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Post by dLᵒ on Jun 22, 2017 1:36:17 GMT -5
I am quite SHOCKED that nobody has mentioned Eraserhead for being actually horrifying. I think if you watch it as a kid it's just weird nonsense, but as an adult it's a fever dream over the fears of childbirth. Also Alien and Aliens deal with childbirth-fear themes, three just sucked, and that's why I feel Resurrection was somewhat good because it got back to that root (plus the scene of fucked up clones alone was worth it).
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Post by chalkdevil's night 😈 on Jun 22, 2017 8:41:44 GMT -5
I am quite SHOCKED that nobody has mentioned Eraserhead for being actually horrifying. I think if you watch it as a kid it's just weird nonsense, but as an adult it's a fever dream over the fears of childbirth. Also Alien and Aliens deal with childbirth-fear themes, three just sucked, and that's why I feel Resurrection was somewhat good because it got back to that root (plus the scene of fucked up clones alone was worth it). Is it unpopular to say I haven't seen Eraserhead? Actually looking through David Lynch's filmography, I haven't seen a lot of his movies. I did see Dune, and kind of liked it.
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Post by Powerthirteen on Jun 22, 2017 10:24:31 GMT -5
I'm going to have to agree with Nudeviking on this one. I really don't find the slasher films to be scary. Although I'm trying to think of a recent horror film that I thought was legitimately scary. Not just jumping at those damn cats, but like, I can't sleep at night hours or days later. The last film I remember that happening with was after seeing Event Horizon and that was probably just because I was 16. The inability to sleep or lasting sense of unease after the film ends is what makes a movie truly scary for me. I honestly can't remember the last film that made me feel uncomfortable like that. Maybe that Richard Gere movie about Mothman, but that was only because I was drunk and decided to cut through a wooded area in the middle of the night to get home instead of drunk drive after watching it. Oddly enough, the last time I couldn't sleep after a movie because of that sense of unease was when I watched Manchester By The Sea.
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Post by DangOlJimmyITellYouWhat on Jun 22, 2017 11:48:55 GMT -5
I find that thrillers are scarier to me than horror movies. Zodiac is probably the scariest film I've seen for instance. Also, the scene in Nocturnal Animals when the criminals are preying on the family is way more scary than most horror films. Then you got indvidual scenes like in Showpiecer when you find out the train is being run off of child labor, it just filled me with this unease and disgust that no Horror film has been able to compare. One million percent agree. I enjoy horror movies, but almost without exception, I don't find them scary at all. The horror movie that comes closest is Jeeper Creepers, and it's just inexplicably unsettling for some reason I can't quite put my finger on - but it's not unsettling enough to keep me from watching it whenever it's on. And the more unsettling it is, the less likely I am to watch it. I won't watch home invasion stuff, torture, anything where kidnapping and being held captive is the theme; anything that is actually likely to happen (not to me necessarily, just...somewhere) kind of thing gives me panic attacks of varying levels. Y'all, I will skip The Pack episode of Buffy, because it gives me anxiety. I held off on watching Hannibal the TV show for a very long time, because Silence of the Lambs scared me, and I couldn't sleep after the latest version of Red Dragon (with Finnes). Hannibal-the-show, however, is so baroque and over-the-top that it doesn't bother me at all - except, of course, for Miriam Lass. But then, I don't like to be actually, truly scared. Apparently lots of people watch horror because they do, and being terrified is not entertaining for me.
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Post by Kangaroosevelt-Ecks on Jun 22, 2017 11:51:06 GMT -5
I am quite SHOCKED that nobody has mentioned Eraserhead for being actually horrifying. I think if you watch it as a kid it's just weird nonsense, but as an adult it's a fever dream over the fears of childbirth. Also Alien and Aliens deal with childbirth-fear themes, three just sucked, and that's why I feel Resurrection was somewhat good because it got back to that root (plus the scene of fucked up clones alone was worth it). I'm glad I watched that first as a college kid willing to soak in any kind of cinema. I tried to put it on about two or three months ago and that unrelenting, choking sound design almost gave me an anxiety attack and I had to find something else to watch.
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Post by Incense on Jun 22, 2017 12:06:26 GMT -5
I am quite SHOCKED that nobody has mentioned Eraserhead for being actually horrifying. I think if you watch it as a kid it's just weird nonsense, but as an adult it's a fever dream over the fears of childbirth. Also Alien and Aliens deal with childbirth-fear themes, three just sucked, and that's why I feel Resurrection was somewhat good because it got back to that root (plus the scene of fucked up clones alone was worth it). I'm glad I watched that first as a college kid willing to soak in any kind of cinema. I tried to put it on about two or three months ago and that unrelenting, choking sound design almost gave me an anxiety attack and I had to find something else to watch. I've never seen it, but it is on my dvr. I'm getting midly nervous about seeing it now.
