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**Frownland** · 09-22-2016, 03:01 PM

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I know, and I have seen a few unusal horror movies. Pontypool, for example. It was cute enough, but not really that interesting. Not much of a story to it. My brother could probably hand me a big stack of modern horror movies, but every time I've watched a supposed gem, I have not really felt impressed.

Pontypool has such a brilliant message though. Have you seen The Shining?

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It follows seems so lame! Just judging from the trailer, of course. I know everyone and their uncle says it's the bees knees.

I thought that the first scene was really good and intriguing, but what followed was kind of messy and could have been something special with more work.

EDIT: and why the hell are we talking about horror movies here?

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Some dad rockers online are pretty pissed about this, but I honestly think she's a good person for it. Plus, it's just a ****ing house!

~~MicShazam~~ · 09-22-2016, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Pontypool has such a brilliant message though. Have you seen The Shining?

I thought that the first scene was really good and intriguing, but what followed was kind of messy and could have been something special with more work.

EDIT: and why the hell are we talking about horror movies here?

I forgot to mention the Shining among my exceptions! Love it! Except for that scene with the dude with the bunny mask... or whatever was going on for a few seconds there, it's a great movie. The slow descent into madness for Nicholson's character is what makes it great. It's not so much whether or not he's going to murder someone any second and how.

**Frownland** · 09-22-2016, 03:10 PM

I still don't know what to make of the teddy bear scene either, except for maybe hinting that Jack raped Danny.

~~MicShazam~~ · 09-22-2016, 03:12 PM

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I still don't know what to make of the teddy bear scene either, except for maybe hinting that Jack raped Danny.

I never thought of it that way. Maybe?

I'm leaning more towards the idea that it is just a David Lynch like thing where it is more about the mood and the dreamlike quality of the moment than about any specific symbolic meaning.

**Frownland** · 09-22-2016, 03:15 PM

If it was anybody but Kubrick, I'd agree.

~~MicShazam~~ · 09-22-2016, 03:20 PM

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If it was anybody but Kubrick, I'd agree.

Yeah... probably. He's pretty methodical and not so much on the intuitive side, I guess. Maybe he just decided to have a bit of fun for once? Probably not.

**Frownland** · 09-22-2016, 03:22 PM

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Yeah... probably. He's pretty methodical and not so much on the intuitive side, I guess. Maybe he just decided to have a bit of fun for once? Probably not.

And he was so particular too. The movie Room 237 has some really interesting (from eye opening to bat**** crazy) theories on The Shining. Also, that director's documentary called The Nightmare is a great horror movie that's legitimately terrifying without relying on gore or anything like that.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 09-22-2016, 03:25 PM

~~MicShazam~~ · 09-22-2016, 03:30 PM

I'm going to check out the Room 237 review above and read a bit about The Nightmare. I found a documentary on YT with the same name, about the same subject, but I don't think it's the real thing since it is half the length of what IMDB says it should be:

djchameleon · 09-22-2016, 06:07 PM

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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hold up. It Follows is overrated as **** but you put Hush on that list? **** that ****. I'll bite on It Follows maybe being slightly overrated, but nowhere near the level of Hush which nothing more than a generic home invasion film except with the added dimension of here being deaf.

Also, just on a side note, Don't Breathe is pretty awesome as well.

Home invasion films scare the **** out of me the most. It's that and demonic possession type movies that really get under my skin.

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Remember that I initally said that I watched that American Horror Story episode at a friend's place. If he hadn't shown me, I wouldn't even have watched one episode, but just assumed it wasn't for me. I choose to give attention to the things that seems interesting to me in some way. I have to weed out the chaff in some way. Inevitably, a few things I might have liked will get the axe, but that's the name of the game.

Understandable.

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Yeah and you're probably right. I guess that mostly doesn't happen for me. I feel like the world is a terrible place in many ways. The news are depressing enough, so I don't feel like seeking out more pics of body bags.

You know you are on in the internet right? I'm surprised you aren't more desensitized to it. You should stay away from this thing called 50/50 on reddit then. Don't even curiously check it out.

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It follows seems so lame! Just judging from the trailer, of course. I know everyone and their uncle says it's the bees knees.

It Follows is about atomsphere more than anything. The soundtrack and that whole what ****ing time period are they in feel. It gives off a 80s John Carpenter feel and they do that on purpose. It's the same thing with Stranger Things.

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09-22-2016, 03:10 PM	#2763 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I still don't know what to make of the teddy bear scene either, except for maybe hinting that Jack raped Danny. __________________ 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

09-22-2016, 03:15 PM	#2765 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	If it was anybody but Kubrick, I'd agree. __________________ 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

09-22-2016, 03:30 PM	#2769 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	I'm going to check out the Room 237 review above and read a bit about The Nightmare. I found a documentary on YT with the same name, about the same subject, but I don't think it's the real thing since it is half the length of what IMDB says it should be: