Halloween was only 1 genuinely great movie until 2018.
Likewise, NoES was 1 incredible movie and 2 decent sequels.
TCM is one great movie.
F13 may not reach the heights of the highest points of the other slasher mainstays, but I would strongly argue that the influence it had on the genre, film, and pop culture as a whole makes it hard to argue that the original film is objectively terrible.
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Hmm...maybe The Italian Job? I havent seen the remake in forever but the original was terrible.
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The first two Thing / The Thing from Another World movies are not good.
It was a long overdue first viewing. Also I rather like both Thomas Crown Affairs. The 1980 F13th is a good, solid horror movie. The remake was ok.
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I did not like the remake. I haven't seen the original.
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What? The 1952 and 1982 The Thing flicks are great.
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Duke...
Please, no. I know we've bad our disagreements in the past...but don't do me like this...
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I like the Pierce Brosnan Thomas Crown Affair quite a bit. I like both Things. I have seen the F13th remake twice and I couldnt tell you one damn thing about it...which to me is almost worse than being able to say it's terrible. It's clearly so mediocre it autodeletes from my brain the second its over.
Duke is officially in newborn phase. Nothing he says for the next 6 months to a year can be trusted because he'll be on max 3 hours sleep a night. By next week it will be completely incoherent babbling.
He did the correct thing by having another, though. Down the road he can yell, "go play with your brother", which is much preferred to parents being the only in house playmate. This is the way
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I haven't seen Carpenter's The Thing but the Howard Hawks original is a very tightly crafted piece of filmmaking.
Just because...
The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild
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I've seen the remake dozens of times, but only saw the original a year or two ago. Not being much of a fan of that era, I was surprised how effective it was. The monster (understandably more Frankensteiny than remake) was surprisingly scary. I kind of got Terminator vibes from it. Good flick.
I said the first two.
I thought that was a trap.
K, what movies are we talking about here Duke?
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Horror Express?
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"You know who else was just following orders? Hitler."
The Nice Guys might become my #1 of the year.
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"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
There ya go.
Never seen it. Almost started watching it a few times. I mean ... Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and Telly Savalas. But, general reviews of it are pretty poor.
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If I ever knew Horror Express was an adaptation of Who Goes There?, I'd completely forgotten.
I dig it though.
The Thing From Another World is fantastic.
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Horror Express is watchable.
Quite enjoyed Horror Express.
The Horror Express isn't a great film but it's one of my all time favorite horror movies.
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I would like to hear peoples thoughts on SFW.
Seoul Fashion Week is pretty cool, but it can be a little crowded.
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Run (2020) 64
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Pawn (2020) 62
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The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) 61
Moby Dick (2011) 50
Soul (2020) 64
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