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Post by Kangaroosevelt-Ecks on Jun 22, 2017 12:15:55 GMT -5
I'm glad I watched that first as a college kid willing to soak in any kind of cinema. I tried to put it on about two or three months ago and that unrelenting, choking sound design almost gave me an anxiety attack and I had to find something else to watch. I've never seen it, but it is on my dvr. I'm getting midly nervous about seeing it now. Well worth the effort, depressants may be needed if you're inclined to be jittery.
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Post by Il Mio Nome è Shanghai Joe on Jun 22, 2017 14:34:26 GMT -5
I am quite SHOCKED that nobody has mentioned Eraserhead for being actually horrifying. I think if you watch it as a kid it's just weird nonsense, but as an adult it's a fever dream over the fears of childbirth. Also Alien and Aliens deal with childbirth-fear themes, three just sucked, and that's why I feel Resurrection was somewhat good because it got back to that root (plus the scene of fucked up clones alone was worth it). First time I saw it, I was baked out of my mind and my wife was 8 months pregnant. Nope nope nope nope nope.
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Post by Nudeviking on Jun 22, 2017 20:17:47 GMT -5
I am quite SHOCKED that nobody has mentioned Eraserhead for being actually horrifying. I think if you watch it as a kid it's just weird nonsense, but as an adult it's a fever dream over the fears of childbirth. Also Alien and Aliens deal with childbirth-fear themes, three just sucked, and that's why I feel Resurrection was somewhat good because it got back to that root (plus the scene of fucked up clones alone was worth it). Elephantman bothered me a lot more than Eraserhead did, again probably because of when I saw each of them. Elephantman I saw when I was probably 9 or 10 years old (thanks Dad) and it gave me some crazy ass nightmares for many a night. Eraserhead I saw when I was in college and quite of the mind that I would never have children. The background noise made me feel ill, but the actual plot of the movie didn't really mess with my head at all. Had I watched it many years later at the height of my "OH FUCK I'M GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANOTHER HUMAN BEING SOON!" anxiety it probably would have scared the shit out of me.
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Jun 25, 2017 10:08:23 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 19:54:42 GMT -5
I can't be the only one who thinks the Han Solo movie is just a shit idea, right? Like Han Solo before he was Han Solo is dumb, and only Harrison Ford can be him. Now with shitcanning two of the best directors right now? Super lame.
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Post by Nudeviking on Jun 30, 2017 21:37:03 GMT -5
I can't be the only one who thinks the Han Solo movie is just a shit idea, right? Like Han Solo before he was Han Solo is dumb, and only Harrison Ford can be him. Now with shitcanning two of the best directors right now? Super lame. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles worked out alright, so prequels of 80s Harrison Ford adventure movies starring someone else in the role made famous by old Harry have a proven track record.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 22:21:19 GMT -5
I can't be the only one who thinks the Han Solo movie is just a shit idea, right? Like Han Solo before he was Han Solo is dumb, and only Harrison Ford can be him. Now with shitcanning two of the best directors right now? Super lame. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles worked out alright, so prequels of 80s Harrison Ford adventure movies starring someone else in the role made famous by old Harry have a proven track record. Indy is different from Solo. Indy prequel works because how this nerd got cool could be an interesting journey, plus the river phoenix prologue in three. Han Solo though? Just doesn't feel like delving in on his past has any good to come from it. He was already such a lived in character, and it doesnt help there hasn't been anything positive said about this film. The most glaring that there was an acting coach brought in for the lead.
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Post by DangOlJimmyITellYouWhat on Jul 1, 2017 15:52:52 GMT -5
Tombstone is boring & hammy & Val Kilmer was a terrible Doc Holliday. Dennis Quaid's Holliday was so. much. better.
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Post by Nudeviking on Jul 1, 2017 20:09:20 GMT -5
Tombstone is boring & hammy & Val Kilmer was a terrible Doc Holliday. Dennis Quaid's Holliday was so. much. better. But...but...but...Tombstone has Kurt Russell screaming, "YOU TELL 'EM I'M COMIN' AND HELL'S COMIN' WITH ME!!!"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2017 20:48:03 GMT -5
Drive fucking sucks
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Post by songstarliner on Jul 2, 2017 21:24:13 GMT -5
Somewhere, Albert Brooks is crying.
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Post by chalkdevil's night 😈 on Jul 3, 2017 9:13:24 GMT -5
Tombstone is boring & hammy & Val Kilmer was a terrible Doc Holliday. Dennis Quaid's Holliday was so. much. better. This is fundamentally wrong. There is this opinion and then there is the theory that the earth is flat.
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Jul 3, 2017 17:32:51 GMT -5
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles worked out alright, so prequels of 80s Harrison Ford adventure movies starring someone else in the role made famous by old Harry have a proven track record. Indy is different from Solo. Indy prequel works because how this nerd got cool could be an interesting journey, plus the river phoenix prologue in three. Han Solo though? Just doesn't feel like delving in on his past has any good to come from it. He was already such a lived in character, and it doesnt help there hasn't been anything positive said about this film. The most glaring that there was an acting coach brought in for the lead. Would that it were so simple…
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Post by Desert Dweller on Jul 14, 2017 23:23:49 GMT -5
I can't be the only one who thinks the Han Solo movie is just a shit idea, right? Like Han Solo before he was Han Solo is dumb, and only Harrison Ford can be him. Now with shitcanning two of the best directors right now? Super lame. Is this supposed to be an unpopular opinion? I've yet to meet someone who thinks a "young Han Solo" movie is a good idea.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Jul 15, 2017 1:24:39 GMT -5
I don't mean to stir shit up, but I think that The Happening was not a very good movie, and that Mark Wahlberg did a kin of bad job of acting in it.
