What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

duga · 09-21-2016, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

That's what I like about his film making. On the surface it just seems like a scene that's kind of silly and fun, but it also shows just how much of a monster Myers is. He may not be a cinematic genius, but he definitely puts more thought into some of his shots and scenes than he is given credit for.

I think Rob Zombie accurately perceived where the franchise had to go. Before his Halloweens, we had 6 movies that did nothing to innovate or add something new (sorry, but the whole Thorn thing was just stupid). I still haven't seen Halloween 8 because I refuse to let it taint what I thought of as an excellent way to send off the Laurie Strode character in H20. Where the original series kept up the mystery of Michael Myers (faceless killing machine with nothing to relate to whatsoever), Rob Zombie turned it into a psych evaluation of the character. We know A LOT of what's going on behind the mask. I thought it added something to the story.

That and I freakin love Malcolm McDowell and I thought he was the perfect person to replace Donald Pleasence.

The Batlord · 09-21-2016, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by duga

I think Rob Zombie accurately perceived where the franchise had to go. Before his Halloweens, we had 6 movies that did nothing to innovate or add something new (sorry, but the whole Thorn thing was just stupid). I still haven't seen Halloween 8 because I refuse to let it taint what I thought of as an excellent way to send off the Laurie Strode character in H20. Where the original series kept up the mystery of Michael Myers (faceless killing machine with nothing to relate to whatsoever), Rob Zombie turned it into a psych evaluation of the character. We know A LOT of what's going on behind the mask. I thought it added something to the story.

That and I freakin love Malcolm McDowell and I thought he was the perfect person to replace Donald Pleasence.

Yeah you're not missing out on Halloween Resurrection. I'm sure you've heard about the first ten minutes and the rest of it is just dull for the most part. It's a totally generic artifact of early 00s mainstream horror movies.

The Batlord · 09-21-2016, 03:32 PM

Whose brilliant idea was it to have some bored guy play Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street remake? Of course I knew something was up when I saw Michael Bay in the credits.

duga · 09-21-2016, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Whose brilliant idea was it to have some bored guy play Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street remake? Of course I knew something was up when I saw Michael Bay in the credits.

The movie is crap, but I actually like the actor. After watching the Watchmen movie, I could only imagine his voice when I re-read the graphic novel. He IS Rorschach.

djchameleon · 09-21-2016, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Whose brilliant idea was it to have some bored guy play Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street remake? Of course I knew something was up when I saw Michael Bay in the credits.

The actor was great it was their stupid choice to make him more serious and menacing that made it boring.

The Batlord · 09-21-2016, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

The actor was great it was their stupid choice to make him more serious and menacing that made it boring.

I mean he's not a bad actor, but in this movie he sounds like he's the one about to fall asleep half the time.

**Janszoon** · 09-21-2016, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I mean he's not a bad actor, but in this movie he sounds like he's the one about to fall asleep half the time.

Imagine if he did and Robert Englund came after him in his dreams?

**Frownland** · 09-21-2016, 11:40 PM

The Congress

I really loved this. It puts a nice dystopian twist on the reflexive film and I rate it with movies like The Player and Adaptation (although it's not quite as brilliant as Adaptation) for that reason. I can't really go into detail without ruining it, but what I can say is that the first act is a little rocky, then it leads into some really fascinating visual and conceptual ideas.

Go into it blind, oh and the soundtrack is amazing.

Chula Vista · 09-22-2016, 12:13 AM

^^^^^

Hella cast!

**Frownland** · 09-22-2016, 12:23 AM

Oh ja, Harvey Keitel and Danny Huston were especially great.

It's in Amazon Prime, btw...

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	The Congress I really loved this. It puts a nice dystopian twist on the reflexive film and I rate it with movies like The Player and Adaptation (although it's not quite as brilliant as Adaptation) for that reason. I can't really go into detail without ruining it, but what I can say is that the first act is a little rocky, then it leads into some really fascinating visual and conceptual ideas. Go into it blind, oh and the soundtrack is amazing. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	^^^^^ Hella cast! __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Oh ja, Harvey Keitel and Danny Huston were especially great. It's in Amazon Prime, btw... __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x