Bill Brasky Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Bill Brasky said: Just give me one good scene with Taggart and Rosewood and I'm happy. The plot is confirmed to be the typical Hollywood franchise revival method where they introduce the main character's daughter and set her up for sequels that won't happen because she sucks. Edit: also I thought Taggart died years ago. Mandela effect *shakes fist* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Monkey Posted December 16, 2023 Share Posted December 16, 2023 It's Netflix so it'll be safe edgy at best Surprised they showed Mexicans as violent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 18 hours ago, DieselDaisy said: Yes, that is the one. I have actually read Skeleton Crew. I read it in 1989. I think because it was short stories. But the ones I remember are Mist, Raft, Cain Rose Up and Word Processor of the Gods and The Monkey. The Man who Wouldn't Shake Hands too. I was listening to The Ramones live so Rockaway Beach is how I thought of The Raft. But in the film version its more a lake. Also FNM's Introduce Yourself had a song Death March which fit a story about a Beach. The Mist movie was exactly how I imagined it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 1 hour ago, The Monkey said: It's Netflix so it'll be safe edgy at best Surprised they showed Mexicans as violent They have to establish some kind basis in reality so you can believe there's a black cop in Beverly Hills. Where will they find another Brigette Nielsen? The Rock will have to play the Big Bitch. It's weird how despite all the woke talk they have gone backwards. Eddie Murphy was the biggest star in 89 and Sigourney Weaver was bad ass in Alien. Now Denzel is a biggest star but he's basically white. Now you have these pretty blondes pretending to be action heroes. So much for progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Monkey Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Watching a James Bond ripoff from the 60s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 4 hours ago, The Monkey said: Watching a James Bond ripoff from the 60s Mission Impossible is kind of like 00s rip off of Octopussy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Two Romero's from around the same time, both 80s/90s Orion floppers, i.e., when Orion spiralled to its own demise. Monkey Shines (1988) Ignore the science and this is a very competent psychological horror which has a similarity with Christine in some respects - substitute a car with a monkey. The Dark Half (1993) A King adaptation. This film does not really work. It plays out like a bloated X-Files episode. Michael Rooker turns up as a cop. Spoiler It originally goes down the (De Palma's) Sisters or Malignant path but then just abandons this and pursues a more simple ''evil twin'' - it is all a bit of a mess and hard to fathom. It also tantalizes us with the fact protagonist is committing the murders. So we have three explanations that are all sort of thrown in there without any coherence. I couldn't help recalling Superman III also during evil twin scenes. Maybe reading the book would solve the mess? The whole thing is a play on pseudo-authorship, i.e. King's Richard Bachman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DieselDaisy Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Godzilla Minus One I really enjoyed it and I normally do not like CGI films. Gets a good balance between the schlocky elements and a post-war drama on survivor's guilt - elements of Jaws also thrown in there for good measure. Americans should be banned from making Godzilla films: leave it to the Japs Uncle Sam. PS That plane, the Kyushu J7W Shinden, really existed although the film implies a few may have fought towards the end of World War Two. In reality only two prototypes were built. The Yanks dismantled one and took it to the states in 1945 to study and it is the only one that survives today (of sorts): its fuselage is on display in the National Air and Space Museum, DC whilst the remainder is in various storage places. Hopefully the Yanks put it back together again like what the Brits did with Tiger 131. Here it is, Toho, for this film, built a full scale replica, and - and this is why Toho deserve heavy praise indeed - donated it to the Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum, Chikuzen, Fukuoka. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 Revised 2023, Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Godzilla Minus One The Killer Elemental (I had forgotten I had seen this with nephew - just typical pixer shite but it is still better than Napoleon) Napoleon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 2 hours ago, DieselDaisy said: Revised 2023, Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Godzilla Minus One The Killer Elemental (I had forgotten I had seen this with nephew - just typical pixer shite but it is still better than Napoleon) Napoleon Godzilla fans are eating so well rn On one plate we've got a serious masterpiece about nuclear disaster from Japan that's mogging Disney and Hollywood into irrelevancy On the other we've got Pink Godzilla and Thanos Kong burrowing into the Hollow Earth to fight a giant orangutang called the Skar King. I'm here for ALL OF IT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 4 hours ago, DieselDaisy said: Americans should be banned from making Godzilla films: leave it to the Japs Uncle Sam. Godzilla is a spectrum. America is doing a fine job doing a modern version of the Showa era with goofy monster fights and monsters with personality while Japan has gone back to the roots and is making apocalyptic Godzilla movies again. Toho seems to be fine with the Monsterverse as they've even borrowed shots from it for Minus One. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 11 minutes ago, bacdi the ape enthusiast said: Godzilla fans are eating so well rn On one plate we've got a serious masterpiece about nuclear disaster from Japan that's mogging Disney and Hollywood into irrelevancy On the other we've got Pink Godzilla and Thanos Kong burrowing into the Hollow Earth to fight a giant orangutang called the Skar King. I'm here for ALL OF IT. The trailer for that appeared before Godzilla Minus One! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Two Evil Eyes (1990) Two-part horror anthology, one part Dir by Romero, the other by Dario Argento. Romero's bit is very Amicus-esque (Amicus being the British portmanteau horror company of 60s-70s) and conventional in its approach whereas Argento's is more bizarre and Italian flavoured. Both are good - I rather like this film in fact. Keitel stars and carries a look of a man who doesn't know why he is starring in b-movie Italio splatter shit - ''BUT Bobby and Al get all the serious work?''