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[Chaka]

So Im going through netflix last nite and want to watch a short film before bed, so I find Aftermath. Only 32 minutes long and I say that will work, so I decide to watch it.

I am bored, so I googled this. There's like 10 movies called Aftermath. I have no idea what you watched but am very curious now.

This one is 30 minutesThis one is 29 minutes

This one has Anthony Michael Hall & Tony Danza

That's all I got.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Never saw Days of Heaven. Besides saintfool's opinion, is it worth watching?

Depends on your thoughts on Terrance Malick. I think it's worth watching.

Thin Red Line scarred me for life.

He's an unconventional director, that's for sure. I like The New World a lot, but it is slow as molasses.

 

[El Floppo]

Never saw Days of Heaven. Besides saintfool's opinion, is it worth watching?

Depends on your thoughts on Terrance Malick. I think it's worth watching.

Thin Red Line scarred me for life.

good, life-affirming scar?

 

[krista4]

+1 on the Days of Heaven love.

 

[hooter311]

Wild Bunch had a lot of "shock value" material and just doesn't strike the same chord that it probably did with the audience back then. Women and children getting shot in the streets and that sort of thing.

it's no different than sergio leone and other spaghetti westerns in that regard. it is certainly violent but really only at the end. what sets it apart is the cast - robert ryan, william holden, warren oates, jack elam, and borgnine - and direction of plot.

You mean the beginning, right? Liked the beginning and liked the end with the gattling gun, but everything between was Meh, at least for me.

 

[hooter311]

Never saw Days of Heaven. Besides saintfool's opinion, is it worth watching?

Depends on your thoughts on Terrance Malick. I think it's worth watching.

Thin Red Line scarred me for life.

He's an unconventional director, that's for sure. I like The New World a lot, but it is slow as molasses.

I'm probably as big of a TRL fan as you'll ever find, but I haven't taken the time to seen anything else of Malick's. It's all queued up, but it seems like I'm never in the mood for it.

 

[saintfool]

Picnic at Hanging Rock?

really good movie. as long as i'm pimping "days of heaven", let me also add antionini's "the passenger" with jack nicholson.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Never saw Days of Heaven. Besides saintfool's opinion, is it worth watching?

Depends on your thoughts on Terrance Malick. I think it's worth watching.

Thin Red Line scarred me for life.

good, life-affirming scar?

Coma inducing, tongue choking scar.

 

[saintfool]

how do you feel about movies that were made in 1975? have you seen "mitchell" with john don baker?

It has Merlin Olsen and Linda Evans in it. Might be worth a try. Actually, based on the description, it sounds AWESOME!

Joe Don Baker is Mitchell- a hard-nosed, soft-bellied cop with an affinity for porn and Schlitz. His latest assignment has him engaging in no-speed car chases, yelling at children, shooting innocents and sloppily carousing Linda Evans.

if you get a chance, please look for the MST3K version of it. it might be their finest work. so good that allegedly JDB himself took exception to their comments and threatened them.

 

[El Floppo]

Never saw Days of Heaven. Besides saintfool's opinion, is it worth watching?

Depends on your thoughts on Terrance Malick. I think it's worth watching.

Thin Red Line scarred me for life.

good, life-affirming scar?

Coma inducing, tongue choking scar.

but not in a good, way... right?

 

[Chaka]

Coma inducing, tongue choking scar.

but not in a good, way... right?

I don't think Andy touched the glory.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Coma inducing, tongue choking scar.

but not in a good, way... right?

I don't think Andy touched the glory.

Funny exchange here...

 

[Glaven]

There are only a few exceptions to my "pre-'75" rule: High Noon, Cool Hand Luke, and M

Not a fan of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly? Probably top 5 for most enjoyable film for me.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I give a half hearted thumbs up to The Professionals. I liked it better than The Searchers but less than Once Upon a Time In The West.

