Movies (recently seen)

[Ryan_DuBois]

Woohoo! Four-twenty!

[JJJ-thebanisher]

Woohoo! Four-twenty!

My birthday.

[Ryan_DuBois]

Sweet birthday.

[Ryan_DuBois]

I jumped on the bandwagon and saw Book of Eli. I didn't really care for the plot/characters, and it had a little bit of corniness (which is the number one killer of movies, in my humble opinion), but I still enjoyed it. The music and fight scenes combined to make it a suspenseful film.

Both Mila Kunis and the biblical quotes felt somewhat annoying, but I was able to look past them.

And I thought the twist was pretty amusing.

[ChubbyTeletubby]

I saw Kick-Ass on the recommendation of a friend. It was okay. Especially given the fact I didn't have to pay for it.

The beginning was funny. The violence was over the top.

Overall, I get the feeling it coulda been better. But I get that feeling about almost every movie.

It was pretty good though. I liked it.

[End Master]

I finally got around to seeing Kick Ass as well. It's a lot different than the comic book in places, but seeing as the movie was trying to be more "fun" that wasn't really a problem.

Overall the movie is a little more balanced when it comes to exploring the other characters like Hitgirl & Big Daddy and even the mob boss.

I liked the comic, but I liked the movie slightly more. Though I thought the subplot concerning the girl that Kick Ass liked might've been a little too upbeat when compared to the comic.

[Ryan_DuBois]

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

8

*MINOR SPOILERS*

It certainly topped the Friday the 13th remake, in my opinion, and it might have even been better than the Halloween remake; not a great film, but among the horror genre I guess this is about as good you can expect.

I've always like two things about Freddy, which put him a cut above the other super-serial-killers: he's completely perverted AND he can pop up just about anywhere. You could be doing your dishes one minute, and the next you might be lying on the floor while blood spews out from the stumps where your hands just were, and a quintuple of knive-laden fingers waves at your from the sink. With that damned Krueger, you just never know.

So did the film maintain these two things? The answer in both cases is yes, but expecially in the case of the former. Freddy is actually far MORE perverted in this film, being a creepy sadist who almost certainly molested a shitload of children (while I thought this made Freddy more entertaining, the girlfriend of that enigmatic "Original YazZMaN" maintained that it sucked, saying that no matter how perverted the original Freddy was, he was definitely not a creepy child-molestor). And he's still got the whole dirty mind-set as demonstrated in one scene where a victim says to Freddy: "Fuck you." and he replies that this "sounds like fun". As for popping up everywhere, our villian did do less of that, but his hand still made a cameo in a bathtub scene, so that was pretty cool.

Overall, it was probably slightly scarier and better than the original. The acting was alright, the plot was predictable, and the graphics were okay. But the movie as a whole was solid. Jackie Earle Haley was a good Freddy. Not perfect, but good. Which is good. Good, since he's playing Freddy in two more installments. Good.

There was some corn at the end. Just a little. I could turn a blind eye to it.

[End Master]

I saw it tonight as well, I thought it was alright. I still liked the Friday 13th and Halloween remakes better.

They did do a better job of establishing him as a child molester this time around. When Freddy got popular they seemed to always downplay his molester stuff, since people were more comfortable to enjoy him as "just" a child killer.

[Ryan_DuBois]

So wait... the original Kruegar DID definitely molest kids, then (before he got murdered)? I actually don't remember that, but it's not like I'm suprised or anything...

[End Master]

There's always been some debate about it between horror fans. As I remember I think Wes Craven said in an interview a long time ago he saw him as a child molester/killer, but again it's one of those things that people still debate about.

Personally I always saw him as a molester as well since he had a tendency to say demented things regarding his female victims. Though he probably got off on killing a lot more.

If you go by the movies, the first one sort of hints at it when he does the whole "I'm your boyfriend now." and tries to slide his tongue in Nancy's mouth through the phone. The other one where it's a little more apparent is the Freddy vs. Jason movie since he's a little more blatant about the sexual innuendo. (Licking the picture of a little girl, fucking the corpse of some dead teenager, etc)

[apotheosis]

Movie warning: The Human Centipede.

I don't know if anyone has mentioned it already (or if I have), but regardless, its worth saying again. Don't watch it. I watched a few of the more gruesome clips. First thing I've had to turn off because of how revolted I felt (and not because it was poorly done). But, if you really want to, last I checked it was on youtube.

[End Master]

I heard all about Human Centipede, and I absolutely MUST see this movie to see if it lives up to the "hardcore hype" since they're supposedly going to come out with a sequel involving more bodies.

Oh and speaking of "shocking movies". I saw Scrapbook (surprisingly it was available on netflix), it sucks and I've seen better pseudo-snuff movie attempts. The August Underground series did a better job.

[Ryan_DuBois]

I just saw The Road and I thought it was good. Not a perfect adaptation (the book is still easily the best), but way better than I had feared. It didn't hold back back on the gritty scenes.

Low on corn, too.

The music was almost annoying, but I didn't mind it too much. I definitely would have prefered it if they had gone the route of "No Country for Old Men" and not used music at all, though.

The only thing that really bothered me was that the voices seem too quiet. I'd recommend using subtitles. The film (like the book) is monotonous, so being able to catch the dialogue is pretty important.

[EDIT]

I've also been trying to rent this Human Centipede, but can't find it anywhere. For the life of me, I can't figure out why there's such a big taboo on this film.

So a couple of girls eat shit. So what? Doesn't anyone remember Two Girls, One Cup?

Even if it is as sick and twisted as people are making it out to be (I don't believe it is, based on the three or four clips I've watched), everyone's talking about how the doctor who "proved" it was medically accurate should have his license revoked and how the director should burn in Hell.

Can't a person eat shit on TV anymore?! Jesus Christ. And I was under the impression that the world was making moral progress...

[End Master]

I don't think it's just the shit eating (though Salo pretty much covered that a long time ago) but rather the horrific way in which it's done. Having your mouth fused to someone else's ass and then at the same time having someone else's mouth fused to your ass would be pretty fucked up.

*insert joke about people having their heads up their asses here*

My only concern about this is I already know about the novelty of the movie, so is there going to be enough other twistedness for me to enjoy it? I'm hoping the insane surgeon is entertaining throughout (ranting, telling sick stories while experimenting, etc), from the clips it seems like he might so I'm optimistic.

I figure I'm going to just roll the dice and buy it off the internet, because I doubt if I'm going to find it in any local Best Buy or someplace.

[Ryan_DuBois]

Hmm. For some reason it just doesn't gross me out; obviosly it would be awful to have your mouth stuck to another person's asshole, but things in the "Saw" movies (like poking out your own eye, splitting your arm and hand down the middle, etc.) are more unsettling to me.

Maybe it's the fact that this is the first movie to combine both twisted antatomical disfiguration AND shit-eating?

I just don't get it.

I do think The Doctor looks like he does his part well, though.