A few films recently watched.

Shutter was 2004? I watched it last year and it was a new release. It was real good shit. Borrowed heaily from The Ring, The Eye etc. But some extremely effextive horror scenes in this. The scene where the flash camera is going off on a timer is immense. Very well made film.

Yup - the original is from 2004

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0440803/

The best scare is

haven't seen it since it was brand new, but that is definitely one of the best long haired ghost movies.

Agreed. Tonight I'll watch Chakushin ari (the original "One Missed Call"). The remake was a storm of poop but it had Shannyn Sossamon as the leading actress... sooo... they sort of tricked me into watching it.

That film is utterly insane. If you thought Audition or Dead Or Alive were abstract you ain't seen anything yet. It's fucking nuts.

Orly?

The remake certainly didn't come off as something that was based on anything abstract. Weird.

Can't even believe they decided to remake this film due to the outlandishness of some of the scenes in the original. But they liked the premise. Get the feeling they thought they could restructure it for the mainstream.

That's Hollywood for you.

Run Ronnie Run - - 7/10 I don't know why this got panned and B.O. & D.C. spiritually disowned it. Perhaps my terribly low expectations made the movie SEEM better. Whatever the case, I lol'ed a few good times, despite a shit mood.

Ghostbusters - I dunno what made me revisit this... I hadn't seen it since probably '94, living at my moms and watching from an old vhs tape that was taped off of TV. Bill Murray hasn't surpassed this I don't think. I hope they make pt. 3, even if it sucks.

Going on a Paul Newman spree.

Last night, The Hustler, which was great. They don't make films like that anymore, at least not in the mainstream. What a fucking cast, too. Newman, Gleason, George C. Scott. Just awesome. Now I gotta watch the sequel with Tom Cruise for the lols.

Fuck me, I watched the remake of One Missed Call (not seen the original) because there was nothing to watch at my ex girlfriends. It was fucking diabolical. I hope it's nothing like the original!

  On 10/30/2009 at 3:31 PM, Obel said:

Fuck me, I watched the remake of One Missed Call (not seen the original) because there was nothing to watch at my ex girlfriends. It was fucking diabolical. I hope it's nothing like the original!

Two words:

Shannyn Sossamon

  On 10/30/2009 at 3:34 PM, Squee said:

  On 10/30/2009 at 3:31 PM, Obel said:

Fuck me, I watched the remake of One Missed Call (not seen the original) because there was nothing to watch at my ex girlfriends. It was fucking diabolical. I hope it's nothing like the original!

 

Two words:

Shannyn Sossamon

I recognise that she is a beaut and I would say that she is a redeeming factor, but I honestly don't want to put the words 'redeeming' and 'one missed call' in the same sentence.

Aw shit I did it anyway!

SHANNYN SOSSAMON!

Anyway, the movie blows. I'll watch the original tonight or play some Resident Evil 5 even though it's a disgrace. It's like Resident Evil 4's retarded step brother.

  On 10/29/2009 at 7:47 PM, beatfanatic said:

  On 10/29/2009 at 7:39 PM, Awepittance said:

  On 10/29/2009 at 6:52 PM, beatfanatic said:

Its not a movie but I watched this documentary called "Krautrock - The Rebirth of Germany" which was great.

 

sounds like a movie to me, where can i see it?

 

It aired on one of the BBC Channels last friday and you can watch it Herebut only if you are in the UK.

 

I found some rapidshare links for it though. Check you inbox in couple of minutes.

downloading now. sounds great. thank for the recommendation

  On 10/30/2009 at 1:35 PM, Squee said:

Agreed. Tonight I'll watch Chakushin ari (the original "One Missed Call"). The remake was a storm of poop but it had Shannyn Sossamon as the leading actress... sooo... they sort of tricked me into watching it.

Good film... you'll enjoy :)

The Pursuit of Happyness

forgot to mention I watched the second episode of Bored to Death... it must have been the alcohol swashing in my belly for episode 1 but 2 was gawd awful despite the few lols.

but tedd danson smokes weed! how can you not jump on board with the hip vibe

when Ted Danson is the funniest part about a show starring Zach G, there is something majorly wrong up in there!

proof of Zach G's insane brilliance at interviewing celebratory famous face people! http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/d14fdef4f2/between-two-ferns-with-zach-galifianakis

audition 9.5/10

what a great movie. i haven't liked a single thing miike has done but this is a definite classic.

  On 10/31/2009 at 4:48 AM, zaphod said:

audition 9.5/10

what a great movie. i haven't liked a single thing miike has done but this is a definite classic.

Yes!!!! I didn't realize you hadn't seen it....

Audition is a great... Miike's most patient and definitely most rewarding film.

i disagree, clearly that film is The Great Yoki War. i actually haven't seen audition but all of the other miike 'shocking' horror movies ive seen seem very juvenile (ichi the killer for example, seems like somebody riding Tarantino's dick a little too hard), ill give audition a try at some point

I'd never seen The Great Yoki War... I kind of gave up on post 2000 Miike spare The Happiness of the Katakuris and his short, the Box.

Audition is nothing like the rest of Miike's output that I've seen. I laughed my way through Goku and Ichi the Killer.