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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, original, just because.

Batman Begins

The Dark Knight

Zombieland

Christ i've always hated it. I don't know why, it's just boring to me. Probably why everyone thinks my taste is shit, but still =/

It's okay to be wrong, Posher. ;) :D

Following cinema norms doesn't make you correct my cuddly little friend

I wish they had a 'like' button because I just spat my coffee out reading that...hilarity in the morning!. Back to thethread title ..I watched Rise of the planet of the apes...still gives me goosebumps when Caesar shouts "NOOOOOO!" to the Draco Malfoy twatstick of a zookeeper.Great fillum.

saying you hate texas chainsaw massacre hits a nerve...but your right,following cinima norm doesn't make you wrong

I'm sorry, I just never found it interesting.


Currently watching Sin City, again.

9/10

Ouch!

I'm just a-kidding. I really do love that movie, though.

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Saw The Apparition yesterday, overall not thrilling. There was nothing exciting or tense about the film at all.

The Raid: Redemption
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This was awesome. The fight scenes alone make this worth watching and after it gets going, the story isn't bad either.


The Possession
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I feel like the generic title makes this one forgettable which is a bad thing because this is actually a pretty good movie. The story and characters are set up and developed well. The mood is creepy and the scares are all very well done.

I really liked Young Adult too. I dig well-made character dramas, and I thought that Patton Oswalt and Charlize Theron were just great. Love Patton Oswalt.

YOU'RE too stupid. Though I suppose that even Stupids are entitled to their own opinion. :p


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I'm going to be honest; I'm not a huge fan of the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre either but probably for a variety of reasons: I hadn't been exposed to a whole lot of horror movies other than Hitchcock, old scifi and in terms of modern films, Alien and Halloween, so I think it was my first introduction into exploitation (save I Spit On Your Grave that my friend and I turned off horrified about 10 minutes in when we were in high school)... So to me I didn't know the breadth of horror so I always expected horror to be "scary" (e.g. suspenseful or "thrilling")... TCM just made me very uncomfortable and I didn't really know how to digest it.

I also think that I was watching it out of context (sometime in college, circa 2001)... I'd imagine it was pretty groundbreaking and horrifying for its time... But since it didn't make me jump and it instead made me uncomfortable, it really turned me off. I consider trying to rewatch it (you know, now in my mature horror viewer state), but I think I'll probably just find it... icky. Which, yes, is definitely the intent... But I typically don't like feeling icky.

Anyhoo, my most recent watches:


The Clinic (2010)


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Ahhhh, where to begin? There's actually a lot that's successful about this movie: good creepy atmosphere, some definitely suspenseful scenes, and some truly creepy and disturbing moments. But there's a LOT that's just hard to believe and as I've mentioned in horror movies before, you truly need to be able to suspend your disbelief.

I made it through to the end, though, and in my mind I equate it a bit to Saw in that it's incredibly elaborate, macabre, grotesque, and has a silly mystery with a "plot twist" and some gross bits.

Lots of different horror themes going on in this one; it was definitely a bit frenetic.

I can see a few people on here really enjoying this bizarre film from Down Under and, honestly, I have to say that I appreciate the fact that AT LEAST IT IS AN ORIGINAL CONCEPT (I mean, the reveal is pretty spectacularly over-the-top on the macabre meter; I laughed a bit)... But it fell a bit short for me (I'm sorry but just as I felt in Prometheus I have a really hard time believing that after having a backwoods Cesarian section with no medication or even food or water source to keep you sustained you'd be able to run, jump, climb, fall, roll around, and battle for your life). These must be superwomen (which, considering the ridiculous reveal I suppose is a bit apropos).


2.75/5 (extra credit for originality and for making me cringe on occasion)


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A Civil Action (1998)


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Had to watch this for my Business Law class. I typically like legal dramas as I used to aspire to be a lawyer, but I'm going to be honest; the way that our justice system is structured in the United States is basically designed to reward and/or protect the incredibly wealthy and not necessarily bring justice to victims. The story itself was honestly depressing; not just watching the families whose children died of leukemia (supposedly due to contaminated drinking water) but also watching a small law firm basic bankrupt themselves to try to bring the accused to justice. I suppose it's honorable that our main character fought so hard for a guilty verdict, but just seeing the course of Negotiation to State Court to Settlement to Appeals to Federal Court as the small law firm suffers and the Big Business barely bats and eye... Just... Depressing. Ugh.

According to the epilogue/monologue in the end, a fairly lofty settlement seems to have been reached and the guilty parties held responsible, but honestly I just found it long and incredibly depressing.

The good news: Great acting, though it definitely ran a little long in the end. I'd say don't bother with it unless you're a hard-core fan of legal dramas. Not a bad movie, just definitely a genre piece with a clear story to tell. And they told it.

3/5.

The cover alone is totally cliché.

Still gonna have to watch it tho.

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i havnt seen a bruce lee movie (or any real matial arts movie come to think of it) in years and years.was actually quite entertaining apart from the last fight which was shit and dragged on too long

Grabbers (2012)

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>>: B

Yeah this one's a lot better.

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Scream 3 8/10

Classic to me.

