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Post by kolchak92 on Aug 17, 2021 19:56:33 GMT
Yay or nay?
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Post by James on Aug 17, 2021 20:01:34 GMT
Yay.
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Aug 17, 2021 20:04:06 GMT
Big yay, one of the very few movies that nailed the horror-comedy genre.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Aug 17, 2021 20:04:26 GMT
Nay
It felt way too rushed imo.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Aug 17, 2021 20:05:34 GMT
5/10 Im in the middle. I never loved it but I admire the great effects in it.
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Post by mstreepsucks on Aug 17, 2021 20:05:57 GMT
It was ok except 4 the soundtrack, songs didn't fit in. I can never figure out why they chose the songs they did, to play in the film.
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Post by Catman on Aug 17, 2021 20:09:15 GMT
Catman kept thinking about Dr. Pepper. Quite distracting.
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Post by James on Aug 17, 2021 20:09:48 GMT
Nay It felt way too rushed imo. I felt that way when it ended but the rest is very solid IMO. |
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Post by mgmarshall on Aug 17, 2021 20:44:13 GMT
One of my earliest movie memories and still a huge favorite. Big, big yay.
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Post by wmcclain on Aug 17, 2021 20:57:03 GMT
An American Werewolf in London (1981), written and directed by John Landis. This made a big splash at the time for its then-novel combination of comedy and explicit gore and its ambitious transformation effects, done without computer graphics. Some good features: - Jenny Agutter!
- The dream sequences are effective.
- The casual nudity and light passion is a 1980s nostalgia rush.
- Glimpses of the crazy porno film See You Next Wednesday.
Not so good: - David Naughton's acting.
- The incidental dialogue is awkward.
- Some of the light comic bits are feeble (eg: the unfunny funny policeman).
- The moon-themed pop tunes are funny for about 5 seconds each but go on longer.
Although the explicit can be horridly fascinating, the unseen and suggested and hinted are scarier and more interesting. We see that here with the man in the subway passages, where we get just a glimpse of the creature from a distance. I once had a vivid real-time dream of the first fifteen minutes of this movie, which is up to the attack on the moor. You think that wasn't scary? I'm not usually frightened by things that can't be real, but in dreams we have no critical filters. So when you are out in the dark and the creature bays nearby -- a great sound effect -- well, it is rather arresting. Seeing films from this period reminds me how much the look of movies has changed since then. The editing is more of a science now. It's not that everything looks the same, but everything is more polished and consistent. That can be both good and bad. Available on Blu-ray. 
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Aug 17, 2021 21:01:43 GMT
It was ok except 4 the soundtrack, songs didn't fit in. I can never figure out why they chose the songs they did, to play in the film. Moondance Blue Moon Bad Moon Rising
Sense a trend?
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Post by jcush on Aug 17, 2021 21:19:59 GMT
Yay
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Aug 17, 2021 21:27:29 GMT
It was ok except 4 the soundtrack, songs didn't fit in. I can never figure out why they chose the songs they did, to play in the film. Moondance Blue Moon Bad Moon Rising
Sense a trend?
He’s trolling. As always. Anyway, yay for AAWIL.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2021 21:42:42 GMT
Yay as fuck.
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Post by theauxphou on Aug 17, 2021 21:43:35 GMT
I liked it. Great, dodgy ‘80s SFX, cameo by Rik Mayall, and I’m pretty sure it showed a bit of tit.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Aug 18, 2021 2:18:16 GMT
A definite yay.
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Post by Raimo47 on Aug 18, 2021 11:48:34 GMT
1/10
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Post by Winter_King on Aug 18, 2021 12:13:41 GMT
Yay. Arguably the best werewolf transformation ever made. It still holds up today.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Aug 18, 2021 15:43:33 GMT
It's a timeless classic. Yay.
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Post by sostie on Aug 18, 2021 16:06:29 GMT
Big yay.
Used to get a bit of a thrill regularly travelling down that escalator in the tube station and seeing that same view where the beast appeared before attacking the commuter. Sadly it's gone now.
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