FILM THREAD

[xkingbuzzox]

Jul 9, 2024 9:04:55 GMT -5 refill said:

I shushed a then girlfriend at a movie once. It didn't go well for me relationship-wise, but needed to let my fellow film goers know I'd run through a wall for them.

Had to do this during Grindhouse. The beginning of the end really but it needed to be done.

[xkingbuzzox]

Jul 8, 2024 17:59:15 GMT -5 dr strangelove said:

Slowly going through this set and having a blast. Just watched The Dragon Lives Again and don’t think anything will top it. ''Bruce Lee''s soul travels to another dimension where he teams up with Popeye, Cain from the Kung Fu TV show and The One Armed Swordsman… to eventually fight James Bond, Dracula and The Man with No Name amongst countless other rip-offs. This is gold. Only movie I was familiar with before buying the set was Challenge of the Tiger which I remember features a topless tennis game so I'm definitely looking forward to that one.

It's hot and muggy outside tonight and that has me in the mood for a re-watch of Blood Games

Dragon Lives Again was one of my first bootleg VHS purchases. I need to grab that set. I wen't through a big Bruce-sploitation phase.

Blood Games is really fun too.

[dr strangelove]

Jul 9, 2024 16:58:23 GMT -5 JDS said:

Jul 8, 2024 17:59:15 GMT -5 dr strangelove said:

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Slowly going through this set and having a blast. Just watched The Dragon Lives Again and don’t think anything will top it. ''Bruce Lee''s soul travels to another dimension where he teams up with Popeye, Cain from the Kung Fu TV show and The One Armed Swordsman… to eventually fight James Bond, Dracula and The Man with No Name amongst countless other rip-offs. This is gold. Only movie I was familiar with before buying the set was Challenge of the Tiger which I remember features a topless tennis game so I'm definitely looking forward to that one.

It's hot and muggy outside tonight and that has me in the mood for a re-watch of Blood Games

SPOILER: Click to show

I have watched Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth so many times that when I think of Bruce Lee, I only see Bruce Li. 

Haha. I hadn't realized how many Bruces there were before watching the documentary. Some guy from Germany said it was so bad over there that growing up he actually thought Bruce Lee was a fictional character. Producers were absolutely shameless in exploiting his death, there's even a movie that has a picture of Lee in his coffin on the poster. Most of these guys are good martial artists and I'm really enjoying watching the movies... it definitely helps that I tend to enjoy the trashier side of cinema. Bit of random horror nerd trivia, Bruce Le is the kung-fu instructor in Pieces. Gotta love good old Dick Randall.

[dr strangelove]

Jul 10, 2024 7:09:35 GMT -5 xkingbuzzox said:

Jul 8, 2024 17:59:15 GMT -5 dr strangelove said:

SPOILER: Click to show

Slowly going through this set and having a blast. Just watched The Dragon Lives Again and don’t think anything will top it. ''Bruce Lee''s soul travels to another dimension where he teams up with Popeye, Cain from the Kung Fu TV show and The One Armed Swordsman… to eventually fight James Bond, Dracula and The Man with No Name amongst countless other rip-offs. This is gold. Only movie I was familiar with before buying the set was Challenge of the Tiger which I remember features a topless tennis game so I'm definitely looking forward to that one.

It's hot and muggy outside tonight and that has me in the mood for a re-watch of Blood Games

SPOILER: Click to show

Dragon Lives Again was one of my first bootleg VHS purchases. I need to grab that set. I wen't through a big Bruce-sploitation phase.

Blood Games is really fun too.

Hell yes!! Missed your reply while I was replying to JDS. The set is awesome, well worth grabbing.

''Listen Draculer, your zombies can't stop me''

As for Blood Games, yes absolutely. It's wild that basically the whole town are misogynist rednecks, such a pleasure seeing some of those fuckers get their shit knocked in... amongst them a very drunk Buck Flower. Laura Albert kicks ass!!

[foggy]

The Bikeriders wasn't that great; Hardy is good, Butler is good, the supporting cast is good, but the story was pretty paper thin. I'm pretty disappointed in Nichols, I mean damn that's a lot of talent and it felt wasted. Maybe I'm being too harsh.

[dr strangelove]

Jul 10, 2024 8:22:51 GMT -5 foggy said:

The Bikeriders wasn't that great; Hardy is good, Butler is good, the supporting cast is good, but the story was pretty paper thin. I'm pretty disappointed in Nichols, I mean damn that's a lot of talent and it felt wasted. Maybe I'm being too harsh.

Seems like you enjoyed it!! Haven’t seen the movie, but it didn’t strike me as something that would have a great plot, just all about the vibe…. Easy Rider-esque perhaps? I could be totally off the mark.

[foggy]

It runs the Goodfellas playbook but with no character motivations. You can see the contrived and predictable plot points coming a mile away, but it's anchored by legit stars in Butler (who's motivations are completely unclear) and Hardy (who's arc makes little to no sense).