I watched The Hunger Games.Ive read all the books and thought they could have thrown in a few more details which would have made for a more thrilling film in all, ie,Katniss nearly dying due to dehydration ...However,it was really entertaining and reminded me of Logans run ,which cant be bad.7/10

The Cold Light of Day (2011)

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Poorly written script & characters, very average piece of shit.

>>: C-

Hey, at least he likes Aliens, Dog Soldiers and 28 Days Later so he can't be all THAT bad.

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Feel free to shoot me for this but I actually liked this one (maybe my inner fan for all things Burton is saying this). But then again, I have never watched even a single episode of the original TV series so maybe I am not too judgmental about this one.

Loved Eva Green's Angelique, and I thought she suited her character very well. Depp, as always, shone through. Excellent atmosphere throughout the film, nice script and tight direction. Overall, a worthy watch.

* * * ½

Indeed.

Based on a true story... my ass.

Yet another cliché.

That stupid line is the reason I haven't gone to see it yet.

"Vampire" (1979)
-Jason Miller, E.G. Marshal, Richard Lynch

Plot: IMDB

-- His self-made, but unwanted sleep of nearly 40 years disturbed by the ground-breaking to build a new church, over his self-collapsed tomb, under an old house that was his refuge in the 1940's, Anton Voytek arises to drink the blood and control the lives of people of the modern age in the late 1970's. His plans thwarted to use the wealth he had stolen and hoarded over the ages of his long life, he takes revenge on the architect, his wife, a retired policeman and all the people who are important to them all, to gain his revenge and perhaps a companion in his never-ending night.

Phantom's Review: In the late '70's there was a major revival of interest in vampire stories, Frank Langella had a successful Broadway run as "Dracula" and in '79 starred in the film version. George Hamilton made the popular vampire spoof "Love At First Bite" and on TV there was a show called "Clifhangers" that had a segment called "Curse Of Dracula"with Micheal Nouri. During this vampire boom came this minor film. A pilot for a series that never made it. The film has a few things going for it, most notably Richard Lynch as the vampire.He plays the character with great style and nobility, but also very ferocious.He is what "The Vampire Lestat" should have looked like..Veteran actor E.G. Marshal does a fine job as the retired cop. In fact the only person who seems out of place is Jason Miller, he looks like he'd rather be any where else then in this film. In fact he seems totally bored by the whole thing.It's not a bad film, if your a vampire fan, but skip it if your not.

The Tripper (2006)

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>>: B-

Dark Shadows (2012)

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Haven't seen the original series but thought it was quite fun, another typical Depp-Burton flick. At least I didn't find anything to dislike or hate about. Enjoyed it. As usually Eva Green was gorgeous & seductive on a common witch role but still I think as a pair, she best fits with Daniel Craig.

>>: B+

Airborne (2012)

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The first half of the film was fine as it was progressing like a common 'freak-flight-feature' having a scenario mostly suited for passengers & crews one by one gets infected with a contagious virus. But it wasn't like that at all, rather the film comes with one of the most "unpredictable"...yet most terrible twists I have seen in films lately, which even old 'Luke Skywalker' couldn't save.

Don't waste time on this.

>>: C-

I bet most people would've liked to hear about that one. But whatever. It's your world, man.. :rolleyes:

ok-ok...don't cry, my friend...:D

Directed by David Arquette, a simple-fun-slasher with a bit of political satire where a Ronald Reagan-obsessed psychopath targets a bunch of hippies who are attending a weekend-long Free Love Festival & rock-and-roll concert in the woods. It's got a pretty decent cast including Thomas Jane, Lukas Haas & some other known faces but didn't turned out as good or fun as it seems to be. Quite average slasher.

cool story line,might have to check it out

The Muppets [2011]...funny movie..if you're into the Muppets

Area 407---another "Found Footage" POS [why do I bother]....made it about 20 minutes...had to shut it off

Rewatching the remake of Friday the 13th. It is what it is.

Sounds original.

I'm on it.

Caught this in the cinema a few weeks back. Enjoyed it alot. A good fun film and the effects were suprisingly good.

I watched Air Collision (2012) last night. Another film from "The Asylum"; makers of fine quality SyFy Channel movies. Pretty bad, even for me. Although there were a few entertaining scenes, like giving CPR to someone who is still conscious & breathing, holding and talking into a walkie-talkie that is backwards, picking up a missile that hit a plane but didn't explode, throwing said missile back out the hole in the plane, thus allowing it to fall onto an unsuspecting gas station to explode in a wonderful fireball of CG bliss. IMDB rating is 2.8 out of 10, which I feel is a little low. It's at least a 2.9.

Citizen Gangster

Really really boring

halloween 2 the rob zombie one though I've seen the movie before but for whatever reason it freaked me out when I watched it

That movie was so stupid. I don't get how you could be freaked out by it.

Im just back from watching Dredd at the pictures.It was really good but im not sure if I hadnt watched it in 3D that id like it so much ,as a lot of the action is reliant on it.Judge Anderson plays a blinder in my opinion,vulnerable yet reliable. I would Deffo recommend you go see it.