What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)

[Naïve Old Fart 9,516]

I was going to watch this, but stopped being interested, after I read the words "Zack Snyder's".

[A24 4,331]

 

Too bad, Richard, even his strongest haters like Edmilson and Koray can enjoy this one. It's quite un-Snyder-like.

 

 

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/dawn-of-the-dead-masterpiece/

 

https://screenrant.com/dawn-dead-2004-zack-snyder-best-movie/

[GerateWohl 4,357]

7 hours ago, filmmusic said:

I've started my Halloween month of horror films.

 

Dawn of the dead (1978)

I fell asleep after 45 minutes.

7.8 at imdb for this??? 

It as well highly depends on which edit you get to watch. There is a pretty cut down official version available, then the theatrical uncut version of Argento, the theatrical uncut version of Romero and an extended cut with all scenes from both theatrical version and an ultimate cut consisting of the extended cut plus anything they ever found, that didn't make it into any version. I haven't seen them all. But this movie is a bloody masterpiece. And the remake is great and probably the only Snyder movie, I like. But Romero just liked the beginning and was bored by the rest. Even though it's better than all his recent zombie efforts.

[Sweeping Strings 2,357]

I didn't make it to the end of Dawn Of The Dead either when I tried to watch it ... eh, reckon that more recent zombie (and consumer capitalist satire)  stuff with higher production values etc just made it seem kinda cheesy to me. Probably would've had more of an impact if I'd seen it in my teens on VHS in the Eighties.  

[crocodile 8,006]

I watched the recent 4K set a couple of weeks ago and thought it was brilliant. It was my first time. Not everything works but the overall satirical angle worked very well.

 

Karol

[Edmilson 7,436]

6 hours ago, AC1 said:

Too bad, Richard, even his strongest haters like Edmilson and Koray can enjoy this one. It's quite un-Snyder-like.

 

My favorite Snyder movie, followed by Watchmen.

[filmmusic 1,826]

2nd day of my Halloween marathon:

 

 

Slow burner, but it has a great atmosphere.

 

[GerateWohl 4,357]

Saw yesterday The Torn Curtain for the first time completely from beginning to end and was quite excited about John Addison's brillant score. I wished there would be a good re-recording. Is there one?

[Naïve Old Fart 9,516]

@GerateWohl, isn't the gas oven scene squirm-inducingly tense?

[Jay 37,352]

 

Hot Shots: Part Deux

 

Oh man, this is as much of a hoot as the first film!  Both are full of laughs, swiftly paced, and don't go on for any longer than they have to (both are rolling the end credits well before the 90 minute mark)

 

Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, and Valeria Golino all return and are just as funny (I like that they kept the running bit with Golino's jokes), and even Ryan Stiles (who had a brief, unrecognizable role in the first movie) gets to play a new character that was a lot of fun.  They are joined by Richard Crenna, Miguel Ferrer, Rowan Atkinson and many others all of whom are funny, especially Ferrer.

 

The plot is better than the first one, and parodying Rambo and other war type movies gives them a broader brush to paint with than largely sticking to a Top Gun parody in the first one.  Lots of great sight gags throughout. 

 

These 2 films are just as good as the Naked Gun films!  Now, on to Airplane 1 and 2, and Top Secret!

 

It's on HBO Max

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Probably my favorite comedy.

 

“I’m not saying I don’t trust you, I’m not saying I do… but I don’t.”

[Jay 37,352]

These men have taken a supreme vow of celibacy, like their fathers, and their fathers before them

[Bespin 8,480]

When I was young I loved those slapstick comedies.

 

Now, I only see the scatological and sexist jokes (I'll not even talk about the homophobic ones), and I'm sick just thinking about it.

 

I guess we’re talking about Personal Growth when we no longer identify with the white heterosexual male American mob.

[Jay 37,352]

For me personal evolution affects what I want out of new content; it doesn't make me stop liking things from the past I used to like when things were different

[Naïve Old Fart 9,516]

Exactly. Don't judge the past, by the present.

The whole "I loved you in 'Wall Street'!" gag, might just be the most meta scene in cinema.

[Jay 37,352]

Yea, that was a really clever moment that certainly went right over my head when I was a kid, but was pretty funny now!

[Koray Savas 2,251]

I still quote those ZAZ/Proft films today. So many wonderful little ADR moments too. 

[Sweeping Strings 2,357]

Dr. No - what else on the 60th anniversary day, thought I. 

[Naïve Old Fart 9,516]

Strange to think that SKYFALL is ten years old.

[A24 4,331]

The last 10 years feel like only 5 years.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,516]

4 hours ago, AC1 said:

The last 10 years feel like only 5 years.

I instinctively know what you mean, Alex, but, in what ways did ten years go by so quickly, for you?

[Sweeping Strings 2,357]

18 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

Strange to think that SKYFALL is ten years old.

 

And that we've only had 2 Bonds since it, and neither were as good.  

[A24 4,331]

15 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

I instinctively know what you mean, Alex, but, in what ways did ten years go by so quickly, for you?

 

Time feels like it's speeding up as we get older. Nobody knows why.

