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Flare

08-15-2010, 10:11 PM

Well, I stopped spamming Facebook with my movie reviews. I still post my thoughts, but they remain in Flixter. There's also my extensive micro reviews at MW if anyone's interested.

Speaking of movies... I went and watched Inception in IMAX tonight.

Where do I start? Maybe I should start by saying this is instantly, and without any sorts of reservations, going into my favorites movies of ALL TIME. ALL TIME.

5 stars, Certified Fresh, 100% Rating, Two thumbs way up, I don't know what else I can give this. This is unequivocally the best movie, not of 2010, of the decade. Seriously, if this movie doesn't get the Oscar for best movie next year I'm gonna kill someone.

Surprisingly, the plot is not convoluted at all. Complex, but very straightforward. It is a thinker's movie, but it's not all fucked up like The Matrix.

The final half hour of the movie had me in complete trance. Enjoying every second of it.

So, obviously, biggest movie recommendation of the year. And just like Avatar was the movie to watch in theaters in 2009; Inception is THE movie to watch in theaters this year.

Finally... the soundtrack for this movie... unbelievable.

miner2049er

08-16-2010, 01:09 AM

So, it is "quite good?"

Chris

08-16-2010, 03:25 AM

I second the recommendation for Inception. Not sure if it is the best movie of the decade since this is the first year of a new decade :).

GameGavel

08-16-2010, 06:43 AM

This summers movies have been good enough to get Tricia and I back in the theater. We kicked off the summer movie going season by seeing Knight and Day (good) followed by SALT (better) and yes, we are saving the best for last, seeing Inception this weekend.

JestersChef83

08-16-2010, 08:48 AM

Inception - You will not be disappointed.

By far the best movie I've seen in a LONG time.

Flare

08-16-2010, 09:28 AM

His latest recommendation to me was "The House Of The Devil" which sucks. It took over an hour to get going and then stopped with a crappy ending.I can't believe you didn't like The House Of The Devil.

Dude, that movie delivered! Didn't you like how the director recreated the style of horror films from the 80s? The movie is absolutely genuine. I loved how the movie is damn straight, no comedy, no irony, no bullshit. The Hitchcockian suspense was over the top; I don't think I've seen a picture with so much build-up in recent memory, just like the 80s.

And come on, the payoff was good, not great; but it didn't matter; I was so entertained by the anticipation, it was damn fun.

Flare

08-16-2010, 09:34 AM

Miner, if you're looking for horror... try The Poughkeepsie Tapes.

I watched it myself, and I was at a loss.

No joke, it is one seriously sick movie. As said before it is made to pretend it's a documentary about a serial killer. One portion of it follows newscasters reporting from the scenes of the crimes; another has an old detective teaching a class about the murderer; and the other are actual clips from the murderer’s tape collection.

The story about it is, throughout the 1990s, a serial killer terrorized upstate New York. After a decade-long crime spree conducted largely under the radar of law enforcement, the killer left behind a disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives had ever seen. Hundreds of homemade videotapes that chronicle the stalking, abduction, murder, and disposal of his victims.

As the film progresses what the killer does gets more and more odd, violent and painful to watch; he kills children, tortures women and plays weird bondage games.

The sequences shot by the killer look grainy, blurry and ultra-realistic. If someone showed me these scenes from the film and told me they were real, I might have actually believed them.

Really hard to watch, very unsettling for the most part. I recommend it highly!

http://imgur.com/Q6dPd.jpg

Check out the trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdjFcoe2950&feature=player_embedded

Turbo2Xs

08-20-2010, 09:28 PM

So, it's kinda like "The Last Horror Movie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcblQPhmYSM)"?

Which was quite good, especially the ending.

miner2049er

08-21-2010, 11:43 AM

Miner, if you're looking for horror... try The Poughkeepsie Tapes........

Looks interesting, I'll give it a go.

Flare

08-22-2010, 09:15 AM

So, it's kinda like "The Last Horror Movie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcblQPhmYSM)"?

Which was quite good, especially the ending.
Ah yeah, that was a fantastic movie I remember. And yes, the ending was truly shocking and highly unsettling.

Flare

08-31-2010, 02:23 PM

I watched The Killer Inside Me last night. It's based on the 1952 novel of the same name.

You know, it's not what I expected it would be. I understood that this movie was sickening, distasteful, revoltingly brutal, and not for the squeamish, but in reality this is a thriller about a psychopath and the process of losing his sanity through the movie. Yes, there are a few brutal scenes that are hard to watch, but more than sadistic, they were just very sad and tormenting.

Everyone's performance is outstanding, Casey Affleck simply knocked out of the park on this one.

