What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

As I haven't seen it for many years, the positives I take from the Roland Emmerich film are from the soundtrack!

Apparently the band The Blue Oyster Cult put forward their song 'Godzilla' to be used as the films theme, but the producers wanted something more contemporary, and they went with the P. Diddy song instead

In response, the BOC took to changing the lyrics of the song when it was performed live. It now went:

"Oh no, say it isn't so
There's no "Godzilla""

and

"Millions spent on special effects
But our tune doesn't get no respect
No no Godzilla"

Sadly, there doesn't seem to be any recordings of this version

[trebor8273]

Enjoyable enough with some gruesome scenes but its been done far better in Witchfinder general. 7/10

[keirarts]

Aliens

Where do you go from Ridley Scott's ALIEN? Director James Cameron brings in his fetish for military hardware and long running times and delivers probably his best film. Certainly the absolute refusal to do a 'slasher sequel' and repeat the previous film is smart, and while some of Cameron's lengthier films can end up being drags ***coughAvatarTitanicandthe abysscough** this one actually benefits from watching the extended directors cut and feels like a more intense movie.

Alien 3

This one gets quite a bad reception but I like it. Essentially David Fincher, at this point music video director, wanders into a Hollywood mess of epic proportions and realises too late someone has coked themselves into green-lighting a film based on a bunch of ideas that were either too damned expensive or two f****** expensive. The fact that there's any film at all is a goddamn miracle. The fact that somehow the end result, especially the directors cut is a doom laden meditation on faith, mortality and sacrifice thats only really hampered by some crappy effects work and high fan expectations is admirable. That said I can understand why Fincher's second feature was the low budget Seven with a script that was already in place.

Alien resurrection

Can there be a director truley more up his own arse than Jean pierre jeunet. I never understood why the walking definition of style over substance still has a following given the twee, garbage fires of worthless crap he churns out still float about charity shop shelves like the turd that wont just flush. To sum it up. Lots of style, nice set design. Terrible CGI, Zero tension at any point. I only watch this one for Ron Pearlman.

Alien vs predator 1&2

I heard they were going to do this. I even got told I watched them once. Nope. Dont remember it. I read the Dark Horse Graphic novel though. That's really good.

Prometheus

Take a solid script that promises good things and the director of the original film who hasn't really turned out anything exceptional in a long while. Then take the script, burn it and instead hire Damon Lindelof to write something AMAZING!
Its got to be good right? Lost was a deep and meaningful experience carefully put together by some of Hollywood's best talent right?
Nope, he's just the master of throwing weird shit at the screen then reading internet message board speculation in attempt to figure out what it means. #
The end result is a pretentious mess that I still enjoy in the same way I'd enjoy a lot of the Alien Rip offs that came out after the first films success.

[keirarts]

Hacksaw Ridge

50% aww shucks Americana, 50% war porn for people who think war is hell can only be done by showing people being blown apart in a spectacular manner.
I hate being mean to it as the actual guy its based on is incredible and the war scenes are well done. However it wont make any 10 best war films. Not as bad as Braveheart either, possibly Mad Mels best film.

[keirarts]

Trumbo

Much better. A brilliant performance from Bryan Cranston underpins a film that deals with the career of Dalton Trumbo, an unrepentant leftist who managed to continue working through the blacklist and won two Oscars that didn't have his name on it. It's on Prime so worth checking out. Some genuinely great performances including John Goodman as the head of monogram pictures.

[Deadite]

9. Every time i've seen this (this is my third viewing i think) i end up wondering how an animated film about sentient rag dolls in a post apocalyptic future affects me so, but it always does. It's unsettling, disturbing, visually stunning, and surprisingly deep. Oh, and it's a 12 certificate. Watch it.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Deadite

9. Every time i've seen this (this is my third viewing i think) i end up wondering how an animated film about sentient rag dolls in a post apocalyptic future affects me so, but it always does. It's unsettling, disturbing, visually stunning, and surprisingly deep. Oh, and it's a 12 certificate. Watch it.

I fell asleep when i attempted to watch it a few years back. Never bothered with it since.

[Deadite]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I fell asleep when i attempted to watch it a few years back. Never bothered with it since.

That's because you're shallow mate.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Deadite

That's because you're shallow mate.

Or an adult who doesn't watch films about rag dolls.

Seriously though, i just forgot about it. I might dig it out and give it another go this week.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Hornet's Nest (1970)

Italian boys and a German doctor (Sylva Koscina) help a U.S. captain (Rock Hudson) blow up a dam held by the Nazis.

Hornet's Nest is a mid scale war film made by MGM as an Italian production. For half it's 100 minute run time the film sinks too near to coma inducing, with only the annoying bickering of the boys (Think the street gang from Angels with Dirty Faces living rough in the Italian countryside) and counting how many times Hudson refers to Koscina's Bianca character as Sylva, all that's keeps you awake.

However the second half bucks up dramatically and we have a mixture of classic war time adventure - Force 10 From Navarone on a smaller budget, and a disturbing psychological study on the effects of warfare on a young mind.

Morricone fans will enjoy the soundtrack.

Worth watching.