The Last September. very boring movie

:twisted: Finished off the Nighmare On Elm St movies, then watched Phantom Of The Opera with Robert Englund as The Phantom.

Saw the new Robin Hood movie... was ok

have to check that one out!

last one I watched was Snakes on a Plane.........

tonight it's either American Werewolf in London or The Thing

Two very bad horror movies:

Night Train to Terror

Lousy special effects, annoying music video scenes (you know what the 1980s were like - and they did the same song again and again), weird mix of several plots, I'm still trying to figure out what the hell was going on. At least there was a funny moment when a guy who looked like a Jimi Hendrix impersonator released an extraordinarily ugly insect from a preservation jar. I think it was supposed to be a giant wasp. It looked as if it had been made out of clay and had light bulbs for eyes. :lawl:

Maniac

Now this is probably one of the worst movies ever made. The acting of the cats was better than that of the humans. But nutty scientists are always entertaining, no matter how bad the movie is and it was interesting to see bare boobs in a film from 1934.

Just watched ~~~~~~ what's it called, hold on..................






rewinded the sky box





legally blonde, kinda fun but was probably the whisky that helped lol

Happy Tuesday meatie peeps... in the case i dint say so ... hehe ...
 

Nixon

Very good, though I'm not particularly a fan of that typical Oliver Stone moviemaking-style.

Anthony Hopkins was brilliant though!

:twisted: Just watched the Scream trillogy.

Was Craven & Robert Englund have had the monopoly on our telly for too long :shock:

noticed Wes Craven's cameo in the first scream movie? the school jenitor 'Fred' wearing a green-red striped sweater and fedora lol

:twisted: Thought Fred was a funny nod to Elm St, but never knew it was Wes Craven.

yep, it's him

http://www.filminamerica.com/Movies/Scream/scream10.jpg

you know they're shooting part 4 now, right?

I seem to remember that being a pretty rubbish film. I haven't seen it in years though.

:twisted: Yeah?
I've mixed feelings on that.

Anything past three is overkill, but it was a good series of movies, so fingers crossed.

Just hope they don't change the nature of the killers(s) too much like they did with Freddy :roll:

Well apparently Wes Craven is directing and Kevin Williamson is writing the script (same guys as the first 3 movies), so I have hopes this one actually has a point...

watched Hannibal tonight.

Hadnt seen this one in ages, actually a lot better than I remembered. Very stylish and gracefully shot, even the infamous brain scene fitted in there in a weird way...

:twisted: This sounds good 8)


Good movie :up:

THink this is the best of the three Lecter films i've seen.

I should get round to the other two some time.

Well, in my memory it was just disgusting. Think I watched it at 12 or 13 years old, and I would have never expected something like that brain scene. Now being older, and seeing the context, I dont know if it is the best of the series, but it's definitely up there with SOTL.

Only one in the series I thought was bad was Hannibal Rising. Have yet to see Manhunter, the original Red Dragon, starring Brian Cox as Hannibal.

SOTL is absolutely amazing. I really liked Hannibal while he was in Italy, but it went a bit downhill when he got to USA imho. Stupid killer pigs. Manhunter is for me closer to the spirit of SOTL, Red Dragon is closer to Hannibal, but actually I think both are very good. Hannibal Rising I thought was appalling. A blatant cash in, predictable, with few original ideas, that doesn't cover the bit I find fascinating - who Lecter kills while practising as a psychiatrist, and how he gets caught. Of course - leave that out, you can make another cash in film and book!

Oh, and looking forward to Scream 4. If it's like 1 or 2, should be a cracker. Funny and scary - the perfect horror spoofs. I just hope it doesn't lead to Scary Movie 5. One of them was definitely enough.

A good idea for scream 4 would be to focus on the numerous horror remakes lately. 1 was about horror in general, 2 was about sequels, 3 about trilogies. If they pick up on that this could become quite fun!

Oh and btw, IMDB states Scary Movie 5 is in the works lol

The Pianist. I recorded it off the TV. Brilliant.

:twisted: Didn't they cover when Hannibal was caught at the start of Red Dragon?
When Ed Norton cathes him.
I would of liked to have seen more of the story from before he was caught though.

I liked the way Dragon started at that meal for the opera folk as it references what he tells Clarice in SOTL when he first meets her.