Some people will definitely find it slow-paced and boring, but I enjoyed so much watching the mystery unravel that I even put up with the rather weak ending.

Worth checking out.

4 out of 5 stars for me.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a8/Killer_inside_me_2010_poster.jpg/200px-Killer_inside_me_2010_poster.jpg

miner2049er

08-31-2010, 02:49 PM

Is Casey Affleck a relation of Ben Affleck (the original acting wardrobe?)

SRG

08-31-2010, 06:24 PM

Yes Casey is Ben's younger brother

SRG

08-31-2010, 06:25 PM

Oh my Ben Casey!!!! Never caught that till just now!

Flare

09-01-2010, 06:45 AM

Is Casey Affleck a relation of Ben Affleck (the original acting wardrobe?)
I think you knew that already from the time Ben directed Gone Baby Gone starring Casey, his brother.

miner2049er

09-01-2010, 03:13 PM

Aah, I knew Ben directed it but didn't realise the connection in the film.

D'oh!

That was a great film btw.

TheAlien

09-04-2010, 09:29 PM

Flare, please please PLEASE, don't bring your gawd awful movie suggestions here. I luv ya man, but your taste in horror is just shock splatter violence. After the movie where they skinned a live dog, I stopped watching any movie you suggested. You'd have thought I learned after that poo eating porn you suggested, but no. I gave you another chance. And I got a dog skinning for my efforts.

If you have any GOOD horror movies, please post them. But keep your perverted, wierd, dog skinning, poo eating, beat you in the head with a hammer flicks that have no purpose, out of the general viewing area.

(so, ya miss me?) lolz

Flare

09-14-2010, 05:57 AM

There's this trio of movies that the folks at Screened.com (a podcast I listen to every week) have reviewed and talked about on their show which I've been highly intrigued about and wanted to watch: Exit Through the Gift Shop, Dogtooth and Trash Humpers.

Out of the three, I've already watched exit Through The Gift Shop and Dogtooth...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/57/Exit-through-the-gift-shop.jpg/220px-Exit-through-the-gift-shop.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a8/Dogtooth%282009%29_poster.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/55/Humperposter.jpg/220px-Humperposter.jpg

Screened.com loved "Exit Through The Gift Shop" and the insane twist of this documentary, I liked it, liked Terry as the main protagonist, but I guess I "didn't get" the twist so it just felt like a mild surprise, I was a little confused about it even after reading his review afterwards. But in essence it was a good watch.

Dogtooth I watched last night, and my wife watched it as well; I'm not sure why since I don't normally put these movies up during normal viewing hours. Indeed, this movie is downright sick. There's a message in there if you dig deep, but the disturbingly bizarre scenes are so distracting it's hard to think straight. Agree with Alex on the sex scenes, it couldn't have been less erotic if you had replace both characters with a robot and a corpse, haha. I liked the picture a whole lot; my wife was able to stand it, save for a few really crude and violent scenes.

I'm only missing to find a copy of Trash Humpers, the supremely weird lo-hi feature by Harmonie Korine. I'll report back once it's out on Netflix http://www.monroeworld.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.png

Flare

09-16-2010, 06:38 AM

I saw the new one, "The Half Blood Prince".

It SUUUUUUUUUCKED! If you watch this without having read the book, you're totally lost. If you read the book and watched this, you come away saying WTF?

Maybe it was the theatre I was in, but I think the whole thing was filmed in Sepia. The story was completely disjointed. And one scene was completely new and never happened in the book in any way, shape or form. And it had no benefit to being there. It was like they went through the book, said, "Yeah, these three pages will do." and made a scene out of it. Jumped a chapter or two, then found a few more pages to put in.

I wasn't the only one. As we were leaving the theatre, a few hard-core Harry fans were loving it. The rest of them were mumbling, basically, WTF? I'd put the average at 5% liked it, 95% were wondering what they just saw.

I was so looking forward to this movie. I'll get a copy, just because I tend to get the whole series of whatever the movie is. Other than that, I wouldn't even Netflix it.

Hey The Alien, I had to bring that quote over here just to tell you that... OMG! I completely disagree with you!. I watched Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince last night and I loved it. I can't say it's my favorite of the bunch because so far I have liked them all the same. This one seemed extra special though. It was very dark, it didn't have a happy ending and it was more like preparation for the grand finale later this year.

Indeed, you must have seen the previous ones to get a sense of what's going on, but at this point, you have either watched each of them, or none at all.

Highly recommended.

miner2049er

09-16-2010, 11:32 AM

This folks, is why we love Flare's movie thread.

You leave it like the Alien left the theatre.

