[Octillus]

God Bless America - From the lunatics who brought us Hobo With a Shotgun and Rubber comes the tale of man who really hates American society and goes around shooting people. That's basically all this film is, but I really liked it all the same! Could've been more murder and more anti-everything rants throughout but it's a nice little film and worth a watch anyway!

Some rants (and their delivery) by the protagonist were quite good, but other than that, it felt like exploitation film for angsty, teenage snobs. I liked "World's Greatest Dad" by the same guy better.

Sleeping Dogs Lie is also good. GBA wasn't my favorite, but for what it's worth I think Bobcat has really blossomed in the third act of his career now as a filmmaker. What an awesome career trajectory.

Is World's Greatest Dad by the same guy?? I fucking love that movie. One of my favourite comedy movies ever. I have an enormous soft spot for Robin Williams as well.

Watched Bernie the other night. Very weird comedy film with Jack Black who I usually hate but was very good in this. Based on a true story about a funeral director who kills a woman and had to have a trial in another city because everyone in that city loved him so much that they thought he'd get off. It was a fucking weird story but true so you can't argue with that! Matthew McConaughey was pretty good in it too.

Seven Psychopaths. Watch it and see. Like, really, it is on of the best films I have seen this year.

Want to see at least for dat Tom Waits.

Waits, Rockwell, Harrelson and Walken were all brilliant. It is beautiful because it both a typical actiony movie while also being a deconstruction of such. Imagine Cabin in the Woods for action films, but a few tads more subtle.

Seven Psychopaths. Watch it and see. Like, really, it is on of the best films I have seen this year.

Want to see at least for dat Tom Waits.

Waits, Rockwell, Harrelson and Walken were all brilliant. It is beautiful because it both a typical actiony movie while also being a deconstruction of such. Imagine Cabin in the Woods for action films, but a few tads more subtle.

Sold. I was already, but still.

>:D Head out soon, because it hasn't done well at the box office.

More double-feature nostalgia:
Halloween (original) at the cinema; wore my Michael Myers mask for the occasion, which got a few compliments. Big screen does it justice, the sound was great.
The only problem I had was with the people who thought the scary bits were meant to be funny. Ooh, Michael does something creepy, let's laugh! Save that for the sequels, guys. Still, the scene where a rotted gutter smashes through a window got a genuine scream out of someone.
Watched it with a couple of friends who hadn't seen it as well; one thought it was cool, the other one stated he wished he'd seen it in the 70's before it became archetypical. Fun discussion there.

Paired with the film was Hardware, which I hadn't seen before. It's a post-apocalyptic tale of a junked robot that is designed to kill which goes rogue after being accidentally reactivated. Dylan McDermot plays the lead (and does it well), plus there's a great cameo with Lemmy as a cab driver, and Iggy Pop as a foul-mouthed radio host.
Really tripped out film, with garish aesthetics, a cool soundtrack, plenty of gore and a few genuine jump scenes. Some of the acting is a bit tacky, but I didn't mind.

[swervedriver]

The Hunger Games

I just read the trilogy of the books and decided I'd take a look at the movie too (which covers the events in the first book). I love the books; while the movie is good, it can only approach what the books do. In the books the thoughts in Katniss' head are much more elaborate and give a much clearer feeling about how she struggles with her strategy (and thinks about the strategy of others), trust, love, etc. Certain aspects in the film are a bit haphazardly explained (especially in the first half hour or so) or completely ignored, and some character twists (eg. Haymitch going from drunk to useful mentor) are done quite rapidly as well. But overall it's very enjoyable and I found it nice to see what imagery can go with the book, other than my own fantasy.

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Also, the scene of Rue's death is heart-wrenching, perhaps even more so than in the book. Especially with the ensuing uprising in District 11, I found that part of the movie very powerful.

I saw Ted and thought it was shit... then I saw the Amazing Spiderman and thought it was good. So now I am back at zero.

I saw Ted and thought it was shit... then I saw the Amazing Spiderman and thought it was good. So now I am back at zero.

Watch Magic Mike. I went to see that with my grandparents (my grandfather was like the only man XD) and they both thought it was good.

[EphelDuath666]

great. Forgot to post in this thread for quite a few days. Way to go. Hope I can still remember which movies I watched. I'll cut my thoughts on each movie a bit short or I won't be done before the world ends next month.

Eden Lake

God, I HATE this movie. Well not really. I like it A LOT. I just HATE watching it. I always end up angry once the credits roll. I know there's tough shit out there like Martyrs, Inside and whatever. But Eden Lake just does worse things to me than any of these other flicks. Sure, the protagonists of the movie make some silly decisions that eventually get them into that huge pile of trouble. But silly decisions are necessary for a horror flick to work. I can't help though but always feel a great deal of believability while watching Eden Lake.
I mean, often enough you turn on the news and hear about a stupid antisocial bunch of twats beating the shit out of someone in subway stations, etc. . So yeah, this is pretty much the most unpleasant movie to watch to me personally. The only movie that would probably be even more unpleasant would be A Sebian Film but I don't have any desire to watch that garbage. Eden Lake though is a great movie, it's just not a lot of fun to watch, heh.

