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Post by geode on Aug 29, 2017 15:29:15 GMT
The main difference between them is that "Carnival of Souls" is competent filmmaking and has good acting. You must have seen a different movie that the one I watched. Total muddle without the 'fun of getting to make a film' which is evident in Plan 9. Not sure what you watched. I watched what I linked in the OP. |
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Post by spooner5020 on Sept 10, 2017 0:35:37 GMT
What did everyone think of the remake?
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Sept 11, 2017 13:57:26 GMT
I watched it. Didn't like it. Read positive reviews of it. Re-watched it and still didn't like it. It just seems too "homemade" and full of "goofs" that even I notice. It makes zero sense to me.
Wrote a review of it on the old Classic Film Board "what did you watch this week" thread and was violently attacked by someone who was not even a regular poster on that thread.  It is a surreal nightmare, of a character trapped in limbo and not aware she was passed on. It didn't really matter that it didn't make sense. Dreams and nightmares rarely do. The look and atmosphere of the film works in it's favor. Do you like David Lynch films? |
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Post by geode on Sept 11, 2017 14:10:53 GMT
I watched it. Didn't like it. Read positive reviews of it. Re-watched it and still didn't like it. It just seems too "homemade" and full of "goofs" that even I notice. It makes zero sense to me.
Wrote a review of it on the old Classic Film Board "what did you watch this week" thread and was violently attacked by someone who was not even a regular poster on that thread. It is a surreal nightmare, of a character trapped in limbo and not aware she -- ----- --. It didn't really matter that it didn't make sense. Dreams and nightmares rarely do. The look and atmosphere of the film works in it's favor. Do you like David Lynch films? Yes, that pretty much sums it up. But you have sort of included a major spoiler. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 11, 2017 14:15:07 GMT
Toasted CheeseLynch. Liked The Elephant Man very much but it's not "typical Lynch", is it ? . The early TV Twin Peaks were quirky enough to get my attention and watched just to see what in the world was happening. Hated Wild at Heart.
Have not seen any others because having read about them they just don't appeal.
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Sept 12, 2017 0:15:34 GMT
It is a surreal nightmare, of a character trapped in limbo and not aware she -- ----- --. It didn't really matter that it didn't make sense. Dreams and nightmares rarely do. The look and atmosphere of the film works in it's favor. Do you like David Lynch films? Yes, that pretty much sums it up. But you have sort of included a major spoiler. I know, but I don't think it really matters, not on this board with low inactivity? Posters who are posting, have already seen it anyway. The poster I responded to said he was confused, so I felt an urge to explain it. |
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Sept 12, 2017 0:21:52 GMT
Toasted Cheese Lynch. Liked The Elephant Man very much but it's not "typical Lynch", is it ? . The early TV Twin Peaks were quirky enough to get my attention and watched just to see what in the world was happening. Hated Wild at Heart.
Have not seen any others because having read about them they just don't appeal. In visual presentation, and some surreal quality, I find TEM quite Lynchian. You would have to see more of his films to know his style. I absolutely love WILD AT  . I wouldn't say it's his best, but it is my favorite. I only asked, because Lynch deals with the alternate universe\state of limbo theme a lot in his films. It appears normal, but nothing appears quite right either. Something is always off. That is why Carnival Of Souls, which came way before Lynch, was very creative and out there, with what they worked with. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 12, 2017 1:53:24 GMT
Toasted CheeseI think that Lynch, like Tarantino, is one of those "ya like him or you don't" sort of directors. I may eventually give some of his other films a try. I did like Elephant Man after all! 