[variousmaterials]

Jul 10, 2024 8:22:51 GMT -5 foggy said:

The Bikeriders wasn't that great; Hardy is good, Butler is good, the supporting cast is good, but the story was pretty paper thin. I'm pretty disappointed in Nichols, I mean damn that's a lot of talent and it felt wasted. Maybe I'm being too harsh.

I'm with you on it. It just kinda fizzled. Not like I needed a grand ending or something, but it just felt like the energy and feel dissipated. I could see that being intentional to mimic the falling off of the early energy, gang, and culture, but it made the final third feel flat (to me).

Still enjoyed my watch, though, and came away generally liking the flick as a whole so *shrug*

Edit: Disagree on "contrived and predictable plot points," though. Of course you could see them coming, it's based on real life happenings that most everybody is familiar with. In a movie like this, that shouldn't matter.

[feelthedorkness]

Watched The Clovehitch Killer on netflix yesterday. A great little serial killer thriller.

I also watched When Marnie Was There and Boy and the Heron. WMWT was a really solid Ghibli flick but definitely not in the higher tiers of movies they have done. I really dug the Boy and the Heron. Although I thought Wind Rises was a great note to end a career on, this was like a great encore from a true master.

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Jul 10, 2024 8:42:35 GMT -5 variousmaterials said:

Jul 10, 2024 8:22:51 GMT -5 foggy said:

The Bikeriders wasn't that great; Hardy is good, Butler is good, the supporting cast is good, but the story was pretty paper thin. I'm pretty disappointed in Nichols, I mean damn that's a lot of talent and it felt wasted. Maybe I'm being too harsh.

I'm with you on it. It just kinda fizzled. Not like I needed a grand ending or something, but it just felt like the energy and feel dissipated. I could see that being intentional to mimic the falling off of the early energy, gang, and culture, but it made the final third feel flat (to me).

Still enjoyed my watch, though, and came away generally liking the flick as a whole so *shrug*

Edit: Disagree on "contrived and predictable plot points," though. Of course you could see them coming, it's based on real life happenings that most everybody is familiar with. In a movie like this, that shouldn't matter.

I didn't think it was a masterpiece by any means but feel like that is a misreading. The spawning of the biker culture was birthed in directionless people berthed into their clubs as escape.

That's why I loved all the ancillary characters getting time to talk who grew out or moved on versus someone like Shannon's character. He just keeps talking about his personal failures when everyone is joking around. This was all based on interviews.

You saw characters have the best of possibilities but remained distraught and tied up into a way of life that has no direction. Inevitably attract malcontents.

It absolutely grasped how subcultures as a vehicle operate while also being biography and timepiece.

I enjoyed it but predictability is not its fault.

I think bikers and the culture are stupid but I enjoyed this a lot.

[FEMA Sniper]

Gonna watch Gladiator 2 simply because finally a director learned that they would flood the coliseum to reenact naval battles.

[variousmaterials]

Jul 10, 2024 20:31:50 GMT -5 @dogdickrussia said:

Jul 10, 2024 8:42:35 GMT -5 variousmaterials said:

I'm with you on it. It just kinda fizzled. Not like I needed a grand ending or something, but it just felt like the energy and feel dissipated. I could see that being intentional to mimic the falling off of the early energy, gang, and culture, but it made the final third feel flat (to me).

Still enjoyed my watch, though, and came away generally liking the flick as a whole so *shrug*

Edit: Disagree on "contrived and predictable plot points," though. Of course you could see them coming, it's based on real life happenings that most everybody is familiar with. In a movie like this, that shouldn't matter.

I didn't think it was a masterpiece by any means but feel like that is a misreading. The spawning of the biker culture was birthed in directionless people berthed into their clubs as escape.

That's why I loved all the ancillary characters getting time to talk who grew out or moved on versus someone like Shannon's character. He just keeps talking about his personal failures when everyone is joking around. This was all based on interviews.

You saw characters have the best of possibilities but remained distraught and tied up into a way of life that has no direction. Inevitably attract malcontents.

It absolutely grasped how subcultures as a vehicle operate while also being biography and timepiece.

I enjoyed it but predictability is not its fault.

I think bikers and the culture are stupid but I enjoyed this a lot.

I didn't think I offered much of a reading beyond that I felt the energy fizzled in the final act. Although I get the sense that was intentional because that mimics how the original gang fell apart. They created this culture and as it grew and morphed into something bigger, denser, and out of their control, their energy around this way of life started to wane and they kinda just splinter off on their own over time. Everyone was into it for their own reasons (bikes, freedom, brotherhood, love for Hardy, sense of control over their lives, etc.), so as focus shifted away from those things, those folks just drifted away (or bought in).

Basically, I agree with you. Also, I was saying the plot predictability is a non-issue in response to foggy.

[Aaron]

Longlegs tickets locked in for Saturday at 4:15. Les go.

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My 7 pm screening tonight is sold out and the 8, 9 and 10 showtimes are about 75%.

I'm super excited.