One thing it most definitely had in its favor was Claudia Cardinale. Good lord.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Watched a couple last night:

Suspiria:

Odd to say that a horror movie was beautiful to watch. Still not sure if I really liked the actual movie or was just in awe of the style, use of colors, etc.. I am sure that I'll watch this one again in the near future.

Facing Ali:

Thought this one was an average doc. Basically it's 10 fighters talking about their fight(s) with Ali and how it effected them. There are a couple good stories in here, but found it to be a little on the slow side and just didn't have that 'pop' that great documentaries have. Can't put my finger on it, but something was missing to keep me fully engrossed in the movie.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Watched a couple last night:

Suspiria:

Odd to say that a horror movie was beautiful to watch. Still not sure if I really liked the actual movie or was just in awe of the style, use of colors, etc.. I am sure that I'll watch this one again in the near future.

Now that you've entered the Argento zone, you're ready for more. Susperia is by far Argento's most complete movie. But for true chills, I recommend Deep Red and Trauma.

 

[videoguy505]

RIP Sally Menke, Tarantino's editor on Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Death Proof, & Inglourious Basterds.

 

[jdoggydogg]

RIP Sally Menke, Tarantino's editor on Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Death Proof, & Inglourious Basterds.

This sucks. Listening to the Raging Bull commentary with Scorsese and his long time editor Thelma Schoonmaker, that was the first time I really understood how important a good editor is.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

RIP Sally Menke, Tarantino's editor on Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Death Proof, & Inglourious Basterds.

This sucks. Listening to the Raging Bull commentary with Scorsese and his long time editor Thelma Schoonmaker, that was the first time I really understood how important a good editor is.

Watch the Star Wars movies from Jedi on and you'll recognize the value of a good editor. That's the point when Lucas largely did it himself.

 

[jdoggydogg]

RIP Sally Menke, Tarantino's editor on Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Death Proof, & Inglourious Basterds.

This sucks. Listening to the Raging Bull commentary with Scorsese and his long time editor Thelma Schoonmaker, that was the first time I really understood how important a good editor is.

Watch the Star Wars movies from Jedi on and you'll recognize the value of a good editor. That's the point when Lucas largely did it himself.

Yeah, and watching the last three Star Wars movies, you realize that a hack director can totally screw up his cool franchise.

 

[saintfool]

Yeah, and watching the last three Star Wars movies, you realize that a hack director can totally screw up his cool franchise.

he wrote, edited and directed "Thx 1138" and that's not a bad movie by any stretch of the imagination.

 

[shake zula]

Che - I'll start by saying I hate Che Gueverra. With that said, Benecio Del Toro was amazing. The movie, really an epic, was amazing. The Cuba part, part 1, was better. But the part 2, in Bolivia, was also very good. I think the movie was very fair in so far as it didn't paint Che as a hero or a villian and that is all you want from a movie like this. I'd really recommend it to anyone who is interested in History, in Cuba, or in the 50's-60's era.

 

[saintfool]

Che - I'll start by saying I hate Che Gueverra. With that said, Benecio Del Toro was amazing. The movie, really an epic, was amazing. The Cuba part, part 1, was better. But the part 2, in Bolivia, was also very good. I think the movie was very fair in so far as it didn't paint Che as a hero or a villian and that is all you want from a movie like this. I'd really recommend it to anyone who is interested in History, in Cuba, or in the 50's-60's era.

it's not often that i quit on a movie, especially with SS at the helm, but i quit on this. it was just a torpor-inducing snoozefest.

 

[shake zula]

Che - I'll start by saying I hate Che Gueverra. With that said, Benecio Del Toro was amazing. The movie, really an epic, was amazing. The Cuba part, part 1, was better. But the part 2, in Bolivia, was also very good. I think the movie was very fair in so far as it didn't paint Che as a hero or a villian and that is all you want from a movie like this. I'd really recommend it to anyone who is interested in History, in Cuba, or in the 50's-60's era.

it's not often that i quit on a movie, especially with SS at the helm, but i quit on this. it was just a torpor-inducing snoozefest.

I thought it was very interesting. Every part of it. But I understand what you mean, I pulled the same move on No Country for Old Men.

