Irving, check out Phantasm, main characters in movie are about your daughters age.
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Irving, check out Phantasm, main characters in movie are about your daughters age.
Phantasm is great. I have it at #14 on my all time list. I dig the whole series for the most part.Quote:
Originally Posted by buffalobo
@Irving: Blackcoat's Daughter is a really slow burn. I like the slow atmospheric ones though. Not for everyone... Train to Busan is a Korean infected film. Really good though.
My list of my top all-time films is here:
https://letterboxd.com/hardstepdesig...s-of-all-time/
I like "scary" movies that transcend the genre, like Guillermo Del Torro's The Orphanage and the Haunting of Hill House Netflix reboot.
Agreed, both of those are great. I'd say I do too since I love "heady" horror that makes you think, and does something new. I'm not a big fan of gore just for gore's sake.
I agree. I don't understand the attraction for the "Saw" franchise.
I would classify Aliens as Sci-Fi and The Silence of the Lambs as a crime drama.
Yeah I don’t like the Saw franchise. Some cool kills but bad story and gimmicks instead of good stories.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gman
Aliens is for sure a sci-fi/horror, but Silence of the Lambs is horror in my book. It has all the elements and formula and of a horror film.
When it comes to being scared I prefer my movies a little cheesey.
Two of my favorites from back in the day are Motel Hell (1980) and The Funhouse (1981).
The Evil Dead series was always entertaining because of the cheese factor as well.
For the more modern stuff I really like the characters of Rob Zombie?s films but the stories are a bit lacking.
I recently watched Doctor Sleep which is a sequel to The Shinning. It wasn?t a bad film but movies about the supernatural aren?t really scarey in my opinion. The characters were pretty well done I thought.
I find Silence of the Lambs to be more 'suspense' than horror, but maybe that's me.Quote:
Originally Posted by ghettodub
Event Horizon is definitely horror.
Love that one! Picked up a Blu Ray of it a few months ago finallyQuote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Agreed. The Sci-Fi aspect is just the platform/mechanism.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Have you seen The Void yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by ghettodub
The story isn't super great, but it does a great job of capturing HP Lovecraft's vibe.
Babadook was the first horror movie I've watched since playing Silent Hill 2 that managed to make me feel unsettled.
Babadook was surprisingly good.
Just started "Smoking Aces" for like the 30th time. One of my fav's.
Alternate title for the new James Bond movie.
"Ain't Nobody Got Time Fo Dyin'!"
I found the trailer uninspiring.
Was that the guy who played Freddie Mercury as the bad guy ? It was just a fast glimpse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gman
Saw "Knives Out" this weekend. Very, very good. Twists and turns, surprises and a final twist at the end.
I'm surprised. I wasn't interested based on the trailers. Does it fit cleanly into a certain genre? I assumed it was a comedy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Duman
My next show is going to be the Star Wars movie coming out in a few weeks.
Missed Zombieland 2 in theaters but should be available to rent soon.
I think I saw there?s a second Wonder Woman movie coming out sometime. Probably try and see it since I pretty much watch every superhero movie.
What super hero has a lisp ? Thor [ROFL2]Quote:
Originally Posted by ray1970
The trailer for the new Ghostbusters 2020 just dropped.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahZFCF--uRY
It's a direct sequel to the Ghostbusters movies from the 1980s and they're going to completely ignore the 2016 one.
Rian Johnson ruined Star Wars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Duman
True, but I also think he had 'help'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Justin
A much better concept than the feminist campaign of 2016.Quote:
Originally Posted by Justin
Was the girl one good? I thought I heard it wasn't bad.
While their aim might be better, they can't drive worth a damn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
It's supposed to be comedy, but it's not really funny.... it's a whodunnit, Agatha Christie style.... No exactly Murder on the Orient Express, but a lot of twists.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Chris Hemsworth was ok in it, but other than that and the selfie stick gag that was in the trailer is the only funny bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Fundamentally, Ghostbusters 2016 managed to capture zero % of the comedy, scares, world-building, music, or geekery of the original movies, or even the animated series, for that matter.
Bummer. I recently heard someone say that the new phrase people are throwing around is "Get woke, go broke," so I think this trend may be on the way out.
They need to have a better motivation than to just remake everything with female leads.
I'm holding out for the remake of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider with a male lead. Maybe they'll call it Larry Croft?
FIFYQuote:
Originally Posted by Gman
Just finished this myself. I'm not a "comic book" movie guy either. I thought this movie portrayed a heinous murderer as a hero. The fact he was abused and went off his meds is irrelevant to me. I really wish Hollywood would come up with some good, ORIGINAL movies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Duman
So who is excited about the new Picard StarTrek movie?
We're getting pretty smart. So when they say fire up the trasnporters, we realize they have no trasporters.
I'm about done with SciFi.
-John
I thought it was a streaming series.
ETA: Just checked. It is a series for CBS. I'm a fan of TOS and never cared for TNG with Picard.
Is that like a trans bellhop?Quote:
Originally Posted by iego
Very good, put it on your list ya'll. Trailer does not represent what the movie really is, and that's a good thing, too many trailers spoil the whole movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by cstone
Based off the trailer, if you think it isn't your cup of tea, you'll be surprised. Put it on your list. It's partially comedic, sure, but not exactly it's full genre.
+1, good movieQuote:
Originally Posted by OxArt