I finally watched Malcolm X. Then I watched Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Denzel’s acting… OMG… OMFG… seriously cannot describe it. Speechless. Any lame attempt at praise I can articulate with my shitty vocabulary would be end up being an insult instead to the real level of talent the man possesses.
Malcolm X was great. 8/10.
Roman J. Israel, Esq. kinda sucked, though. 5.5/10
Until Empire of the Sun that is.
From the trailer it seems they’re wearing German Stahlhelms (helmets). Props for historical accuracy.
Yeah, they got lots of things right all the way to the different accents. Seriously, it’s an amazingly well produced movie.
Watched The Haunting of Bly Manor. Reviews said it was very scary. It really wasn’t, just a very sad tragic love story. A whole episode was wasted on time jumps and not all the ghosts seemed to be held to the same rules of existence. Could have been amazing. It was a lot like the Haunting of Hill House, in fact it had the exact same cast of actors for its leads. I thought I was having deja vu but it turns out it was a slightly different take on the same story different location.
Watched The House with a Clock in Its Walls with my wife and kids today. PHENOMENAL. Director: Eli Roth. Yes, the same Eli Roth that directed Hostel. Yes, the same Eli Roth that played the Bear Jew in Inglorious Basterds. He made a PG movie. It’s “scary”, fun, well-written, well acted (starring Jack Black and Cate Blanchett, among others), overall well fucking done and my 5 and 3 year old kids loved it. If you have kids and they’re particularly sensitive, then I’d steer clear, as we’re talking about Eli Roth here and he throws a couple scenes in that would probably scare the fuck out of a sensitive child, even one that is a few years older than mine.
On that subject, I personally have shown PG-13 movies to my kids, as long as there isn’t an insane amount of gore or explicit sex scenes (implied sex, even heavily implied, goes way, way over children’s heads), I just know there are kids that would be totally freaked out by the movie. But even as adults, I’d give it a watch. It’s great.
The biggest thing that kids movies and kids shows these days are missing are the elements that made it fun for FAMILIES to watch. Kids shows had political and sexual references in them that went WAY over kid’s heads (seriously, rewatch Animaniacs - I did, start to finish when they put it on Netflix briefly, wow), but it was something that made it relatable and fun for adults to watch with their kids. Now everything is perfect and fun and nobody gets hurt, because shows are made for parents to put on and leave their kids sitting in front of the TV like zombies, instead of being a family activity.
Aaaaaanyway, sorry, rant over. Watch that movie. 9/10.
We also watched The Haunted Mansion (2003). 2/10. Kids would probably rate it a 7/10 but it’s just Eddie Murphy propping up an overall failure.
Oh I loved it too. Also couldn’t believe Eli Roth made it. Cate was hot.
Eli Roth was the Bear Jew!? This whole time (like 15 years!) I thought Mr Orange/Pumpkin was Eli Roth! Apparently that’s Tim Roth. Crazy!
Haha how did you think that was Tim Roth? He’s like a tiny little guy with an abnormally short neck.
EDIT:
Brain not working today. Did you mean you thought Eli Roth was in Reservoir Dogs?
I guess I must known the name “Roth” from the awesome movies Tim made in the 90s.
Then in the 2000s, when Eli hit the scene as a director, I heard his name but didn’t see his face. I must have just gotten them confused. Like i thought they were 1 guy, an actor/director named Eli who looked like Tim.
When Hostile (and all of Eli’s movies) Sucked So Badly I unconsciously decided to not think about the whole situation any more.
To make this whole thing more messy, I may have accidentally, mentally given actor Tim Roth credit for 1 or 2 of Ralph Fiennes movies.
Crazy!
Well, Tim Roth was in a pretty interesting but short lived TV called Lie To Me btw if you like his stuff. Something about a dude who’s an expert at reading micro expressions. It’s not great, but beats lots of the crap being made these days.
Thanks for the tip, I’ll check that out!
This movie interestingly procured the equivalent of a PG-13 rating in a few countries, the UK being one of them. I have yet to see this film, but I’ll check it out.
Coraline to me seems like a film that should’ve never been marketed towards children. Whilst not particularly graphic, the tone, themes and unsettling imagery present within the film would’ve scared the shit out of young children.
I found it very unsettling at the time of release, more-so than other animated films with a higher age restriction (like nine)
My kids loved Coraline. Certain things make them jump or peek their eyes out from behind a blanket, but when you’re talking “tones” and “unsettling imagery”, you’re thinking of the movie from the point of view of an adult, or at least as an adolescent, so that’s what I was referring to when I said that a well made creepy kids movie has elements that make it watchable for adults too. Young kids don’t pick up on tones or anything like that, they’re just watching the movie and dealing with a lot of different images and sounds and colors to process along with trying to understand the storyline.
@FlatsFarmer I should have probably clarified that I do think Hostel sucked, haha, and I’m not a huge fan of Roth but that’s mostly because he’s a big gore director and I’m just not into that torture-for-the-sake-of-torture stuff. I’ve seen worse films than Cabin Fever, and his remake of Death Wish wasn’t the worst thing I’ve ever seen. But he killed it with this one.
I like it when movies go over the top to set a tone or a mood, or directors have some kind of style. I guess they can really go all out making a kids movie. I’m sure I’ll check out this movie some time.
I watched like half of “Mousehunt,” another fun kids movie last month.
I saw your post in the middle of the night and I guess I was disoriented. Sucked with a capital S was a little extreme.
I watched Cobra Kai and now I wanna learn Karate and start fights with middle-aged dudes and high school kids.
Remember: Don’t be a pussy, be a badass
The story alone creeped me out when I first saw it, I was only around eight at the time. I’d seen quasi horror films (like jaws) by that age that freaked me out less.
Individualistic reactions differ, we all have our triggers as to what’ll get to us. No film ever gave me nightmares aside from the original texas chainsaw massacre (because I was around ten at the time), but coraline creeped me out in 2009. The dinner scene from the TCM got to me, and re-watching the film now I legitimately can’t believe I saw that when I was ten.
I legitimately enjoyed what I’ve watched of that show thus far. Goofy, but fun.
I confess I watched 3 episodes and didn’t like it.
FLAME FREE.
Wait, wrong thread. Flame away. I can take it lol.
Green Inferno was his worst IMO. I’ll give him a pass on Cabin Fever since it was his first movie and there were a couple of really funny scenes. Or did he make Hostel 2 cos I know part 3 wasn’t by him? Then that was his worst.
I think he just sucks at horror. Maybe he should make more fantasy or comedy movies. The dude clearly has some talent. He’s not Rob Zombie.