Started blogging about my 15 favorite working horror directors, it being October and all.
First one up is James Watkins, director of Eden Lake and The Woman in Black.
Started blogging about my 15 favorite working horror directors, it being October and all.
First one up is James Watkins, director of Eden Lake and The Woman in Black.
EDIT: Split this post off into its own thread. Good.
BTW I thought that Ravenous was good fun. And that A New Nightmare was along with FVJ the best one in the Freddy series. Right now I'm watching Big Ass Spider on Netflix.
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Has anyone seen the movie Coherence? Damn. Best mindfuck I've seen in a good while. Just an impressive effort.
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It's probably more likely to be noticed around here.
I'm not a fan of Watkins, but his films are technical marvels. Kudos on the Bogliano thoughts, I've seen the same films and a short of his that you have, and agree regarding the intriguing tonal play he employs to disorientating effect.
Letterboxd rating scale:
The Long Riders (Hill) ***
Furious 7 (Wan) **½
Hard Times (Hill) ****½
Another 48 Hrs. (Hill) ***
/48 Hrs./ (Hill) ***½
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (Besson) ***
/Unknown/ (Collet-Serra) ***½
Animal (Simmons) **
You need to read this:
http://thedissolve.com/features/by-t...d-percentages/
I haven't seen it since it came out but I have fond memories of H2O. Certainly the best cast since the first one: Michelle Williams, JGL, of course Paul Rudd was in Part 6 and that one supposedly sucked.
Ratings on a 1-10 scale for your pleasure:
Top Gun: Maverick - 8
Top Gun - 7
McCabe & Mrs. Miller - 8
Crimes of the Future - 8
Videodrome - 9
Valley Girl - 8
Summer of '42 - 7
In the Line of Fire - 8
Passenger 57 - 7
Everything Everywhere All at Once - 6
Re-watching the entire series-
Probably in the minority when I say Halloween is mediocre at best. I realize it was a first in the slasher genre, but I think Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm St. took the concept and did it much better. The dialog is shotty, the screenplay mundane- the two biggest praises I can give are the score and Carpenters use of rail-cams. We never feel the true terror of Michael- at least not in this movie.
This might be the wrongest post I've ever read on any iteration of this site.
Yeah, particularly with respect to F13... I mean that is the definition of shoddy filmmaking. I do like that duke admits he is "probably" in the minority with that post.
Recently Viewed:
Thor: The Dark World (2013) **½
The Counselor (2013) *½
Walden (1969) ***
A Hijacking (2012) ***½
Before Midnight (2013) ***
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Duke.
Duke, Duke, Duke.
Beautiful, silly Duke...
Duke.
My laugh-filled cinema viewing last year of the film would suggest he is not in the minority.
Some older films don't play well to modern crowd. I'm glad I saw Psycho first alone, because it ruined the mood a bit when I saw it next in film class, and people laughed to the two kill scenes. (To be fair, they are pretty engaged outsides of that, especially during Marion's getaway.
Midnight Run (1988) - 9
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931) - 8.5
The Adventures of Robinhood (1938) - 8
Sisters (1973) - 6.5
Shin Godzilla (2016) - 7.5
There's a bunch of scenes that irk me- the opening with Michael killing his sister and the pysdo freeze frame with the camera panning back- Michael "escape", every scene with 30+ year old actors playing high schoolers, the scene when JLC is talking to the kids in the house and Michael "sneaked" up on them.
As it stands alone, the movie does very little to build terror when we don't really know terror other than what the doctor is telling us.
And boy oh boy, every scene with dialog and JLC had me wincing. I get it, it's her debut, but Jesus act a little.
Halloween 2 is no better.
Other than having THE BEST SET OF BREASTS EVER TO GRACE THE SILVER SCREEN, and the step up in gore, the rest of the script is a mess. I've never heard of a hospital with a staff of 2 and a patient of 1. I also find it hilarious at the end of the movie, they put her into another ambulance, presumably to take her to another hospital that actually has doctors on staff.
I'd watch F13 100 times over Halloween. More terror. More death. Clever twist. More satisfying ending.
Duke, watch the F13 remake for an exquisite pair. And I'm not talking about the fake set that shows up in the opening reel.
“What we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, er... an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks and that's all.”
I've seen it, and I still think Halloween 2's are better. Although Freddy vs Jason has a great set too.
This.
*Walks into thread. Sees posts about Halloween. Walks back out*
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There were real boobs in FvJ?
“What we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, er... an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks and that's all.”
I thoroughly enjoy Carpenter's Halloween. With that said, I think I've watched Zombie's two more.
“What we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, er... an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks and that's all.”
No. Good call.
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