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Post by Captain Hygiene on May 17, 2009 9:53:53 GMT -5
^ I was working at a theater when Punch Drunk came out (at customer service). We had more walks out on that thing than any other movie, I grew to hate it because I knew I was going to be issuing dozens of passes during each showing. I would have understood walkouts on "8 Crazy Nights" (never had a one). For all the complaints I see how about Sandler's comedy style, there sure seems to be a lot of people who want and expect those antics. That's interesting. I looked up on the wikipedia article, which mentions what a critical success but popular flop the film was. In addition to making $8,000,000 less than its budget, "Cinemascore, a Los Angeles based audience polling service noted Punch Drunk Love was the lowest scoring film in every age and gender demographic in their thirty year history."
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Post by angilasman on May 17, 2009 12:57:31 GMT -5
Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast
It's astondingly beautiful.
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Post by inlovewithcrow on May 18, 2009 9:43:57 GMT -5
I own four of those big fat collections of public domain classic movies titled by (vague) genre: Mystery. Comedy. etc. I'm working my way through the one called History, which is more like "literature and myth." A couple of the TV teleplays are pretty good, and more impressive when you realize they were performed live. I liked the dramatization of the reaction to War of the Worlds broadcast, I liked the Tale of Two Cities squeezed into an hour quite competently and acted nicely by Wendell Corey, when he had more meat on him early in his drinking career. A sweetsie socialist film called Our Daily Bread is kind of nice (and is topical again in that we're in another Depression.) A film about Napoleon's exile was wonderfully acted but so badly scored that the power of the movie was undercut. (bad scores are nearly a certainty in these movies) Another mediocre film with Sterling Hayden, who I've only seen, I think, in these films--I really like him as an actor and wish I could see more of his work. A number of biblical epics with many of the Italians we saw in the various Hercules movies, including Drink of Forgetfulness lady, and a bunch of dogs of movies. Most unintentionally funny was the DW Griffith film on Abe Lincoln, wherein Lincoln is portrayed as a rather dim, hen-pecked, terribly boring slow talker. And maybe he was, I certainly can't tell you, but I think they were going for humor and not hitting the mark, or hitting the mark for a rural 1930's audience and so missing it for me.
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Post by Mod City on May 18, 2009 13:57:01 GMT -5
Meet Dave
I know Bill Corbett distanced himself from this, but I had to see it anyway and I actually enjoyed it. Easily my favorite Eddie Murphy movie in years and years. There were some missed opportunities here and there, and it got a little simplistic toward the end, but overall it wasn't that bad.
Would like to see how it would have been if Corbett had been able to keep the studio's hands off it.
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Post by Joker on May 18, 2009 19:21:40 GMT -5
JCVD
Jean Claude Van Damme shocks the heck out of me by playing a version of himself that is in a divorce trial where he's fighting for custody of his child, is broke, and now finds himself stuck in the middle of a robbery in a post office/bank in Brussels, Belgium. But none of that is the shocking part. He acts and it's an amazing thing to see.
Necroville
Two guys who live in a town infested with zombies, werewolves, and vampires get fired when a zombie wanders into their video store and they make a mess disposing of it. Then they get jobs at the monster extermination service Zom-B-Gone and have to deal with the fact that the king vampire that they're looking for is the ex of one of the guy's girlfriend.
The Brides of Dracula
In Transyvania the evil of Dracula still lives on in others. A young teacher accidentally unleashes another undead monster and it's up to Dr. Van Helsing (Peter Cushing) to take action and put an end to it.
Curse of the Werewolf
Oliver Reed gives a very intense performance as a poor soul who is cursed to becoming a werewolf under the full moon. This is how one actor can elevate a B-horror film to classic status.
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Post by Crowfan on May 18, 2009 20:17:33 GMT -5
Blood Creek. A popular magazine declares that the 58th spookiest place in the world is the Ashbrook Farm in the small town of Blood Creek. Legend has it that if you perform a specific ritual in the barn and the old house up the road, that you will see visions of Zeke Ashbrook, who killed his family and himself. A group of seven friends goes to the town to check it out. Pretty spooky, and recommended.
My Bloody Valentine 3-D. I ordered this and it came today(even though it doesn't come to stores until tomorrow)and it's pretty cool. The 3-D is great(the DVD comes with 4 pairs of glasses)and the other side of the DVD is the 2-D version. The second disk has special features. It's different than the original My Bloody Valentine, which is nice, but there are some tips of the cap to the original. Highly recommended.