[Aaron]

Jul 11, 2024 12:30:00 GMT -5 @dogdickrussia said:

My 7 pm screening tonight is sold out and the 8, 9 and 10 showtimes are about 75%.

I'm super excited.

Our showing is relatively empty at the moment, but assuming (and hoping) that changes. Would like to see this one packed out.

[foggy]

Jul 11, 2024 12:11:01 GMT -5 Aaron said:

Longlegs tickets locked in for Saturday at 4:15. Les go.

Flying into Boston on Saturday and immediately heading to the nearest AMC for this shit.  Going to have to stay off Twitter until then.

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Jul 11, 2024 13:51:00 GMT -5 foggy said:

Jul 11, 2024 12:11:01 GMT -5 Aaron said:

Longlegs tickets locked in for Saturday at 4:15. Les go.

Flying into Boston on Saturday and immediately heading to the nearest AMC for this shit.  Going to have to stay off Twitter until then.

Go to the one on the Common. You gonna see a Royals game?

[foggy]

Lol yep, on Sunday my friend.

[RealVile]

Jul 9, 2024 20:19:06 GMT -5 I Gave You Power said:

Tried to see the Quiet Place prequel again tonight after last week’s debacle…. LOL.

Concession area was SWARMED with teenagers (and the only other movie showing this late was (weirdly) Despicable Me so I know they were here for AQP. Said ok, lemme say fuck concessions and just grab my ticket in the app.

Theater was 70% full. Movies (even shit like Dune, Mad Max and other stuff their first week of open) on Tuesday nights near me at the closest Regal theatre are typically like… 5% full.

So I just said fuck it and wen't out to grab a beer instead. Guess I’m not seeing this in theaters because now Maxxine is out and we’ve got Twisters, Longlegs, Romulus and some other shit coming out in the next month so I’m not gonna keep kicking the can down the road.

Sucks.

you left because the cinema was busy?

[Frederik]

Watched All That Jazz after wanting to see if for a while. Absolute banger.

[thezman]

Jul 11, 2024 20:25:40 GMT -5 Frederik said:

Watched All That Jazz after wanting to see if for a while. Absolute banger.

Finally saw Cabaret recently. Bob Fosse is a freak and has my utmost respect. ('All That Jazz' is a better movie but the man is seriously on one.)

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Longlegs was good, not great. Everyone in it ruled. Cinematography, tension and atmosphere are top notch.

Wish insufferable dorks would stop laughing at every awkward moment that builds that tension. Same hooting idiots laughing during the Deadpool trailer. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Worth a theater watch but wasn't that scary. Just good vibes typical of all the contemporary stuff.

*Cage was unrecognizable in every way and truly creepy. Not in typical manic Cage fashion.

[thezman]

I wager that a lot of people are going to be disappointed by this movie, Longlegs.

How was Cage?

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Jul 11, 2024 20:51:46 GMT -5 thezman said:

I wager that a lot of people are going to be disappointed by this movie, Longlegs.

How was Cage?

A+. I mean he is truly an entire different entity in this. Haven't seen a transformation like that quite some time.

I think they could've been a bit more ambitious with it. The third act gets pretty weird and took a familiar route off.

I enjoyed it and was way above average as it had a lot working for it. Crappy theater experience and a sort of eh ending. I think a solid 3.5/5

[Jack Hard]

Just got back from Longlegs. I had no expectations going in, i had no idea what it was about. A very very very generous 3 out of 10. Just watch Seven or even 8MM.

[burp]

gonna peep longlegs tomorrow. I mean it was obvious nothing ever lives up to hype, but whoever was in charge of the marketing should be some kind of big time award.

[thezman]

OKay but the director was this guy in 'Legally Blonde':



Does your rating stay the same?

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Horror is a fickle mistress and this tried to be two things at once.

I think if you accept it as an atmospheric procedural and a supernatural horror you can get something out of it.

If you wish it was one or the other then you'll be disappointed.

Edit: I just realized this is so much like Exorcist 3 which is what I think this was going for. Watch that if you want both pulled off very well.

[Jack Hard]

Jul 11, 2024 21:03:42 GMT -5 @dogdickrussia said:

Horror is a fickle mistress and this tried to be two things at once.

I think if you accept it as an atmospheric procedural and a supernatural horror you can get something out of it.

If you wish it was one or the other then you'll be disappointed.

I loved how it looked and the atmosphere. I'm not mad at anyone enjoying it. I think everyone should go in with an open mind. Some excellent scenes. I'm glad I saw it opening night for sure

[thezman]

Jul 11, 2024 21:03:42 GMT -5 @dogdickrussia said:

Exorcist 3

Underrated movie *salute emoji*

Rewatched 'Blue Velvet' last night. I wonder if in 1986 people thought Lynch was going to be an eccentric De Palma. Lots in common with 'Body Double' (as both could be interpreted as Hitchcock influenced.) I think if 'Blue Velvet' was shot in b&w it would be more obvious that it is basically a fifties movie shot in the eighties.