28 Film Discussion Threads Later

[Dukefrukem]

Is it possible Bride of Frankenstein is better than Frankenstein? I actually didn't know the blind man's scene from Young Frankenstein was a parody of this. (I'm so ignorant) Aside from some pretty bad editing techniques which is hard to fault in the 1930s and some inconsistent logic, I enjoyed Bride much more than the first.

[Yxklyx]

Is it possible Bride of Frankenstein is better than Frankenstein? I actually didn't know the blind man's scene from Young Frankenstein was a parody of this. (I'm so ignorant) Aside from some pretty bad editing techniques which is hard to fault in the 1930s and some inconsistent logic, I enjoyed Bride much more than the first.

I like Bride quite a bit more. Is the remake of the blind man scene really a parody though? I thought the original was funny as well. The tone of the first one is 100% serious while Bride is mostly all tongue in cheek - it has lots of fun with the material.

[Dukefrukem]

I like Bride quite a bit more. Is the remake of the blind man scene really a parody though? I thought the original was funny as well. The tone of the first one is 100% serious while Bride is mostly all tongue in cheek - it has lots of fun with the material.

You're probably right. They gave Frankenstein's monster the ability to act a lot more like a human than Bride. Also, could Frankenstein really survive a fall like that?

[Raiders]

Is it possible Bride of Frankenstein is better than Frankenstein?

This is (rightly so) the general consensus.

[Sven]

I have a hard time putting one over the other. Both are masterful, which is fine by me.

[megladon8]

I'm in the small camp that prefers the original to Bride by quite a large margin.

[Boner M]

Just stop.

That was actually supposed to be a **½ rating. I've inferred that of Maddin's films get grating to me at a certain point, but this has some pretty spectacular moments, not to mention his best and funniest use of intertitles.

[Russ]

That was actually supposed to be a **½ rating. I've inferred that of Maddin's films get grating to me at a certain point, but this has some pretty spectacular moments, not to mention his best and funniest use of intertitles.

I love Maddin, yet I've always worried about his propensity for recycling material, to the point where it almost becomes self-parody. Even though I truly believe his latest (My Winnipeg) really is his greatest work, I don't think the synopsis for his next film sounds particularly encouraging.

[Rowland]

I have a hard time putting one over the other. Both are masterful, which is fine by me.

My thoughts as well.

[Pop Trash]

Stephanie Zacharek bugs. She seems to be actively trying hard to be the next Pauline Kael.

[Pop Trash]

Well, I for one am glad someone's out there harshly grading Guy Maddin films. (I gave 'Cowards' a 7, but am mostly sure I'll never be a Maddin fan.)

I don't get the love for Maddin either. He's made some good films, but I don't get why people freak out about him. I also always feel like I should be watching a German Expressionist flick I haven't seen yet instead of his stuff.

[Russ]

I don't get the love for Maddin either. He's made some good films, but I don't get why people freak out about him. I also always feel like I should be watching a German Expressionist flick I haven't seen yet instead of his stuff.

Um...so why don't you?

[Pop Trash]

Um...so why don't you?

Because people on Match-Cut tell me to watch Guy Maddin. And I only do what people on Match-Cut tell me.

[Sven]

Kay guys, it's beer + movie night. I want an action extravaganza. Recommend me a good one I haven't seen.

[Russ]

You like Walter Hill, dont'cha?

(can't remember if you've seen The Driver)


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If not, then just wait a bit...it's Day 5: 'Favorite Action Film' in that other thread tonight.

[Winston*]

Has anyone seen that Guy Maddin short where Isabella Rosselini talks to her dad, who's played by a giant belly? I think she plays Chaplin and Hitchcock in it too. Or did I dream seeing this?

[Sven]

You like Walter Hill, dont'cha?

(can't remember if you've seen The Driver)

Great suggestion, regardless of it already having landed in my top 100.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Is it possible Bride of Frankenstein is better than Frankenstein? I actually didn't know the blind man's scene from Young Frankenstein was a parody of this. (I'm so ignorant) Aside from some pretty bad editing techniques which is hard to fault in the 1930s and some inconsistent logic, I enjoyed Bride much more than the first.

I need to watch both again, but I remember preferring the original to its sequel by a small margin. The straight-forward tragedy of the first one was more compelling to me than the goofier spirit of the sequel. Regardless, both are excellent, and between those two films, The Invisible Man, and The Old Dark House, James Whale is kind of my favorite horror director ever.

[Boner M]

Weekend

Multiplex catchup: Bridesmaids/Super 8
The Prowler (Losey)
Careful (Maddin)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon/Cheyenne Autumn/3 Godfathers (one of 'em)
Memory For Max, Ida & Company (Allan King)
Colossal Youth (Costa)

[Spinal]

Careful (Maddin)

Yeah, that's not gonna fix it.

[Boner M]

Yeah, that's not gonna fix it.

It's that or Twilight of the Ice Nymphs.

[Spinal]

It's that or Twilight of the Ice Nymphs.

As you were.

[Derek]

Stephanie Zacharek bugs. She seems to be actively trying hard to be the next Pauline Kael.

Not even close to cunty enough.

Yeah, that's not gonna fix it.

Only if he watches Twilight of the Ice Nymphs right before it, which would make any Maddin film look like a masterpiece by comparison.

EDIT: :lol:

[Qrazy]

It's that or Twilight of the Ice Nymphs.

Here's a thought. Stop watching Madden and watch more Aleksei German instead. His son's work's not half bad either although definitely not as good.

[B-side]

Here's a thought. Stop watching Maddin and watch more Raoul Ruiz instead. He doesn't have a son in the business that I know of, but his work would probably be good if he were.