What Was the Last Movie You Watched?

[Kane52630]

Wounds

A very Cronenberg-esque horror flick that also reminded me of The Ring for obvious reasons. Babak Anvari directed it who I thought did a great job with Under The Shadow and much like about another more high profile horror film this year, Wounds is basically about a couple who's relationship has imploded. It's got a great cast (Armie Hammer, Zazie Beetz, and Daktoa Johnson) and while it is a horror movie, they get a chance to flex their acting skills. It has plenty of body horror moments throughout it and there's some interesting subliminal messaging going on that kinda reminded me of The Exorcist and The Ring. It's not completely perfect, but I dig how much effort was put into this. Overall, it's worth a watch.
8.5/10

31 Day Horror Marathon 2019
Day 1 | In Fabric (9/10)
Day 2 | The Dead Don't Die (7.5/10)
Day 3 | Polaroid (6.5/10)
Day 4 | In The Tall Grass (7.5/10)
Day 5 | Haunt (9/10)
Day 6 | I Trapped The Devil (6.5/10)
Day 7 | Nightmare Cinema (7/10)
Day 8 | The Wind (7.5/10)
Day 9 | Wrinkles The Clown (8/10)
Day 10 | The Hole in the Ground (8/10)
Day 11 | Little Monsters (7.5/10)
Day 12 | Our House (9/10)
Day 13 | Satanic Panic (6/10)
Day 14 | 3 From Hell (6/10)
Day 15 | Carnival of Souls (9/10)
Day 16 | The Return of the Living Dead (8.5/10)
Day 17 | Zombieland: Double Tap (6.5/10)
Day 18 | Wounds (8.5/10)

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[Kane52630]

The Thing (1982)

I thought I'd start on my rewatch for my marathon. The Thing an all time classic and one I have to watch every year.
10/10

31 Day Horror Marathon 2019
Day 1 | In Fabric (9/10)
Day 2 | The Dead Don't Die (7.5/10)
Day 3 | Polaroid (6.5/10)
Day 4 | In The Tall Grass (7.5/10)
Day 5 | Haunt (9/10)
Day 6 | I Trapped The Devil (6.5/10)
Day 7 | Nightmare Cinema (7/10)
Day 8 | The Wind (7.5/10)
Day 9 | Wrinkles The Clown (8/10)
Day 10 | The Hole in the Ground (8/10)
Day 11 | Little Monsters (7.5/10)
Day 12 | Our House (9/10)
Day 13 | Satanic Panic (6/10)
Day 14 | 3 From Hell (6/10)
Day 15 | Carnival of Souls (9/10)
Day 16 | The Return of the Living Dead (8.5/10)
Day 17 | Zombieland: Double Tap (6.5/10)
Day 18 | Wounds (8.5/10)
Day 19 | The Thing (1982) (10/10) (REWATCH)

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[TheGuy]

Dark City - 10/10

Review:

A masterpiece in production design, cinematography, and score, Dark City is a throwback to early 20th century period, tribute to film noir and German Expressionistic films such as Metropolis. Unapologetically bleak but with an undercurrent of hope and love, the film is a deep dive into themes of reality, memories, and perception. What the film lacks in action, it has in spades of character study. The sense of time and space are further manipulated to present a grand scale in a once small and contained story centering on an amnesiac man running from shadowy figures.

The story follows John Murdoch as he awakens in a bathtub, suffering from amnesia. With only faint memories of his past, Murdoch is chased by groups of men called "Strangers", upon the call of Dr. Daniel Schreber, who seeks the "tuning" ability he possesses. Emma Murdoch is his wife, whom he has no recollection. Aside from the Strangers, Inspector Frank Bumstead is hot on his trail because Murdoch is accused of murder, one of which is a dead woman found inside the apartment he woke up. The pursuit ensues unwrapping mysteries behind the Strangers, Murdoch's fabricated past and the city's façade. The Strangers are a group of extraterrestrials near extinction who seek the meaning of humanity's individuality as a means to save their race. Every people living in the city is an unwitting subject, Murdoch included. All memories of the past are fabrications made by the Strangers meant to cloak changes. The city is the apparatus in which this giant experiment unfolds. During midnight the city physically changes, literally. Buildings and roads are rearranged and new memories are inserted to erase every truthful past and recollection. The city, in reality, is a massive space habitat protected by force fields, at the core of which is a machine that powers the city's machinations and is the Strangers home.

