A place for you to talk about movies / Blu Rays and anything related.

Moderators: lazyben, static14, texasvinyl

User avatar
By Bezulsqy
#118572
Vittorio Salerno's 1975 Fango bollente a.k.a. Savage Three
score by Franco Campanino

Image
User avatar
By ScoJo
#118596
Get some, @deaf! I enjoyed it immensely in the theatre (tho pretty sure it has some problems which would be more noticeable on 2nd viewing.)

Now watching:
IMG_0381.JPG
IMG_0381.JPG (422.86 KiB) Viewed 3327 times
THE FOURTH MAN
70s surrealistic Verhoeven thriller, one of my faves. Such a heady atmosphere, feels like you're in the mind of the permanently soused, horny main guy.
I just love everything about 70s/80s cinema from Netherlands/Belgium. All that liberation, mixed with deep Catholic repression!! :D
User avatar
By inksb
#118600
I have never seen The Fourth Man. Added to the list.

@deaf, did you like The Predator? I thought it was quite enjoyable, it has a some problematic moments in the film, in particular the finale has some questionable choices (a certain death happening so fast, you blink and you miss it). But over all it got way more shit than it deserved.

And speaking of films getting more shit than they deserve....

Image

The monster spectacle on display here is beautiful. I had so much fun watching this film last night. After the credits rolled, a friend and I went to a bar, had a few beers and just geeked out over the stupid shit we just watched. I don't always have time to go out after watching a film and discuss it with some one, I miss that. Back to the film. I feel like this one is unfairly being criticized for the "human" parts of the film. This is a giant monster movie, stuff needs to be set up so we can get our giant set pieces. It sets out and accomplishes exactly what it's trying to do. It's not high art, it's a summer blockbuster. I don't think a lot of these critics have a seen more than one or two Godzilla films, most of them are dumb, poorly acted and boring until you get to the monster action. I just watched Godzilla Vs Destoroyah last week, widely considered one of the best Godzilla films. Guess what, it's boring as hell until we get to the big monster action in the last hour. Godzilla King of the Monsters is a dumb film, very dumb. The writing is bad, it feels like it went through too many drafts to get the dialog distilled down to the simplest lines. I was sure I was going to see 6 writers on the film (only two credited). There is just about every big budget summer blockbuster cliche possible in this one but it never takes itself too seriously and when you think it is they let you in on the joke. The CG is pretty incredible through out the entire film, most big CG spectacles have certain areas where you can tell they didn't put budget or time into (happens in Marvel movies all the time) but this one was impressive all the way through. King Ghidora looks so good, his serpent like movements close to the ground, coiling around Godzilla. And the sound design was unreal, this will put your home theater systems to the test when it comes out on home video. Bear McCreary's soundtrack was alright, he does some nice flourishes, neat little re-uses of the original them and some nice original moments too, these are kind of marred by some of the insanely generic cues he used during a lot of the dramatic moments. I had a blast watching it and hope people can lighten the hell up and enjoy it too. I can't wait to see what Adam Winguard does with Kong Vs Godzilla.
User avatar
By deafmetal
#118606
Ah, fellas, ugh, maybe I just wasn't in the right mood, but El Depredador was just not for me. Even the ultrameta jokes like "get to the choppa" were falling flat. I might have exhausted my supply of patiently waiting for the monster action at the screening of Godzilla: KoM over the weekend... haha.
User avatar
By inksb
#118607
I just don't get the thought process behind revisiting a franchise that are known for monsters and then giving the audience, 15% of the run time monster action and the rest human interaction that no one gives a flying fuck about. Now with The Predator, I enjoyed the rag tag misfits so it didn't bother me as much but there still should have been more Predator action. Godzilla KOM has a long period in the middle of the film that feels very drawn out (even though it really isn't) because it lacks monster action. Alien reboots/preboots/prethreseequeels are all guilty of this. I get it, the monsters cost money, but so do those actors, cut their screen time and put it into the monster budget!
User avatar
By Hatter313
#118630
yeah i just picked both of those up about an hour ago...even my completist nature was able to resist those other two haha.
User avatar
By maxlevel
#118656
New batman artwork done by a psychopath? Check

I finally got into the Lone Wolf and Cub box set last night. Sword of Vengeance! Not actually seen the original series before despite a mild obsession with Shogun Assassin as a stand alone.
User avatar
By ScoJo
#118660
On a huge Mamet rewatch currently - House of Games, Homicide, Heist so far... and now this slice of highly entertaining/actually pretty convincing weirdness:

spector.jpg
spector.jpg (233.05 KiB) Viewed 3260 times
User avatar
By Bezulsqy
#118682
Mamet you say... to me that does not ring a bell. I am looking now at the movies he is involved with and I don't understand why that name in itself does not click with me.
House of Games looks like a movie worth checking out together with my girlfriend. She is a disaster with movies. Does not like scifi/fantasy/action/film noir/gore/... Any tips for us to watch? Looking at the thriller/drama genre. Especially 70s and 80s or 90s. Most 70s good ones I think we have seen. Think of movies like Network, Coma, Dead Calm.
User avatar
By Bezulsqy
#118686
Damiano Damiani's 1971 Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica a.k.a. Confessions of a Police Captain
score by Riz Ortolani

Image
User avatar
By Bezulsqy
#118693
Stelvio Massi's 1978 Il commissario di ferro a.k.a. The Iron Commissioner
score by Lallo Gori
starring Maurizio Merli

Image
User avatar
By inksb
#118694
I'm a fan of Dagon, even though it's far from perfect, it's quite enjoyable. If Stuart had been able to not be tethered to the Spanish production limitations and cast a better lead, I think it would have been a classic.