 

[whoknew]

Che - I'll start by saying I hate Che Gueverra. With that said, Benecio Del Toro was amazing. The movie, really an epic, was amazing. The Cuba part, part 1, was better. But the part 2, in Bolivia, was also very good. I think the movie was very fair in so far as it didn't paint Che as a hero or a villian and that is all you want from a movie like this. I'd really recommend it to anyone who is interested in History, in Cuba, or in the 50's-60's era.

it's not often that i quit on a movie, especially with SS at the helm, but i quit on this. it was just a torpor-inducing snoozefest.

I thought it was very interesting. Every part of it. But I understand what you mean, I pulled the same move on No Country for Old Men.

I know very little about this movie, but it seems like Che has been turned into a hero by some in the last few years. How does he come off in this movie?

 

[jdoggydogg]

Yeah, and watching the last three Star Wars movies, you realize that a hack director can totally screw up his cool franchise.

he wrote, edited and directed "Thx 1138" and that's not a bad movie by any stretch of the imagination.

George Lucas has forgotten how to direct actors. Look at how bad the performances are in the last three films. I can't post a link, but one story out of the filming was that Ewan McGregor blew up on the set and yelled something like, "Can I get some ####ing direction here?!"

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Yeah, and watching the last three Star Wars movies, you realize that a hack director can totally screw up his cool franchise.

he wrote, edited and directed "Thx 1138" and that's not a bad movie by any stretch of the imagination.

Because he was constrained by the budget. And the characters themselves (flat & lifeless) lend themselves to his style of direction by nature.

 

[Chaka]

Yeah, and watching the last three Star Wars movies, you realize that a hack director can totally screw up his cool franchise.

he wrote, edited and directed "Thx 1138" and that's not a bad movie by any stretch of the imagination.

I enjoyed THX 1138 but I am not sure it's fair to compare his first feature length film with work he did 28 years later. A lot can change in that time frame.

 

[saintfool]

Yeah, and watching the last three Star Wars movies, you realize that a hack director can totally screw up his cool franchise.

he wrote, edited and directed "Thx 1138" and that's not a bad movie by any stretch of the imagination.

I enjoyed THX 1138 but I am not sure it's fair to compare his first feature length film with work he did 28 years later. A lot can change in that time frame.

i would agree that it is different from his other films and that's kind of the point.

 

[shake zula]

Che - I'll start by saying I hate Che Gueverra. With that said, Benecio Del Toro was amazing. The movie, really an epic, was amazing. The Cuba part, part 1, was better. But the part 2, in Bolivia, was also very good. I think the movie was very fair in so far as it didn't paint Che as a hero or a villian and that is all you want from a movie like this. I'd really recommend it to anyone who is interested in History, in Cuba, or in the 50's-60's era.

it's not often that i quit on a movie, especially with SS at the helm, but i quit on this. it was just a torpor-inducing snoozefest.

I thought it was very interesting. Every part of it. But I understand what you mean, I pulled the same move on No Country for Old Men.

I know very little about this movie, but it seems like Che has been turned into a hero by some in the last few years. How does he come off in this movie?

Sympathetic to a certain extent. But by no means a hero. I think his, and to a lesser extent, Fidel's "cause" is the aspect glorified by the film. But to me that is the one redeeming quality that Che and Fidel share. Their cause in it's purist form isn't terrible. It isn't that the "cause" was toxic it was/is their means and hypocrisy. The movie doesn't make him a hero but it also doesn't paint him as a villain. It seems to let the viewer decide and to me that is fair.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Watched a couple last night:

Suspiria:

Odd to say that a horror movie was beautiful to watch. Still not sure if I really liked the actual movie or was just in awe of the style, use of colors, etc.. I am sure that I'll watch this one again in the near future.

Now that you've entered the Argento zone, you're ready for more. Susperia is by far Argento's most complete movie. But for true chills, I recommend Deep Red and Trauma.

I think Deep Red is on top for the next wave of movies in the mail.

