A few films recently watched.

Punk Rock Holocaust 2 - 1/10

  On 9/24/2010 at 4:54 AM, Fishtank said:

maybe that was part of his insanity?

Bickle was based on this guy a bit, but I haven't seen Taxi Driver in a long time so I can't say how close their reasonings are http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Bremer

REC2 - 6/10

Better than the first but it still felt generic, like it was just going through the motions

Hot Tub Time Machine - 5/10

Not horrible but not great, lots of raunchy lewd humor, Rob Corddory tries too hard and Craig Robinson is too serious!

  On 9/24/2010 at 2:38 AM, data said:

machete

 

6.9/10

machete don't text

blood into wine 9/10

Hellraiser.

Watched it with some mates, all having hangovers. We laughed.

All about Lily Chou-Chou 8.43/9.69

such a sad story, need to watch it once more

Machete 8/10

For me it was pure fun, I loved a lot of details put into the movie to make it a special experience.

It could be filmed a bit better and some jokes were a bit meh but all in all awesome fun.

The Warriors - 9/10

  On 9/23/2010 at 6:23 PM, Panthroid said:

  On 9/23/2010 at 12:54 PM, Blanket Fort Collapse said:

  On 9/22/2010 at 12:32 AM, Panthroid said:

Trash Humpers

This was a lot better than I expected! I never thought it would be anywhere near as "authentic" as it turned out to be. It somehow left quite an impression on me. It felt "important", in the same way that Gummo did. Like Gummo, it explores a world that is absolutely terrifying, but at the same time strangely appealing in its savage honesty. This is really Gummo-meets-Jackass-meets-FantasticHeyHeyHey and I was also reminded of Goddess Bunny, Multiple Maniacs and,...uhm... muppets. The main characters are really some sort of very evil muppets. On acid.

It's the most insane piece of americana I've ever seen. And if you can stomach the VHS-aesthetic and the deliberate weirdness, there's some genuine beauty to be found in this little film.

 

DAMN, I really cant wait to watch this now. So tempted to watch it but I think I'm gonna put on Machete instead, I'm kind of scared to watch Trash Humpers as sleep deprived as I am it would probably severely impact my sanity for the worst. haha but mostly I want to watch it with some homies slightly inebriated... Or do you think its not a good movie to watch with friends and laugh at/be weirded out by in a group?

Haha, I dreamed about it, the night after I watched it, so I'd recommend waiting until you're in the right mood for this sort of thing.

If you have friends who dig movies like this (I mean films that at the surface have all the characteristics of exploitation, but do have some twisted sort of "poetry" within them, like Cronenberg, or early John Waters, or Korine's other stuff... the kind of things that you like to laugh at, but still silently applaud), then those are indeed the ideal circumstances to watch it.

Ok, I'm going to have to watch this now.

  On 9/26/2010 at 3:12 PM, Jonas said:

Splice: 3.2/10

yeah, what a waste of a good idea (and some good art direction). It was like Cronenberg with downs syndrome.

Downloaded 720ps of the Robocop trilogy. Hadn't seen the last two since I was about 9. The first, 10/10. The second, I thought it was going to be rubbish but it surprised me. The third I thought, hey probably not as bad as people have made it out to be, but it was like something the Xena and New Adventures of Superman crew did over a couple of free weekends.

Blade Runner - 9/10

Loved it! Ridley Scott is awesome

  On 9/26/2010 at 5:25 PM, lumpenprol said:

  On 9/26/2010 at 3:12 PM, Jonas said:

Splice: 3.2/10

 

yeah, what a waste of a good idea (and some good art direction). It was like Cronenberg with downs syndrome.

agree

the town 6/10

was entertained but it was all a bit obvious.

wall street 4/10

1987 original not the new sequel. mostly horrible horrible horrible. gekko was the est thing about it so i can see why the new film follows him and not charlie sheen. who was awful. his attempts at emotion were more suited to hot shots. darryl hannah deserves the razzie. not rushing to see the new one

  On 9/26/2010 at 5:46 PM, futuregirlfriend said:

but it was like something the Xena and New Adventures of Superman crew did over a couple of free weekends.

yeah the 3rd one was abombinable, surprised that people were willing to work with Frank Miller again in the film medium after this disaster. right when his 'the spirit' went into production i'm sure some people in the studio had to be thinking 'oh shit robocop 3'.

edit: just found out he also wrote #2, what the fuck? he went from making an awesome dystopian movie about a religious figure who deals a fake drug called Nuke to Robocop fighting a cyberninja and flying on a jetpack?

  On 9/26/2010 at 7:23 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

wall street 4/10

1987 original not the new sequel. mostly horrible horrible horrible. gekko was the est thing about it so i can see why the new film follows him and not charlie sheen. who was awful. his attempts at emotion were more suited to hot shots. darryl hannah deserves the razzie. not rushing to see the new one

I quite like Wall Street, just simple - but solid, classic hollywood style.

wall st is one of the only early Oliver Stone movies i haven't been able to get all the way through. I can't say its a bad movie but it never sucked me in. And this is coming from someone who sat through The Hand 2 full times

mr. nobody - troon would love the fuck out of it

machete - loved everything about it. best 'action movie' in ages! 8.5/10

a straight story - some might say mind numbingly boring but i thought charmingly romantic and sweet. 7/10

  On 9/27/2010 at 2:51 PM, keltoi said:

a straight story - some might say mind numbingly boring but i thought charmingly romantic and sweet. 7/10

It's impossible for me to watch it without thinking of Farnsworth's life, career, and imminent suicide. As a result, I cry every time I watch it. It doesn't hurt that it's beautifully made.

i give Straight Story a 9.5/10, my favorite lynch film

straight story is perfection. best road movie ever.

I liked Straight Story

Rewatched The League of Gentlemen, had forgotten how good this was. The photography in it is even near perfection, especially the sky in Royston Vasey and the light always has that constant dreamlike quality. Only quibble I have was with two of the characters, namely the italian dad and the elderly man who is nervous around handicapped people.

Everything else was great, my fav char was definetely papa lazarou, there should have been more of him in it. 8/10

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