Ok, I’m ashamed of what I’m about to say here. OK here it goes.
Blackhawk Down. Just seen it this weekend. I’ve seen bits of it before but never stayed to watch the movie start to finish.
One of if not THE BEST war movie I have ever seen. I knew the story before hand. I remember the news clips of the american dead being kicked and thrown into the air naked as people cheered I guess that was why I never seen the movie thru. I feel bad now. Because I would have loved to have seen this movie in a theater.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Darkness Falls - A decent scary movie that came out around the time the first Boogeyman movie came out (2003). Both of those movies make you jump more than Nightmare on Elm Street.[/quote]
Darkness Falls, yes. Loved it. Boogeyman…no. [/quote]
I thought the first Boogeyman was decent. They didn’t try to explain what that thing was. The sequels sucked ass.[/quote]
Now I could be wrong, but didn’t the begining of Boogyman look exactly like the start of Darkness Falls (a fav of mine). I thought it was a cheap rip off[/quote]
Well, yeah…but that had that cool quote:
“When you’re afraid, close your eyes and count to five. Sometimes it works for me.”
"What happens when you get to six?
The way they filmed it, they could have ended it with the main actor being the killer himself.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Darkness Falls - A decent scary movie that came out around the time the first Boogeyman movie came out (2003). Both of those movies make you jump more than Nightmare on Elm Street.[/quote]
Darkness Falls, yes. Loved it. Boogeyman…no. [/quote]
I thought the first Boogeyman was decent. They didn’t try to explain what that thing was. The sequels sucked ass.[/quote]
Now I could be wrong, but didn’t the begining of Boogyman look exactly like the start of Darkness Falls (a fav of mine). I thought it was a cheap rip off[/quote]
Well, yeah…but that had that cool quote:
“When you’re afraid, close your eyes and count to five. Sometimes it works for me.”
"What happens when you get to six?
The way they filmed it, they could have ended it with the main actor being the killer himself.[/quote]
I remember seeing it right after Darkness falls so maybe that left me comparing the two all through the movie.
Usually I don’t watch a lot of movies/tv, but I just felt like having a movie spree this weekend.
Eden Lake: gritty, daring and realistic, methinks. Doesn’t pull any punches. Just wow! And Kelly Reilly adds some feisty to her tasty.
The Losers: actually kinda boring and stretched, but (and that’s a big but): the Jake Jensen character made up for it! (“Don’t stop, believing!”, “Go, Petunias!”, “Let’s go girls, LET’S GO GIRLS!”). Never knew Evans had it in him.
Edge of Darkness: solid cover-up thriller.
The Ghost Writer: dito.
Inglourious Basterds: yeah, yeah, call me a hick! Finally got around to watch it. What can I say? Awesome. “Au revoir, Shosanna!”, “The Bear Jew!” Lol. Apart from Waltz, I was kinda surprised that Diehl all but stole the show in the tavern/cellar scene. Kinda surprised, too, that Kruger doesn’t come across as a silly bimbo. I couldn’t take her serious enough until her performance in this film. This film has so many memorable moments
The Man From Earth: damn, so minimalistically implemented, yet so immersive! Actually, this film impressed me a lot.
[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
PX- I couldn’t even finish the new Elm Street.
Splice was pretty bad. I watched the whole thing, but not a good movie in the least[/quote]
I don’t disagree really. I just try to be positive just in case someone likes shit like that. It isn’t scary in the least and I really don’t care about the “family issues” of a family where the “child” was created in a test tube illegally…but I could see that being a Twilight Zone episode.
The Road- after seeing it in one of the Zombie threads (not a zombie movie btw)
Thought it was pretty good. Probably one of the best films that depicts how people would act in such an event. Not sure how I never heard of it till the other week, seeing as it came out in '09
I watched a foreign flick called “A Prophet” last week. It was pretty good. Takes place in a French prison about some Arab dude who gets forced to do shit for some Corsican gangsters in there but uses the opportunity to get his own thing going under everyone’s noses.
I also watched Point Blank with Lee Marvin again. Hadn’t seen it in a long time. Anyone who likes Lee Marvin should check that one out, assuming they haven’t already.
Book of Eli, not bad I’m not real religious but I always dig the biblical type post apocolyptic films
A-Team, I really wanted to hate this film but it was really fun I enjoyed it.
The Other Guys, hysterical Eve Mendes is so hot
How to Train Your Dragon, fuck you all I like cartoons and I really liked this one
Probably go see either Tron or something else on Christmas Day
I saw Batman under the red hood today and I have to say it is in my opinion the best animated batman I’ve ever seen. I’m not sure how old it is, but it’s very good.
Tron Legacy-Okay so the story was bland and nothing that would revolutionized the industry but the visuals? Aesthetically,the most beautiful movie Ive ever seen. Avatar be damned!
I just watched “Devil” and “The Town” tonight. Thought they were both good movies. Devil was fairly typical, but entertaining. I really enjoyed The Town though.
It’s an old one and I’ve seen it a million times, but I just watched Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? again. I fucking love it, I can’t help it. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it. It’s the funniest movie I’ve ever seen. It’s black and white, it’s from 1966 and it has no action in it, but it stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in absolutely hysterical roles. It’s a laugh riot.
“Enter the Void”- An exercise in visual and psychological intensity. Easily Gaspar Noe’s best work to date. You have never seen anything like this before; an acid-soaked psychedelic elegy, a love letter to the city of Tokyo and a searing tragedy that soars effortlessly above pretty much anything Hollywood has put out this year. Look and see-
“Layer Cake”- Daniel Craig along with a host of British genre regulars (chances are you’ll recognize quite a few faces here) does a damn fine job in this one about a UK coke dealer in way, way over his head. You’ll never look at a teapot quite the same way again.
“Un Prophete/A Prophet”- Between this and “Mesrine” I’d say French thrillers are on their way up again. An instant classic. If you like gangster movies, give this one a chance. You won’t regret it.
