A few films recently watched.

Tales From The Crypt season 1 - 7/10

i guess i should rank by episode because it varies a bit, but i'm not going to bother. this was more of a nostalgia viewing, reliving those scary young adult moments, and it did the trick.

i was a little disappointed with how short the episodes were, but it's possible i watched them in syndication with commercials back then. i like how they managed to keep a comic book feel throughout while walking the line of being almost tooo goofy.

It also made me remember all the other shows that creeped me out as a kid, yet i couldn't get enough. i'd like to revisit these eventually

tales from the darkside (80s series and film)

that intro is still scary to me, must've traumatized me as a kid. but i don't remember the series being as scary as the intro suggests.

friday the 13th: the series

hmmm, maybe even the outer limits reboot?

there was another called "monsters" that i only remember intro from

can anyone think of other 80s scary shows?

I wish had the Chiller channel, looks like they have all this stuff

Murder in the First-6/10

first movie Ive ever seen in which I didn't hate the everloving piss out of Christian Slater.

he still wasn't very good though...

i usually don't like jail flicks but this was well done

'a prophet"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235166/

  On 3/19/2011 at 6:57 PM, Adjective said:

 

there was another called "monsters" that i only remember intro from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahzBC-YwIAQ

 

can anyone think of other 80s scary shows?

I wish had the Chiller channel, looks like they have all this stuff

wow this just brought back so many childhood memories. besides Tales the only one that comes to mind is Eerie Indiana , but that was more for kids. Also if i remember correctly there also was an HBO version of outer limits in the early 90s that was very 'adult' like tales from the crypt

there is one particularly good episode of tales from the crypt directed by Richard Donner about a guy who through some sort of experimentation with cat DNA injections, he gives himself 9 lives and becomes a sideshow attraction where people from the audience get to kill him for entertainment.

could always watch creepshow 1 and 2 and the twilight zone movie that killed those kids and vic morrow.

i've been reliving my childhood by watching loads of red dwarf. that show, interspersed with badly dressed people urging me to give money to my local PBS station, was like the highlight of my year when i was growing up.

i saw the devil - one of the worst films i've ever seen, can't really comprehend the praise it gets

sunshine - 8/10

Due Date 6/10 - Not as funny as people were making out, but it had some Lol moments in it

  On 3/20/2011 at 5:56 AM, Awepittance said:

  On 3/19/2011 at 6:57 PM, Adjective said:

 

there was another called "monsters" that i only remember intro from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahzBC-YwIAQ

 

can anyone think of other 80s scary shows?

I wish had the Chiller channel, looks like they have all this stuff

 

 

wow this just brought back so many childhood memories. besides Tales the only one that comes to mind is Eerie Indiana , but that was more for kids. Also if i remember correctly there also was an HBO version of outer limits in the early 90s that was very 'adult' like tales from the crypt

 

 

there is one particularly good episode of tales from the crypt directed by Richard Donner about a guy who through some sort of experimentation with cat DNA injections, he gives himself 9 lives and becomes a sideshow attraction where people from the audience get to kill him for entertainment.

i don't know why but i've never watched eerie indiana. i remember when it came on but i never got reception on the channel it came on, remember antennas? :sup:

i need to get a copy of it at some point, maybe it's not too late to build some nostalgia with it, forget about it, and rediscover 10 years from now?

that tales from the crypt episode is one of the first season eps, episode three. good stuff, the main role (joe pantoliano(looks like i knew his name if i change the titlecase to lowercase) was sort of real and subdued which made everything all the more absurd and carnivaly ... and arliss is kind of lol in it.

that hbo outer limits i remember being a little hit and miss like tales/crypt, but there were some i really liked. i should search that one out too. i can't remember if it was outer limits or not but there was one about a kid's encounter with a shadow person and that really messed me up when i was younger.. ok, fake edit? * it's from the 80s Twilight Zone, which i forgot existed!

found the episode on youtube:

i also realized that in my head i've blended this episode of the twilight zone with an hbo outer limits along the same lines.. under the bed

  On 3/20/2011 at 11:02 AM, disparaissant said:

could always watch creepshow 1 and 2 and the twilight zone movie that killed those kids and vic morrow.

 

i've been reliving my childhood by watching loads of red dwarf. that show, interspersed with badly dressed people urging me to give money to my local PBS station, was like the highlight of my year when i was growing up.

i had a bad panic attack at some point and creepshow was in the background and possibly triggered it, along with whatever drug i was on way back when. so i still shy away from watching it. it was amazing / scary as a kid. and the twilight zone movie was also a favorite growing up, may have to give that a revisit. thanks for these.