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Post by Mighty Jack on May 19, 2009 0:32:53 GMT -5
Charlotte Gray While I'm right with Roger Ebert on Dark City, I part ways with him here. He gave it 2 and a half stars and said it had a story "you can't believe for a moment" Bite me Rog, and speak for yourself. Not only beleiveable but one of the best films I've ever seen. Very, VERY underated film about a woman who joins the British service and works undercover in France to undermine the Nazis.
In the extras Cate Blanchett spoke of one of the women who served in this branch and how she parachuted into France, as Cate's charcater did... so eat my shorts Ebert! lol
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Post by lisalovelace on May 20, 2009 12:26:44 GMT -5
Incubus. The one with John Cassavettes. A very strange film about some demon creature that rapes women through out the movie. He rapes them so brutely and leaves so much ejaculate that the cops are sure it has to be a gang of rapists combing the city. The acting is horrible, the story line hard to follow, the murders cheesy. It would make a great party game movie, however. If a person took a drink of beer everytime the word sperm was mentioned in this movie you'd be drunk about a 1/2 hour into it.
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Post by Joker on May 21, 2009 0:22:33 GMT -5
Just For The Hell Of It!
This is a Hershell Gordon Lewis movie where a violent and destructive gang lays waste to people and property for no apparent reason. Pretty pointless really...
By the way, Hershell Gordon Lewis was the man who tried to salvage Monster A Go-Go by trying to cut the incredible amount of footage that Bill Rebane (director of The Giant Spider Invasion) shot into the final film. He failed simply because you can't polish a turd. So it's no wonder that he used his "Sheldon Seymour" pseudonym.
However, I was still curious since I had seen Lewis' gore films. There's not much here really.
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Post by Crowfan on May 21, 2009 9:46:45 GMT -5
Incubus. The one with John Cassavettes. A very strange film about some demon creature that rapes women through out the movie. He rapes them so brutely and leaves so much ejaculate that the cops are sure it has to be a gang of rapists combing the city. The acting is horrible, the story line hard to follow, the murders cheesy. It would make a great party game movie, however. If a person took a drink of beer everytime the word sperm was mentioned in this movie you'd be drunk about a 1/2 hour into it. This used to be on cable all the time; but I haven't seen it for years. I remember it being weird and not very good.
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Post by Jack Burton on May 21, 2009 18:19:55 GMT -5
Terminator Salvation The short of it: An OK movie but you don't go into a Terminator movie thinking that it will merely be "OK". The long of it: thevideovacuum.livejournal.com/708441.html(Warning: Spoilers and Language)
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Post by angilasman on May 21, 2009 18:23:07 GMT -5
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Saw it on TCM last night. I can not believe I didn't see the ending coming!
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Post by Joker on May 22, 2009 1:52:35 GMT -5
Against the Dark (2009)
Steven Seagal vs. Vampires? I'm in. Then I watched this mess of a movie. If it had been made 20 years ago Seagal would be much more spry and deadly. It feels like a big mess to watch with ideas that go nowhere and are not that compelling anyway.
Seagal isn't even the main character here, just a supporting guy.
I wish MST3K was still on to lampoon this silliness.
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Post by Jack Burton on May 22, 2009 13:39:28 GMT -5
Against the Dark (2009)Steven Seagal vs. Vampires? I'm in. Then I watched this mess of a movie. If it had been made 20 years ago Seagal would be much more spry and deadly. It feels like a big mess to watch with ideas that go nowhere and are not that compelling anyway. Seagal isn't even the main character here, just a supporting guy. I wish MST3K was still on to lampoon this silliness. I thought it was hilarious how little screen time Seagal actually had in this. I honestly think he had more screen time in Executive Decision.
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Post by Captain Hygiene on May 23, 2009 0:17:20 GMT -5
Terminator Salvation The short of it: An OK movie but you don't go into a Terminator movie thinking that it will merely be "OK". The long of it: thevideovacuum.livejournal.com/708441.html(Warning: Spoilers and Language) I'm (very slightly) ashamed to say that I would still see this in theaters even if I knew full well it would be the cinematic equivalent of an ice cream headache.
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