John Carpenter

[Burning in Hell]

Originally posted by urgeok
i'll never understand why people like this movie so much ..
i thought it was his first miss ... soon to be followed by more.

best thing about it was the commentary .. if you want to learn a bit about lighting techniques.

Well, to each his own I guess! To me, In the Mouth of Madness represents one of Carpenter's finest hours, and THEN he started going downhill with Village of the Damned and Escape from LA...

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Burning in Hell
Well, to each his own I guess! To me, In the Mouth of Madness represents one of Carpenter's finest hours, and THEN he started going downhill with Village of the Damned and Escape from LA...

yeah - a lot of people here like it ..

i just didnt think it meshed ... had a real direct to video feel to it (to me)... despite the good cast.

[Burning in Hell]

Originally posted by urgeok
yeah - a lot of people here like it ..

i just didnt think it meshed ... had a real direct to video feel to it (to me)... despite the good cast.

Thing is, I am a total Lovecraft freak, so when the movie came out I rushed to see it and was totally blown away by the whole tone of the movie who is very reminniscent of it all.

[noctuary]

Originally posted by Burning in Hell
Thing is, I am a total Lovecraft freak, so when the movie came out I rushed to see it and was totally blown away by the whole tone of the movie who is very reminniscent of it all.

Same here. I liked very much that the film had the whole Lovecraftian mood and atmosphere without being a slavish knock-off. Very few filmmakers have managed to make a decent film based on HPL's ideas, but I think that Carpenter delivered in spades with this one. On the other hand, I can understand why some may not like it. If you're not inclined to enjoy Lovecraft's works in general, you probably wouldn't get nearly as much from it as a fan would.

[urgeok]

i've been reading quite a bit of lovecraft recently and i can only see the faintest of connections ..

it wasnt the theme as much as the execution that bothered me ..
it just felt sloppy to me ..no where near as deft as his previous films ..it just didnt ... flow well.

and i couldnt get the 'ode to stephen king' feel out of my head either.


the 'coup de gras' was no fault of the film .... but as i mentioned before - the film was shot all around where i live ... and i was far too familiar with the sets ... for a fantasy film..

[Vodstok]

I think the only lovecraft references in the film were the excerpts from the book, which were really painful to listen to. that writing there was just awful... "yawned blackly"... barf. Just baaad.


Thats like "Slimed Oozily".... kind of lovecraftian, but shitty at the same time, and nothing he would have put to paper, even as a joke. he was to anal for that.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
he was to anal for that.

you mean "too anal"



ha that was irony kids.

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by urgeok
you mean "too anal"



ha that was irony kids.

inadvertant double-entendre. Does it still count?

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
inadvertant double-entendre. Does it still count?

no, you are clearly bullshitting.

[Vodstok]

i admitted it was not on purpose. Way to kick a guy when he's down...