I'm watching Mirrors right now. It's fucking terrible thus far, just as I was expecting it to be. The jaw-ripping scene was fan-fucking-tastic though, Aja has a great eye for gore. Keifer Sutherland is hilariously awful in this film, it's like he's forgotten how to play any other character besides run around, scream alot Jack Bauer. My how he has changed since the days of The Lost Boys (The Lost Boys = Fucking GREATNESS INCARNATE).
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I watched 17 Again yesterday for my love of Matthew Perry and Leslie Mann, and while I wasn't expecting much at all... it was pretty damn good. Sure, it was predictable and filled with cliches, but I genuinely LOLed about 3/4 times, and the movie had a good heart. It was my first time seeing Zac Efron in anything other than an award show, and he surprised the living hell out of me. Critics went nuts for Me and Orson Welles (which I can't wait to see, btw), so I knew he was a good actor, but I wasn't expecting to see any real talent in him in this. But the dude's good. He reminds me of a young Tom Cruise, to be honest.
And speaking of Keifer, X, have you ever seen Freeway? If so, thoughts?
And speaking of Keifer, X, have you ever seen Freeway? If so, thoughts?
Freeway is a strange and wonderful little film. Kiefer is fucking Godly in that film, especially during the court room scenes. I truly love that film, it's like a crazed acid trip or Lynch-lite, I love dark comedy. Awesome flick.
Mirrors was fucking terrible, as I expected. But man, that jaw-ripping scene was fucking BRUTAL, I LOVED it.
Mirrors was fucking terrible, as I expected. But man, that jaw-ripping scene was fucking BRUTAL, I LOVED it.
Man, I completely agree, especially on the court scene. One of the funniest scenes in cinema history, imo. Not only was Keifer fucking superb in it as you mentioned, but so was Reese Witherspoon with her obscenities and what not.
I'm glad to hear you liked it.
It was my first Ellis book, and I liked it a lot. The stories all just sucked me in. Half the time I was just fascinated by what a fucking vacuum was in the the place of any form of moral base. The fixation on the clothes and doing fuck all...I really liked it. As a nihilist at heart it warmed my inner abyss to read it. The funny part is that I've been meaning to read American Psycho and I figured this would be a good way to get a taste of his style without the disturbing content...lol I was in for a surprise.
No Murfish, save American Psycho until after you read Less Than Zero and The Rules of Attraction. Both books should only take you a couple of days to read, and not only are both better than American Psycho, imo, but it's just important to know those characters before you read Psycho. And make sure after you read American Psycho, you check out Glamorama.
Also, I meant to mention this earlier, but 17 Again had a Less Than Zero reference. I could not fucking believe it.
Also, I meant to mention this earlier, but 17 Again had a Less Than Zero reference. I could not fucking believe it.
Yeah listen to JMT. I started with Less Than Zero and Rules of Attraction and they remain my favorites by him. If you enjoyed that nihilistic feeling of the Informers you will fucking LOVE those two books. American Psycho is quite a bit different from his other work, you'll want to start at his roots. Those two are his best books anyways.
Perhaps you can join the Super BEE Fan Club with me and JMT?
Perhaps you can join the Super BEE Fan Club with me and JMT?
Shawshank Redemption is the most overrated movie fucking EVER. It's good, but it's not this great masterpiece people seem to think.
Just watched Wanted with a few friends. Fun flick as long as you can put away any semblance of physics or logic while watching it.
Just watched Wanted with a few friends. Fun flick as long as you can put away any semblance of physics or logic while watching it.
But to call it shit? He said Robbins can't act and Morgan Freeman is boring.
I wouldn't call it shit myself, but I agree with X that it is a terribly overrated film. I mean, it seems like a masterpiece the first two times you watch it, but after that... it just gets old. It doesn't hold up like most classics end up doing. Take Pulp Fiction or One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest for example; you're blown away the first time you watch it, and you love it just as much by your 100th viewing. Same can't be said for The Shawshank Redemption, in my opinion. When you know what happens, it's just not fun anymore, just boring.
And I agree with you about Wanted, X. I thought the lead was miscast, even though I do like James McAvoy, as he was fantastic in The Last King of Scotland and Atonement, but playing a bad ass? It was a fucking joke. But still... as X said, if you put logic in your back pocket and just relax, it's a very enjoyable film. The action scenes are just so much damn fun and ridiculous that you can't help but enjoy it.