Thinking WTF

LOL

TheAlien

09-17-2010, 08:42 PM

Yep, ignoring that. Well, except for :P

If ya read the books, you'd know what I meant. Movie was good, if ya just watched the movies and didn't mind being completely lost (yeah, ya get lost even watching the movies in order). If ya just wanna watch pretty stuff, and think you know what's going on, and believe that it's actually even reasonably close to the actual story, go for it. Being my a hard core fan, IT SUCKED.

If ya never read the books, or saw any of the other movies, or know anything about Harry Potter whatsoever, knock yourself out.

Besides Flare, why did you like it? There are no sex scenes with poo or pee, or skinning of live dogs, or beating anyone upside the head with a hammer?

(yeah, I didn't really ignore, did I? lolz)

TheAlien

09-17-2010, 08:43 PM

This folks, is why we love Flare's movie thread.

You leave it like the Alien left the theatre.

Thinking WTF

LOL

lolz

Flare

09-21-2010, 06:20 AM

Watched a really cool suspense movie over the weekend called Frozen. I guess this was in limited release because I hadn't heard of it until I found it on DVD.

The movie is about three kids that go skiing in Ogden, Utah and they get stuck in a ski lift over a couple of days. The acting sucked but the premise was good enough to keep me to be entertained.

I'd recommend renting it.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/11/Frozen_Poster.jpg/220px-Frozen_Poster.jpg

Flare

09-28-2010, 07:08 AM

Who’d have figured that Tom Six would be something of a modern-day Al Hitchcock?

While I don’t expect The Human Centipede will ever invite any serious comparisons to, say, Vertigo or Strangers on a Train, I can’t help but see this new, very meta promo video for the anus-to-mouth horror sequel, Full Sequence, as a short-form Alfred Hitchcock Presents for the viral video age.

He isn’t stepping into his own silhouette or greeting us with a "Gooood eveeening," but the blood-stained white suit, playfully-evil narration and introduction to his “new friend” Martin are very much the same vein of whimsical macabre.

Anyway, check it out below and draw your own morbid comparisons...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpmPJzLmGdI

The plot of Full Sequence involves a centipede made from twelve people, and will feature a largely British cast, and will have the tag-line '100% medically inaccurate'.

Sweet...

seanyboyuk

09-28-2010, 09:56 AM

I watched frozen last week. Its not a bad movie the ending could have been better. I give it 6/10

Flare

10-19-2010, 06:01 AM

I watched Toy Story 3 over the weekend.

You know, I was never a fan of the first two Toy Story movies, I never watched the first one mainly because I was a young cynic that "was supposed to hate" these kinds of movies. Also, like many other people I got nauseated of all of the hype and commercialism surrounding it.

I did watch the second one once but I was still so pissed at the concept I didn't even enjoy it.

As time passed by I started to soften up to the computer animation concept. I watched and enjoyed most of the subsequent Pixar films, particularly Ratatouille and Up.

But you know, none of the previous Pixar projects match what Toy Story 3 has achieved. Seriously, this movie is pure perfection. It looks like every single detail in every single frame was carefully inspected to make sure it was done right.

I loved everything about it. The story, the animation, the voice acting, the jokes.

I now feel sorry of not ever "getting it" back in 1995.

Great movie, absolutely recommended.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0e/Toy_story3_poster3-1-.jpg/220px-Toy_story3_poster3-1-.jpg

SRG

10-19-2010, 12:37 PM

Ohh geeez, I watched the trailer for Human Centipede and was completely disgusted, it could have been a great horror flick. But instead of being creative, or using CGI, or even some matte painting. They used bondage gear to "hold together" the human centipede. I am not even going to bother with the trailer for 2....

Flare as for Toy Story 3, we are about the same age, literally, anyhow I have not seen any of the Toy Stories, but like you have enjoyed some of the Pixar films since, Monsters Inc is a fav as is Cars. My point being from what I have read and understand Toy Story 3 is just a remake of a FANTASTIC '80s Disney animated film "The Brave Little Toaster" Which I remember seeing the first time it aired and had taped it. I don't think I saw the sequel? I just can't believe they would do such a thing, oh wait this is Disney of course they would pull this shit...

Flare

10-28-2010, 06:46 AM

Finally got a chance to watch Cannibal Holocaust.

As a fan of these type of movies, I thought it was only fair to go back and watch the one that possibly started them all.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/Cannibal_Holocaust_movie.jpg

Hmmm, to be honest, I thought this film was really tame (compared to other films that came after it, like Saló or even more recent ones like August Underground, Martyrs and Hostel).

By far the most horrible thing about the movie is the killing of actual animals. Everyone talks about the infamous "turtle scene". Holy crap, yes it's as sick and disgusting as I imagined. The killing of the coatimundi was just as difficult to watch.