Quoted for truth :up:



GREAT IDEA!
Don't quite know how they'd go about it (but that's why they are film makers and i'm not lol) but that would be awesome.
I don't think they'll get onto the idea, but I really hope they do now 8)



You had to tempt fate, didn't you PL? :facepalm:

finally got around to watch Manhunter

gotta say I was quite disappointed. Not only did it lack tension or suspense, there was hardly any character development. The whole thing seemed very incoherent to me. Like they took the book, thought what scenes they needed to film to tell the story, wrapped the whole thing with an 80s soundtrack and published it....

Red Dragon is A LOT better, not just because of Hopkins as Hannibal
(In this one, hannibal wasnt even a cannibal, he was a college girl stalker :wtf:)

:twisted: That could almost be a review of Dance Of THe Vampires. :wtf:

Throw in suggestivly shaped sponges and a squeeky annoying tw@ and you're there :up:

Yes, but only a tiny bit. The catching of Hannibal Lector would make a fascinating 2 hour film in its own right imho.

Okey dokey :lol: Me too!

Yup - if I may do it again...

I really think I've picked all 6 winning lottery numbers this time :)

Count Dracula

A rather weak Dracula movie - obviously heavily edited for TV broadcast. It appeared to be pretty short and incoherent. :angry: Have to check out if the DVD is better.
But it had Christopher Lee and the great Klaus Kinski :cool: in it, so it was fun to watch anyway.

Karate Kid (2010). Jayden Smith...cute kid, has acting in his blood. I liked Jackie Chan's seriousness in this role.

:heart: Secret Window with Johnny Depp :heart:

"I'm gonna count to three then I'm coming in swinging !
One... Two.. Aghhhhhhhh ! I just killed my mirror... And my shower
door !"

:lmao: !! I miss how much I love this movie :cool: !!

The Wolfman (2010)


nice

Iron Man 2. Very entertaining. RDJ rocks! Everyone else in it is very good too.

Watching Plan 9 From Outer Space right now!

The search for john gissing

21

quite entertaining

and while we're counting through the twenties, I'm currently working my way through the first season of 24.

GET HIM TO THE GREEK - quite fun!

Transporter 3

Not watched a film for ages, but the box sets of Life On Mars series one and two arrived last week, so they're going to be taking up a lot of viewing time over th enext week or so!

It's nearly lunch time, and I'm 'aving 'oops :))

:twisted: Class show 8)

Wedding Crashers...very funny film

I watched that the other week for the first time, it was very sweet....

When I was about 17 or 18, my ex-husband found out I'd never seen any of the Nightmare films, so he got them all out of the video shop and made me stay up all night watching them all, one after the other.... The following morning he styled his friend's hair using a vacuum cleaner...

I realise you've already seen it now, but if I'd seen this earlier, I'd have told you not to bother if you're only watching it for Brian Cox, I think he got about five minutes total screen time.... It was interesting to see Gil Grissom as Will Graham tho'....

My last movie? The Number 23. I quite like Jim Carrey in a serious role, but it's difficult to take him entirely seriously...

Gladiator on blu ray

Looking forward to watching that myself... bet it looks awesome!

:twisted: Really?
That's a shame.
I like Brian Cox.

The reviews of the picture and sound quality were actually quite harsh...though I fail to see why. I mean, not every movie can measure up to avatar, especially when it's ten years old.

I dont think it has to btw, the quality is far superior to the DVD. If it had been any better I would've wondered about the quality all the time, instead of enjoying the movie.

Apparently Universal is re-releasing the movie later this year, newly mastered from the original reels, to conicide with the blu ray release of Robin Hood.

Surely a film released around 2000 doesn't need remastering? Will probably have to buy that as well though :doh:

Anyhow, just watched Saw 6. Big improvement on 4 and 5. Much more like it!

you can get it quite cheap at the moment, paid 11€ for the two disc version, it's getting so cheap as everyone's waiting to buy the new version.

Got that a while back, there's a considerable amount of extra footage too, as well as the better quality... something like 15 minutes...

I thought that one was brilliant! A truly horrifying movie that didnt rely on guts or jump scares but really built tension and fear througout the whole movie.

Check out Rogue, another australian croc movie from the same year. Completely different, more hollywood-friendly approach, but an interesting watch as well.

BOOH Original tour

Underworld on blu ray

pretty good!

Il giorno della civetta

Thriller from the 1960s, starring Franco Nero, Claudia Cardinale and Lee J. Cobb.

Black Rain - first time i've seen it all the way through.

Hairspray

Lol - it's hilarious ain't it? Cracking soundtrack too!

Jeepers Creepers

actually a lot better than I remembered it...

