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Post by iank on Dec 22, 2023 21:13:49 GMT
Deadly Games. On Christmas Eve, a tech savvy and resourceful but naive 10 year old boy is forced to defend himself and his ailing, near-blind grandfather when their home is invaded by a psychotic killer dressed as Santa Claus. This late 80s French horror flick has become something of a cult classic, only available in the West relatively recently, and is often said to be the horror Home Alone, albeit made first! Saw this on Shudder last night and was blown away by how great it is. Beautifully shot, great Xmas atmosphere, great 80s atmosphere, with some terrific suspense and tension. Loved it!  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2023 20:45:07 GMT
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Nostalgia overload. Still one of my favourite fantasy films and one that moves along quite quickly for a two and a half hour movie. I can't recall a Christmas where I didn't watch a Harry Potter movie.
8.5/10
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Post by rushy on Dec 23, 2023 21:44:31 GMT
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) Nostalgia overload. Still one of my favourite fantasy films and one that moves along quite quickly for a two hour and a half hour movie. I can't recall a Christmas where I didn't watch a Harry Potter movie. 8.5/10 I love this movie. This story in general, in fact. I learned to read on a copy of Philosopher's Stone. |
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Post by iank on Dec 25, 2023 22:08:12 GMT
My Xmas night movie was Happiest Season, the 2020 rom-com/family xmas flick. McKenzie Davis is the chick who takes girlfriend Kristen Stewart home to meet her family and then forces her to pretend to just be her roommate as she's not actually told them she's gay. Shenanigans ensue. Just as fun second time.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2023 23:06:39 GMT
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) Nostalgia overload. Still one of my favourite fantasy films and one that moves along quite quickly for a two hour and a half hour movie. I can't recall a Christmas where I didn't watch a Harry Potter movie. 8.5/10 I love this movie. This story in general, in fact. I learned to read on a copy of Philosopher's Stone. 1:09 scared the absolute shit out of me as a kid. Voldermort was never this scary again. When I watched it the other day I actually thought about the Master from Deadly Assassin. |
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Post by rushy on Dec 30, 2023 0:09:00 GMT
It was certainly miles better than Kingdom of the Crystal SkullYou lost me Ford is admittedly more livelier here than in The Force AwakensOkay, now you really lost me |
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Post by iank on Dec 30, 2023 21:53:11 GMT
The Children. Two related couples get together over the holiday season, only for a virus to turn their little kids into homicidal maniacs. This late 2000s British horror flick was great on first watch but doesn't really stand up to repeated viewings IMO, mainly because the characters are so dull and mostly unlikeable.
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Post by rushy on Jan 1, 2024 0:37:03 GMT
Dad invited me to watch Dial of Destiny. We got about halfway through when he decided to go to sleep. Such is the fate of all those who attempt to view this film.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Temple, Crusade and Kingdom are the vital films. Raiders and Destiny just don't add that much.
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Post by iank on Jan 1, 2024 0:42:10 GMT
And I'll say it again: Raiders is not just the greatest - and definitive - Indiana Jones movie, it's one of the best films ever made. Ranking any of the others over it is nuts. Ranking shite like Kingdom over it... I mean seriously... f*ck off.
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Post by rushy on Jan 1, 2024 0:46:46 GMT
It sure exists. I sure have watched it several times. I sure remember the one or two interesting things that happen in it. XD
Mainly the bits that provide extra context for the good Indiana Jones movies...
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Post by Brian MK.II on Jan 1, 2024 0:52:40 GMT
To be honest, I wouldn't exactly call any of the Indy sequels great.
Temple of Doom is conceptually interesting but is marred by tonal inconsistency and generally doesn't know what kind of film it wants to be, The Last Crusade is probably the best of the sequels and Connery's brilliant but it is undoubtedly an unashamed copy of Raiders and is more safe, Kingdom of The Crystal Skull as with TOD, pisses it's great core concept away on a toyetic, bloated mess of a plot and Dial of Destiny suffers from a dull copout third act and an overall toothless feel to it.
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Post by rushy on Jan 1, 2024 0:59:24 GMT
The Last Crusade is probably the best of the sequels and Connery's brilliant but it is undoubtedly an unashamed copy of Raiders and is more safe And also has much more going on character-wise, gives Indy actual development, has stronger villains and a more heartfelt script  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2024 10:56:35 GMT
Modern filmmakers are staggeringly incompetent. There's never any room for just letting a shot breathe anymore, this includes television too. Church on Ruby Road was so f*cking claustrophobic because only a handful of pixels were in focus in any given shot. A society obsessed with immediate gratification, fuelled by a lifetime of acting on impulse alone, without retrospection, intelligence or study. Bullshit.
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Post by Bernard Marx on Jan 1, 2024 11:15:08 GMT
A society obsessed with immediate gratification, fuelled by a lifetime of acting on impulse alone, without retrospection, intelligence or study. Bullshit. Yes. It’s a society which cultivates people who believe that Hitler was a socialist, despite hoards of existing documentaries- historical and modern- disproving this. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2024 11:27:46 GMT
A society obsessed with immediate gratification, fuelled by a lifetime of acting on impulse alone, without retrospection, intelligence or study. Bullshit. Yes. It’s a society which cultivates people who believe that Hitler was a socialist, despite hoards of existing documentaries- historical and modern- disproving this. And also one which promotes taking cheap shots |
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