Both if you ask me. It was a good horror movie, and it pulled no punches on the gore.Originally Posted by Shorty
Both if you ask me. It was a good horror movie, and it pulled no punches on the gore.
Trance (2013). 8/10.
Trance is a complex thriller about an art robbery that results in one of the protagonists having to undergo hypnotherapy in order to remember where he has hidden a valuable painting. Throw in a three-way love (?) triangle and Rosario Dawson's demure hypnotherapist, and it has the feel of a 90s erotic thriller (think Basic Instinct). Except it's not quite what it seems.
It's a Danny Boyle film (Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting, Sunshine, 28 Days Later) so it's visually stunning, pacy and also quite edgy. While he was filming this he was also preparing the Olympic Opening Ceremony, but this is a very different beast. There were no men getting shot in the penis in the Olympics.
It's hard to give away much information without spoiling it. I'd advise you go into the film without hearing much about it.
Watched The Hitcher (1986) on Innes' recommendation.
It was great. It had some really over-the-top action sequences and stunts but at the same time managed to be totally gripping the whole way through. Rutger Hauer owned his role. Watch it I guess.
The Legend of Drunken Master (Jackie Chan)
Ohhhh yeah. This is a jackie chan movie if I have ever seen every single one in existence. Over-the-top acting, fun characters, and some amazing fight choreography are all to be expected. Jackie is truly a king at drunken, and it was cool to be able to recognize all the moves he did as I've seen a ton of drunken forms. Also, the final fight scene took months to film and it was a fight with Jackies own body-guard. Amazing final fight for sure.
The fight scenes weren't as hilariously awesome as say in... first strike, but they were very impressive none the less.
If you like martial arts movies, you will like this one. Simple as that.
6/10
Eyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Two-Headed Shark Attack-
1/5
I'd give it a zero but there was boobs in it. Seriously it was the only good part in the movie because the actors couldn't screw it up by attempting to act and there wasn't any poorly made CGI. But what do you expect when you set out to laugh at a horror-movie crap reel?
Because I'm one hell of a butler.
Dr. Horrible's Sing a long Blog - 9/10
This movie is hilarious, begining to end. Wonderful acting as well. Hell, the worse song is A Man's got to do, which even then serves as a good introduction to Captain Hammer. Though the dynamic between Horrible and Hammer doesn't translate well into song form.
Horrible and Penny, however, are amazing when performing On The Rise. Really the music is great all around, the previous mentioned song being the only low point. And damn is the ending to this depressing as all hell.
well.. these days you only have 2 types of horrormovies: haunted house, and curious teenagers on a trip/vacation
Evil Dead (2013)
Just got back from it and I have to pretty much agree with Vivi22. I've seen a ridiculous amount of horror flicks. I pretty much just laugh at gore any more, but this movie really just went there. I was actually squirming and forcing myself not to look away and I honestly cannot remember the last time I saw a movie that did that.
My wife and I were discussing what made it so different than other stuff and I think it's the fact that it's not full of quick cuts. If something gory is happening, the camera isn't slipping away and only giving you a tiny glimpse. It's all up in the business of the gruesome action.
There were several times that what's going to happen is telegraphed heavily and you find yourself saying, "Oh god.. I don't want to see it when they finally reveal it. I can't look."
Outside of the gore, I think they actually did a great job on plot. They didn't just try to remake the original. While I'm sure some people are wondering "who will they get to play Ash?"... they just don't go there because you can't recreate what Ash was. That said, they do a decent amount of fan service and there are certainly some wink-and-nod moments for those who enjoyed stuff from the original trilogy, but they don't just try to remake it like so many other crappy rehashes of late.
It's just better written than the original in my opinion. They find clever ways of making thing work. I'm not giving much away to say that part of the conceit of them being in the cabin at all is to try to force one of the characters into a cold turkey detox from drugs. This works great as a plot device since the characters don't realize that something else is going on and just assume it's withdrawal symptoms.
The movie also takes some unexpected turns even for those who are expecting the unexpected. There was spots where I was expecting certain twists to the point that I was really questioning what was going on toward the end.