I think I saw that at the cinema and I think I thought it was poo.

part to is on the menu for me tonight.

The whole thing left a bit of a bad taste though, when I read this story about the writer/director of the movie.

:twisted: Dirty f*cker :evil:

As Tink says, what is a fan to do.

An actor that appeared in a few films I like (Amadeus, Ferris Beuller, Beetlejuice, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Howard THe Duck, Devil's Advocate, Without A Clue, Who's Harry Crumb) is Jeffrey Jones, and I was very disapointed when I heard about the indecent pictures of a minor case.
Same as the Polanski case.

You can still watch their work, but you still feel disgust and disapointment whenever they appear on screen.

I remember when Gary Glitter got nabbed, and there was a great outpouring by his fans where they all gathered to burn their records and memerobillia.
I honestly can't say I blame them.

a scary thought would be what you'd do/feel if this had happened to Meat Loaf...

Yes, or indeed Steinman. Could you still listen to For Crying Out Loud knowing that the writer had been kiddiefiddling? :shrug:

:twisted: I think an awful lot of people who are fans of an artist had that go through their mind either at the time or at some point since.

I think it's a sympathetic reaction to the poor sods who were so let down by their idol.


Luckily, we have Meat & Jim.

Yes, I really liked it. It actually was creepy, and quite original.


Ah. Well, that's your choice of course. Personally, I would strongly recommend watching Part 1 again :)


I'll pardon the expression, as I'm assuming that wasn't a pun based on the story content :shock:;)

Anyhow, it does make you feel a bit upset when you watch the film again - a little guilty perhaps. I used to do Rock N Roll Christmas at Karaoke at Uni around Christmas time, which is a cracking Gary Glitter track. Had to stop when he got arrested. Couldn't sing it anymore. Feel guilty enjoying listening to his music. Weird.

Just watching The Screaming Skull. That movie is so bad... The "special" effects... :wtf: I'm about to fall off my chair laughing. :lmao:

Someone bought me that for a birthday, I think I watched it once and wasn't impressed so it's been savingvthe shelf from getting dusty ever since....

Okay, who wants to play spot the themes?

Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, Ocean's Thirteen, The Other Boleyn Girl, (hence the desire to re-read the book) Elizabeth, and Elizabeth: Thr Golden Age...

Can you tell hubby's away again?

The Fly (1986)

very good!

Both versions of The Fly are very good, in my opinion. The 1986 movie is typical Cronenberg. :twisted:

Last movies I saw:

L'istruttoria e'chiusa: dimentichi
Flightplan - Started out interesting but the ending was a letdown.
The Haunting (the remake, I liked the original better)

I really liked Flightplan and the ending, a bit predictable maybe.

I just watched The Butterfly Effect Part 3, very good ! Much better than 2, but not up with Part 1, imo Ashton Kutchers best movie. Part One was very original and different, part 2 was too slow, but part 3 threw a big surprise at the end, not what i expected. Very gorey in places, enjoyed it !

The premise for Flightplan was pretty good and it did start realyl strongly, sadly the latter half of the film was packed with some major plot flaws and unrealistic scenarios. I know films are supposed to be a little bit of fantasy, but in this case the fantasy was so far removed from reality it spoiled the film.

is that the one where Jodie Foster lost her daughter on an airplane?

Yup.

I try not to think when watching a film, isn't hard for me to do;) LOL..
Watched Perfect Stranger last night, was a bit slow but kept my interest and it certainly wasn't predictable, a very good whodunnit, well acted, and hubby liked Halle Berry with not many clothes on;) LOL..

The Fly II

wasnt bad, not as good as the first one but entertaining nonetheless

The Princess And The Frog - excellent - very nearly classic Disney, their best in a LONG time!

Shrek 4 in 3D. Ok. 3D gave me a headache. I find Shrek mildly entertaining rather than actually funny, but passed the time amusingly enough I guess.

2001 maniacs


"I had absolute confidence in a fart once. I shat all over myself." :lol:

(Thanks Neil!)

Inspired by other recent viewing, I'm currently watching Jeepers Creepers....

Just started series two of Life On Mars.

Last night featured the classic Gene Hunt line "Don't move you're surrounded by armed ~~~~~~~s" :lmao:

:twisted: Glad you liked it :up:

Was watching the 1st Rambo movie last night, but got a bit tired and went to bed.

Batman Begins. A slow start but still an awesome film, even with ITV2's poorly placed ad breaks.