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adgy-san
PJ Harvey is God
Same here, except I first saw it via bootleg DVD. Then darby and I went to see it at the Egyptian.
Love the **** out of this movie.
jerseydevil
I'llPutPenniesOnYourEyes
Finally slogged my way through this. Tried when it first came out years ago...fell asleep. Took me till now to go again. Really fun fx, practical and silly, and 'Freddy Krueger' tries like hell to lift this...but it's just so dull. Could have been really fun but the writer/director is just so tone deaf and plays it entirely straight...and DULL. I mean, the main baddie looks like if you crossed Robert Englund w/Chet from Weird Science how can you play that straight and hope to have it work out? The hero is a plumber frchrissakes...
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lagwagon0
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A found footage/horror anthology mix that came with high expectations that weren't exactly met. Not really scary throughout but a ton of gore and some interesting segments that had you questioning what exactly was going on (for better or worse). Even though it bogged down at the beginning before picking up, I think this is still worth a view for any horror fan even though it really did not end as a cohesive horror flick.
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Diehard
Elegant
Normally I love Melissa George movies but Turistas was pretty disappointing. It's basically Hostel only nowhere near as good.
Unrest was ok, nothing special. The cool thing was that they had real cadavers in the movie. The film's about some medical students who end up with a cursed cadaver. Worth a look if you're bored and it happens to be on TV.
jerseydevil
I'llPutPenniesOnYourEyes
Hey Diehard, have you seen that one(I think) w/ MG, A Lonely Place to Die(or something like that,sorry...fuzzy) where they are mountain climbing and find rescue someone? I hear that's a good one and it's on TMC all the time...
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BigBrown
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Just saw it and loved it. I knew it'd be a twist on a generic horror movie but boy this movie just went for it with huge balls. It's delightful black comedy dressed up as horror. See it!
Finally got around to watching Perfume. Dustin Hoffman was awful. Ben Whishaw was brilliantly creepy and bizarre. What a bizarre movie, actually. I totally loved it, it was beautifully shot, but what the **** with the story? Grenouille is scary as ****, yet somehow still endearing. I felt sorry for him. That's how good I thought Whishaw was. A creepy, creepy serial killer who I felt sorry for. WTF! Haha!
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KingInTheWest
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Heat is a freaking masterpiece and the best movie made since the last time Pacino and DeNiro were in a movie together (the one before Heat, not the one after it). The acting is fabulous, the set pieces are incredible, and the way the climax sets up and goes down is just perfection. Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat.
Ooops, misplaced post.
But anyhoow, you should read the Perfume novel, K&T, it's really good!
Thinking about it. MotherPuck recommended it. In fact, maybe I can borrow it from her...
adgy-san
PJ Harvey is God
Killer's Kiss - An early Stanley Kubrick movie I hadn't seen before. It was alright. Some nice noir-type cinematography, but beyond that nothing special.
The Changeling - I was a bit disappointed with this. It had a couple really good creepy bits and a decent enough story, but I guess my expectations were too high. Not bad, but not great.
Meek's Cutoff - **** this movie. Seriously. It's a very slow movie that seems to be building up to a conclusion that never comes. When the screen went black and the credits rolled, I couldn't believe it. There was no ****ing ending! I sat through almost two hours of watching covered wagons roll across desert (beautifully shot) for nothing. Other than some decent performances (especially by Bruce Greenwood, who I was happy to see step out of his normal type of role) and gorgeous landscape shots, this movie has NOTHING to offer unless you're a history teacher who wants your students to see what it was like for settlers back in olden times. That aspect of it seems genuine enough. But if you want a story, character development or any kind of interesting anything, look elsewhere.
jerseydevil
I'llPutPenniesOnYourEyes
Oh man...how could you not like the Changeling. It's a quiet little ghost story that's way effective. The ball on the stairs scene...c'mon...
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chaingunsofdoom
Lurker
Saw 'Secret Life of Timothy Green' yesterday. Pretty decent for a whimsical Disney adoption movie.
adgy-san
PJ Harvey is God
It's not that I didn't like it, I just thought it was ok.
It's possible that the environment I watched it in might have ruined it a bit for me (because IFC is not in HD and has commercials), but... the scene with the chair chasing the lady was just bad. I did really like the bit with the little girl having nightmares, though.
jerseydevil
I'llPutPenniesOnYourEyes
Oh yeah. It's a quiet little builder that is lacking the spectacular SHOW ME that most movies have today. Commercials KILL that.