What is reality? Is the world a façade? Is reality ultimately a subjective viewpoint? What drives our perception of reality? How do our memories shape our present self? Dark City answers these philosophical questions satisfyingly and in a cathartic fashion.

Reality in Dark City can be viewed from multiple perspectives. The city is real from the Strangers' standpoint since they are its builders. Having control is tangible power, and is real because it alters the city's true state. For Murdoch, reality begins confusingly due to amnesia but the ending with Anna, Emma's new identity, is his true reality. Emma is the wife he never had, except as implanted memories, but this is where he builds his reality. The city can be further considered a façade or not depending on the perspective. The Strangers built a façade world where the occupants consider it real.

Now, is reality ultimately a subjective viewpoint? In the film's context, reality is indeed subjective. On a personal level, we create our own reality through our identities and experiences. The physical world is a reality different from the mental reality each individual possesses. It is a stimulant which our physical bodies are subjected. Some reactions are natural like pain, but emotions may vary from person to person, thus each may conclude differently from the same source. Murdoch, as the central character, finds resolution when after defeating the Strangers he altered reality to his will by changing the city into the memories which were implanted. Emma, now Anna with new memories, is his only reality because everything is mere creation and the only person whom he feels an emotion and love towards is her. Ultimately, as the driving force of the film his resolution is the thread that binds the themes together.

The acting is also great. Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, and Kiefer Sutherland are good in their roles, but Jennifer Connelly is the best performer, embodying the pain of not knowing any true past.

21 years since Dark City's release the visuals remain something to behold. The artistic qualities need to be experienced first-hand because words are not enough to do justice its beauty. A masterpiece in art direction and cinematography.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Yes it is
I also like the 4rd one.

I like chunks of Resurrection, it had the potential to be something different and impressive.

 

[kguillou]

Saturday Night Fever (1977)

8/10. I had never seen this before, but I really enjoyed this. I felt it was a little disjointed in its pacing but I liked this look at 70's Brooklyn in the Italian community and disco culture. It was a lot more adult and gritty than I thought it was going to be, surprisingly.

Staying Alive (1983)

10/10. Wow. What a HOT MESS this movie was. And i loved it. This movie was a 90 minute 80's music video with one of the CRAZIEST 3rd act climaxes I've ever seen. I can't believe Sylvester Stallone directed this, and I'm so happy he did. This is so bad its a masterpiece.

 

[psylockolussus]

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

It wasn't cringey as the first film, but a lot of things/characters here are undercooked. The visuals are great though and Angelina/Michelle were fierce as I expected them to be.

 

[Sculder]

Splatter University (1984)
What Really Frightens You (2009)

 

[MovieSlave]

3.5/5

 

[Webfoot Hero]

 

[NDX]

Return of the Living Dead 3

 

[Ash J. Williams]

 

[NDX]

Fright Night '85

 

[C. Lee]

 

[NDX]

The Nightmare Before Christmas

 

[blueharvest]

Zootopia

 

[Spider-Aziz]

All these years later after a number of great films, I still consider this one of MCU's best. It's a shame people still look down at it.

 

[nightwing06]

PARASITE


What a rollercoaster of emotion !!!!

PRAISE: The Kims a poor family slowly but surely grift and grafts their way into the lives of The Parks a rich family.Thats all i will say about the plot.This was one of the best misleading films i have ever had the pleasure of watching.Wonderfully acted acted by the entire cast which includes:
Song Kang-ho,Lee Sun-kyun,Cho Yeo-jeong,Choi Woo-shik,Park So-dam.
Director and writer(s)Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won have woven a story together that is filled with humor,drama,unexpected turns,commentary on social economics and the have and have nots of the world.Stunning visuals along with an engrossing plot kept me full engaged for the films 2 hour plus running time.

PROBLEMS:Some minor predictable moments.

