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i saw it as a kid too, the atmosphere was crazy captivating.. not really horror movie like but suspense kind of tension. it's only seeing it again did i realise what the film really meant. that's why it ended like that rather than some spaceship leaving or whatever

Signs has this almost paranoia feel to it's atmosphere. I love it.

there's also a theory about [sp]holy water and demons[/sp]: [url]http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2012/08/This-theory-will-make-you-rethink-everything-about-M-Night-Shyamalans-SIGNS[/url] i was always convinced that the alien was never this magnificent thing but a symbol really.

[B]Party Monster (dir. Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, 2003)- 7.5/10[/B] Macauley Culkin's first role as an adult actor, he is both kind of terrible and kind of great? Same goes for the film although the film delves in the deep ends of both- it's kind of badly made, the editing and cinematography are pretty amateur (and I think it was filmed at 30fps on camcorder which gives it a very film student feel. I don't know if it was intentional, I guess it was cos the budget was $5 mil so they could afford decent camera gear. it does make sense though given the drug addled trashy sleaziness of the whole film, and it's based in the early 90s so it fits with the time period) but I liked the story a lot and there are some really really great scenes in the film even if some are pretty weak. The film is based off the Club Kids fad in the early 90's, started by a small group of people who dressed in very outrageous and transgressive ways, partying every night and doing all kinds of drugs. It was all about that glamour lifestyle but taking it further? We follow the two leaders of the movement, played by Macauley Culkin and Seth Green (who is very good). I really loved the transgressive style that flowed throughout the film, both through the amazing costumes and the characters that broke away from gender and sexuality stereotypes- the Club Kids world is one without labels, no men or women, no straight or gay, everyone is who they want and what they want. I love that. Granted they're all massive junkies doing far far too many of the wrong kind of drugs (things like heroin, coke, ket... Ecstacy too but I mean they're club goers lol), but they had the right idea outside of that lmao. Macauley Culkin was interesting in that he was a great choice and nailed the role but also there were times where his fakeness was too much. I'm pretty sure there were a couple times where he was literally reading his lines off a card or something. Like he didn't have any real "acting" going on just delivering the lines as they came. Not all the time, there were some moments he was good. I think he was unconventionally good in this role- looking at it from a "normal" perspective he kinda sucked but he was also perfect. Given who he's portrayed he is great. It also feels like a natural role for him? The kind of strange, queer (pretty sure he is not queer but he seems close to queer culture in ways), gender-role breaking counterculture that this was. It does feel right for him given his personality and that he's worked with Harmony Korine and is kind of a weird dude. It fit. I liked that it does. He looks great in this, he rocks all the weird and cool fashion, despite his strange acting he always had this aura around him, he was very sensual and sexy the whole film but that just might be cos im a big weirdo lol (some of his looks are goals forreal) Chloe Sevigny is also in this and she is *_* although as with Zodiac she doesn't get a lot of screentime. She's one of my favourites but never really gets big roles :( I think this film is worth a watch if you're interested in something strange and glowing in flamboyance but interestingly is not cringily campy at all, and worth watching for the interesting and good cast as well. I'm not so sure many people will like it as much as I did though since I appreciated it in a lot ways that are personally relevant more than anything, not to say I only liked it for those reasons. It's a lot of fun but can get pretty dark with the drug use and illegal activities, but it's quirky and has great characters. [editline]25th October 2014[/editline] it also starts off weird and surreal and kind of not very good but picks up reasonably quickly and the second half of the film is really good

