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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Nov 17, 2024 22:33:58 GMT -5
So apparently someone at American International Pictures saw a statistic in 1968 that said 52% of somebody (Americans probably) were under 25. Somehow that caused the creation of
Wild in the Streets
Possibly the most cynical, cringe laden, mean spirited movie I have ever seen, and I've seen a lot of American International pictures. Absolutely everybody in this movie either is, or becomes, a complete and utter asshole. It is also one of the most completely batshit crazy movies I've ever seen, and it gets weirder and weirder as it goes along. Did I mention that it's also a musical of sorts? I love these "Old Hollywood reacts to the 60's Youth Movement" movies (see also: Skidoo! if you can find it). If you know anything about 60's history and pop culture, the ringers who pop up in cameos are pretty surprising. Yes, the drummer is who you think it is! No, the horn player with the hook hand is not Keith Moon, although it would have been a much better movie if it was.
I really hesitate to talk about the plot, because if you can get through the first 30-40 minutes of everybody being just the most punchable people on earth, it starts to kick into absolute insanity. Hint: it involves lots and lots of LSD. It does get pretty entertaining, in a disturbing, train wreck sort of way, and it's best experienced completely unprepared. Be advised, this is pure, distilled, essence of 60's horseshit and all that that implies. Lots of casual stuff that today is really socially unacceptable.
It really is pretty amazing in it's own way, achieving the incredible feat of being both a 60's Teen Wet Dream of Finally Destroying the Establishment Once and for All, and of simultaneously being a Greatest Generation Horror Story of What Those Kids Really Want and succeeding at both.
I would advising seeing it once sometime, possibly stoned. If you ever wondered "Were those annoying, self righteous hippies, and those insufferable pricks who grew up and became Boomers always like that?" this movie has the answer. Yes. Yes, they always were. Everybody sucks in this movie.
You have to watch to the end. The ending is exquisite. Possibly the second best ending to a movie ever, being just edged out by the original The Bad Seed.
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Post by moimoi on Nov 18, 2024 11:23:21 GMT -5
So apparently someone at American International Pictures saw a statistic in 1968 that said 52% of somebody (Americans probably) were under 25. Somehow that caused the creation of Wild in the StreetsPossibly the most cynical, cringe laden, mean spirited movie I have ever seen, and I've seen a lot of American International pictures. Absolutely everybody in this movie either is, or becomes, a complete and utter asshole. It is also one of the most completely batshit crazy movies I've ever seen, and it gets weirder and weirder as it goes along. Did I mention that it's also a musical of sorts? I love these "Old Hollywood reacts to the 60's Youth Movement" movies (see also: Skidoo! if you can find it). If you know anything about 60's history and pop culture, the ringers who pop up in cameos are pretty surprising. Yes, the drummer is who you think it is! No, the horn player with the hook hand is not Keith Moon, although it would have been a much better movie if it was. I really hesitate to talk about the plot, because if you can get through the first 30-40 minutes of everybody being just the most punchable people on earth, it starts to kick into absolute insanity. Hint: it involves lots and lots of LSD. It does get pretty entertaining, in a disturbing, train wreck sort of way, and it's best experienced completely unprepared. Be advised, this is pure, distilled, essence of 60's horseshit and all that that implies. Lots of casual stuff that today is really socially unacceptable. It really is pretty amazing in it's own way, achieving the incredible feat of being both a 60's Teen Wet Dream of Finally Destroying the Establishment Once and for All, and of simultaneously being a Greatest Generation Horror Story of What Those Kids Really Want and succeeding at both. I would advising seeing it once sometime, possibly stoned. If you ever wondered "Were those annoying, self righteous hippies, and those insufferable pricks who grew up and became Boomers always like that?" this movie has the answer. Yes. Yes, they always were. Everybody sucks in this movie. You have to watch to the end. The ending is exquisite. Possibly the second best ending to a movie ever, being just edged out by the original The Bad Seed. As a lover of 60s excess and insanity, I am so intrigued. How does it compare to Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, though? |
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Post by pantsgoblin on Nov 18, 2024 12:34:26 GMT -5
Ozark Sharks (2015)
One of the better Asylum-type bottom-feeders. It helps that it's a female director, also behind the semi-quality Mississippi River Sharks [yes, I do love these things], here's why: 1) the shark CGI isn't cartoonish and they actually look like makos; 2) the idiot boyfriend who's set up as the hero get killed in a memorably stupid way; and 3) the said boyfriend's girlfriend, the gothy teen girl set up to be an easy kill, is the hero.
