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Post by Bernard Marx on Oct 22, 2024 10:23:52 GMT
Watched these over the last couple of days. Neither of them were what I was expecting. I don’t love either of these films, but they’re technically very impressive and probably warrant a re-watch. Whatever flaws The Northman has, I remember seeing it in a cinema in Oxford and really enjoyed it, primarily because a film so heightened in its cinematography and atmosphere warrants the big-screen treatment. It’s also interesting seeing an adaptation of Hamlet be so light on theatrical dialogue and heavy on borderline mystical psychedelia. We are Still Here (2015) Saint Maud (2019) The Field Guide To Evil (2019) Starve Acre (2024) [with Matt Smith] The First Omen (2024) I'm expecting the latter to be crap, if it's anything that awful Exorcist Believer.... I’ve only seen Saint Maud out of this lot. Again, not a film I’ve seen since (and not a personal favourite), but very disquieting. I’ve not seen any of the others. Incidentally, I caught 15 minutes of Exorcist: Believer on TV recently and turned it off without a second thought. At least Exorcist II has an Ennio Morricone score, if seemingly sod all else…  |
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Post by iank on Oct 22, 2024 10:25:28 GMT
First Omen was boring as f*ck.
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Post by Bernard Marx on Oct 22, 2024 10:29:41 GMT
Justice League (2017) Bloody hell, I might have to turn this off. Absolutely bloody awful. Feels like a bad parody. I haven't seen Snyder's version but I already know it is better than this. This is jizz. As far as I’m concerned, the 2017 cut of this film is arguably the single worst film DC has ever made. |
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Post by Ludders II on Oct 22, 2024 10:41:15 GMT
Watched these over the last couple of days. Neither of them were what I was expecting. I don’t love either of these films, but they’re technically very impressive and probably warrant a re-watch. Whatever flaws The Northman has, I remember seeing it in a cinema in Oxford and really enjoyed it, primarily because a film so heightened in its cinematography and atmosphere warrants the big-screen treatment. It’s also interesting seeing an adaptation of Hamlet be so light on theatrical dialogue and heavy on borderline mystical psychedelia. We are Still Here (2015) Saint Maud (2019) The Field Guide To Evil (2019) Starve Acre (2024) [with Matt Smith] The First Omen (2024) I'm expecting the latter to be crap, if it's anything that awful Exorcist Believer.... I’ve only seen Saint Maud out of this lot. Again, not a film I’ve seen since (and not a personal favourite), but very disquieting. I’ve not seen any of the others. Incidentally, I caught 15 minutes of Exorcist: Believer on TV recently and turned it off without a second thought. At least Exorcist II has an Ennio Morricone score, if seemingly sod all else… I think The Lighthouse was the better of the two, due to some electrifying sequences and both great performances. I think that one along with The Witch, makes me hopeful of at least a half-decent version of Nosferatu. But I still think that Hagazussa film made far more of an impact on me than any of the Eggers films. I still haven't got around to any of those others that I listed yet, but I have a feeling that whilst one or two of them might be good, none them will make a lasting impact. But you never know. In the meantime I'm still waiting for my Herzog Nosferatu Blu to turn up from Germany. I haven't seen it in years, so I'm looking forward to seeing it in a superior quality format.  |
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Post by Bernard Marx on Oct 22, 2024 11:30:16 GMT
I think The Lighthouse was the better of the two, due to some electrifying sequences and both great performances. I think that one along with The Witch, makes me hopeful of at least a half-decent version of Nosferatu. But I still think that Hagazussa film made far more of an impact on me than any of the Eggers films. is a fairly unique artistic beast, I’ll give you that. Still, I reckon Eggers’ Nosferatu will at least be competent. In the meantime I'm still waiting for my Herzog Nosferatu Blu to turn up from Germany. I haven't seen it in years, so I'm looking forward to seeing it in a superior quality format. I have to be honest: I’ve seen the Murnau version twice, but still haven’t watched the Herzog version. This is probably something I ought to correct before the end of the year… |
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Post by iank on Nov 3, 2024 9:14:59 GMT
Saw Howling II last night. A young man finds his dead sister was infected by werewolves - and isn't dead - and teams up with a young female reporter and an obessive werewolf hunter to track down the culprits and destroy them. This notorious mid80s sequel has quite the lousy rep but honestly I had a lot of fun with it. It's well directed with a nicely spooky atmosphere and lots of werewolf action. The young leads are pretty bland but Christopher Lee carries the movie as the single-minded werewolf slayer. Underrated campy 80s fun. I'll take this over the Terrifier films or the latest Bumhouse fart any day.
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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on Nov 3, 2024 12:40:37 GMT
Saw Howling II last night. A young man finds his dead sister was infected by werewolves - and isn't dead - and teams up with a young female reporter and an obessive werewolf hunter to track down the culprits and destroy them. This notorious mid80s sequel has quite the lousy rep but honestly I had a lot of fun with it. It's well directed with a nicely spooky atmosphere and lots of werewolf action. The young leads are pretty bland but Christopher Lee carries the movie as the single-minded werewolf slayer. Underrated campy 80s fun. I'll take this over the Terrifier films or the latest Bumhouse fart any day. Here's my review of it: It has lots of tits. 10/10 I like it as well. It has that 80s MTV style. And who can forget that theme song? Awesome stuff. |
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Post by rushy on Nov 3, 2024 23:55:16 GMT
Saw Howling II last night. A young man finds his dead sister was infected by werewolves - and isn't dead - and teams up with a young female reporter and an obessive werewolf hunter to track down the culprits and destroy them. This notorious mid80s sequel has quite the lousy rep but honestly I had a lot of fun with it. It's well directed with a nicely spooky atmosphere and lots of werewolf action. The young leads are pretty bland but Christopher Lee carries the movie as the single-minded werewolf slayer. Underrated campy 80s fun. I'll take this over the Terrifier films or the latest Bumhouse fart any day. There's a funny anecdote about Christopher Lee going up to the director of Howling 1 and apologising for being in this movie |
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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on Nov 21, 2024 15:01:48 GMT
Just a couple weeks more and then it will be time to watch Hans do his yearly fall from the Nakatomi Plaza  |
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