I thought I'd write about all the stuff I've watched lately. I'm not sure what to rate them, but they were all interesting and worth watching I thought. [B]The Short Films of David Lynch:[/B] I had this on DVD for a couple of years and never got around to watching it till last week. My roommate and I watched through them back to back. They were: Six Men Getting Sick Not really a film, just a very short moving painting. Creepy but there's not a lot to say about it. It was a student art project, enough said. The Alphabet Lynch sets himself up here as a kind of demented Terry Gilliam doing stop motion. Sort of a successor to the previous film, apparently it was based on a nightmare a young girl had. There's lots of childlike imagery juxtaposed with sexual imagery, all with a kind of diseased look to it. Fairly interesting. The Grandmother This feels like the first short on the DVD to surpass the student art phase. It seems like a precursor to Eraserhead in some ways, and there's lots of very memorable imagery. It almost felt based on early films, there's colour but it's very sparse and the actors are painted to look black and white. This was used to disturbing effect with a bright red stain on a boy's bed where he wet himself. There's also sound, but no dialogue. It seemed like Lynch's portrayal of an abusive childhood from the perspective of a child. I got some Jodorowsky vibes from the way the actors emoted through body language, and the young boy wearing a tuxedo. There's also more animation showing a clear progression from the previous films. The Amputee This one felt fairly arbitrary. The AFI was testing two types of video, so Lynch recorded a woman writing a mundane letter while a nurse drains her leg stumps. Disgusting but uncomplicated, sort of a novelty film. The Cowboy and the Frenchman This one came completely out of nowhere. A silly comedy sketch which plays with cultural differences, slapstick and the audience's expectations. I laughed my ass off at some of it, and it was a welcome break from the grimness which had preceeded it. It was also an interesting demonstration of Lynch's fascination with Americana and kitsch. It reminded me of something the Kids in the Hall would do. It was fairly slow-moving though, and perhaps could've done with a quicker pace. Lumiere This is what happens when Lynch is given the original camera invented a century ago and allowed to film whatever he wants provided it's within 52 seconds and contains no more than three cuts. It packs quite a punch for something so short and has some great imagery, giving you just enough details to imagine your own version of the story. Following this my roommate was curious to see Eraserhead, so we watched that too. [B]Eraserhead:[/B] Probably his most bizarre work still, and I'd forgotten how relentlessly unsettling it was. Every moment is designed to make you as uncomfortable as possible, and it takes its sweet time in every scene to make sure you endure the nightmare. Definitely a difficult film to watch, but I think that's the point. Apparently Lynch had just become a father while he was making this, and I think the film clearly shows some of his paranoid feelings about the whole thing. Not for everyone, but it's probably the closest thing I've seen to a nightmare captured on celluloid, and I think it might've been Lynch's. [B]Vampire's Kiss:[/B] All I knew about this film is that Nicolas Cage loses his shit in it, but I wasn't prepared for just how insane he gets. I've got to hand it to him, he was extremely fun to watch and I laughed my ass off. It was a great black-comedy and had a unique, off-beat feel to it. [B]Battle Royale:[/B] I hadn't seen this in years so I watched it again with my roommate. I still enjoyed the hell out of it, and I've always liked how thought-provoking it is. It zig zags between tragedy and melodrama throughout, but I feel like it's appropriate given that it's a film all about the relationships between a class of teenagers. Perhaps I'm just being generous, but I still like it a lot, and it's full of memorable scenes.

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;46323866]Mel Gibson was fine, but both him and Joaquin Phoenix (and pretty much every actor in that movie) had what I call Hayden Christensen syndrome. They're far from being bad actors, but nobody can pull off a good scene when the writing as awful as it is in Signs. I almost can't even enjoy it on a campy level. It's certainly not the worst movie ever, but it's still pretty bad, at least in my eyes. I'm not gonna make you stop enjoying the movie or anything, I just didn't like it very much. Even when it first came out and I was around 10 years old and easily scared.[/QUOTE] this scene was gold what are you on [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27qUO8_9uT0[/media]

Zodiac 5/5 Since Mikey brought it up, I decided to give it a watch since I couldn't decide on anything else. Still a very intriguing film from Fincher covering the investigation of the Zodiac Killer. Like Mikey said, it's very well crafted. The script and pacing are incredibly solid where a movie that jumps around from investigation to investigation can become convoluted or plodding. And the cast rocks as well, especially considering how many people are in this. Out of the three main characters, there's an impressive supporting cast as memorable as the rest. Great film.

[b]Frank - 10/10[/b] Holy fucking christ do I love this movie. Starts off as a weird comedy, but the last act takes a major turn. All the characters you originally may dislike suddenly have this clarity about them. The soundtrack is strange and amazing, and Fassbender plays one hell of a part. The meaning gets a little murky, but it's a movie you'd definitely watch again so that shouldn't be a problem. Don't want to spoil anything, so I'll leave it at "Ginger nobody joins eccentric band".