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Post by Gamblin' Telly on Jul 15, 2017 4:50:10 GMT -5
Yesterday, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was on. Hadn't seen it in 10 years and must sadly say my opinion from back then" OMG Shane Black you're the Greatest please get well and make ALL the movies!" changed to "Oh Lordy, these characters and their 'witty banter' are annoying as fuck."
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Post by Kangaroosevelt-Ecks on Jul 27, 2017 14:47:06 GMT -5
Yesterday, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was on. Hadn't seen it in 10 years and must sadly say my opinion from back then" OMG Shane Black you're the Greatest please get well and make ALL the movies!" changed to "Oh Lordy, these characters and their 'witty banter' are annoying as fuck." Did not age well... and if we're being honest The Nice Guys was more or less the same movie
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Post by Gamblin' Telly on Jul 27, 2017 14:54:30 GMT -5
Yesterday, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was on. Hadn't seen it in 10 years and must sadly say my opinion from back then" OMG Shane Black you're the Greatest please get well and make ALL the movies!" changed to "Oh Lordy, these characters and their 'witty banter' are annoying as fuck." Did not age well... and if we're being honest The Nice Guys was more or less the same movie Didn't see it yet but you're not the first saying that. It was but isn't anymore on top of my must watch list.
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Aug 19, 2017 0:14:07 GMT -5
Antz is not a better film than A Bug's Life.
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Post by Celebith on Aug 19, 2017 21:26:09 GMT -5
I can't be the only one who thinks the Han Solo movie is just a shit idea, right? Like Han Solo before he was Han Solo is dumb, and only Harrison Ford can be him. Now with shitcanning two of the best directors right now? Super lame. Is this supposed to be an unpopular opinion? I've yet to meet someone who thinks a "young Han Solo" movie is a good idea. At this point, I'm just holding out for a stealth "Donglover-as-Lando" movie. Kinda like Big Trouble In Little China wasn't really about Jack Burton.
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Post by ArchieLeach on Aug 27, 2017 17:26:25 GMT -5
I truly don't see what all the fuss about Casablanca is. The first time I saw it, I thought I was in for an amazingly unique experience...and all I got was a boring love story in a slightly exotic setting. Oh, Hulky, I'm so disappointed, but then my interpretation of Casablanca is not the usual. My interpretation is one I'm sure you would like. Your comment made me think of this article from February 2017: www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2017/02/noah_isenberg_s_we_ll_always_have_casablanca_reviewed.html . The article's writer, Laura Miller, sees the movie through the eyes of the Bogie cult, talking about men's honor. OK, I get it, he's the driver behind the ultimate decision, and he gets the big speech at the end. But what is Casablanca really about? It's about how men can't do anything without women, and women's greatest interpersonal currency is sex. Ilsa's traveling with her husband because the Resistance know that a man is no good without the, let's say, emotional support of a woman. When Lazlo goes missing, Ilsa turns right around and has an affair where the past is never spoken - why? Is it possible that Ilsa knows her husband may still be alive, but she still needs to satisfy her drives? What of the singer at Rick's, a French girl having a high old time with a Nazi - until "La Marseillaise" is fired up, of course. She must be in it for kicks. Then there is what may dramatically be the key scene in the movie, although it rarely gets mentioned. A young couple are stuck in Casablanca, trying to buy visas and having no money to do it. The woman goes to Rick to ask if Louie is trustworthy. She's ready to have sex with Louie in return for passage. She worries that her husband will find out and will be hurt, but she doesn't really feel any loss of honor with the act. She just wants the visas. Casablanca is just as much about women's ability to fight as men's. It's just that the weapons are different.
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Post by Powerthirteen on Aug 27, 2017 19:07:04 GMT -5
Is this supposed to be an unpopular opinion? I've yet to meet someone who thinks a "young Han Solo" movie is a good idea. "Donglover-as-Lando" Making Lando gay seems unsupported by any shred of evidence in either of his previous appearances.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2017 19:22:50 GMT -5
The Brothers Bloom is actually a better Wes Anderson movie than any of the post -Royal Tenenbaums actual Wes Anderson movies. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Post by ArchieLeach on Aug 27, 2017 20:31:49 GMT -5
I think Martin Scorsese is a bad influence on cinema. He doesn't care much for people - that whole "I'm not an animal" thing in Raging Bull is actually ironic. He has good taste in music, but it's as much a crutch for him as it was for Lawrence Kasdan on The Big Chill. And his taste in old movies is suspect - he's OK with wooden performances as long as the composition is grand.
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