And I agree with you about Wanted, X. I thought the lead was miscast, even though I do like James McAvoy, as he was fantastic in The Last King of Scotland and Atonement, but playing a bad ass? It was a fucking joke. But still... as X said, if you put logic in your back pocket and just relax, it's a very enjoyable film. The action scenes are just so much damn fun and ridiculous that you can't help but enjoy it.
I wasn't a big fan of Mirrors either, but "fucking terrible" is a bit much
The gore was good, but the rest was what it was supposed to be...Filler to get you from bloody death to bloody death.
I don't know, I think fucking terrible describes it pretty well. It's one giant leap backwards for Alexandre Aja. It's about 105 minutes of utter crap and 5 minutes of some nice gore. Aja seems hellbent on destroying every last bit of praise he's received.
I just checked out Pulp Fiction from the library.
I saw they're remaking Poltergeist, and that Emmerich is trying to set up a re-boot of Godzilla...
The Poltergeist news worries me a bit, but who knows. It could come out OK. Godzilla though...That bothers me more than I'm worried about the outcome. Godzilla is already cemented as an all-time great movie monster. How do you "reboot" something that has only failed once? Why not ditch the last film in the series, and follow up with the originals? I think it could be doomed for failure as a movie, but rake in millions from people that think "Car go boom" equals a 5-star flick.
The Poltergeist news worries me a bit, but who knows. It could come out OK. Godzilla though...That bothers me more than I'm worried about the outcome. Godzilla is already cemented as an all-time great movie monster. How do you "reboot" something that has only failed once? Why not ditch the last film in the series, and follow up with the originals? I think it could be doomed for failure as a movie, but rake in millions from people that think "Car go boom" equals a 5-star flick.
Watched it (Office Space), I was very impressed.
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I got to go out for a bit, but something's going up tonight...finally!!!
Deep Red (1975)
Synopsis: Shortly after detecting the presence of a murderer at a parapsychology conference, Lithuanian psychic Helga Ulmann (Macha Méril) is brutally hacked to death in her apartment. After witnessing the end of this murder on his way back from a rehearsal, pianist Marcus Daly (legendary British actor David Hemmings) rushes to Ms. Ulmann's apartment. After calling the police and giving them little in the form of testimony, Daly decides to investigate the murder himself when he realizes that a portrait he saw upon entering Ms. Ulmann's apartment (and which seems to have gone missing) may hold the solution to her murder. Although Daly makes good progress in his investigation with help from an eccentric reporter (Daria Nicolodi), a restaurant pianist (Gabriele Lavia), and two men who served as panelists with Ms. Ulmann at the aforementioned parapsychology conference (Giauco Mauri and Piero Mazzinghi), both he and those who help him must sill contend with a vigilant and willing murderer who wishes to keep their identity a secret at any cost.
Thoughts: Originally, I wasn’t going to cover this film because I never thought it was very good. But, just like a discussion of American war films would not be complete without touching upon Michael Cimino’s Deer Hunter (another film that I did not think very highly of), omitting Deep Red from Argento’s showcase would make for an incomplete and potentially misleading discussion of his career. Because of how integral it is to appreciating his later work, I hope that those who have an interest in seeing Argento’s work will still venture to get a hold of a copy of Deep Red. For purposes of encouragement then, I’ll stress the good just as much as the bad.
The Bad
The Screenplay - writing has always been one of Argento’s weaknesses, and it definitely shows in Deep Red. Throughout this film, significant screen time is given to the playful interaction between Hemmings’ character and that of Daria Nicolodi, and their attempts at witty, flirtatious banter are, at best, just flat-out laughable. Some may say that this is due to the dubbing most American copies of Deep Red are subject to, but, as someone who has watched both dubbed and subtitled versions, I would argue that dubbing does not make this film’s actual dialogue seem any less stupid and awkward.
Obvious And Pointless Allusions – As in almost everything he has done, David Hemmings serves up a solid performance in Deep Red. But, I would argue that the role would have been better played by someone a bit younger and not so forlorn looking, and that Hemmings was probably cast because of his role Blowup, Michelangelo Antonioni’s classic suspense-thriller. The
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Hey, someone help me find the right word in the Deep Red coverage. jmt225, are you still on invisible?
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Hey, I still need help!!! Most of you guys love to own people and act like you're geniuses, but where are you when I need help with a simple synonym?
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