Sam's Thread of Chattin' w/ Jake & Other Robust Subjects

[Tastycles]

Halloween is shit. I was on the DLR last night and there were two women about 45 years old crawling about pissed up dressed as witches. The whole thing was embarrassing really.

 

[Sparky]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/8116023/fans-flee-film-premiere-after-arm-slice-scene

Seriously? First Saw now this? how many people over there can handle scary movies?

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Going to an all night Halloween film screening tonight. Halloween (original), The Thing, Escape From New York & The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I'm not really sure who picked those films, but I haven't got anything better on.

Sam, ordering a funky box set from over the internet? But what if the corners are all knocked in on the box?

 

[Uncle Sam]

They treat us Prime customers well. Big, chunky cardboard packages - sometimes with additional bubble wrap.

Halloween (original),

Great.

The Thing,

Even better.

Escape From New York

The fuck?

& The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Don't think I've ever seen it.

I'll probably watch The Box, if I can find the time.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

I'd watch something other than The Box. If that film was 30 minutes it'd be great. But it isn't, so it's not.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Still haven't watched it. It'll probably just sit there unwatched next to Michael Clayton. Like I'd ever watch a film with George Clooney as the lead!

Finished the second series of Deadwood instead. Like the first series, it was pretty good. Who woulda thought?

I have decided that another visit to the cinema is necessary in the near future. The question being; Monsters or Let Me In? I'm pretty sure Empire only gave Monsters five stars because the director was kind enough to fill about sixteen pages in the last issue but hey, we'll see. Also, I kind of want to tear Chloe Moretz's head off and throw it into traffic. Who plays the boy in Let Me In? I hope it's Max Records. Never saw, um, that film based on the kids' book (had Tony Soprano in it - you know the one) but man, great name.

Edit: Oh, and Tin Tin looks expectedly wank but supposedly not everyone finds MoCap 3D films - how to describe it? - visually obnoxious. Speed Racer made me want to make the Wachowski brothers watch me eat their eyes, just so they could experience what they made me experience with that big pile o' bright wank.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Turns out Monsters isn't out until December 3rd. Chloe Moretz's Vampire Adventure it is then.

 

[HBK-aholic]

Let me know if I'll like it please

 

[Uncle Sam]

I'll save you the time; you will. Doesn't mean it can't be good, mind you. In the Venn diagram of films, "shit films" and "films Becca likes" don't overlap entirely - just mostly.

 

[HBK-aholic]

LOL, the diagram is etched in my mind now.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

My main dilemma is Let Me In or Jackass 3D. I mean, I've seen Let The Right One In, so why bother with an American remake that's good, but not better than the original?

Tintin, nobody wants to actually see that film. I was surprised by how good the mo-cap look in the stills mind. Although each character looks like they're made of the same material as a Bully doll off Bullseye.

 

[Барбоса]

 

[Uncle Sam]

My main dilemma is Let Me In or Jackass 3D. I mean, I've seen Let The Right One In, so why bother with an American remake that's good, but not better than the original?

Whereas the Jackass sequel might actually be better than the original?

Tintin, nobody wants to actually see that film. I was surprised by how good the mo-cap look in the stills mind.

It's not really mo-cap in the stills though, is it? More like, uh, cap.

People that aren't Empire say Monsters is wank. Mind you, people who aren't Empire are usually even more wrong than Empire.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

I'll tell you right now that I'm going to get Monsters & Skyline mixed up for the next 18 months or so, even though they're totally different films.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Decided I really dislike Zack Snyder. I hope that owl film & Sucker Punch flop hard.

 

[Uncle Sam]

He's got the Superman gig next. Arguably, there's only ever been one decent Superman film so he ain't got much to beat. He'll still make something pretty shit though. 300, Watchmen, Dawn of the Dead - all decidedly wank.

 

[Tastycles]

I thought Watchmen was quite good. I tend to rate films on the amount of blue penis visible though.

 

[Барбоса]

I enjoyed 300 for what it was - an artsy bastardisation of one of the most heroic stands in history

The frst half of Watchmen was good but I feel it petered out near the end. Rorshach was great

 

[Uncle Sam]

Artsy? Ehh. It was visually, well, not interesting. I think I might have to break out my visually obnoxious term again.

Rorschach was easily the best bit of Watchmen. The Comedian was surprisingly bad. Wooden as fuck.

 

[Lee]

I enjoyed watchmen, it entertained me. That's all I ask in a movie.

 

[Uncle Sam]

As do I. I don't like this implication that I dislike movies that I enjoyed.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Dawn Of The Dead is good. Am I the only person who liked Superman Returns?

Let Me In, probably would've moved me more if I hadn't see Let The Right One In. It had sexier children, I'll give it that.

 

[Mighty NorCal]

Practically the exact same film. I was staggered.

 

[Uncle Sam]

Ehh, don't think I'll bother. We Are What We Are comes Winkle-recommended though.

 

[Uncle Sam]

David Fincher is remaking The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. It'll be equally as good but much less draining. It's a good thing.