For some reason Zodiac is one of those movies I can watch all the time and it never gets old.

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;46324199]In my eyes, there's only three that really count, but I have yet to see Land of the Dead, which I've heard is a lot of fun, especially compared to "Diary of the Dead" and "Survival of the Dead" which--take it from me-- were utter shit.[/QUOTE] Go see LotD. It doesn't live up to the originals (obviously) but it's still pretty damn good. Diary and Survival on the other hand are, as you said, completely useless.

land of the dead is the worst

Another Mel Brooks double feature last night. Blazing Saddles - 8/10 Mel Brooks, what did the fourth wall ever do to you? Yeah, you already weren't very kind to it in other movies but the climax takes it and breaks its spine over its knees it goes so over the top. Practically everything works and it's one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Young Fr[del]a[/del]onkenst[del]ei[/del]ien - 9/10 This is probably Mel Brooks's best out of the movies I've seen. It's bizarre how it's holy-god hilarious at one time and surprisingly serious in the next. And as much as I like Gene Wilder in this, Marty Feldman as Igor absolutely KILLS. I fucking love his performance in this, it's amazing. His mannerisms, his dialog, the switching of his hump, he overshadows practically everyone else in any scene he's in, he's just so good.

[QUOTE=UnidentifiedFlyingTard;46325654]For some reason Zodiac is one of those movies I can watch all the time and it never gets old.[/QUOTE] Yep. Along with No Country for Old Men, Goodfellas, and Memento, and Zodiac, I watched these films like 5-6 times [I]each[/I], inside a single month. (I was really bored in Portugal with my brother. :v:)

Speaking of Fincher, I haven't seen his adaptation of Dragon Tattoo, but the idea of translating the dialogue to English, but keeping the location and character names Swedish just sounds absurd to me

[QUOTE=gary spivey;46326688]Speaking of Fincher, I haven't seen his adaptation of Dragon Tattoo, but the idea of translating the dialogue to English, but keeping the location and character names Swedish just sounds absurd to me[/QUOTE] I dunno, it didn't really bother me when I was watching probably because I'm from the UK, where we all just assume the rest of the EU speaks English with slight accents

i'm kind of indifferent about english accents from foreign folk. like The Pianist, the accent kind of varies from English to Polish and it never bothered me. Maybe if it was in Polish then it'd be more raw and gritty but it was still good all the same..

Whiplash This was a bumpy ride, one that had me gripped the entire time. There were points where I really wasn't sure where it was going, and there were tiny moments where JK Simmons' character's writing felt just a tiny bit over the top, but by the end I had fallen for it. And holy fuck, what a perfect ending. Right until it happened I was not convinced it had the strength to pull something of that quality off, but it did it. [B]9.3/10[/B]

Annabelle: 3/10. Would be lower, but it had two parts that genuinely freaked me out. Otherwise, completely avoidable. Her: 8/10 (unfinished.) Got distracted half way through, but saw it all to the end. Definitely need to rewatch with my full attention, but from the bits I can piece together, I really enjoyed it. It feels great to finally have a "favorite romance movie" besides True Romance. :v: Enemy: 7/10 (unfinished) Got distracted through this one as well, but ended up turning it off because my partner wanted to go to sleep. Very intriguing, very slow, very perplexing, very yellow. I just hope the ending is worth the wait.

The scene at the fair when she's making him spin around and walk forward and stuff is iconic.

Fury - 7.5/10 I all in all found it to be a good WW2 movie. The Tiger scene was well done, but I found most of the action to be pretty generic, especially the ridiculous ending. Good acting from everyone though, especially LaBeouf and Bernthal.

