A few films recently watched.

  On 5/16/2011 at 11:07 PM, baph said:

  On 5/16/2011 at 10:35 PM, vasio said:

Dawn of Dead - Didn't like it but watchable

 

Day of the Dead - Garbage

 

Night of the Living Dead - Didn't like it

 

Please tell me those are re-makes.

No the originals, what was so great about those movies? The social commentary? I couldn't care less about that, compared to the Euro stuff Romero movies were very tame and his zombies too cartoony. Day of the Dead even if you're a fan of Romero have to admit it was pretty bad. I give credit to Romero for being a pioneer, everything else not much.

24 Days Later to me is the best in the genre, zombies done right for once.

Repo Men (2010) 8/10 - better than expected although not without its flaws the dark 'tounge n' cheek' approach worked quite well and the OTT violence and gore was quite entertaining, even Jude Law was wasn't that bad! Well worth a watch.

Six String Samurai 6/10 - A silly surreal wannabe cult classic that has the right ingredients in parts yet doesn't seem to mix very well as a whole but I was pretty hammered when I watched this so it's one for the right mood. A mate of mine wouldn't stop ranting about it at a party but he is a caner so maybe its one to judge for yourself.

Believe it or not, Bridesmaids was fucking hysterical.

Notes Towards an African Orestes - Pasolini Does Africa. A notebook of visuals with PPP explaining his idea of retelling Oresteia in contemporary (1970) Africa. Faces, locations, a bit of recent history. The film he was doing this research for never got made. The most interesting parts for me were his optimistic ideas on the direction Africa would go, and the opinions of the African students studying in Italy vs. this.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen - Looks great but I can't get into it. Another day.

Attack the Block, it was okay actually. I mainly went to see it because Joe Cornish is the tits.

Just saw Insidious and sneaked into Thor.

I'd recommend doing it in that order.

Insidious was much better but Thor was good for a laugh. I bet both would be amazing if you were stoned or on sizzurp or something.

  On 5/16/2011 at 10:35 PM, vasio said:

I Spit on Your Grave (1978) - Good flick.

 

Triangle - Garbage

 

Dawn of Dead - Didn't like it but watchable

 

Day of the Dead - Garbage

 

Night of the Living Dead - Didn't like it

Lol whats up with Triangle? It This and other films by same director Christopher Smith (Creep, Severance) are surely some of the most blackly entertaining and original of the last decade. This director has wit, knows his way around scares, when and how to produce them for good effect.

I seriously can't imagine any fan of the horror genre not seeing the genius in these films.

I'd agree on Dawn of The Dead and Day of the Dead (especially the latter) being so so. But Night Of The Living Dead? So much slow tension and delicious uncanny vibes in that film.

  On 5/16/2011 at 11:47 PM, vasio said:

  On 5/16/2011 at 11:07 PM, baph said:

  On 5/16/2011 at 10:35 PM, vasio said:

Dawn of Dead - Didn't like it but watchable

 

Day of the Dead - Garbage

 

Night of the Living Dead - Didn't like it

 

Please tell me those are re-makes.

 

 

No the originals, what was so great about those movies? The social commentary? I couldn't care less about that, compared to the Euro stuff Romero movies were very tame and his zombies too cartoony. Day of the Dead even if you're a fan of Romero have to admit it was pretty bad. I give credit to Romero for being a pioneer, everything else not much.

 

24 Days Later to me is the best in the genre, zombies done right for once.

28.

i kind of agree with you. zombie films tend to be shit.

  On 5/16/2011 at 11:51 PM, jefferoo said:

Believe it or not, Bridesmaids was fucking hysterical.

as a big fan of wiig on snl i believe you. been trying to see this since it opened. maybe tomorrow

i love zombie films, they are not award winning films but just great action films.

most of them i have found to be re watchable

Placed in proper historical/genre context, Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead are gems.

Day is a bit shit, I admit.

Bridesmaids 8/10 funny funny funny stuff.....Wiig will gain the super stardom she deserves. One of the funniest people alive today.

  On 5/16/2011 at 11:47 PM, vasio said:

  On 5/16/2011 at 11:07 PM, baph said:

  On 5/16/2011 at 10:35 PM, vasio said:

Dawn of Dead - Didn't like it but watchable

 

Day of the Dead - Garbage

 

Night of the Living Dead - Didn't like it

 

Please tell me those are re-makes.

 

 

No the originals, what was so great about those movies? The social commentary? I couldn't care less about that, compared to the Euro stuff Romero movies were very tame and his zombies too cartoony. Day of the Dead even if you're a fan of Romero have to admit it was pretty bad. I give credit to Romero for being a pioneer, everything else not much.

 

24 Days Later to me is the best in the genre, zombies done right for once.

bah. all three of those films are great to various degrees. 'dawn of the dead' is a masterpiece of its kind for a number of reasons.. the plot is great, i love the 70s low budget aesthetic, great soundtrack...

in short, vasio youre a fool.

Should I bother finishing Deathly Hallows Pt. 1?

I'm like 30% in and it's confusing since I haven't read the books. That...and the movie adaptations have lost ALL the whimsy and fun that was so great in Prisoner of Azerbaijan (or whatever the fuck it was called).

This David Yates guy sure took the life out of the movies.

you should read the books....and yes, vasio should not post about film anymore.

  On 5/18/2011 at 1:24 AM, Z_B_Z said:

bah. all three of those films are great to various degrees. 'dawn of the dead' is a masterpiece of its kind for a number of reasons.. the plot is great, i love the 70s low budget aesthetic, great soundtrack...

 

in short, vasio youre a fool.

just watched the 1st Cube.. low-budget canadian film. similar to Saw but better imo and without the supposed moral justification. has a familiar premise; No Exit (recently read this for school)

  On 5/18/2011 at 3:05 AM, viscosity said:

just watched the 1st Cube.. low-budget canadian film. similar to Saw but better imo and without the supposed moral justification. has a familiar premise; No Exit (recently read this for school)

SUCH a good movie!

  On 5/17/2011 at 10:42 PM, Atop said:

Bridesmaids 8/10 funny funny funny stuff.....Wiig will gain the super stardom she deserves. One of the funniest people alive today.

Really? I found it quite shit to be honest.

Yeah but you and I have very different tastes, so it is all good.

I recently watched the anime Tekkonkinkreet. It was awesome. Plaid did the soundtrack too. Very much recommended.

The Way Back - engaging, though a little dull at times. Fun to see Colin Farell make his jacking off motion outside of that gif.

SALT - insultingly bad.

I live in the past and finally got round to watching the dark knight, the plot felt very contrived, didn't like it.

Super

I read a bit of the discussion on it a few pages back so I wasn't completely shocked but it was a surprising film. Jarring might be the best word for it. Skipping between light-hearted quirky gags and rape isn't comfortable viewing. I sometimes found myself thinking I was starting to decipher a moral code hidden in there, only to realise I was way off. The ending was a bit shit really. But overall I think I liked it. I'm actually not sure. I feel a bit like I was flicking between a good comedy, a good depressing drama and a good superhero action film, and I didn't quite get the pay-off of any of them.