Inside

yay, a fucked up movie double feature! I'll need a Disney marathon soon, really. I'll have to admit though that I wasn't freaked out by Inside as much as I expected. I originally stayed away from it as my sister was pregnant when this movie was released so I had no desire to deal with seeing a female psycho cutting up a pregnant woman. But well, I finally watched it and it was just not a very good movie in my opinion. It far too much concentrated on gore and shock effects than actual substance. And it just got more and more unbelievable and ridiculous and not in a good way. So yeah....meh. When it comes to French horror then this one's no match for Martyrs. Not by a long shot.

The Mummy (1932)

after that fucked up double feature I needed something less fucked up. So I watched another black & white classic. 'Twas The Mummy. Wellllll, saying I didn't like it wouldn't be the truth but I didn't really love it either. Boris Karloff did a great job playing Frankenstein's monster. In The Mummy he just kind of bored me though. The entire movie is a bit of a snooze fest. I do not know if I have seen this before but right now I wonder if I just might have forgotten about it.

The Invisible Man (1933)

Now this movie on the other hand was absolutely terrific. I loved it from start to finish. Great atmosphere, great pacing and a great performance by Claude Rains. And considering how old this movie is I was absolutely amazed by the special effects. This must have been quite ground breaking back in the 30's. Out of all the classic monster movies that I have watched in October I'd say this one is my definite favorite and I'll gladly watch it again in the future.

Monster Squad

Well, after watching all the classic monster flicks that I bought recently I thought it was the perfect time to watch Monster Squad. This is one of those movies that you've seen many times in your childhood and loved it back then and fortunately it's still as great nowadays. It's kind of like The Goonies meets the Abbott and Costello monster flicks. And it's a whole lot of fun. It may not be as serious as the Martyrs and Eden Lakes out there but it certainly is much more pleasant to watch! And it includes some of the most memorable movie quotes (to me anyways) such as "Wolfman's got nards".

House of 1000 Corpses

next up was Rob Zombie's debut as a director: House of the 1000 Corpses. Now I do like this movie and I love its style and the fact that it pays hommage to many of the horror classics such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I just think Zombie went a little overboard several times. Some of the stuff is really creepy and a whole lot of fun. Other parts of the movie might just be a little too out there and weird and ridiculous for its own good. That being said...I just love Sid Haig. He's definitely one of my favorite B-movie actors and is usually a lot of fun to watch. But I should have probably watched The Devil's Rejects instead. I enjoy that one a lot more and there's more Sid Haig in it too.

The Hills have Eyes (remake)

The Hills have Eyes is one of the better and most effective horror film remakes in my opinion. One reason for that may be that Wes Craven's original just ain't very good, heh. There's plenty of violence and gore to be found here. Some of the scenes are actually rather disturbing. The actors do a decent job as well which isn't the case in too many splatter flicks so I appreciate that. What else is there to say. It's fun. It may not re-invent the wheel but it's certainly better than most horror remakes.

Hatchet

I'll have to admit that I really, really enjoy this movie. It's pretty low budget and pretty basic but it's entertaining and often quite funny in an ironic way. It pokes a lot of fun at slasher movie clich

^Read it all. Of the films there I have seen (most of them), I agree.

Your description of Eden Lake has intrigued me. And while I don't consider A Serbian Film complete garbage, I will concede that it's not for everyone, and you may be right avoiding it.

Dredd 3D Dark, gritty and violent. Almost all the elements from the comics are here, only humor is kept to minimum. Helmet stays on, huge plus. Karl Urban is perfect for the role. And chopper graffiti was there too Liked it a lot.

[EphelDuath666]

Your description of Eden Lake has intrigued me.

Watch it, I think you'd enjoy it. It's great. You just don't feel good afterwards.

Just got back from Silent Hill: Revelation 3D. It's a good adaptation of the games with some gimmicky 3D and some decent gore. The plot, for what it was, was passable, and it was certainly better than Resident Evil. I actually wrote up a review of it on my blog. All in all, not bad for a game-movie. There's certainly worse adaptations out there.

Paired with the film was Hardware, which I hadn't seen before. It's a post-apocalyptic tale of a junked robot that is designed to kill which goes rogue after being accidentally reactivated. Dylan McDermot plays the lead (and does it well), plus there's a great cameo with Lemmy as a cab driver, and Iggy Pop as a foul-mouthed radio host.
Really tripped out film, with garish aesthetics, a cool soundtrack, plenty of gore and a few genuine jump scenes. Some of the acting is a bit tacky, but I didn't mind.

I remember it was a pretty cool movie...with a great title track. Must revisit.