  On 3/20/2011 at 11:02 AM, disparaissant said:

and the twilight zone movie that killed those kids and vic morrow.

i have no idea why but that wording made me lol, i guess it was an unfathomable string when i started the sentence.

summer of sam

7/10

probably the last good spike lee joint.

the king's speech

9/10

really moving film.. never knew the hardships that George VI went through.. Firth did an amazing job

The Parking Lot Movie - 7/10 and a at the imdb board. Why do I even check it?

  On 3/21/2011 at 2:21 AM, halisray said:

the king's speech

9/10

 

really moving film.. never knew the hardships that George VI went through.. Firth did an amazing job

Also he and his family supported the nazis.

Dogtooth. I liked it, as far as that's possible.

I don't think it has anything to do with parents not being able to let go of their kids. I don't think there's any emotion whatsoever in this film. I took it as a comment on socialisation (and perhaps the static nature of the human animal?)

Anyway... 7.5/10

  On 3/21/2011 at 6:56 AM, Squee said:

  On 3/21/2011 at 2:21 AM, halisray said:

the king's speech

9/10

 

really moving film.. never knew the hardships that George VI went through.. Firth did an amazing job

 

Also he and his family supported the nazis.

movie's technical quality - 10/10

amount i gave a shit - 2/10

lol, yeah I really can't be arsed to watch that film.

the fighter - slightly disappointing but my own fault - i'd hyped it up in my head for some reason. the boxing scenes were a joke, like stand there and get hit, ok now your turn, way worse than rocky. marky mark can't act and christian bale... not sure but something wasn't right... maybe he over-acted? 3/5

true grit - loved it. bridges and damon were amazing... girl was annoying but that was the point. recognizably cohen bros. i've never seen the original so no idea how it compares, but i was able to enjoy it on it's own merit. 4/5

127 hours - surprisingly entertaining though i'm not a fan of boyle's film making except for shallow grave and trainspotting. thought it would be boring but he managed to pad out the story pretty well and the lead guy carried it. 3/5

paul

funny but tarnished by having someone as recognizable as seth rogan do the voice (pet hate of mine perhaps?). was great to see bill hader and kristen wiig in there who were both the best things about the movie. jason bateman needs to fuck off. i've read it elsewhere and have to agree it just wasn't as good as hotfuzz or shaun of the dead or (obv) spaced. missing edgar? maybe or maybe this humour is out of date now. still good but a step down from past heights. maybe i am just not nerdy enough...

lincoln lawyer l.i.v.i.n/10

watched it with a big bag of buttery popcorn nom nom nom. it was entertaining. after the popcorn wore off i started questioning why things happened.

snl

been on an snl catch up recently. watching the newist season most recently. some great sketches and of course some bunk. mostly good though. 'whats up with that' is so funny.

  On 3/21/2011 at 4:58 AM, futuregirlfriend said:

The Parking Lot Movie - 7/10 and a at the imdb board. Why do I even check it?

yeah that was surprisingly interesting (the doc) but i didnt check the imdbmb

why do you check it? to see if there is anything after the credits?

IMDB, I'll usually have a read about people involved, but the message board, well I think I just like winding myself up.

IMDb message boards are like if the people who get in Youtube comment wars decided to make a forum.

  On 3/21/2011 at 1:53 PM, keltoi said:

the fighter - slightly disappointing but my own fault - i'd hyped it up in my head for some reason. the boxing scenes were a joke, like stand there and get hit, ok now your turn, way worse than rocky. marky mark can't act and christian bale... not sure but something wasn't right... maybe he over-acted? 3/5

 

127 hours - surprisingly entertaining though i'm not a fan of boyle's film making except for shallow grave and trainspotting. thought it would be boring but he managed to pad out the story pretty well and the lead guy carried it. 3/5

haven't seen true grit yet but I agree 100% with both those comments, esp regarding Christian Bale's overacting. There are sequences where he is fantastic, and then scenes where it seems just like C. Bale playing a role, I noticed that especially during the prison scenes.

Wild Zero - 6.5 for wackyness and style

Punch Drunk Love - 7/10 a bit disappointed, it was all going so well and then it ended. Guess it was part of the style and playing on cliché and all that but it just pissed me off and left me unsatisfied. Still some great sequences and still took me by surprise, so its a well earned 7

Bubble - 9/10 shockingly good movie that has almost no qualities i can describe about it that would make anyone here want to see it. Very slight similarities to Fargo (only in the banality and naturalism of it) basically one of the best Steven Soderbergh movies, i think it's a better film than the Informant and pretty much anything he's made in the last 6 years