The simulated gang rape, beheading and gut-slicing scenes look really poor compared to today's standards. Though I guess back in the 70s, they were probably pretty disturbing.

Also, the main theme of the film (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf1Vt6r-sj8), which they play during the opening credits, and during the murder scenes is so f***ed up. It just doesn't correspond to what we are seeing on the screen. That was truly bizarre.

As far as the story goes, it's not a good one. Actually, it was a bit similar to Avatar if you can believe it, LOL.

This is the premiere exploitation film, for that reason alone, you ought to check it out. If you could stand Martyrs, this is gonna be a walk in the park. In the end, it's not really a great film.

miner2049er

10-28-2010, 09:09 AM

I've had this a while but never watched it yet.

There's always something I want to watch more. Last night it was The Blob with Steve McQueen, boy it hasn't aged well at all and the acting is very poor all round.

Flare

11-29-2010, 06:26 AM

Watched a couple of great, great movies over the weekend.

Easy A.

This was such a memorable experience. Easy A is not another teen sex comedy, this one plays with the genre in a different manner. This movie revolves around a girl with the reputation as her school’s biggest slut, but then you look back and realize how sexless the entire affair actually is.

The movie is not perfect, the Christian-baiting aspects are a bit ham-handed and obvious and the last ten minutes or so of the movie are too abrupt to lead to a satisfying conclusion. Emma Stone though, incredibly charming, no doubt, this movie is for sure launching her into a great acting career.

Definitely check this movie out, it's quite enjoyable.

http://imgur.com/PGi3R.jpg

The Other Guys

This is easily my favorite comedy of 2010. The opening of this movie is tremendously absurd, like a nice FUCK YOU to Michael Bay movies. Will Ferrell's character is definitely the best, blurting out delightful nonsense that often goes on far longer than you'd ever expect it to.

What I liked about his role is that he doesn't feel like a pure cartoon character, as he often did as Ron Burgundy and Ricky Bobby. He lets out the token Ferrell crazy in more controlled bursts, which was pleasant.

The supporting cast does its part as well. Samuel L. Jackson, The Rock, Michael Keaton are all glorious.

http://imgur.com/KAXFv.jpg

I give both of these movies 4 out 5. You can't go wrong with either.

Flare

12-08-2010, 06:29 AM

I'm not sure how many people here watched Gone Baby Gone, an Academy-Award nominated movie directed by Ben Affleck.

The Town is advertised as being directed by "the acclaimed director of Gone Baby Gone.", which is sad because the advertising is deliberately neglecting to mention who the director is.

Knowing how good his first movie (as a director) was, I went in on this one with full confidence. I watched it last night and boy, it is unbelievable good.

Remember the movie Heat? This is this decade's Heist movie to watch. Jeremy Renner is crazy good, and Affleck's performance is the best he's been in a lead role, period.

The whole story very well constructed, and the action sequences are very exciting to watch. There's this awesome chase scene through the narrow, winding streets of Boston that is just a pleasure.

I can't say enough good things about this movie. I'll just say, I have nothing but respect for Ben Affleck as a Director.

The Extended Cut clocks in at 2 and a half hours but it's worth every single minute of it. Don't miss it for the world!

http://imgur.com/R5GFD.jpg

Flare

01-02-2011, 06:53 AM

Watched The Last Exorcism recently.

This is a movie of the "footage found genre" (Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity); It's excellent! It relies more on atmosphere than gore which I liked.

It has its weak points, like a rather abrupt ending and it could've been a bit longer (it's an 87-minute film) but still I think it's one of the better horror movies to come along this year, thanks to its performances and pacing.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/39/The_Last_Exorcism_Poster.jpg/220px-The_Last_Exorcism_Poster.jpg

I recommend it!

Flare

01-04-2011, 06:19 AM

A few night ago I watched a movie that I have such a hard time recommending. I absolutely loved it; but most people I know will get incredibly bored by it.

It's The American with George Clooney.

This is one of those movies cataloged as "character studies". The American barely has any music/sound; there is no action, no explosions, no car chases (there's the one chase in the film, but it's on foot so it may not even count).

It's extremely slow-paced, barely anything happens on the screen, there's no backstory whatsoever, it's like they dropped you in the middle of Clooney's character's life. You know nothing about what he does, who he works for or where does he want to go next.

With a description like that; I wouldn't blame you if want to stay as far away from it as possible; but damn, I liked it a lot.

This movie is, to be sure, not everyone's cup of tea. I've read it referred to as an "anti-thriller", and that description is apt. If you're up for the challenge, let us know if you liked it.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2c/TheAmerican2010Poster.jpg/220px-TheAmerican2010Poster.jpg

I guess I'm getting old.