Today I got The Killer Inside Me and Tales from the Script - I'll probably watch one tonight.

 

[Hoos First]

So Im going through netflix last nite and want to watch a short film before bed, so I find Aftermath. Only 32 minutes long and I say that will work, so I decide to watch it.



:X

I am bored, so I googled this. There's like 10 movies called Aftermath. I have no idea what you watched but am very curious now.

ummmm, nevermind. I think I found it.

This short film presents in graphic detail the dirty little secret of funeral services. All too often, bodies are mutilated and raped. Karen Greenlee was jailed and became nationally famous for her rampant necrophilia in the 80s. Here, Nacho Cerda presents this topic with a great attention to detail and no sensationalism. The mortician fondles, mutilates, and rapes a corpse after the viewer witnesses a very accurate autopsy. The mortician takes home some souvenirs, pictures for himself and a heart for his dog. That's it, no distractions from the reality of the subject matter. It's not filmed in such a way as to shock the viewer but to present unapologetically the very sickening reality that things like this happen more often than we'd like to believe. The realism is the most disturbing part.

This is it. Unreal. I started it and was like holy crap what am I watching. Couldnt turn it off for some sick reason.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Watched a couple last night:

Suspiria:

Odd to say that a horror movie was beautiful to watch. Still not sure if I really liked the actual movie or was just in awe of the style, use of colors, etc.. I am sure that I'll watch this one again in the near future.

Now that you've entered the Argento zone, you're ready for more. Susperia is by far Argento's most complete movie. But for true chills, I recommend Deep Red and Trauma.

I think Deep Red is on top for the next wave of movies in the mail.

Just be aware that most of Argento's movies are deeply flawed. Set aside the weird plots, the mediocre acting, and almost laughable endings. Because if you can, you'll enjoy some of the most chilling scenes I've ever seen in a movie.And if you like Argento enough, we may be able to make a Lucio Fulci fan next

 

[KarmaPolice]

And if you like Argento enough, we may be able to make a Lucio Fulci fan next

Zombie is #4 on the queue list now. Would you start there or with another movie (that's available via Netflix)

 

[jdoggydogg]

And if you like Argento enough, we may be able to make a Lucio Fulci fan next

Zombie is #4 on the queue list now. Would you start there or with another movie (that's available via Netflix)

Most Fulci fans would rank his movies:1. The Beyond 2. Zombie 3. The House by the Cemetery 4. City of the Living Dead 5. The New York RipperAll Lucio Fulci is equally disgusting. So there isn't much difference. I will warn you that this guy pretty much invented extreme cinema, and the movies can be very difficult to watch. At least with Argento, there's a scintilla of art on the screen.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Last night I watched The Killer Inside Me.

Honestly, I don't know how I feel about this movie. On one hand it was a gripping portrayal of a man spiraling out of control, on the other hand it was filled with bad plots and a cheesy ending. Be warned that there are a couple scenes that are VERY hard to watch (not quite Irreversible - level, but getting up there). I just felt they could have done a lot better with the core material, and I've read that the book is quite good. At the end of the day I wouldn't recommend the movie and it's not because of the violence.

 

[jdoggydogg]

And if you like Argento enough, we may be able to make a Lucio Fulci fan next

Zombie is #4 on the queue list now. Would you start there or with another movie (that's available via Netflix)

Just for fun, my Fulci review from Amazon:

Dissecting "The Beyond"

There's an intentionally ironic scene in Italian horror filmmaker Lucio Fulci's "The Beyond" involving a hospital cart with excruciatingly squeaky wheels. This cart is wheeled by a soon-to-be victim of Fulci's special-effects crew. Listening to the weird, erratic soundtrack, I found myself praying for those sqeaky wheels to return. Lucio Fulci is the Italian gore king that brought us such classics as "The New York Ripper", "Zombi", "The House By the Cemetery", "The Gates of Hell", "City of the Living Dead", and the inexplicably titled "Don't Torture Duckling" (?!).