im the weird kind of trash that will see a film entirely because Shia LaBeouf is in it good to hear he is not shit (not that he is actually a shit actor anyway) [editline]25th October 2014[/editline] Enemy is really good probably my #1 of 2014 so far. need to watch it again. [B]Kill Your Darlings (dir. John Krokidas, 2013)- 7/10[/B] Definitely a good movie, an interesting and pretty unique look at the Beat Generation writers that arose in the 1950's. This film actually goes further back, to the 40's, during their time in University (college?) where the writers all met and came up with their philosophies and so on. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as Allen Ginsberg, writer of famous poem [I]Howl[/I], during his university years where he meetsWilliam S Burroughs, Jack Karuac, and Lucien Carr (Dane DeHaan). The main story focuses on Ginsberg and Carr leading up to the murder of professor David Kammerer (Michael C. Hall) who is likely an ex-lover of Carr's who continues to pursue him, much to Carr's dislike, as they and other writers in their group come up with their manifesto and try to break the rules of storytelling, come up with a new way to write, as a kind of anti-establishment rebellion against the fascism of the rules of normalised writing. (there is a moment where Carr goes on about how the rules etc are fascism) A strong film and while it wouldn't have made my top 10 of last year I do think it'd be top 20. It's interesting to see these people younger as most people know of them for the years to come, seeing the seeds of Burroughs' drug abuse that would go on to bring him into a life of crime and very strong heroin addiction during which time he wrote Junkie and Naked Lunch was interesting. He's the only one I really know anything about so I can't comment on the rest in that sense. Which is maybe a good thing, though, as it shows the film absolutely stands on its own and you don't need to know the peoples' works to enjoy the film (the only Beat Generation literature I've read was Naked Lunch so my knowledge is very limited)

Lawless is a decent one with Shia Labeouf I'm not a fan of him really but I guess it's good hes moving on from just being "Transformer Guy"

Yea hes good in that. I really like the film, there's something brilliant about John Hillcoat I can't quite put my finger on. Great filmmaker. He was pretty good in Nymphomaniac too and it was nice he had a big role but his English accent was the worst lmao

[QUOTE=TheFilmSlacker;46328448]Her was the best movie of 2013 for me personally. I'd definitely watch it again.[/QUOTE] I completely agree. Pretty much everything Spike Jonze has directed is great, Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and then Where The Wild Things Are.

Edge of Tomorrow. 10/10 fucking loved it.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;46326186]Another Mel Brooks double feature last night. Blazing Saddles - 8/10 Mel Brooks, what did the fourth wall ever do to you? Yeah, you already weren't very kind to it in other movies but the climax takes it and breaks its spine over its knees it goes so over the top. Practically everything works and it's one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Young Fr[del]a[/del]onkenst[del]ei[/del]ien - 9/10 This is probably Mel Brooks's best out of the movies I've seen. It's bizarre how it's holy-god hilarious at one time and surprisingly serious in the next. And as much as I like Gene Wilder in this, Marty Feldman as Igor absolutely KILLS. I fucking love his performance in this, it's amazing. His mannerisms, his dialog, the switching of his hump, he overshadows practically everyone else in any scene he's in, he's just so good.[/QUOTE] Now for your next Mel Brooks double feature (if you can) Go for some of his older works, like Silent Movie and High Anxiety, or The Producers. Or if you want his more recent works, there's Robin Hood: Men In Tights and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (which is the last film he directed).

A Most Wanted Man - 8/10 One of Philip Seymour Hoffman's last movies. Fuckin' A+ Actor, and what an amazing movie. Such a respectable job he fulfills in nearly every role. RIP.

[QUOTE=Pops;46329260]Now for your next Mel Brooks double feature (if you can) Go for some of his older works, like Silent Movie and High Anxiety, or The Producers. Or if you want his more recent works, there's Robin Hood: Men In Tights and Dracula: Dead and Loving It (which is the last film he directed).[/QUOTE] We're not going for a Mel Brooks double feature next time (the guy I watch movies with sometimes just admitted to never having seen The Room so that needs to be fixed) but I suppose we can throw The Producers in there. Speaking of, how's the remake?

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;46329486]We're not going for a Mel Brooks double feature next time (the guy I watch movies with sometimes just admitted to never having seen The Room so that needs to be fixed) but I suppose we can throw The Producers in there. Speaking of, how's the remake?[/QUOTE] it's absolutely ridiculous just as long as you don't think of it as being necessarily a remake (there are some changes) but i guess more of a reimagining? anyways i love it.

Has anyone seen John Wick yet?