What was the last movie you watched? Part 2

[squeekness]

The First Omen

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[Brutikus]

 

[Luigi]

BTW: Am I the only one who thought Jennifer Garner looked ridiculosly amazing? Damn!

 

[Luigi]

V/H/S/Beyond

6/10

Exhuma

8/10

Project Wolf Hunting

8/10

 

[ObiWanCon]

Edge of Darkness (2010)

 

[Batgirl0202]

8/10

Bat**** crazy and I dug it

 

[Immortalfire]

Thank you For Smoking

 

[squeekness]

The girl in the pool

 

[Milk Tray Guy]

Silent Madness (1984)

One-off 80s slasher. Due to a clerical error a New York mental institution accidentally releases a criminally insane mass-murderer. He'd been incarcerated for 17 years after a series of murders at a sorority house. The institution tries to cover up its mistake, but the crusading Dr Joan Gilmore (Belinda Montgomery) journeys to the sorority house, thinking the killer will return there and resume killing. Sure enough, sorority girls start getting bumped-off, and with the local police being completely inept, it's down to Dr Gilmore and a local journalist to try to prevent more deaths and if possible recapture the escaped patient.

There are actually about 15 kills in this. Within the first ten minutes we get a girl camper with an axe in the back, and a sorority girl's head clamped in a vice and, well, you can probably guess. Later we get nail-gun deaths, prolonged scalding steam in the face, a pretty inventive beheading, and more. The effects are better than a lot of these movies and it's well-shot. Belinda Montgomery is good. Sydney Lassick is entertaining as the can't-be-bothered Sheriff. Most of the rest of the cast are pretty young things that do what pretty young things do in these movies (i.e. run, scream, and die). There's a moderate amount of nudity and a fair bit of gore. Fun watch. 7/10

 

[KaijuDude1992]

 

[Detective Conan]

Here’s the last movies I’ve seen in the past two weeks:

 

[Brutikus]

 

[KaijuDude1992]

 

[Frodo]

SILKWOOD (1983)

 

[Hunter Rider]

5/10

7/10

 

[Brutikus]

 

[Ghostrider87]

(2024) The Crow
10/10

It's a memorable badass great reboot that does have similarities to the iconic masterpiece (1994) The Crow movie, however, it mostly stands on its own.
Also, this succeeds at being a Badass very dark Seeker of Vengeance very violent SuperNatural Super Hero has an admirable good goal that can only be accomplished by killing predatory evil antagonists, and because of great writing his motivation to achieve the good goal is unmistakable and very understandable.

A glaring issue that this Reboot not a remake of the 1994 The Crow movie is it uses Shelly and Eric as the names of the 2 main protagonists which wants to have its cake and eat it too because Eric and Shelly are the names of the 2 main protagonists in the 90s The Crow movie.

It's very similar to the great remake The Last House On The Left, a good remake of I Spit On Your Grave, (1994) The Crow, Sin City, (2004) The Punisher, and (1987) Robocop because the movie succeeds in showing us well-written antagonists that the audience is supposed to hate as straight forward very evil characters that the audience is going to enjoy see violently kill.

Similar to The Departed which shows off Boston as a unique East Coast City that people would enjoy living in, this movie does a great job showing Detroit as a beautiful city in Michigan that people could enjoy living in including those with any professional aspirations to become a successful Musical Artist, or to achieve high bar success with his or her professional Band.

The movie succeeds at showing 2 fleshed-out characters that the audience can understand why they get together since the movie shows they have a realistic connection, also they have chemistry so it's entirely believable that they would get together, along with can understand why Eric loves Shelly, and why Shelly loves Eric.
It's a serious love relationship that remains realistic instead of using the very inane cliche that only exists in movies which is "Love at First Sight". Love at First sight movie cliche is highly ridiculous in that a person could arrive at that conclusion simply by looking at the person getting only surface information including could be physically attractive while internal aspects such as strengths and weaknesses, flaws, and personality result in a serious connection with beyond just physical attraction if any can't be gained or acquired simply by being in the same location when physically looking at this person for the first time.
Physical attraction, at first sight, is realistic before the relationship can progress to love because both characters get to know each other internally.


Other inane unrealistic romance cliches are characters that get together even with having nothing in common and no chemistry, a woman that can easily change an unlikeable man, the ridiculous belief that a person has 1 soulmate, a character saying ridiculous and very unrealistic lines to the other character instead of dialogue being realistic such as Johnny and Frances aka Baby in Dirty Dancing or Stanley and Tina in The Mask, etc.

Similar to (1990) Total Recall, Blade, (1987) Robocop, Terminator 2, Predator, John Wick 2, (1989) The Punisher, Marked For Death, Die Hard, (2000) Gladiator, etc it is leaving nothing to the imagination by entirely showing the hardcore violence including a high amount of blood which was created by excellent practical effects.
Also much like (1994) The Crow, (2000) Gladiator, The Running Man, (1987) Robocop, John Wick 2, etc the movie is well written by providing valuable information so the audience can understand why violence is happening along with serving the plot instead of being inane violence because of terrible writing or done for shock value such as the main antagonist in Aliens vs Predator Requiem that attacks human characters because of being meanly spirited along with shock value instead of for horror and suspense which Predator, Alien, Aliens, and Predator 2 did.

The movie succeeds in stating the straightforward rules which is solid world-building. As a result, no questions get raised for what Eric aka The Crow can do, and what he can't do along with his limitations.
Also, anything that should be explained does get explained what exactly Vincent Roeg wanted to obtain by making a Faust deal with the Devil even with most likely knowing it has a high cost that is not negotiable or removable because he's making a deal with the Devil, not a Car SalesMan, or some other common BuisnessMan where some business deal is open to negotiations.