I started the first two episodes of Chernobyl. Damn. I live with in 50 miles of a nuclear power plant. It sets an eerie fear into you thinking about this happening again.

Saturday evening I decided to watch this

Image
Class of 1999 was a blast. Stacey Keach & Pam Grier killing it. Josh Miller playing his usual role at the time. Lots of great practical effects. I got scolded by the wife after it was over because I had been "holding out on her" even though I've tried to get her to watch it a bunch of times, the title just wasn't an easy sell apparently.

I followed that up with another Pam Grier film

Image

It's a classic, I haven't seen it in quite a few years and it holds up quite well.
User avatar
By Bezulsqy
#118696
Nice ones @Inksb. I have not seen those. So much more ploitation to check out :-)

just now finished this one
Umberto Lenzi's 1977 Il cinico, l'infame, il violento a.k.a. The Cynic, the Rat & the Fist
score by Franco Micalizzi
starring Maurizio Merli, Thomas Milian and John Saxon

Image
User avatar
By Bezulsqy
#118700
Massimo Dallamano's 1973 Si può essere più bastardi dell'ispettore Cliff? a.k.a. Super Bitch a.ka. Mafia Junction
starring Ivan Rassimov and Stephanie Beacham
score by Riz Ortolani

Image
User avatar
By ScoJo
#118702
Bezulsqy wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2019 10:51 am Mamet you say... to me that does not ring a bell. I am looking now at the movies he is involved with and I don't understand why that name in itself does not click with me.
House of Games looks like a movie worth checking out together with my girlfriend. She is a disaster with movies. Does not like scifi/fantasy/action/film noir/gore/... Any tips for us to watch? Looking at the thriller/drama genre. Especially 70s and 80s or 90s. Most 70s good ones I think we have seen. Think of movies like Network, Coma, Dead Calm.
Belatedly, Bez - here's a few recommendations of personal faves for yourself and the Good Lady. Mostly crime or neo-noir, from 70s or a bit later, but most have a 70s vibe for sure:

Taking of Pelham 123
The Parallax View
The Laughing Policeman
Klute
The Conversation
The Silent Partner
Miami Blues
The Kill-Off
The Hot Spot
This World, Then The Fireworks
Into the Night
The Star Chamber
Night Moves (1975)
Runaway Jury
The Firm
The Music of Chance
The Spanish Prisoner
Heist (2000)
Black Widow
Breathless (1983)
U-Turn
Cape Fear (1991)
Search and Destroy
The Hot Rock
The Limey
Out of Sight
The Underneath
Blood Simple
After Dark My Sweet
One False Move
Devil in a Blue Dress
Lantana
The Last Seduction
Red Rock West
State of Grace
Jennifer Eight
Malice
Against All Odds
Eight Million Ways to Die
The Bedroom Window
The Big Easy
Betrayed
Body Heat
Best Seller
Cop
Q & A
Cutter's Way (My all-time fave film btw!)
Frantic
The Getaway (1972)
Jagged Edge
Kill Me Again
Still of the Night
Mike's Murder
No Way Out
Sea of Love
Slam Dance
Straight Time
Year of the Dragon
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
User avatar
By Hatter313
#118704
I say this with all seriousness, authenticity and intent, Taking of Pelham 123 is perhaps the most "New York" movie ever made. If you want a real feel for what this city was and in many places still is and could only pick one movie...this one might be the one. I am open to arguments, but very few movies about New York feature such a perfect cross section of classes than this one, and no finer collection of the varied New York accents has ever been assembled.
User avatar
By ScoJo
#118714
Bezulsqy wrote: ↑Tue Jun 11, 2019 4:43 pm @ScoJo
Thank you very much! I can work with that :-)
Haha.... yeah, sorry for 'over-responding' a bit there ;) It's a subject that I shouldn't be started on most of the time tbh, I'm a fully signed up fan of such fare. And funnily enough, the same here- my gf and I only really watch crime/rom com stuff together.
User avatar
By Hatter313
#118716
@scojo, I came across malice randomly when some band a friend showed me used Alec Baldwin’s “I am god” speech as an opener. I’d never even heard of it and it became an instant fav. I think roger ebert said it was the only movie he’d ever seen where there was a serial killer subplot just thrown in simply for atmosphere

(Also pre saw tobin bell, who was just always that sinister looking I guess)

It’s a wild movie, bill pullman has a rough time of it haha.
  • 1
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 314