this is very 2000...
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static14 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 5:53 pm Curious to hear your thoughts on the other side @Bez!I didn't mind the puzzle box plot. But I had a very hard time to feel anything towards the main actors. Maybe I am just too old... Also the cenobites didn't impress at first. However, the last 40 minutes or so I found that it got better. Same for the score. Best part was hearing the original Hellraiser cuts :-)
static14 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:26 pm @Bez you didn't mind the new "tag you're it" aspect with the puzzle box?I actually hadn't thought of it like that. I did like the idea of multiple configurations, but yes, the idea that you can 'tag' some one is less appealing. Also now thinking of it, why can you be cut and still transfer the effect to some one else?
Bezulsqy wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 4:46 amWe're on the same page now. :)static14 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:26 pm @Bez you didn't mind the new "tag you're it" aspect with the puzzle box?I actually hadn't thought of it like that. I did like the idea of multiple configurations, but yes, the idea that you can 'tag' some one is less appealing. Also now thinking of it, why can you be cut and still transfer the effect to some one else?
Bezulsqy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 9:09 pmI quite enjoyed this. Fun bump at the end. I suspected something like what it was but not exactly what was going on and definitely got a good out loud laugh from me. Solid work I thought
Bezulsqy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 8:16 pm in 4K and haven't seen this since end of the 80s or beginning 90'sI watch this movie multiple times a year. The “controversy” regarding who directed it misses what feels like the real truth to me, which is whatever occurred behind the scenes created a situation where Hooper’s visceral and raw sensibilities complemented Spielberg’s yuppie fantasies and created something truly close to perfect. Well rounded characters, charming moments of comfortable humor, people you care about, fantastic effects, one of the finest scores in the genres history, LIKABLE child actors and genuine scares.
Caroll Ann's mother is very hot...
the image and sound of this UHD are fantastic
sometimes it feels more of a comedy than a horror... and than it is scary again...
Hatter313 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 7:04 pmHear hear!Bezulsqy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 8:16 pm in 4K and haven't seen this since end of the 80s or beginning 90'sI watch this movie multiple times a year. The “controversy” regarding who directed it misses what feels like the real truth to me, which is whatever occurred behind the scenes created a situation where Hooper’s visceral and raw sensibilities complemented Spielberg’s yuppie fantasies and created something truly close to perfect. Well rounded characters, charming moments of comfortable humor, people you care about, fantastic effects, one of the finest scores in the genres history, LIKABLE child actors and genuine scares.
Caroll Ann's mother is very hot...
the image and sound of this UHD are fantastic
sometimes it feels more of a comedy than a horror... and than it is scary again...
I find todays bad faith criticism and need for everything to be “perfect” or a “masterpiece” unbelievably boring BUT I do think watching the care that went into a movie like this from every angle goes to show that maybe sometimes we are missing something today.
I also think the second one is almost on par, but I’ll save that lonely soap box for another day
Also I have a particular affinity for The Univited (1944) and you can see its influence here a lot. I always smile when Diane says “smell that mimosa”
Hatter313 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 11:39 pm Checking this 4k of Fright NightThe amount of classics being upgrade to 4K over the last two years is a bit overwhelming. Stuff like Fright Night, Candyman, Night of the Living Dead, American Werewolf in London, Lifeforce, TCM2, etc. are all things I want to upgrade but can't justify at the moment. I upgraded TCM2 and probably will Lifeforce as I'm a bit of a Hooper fanatic but the Arrow blurays from just a few years ago of Candyman and Werewolf look spectacular. Night of the Living Dead from Criterion was mind blowing, at least with that one I can get it from the B&N half off sale.
Another film I find it difficult to put into words how much I love this movie. So so so many effortlessly perfect moments.
Dandridge sitting in the chair when Charlie comes home, his smirking charm throughout the whole movie
Ed’s transformation and final scene
Dandridge’s bark of laughter when confronted with the cross
The absolute treat McDowell gives us in Peter Vincent
“You’re out of time, Mr. Dandridge”
inksb wrote: ↑Mon Oct 10, 2022 12:28 pmOh I’m a little compulsive in that arena. Like you , I wasn’t going to bother with like American werewolf but then I ended up doing it anyway. I’m trying to keep it to my favorites and not go nuts, or movies that I never got around to getting on blu.Hatter313 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 09, 2022 11:39 pm Checking this 4k of Fright NightThe amount of classics being upgrade to 4K over the last two years is a bit overwhelming. Stuff like Fright Night, Candyman, Night of the Living Dead, American Werewolf in London, Lifeforce, TCM2, etc. are all things I want to upgrade but can't justify at the moment. I upgraded TCM2 and probably will Lifeforce as I'm a bit of a Hooper fanatic but the Arrow blurays from just a few years ago of Candyman and Werewolf look spectacular. Night of the Living Dead from Criterion was mind blowing, at least with that one I can get it from the B&N half off sale.
Another film I find it difficult to put into words how much I love this movie. So so so many effortlessly perfect moments.
Dandridge sitting in the chair when Charlie comes home, his smirking charm throughout the whole movie
Ed’s transformation and final scene
Dandridge’s bark of laughter when confronted with the cross
The absolute treat McDowell gives us in Peter Vincent
“You’re out of time, Mr. Dandridge”
What 4K upgrades have you made Hatter that you think are essential to make?
Bezulsqy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 10, 2022 12:48 pmI know I have sang this song a few times, even recently, but the opening credits here are my favorite Goldsmith cut ever.