Flare

01-05-2011, 09:16 AM

Inception - You will not be disappointed.

By far the best movie I've seen in a LONG time.
Now that Inception is out on disc, I watched it again and boy, I think I enjoyed it more the second time. I definitely catched a lot of stuff that I didn't the first time around.

I rarely (like, never) watch movies more than once; this one deserved it.

I may watch it a third time once the folks over at screened.com do a "Screening Room" feature on it.

JoshWright

01-14-2011, 05:24 AM

Hey folks,

Just thought I'd throw my hat in here for a minute.

I caught a number of films mentioned in here, and I have my two cents about most of them, but i'll only mention three.

The Last Exorcism- What I liked about this film is how it handled its cast, they were very real. They wern't hollow shell characters that fit neatly into archetypal settings within the plot. They also did a pretty nifty anti-climax thing where they left and came back more than once that kept you wondering how real everything actually was. However, I agree the ending kind of comes out of nowhere. They build up a possession the whole time, random and disconnected, and then throw the demonic satanist curveball in there, really a touch too late. Its a decent film, but not one of my favorite in the exorcist genre of horror. The upcoming film, The Rite with Anthony Hopkins looks really interesting.

Inception- I like mind games. I like a film that causes me to question specific details about the film, and wonder if the evaluation of what I'm seeing is in fact as accurate as I thought. Inception, is a masterstroke of film making, as it visually answers every question you have, without ever coming right out as saying "this is the answer." Nolan is a genius, I really wonder if we will ever see something like that movie again. Also, what do you guys think. Is he still dreaming?

House of the Devil- building a good horror movie is like playing jenga with corpses and murder. If you don;t do it right, the whole thing falls apart. Slowly, painstakingly slowly, this film builds is rapport with the viewer over time with layer by layer of tiny noises and wierd images. The set design, costuming, and layout of the whole film is just amazing. The acting is good, save for the best friend character who pushes the role too hard, and comes off forced. The husband, who is a horror movie vet, and wife, who also has her slasher chops, are both fantastic. My beef with this movie is that for all the stuff it sets up, it doesn't grab the punchline well enough for me. The whole thing feels like a misbegotten prequel to The Omen. I'll be interested to see what the director does next, casue you can tell he has potential, but this one pulled the last brick out too quickly, and leaves the whole thing lying broken on the table.

I just saw True Grit, Which was bloody fantastic. Everybody involved with that film needs an oscar nod, including the girl. Her performance was just scene stealing, and the dialogue is written so well, that I can;t think of a western with better writing. Well done Cohens. Well done, indeed.

Flare

01-14-2011, 06:56 AM

Inception- I like mind games. I like a film that causes me to question specific details about the film, and wonder if the evaluation of what I'm seeing is in fact as accurate as I thought. Inception, is a masterstroke of film making, as it visually answers every question you have, without ever coming right out as saying "this is the answer." Nolan is a genius, I really wonder if we will ever see something like that movie again. what do you guys think. Is he still dreaming?

My feeling was, he is not. And then I read how Nolan set the record straight about the ending.

http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/02/christopher-nolan-talks-inceptions-ending/

Flare

01-20-2011, 04:44 PM

YES! Screening Room feature for Inception!

The Screening Room: Inception! (http://www.screened.com/news/the-screening-room-inception/1597/)

TheAlien

01-20-2011, 09:50 PM

Watched The Last Exorcism recently.
...
I recommend it!

I finally watched this last week. Yeah, no. Didn't like it. The ending was, well, just stupid. I'm also getting really tire of the "I have no budget so I'll just use a camcorder" crap in filming. That style had it's 15 minutes of fame, I'm over it. The story was poorly conceived and, IMHO, poorly acted. I had high hopes on this one, but was just left saying to myself, "really? no seriously, really?" As much as I love bad "B" movies, I wouldn't even put this in that range.

However, as bad as I thought that was, the last movie I watched, "The Rig" was even worse. Not only predictable, (must have young hot chick, nice good guy who is not necessarily handsome, complete assshole, skinny chicken guy, angry/manly black/preferably latino chick, and toughguy or two) and really poorly acted, I think they only had like 4 sets with interchangeable nameplates on the doors.

It's basically Conglomo Energy (insert name here) drilling for oil, releases oil based moster (ie: creature from black lagoon because they couldn't afford their own costume) that can breathe above and under water apparently and just likes to kill for no reason. Oh, and there's two of them. No common sense used whatsoever in what the characters do (or don't do) in this movie. In other words, you're constantly saying to yourself, "Why don't they just... Oh wait, why are they doing that? That makes no sense. Wait, why did she say that, it has nothing to do with what the other person just said..."

