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Originally Posted by Sculpt
Give us your ratings, from 1-10! Love your assessments, but not always sure how good or worthwhile the film is over-all to you.
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heehee - I try to be good about giving movies a "final" rating but I was feeling lazy.
Stage Fright - I'll ultimately give this a
3.25/5 or
3.5/5; the rating may seem low because I've put my "official" Seal of Recommendation on it but it's a bit uneven. It's one of those movies that has a lot of high points and a lot of low points and depending on where your interests lie, you could fall either way in liking or hating it... I personally enjoyed it as fun horror fluff and might like it even more after repeat viewings. The fact that it's a silly musical might be prohibitive to some folks but I thought it was a total blast. I actually wish there were more musical numbers in it.
Also, to add context to the viewing - The Hubby and I were trying to decide who would pick the movie that night - I wanted
Stage Fright and he wanted
I, Frankenstein - THANK GOD I won with a coin flip. He enjoyed it thoroughly too.
(we wound up watching I, Frankenstein the next day but I thankfully fell asleep and missed it)
In Fear - I ultimately give this a
2/5. I was really disappointed. The blurb on Xfinity On Demand called it "One of the best modern horror movies" or some rubbish like that so my expectations were probably higher than the should have been but, still - Even going into this movie with no expectations I probably would have been disappointed. They try to create a self-contained slow-burner but it's just ultimately not interesting. I didn't care for either of the characters and their situation (being lost in the middle of the country) is not a new or interesting plot device and the director didn't do anything innovative with it.
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Originally Posted by Baron Von Marlon
Blue Ruin
No average revenge flick.
Not great but not bad either.
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I'm actually really looking forward to this one, simply based on the fact that I loved the director's first movie,
Murder Party - Have you seen
Murder Party? Great low-budget horror.
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Originally Posted by hammerfan
Not horror....watched a documentary called "Let the Fire Burn" about the city of Philadelphia's attempts to evict radical group MOVE from a house they were occupying in West Philadelphia. Wasn't living here then (was in USAF), so, was kind of familiar with what happened (I had family in Philly). This documentary goes in-depth. It's not sympathetic to either party (MOVE or the city). To me, showed what a total cluster-fuck the entire operation was. Mayor Goode should have been jailed. And the police chief. And the fire chief.
If anyone wants to check it out, it's streaming on Netflix right now.
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I've heard good things about this one - Would you ultimately recommend it?