[GerateWohl 4,357]

29 minutes ago, AC1 said:

 

Time feels like it's speeding up as we get older. Nobody knows why.

I read once, the more daily routines you have and regularly reoccurring activities, that don't vary much, the faster the time flies by, because these routines are not saved that properly in memory. So, at memorizing things, these activities get usually skipped, unless you go to the backup safe and get the tape. With age you get less and less new extraordinary experiences. That is why, looking back, time went faster.

Makes perfect sense to me.

[A24 4,331]

Sounds like a good theory.

[bollemanneke 3,342]

The war of the roses.

 

Hmm… I don’t know how to feel about it, to be honest. Michael Douglas was great and Kathleen Turner grew on me. I needed half an hour to warm up to it, but really had a good time after that, until the ending came, which I just think was too extreme. Not the whole chandelier scene, but the way it concluded. I wanted a happy ending. Or at least happyish, an amicable divorce maybe. Not this. Also my first Danny DeVito movie, he's good.

The score has lots of nice Christmas-y cues, but unfortunately also too many Elfmanesque material.

[Bespin 8,480]

I totally forgot Kevin Bacon played in Friday the 13th!

 

[A24 4,331]

If you forgot he probably didn't make a big impression on you.

[filmmusic 1,826]

16 hours ago, bollemanneke said:

Also my first Danny DeVito movie, he's good

First? Haven't you seen Batman Returns?

[bollemanneke 3,342]

I have not, no. And I'm not in a hurry either. Trying to keep the superhero overload in check.

[JNHFan2000 2,959]

Promising Young Woman

 

I've wanted so this ever since it came out, but somehow never got to it, until today.

 

I thought it was absolutely brilliant. One of the best films I've seen.

The screenplay rightly won the Oscar. It's very well written and the twists were unexpected and strong. The ending totally took my by surprise but it was perfect. Just incredible.

 

Emerald Fennell has done a wonderful job on this I'm kind of surprised she didn't get more work of of this.

Carey Mulligan gives a powerhouse performance. What an actress.

All the aupporting cast are very good but this is fullt the Mulligan & Fennell show.

 

I loved it soooo much!

[filmmusic 1,826]

NOT a great movie, but I bought it for nostalgia reasons since I had seen it in my teens, but didn't remember anything of it.

 

 

[Glóin the Dark 1,220]

4 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said:

The ending totally took my by surprise but it was perfect.

 

I thought the film was (mostly) brilliant, but that the ending was its main weakness, being something of a cop out.

 

4 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said:

Emerald Fennell has done a wonderful job on this I'm kind of surprised she didn't get more work of of this.

 

It hasn't been long! She'll certainly find herself well-placed to get funding for her next film.

[filmmusic 1,826]

 

Quite good although uneven sci-fi epic. And I loved the music too!

How does the new Dune compares? Is it the same story?

[Jay 37,352]

38 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

Is it the same story?

 

Yea

[filmmusic 1,826]

 

Not my favourite Carpenter (that place is for The Thing), but it has its charm.

The score, though simplistic, is effective.

[Marian Schedenig 8,192]

4 hours ago, Jay said:

4 hours ago, filmmusic said:

Is it the same story?

 

Yea

 

Well, more or less. Lynch lynchified the whole thing, while Villeneuve stayed true to the book but dropped at least half the story (of the half he's filmed so far).

[A24 4,331]

He did change a male character into a female character. It is 2022 after all.

[rough cut 1,714]

[A24 4,331]

Did you compare it to the older Blu-ray (which I think looks fantastic)?

[GerateWohl 4,357]

I remember watching the Alien directors cut in cinema thinking a too clear picture doesn't do necessarily any good to the picture. Especially the scenes of outside the spaceship looked quite aged. It didn't look like a spaceship anymore but like a plastic model in front of a star picture wall.

[A24 4,331]

Maybe your eyes have grown too accustomed to CGI.

[GerateWohl 4,357]

Sounds very likely.

[Sweeping Strings 2,357]

On 12/10/2022 at 6:47 AM, AC1 said:

He did change a male character into a female character. It is 2022 after all.

In the new Hellraiser, Pinhead is trans. Because there just wasn't enough representation of that community amongst the demonic one, or something.    

[HunterTech 991]

5 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said:

In the new Hellraiser, Pinhead is trans. Because there just wasn't enough representation of that community amongst the demonic one, or something.    

 

In fairness, series creator Clive Barker did actually make the character female in a series of comics he did once (plus is supposed to be more ambiguous in the original novella), so he certainly doesn't think there's an issue with that idea being a thing.

 

Besides, outside of The Ring, can you really think of a particularly iconic female horror villain? I suppose the Conjuring series has a few, but those are a bit too new to say for sure yet. I'm also unsure if Carrie really counts as well.

[A24 4,331]

2 minutes ago, HunterTech said:

Besides, outside of The Ring, can you really think of a particularly iconic female horror villain? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Marian Schedenig 8,192]

[Disco Stu 15,495]

Soooort of this too.  Sort of.

 

[HunterTech 991]

She's traumatized enough early 2000s internet kids to count 

[Marian Schedenig 8,192]

51 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

Soooort of this too.  Sort of.

 

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