It was very satisfying and easily the most gruesome thing I've seen in longer than I can remember. If anyone can recommend something that trumps this in squeamish gore, please let me know... I'd like to see it. I've seen "A Serbian Film" and both "Human Centipede" movies, and while they might be more psychologically horrifying, neither of them touched this for me in the pure unsettling gore department and feel like those are probably the highest contenders for over-the-top gore.
I agree with everything you said Yearg, and I think this deserves special emphasis since part of the reason I wanted to see it at all was that it looked like it'd be gruesome. And to say it delights in making the audience uncomfortable with gore is an understatement. One of the bigger disappointments with a lot of horror movies these days is that they kind of shy away from going too far with the violence and gore. They'll show bits and pieces of it, but never really focus on it. But Evil Dead doesn't shy away from it, and it doesn't cut away or anything. It's really just right up close and in the thick of it all, refusing to look away when half the audience probably already has. And that they did it all with practical effects instead of CG makes it even more impressive to me since I'm sure the temptation is usually there to make the effects easier to pull off by cutting away quickly.
EDIT: I may as well add something a bit relevant to the topic so some quick reviews:
The Evil Dead: the original one this time. I'd meant to watch them all before seeing the remake but trout happens. It was all right, but not really amazing. It was almost good in spite of itself since the acting, was bad, the effects were bad, the writing was bad. But it was still better than 99% of horror movies at the time. Ash is pretty unremarkable in this movie leading me to believe that he's only in the other movies because Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi are friends.
Evil Dead 2: Much better this time around. Absolutely hilarious, over the top camp/slapstick humour combined with some modest attempt at horror in there. The first half hour or so of the movie is just Ash being slowly driven insane in the cabin and having his hand possessed, try to kill him, then lopping it off with his chainsaw while laughing like a madman the whole time. It works so much better than it sounds when you try and explain the events to someone.
Army of Darkness: So hilarious that I watched it twice yesterday and laughed just as hard the second time. For some reference, when I've seen a movie once I'll rarely watch it a second time for at least a year because I tend to remember everything that happened and don't need to watch movies again. To say that watching a movie twice in one day is not something I normally do is an understatement. 'Nuff said.
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Omg, I really wanted to see this film when it was in the cinemas because it looked very similar to 'She's Just Not That Into You' and it just showed up on Netflix! I loved it, so funny and touching and all the nice things I like.
The Host
imma keep it simple... don't discount this movie because it's Stephanie Meyer's work...
i read the book when it first came out and it was great Science Fiction that was accesable to everyone, not just hardcore Sci-Fi fans... now the movie didn't dissapoint, of course there was a lot of voice over work for Melanie since she was mostly communicating internaly with Wanderer, the Alien Lifeform currently inhabiting her body, but it was handled well and wasn't cheesy as i expected it to be... all the actors nailed their parts and Uncle Jeb was as lovable as he was in the book...
the most impressive part was how true it stayed to the source material, you can easily take the movie script and have an abridged telling of the novel without losing anything important... there were a couple of scenes that did not make it to the movie that could have fleshed out the characters a bit more but i can see why they were dropped in the final cut due to time constraints... i hope there's a Directors Cut when it hits BluRay...
I am realizing this and it makes me very sad.well.. these days you only have 2 types of horrormovies: haunted house, and curious teenagers on a trip/vacation
I got excited because I thought you were going to refer the 2006 Korean monster movie and then did not.
This.I got excited because I thought you were going to refer the 2006 Korean monster movie and then did not.
sorry but i've never heard of it... i don't care for horror movies and can't stand movies where gore is used for the sake of having gore (Saw franchise, Hostle, ect...)... i'm a Sci-Fi geek, i grew up in a home where the TV was always on Star Trek, Buck Rodgers, Battlestar Galactica (original), ect... so Sci-Fi is what i know...
sorry no one liked my review of sorts, guess i'm just bad at these things... kinda why i usually avoid posting in threads like these...
It wasn't that I didn't like the review, it was fine! I just love the 2006 The Host. I'm not a fan of Stephanie Meyer at all I'm afraid as her writing is awful. I might check it out when it comes out on DVD... anything that isn't Twilight is fine by me.
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