Scale of 1-10 a 9




Zombieland: Double Tap


If you really need that break from The Walking Dead


PRAISE: Well the quartet of Zombie butt kickers are back
Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson), Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), Wichita (Emma Stone); and Wichita’s younger sister, Little Rock (Abagail Breslin).
Though they are starting to chafe and long for something different.
The visuals ,pop culture references,and fourth wall breaks keep the movie interesting and fun.
We are introduced to knew characters mainly the ditzy Madison (Zoey Deutch),and sexy and tough
Elvis-lover Nevada (Rosario Dawson)
Also some zombie kills are quite fun.

PROBLEM:There are plenty of predictable turns.Some characters are not really given that much to do and when they are given something to do it doesnt really go anywhere so it feels like character filler.
Some bits go on far to long.

This was a fast watch and i had fun for the most part definitely not as great as the first film though

stick around for the mid credits

Scale of 1-10 a 7½

 

[C. Lee]

 

[C. Lee]

 

[C. Lee]

 

[kvz5]

In The Tall Grass - Quite underrated. I enjoyed this a lot.

The Witch - A rewatch but I still loved the mood.

Train to Busan - Why did I just discover this now? At times too melodramatic but definitely one of the best takes on the zombie apocalypse with a phenomenal array of characters.

 

[Kane52630]

Frankenstein

It's been over a decade since I last saw it (not to mention I haven't read the Mary Shelley book since middle school), so a lot of it felt fresh to me. It's one of the more interesting precode films because how daring it was back in 1931. Also, I don't think we credit James Whale enough for his filmography and more importantly this film and how he moved cinema forward. It's kinda incredible this was just a little over an hour long because they do a good job filling out so much story. Boris Karloff is to this movie what Marolon Brando is to The Godfather. They both are the centerpiece of the story, but the movie really is about Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein much like The Godfather is really about Al Pacino as Michael Corleone. Also the one scene that doesn't get talked about enough that I loved was the part where the father is holding his dead daughter across the city. It's crazy how well that was shot and executed.
10/10

31 Day Horror Marathon 2019
Day 1 | In Fabric (9/10)
Day 2 | The Dead Don't Die (7.5/10)
Day 3 | Polaroid (6.5/10)
Day 4 | In The Tall Grass (7.5/10)
Day 5 | Haunt (9/10)
Day 6 | I Trapped The Devil (6.5/10)
Day 7 | Nightmare Cinema (7/10)
Day 8 | The Wind (7.5/10)
Day 9 | Wrinkles The Clown (8/10)
Day 10 | The Hole in the Ground (8/10)
Day 11 | Little Monsters (7.5/10)
Day 12 | Our House (9/10)
Day 13 | Satanic Panic (6/10)
Day 14 | 3 From Hell (6/10)
Day 15 | Carnival of Souls (9/10)
Day 16 | The Return of the Living Dead (8.5/10)
Day 17 | Zombieland: Double Tap (6.5/10)
Day 18 | Wounds (8.5/10)
Day 19 | The Thing (1982) (10/10) (REWATCH)
Day 20 | Frankenstein (10/10) (REWATCH)

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[Milk Tray Guy]

Frankenstein

It's been over a decade since I last saw it (not to mention I haven't read the Mary Shelley book since middle school), so a lot of it felt fresh to me. It's one of the more interesting precode films because how daring it was back in 1931. Also, I don't think we credit James Whale enough for his filmography and more importantly this film and how he moved cinema forward. It's kinda incredible this was just a little over an hour long because they do a good job filling out so much story. Boris Karloff is to this movie what Marolon Brando is to The Godfather. They both are the centerpiece of the story, but the movie really is about Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein much like The Godfather is really about Al Pacino as Michael Corleone. Also the one scene that doesn't get talked about enough that I loved was the part where the father is holding his dead daughter across the city. It's crazy how well that was shot and executed.
10/10

Fantastic film I like Bride of Frankenstein even more.

 

[Kane52630]

Fantastic film I like Bride of Frankenstein even more.

I surprisingly haven't seen Bride of Frankenstein or the other sequels, but I will be correcting that this week.

I'm so glad I bought the Universal Monsters collection on bluray.

 

[Kane52630]

Train to Busan - Why did I just discover this now? At times too melodramatic but definitely one of the best takes on the zombie apocalypse with a phenomenal array of characters.