Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Watched The Orphanage again last night.
Boy do I love that movie. Brings me to tears every time.
Boy do I love that movie. Brings me to tears every time.
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KarmaPolice
Footballguy
It's so good.Andy Dufresne said:
I am of the opinion that we don't do horror very well (at least creepy/scary horror). So many of my favorites of the last decade + are foreign movies. I don't think anybody could come up with a list of 5 or so American horror movies that are as good as stuff like The Orphanage, Let the Right One In, Audition, Train to Bussan, etc. I know I am missing a few off the top of my head too.
hxperson
Footballguy
You serious? I thought that movie was complete trash. 2 wasn’t great but this one was by far the worst. Just pointless action movie pr0n. It’s sad because the original was a fantastic flick.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Had a movie night over the weekend with the 8 and 12 yos...The Lost Boys. Man... Is forgotten exactly just how 80s this was. Still fun, and the kids kind of enjoyed it, especially the scarier or more comic parts. And of course, sax-man. Wish the wife would stay off the phone for these things...I already see the kids want to have an iPad out while watching a show and I made the "well duh" realization where it was coming from.
I wouldn't call it trash, but yes, it is not as good as JW2 and a far cry from the original. I LOVE Berry, but felt she was totally miscast.
Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
I liked it better than 2, which seemed like a weak rehash of the original. The horse kicking parts cracked me up.
Cold Dead Hands
Footballguy
Watched two today.
Little Monsters - I think that this was a Hulu original movie. Kindergarten teacher and a slacker uncle have to protect the kindergarten class from a zombie outbreak at an Australian petting zoo. I laughed out loud many times.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - pretty sure that was the name. Ok ghost story. I am glad I watched it, but It was only just above average.
Little Monsters - I think that this was a Hulu original movie. Kindergarten teacher and a slacker uncle have to protect the kindergarten class from a zombie outbreak at an Australian petting zoo. I laughed out loud many times.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - pretty sure that was the name. Ok ghost story. I am glad I watched it, but It was only just above average.
badmojo1006
Footballguy
Sunshine Cleaning. A. Amy Adams and Emily Blunt as sisters who start a crime cleanup business. Very likeable and Adams and Blunt are great together.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
whoknew
Footballguy
EYLive
Footballguy
Had anyone seen "Parasite" yet? It's a Korean thriller in limited release in the US. It won the top award at Cannes and is getting crazy reviews. Problem is, nobody wants to summarize the movie, cuz everyone agrees it's better to have no knowledge of the plot going in.
I'm gonna try to see this soon.
I'm gonna try to see this soon.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
EYLive
Footballguy
Welp. I must've overhyped this in my mind cuz I went in with extremely high expectations. It was good, not great. Kinda disappointed in myself and the movie.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
The more I have thought about it, the less I like Joker. i think Phoenix's performance carried the movie a lot, but overall it was not good. I stand by what I said in the other thread - it felt like Phillips wanted to make a Scorsese fanboy ripoff, went to the studios but they said that wouldn't make money, then they thought "what if The Joker was in it??!!". 
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TripItUp
Footballguy
You would be in the minority of sophisticated critics. Not that it means anything.The more I have thought about it, the less I like Joker. i think Phoenix's performance carried the movie a lot, but overall it was not good. I stand by what I said in the other thread - it felt like Phillips wanted to make a Scorsese fanboy ripoff, went to the studios but they said that wouldn't make money, then they thought "what if The Joker was in it??!!".
I’m just pleased it was something very different...and not a retread or another terrible superhero movie.
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KarmaPolice
Footballguy
How was it "very different" - just about every review recognizes that it's Taxi Driver + King of Comedy but with the Joker in it. 100% it was a retread
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Ilov80s
Footballguy
I haven't seen it but I don't think modernizing a subgenre of films from 35 years ago is too much of a retread and I think the social climate warrants it.
saintfool
Dead sexy
belljr
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Social climate might warrant it, but it wasn't a smart enough movie to comment much on it, or really stick to it's guns on much. Also, it wasn't so much of a modernizing of a subgenre of movies, it was straight up hijacking those two movies. IMO what you are getting at would be something like Brick? (a more modern take on a noir movie?).