If ya want to waste an hour and a half, just because you have to watch every bad "B" movie ever made, this is your film. Have fun with that. :)

JoshWright

01-28-2011, 06:39 PM

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I'm what some might call an occult enthusiast. I don't have like giant pentacles or a statue of a horned god in my basement or anything, but I know my stuff. One Thing I know very well is demonic occult. Where this movie lost me was in crossing its wires with what is very clearly, biblical imagery as opposed to demonic imagery. Plague images like frogs, and bugs, and such are biblical. Not demonic. Crucifixion Nails would be considered holy relics, and not something a demon possessing a human would barf up on a whim. It gets its catholic images right, but them manages to screw up the very fundamental structure of how the catholic church actually operates, which kills the realisim. It does that Based On A True Story crap, but the only way in which its based on a true story is that about three years ago the catholic church put out a mandate to put an exorcist in every parish. Pretty weak foundation for a 2 hour film, if you ask me.

Also from a film stand point, the movie is pretty flimsy. It has a really good build up to a B movie climax. Lots of elements in this film are a kind of PG homage to The Exorcist, including the old priest with the battle scars of previous duels with old nick, and the young priest with mommy issues and a crisis of faith. I would have been fine with this, but it beats you over the head with it. The final confrontation is just kinda sad too. This fully realized demonic presence takes to the tatics of a schoolyard bully with esp. It lacks the kind of epic showdown you really come to want from this film, and gives you a sort of domestic disturbance esque shouting match between the possessed Anthony Hopkins, and the young priest. The score is kind of oppressive too. I feel like this movie would have been much more frightening if they had just toned the score down a bit.

Anthony Hopkins is the only redeeming factor in this film. 3/4 of his performance is really good, the other is lost in the final confrontation that goes on too long, has too many anti climax moments, and is really poorly acted by everyone. Its like watching a guy run a really good marathon and then proceed to play hopscotch to the finish line.
I got lucky and saw this movie for free thanks to my need for heartburn medication. Unless your hard up for an exorcism flick, pass on this.

And just a note to would be film directors. Priests and Nuns don't attend the same classes in a theological college. Also, get your damn mythology right. Ba'al is the Semetic name for A god or lord. Its a title still commonly used today in Arabic. Do your damned homework.

Flare

01-31-2011, 07:22 AM

I got Paranormal Activity 2 in my queue... Need to watch that soon. The first one scared me to no end.

JoeJet

01-31-2011, 07:29 AM

Just saw "Pandorum", my kind of movie with twists, suspense and surprisingly scary bad guys in it. Not a classic but definitely a fun movie to watch...
http://cdn-9.nflximg.com/en_US/boxshots/gsd/70111119.jpg

Flare

01-31-2011, 07:34 AM

I missed Pandorum and then I heard the big twist on the Screened.com podcast so I lost interest. You watched "Moon" right joejet? That's a fantastic film that's similar in nature.

JoeJet

01-31-2011, 10:44 AM

Yea, I liked Pandorum MUCH better than Moon.. dont know which one of the twists (There are a few) you heard on screened, but the movie is real good just as an action/horror flick...i would watch it flare - its got all those elements we like to see... just had a few weak plot points, minor stuff. Real good watch.

Joe

Flare

02-08-2011, 04:39 PM

I recently watched a despicable movie recommended to me by Miner2049er (i.e. blame him ,LOL) called "A Serbian Film".

Jesus H Christ... There is this one scene in the film that when you watch it, you'll question the legality of this film, Serbian or otherwise. Seriously, I can't believe they got away with that.

Anyway, the story is kinda alright and there are a few other "disgusting" scenes that are actually a bit funny.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/de/Serbian-film-poster-325x460.jpg/220px-Serbian-film-poster-325x460.jpg

TheAlien, don't watch his :o

TheAlien

02-08-2011, 07:57 PM

Flare

02-08-2011, 08:27 PM

Wait... a sickening, totally disgusting movie with no redeaming value whatsoever, and you DIDN'T like it? I'm impressed! Was it the necrophilia or the pedophilia that got to ya? Or was it that the "porn star" didn't have as big a weiner as you expected? lolz...
Hey, I never say I didn't like it! In fact there's this really funny kill scene near the end... let's just say, a hole's a hole, no matter how small :eek:.

miner2049er

02-09-2011, 01:48 AM

................ awaits TheAlien's review ................

TheAlien

02-09-2011, 07:22 PM

lolz, not gonna happen buddy. After Flare's movie of skinning live dogs, I've learned not to go with his suggestions. If this movie even creeped HIM out, I ain't gonna touch it. Besides, sex with babies just ain't my thing.

Odd the stuff that passes for pron...or horror (i guess in this case?) across the pond.

hiphopcr

02-10-2011, 07:24 AM

Human Centipede seems like a Flare movie.