"The Beyond" isn't so much a film as, say, an excuse to show off 14 or 15 really cool gross-out scenes. Acid on face, plastic tarantulas eating face, acid on face again (Fulci apparently had a thing for acid), and various scenes where eyes are popped out of their sockets.

I mentioned the music. The schizophrenic music varies between very chilling, effective mood pieces to completely confounding horror-disco. Nothing funkier than a scene that builds, and builds, and builds until the shocking acid-on-the-face climax is accompanied by the Italian equivalent of the Bee Gees.

Watching this "film", one is left with several questions: why film in Louisiana if all the actors are all British and Italian? Why is it that Bob the dead plumber rises from the dead in a completely new outfit? When did he change his clothes? Are the dead that conscious about fashion? Is the video store still open so I can go rent something better?

If you enjoy watching dogs tear out people's throats, chain-beatings, and bad overdubbing (and who doesn't, I ask?) then Lucio Fulci's "The Beyond" hits the spot.

Since I'm reviewing the DVD version, I'll mention the extras. Each schlocky, unbearable frame of the original print is lovingly restored for the DVD. There are lots of other goodies, like a slide show of the posters, articles, and promotional materials. Of course, the experience of suffering through such a wretched film may leave you asking yourself why you're watching the extras about a film you wish you'd never seen in the first place.

 

[shake zula]

Last night I watched The Killer Inside Me.

Honestly, I don't know how I feel about this movie. On one hand it was a gripping portrayal of a man spiraling out of control, on the other hand it was filled with bad plots and a cheesy ending. Be warned that there are a couple scenes that are VERY hard to watch (not quite Irreversible - level, but getting up there). I just felt they could have done a lot better with the core material, and I've read that the book is quite good. At the end of the day I wouldn't recommend the movie and it's not because of the violence.

Spoilers please. This will dictate whether my wife will want to kick my ### if I make her watch. I'm still hearing about irreversible.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Last night I watched The Killer Inside Me.

Honestly, I don't know how I feel about this movie. On one hand it was a gripping portrayal of a man spiraling out of control, on the other hand it was filled with bad plots and a cheesy ending. Be warned that there are a couple scenes that are VERY hard to watch (not quite Irreversible - level, but getting up there). I just felt they could have done a lot better with the core material, and I've read that the book is quite good. At the end of the day I wouldn't recommend the movie and it's not because of the violence.

Spoilers please. This will dictate whether my wife will want to kick my ### if I make her watch. I'm still hearing about irreversible.

There is a scene where Affleck's character puts on some black gloves and completely beats the crap out of his love interest's character. Pummels her in the face repeatedly and it's pretty graphic. Not fire extinguisher to the face in Irreversible graphic, but still quite hard to watch.



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[jdoggydogg]

Last night I watched The Killer Inside Me.

Honestly, I don't know how I feel about this movie. On one hand it was a gripping portrayal of a man spiraling out of control, on the other hand it was filled with bad plots and a cheesy ending. Be warned that there are a couple scenes that are VERY hard to watch (not quite Irreversible - level, but getting up there). I just felt they could have done a lot better with the core material, and I've read that the book is quite good. At the end of the day I wouldn't recommend the movie and it's not because of the violence.

I dunno. I saw this trailer, and while I like Casey Affleck, I just am not interested in seeing this kind of material anymore.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Last night I watched Couples Retreat.

I should've paid more attention in here. With that trio of people who I usually find amusing, this movie was quite unfunny. Couple of funny things (as a dad, I laughed at the kid peeing in the store), but definitely not worth enduring this for a couple hours.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Started off my horror movie month with Deep Red this afternoon.

There was a big flaw with my disc - it alternated between Italian and cheesy dubbing about every 5 minutes or so. Still I think I liked this one a little bit more than Suspiria although both were good. If you give this a go and can get over the cheesy acting and the Dirty Harry-ish soundtrack, there are some great shots and genuinely creepy scenes in this movie. Recommend this one and will try to watch it again when I get a disc where the audio track isn't messed up.