. For him, Reservoir Dogs and a career resuscitation would be just around the corner. Bruiser (2000) First film by Romero since 1993 and before that final trilogy of creaky zombie films which ends his filmography. It is a pity only Brits will understand a ''made for channel 5'' joke, but the best way I can put it is: 'Canadian tv-movie'. Irrespective, a very bizarre film. Quite cold and unlikeable, but certainly very interesting. Romero botches ending unfortunately and the introduction of an obligatory 'rave' with a Misfits band cameo is thorough ''late '90s'. The film was made for two pence and failed to make back its 2 pence - even by Romero standards, the marketing was abysmal - but it has become a niche favourite among Romero fans. Whole thing is on Youtube - very dark print however, Truthfully, I am not really sure what to make of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Brasky Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 On 12/16/2023 at 5:29 PM, bacdi the ape enthusiast said: Just give me one good scene with Taggart and Rosewood and I'm happy. The plot is confirmed to be the typical Hollywood franchise revival method where they introduce the main character's daughter and set her up for sequels that won't happen because she sucks. Edit: also I thought Taggart died years ago. Mandela effect *shakes fist* Can't we just get some sweet nostalgia member berries without woke bullshit being shoved down our throats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Brasky Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 21 hours ago, DieselDaisy said: Revised 2023, Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Godzilla Minus One The Killer Elemental (I had forgotten I had seen this with nephew - just typical pixer shite but it is still better than Napoleon) Napoleon I haven't watched the killer yet out of fear of it being a boring piece of shit. I love Fincher movies with the exception being Alien 3. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 It is odd that that was his first film, a shit hack sequel. Granted it looks very atmospheric and Fincher like. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGATRON Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 4 hours ago, Bill Brasky said: I haven't watched the killer yet out of fear of it being a boring piece of shit. I love Fincher movies with the exception being Alien 3. The Killer is to Fight Club what Zodiac was to Se7en. It ain’t no John Wick style action film. Imagine if Wasted were a hitman and you were listening to a voiceover of his philosophy on life. The Killer and Across the Spiderverse are the two movies from this year that I will still be watching five years from now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 The Killer is the ultimate Fincher movie because it combines both his anti Corporate thing with his obsession with serial killers. The Killer is a corporate hitman. So it's like Zodiac meets Fight Club. It has the same mesmerizing procedural feel as Zodiac but with the entertaining philosophy breaks as Fight Club. It might be his perfect statement. Plus it has a McDonald's product placement and Portishead and Morrissey on the soundtrack. It maybe a flawless movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 6 hours ago, Bill Brasky said: I haven't watched the killer yet out of fear of it being a boring piece of shit. I love Fincher movies with the exception being Alien 3. It's not boring, some reviews said that but they were misleading. If you think Zodiac was boring then ok. It also has more Fight Club to it. I'm not just saying that because McDonald's is in the movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 El Camino Christmas (2017) Might as well. Good Christmas drinking movie. RT commenters don'y know anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) Basically Creepshow 3. Debbie Harry is very milfy in it, in the story's wrap around. Christian Slater and Steve Buscemi turn up in first story, probably the weakest segment. Second story is a King adaptation, Romero screenplay, that was abandoned from Creepshow 2. Third story is certifiably the best. Survival of the Dead (2009) I had stalled watching this as I absolutely despised Diary of the Dead. This is Romero's final film before his death in 2017. It is alright. It has a much lighter tone than the Dead trilogy - almost Shaun of the Dead territory. It is a fun little movie and is at least better than Diary. PS I'll try and do a Romero ranking, incomplete as I haven't seen Vanilla or Season of the Witch. 1. Night 2. Dawn 3. Martin 4. Day 5. The Crazies 6. Creepshow 7. Knightriders 8. Monkey Shines 9. Land of the Dead (fucked up the arse by the studio on this) 10. Bruiser 11. Survival of the Dead 12. The Dark Half 13. Diary of the Dead Night and Dawn: interchangeable (my head says Night, my heart says Dawn). Creepshow probably his most competent film in a mainstream (horror) sense, i.e., a film by a master technician, and deserves to be higher but I like the studenty ''choppyness'' you see on films like The Crazies, Dawn, Martin and Knightriders - I still put Creepshow above latter. For similar reasons Bruiser defeats last three for simply being interesting, indy and weird despite its many flaws - probably the most unique film in his entire filmography. The Dark Half is just too much a mess to be rated high and Diary I simply don't like. Diary is easily the worst film he ever made. This bit of the rankings was easy. I left off peripheral films like Two Evil Eyes, Creepshow 2, TFTDS, Night Savini remake, etc. - most of these would be upper-middling, i.e., Evertons and Spurs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Burton Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 10 hours ago, DieselDaisy said: I'll try and do a Romero ranking, incomplete as I haven't seen Vanilla or Season of the Witch. 1. Night 2. Dawn 4. Day 9. Land of the Dead (fucked up the arse by the studio on this) 11. Survival of the Dead 13. Diary of the Dead Night and Dawn: interchangeable (my head says Night, my heart says Dawn). Idk if it was because I watched them out of order, or what but I thought Dawn of the Dead was so boring and poorly paced. I thought I heard that the American cut might have been different, but between the score and all the goofy dress-up type scenes, I couldn't stay interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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