Flare

02-10-2011, 07:44 AM

Human Centipede seems like a Flare movie.

Yeah, I watched that when it came out.

To be honest, that movie was a bummer. It wasn't the most disgusting movie ever by any stretch of the imagination. There's no gore at all!

For God's sake, the crazy doctor operates on the victims while they are asleep! Where's the fun in that!? The Doctor even promised one of the girls that he was going to operate her without anesthesia, and he didn't deliver. What a disappointment.

None of the good stuff is shown on camera, it's mostly psychological horror with barely any blood on the screen. I guess people find the fact that some demented freak sews someone's face to another one's anus and what the person in front eats, the food eventually gets transferred to the next as excrement. Yeah OK, I guess that's pretty sick.

Dieter Laser is the only one good point, his performance was excellent. Quite macabre.

Overall, I'd say watch it if you are a fan of this stuff. Otherwise don't bother, it's not the best one.

That said, I can’t wait for the sequel. We’ve been promised a 12 segment centipede, so that has me all pumped up.

miner2049er

02-10-2011, 12:15 PM

We’ve been promised a 12 segment centipede, so that has me all pumped up.

Sheesh.

JoshWright

02-12-2011, 05:04 AM

Wow. That's some messed up stuff right there.

Last night I went to see the Darren Aronofsky movie The Black Swan. Being a big fan of his, I knew kinda what to expect going into it, at least from a directorial stand point. Darren isn't a storyteller, like Spielburg or Coppola. He creates these really elaborate visual metaphors, and has this real art film take on his themes. Black Swan very much so is in keeping with that. It stages a very complex story without ever saying at any point "this is the story." It plays around with perception quite a bit, in as much as the viewer is brought into the psychosis of the main character, and sees what she does. Hallucinations and all.
I don't know if this movie deserves the hype behind it. Its a good film, don't get me wrong. The performances are all spectacular, Mila Kunis delivers an outstanding performance, and really shines for the first time in a supporting role. If you had told me Jackie from That 70ies Show had serious acting chops a few years back, I'd have thought you were high on super meth. Now, i really look forward to seeing what else she does, and hope she gets more leading stuff. She had kind of an early Angelina Jolie vibe to her. I say early because in her early career she got work that wasn't as reliant on her DSL and ability to look good in black.
The thing about this movie is, its a metaphor. Its not ment to stand on hard core story telling legs. You can't use the same meter to judge it as you would, say, the Godfather, or Shindlers List. I can tell you right now, that not everybody is going to get it. It uses really complex observations from the audience to try and show you whats going on, but if your not paying attention to whats not being said, and I know that sounds pretty complicated, its going to elude you and at the end you'll be left with massive WTF questions as to the nature of what you just saw. Its classic Aronofsky, so if you liked stuff like Requiem for a Dream, and Pi, and The Fountain this is right up your alley. Beautiful cinematography, wonderfully choreographed dance sequences, and a killer Clint Mansell score, make this a movie you want to go into with an open mind. I call it a good film, but not exactly a good story.
Also, Natalie Portman is the new Audry Hepburn. It needed to be said.

hiphopcr

02-14-2011, 01:32 PM

Also, Natalie Portman is the new Audry Hepburn. It needed to be said.
And sorry to say it, but Leonardo DiCaprio is this generations Paul Newman.

Dhalamar

02-14-2011, 05:15 PM

And sorry to say it, but Leonardo DiCaprio is this generations Paul Newman.

I always saw him as the guy who died at the end of Titanic.

JoshWright

02-14-2011, 05:39 PM

I'm going to piss people off here, and say that I disagree. Paul newman had really no depth. He was unilaterally paul newman, and at least in small amounts, Leo becomes other people. He's about to star in a Truman flick, and I'm looking forward to it.

miner2049er

02-15-2011, 12:36 AM

I'm sorry, but Leonardo DiCaprio is a piece of wood in everything he does, in much the same way that Ted from Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure is Ted in everything he does, and don't get me started on the wardrobe that is Ben Affleck...........

hiphopcr

02-15-2011, 07:01 AM

Was Ted Keaunu Reeves? (or was he Bill? What happened to the little curly blond guy?)

Because I think we can agree that the worst actors of the past 10+ years have been (in this order) 1) Keanu Reeves, 2) Paul Walker 3) Ashton Kutcher

Flare

02-15-2011, 07:41 AM

Because I think we can agree that the worst actors of the past 10+ years have been (in this order) 1) Keanu Reeves, 2) Paul Walker 3) Ashton Kutcher
Hmmm... I don't agree fully. I give you Ashton Kutcher, but I would put Jack Black and Larry The Cable Guy in that list over Keanu and Paul, who have had a few good acting gigs.

hiphopcr

02-15-2011, 07:51 AM

Larry The Cable Guy
Oh gawd I didn't know he counted as an actor... yeah, an absolute disaster! Although he was the star of the show in Cars as the surprisingly tender hearted Mater.

miner2049er

02-15-2011, 08:06 AM

Was Ted Keaunu Reeves?

