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Post by atolocus on Mar 17, 2010 15:47:22 GMT -5
I have been a movie watching mad man which is weird because I never really have much time to watch anything anymore.
Alice In Wonderland- Okay....I was let down by this movie...
The Collector- Brutal and at times ridiculous but I enjoyed it.
The Descent 2- Good...A step down from the 1st one but still good.
The Road- I really enjoyed this movie. Damn it's an emotional rollercoaster
Cabin Fever 2- Let's see how sick we can make this movie... Which they did... Not as good as the 1st but a descent I have nothing better to do watch
Shutter Island-- Awesome
Triangle-- Loved It
The Wolfman---Liked it, did not love it....Moments
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Post by Captain Midnight on Mar 18, 2010 8:00:26 GMT -5
"Dorothy Mills"- a creepy little horror film from Ireland. Anthony would probably like it, and not just because he likes everything.
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dv909
Creeping Corpse
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Post by dv909 on Mar 18, 2010 15:14:50 GMT -5
Zombieland - for the 2nd time on dvd. better than the first time.
The Posiedon Adventure - tried and true disaster classic. Still love it.
Hooper - another movie viewing experience inspired by Chin Stroker & Punter. If you like Burt, this is one of his best.
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maarow
Ghost in the Graveyard
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Post by maarow on Mar 18, 2010 15:56:45 GMT -5
Saw real-life horror in Deliver Us from Evil, a 2006 documentary about a pedophile priest. The church, with full knowledge of his crimes, simply shipped him around to different churches for several years and tried to keep everything quiet as he continued raping children.
The Catholic Church really is a broken and outdated system, and the Vatican's refusal to act on the side of right in the matter is indicative of their desire for money and power over the love and virtue they so profess to hold dear. It's disturbing, disillusioning, outrageous, and frightening.
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Post by buster29 on Mar 18, 2010 16:27:45 GMT -5
I have seen leftbank and thoughly enjoyed it, I suppose if one were trite one could describe it as a belgian rosemary's baby but that would be a diservice to a very complex film with a lovely central performance. I thought the whole rebirth ending delightfully confusing.
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Post by kingstownted on Mar 18, 2010 18:46:49 GMT -5
Saw real-life horror in Deliver Us from Evil, a 2006 documentary about a pedophile priest. The church, with full knowledge of his crimes, simply shipped him around to different churches for several years and tried to keep everything quiet as he continued raping children. The Catholic Church really is a broken and outdated system, and the Vatican's refusal to act on the side of right in the matter is indicative of their desire for money and power over the love and virtue they so profess to hold dear. It's disturbing, disillusioning, outrageous, and frightening. Very well said and very true maarow. I don't mean to take the opportunity to launch a diatibe of personal vitriol but that documentary should make any rational minded human being recoil in horror. A systematic process of protecting child rapists: evil in it's purest form! What is most maddening to me is the perceived societal restraint from condemning these actions and calling into question the foundations of these organizations. Personal relationships with religion are one thing and are everyone's right to protect - sodomizing alter boys is quite another. The moment an authority figure made the decision to usher off this pig to another congregation to prey upon, the whole organization should have been placed into the hot glare of public scrutiny. If it were a matter of a few isolated cases, one could chalk it up to twisted individuals infiltrating positions of trust (how many boy scout troup leaders and sport coaches have been uncovered in years past), but it has historically been so pervasive and unapologetic (not to mention covered up), how anyone can support these criminals is beyond my ability to understand. A few human monsters destroying my perception of a massive worldwide organization founded on bettering humanity? Maybe. But when we have headlines in 2010 illustrating conspiratorial knowledge flowing all the way to the Vatican with singular actions being to suppress the misdeeds....that's corruption! Nice diatribe. Didn't mean to throw all that out but when I get started.... Bottom line is yes maarow you are right, if one were up for some real life stomach turning horror watch this film.
