I Stand Alone stays with you....forever

Into the Void is a psychedelic nightmare....and would literally kill someone with epilepsy

why is it banned in the UK?

"Tapeworm" was one of boo boo's sockpuppet accounts here after he'd been banned. :laughing:

It's distributed as Enter the Void in the states. I'm surprised to hear it's banned, I don't remember it being all that disturbing. Matter of fact, save for the cinematography I thought it was pretty boring. Haven't seen Irreversible, been meaning to.

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I just watched The Road-

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It's an adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy book of the same name. I haven't read it so I don't know how it compares. The son character annoyed the ****ing **** out of me. Good god was that kid whiny, even if he wasn't whining. It's the post-apocalypse, toughen up a bit ffs. That complaint aside, I thought the film was just okay. The acting, costumes/makeup, settings, etc. were all very captivating and immersing but the pace of the film is just bleh. It felt like a majority of it was just watching the father and his son wander through the woods. Beautiful, but not so much after and hour and forty five minutes with not much else going on. There's a recurrent theme of maintaining morality under desperate, unforgiving conditions but nothing really cathartic. It's all just bleak, mundane, and slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow. Any time anything remotely exciting happened it just dissolves instantly in an anti-climactic letdown. Maybe that's the point, because it definitely adds to the feeling of hopelessness. But it's not much fun to watch.

Man if it's a matter of shock value and found footage charm, and you dig that particular rush (I know I do), you oughta check out 'August Underground Mordum'. Granted it is, cinematically, a total crap movie with almost no plot and the only discernable message is vague social commentary unless you're really trying. But the disgusting, disturbing sh!t that happens is VERY convincing. Really sick stuff, puts every other exploitation film I've seen to shame in terms of pure depravity. Highly recommended if you dig that kind of thing.

Also as for banned movies I believe Cannibal Holocaust and Salo (120 days of Sodom) are both banned in multiple countries. The former legitimately tortured animals for entertainment though and taped it, so screw that guy. Both good movies with plenty of 'visceral power' (great description) regardless.

That's next on my list, though I'm kind of put off by the name. At first I thought it might of been the american version of virgin Mary.

Don't let it scare you mama. Do it!!

I really have to ask though what scale of rating you use here.

I mean, 8.9 is near perfect. If a movie like American Mary is an 8.9, a film like Shawshank Redemption would be a 42.0. Even in the context of horror I would say if American Mary was 8.9, Halloween or ANOES would be about a 64.3

Not to say I do not accept that this is your opinion, I certainly do.

I just think that movie was pretty middle of the road. It was not awful, but I do not think it is in the ranks of near perfect.

I liked the idea of the film. It certainly tried to go for something that could have been interesting. But the writing is really what stopped it in my opinion. Was rather predictable too.

COUGH* ROXY's personal rating scale.

That isn't up for debate. It's my opinion. Go piss up a rope.

ummmmm.... okay?

I know it is your opinion, hence why I specifically stated so.

So, let me re-phrase this question.

What exactly do you look for in a film when rating it? what makes a film to you a near perfect experience. The reason I ask is not to distract from what is obviously your opinion, we know that, we all get it... that is rudimentary here.

But when people look at someone for critique of a film, such as say Ebert. The reason we do is because we have an idea of what they like, we know what they find interesting in film, and we relate to them because we have an idea of what makes them tick, what interests them, and we try to get an idea of their personality. Main reason being because we wanna know how it relates to us and our tastes, so when they give a review, we know how it relates to us when reading or watching the review. That is the basic criteria for film reviews.

So the reason I ask you for your ratings scale (which just so happens to be because I have seen this movie, and can tell you from my opinion, it is pretty average filmmaking).... it is not because I am trying to take away from your opinion, but rather trying to understand what brings you to this opinion.

I mean, 8.9 is a pretty high rating. So when seeing something rated this high, it is only natural to wonder what exactly a person likes in film, what interests them and where their tastes lie...

do you get what I am laying down here?

"So good worth every freaking minute. 8.9" ....... what is good about it? what did you enjoy? what brings you to this 8.9 rating? If you are going to attach a rating to something, especially a high one after saying it is so good, why not, you know, tell people why you think it is deserving of that rating. I mean, I do not expect a 2000 word essay on what you like about it, but I think a brief review on something you enjoy is good. Plus, it helps to sell people on seeing something.

Can you imagine if all reviews went like that.

[poster for Saving Private Ryan]
wow. powerful film. 9.4.