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Nightcrawler - Meh. Hammy and heavy-handed bollox.
Exorcist House of Evil
Based on a true story, shot in THE REAL EXORCIST HOUSE, a young woman returns to her old family home, the site of an infamous exorcism and discovers the devil never left. This film was shot in THE REAL EXORCIST HOUSE and during filming captured both audible and visible paranormal activity which has been left in the film giving those who dare to watch a unique look into one of the most infamous homes in America and possibly exposing them to the devil still lurking within.
It was crap , even had a Ouiji Board thrown in for good measure, acting was crap, story was crap and the ending was predictable.
2/10
The War Game
The War Game is a fictional, worst-case-scenario docu-drama about nuclear war and its aftermath in and around a typical English city. Although it won an Oscar for Best Documentary, it is fiction. It was intended as an hour-long program to air on BBC 1, but it was deemed too intense and violent to broadcast. It went to theatrical distribution as a feature film instead. Low-budget and shot on location, it strives for and achieves convincing and unflinching realism.
WOW that was not an easy watch, pretty horrific in places, Threads has always been the best one about Nuclear war, but this is even better.
8/10
Thirst
A group of wayward teens at a wilderness boot camp must fight for their lives against the attacks of a ruthless blood-sucking alien. The attacks begin after they discover a strange "orb"
It was OK , the monster was decent enough , the acting was OK, story was OK, it was an OK film.
4/10
Based on a true story, shot in THE REAL EXORCIST HOUSE, a young woman returns to her old family home, the site of an infamous exorcism and discovers the devil never left. This film was shot in THE REAL EXORCIST HOUSE and during filming captured both audible and visible paranormal activity which has been left in the film giving those who dare to watch a unique look into one of the most infamous homes in America and possibly exposing them to the devil still lurking within.
It was crap , even had a Ouiji Board thrown in for good measure, acting was crap, story was crap and the ending was predictable.
2/10
The War Game
The War Game is a fictional, worst-case-scenario docu-drama about nuclear war and its aftermath in and around a typical English city. Although it won an Oscar for Best Documentary, it is fiction. It was intended as an hour-long program to air on BBC 1, but it was deemed too intense and violent to broadcast. It went to theatrical distribution as a feature film instead. Low-budget and shot on location, it strives for and achieves convincing and unflinching realism.
WOW that was not an easy watch, pretty horrific in places, Threads has always been the best one about Nuclear war, but this is even better.
8/10
Thirst
A group of wayward teens at a wilderness boot camp must fight for their lives against the attacks of a ruthless blood-sucking alien. The attacks begin after they discover a strange "orb"
It was OK , the monster was decent enough , the acting was OK, story was OK, it was an OK film.
4/10
Pauldy is well and truly back.
I think having read the book it will make it all the more annoying.
Agreed. Pretended to be clever but was just a bit shit.
I really liked it, he's convincingly unsettling, in fact, it might make my list.
There was a theatricality to it that didn't sit right with me, a fault that mostly lies in the screenplay though.
Go watch De Niro in King of Comedy instead.
Independence Day: Ressurgance
Wow, what a waste of two hours. Sure, some of the aliens looked ok and I always love watching William Fichtner but the film was SO boring. They really should have gotten Will Smith in, no matter what the cost because without him, it just felt so flat 3/10
Wow, what a waste of two hours. Sure, some of the aliens looked ok and I always love watching William Fichtner but the film was SO boring. They really should have gotten Will Smith in, no matter what the cost because without him, it just felt so flat 3/10
I really liked it but I'd agree the screenplay was sometimes a bit heavy-handed at times. Certain points when they went more down the Nolan-esque route of having characters outright state a theme/idea instead of having the confidence just to show it.
How you can call that stuff hammy and heavy-handed while simultanously cheering on and calling genious on Lynch for adding a scene with someone randomly doing the chicken dance is beyond me.
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Because it works within the Lynchian universe.
Nightcrawler's a serious attempt at satire from someone who's clearly not very good at it.
Collateral - I had a few qualms about it, like some elements of Foxx's character, the fact it descended into stalk-and-slash, but overall I thought it was a pretty good and vibrant thriller.
A few of the music choices were pretty grating, with some of the worst examples of the 'period' music of that era, like Audioslave and a Paul Oakenfold song that lasted an entire shootut scene
Also, it took way too long for me to realize that these two in fact were Mark Ruffalo and Javier Bardem:
And for some reason, the first person that is seen in the film after Cruise is Jason Statham, which confused me greatly, and I kept thinking throughout, when is Jason Statham gonna appear again and ruin the day, but that never happened.
A few of the music choices were pretty grating, with some of the worst examples of the 'period' music of that era, like Audioslave and a Paul Oakenfold song that lasted an entire shootut scene
Also, it took way too long for me to realize that these two in fact were Mark Ruffalo and Javier Bardem:
And for some reason, the first person that is seen in the film after Cruise is Jason Statham, which confused me greatly, and I kept thinking throughout, when is Jason Statham gonna appear again and ruin the day, but that never happened.