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mizzbett
Creeping Corpse
"Allow me to retort!" - Jules Winnfield
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Post by mizzbett on Mar 18, 2010 20:01:31 GMT -5
Cabin Fever 2- Let's see how sick we can make this movie... Which they did... Not as good as the 1st but a descent I have nothing better to do watch Shutter Island-- Awesome Triangle-- Loved It Well I watched Cabin Fever 2 and would agree with atolocus - it was a fun ride, totally different than the first one, and unbelievably GROSS!!!! I would suggest zero movie munchies with this one. Some truly cringeworthy moments. (shudder) I really really want to see Shutter Island and Triangle both - I have heard nothing but good things about them.
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misterd
Frightful Fiend
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Post by misterd on Mar 18, 2010 21:02:34 GMT -5
Saw real-life horror in Deliver Us from Evil, a 2006 documentary about a pedophile priest. The church, with full knowledge of his crimes, simply shipped him around to different churches for several years and tried to keep everything quiet as he continued raping children. The Catholic Church really is a broken and outdated system, and the Vatican's refusal to act on the side of right in the matter is indicative of their desire for money and power over the love and virtue they so profess to hold dear. It's disturbing, disillusioning, outrageous, and frightening. Very well said and very true maarow. I don't mean to take the opportunity to launch a diatibe of personal vitriol but that documentary should make any rational minded human being recoil in horror. A systematic process of protecting child rapists: evil in it's purest form! What is most maddening to me is the perceived societal restraint from condemning these actions and calling into question the foundations of these organizations. Personal relationships with religion are one thing and are everyone's right to protect - sodomizing alter boys is quite another. The moment an authority figure made the decision to usher off this pig to another congregation to prey upon, the whole organization should have been placed into the hot glare of public scrutiny. If it were a matter of a few isolated cases, one could chalk it up to twisted individuals infiltrating positions of trust (how many boy scout troup leaders and sport coaches have been uncovered in years past), but it has historically been so pervasive and unapologetic (not to mention covered up), how anyone can support these criminals is beyond my ability to understand. A few human monsters destroying my perception of a massive worldwide organization founded on bettering humanity? Maybe. But when we have headlines in 2010 illustrating conspiratorial knowledge flowing all the way to the Vatican with singular actions being to suppress the misdeeds....that's corruption! Nice diatribe. Didn't mean to throw all that out but when I get started.... Bottom line is yes maarow you are right, if one were up for some real life stomach turning horror watch this film. As a lapsed* Catholic disgusted by the Church's behavior in this regard, all I would add is what I add to any film such as this: 1. It is a documentary with a specific point of view, and while the basic facts may be correct, do not take everything said as gospel truth without independent investigation. 2. It is always important, no matter the topic, to separate the organization from the individuals, and recognize that even within the organization there are likely those that had no part or knowlege of what went on. Most Catholics are involved in worship at the local level, and have no issues with their priests (or at least none beyond normal boundaries). Sadly, it seems to me the Church still has not quite come to grips with what happened, and are still more focused on damage control than correction.
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Post by saltychuck on Mar 18, 2010 23:08:37 GMT -5
I watched The Temptations for probably the 6th time. While not a horror film, certainly a tragedy.
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Post by Scary Gary on Mar 19, 2010 7:12:43 GMT -5
There is no excuse for the Catholic Church's behavior with respect to covering up the sexual abuse caused by their "few bad apples". I don't know what the above mentioned documentary is based upon, but I live near enough to Philadelphia and remember six months of news stories about a relocated priest and his repeated predation. These monsters are wolves in sheep's clothing, that not only destroy the lives of numerous kids but taint the good that actually does emanate from the church. The Church needs to treat these pieces of shit like the cancer they are instead of naively hoping and praying that these tigers will change their stripes.
