What Films Have You Seen Recently? - Page 1097

Demoncrat · #**10961** 25th November 2011, 10:50 AM

watched Last House on the Beach/La Settima Donna last night.
would love to see it on the big screen. unsettling isnt the word. and that soundtrack, incongruous in a ZFE kind of way, which just added to it's "charm".
can imagine Ferman frothing at mouth at certain bits, ah well he's dead now....

Wes · #**10962** 25th November 2011, 12:58 PM

I had some time last night, and managed to sqeeze in two recent grabs from Film4 and BBC4. First up was Monsters, from 2010 - about a mismatched couple trying to get back to America from an alien inhabited Mexico. Someone descibed this to me as a sci-fi movie done by Terence Malick, a tall-order in anyone's book but this one does has a fabulous dreamy vibe to it and handles the alien stuff with great skill and restraint. Quite a beautiful ending too...

Second thing I saw was White Material, Claire Denis' 2009 film set in an unnamed African country about a French coffee plantation struggling to say afloat while a civil war between Government forces and armed rebels erupts around it. Brilliantly directed, flawlessly acted (incl a craggy looking Chistopher Lambert), this is a dark, dangerous and fascinating film, and in a strange way made for a fine double-bill with Monsters, both films have a suitlably apocalyptic mood. Highly recommended.

keirarts · #**10963** 25th November 2011, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by thehamish

watched Last House on the Beach/La Settima Donna last night.
would love to see it on the big screen. unsettling isnt the word. and that soundtrack, incongruous in a ZFE kind of way, which just added to it's "charm".
can imagine Ferman frothing at mouth at certain bits, ah well he's dead now....

I presume your talking about the slow-motion rape scene... the scene that happened to be playing when my buddie adams girlfriend came into the room to sit down and watch a film with us...

There was an uncomfortable silence.....

Cap. Vic RobotPants M.D. · #**10964** 25th November 2011, 08:14 PM

We have my wife's sister staying at our house for a couple days and were trying to pick out a film to watch all together. She does not like horror films, and I didn't feel like watching Pretty in Pink , so I talked her into Dylan Dog. I had been wanting to watch it and it was a instant movie on Netflix. I told her it was like Buffy and Angel which she likes.

It was enjoyable, but not sure if I would buy it. Decent popcorn film, unfortunately my microwave acted up and burnt my popcorn.

Maybe tonight I can talk them into Dellamorte.

Gojirosan · #**10965** 26th November 2011, 01:24 AM

Monkey Shines

An exceptional film from George A Romero based around a magnificent idea and featuring excellent performances across the board. And now I have the DVD instead of just the rental VHS, I can see how well shot it was too! Also nice to see a Hollywood film not scared to depict a quadriplegic as a sexual being, and Romero runs an underlying theme/study of the nature of jealousy throughout. Top notch film making.

This is also the nearest any film can get to scaring me as an adult, as monkeys give me the horrors anyway!

pedromonkey · #**10966** 26th November 2011, 01:46 AM

just watched RARE EXPORTS and i bloody loved it, it was such a wonderful film, from the really interesting plot, the music and well just everything. I loved it.

Gojirosan · #**10967** 26th November 2011, 02:10 AM

I should point out that Pedromonkey does not give me the horrors, just actual monkeys!

pedromonkey · #**10968** 26th November 2011, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Gojirosan

I should point out that Pedromonkey does not give me the horrors, just actual monkeys!

i love monkeys, in a completely non sexual way of course...

Rik · #**10969** 26th November 2011, 11:38 AM

Yesterdays double bill consisted of William Peter Blatty's Exorcist III, I always consider this as a direct sequel to Friedkins original, not the awful Exorcist II:The Hetetic. Brad Dourif is as creepy as ever and George C Scott plays a fairly decent Lt Kinderman. Second up was my first viewing of The Bronx Warriors since a friend of mine stole his brothers pre-cert VHS back in the late 80's. As it has been over 20 years since I last saw it, it felt like watching it for the first time and I really enjoyed it, will definitely be checking out the others in the "trilogy".
Finally, last night me and the wife watched the Nic Cage film Knowing that was on Sky last weekend. I liked it, she wishes she hadn't wasted 2 hours of her life on it. Although the ending was a bit of a let down, I thought it was a good film with some of the best SFX I've seen in a long time, I can only assume this would look fantastic on Blu Ray.

Well hello Mister Fancypants.

bdc · #**10970** 26th November 2011, 12:48 PM

Red to Kill (1994)
Doctor Vampire - Legendary Collection (1991)
Vampire's Breakfast - Legendary Collection (1987)
Phantom Killer, The - Legendary Collection (1981)
Trail, The - Legendary Collection (1981) http://www.cult-labs.com/forums/199091-post63.html
Jail House Eros - Legendary Collection (1990)
Happy Ghost, The - Legendary Collection (1984)

Some were better than others but not one was bad imho.
If anybody's interested,I'm willing to do some short reviews.