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Agree that it works within the Lynchian universe in that it is surreal and out of place. But terms like genious and magnificent is too easily thrown around when it comes to directors like Lynch, just because he is Lynch. His name in some circuits has reached the heights where he could pull a Picasso and paint a dot with his signature in the bottom right corner and people would still yell genious.
Nightcrawler is still a good description of depravity and the hollow heartless vibe surrounding Hollywood I think. And for once Gyllenhaal played a good role.
I think Lynch is great but at the same I think a lot of people are desperately giving more meaning to stuff he's done that he probably had no real intention behind, I think he's winging it a lot of the time, but brilliantly so, most of the time.
The problem with Nightcrawler was that it hammered the viewer with it constantly to the point of them actually stating it obviously, like Cheesy said.
Scarecrow - Won the Palm D'Or in 1973, features both Gene Hackman and Al Pacino in their primes, yet is largely unknown today. I can sort of see why it wasn't a hit, it kinda rambled on with no rhythm, just going from one long bloated scene to another that never really went anywhere. The last 30 minutes or so though, it suddenly hit a few hard emotional punches, mostly thanks to Pacino's delicate performance, a lesser actor would have overdone it with his childlike character but he did a real good and subtle job with it.
Hated it.
Fecking hell that's JAVIER BARDEM?!Collateral - I had a few qualms about, like some elements of Foxx's character, the fact it descended into stalk-and-slash, but overall I thought it was a pretty good and vibrant thriller.
A few of the music choices were pretty grating, with some of the worst examples of the 'period' music of that era, like Audioslave and a Paul Oakenfold song that lasted an entire shootut scene
Also, it took way too long for me to realize that these two in fact were Mark Ruffalo and Javier Bardem:
And for some reason, the first person that is seen in the film after Cruise is Jason Statham, which confused me greatly, and I kept thinking throughout, when is Jason Statham gonna appear again and ruin the day, but that never happened.
Will Smith not being there wouldn't make the top 20 of things wrong with that film. 3/10 is hugely generous.
Just came back from watching the new Louie Theroux Scientology documentary, I thought it was really good. It was a lot more comical and humorous than serious which was a pleasant surprise. The cinema was laughing throughout the film.
I only realized it when I was hovering above the wikipedia page.
Unbelievable Jeff
I think big willie would have made changes to script etc. big personality and that. But thinking about it, 3/10 is quite generous.
Quality film.Collateral - I had a few qualms about, like some elements of Foxx's character, the fact it descended into stalk-and-slash, but overall I thought it was a pretty good and vibrant thriller.
A few of the music choices were pretty grating, with some of the worst examples of the 'period' music of that era, like Audioslave and a Paul Oakenfold song that lasted an entire shootut scene
Also, it took way too long for me to realize that these two in fact were Mark Ruffalo and Javier Bardem:
And for some reason, the first person that is seen in the film after Cruise is Jason Statham, which confused me greatly, and I kept thinking throughout, when is Jason Statham gonna appear again and ruin the day, but that never happened.
Yeah I really like Collateral. Should watch it again soon.
But maybe first I should finish Mulholland Drive.
Been many years since I saw collateral but doesn't it have the most ridiculous plot ever thought of? Top hitman Tom Cruise decides to use a cab driver for no actual benefit to himself other than not having to be arsed to drive.
Said decision then creates havoc, makes his task infinitely more difficult and ultimately results in his own death.
Disclaimer: I may be forgetting a plot point here or there.
Said decision then creates havoc, makes his task infinitely more difficult and ultimately results in his own death.
Disclaimer: I may be forgetting a plot point here or there.
So I'm watching Cell. A low budget recent adaptation of a reasonably good Steven King novel. I read the book only a few weeks back. Which is definitely spoiling my enjoyment of the film. Still, it's very watchable. It also gives the redcafe viewer an opportunity to watch one of our resident caftards being pistol whipped to death by John Cusack. Which gives it a bonus point. Arguably two bonus points.
Wait what?
There were a few contrivances but I could buy into most of them.
Elle - Isabelle Huppert is still devilishly sexy at 63, and this was a really devilish film, with a strange and abrasive tone that had me bewildered at times. I really could have used pete's take on this, I'm kinda at loss here, though I'm kinda suspecting that if there were any other actress than Huppert in the lead role, I probably would have hated it. She's a towering multifaceted presence in a pretty unclassifiable film, kinda the comedy sequel to The Piano Teacher.
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Who?
John Cusack, you must know him. Starred in High Fidelity and Con Air.
Gah I had tickets to this at the film festival but couldn't make it and now it's not been released until the end of November.
Can't actually remember his username. The bloke who occasionally posts links to short movies he's in. And an advert with a goat in it?
Think he's called mad something? @madhed maybe?
Ahh, this is the Verhoeven film! I want to see it
It's not an enjoyable film and that's why King of Comedy is good, De Niro had already proved his credentials for this sort of thing in Taxi Driver. A couple of scenes stand out to me, the trip to Jerry's house and the autograph book (where, for the life of me I don't know why - I must have missed something - someone replicates De Niro's movements out of focus at a table in the background) where the 'creep'/'awkward' factor ramped up.