Last Seen Contemporary Movie

[Ferox13]

Kill the Irishman (2011)


Entertaining enough biopic about 70's Irish Mobster, Danny Greene. Watched as part of my 'Irish' double bill for Paddy's Day.

[Khaleesi]

Oldboy (2013): You know what I’m gonna say, the Korean version is much MUCH better, but I really liked Sharlto Copley in this one. Such a different character from “District 9”, I’m going to have to check out his other roles.

Almost Human (2013): Really tried to like this one, but I just couldn’t get into it. Reminded me a bit of “Dreamcatcher”, which I didn’t care for either.

[The Villain]

Originally Posted by Khaleesi

Almost Human (2013): Really tried to like this one, but I just couldn’t get into it. Reminded me a bit of “Dreamcatcher”, which I didn’t care for either.

Yeah I couldn't even finish that one

[roshiq]

Oldboy (2013)



An unnecessary & crappy remake but Elizabeth Olsen looked pretty good.

>>: C-

[Joe E Ville]

Watche Paco Plaza's (Rec,2&3) Second Name. Based on the Ramsey Campbell novel. If you like Nameless and Rosemary's Baby this may be for you. I enjoyed this one. Slower pacing but very effective as it unfolds. Makes me want to go back and re watch Nameless.

[Scarecrows]

IT (1990)

[Baron Von Marlon]

Buck Wild (2013)

"4 friends go on a hunting vacation (in Texas?) and then stuff happens."

Nice horror/comedy.
I'd say the less you know about this movie before you watch it, the better.
It wasn't great but better than average, nice effects, good amound of blood,...



SPOILER
-The creature from the beginning reminded me a lot of the rat-monkey from Braindead/Dead Alive. And the zombies/infected showed human behaviour. Also a bit of a similarity -

[roshiq]

Cabin Fever: Patient Zero (2014)



>>: C-

The Battery (2012)



A funny indie road-drama with the backdrop of zombie apocalypse. But the final act could have been 10 to 15 minutes shorter; nevertheless, found the ending kinda unsatisfactory, as if they weren't sure how to put an end to the story.

>>: B

Vittra aka Wither (2012)



Fairly inspired but kinda lame Swedish version of THE EVIL DEAD. The only decent & impressive part of the movie was its gore effects and the thing it lacks mostly was an effective background music, mainly which was needed for the deadities' activity.

>>: C+

[Sculpt]

The Caller 7/10

Currently on Netflix.

Fairly slick and quick moving film based on a cool idea. If you haven't seen it, and would like to, best experience is to just play it without reading anything about it (like I did). Good acting, sharp simple sets, effective directing.


SPOILER:
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New lady move into a new apt, gets call by crazy older woman... from the past, who has the power to chance the present. This is a concept that's difficult to keep suspension of disbelief intact, but I think the director does a good job keeping things moving to the end. Plays a bit like a Twilight Zone ep in that way.
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[shadyJ]

I just tried to watch Romero's Diary of the Dead. I hadn't seen it yet. I made it about 40 minutes in. I just couldn't take it. Bad performances, and a lot of the lacking performances had to do with Romero himself. Poorly executed for a found footage movie, everything felt planned and staged, and there was none of the spontaneous feeling that the better found footage movies have. That dialogue would have been impossible to pull off with any naturalism, so it's hard to pin the blame on the actors. Found footage works best with a lot of improvisation, and none of that occurred here. If you want to state some message about human nature, it helps if your characters make somewhat realistic decisions. Otherwise no one is going to be able to relate to the characters, and your message will ring hollow. The social commentary felt so forced, because the character's actions were implausible. The characters continually had to tell the audience what to take from the movie with a leaden voice-over and heavy-handed speeches. Romero totally miscalculated the approach in his approach to found footage movies.