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Watched The Truman Show for the first time. It was a pleasant surprise to see Jim Carrey without all the antics.
Oh man, I would love to be able to watch it for the first time again.
Watched From Beyond and Ready or Not, I liked both. Ready or Not is a lot of fun and gave me the feelings of a Cabin in the Woods side story. Bonus points for portraying the rich people as stupid and useless.
From Beyond was exactly what I wanted it to be, weird body horror top notch 80's B movie. A classic everyone should see if you even have a passing interest in the horror genre. It's so gross, the grossest part isn't even a special effect, I love it. Happy Halloween Everyone.
Yes! I'm so glad you enjoyed them. From Beyond is such an 80s treasure. If you like those weird body horror films from that era, I'd recommend a couple lesser known films: Society as one in a similar vein of weirdness and Possession as a fantastic film that will sit with you for a while.
Oh, I just realized that Society was directed by Brian Yuzna, who wrote the screenplay for From Beyond, ha.
I will definitely put them on the long list, we come together every other week and watch 2 movies, one is picked by a different person and one by me. My buddy's next turn I think he's doing Get Out so maybe another horror night, that's in a couple months though. We're watching Little Miss Sunshine and Grave of the Fireflies next.
OMG, Grave of the Fireflies is my favorite movie I never want to watch again. It's incredibly heartbreaking. But it's so good!
That' what I've heard, we haven't watched a sad movie since Steel Magnolias two years ago so I figured it was time to make em sad again.
I just want to second what the other poster said. If you enjoyed From Beyond, you'll likely love Society.
Watched Barbie a couple of days ago. It was fun and I like how they subverted expectations on the roles of the characters (i.e. who the “villain” was). Ryan Gosling is great as always in comedic roles. He falls under the “character actor trapped in a leading man’s body” category just like Colin Farrell and Brad Pitt.
On the series side, just finished Moving (kdrama). One of the best of the year IMO. Great writing, acting, and execution of the characters. Pacing was also good and it didn’t drag like a lot of other kdramas.
Ryan Gosling is great as always in comedic roles. He falls under the “character actor trapped in a leading man’s body” category just like Colin Farrell and Brad Pitt.
Very much agreed. All 3 of them are amazing comedic actors.
This is gonna be a good month! Very much looking forward to “Killers of the Flower Moon”. Also “Foe” and “Fingernails” are on my watchlist and should release this month (October).
My movie night group watched The Woman King and Us, The Woman King was ok, fairly generic besides it being lady warriors. Us I liked a lot if I don't try to logic it out. I really liked in the beginning with the dad like being in a different movie than the rest of his brooding family. He reminded me of the Dad from Eraserhead eating his mutant chicken just trying to have a calm day after work.
On this Thursday we're watching Ready or Not and From Beyond, both I haven't seen before.
Us I liked a lot if I don’t try to logic it out.
Us is the very epitome of explaining "suspension of disbelief" IMO. I enjoyed it but if you think about the logistics AT ALL, it all falls apart.
On this Thursday we’re watching Ready or Not and From Beyond, both I haven’t seen before.
Love both of these. Ready or not is more slasher/thriller, but it's a fun ride. From Beyond is just weird, but I love it. It's silly horror effects and 80s weirdness in a perfect package.
Yeah, last Halloween I had em watch Re-Animator, I'm hoping for similar.
I'd definitely put it in a similar vein.
I watched Barry Lyndon and really didn't care for it, plus I don't mind long movies but it didn't need to be 3 hours. I started reading the book and liked it a lot more- a lot of lines were lifted entirely verbatim, but there's more to the character of Barry Lyndon in the book where at least he's terrible in an interesting way. I don't know who to blame for how he turned out in the movie, but he acted like a long-suffering hero that turned out to be terrible in every lazy way possible, just like the rest of the characters. It was exhausting.
I also saw the Killing and I liked it a lot. It might even be my favorite Kubrick movie but don't kill me for saying that.
And I've seen the Mummy a few times before but never on the big screen and I never saw it when I was younger. I honestly just thought it was ok before, although I loved my boyfriend's enthusiasm for it. But seeing it on the big screen with a bunch of people who love it (and some even seeing it for the first time) has converted me, it looked incredible and was so much fun!
Watched Renfield (2023) last night. Found it to be a bit of fun, but felt like it under delivered.
I love the premise of a disillusioned Renfield trying to take his life back from Dracula. Unfortunately, that core struggle gets lost amid a world domination plot, an absurdly well armed criminal empire, corrupt cops, a dead dad sibling justice vengeance tale, and a romance that is basically microwaved Warm Bodies (which was lukewarm on arrival to begin with!).
Idk. The more I think about it, the more disappointed I am. Some of the action set pieces are fun, and occasionally there's a bit of effects work that grabs your attention. 2/4 stars.
Yep, agreed completely. The premise is interesting and Cage is actually pretty good without being too over the top but the rest is tonally all over the place. It tries to be serious and then Jean Ralphio comes in and is a cartoon. I left pretty disappointed at the potential.
Lmao, okay I'm glad I wasn't the only one who kept seeing evil timeline Jean Ralphio. Made it very difficult to view the gang as a threat.
I love Ben Schwartz. I even saw him and Thomas Middleditch do their improv show a couple years ago. But I always see Jean Ralphio when I see him. It's just such a good character, lol.
Oh yeah, don't get me wrong, I've got nothing against the guy, it's just that his character arc was half baked. In theory, the secondary antagonist being a snivelly little weasel who falls for Dracula's power as a mirror of Renfield is a fine enough concept, but, much like the other interesting ideas they had, it's just tossed off without much of a care for exploring it.
I just think the whole script should have gone through a streamlining process. First, ditch the cop love interest It really muddies the waters on what the film is trying to say about co-dependency when the main character is rescued from their codependent relationship by, let me check my notes, getting into a relationship. Second, make the bad guys actually threatening. They tried by giving them a 3rd act level up, but it still felt like no one was challenged in the slightest. Finally, show me more of Dracula and Renfield interacting! Their relationship is the entire crux of this movie, but they only have a handful of scenes together. Which is a damn shame, because I think Hoult and Cage actually lean into the manipulative dynamic there really really well. The idea just needed to be driven home.
Between The Last Voyage of the Demeter and this, it's been a disappointing year for Dracula movies.
I watched Red, White & Royal Blue. Such a nice movie. I need more gay romcoms with happy endings!
Watched "The Walking" a couple ago. Really enjoyed it.
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