I haven't thought about Teeth in a long time. I remember liking it. It might be time for a revisit.Originally Posted by tyree
I haven't thought about Teeth in a long time. I remember liking it. It might be time for a revisit.
It's Mike Flanagan, so I'm going to see it. Good to hear that you liked it!
"I am just a tad leary about this "Chapter" buiz."
Tyree,
I completely agree about the chapter business with IT. One of the things that both movie versions of IT have gotten wrong is trying to serialize the story, i.e., tell the kids story first and the adult story second. What makes the novel so effective is that both storylines / timelines are told at the same time, so both reach their climax at the end of the book.
B
Terminator: Dark Fate - I don't understand why no one is going to see this movie, I thought it was great. Not as good as T2, but certainly a much better follow up to the first two movies than any of the other Terminator movies. And it was great to see Hamiton & Schwarzenegger on screen together as these characters.
B
Me and the wife sneaked out of work early today... and watched Doctor Sleep. Yep. We are old and been married a long time. LOL LOL
I really enjoyed this movie. For me it had great pacing and went at a nice slow speed. Also loved how they handled a few tougher book to movie issues involving The Shining.
I did notice one, what I think was as editing error, where they showed the same overhead driving scene twice but really no complaints.
In regards to the rating I suppose I will put this at a 3.5/4 out of 5 stars. I think they could have done a little more in some places and a little less elsewhere.
On a side note the movie theater gets a thumbs down for being out of popcorn buckets.
Saw Dr. Sleep over the weekend and absolutely loved it. Not sure why it is a box office bomb other than perhaps pop culture is beginning to tire of the SK movie/tv explosion. While not a perfect movie, it kept me entertained the whole time even though it was a long run time. Also really loved the SK easter eggs in this movie. When one of the characters (not gonna mention who) said that "Ka is a wheel" my head could've exploded in happiness. I enjoyed this one way more than IT Chapter 2 (and I didn't dislike IT chapter 2 by any means, just felt it was a bit paint by numbers and that the media had already revealed some of the better scares)
I loved to hear Ka as well. I could have sworn I heard someone say "Tak" but I wasn't sure.
I'm surprised to hear that this isn't doing well at the box office. It really is a good movie and I think SK fans will really dig it.
One Cut of the Dead: There are some movies that are such a pure delight that it's like a sunshine being cast down to bring joy to the world. They don't come that often and definitely not to the horror genre, but we have one with this fantastic little gem. I will give away on the barest of plot points, but it is the best if you go in knowing nothing. Don't read any other reviews. Don't watch a trailer. Nothing. Just take my word on this delightful film, sit back and have a good time.
Essentially, the plot revolves around a director making a low budge zombie movie, but then real zombies show up. If you think you know this one, you don't.
Helpful hint, stick with it. There's a slow buildup over the first 30 minutes, but after that hump, you'll have a great time. One of my favorite viewing experiences of the year. This is currently streaming on Shudder.
Grade: A
Very good summary of the movie. Some very good actors in it.
That Hell House LLC sounds interesting. I'll have to try to find that. Wish I had watched it in October, though. No big deal, certainly.
Hard to look through the entire thread, but has anyone seen Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark? Just rented it this week at Redbox (there should be a movie about an evil DVD-rental kiosk, maybe with the same name; then again, has that already been done, even as an episode of something?).
Thought I was going to really like it, but while it was cool, I was a bit disappointed. Trying to figure out why, and I think this is the reason: it was more of a Gothic tale (I do not know if I am using that term correctly here, but bear with me) than the Blumhouse-type tale I expected. I say Gothic because it is a period piece in a sense (I know not that far in the past, but still, wasn't it fifty years ago or something?) and it is about a family thing with a secret and a whole soap-opera-sort-of origin, and so on. I thought I was going to watch maybe a modern-day high-school film a la stuff like we've seen in the post-Scream era of horror cinema: teens have to fight an unknown evil entity that makes stories come to life, social media is all over the place, etc. Once you start explaining a backstory to me, for this type of film, I start to tune out, it becomes less fun. Stories just felt too serious, there wasn't enough trick-or-treating going on, if you know what I mean. The Toro guy (and I'm just not a fan of his to be honest) mentioned in the extra feature that they did it in a way such that it wasn't just a straight anthology...maybe that's what I wanted: anthology, wraparound. Not a 10+-film-festival pseudo-anthology (those are getting somewhat long in the tooth) but a true Creepshow-type work. Just not as fun as I thought. Never really knew about the book either, just heard of it...will have to check it out, think the stories are really short, which might be cool.
I haven't seen it yet, but I'll probably give it a go soon. I've heard mixed reviews so I'll go in with my expectations in check.
Just rewatched Collateral by Michael Mann. I just don't see this movie getting much love recently. Maybe it's because it's Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx so there's a dismissal of it due to Hollywood Star pedigree, but, man, I thought this movie worked so well. There is no fat on this movie as each scene serves a purpose and propels the plot the forward to its end. The moments that hum are the interactions between Cruise and Foxx especially near the end of the film when the veneer comes off Cruise's character and what is truly beneath shows through. And for an action film, it has an oddly melancholic tone to it that simply works. If you've never seen it or haven't seen it since it's release 15 (!!) years ago, I recommend revisiting it.
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