The charismatic main antagonist Vincent Roeg is a Crime Lord who stands out because of having a believable motivation for why he would make a high-priced Faust-style Deal with the Devil.
A Nefarious Criminal Leader or Evil Criminal Leader that the audience is supposed to hate mainly because of being remorseless, and predatory in Movies is a dime a dozen except what isn't is 1 that has an understandable motivation for making a Faust-style deal with the Devil aka Satan, or any similar character to the Devil.

I was very entertained by the variety of kills done by The Crow since it can become very boring and predictable if The Crow kills most of the antagonists in the same violent way before he faces the Big Bad. The variety of kills in The Crow indicates a high effort by the screenwriter to keep the movie from becoming predictable and boring.
What also stood out was the Crow's lack of outside-the-box thinking and predictability, such as his putting the collar up for the long coat he wore, which might have been inspired by other Badass Movie Protagonists, including Snake Plisskin in Escape From LA.

This movie leaves more to the imagination for this version of Hell other than giving the implication that it has Utter Darkness which would complete utter despair because of bleakness with utter darkness or absolute darkness is eternal along with most likely physical pain with damned souls that can't die, and what the damned souls look like is shown somewhat.
The scene does seem inspired by Drag Me To Hell, although the screenwriter made it stand on its own instead of being an uncreative copied same-style scene.

The unstated dimension is likely Purgatory because it's a very depressing realm or dimension. After all, all that is shown is a group of Crows, the common waiting area for outside trains similar to what I've seen in Chicago, and other highly populated cities including New York City have.
Even though Eric can physically move in this afterlife dimension it's similar to a Maze with no exit which would be highly depressing since it creates despair since no solution can be used compared to Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider, the Winchester brothers in Supernatural, The Charmed Sisters from the Original Charmed tv show, or other fictional characters that can use something supernatural to travel to Hell or Hell-like dimension, or other infernal dimensions.


Because this movie is very well written it didn't explain what was unmistakable from shown valuable information, and details do get explained as a result I was able to understand the rules including limitations in this The Crow Reboot movie universe.
Elaboration does happen for why Shelly was fearful that Eric would leave her after learning a very messy dreadful secret that was done perfectly with show mostly because the rule is "Show don't tell."
I enjoy this movie doesn't use the terrible writing movie cliche of raising a question without any elaboration provided to give valuable details for a stated answer. Shelly outright stated that she was fearful Eric would leave her and stop loving her if he learned a messy dark secret. The movie provides a solid factual explanation for why instead of it never providing an answer which would be very lazy terrible writing.
It belongs in the category of explaining what the audience can't just understand without more valuable details being provided aka it's explaining something essential much like in Terminator 2 the T-800 provides information about who sent him along with who reprogrammed him with a new objective when the kid John Connor asks the T-800 who sent him, and the T-800 provides a strong answer to John about what the T-1000 can do using it's impressive extraordinary liquid metal body, and what that extraordinary Liquid Metal Terminator from the future can't do.

While Eric does get a higher advantage it comes with a high price which is outright stated by a character who essentially is Eric's Obi-Wan Kenobi even though he's not on the Battlefield.

2 Minor complaints is characters eating Detroit thick-squared pizza never get shown.

Also, it would be very cool and stunning if Eric wore a common Samurai Hakama since he's using the sane sword that badass Samurai Protagonists use in Samurai genre movies. None of the other past Crow movies have those unique aspects so it would have made it hugely stand out instead of just standing out because of this Crow using the common Samurai Sword to kill evil antagonists.
Eric acquired the Samurai Sword from a character who is a fan of Samurai movies so it would have been believable that a common Samurai Hakama would also be available in the same building.
An image of a Samurai movie protagonist is shown in The Crow which implies that the character is a fan of Samurai movies which was never said outright because the screenwriter respects the audience to understand the implication of it without it being said outright by the characters.

The climax is high stakes, violent, suspenseful, and unforgettable with an unforgettable outcome for the main antagonist that stood on its own instead of seeming similar to what any other movies have used.

The movie earns it's bittersweet Ending, however, I didn't feel sad because The Crow was committed to righting the wrongs using messy violent actions on the despicable nefarious antagonists responsible for a likable well-written character's damnation to Hell even with him knowing the permanent cost for him. It's very different from The Dark Knight movie because The Crow reboot movie doesn't have similar depressing details for its bittersweet ending.

Also, I enjoyed this Reboot movie with its entirely earned bittersweet ending because it is outside the box of the predictable dime-a-dozen Hollywood Happy movie ending because of the desired objective achieved with zero drawbacks.

 

[Sculder]

Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)
Last Straw (2023)
Knifecorp (2021)
El hoyo 2 / The Platform 2 (2024)
Barbarian (2022)
The Watchers (2024)
Baghead (2023)
Totally Killer (2023)
We Are Zombies (2023)
Apartment 7A (2024)

 

[Frodo]

IN A DEFENSE OF A MARRIED MAN ( 1990)

 

[emielaen]

A ★★★½ review of Here (2023)

An intimate, quiet, minutiae-driven story about the underneath of us. The soft seeding of things that slowly form into connection. The gentle openness of offering and accepting, the vulnerability of shared meals and the easygoing energy of silence eases our lead Stefan along a path he makes with...

boxd.it

 

[KaijuDude1992]

 

[Brutikus]

 

[Morg]

Beetlejuice

 

[Ash J. Williams]