Yes

What happened to the little curly blond guy?

Alex Winter, he has a fairly healthy career I think, in production or direction if I remember rightly.

Because I think we can agree that the worst actors of the past 10+ years have been (in this order) 1) Keanu Reeves, 2) Paul Walker 3) Ashton Kutcher

What? No Bruce Willis or Tom Cruise?

I can't watch a film with either of those 2 in, apart from Rain Man which Dustin Hoffman totally rescues in spite of Cruise's best efforts to derail it.

Flare

02-15-2011, 08:36 AM

What? No Bruce Willis or Tom Cruise?Both have also had some decent performances.

Bruce Willis normally chews his scenes, like in the latest film he was in, The Expendables; his scene between him and Ah'nold was simply Epic.

Tom Cruise as Colonel Stauffenberg in Valkyrie was quite decent, and come on, Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder? That was the best part of the movie! Great performance.

But yeah he sucks pretty much elsewhere... in Knight and Day he was painful to watch.

hiphopcr

02-15-2011, 08:44 AM

Les Grossman in Tropic Thunder? That was the best part of the movie! Great performance.
He was so good I didn't even realize it was him til almost the end of the movie. Great role for him... made him somewhat likable.

JoshWright

02-15-2011, 08:48 AM

Bruce was good in Cop out. Granted that was like the last good thing he did mind you, and tom pulls out a great performance in tropic thunder, and is really good in The Last Samurai. Most of the time Bruce and tom, Play bruce and tom. They really both only have one note in cinema, and people hire them to play that persona, really.

Flare

02-15-2011, 02:30 PM

So... I recently watched the 2010 remake the cult classic "I Spit On Your Grave" (aka "Day Of The Woman").

Oh boy! What fun! I thoroughly enjoyed the heck out of this movie. I never got around to watch the original, but after reading its plot it looks it’s not as big of a joyride as the new one is.

Man, the way the victim gets back at her aggressors, very clever. I love how she got back at each of them using a similar torture method that was inflicted on her. I was cheering for her all the way!
It also has just the right amount of gore to satisfy torture porn fans. Overall I thought this movie was very well done.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/I_Spit_on_your_Grave.jpg

4 out of 5 stars for me.

miner2049er

02-15-2011, 04:10 PM

It also has just the right amount of gore to satisfy torture porn fans.

Did you copy and paste that from netflix? :)

Flare

02-15-2011, 04:26 PM

Did you copy and paste that from netflix? :)
Came up with that myself. Pinky swear!

Flare

02-17-2011, 08:27 AM

Watched a movie called Black Death Last night. It was alright. I read that it's from the same director as Triangle, which was a far, far better movie.

I guess it's not what I was expecting it would be. I thought it was a horror flick and it turned out to be some sort of historical piece.

It's well acted though. I guess watch it if you don't have anything better in your queue. Watch Triangle instead if you haven't.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/20/Black_death_poster.jpg

miner2049er

02-17-2011, 10:05 AM

I would have thought it would be abolut the Bubonic Plague (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plague)

Flare

02-17-2011, 11:01 AM

I would have thought it would be abolut the Bubonic Plague (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plague)

Yeah it is. They call it The Pestilence. It actually felt like Boromir dropped on the set of this movie.

miner2049er

07-15-2011, 07:27 AM

I love the film The Thing and the original black and white version it is based on (The Thing From Another Planet), but now we have an upcoming Prequel in the works.

I am excited about this one.

Trailer (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=79822)

JoeJet

07-17-2011, 01:20 PM

Flare

07-22-2011, 06:14 AM

You want a good movie recommendation? Watch INCENDIES, one of this year's oscar nominees for Best Foreign Language film. It's from (French) Canada.

Dude, this movie is a fucking kick in the head, holy shit!

This is a film that’s best experienced blind, with as little knowledge of the events within as possible. In the end, it may overreach a bit by striving for almost mythological consequences, but it’s an easily forgivable sin, given the emotional heights that it reaches.

The finale of this film is literally stunning. It’s melodramatic at times, a bit messy, and the finale relies on a revelation that’s just shy of being entirely credible, but superb acting and an unflinching look at the proverbial sins of the father make this a film-going experience that’ll stick in your mind long after you exit the theater.

http://i.imgur.com/woJWp.jpg