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Post by Ben Grimm on Nov 18, 2024 13:40:10 GMT -5
Ozark Sharks (2015) One of the better Asylum-type bottom-feeders. It helps that it's a female director, also behind the semi-quality Mississippi River Sharks [yes, I do love these things], here's why: 1) the shark CGI isn't cartoonish and they actually look like makos; 2) the idiot boyfriend who's set up as the hero get killed in a memorably stupid way; and 3) the said boyfriend's girlfriend, the gothy teen girl set up to be an easy kill, is the hero. Reminds me of Feast, which was kind of entertainingly dumb. |
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Nov 18, 2024 14:17:06 GMT -5
So apparently someone at American International Pictures saw a statistic in 1968 that said 52% of somebody (Americans probably) were under 25. Somehow that caused the creation of Wild in the StreetsPossibly the most cynical, cringe laden, mean spirited movie I have ever seen, and I've seen a lot of American International pictures. Absolutely everybody in this movie either is, or becomes, a complete and utter asshole. It is also one of the most completely batshit crazy movies I've ever seen, and it gets weirder and weirder as it goes along. Did I mention that it's also a musical of sorts? I love these "Old Hollywood reacts to the 60's Youth Movement" movies (see also: Skidoo! if you can find it). If you know anything about 60's history and pop culture, the ringers who pop up in cameos are pretty surprising. Yes, the drummer is who you think it is! No, the horn player with the hook hand is not Keith Moon, although it would have been a much better movie if it was. I really hesitate to talk about the plot, because if you can get through the first 30-40 minutes of everybody being just the most punchable people on earth, it starts to kick into absolute insanity. Hint: it involves lots and lots of LSD. It does get pretty entertaining, in a disturbing, train wreck sort of way, and it's best experienced completely unprepared. Be advised, this is pure, distilled, essence of 60's horseshit and all that that implies. Lots of casual stuff that today is really socially unacceptable. It really is pretty amazing in it's own way, achieving the incredible feat of being both a 60's Teen Wet Dream of Finally Destroying the Establishment Once and for All, and of simultaneously being a Greatest Generation Horror Story of What Those Kids Really Want and succeeding at both. I would advising seeing it once sometime, possibly stoned. If you ever wondered "Were those annoying, self righteous hippies, and those insufferable pricks who grew up and became Boomers always like that?" this movie has the answer. Yes. Yes, they always were. Everybody sucks in this movie. You have to watch to the end. The ending is exquisite. Possibly the second best ending to a movie ever, being just edged out by the original The Bad Seed. As a lover of 60s excess and insanity, I am so intrigued. How does it compare to Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, though? It's been long enough since I watched BTVOTD that I don't remember enough about it to make a good comparison. I will try to remedy that when I can. I did notice that Beneath the Valley of the UltravVixens is streaming on Cinema Box. Maybe I will get a chance to do a compare and contrast of these movies. I really do recommend Wild in the Streets if you are into 1960's culture wars schlock. One of it's major plot points is lowering the voting age to 14. It's like someone simply recorded one of Nixon's worst nightmares. |
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Post by ABz B👹anaz on Nov 19, 2024 10:38:37 GMT -5
Late Night With The Devil - Pretty okay. David Dastalmachian was great. I remember seeing a few weeks back that the girl's head from the finale was a practical effect. Amusing.
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Post by ABz B👹anaz on Nov 21, 2024 10:21:54 GMT -5
Trap - Yep. Boring and predictable and largely a vehicle for Shyamalan's daughter's music, as others have said.
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Post by LazBro on Nov 21, 2024 10:32:21 GMT -5
SmileNot quite what I thought it was, admittedly after no research at all. For some reason, perhaps based on some of the stills I'd seen, I've always thought this was a specifically feminist horror movie based on the trope of men telling women "You should smile more." Like, possibly I am dumb, but the whole smiling part ended up being just because. Like just because it's creepy.
In narrative, Smile is "It Follows" mixed with "The Ring", with the emotional cadence of "The Babadook." Plenty of upsetting stuff, some grizzly visuals, an exhausting (for her, I mean) performance by Sosie Bacon. I liked it and would recommend it, but it was just good. Not great. Way too fucking long. This story has no business almost cracking two hours. You could get this down to a tight 90. Easy.
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