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Post by m1n1on on Mar 21, 2010 11:57:51 GMT -5
Saw Alice in Wonderland last night and was surprised to find myself bored by the middle of the movie. Bored, in a Tim Burton film! That's not suppose to happen. I wasn't bored in his Planet of the Apes remake (just really ticked off that he'd made such a crappy movie). Yes, Alice is full of pretty scenery and amazing characters. Yet, despite all the film's color and spectacle, it was a pretty lifeless thing. Like a Pod Person, this film displayed no emotions, no reason for you to be involved in the story for any reason. This is strictly a cookie cutter Burton film, pretty looking, but overprocessed and rather bland. I know I'm probably going to get in to trouble for defending it but I actually really enjoyed 'Alice', admittedly I liked it more the second time than the first, I think it's a film aimed at a different audience than his usual. I'm trying not to be biased because I'm a fairly devoted Burton fan, but I enjoyed it more the second time because I was enjoying it for what it was rather than noticing all that it wasn't. I believe sometimes you have to grow into a film or a piece of music, etc, sometimes you go back to a film you couldn't stand a few years ago and now you've changed and it's like watching something completely new because you've 'grown' into it. 'Alice' is the sort of film that fits me now. I went to it wanting escapism from problems in my life, and I related to Alice maybe because of that. I'm not going to be slaying any Jabberwocks any time soon but I left with almost a feeling of empowerment. But then I'm still largely a child especially in behaviour. And I should also add that I study art/animation and so nice visuals are a very nice icing on the cake. All that aside I've been watching/re-watching some films lately. I was re-listening to the Nature Vs. Man (Part 2) episode and ended up checking out 'Black Water', I'm a fan of croc movies (but am coming to terms with the fact that no animal threat film may ever top 'Jaws'). Still I found it a really tense film, there wasn't a lot of overt threat - and very limited croc - but when it showed up it was great. Without getting spoilery I was a little confused that what looked to be a death roll wasn't always fatal? Could be my misunderstanding about croc attacks (most of my knowledge comes from watching Steve Irwin as a child, it can't be helped). I also re-watched 'Friday the 13th Part 2', but though it made me jump in parts I just never find myself looking out for Jason afterwards the way I keep an eye out for Michael after re-watching 'Halloween'.
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Post by mundays on Mar 21, 2010 17:58:15 GMT -5
Yeah I went to see Alice last night - didnt see the 3d version because I was with someone with one eye and as they couldnt see 3d anyway we weren't sure whether the picture would look normal for them (if anybody knows for future reference then let me know)
But anyway, yeah, I think it was about as average as a film could be - sat and watched it quite happily but it had all but left my mind completely by the time I got home. I hereby give it a 'meh'.
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Post by saltychuck on Mar 21, 2010 20:18:58 GMT -5
Saw Memento for the first time. I absolutely loved the nonlinear style of the movie. Joe Pantaliano and Guy Pearce should both get more work than they do.
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Post by kingstownted on Mar 21, 2010 20:39:42 GMT -5
Memento was an excellent and challenging movie. If the narrative were told in it's proper order the story would be fairly standard with an underwhelming conclusion. By building a central character element of short term memory and then assembling the film in a format that reflects the character's disjointed cognition, the movie achieves higher levels of substance. Nolan is one of those rare director's who has yet to miss (for me), and is a filmmaker who will draw me in to see whatever movie he makes (and yes, that includes Inception).
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bigmac
Revolting Revenant
You mean the movie lied!?!?!?
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Post by bigmac on Mar 21, 2010 23:02:33 GMT -5
I know I'm probably going to get in to trouble for defending it but I actually really enjoyed 'Alice', admittedly I liked it more the second time than the first, I think it's a film aimed at a different audience than his usual. Nope, you won't get in trouble for liking Alice. But you might get in trouble for watching it a second time..... Seriously, I know what you're talking about. I'll be renting Daybreakers when hit comes out on DVD, because I'm not sure if I liked it enough to buy it or not. I know a second viewing will tip the scales in one direction or another. But I just won't pay $13 dollars to viewing a film that I'm on the fence about.
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