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Post by mszanadu on Sept 12, 2017 1:56:20 GMT
What did everyone think of the remake? Is this the film you meant here spooner5020 ?  Carnival of Souls (1998 film) I remember watching this one a few years ago  . IMPO - It was good yet intriguing in it's own twisted storyline way  but like it says here in the Wikipedia link - " a remake ... although it has very little in common with the story of the original. " . Thanks spooner5020 for your reply  . |
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Sept 12, 2017 3:15:37 GMT
Toasted Cheese I think that Lynch, like Tarantino, is one of those "ya like him or you don't" sort of directors. I may eventually give some of his other films a try. I did like Elephant Man after all! For me, BLUE VELVET-86' is his masterpiece, but many like and enjoy MULHOLLAND DRIVE-01', even if they don't like his other films. MD, might be the best one to start with. I found Wild At -90' truly wild, and while it has the typical Lynchian weirdness about it, it appears more grounded in our reality and less surreal, just populated with wacky and psychotic characters. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 12, 2017 3:21:41 GMT
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Post by geode on Sept 15, 2017 17:00:31 GMT
Can't get enough of wacky.... |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 15, 2017 17:06:18 GMT
geodeCan't get enough of wacky....
Oddly enough I can !
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Sept 15, 2017 17:17:59 GMT
It wasn't bad. Wes Craven did it if I recall correctly. I can't see it becoming as much of a favorite as the original, however. |
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Post by spooner5020 on Sept 15, 2017 19:15:38 GMT
What did everyone think of the remake? Is this the film you meant here spooner5020 ? Carnival of Souls (1998 film) I remember watching this one a few years ago . IMPO - It was good yet intriguing in it's own twisted storyline way but like it says here in the Wikipedia link - " a remake ... although it has very little in common with the story of the original. " . Thanks spooner5020 for your reply . Yep that was it. Funny enough I don't thinkWes Craven had much to do with it at all. Yeah the remake was definitely "interesting". I don't know exactly what they were trying to do with it,but I'm not sure how much the studio got involved either. Truthfully it felt like the studio interfered a lot with the movie. I actually haven't seen the original so I had nothing to compare it to either. |
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Post by geode on Oct 18, 2017 2:41:31 GMT
Is this the film you meant here spooner5020 ? Carnival of Souls (1998 film) I remember watching this one a few years ago . IMPO - It was good yet intriguing in it's own twisted storyline way but like it says here in the Wikipedia link - " a remake ... although it has very little in common with the story of the original. " . Thanks spooner5020 for your reply . Yep that was it. Funny enough I don't thinkWes Craven had much to do with it at all. Yeah the remake was definitely "interesting". I don't know exactly what they were trying to do with it,but I'm not sure how much the studio got involved either. Truthfully it felt like the studio interfered a lot with the movie. I actually haven't seen the original so I had nothing to compare it to either. A lot of what makes the original work is its classically independent style. |
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Post by mszanadu on Oct 26, 2017 22:48:20 GMT
Yep that was it. Funny enough I don't thinkWes Craven had much to do with it at all. Yeah the remake was definitely "interesting". I don't know exactly what they were trying to do with it,but I'm not sure how much the studio got involved either. Truthfully it felt like the studio interfered a lot with the movie. I actually haven't seen the original so I had nothing to compare it to either. A lot of what makes the original work is its classically independent style. Most definitely agree here geode it also makes this film most unique & memorable as well  . |
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Post by hi224 on Oct 26, 2017 23:56:01 GMT
Quite low budget, taking advantage of abandoned buildings at the edge of the Great Salt Lake. Quite atmospheric, and very similar to a Twilight Zone episode, "The Hitchhiker" in my opinion. I am always a sucker for low-budget flicks that actually deliver. Candace Hilligoss plays a compelling waif. WikipediaTrailer Whole flickI was just about to watch this actually. |
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Post by geode on Oct 29, 2017 0:13:52 GMT
Quite low budget, taking advantage of abandoned buildings at the edge of the Great Salt Lake. Quite atmospheric, and very similar to a Twilight Zone episode, "The Hitchhiker" in my opinion. I am always a sucker for low-budget flicks that actually deliver. Candace Hilligoss plays a compelling waif. WikipediaTrailer Whole flickI was just about to watch this actually. Why not? |
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Post by geode on Apr 10, 2019 17:08:48 GMT
It is past time to talk more about this movie.
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