Yeah, ya'll was baked. :laughing:

We like to make sense of our movies, and this film is one that really doesn't concern itself with pacing. I mean there's this scene where these two detectives are killed by the ghost and then the next thing we know it's the future and we're following the daughter of one of the first detective to investigate the disturbances around the house. Then after that we're back to the very first character we meet who I could have sworn was already killed. Making sense of this movie is challenging enough sober, throw marijuana and alcohol into the equation and a flow chart becomes a necessity.

Anyways this was on Netflix last night so I just had to watch.

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Death Race 2000 (1975)

Yeah the 1970's are pretty uh... weird when it comes to some movies, this is no exception. I was already well aware of many of the scenes and the generally story just from listening to other people talk about it so it wasn't really all that new to me, but it was at least fun to finally check this off my movie list. Couple of questions though, when Machine Gun Joe fires his Tommy Gun into the crowd of Frankenstein supporters, was he firing blanks or were they real bullets? Other question, did anyone else think it was kind of... backwards that in an attempt to make the world safe again and bring back democracy, Frankenstein kills the President and then becomes president himself? Seems a little bit more like a dictatorship to me, a la the Roman Empire.

My comment wasn't saying that only someone who was high would have to use a flowchart to understand a movie, but that only someone who was high would actually make a flow chart to understand a movie. Of course, maybe film geeks just do stuff like that. *shrugs*

Was thinking of picking Death Race 2000 up. Been collecting some of the movies in the Roger Corman Cult Collections series. Probably get around to picking this up soon.

I liked him in Unbreakable, Pulp Fiction, and Sin City.

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Fantastic documentary on gang violence and the few in Chicago trying to stop it. It was emotional and frustrating and of course very well done. Give it a watch if you like documentaries.

8.5/10

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Dirty Harry (1971)

Finally got around to filling this particular gap in my viewing spectrum. Overall I liked it, mostly because I finally got to see where all the cop movie archetypes from other movies came from, and well... Harry Callahan is just a badass.

The shot with him on the bridge as the bus passes by is so cool and the film holds up really well considering it's age.

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I haven't seen this film for at least 15 years and it hasn't aged well but it still has a curious charm. Schoolteachers who also happen to be ex- military androids dispensing punishment in a lawless society. Great stuff :)

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I managed to get through the first 30 mins before turning it off so I haven't really watched it!

Utter garbage and it tries far too hard to be cool and hip but ends up being a pastiche of far better films. If a film wants to be ultra violent - then stay that way and be intense or offset it with humour and a tongue in cheek approach. This film did neither and even ripped off an entire scene from Shoot Em Up (which is what this film wanted to be). Crap.

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Mentioned it briefly in other threads. Rented it last week and bought it this week. Stunning film.

Oh man, I remember that one. Definitely in the "so bad it's good" category. :laughing:

Worth watching for the obligatory 'everyone looks like a metal head or goth in the future' scenes. Glad to have finally got it on DVD though.