Next up: Ginger Snaps

 

[jdoggydogg]

Started off my horror movie month with Deep Red this afternoon.

There was a big flaw with my disc - it alternated between Italian and cheesy dubbing about every 5 minutes or so. Still I think I liked this one a little bit more than Suspiria although both were good. If you give this a go and can get over the cheesy acting and the Dirty Harry-ish soundtrack, there are some great shots and genuinely creepy scenes in this movie. Recommend this one and will try to watch it again when I get a disc where the audio track isn't messed up.

If you want more in the same Argento vein, see Tenebrae and Trauma. And if you want to see one of the great gross out horror flicks see Demons, Argento's collaboration with Lamberto Bava.

 

[hooter311]

People Under the Stairs

It's basically ghetto Goonies with a killer rottweiler, a pack of cannibals, and a shotgun wielding sado-masochist in a full bondage suit. Pretty creepy, but really all camp. Might be pretty fun to rewatch. Loved the ending.

3/5

 

[whoknew]

Formosa Betrayed

I thought this was a pretty good political thriller. Dawson did a good job. Its quite possible that its Oliver Stone history - I don't really know. But it was good. The basic story is that Dawson is an FBI agent in 1983 and there is a murder of a Taiwanese professor in the US. The trail leads to Taiwan so he is invited by the gov't there to come observe. Once he gets there, Dawson realizes the gov't may be involved.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Started off my horror movie month with Deep Red this afternoon.

There was a big flaw with my disc - it alternated between Italian and cheesy dubbing about every 5 minutes or so. Still I think I liked this one a little bit more than Suspiria although both were good. If you give this a go and can get over the cheesy acting and the Dirty Harry-ish soundtrack, there are some great shots and genuinely creepy scenes in this movie. Recommend this one and will try to watch it again when I get a disc where the audio track isn't messed up.

If you want more in the same Argento vein, see Tenebrae and Trauma. And if you want to see one of the great gross out horror flicks see Demons, Argento's collaboration with Lamberto Bava.

Do they all have the same weird, out of place soundtracks?

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Saw The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

Very engrossing, well done movie.

It's the best movie I've seen in quite a while.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Started off my horror movie month with Deep Red this afternoon.

There was a big flaw with my disc - it alternated between Italian and cheesy dubbing about every 5 minutes or so. Still I think I liked this one a little bit more than Suspiria although both were good. If you give this a go and can get over the cheesy acting and the Dirty Harry-ish soundtrack, there are some great shots and genuinely creepy scenes in this movie. Recommend this one and will try to watch it again when I get a disc where the audio track isn't messed up.

If you want more in the same Argento vein, see Tenebrae and Trauma. And if you want to see one of the great gross out horror flicks see Demons, Argento's collaboration with Lamberto Bava.

Do they all have the same weird, out of place soundtracks?

Argento collaborated with this funky prog rock band Goblin for a lot of his movies, so yes.

 

[jdoggydogg]

JCVD

Jean-Claude Van Damme plays himself in this fictional fantasy about a heist gone wrong. An odd movie, but mostly very entertaining. Van Damme gets lumped together with other meat head action stars such as Lundgren and Stallone. But I thought his acting in this movie was surprisingly good. Thumbs up.

 

[bosoxs45]

John Carpenter's The Thing.

Love this movie. This is one of the few horror/sci-fi flicks to hold up well, being almost 3 decades old.The sets are very well made, creepy, and detailed. The explosions are fascinating. The shape-shifting alien parasite creature "the thing" has come to reality in this movie. Really enjoyed Kurt Russell's character a lot.

4/5 (4.5 for horror rating)

Event Horizon' had a lot of promise(with me being a fan of Dead Space), and is entertaining enough to watch, but it's extremely unsatisfying and you'll end up wondering why the film-makers didn't spend more time working out a decent screenplay. It kinda of reminds me of 'Lost in Space ' or - it's a technical showcase, with absolutely no film beneath it.

2.5/5