; Richard Attenborough) - I really wanted to like this, there was just so much talent involved, but sadly couldn't buy into the concept of a grown-up man's unnatural bond with a ventriloquist dummy. Also found Hopkins' acting rather hammy. 5/10 Nightmare Detective (2006; Shin'ya Tsukamoto) - It's Freddy Krueger in Japanese which sounds far more interesting than it actually is. 4/10 Urban Explorer (2011; Andy Fetscher) - Surprisingly decent German horror movie about a bunch of tourists exploring the tunnel system under Berlin. 6/10 The Witches (1966; Cyril Frankel) - I expected this Hammer movie to be more fun, but it's actually rather silly and seemed like a waste of a good concept. 5/10 Repeat Viewing Aliens (1986; James Cameron) - Still the awesomest movie about humans fighting space monsters ever. 9/10 The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015; Oz Perkins) - Another slow-burn indie horror which significantly grew on me with this repeat viewing. Its very subtle approach and the lack of humor or any sort of irony and almost clinically cold tone mean it's definitely not for everyone, but if you're willing to engage with it, it can make for a genuinely disturbing experience. 7/10 Cat's Eye (1985; Lewis Teague) - Fun Stephen King episode movie with great work from the feline cast. 7/10 Elizabeth Harvest (2018; Sebastian Gutierrez) - I decided to give this another try, not caring much for it the first time around. sadly my feelings haven't changed much. It's like an overlong Outer Limits episode which pretends to be deeper and more meaningful than it actually is. 4.5/10 Exam (2009; Stuart Hazeldine) - This is a film I always enjoy, no matter how often I see it. A very creative contained thriller with great performances from the entire cast. 8/10 Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988; Dwight H. Little) - Michael is back, but this feels more like your typical clumsy 80s slasher. 5/10 The House With Laughing Windows (1976; Pupi Avati) - This improved on my second watch. Now that I knew the climactic twist the movie worked even better and I found it every bit as disturbing as before. 8/10 Puzzle (1974; Duccio Tessari) - Relatively tame but gripping giallo with a stunning Senta Berger. 7.5/10 Scream 2 (1997; Wes Craven) - My favourite Scream movie. A weaker plot than the first one, but better directed with some inventive set-pieces. 8/10 The Thing (1982; John Carpenter) - I'm in the minority in not being a fan of this one. It has a great concept and stunning practical effects, but I always thought the characters could've done with a bit more work. 7/10 Hey Raven Diary Of The Dead (2007; George A. Romero) 4/10 Aliens (1986; James Cameron) 8.5/10 Cat's Eye (1985; Lewis Teague) 6/10 Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988; Dwight H. Little) 4/10 Scream 2 (1997; Wes Craven) 7/10 The Thing (1982; John Carpenter) 8/10
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Post by darksidebeadle on Oct 24, 2022 19:07:11 GMT
Yeah it does sound interesting and I like Tuesday Weld I loved it as much as The Swimmer, from the same director (O.K., I know apparently Sydney Pollack is rumoured to have directed a lot of that one, but still...I'm not sure how true or not that rumour is...). Well if I remember the making of documentary correct polls I was brought into finish the swimmer and did a decent chunk of it.
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Post by jcush on Oct 24, 2022 19:21:29 GMT
Hey Dark, Just one of yours this week Clerks III (2022, Kevin Smith) 4/10 Mine: 1) The Heartbreak Kid 1972 (6/10) 2) The Buddy Holly Story 1978 (7/10) 3) Agatha 1979 (5/10) 4) Clerks III 2022 (4/10) 5) The Electric Horseman 1979 (6/10) 6) The Saturn V Story 2014 (7/10) 7) Fellini's Casanova 1976 (3/10) TV Series: 1) ¡Mucha Lucha! Season 2 2003/2004 (5/10) 2) 13 Hours That Saved Britain 2010 (6/10) Re-Watches: 1) The Big Bang Theory Season 2 The Heartbreak Kid - 7/10
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Post by william123 on Oct 24, 2022 20:24:10 GMT
I loved it as much as The Swimmer, from the same director (O.K., I know apparently Sydney Pollack is rumoured to have directed a lot of that one, but still...I'm not sure how true or not that rumour is...). Well if I remember the making of documentary correct polls I was brought into finish the swimmer and did a decent chunk of it. Yeah. I read on the IMDB Trivia for the movie that basically Frank Perry didn't get along with neither Burt Lancaster nor the producer. He got fired after finishing the first cut, and Sydney Pollack did the reshoots.
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Post by sjg on Oct 25, 2022 7:29:44 GMT
First Time Viewings: The Creeping Flesh (1973, Freddie Francis) - 7/10The Hound of the Baskervlles (1959, Terence Fisher) - 7/10Watcher (2022, Chloe Okuno) - 7/10StageFright (1987, Michael Soavi) - 7/10Poison for the Fairies (1986, Carlos Enrique Taboada) - 7.5/10See No Evil (1971, Richard Fleischer) - 7/10A Page of Madness (1926, Teinosuke Kinugasa) - 7/10Night of the Demons (1988, Kevin Tenney) - 7/10Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989, Shin'ya Tsukamoto) - 6/10Black Friday (1940, Arthur Lubin) - 6.5/10The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942, William Nigh) - 6.5/10The Return of the Vampire (1943, Lew Landers) - 6.5/10Late Phases (2014, Adrián García Bogliano) - 7/10Repeat Viewings: Scream (1996, Wes Craven) - 9/10The Omen (1976, Richard Donner) - 8.5/10Nosferatu (1922, F.W. Murnau) - 7/10The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017, Yorgos Lanthimos) - 9/10Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006, Scott Glosserman) - 8/10The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920, Robert Wiene) - 7/10Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, Don Siegel) - 8.5/10Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978, Philip Kaufman) - 7.5/10The Howling (1981, Joe Dante) - 7/10Movie Awards: BEST FILM: The Killing of a Sacred DeerBEST ACTOR: Colin Farrell - The Killing of a Sacred DeerBEST ACTRESS: Neve Campbell - ScreamBEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Barry Keoghan - The Killing of a Sacred DeerBEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Courteney Cox - ScreamBEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Thimios Bakatakis - The Killing of a Sacred DeerBEST SCORE: Jerry Goldsmith - The OmenBEST SCRIPT: Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthymis Filippou - The Killing of a Sacred DeerBEST DIRECTOR: Yorgos Lanthimos - The Killing of a Sacred Deer Hey Cush, Scream (1996, Wes Craven) 7/10 The Omen (1976, Richard Donner) 5/10 Nosferatu (1922, F.W. Murnau) 5/10 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920, Robert Wiene) 2/10 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978, Philip Kaufman) 4/10 The Howling (1981, Joe Dante) 5/10
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2022 18:57:54 GMT
Halloween The Exorcist The Omen
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Post by jcush on Oct 29, 2022 19:47:41 GMT
Halloween The Exorcist The Omen I rate all 3 of those 8.5/10
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Post by darksidebeadle on Oct 30, 2022 2:57:30 GMT
Halloween The Exorcist The Omen Halloween 7.5 the exorcist 8.5 The Omen 8
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