If you can't tell, I didn't like this movie...
Ilov80s
Footballguy
saintfool
Dead sexy
i haven't seen it yet and I'm not in a hurry. i am pretty over the superhero blockbuster but this is obviously far less than that. if it's social commentary, it just seems glib somehow.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Waingro
Footballguy
I walked into this movie completely blind and walked out stumbling.
I liked it a lot though. It's um, different, which I appreciated.
El Floppo
Footballguy
@jdoggydogg
Hey gb, just checking in to make sure you and yours are ok...last I recall, you were Rohnert Park or Santa Rosa?
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Wed 11/13 on TCM is an incredible line-up of foreign made movies. A 101 class level in great foreign movies
Italian: Bicycle Thieves,The Battle of Algiers and 8 1/2
Japanese: Seven Samurai and Rashomon
French: Breathless
Russian: I am Cuba
English: Dr. Strangelove, Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes
Italian: Bicycle Thieves,The Battle of Algiers and 8 1/2
Japanese: Seven Samurai and Rashomon
French: Breathless
Russian: I am Cuba
English: Dr. Strangelove, Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes
snogger
Footballguy
Wife and I laughed quite a bit, so was worth going to see. But much like you, I didn't feel it was as good as the 1st one.
El Floppo
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Starting up Midsommar.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Not on fire at the moment, so I'm grateful.El Floppo said:
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Watched Midsommar and after the first 25-30mins, I was mostly bored. It felt like the reverse of Hereditary. I loved Hereditary, but thought it fell apart a bit in the last 20 mins or so, especially the ending. Still not enough of a hit to make me not think it was one of the better horror movies I've seen in awhile. Midsommar was like the last 15mins of Hereditary stretched out for 2 hours. I thought the beginning set up the dread and tension for the relationship well, but once they got to Sweden that was mostly gone and it was mostly style over substance (still a fantastic looking movie). While the weird pictures and scenes that were shown in the art work were an interesting touch visually, it also took away from the impending dread because if you took 2 seconds to look at them, it spells out the movie for you. And most of the stuff set up with the first part of the movie - her family and the relationship with the boyfriend/friends felt mostly shoved aside. I enjoyed it a little more than Joker, but felt a lot like after watching that - great acting performance and great looking movie, but the movie itself was not good.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
badmojo1006
Footballguy
Labyrinth C-/D+. It may have been something back in the 80's but it has aged horribly. All the acting is bad, visual effects are awful and the writing is atrocious.
The ballroom scene was creepy. Bowie is lusting after Jennifer Connelly. She was 16 when the movie came out
The ballroom scene was creepy. Bowie is lusting after Jennifer Connelly. She was 16 when the movie came out
Waingro
Footballguy
The more I think about Parasite, the more I am realizing how much I enjoyed this movie. It really is one hell of a ride. Sorry to add to the hype, but this might be one the best movies I have seen in the theaters all year. This movie hits on so many notes and weaves its way through genres seamlessly.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Logan Lucky
I guess I was maybe in too much of a mood for a Ocean's 11 type heist movie from Soderbergh, but I found this movie to be fairly dull. Not terrible, but nothing that I would purposely watch again or really recommend.
I guess I was maybe in too much of a mood for a Ocean's 11 type heist movie from Soderbergh, but I found this movie to be fairly dull. Not terrible, but nothing that I would purposely watch again or really recommend.
El Floppo
Footballguy
One of the more beautiful movies, and I genuinely liked it- even if I preferred his earlier Fallen Angels. I've always thought of that latter as one of my favorites- but I haven't rewatched it since seeing it in the theaters. It's so stylized, I wonder how it holds up.
nightmare
Footballguy
The 1976 Midway is good. Good from a historical perspective but slow when they aren't focused on the battle.
Copeman
Footballguy
I agree, it was good. From the reviews, it sounds like this new one is more focused on the battle itself, and that the CGI isn't great, and that there is little character development, although the characters are portrayed very accurately. I don't care. It's WWII. I am there.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I thought it held up fine. Nothing about it seemed out of place for a 2019 movie. And that score, my god. Just a beautiful movie to see and hear.
