General Entertainment ~Rate The Last Movie/TV Show You Watched Thread~

[Greatoneshere]

46 minutes ago, Bloodporne said:

I've been on a roll in general. I just rewatched The Wailing for the third time and man, I forgot who recommended it here again but I've grown to really love that movie. I'm still not sure I follow its logic 100% but there's something about that that makes it extra tense later on into the film.

 

I want to say it was me since I'm a big fan of the film but I believe we have a few South Korean film aficionados around here. Also welcome to the party with Carnivale!

[Bloodporne]

Just now, Greatoneshere said:

 

I want to say it was me since I'm a big fan of the film but I believe we have a few South Korean film aficionados around here. Also welcome to the party with Carnivale!

Pretty sure it was you, yup. I liked it right away but I keep coming back to it. That final scene in the cave is so, so fucking good.

[Greatoneshere]

Just now, Bloodporne said:

Pretty sure it was you, yup. I liked it right away but I keep coming back to it. That final scene in the cave is so, so fucking good.

 

There are just so many details in the film, I keep discovering new things every time. The final scene definitely seals the deal though. I'm glad it's found another fan!

[Keyser_Soze]

8 hours ago, Zeluge said:

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

 

Lady Vengeance

 

Thirst

 

Stoker

 

Decision to Leave

 

Didn't watch The Handmaiden to round it out?

[Mercury33]

Trying to do 31 Horror/Halloween movies in 31 days. 
 

Oct 1: The Wolf of Snow Hollow 7.5/10

Oct 2: X - 9/10
Oct 3: Quiet Place 2 - 7.5/10

Oct 4: Dale and Tucker vs Evil - 5/10

Oct 5: Malignant - 9.9/10

Oct 6: Hubie Halloween - 8/10

Oct 7: Werewolf By Night - 9.5/10

Oct 8: Scream 5 - 6.5/10

Oct 9: Hellraiser(2022) - 7/10

Oct 10: The Night House - 7.5/10

Oct 11: The Rental - 4.5/10

Oct 12: Halloween(2018) - 8.5/10

Oct 13: Halloween Kills - 8/10

Oct 14: Halloween Ends - 8.25/10

Oct 15: It Follows - 9/10

Oct 16: Videodrome - 7/10

Oct 17: Candyman(2021) - 6/10

 

Oct 18: Cadaver - 6.5/10

This was almost soooo good but it just kinda falls apart towards the end. Good premise, great mood, good performances. Finale just didn’t quite feel right. Def worth checking out though. 

[Greatoneshere]

11 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

Didn't watch The Handmaiden to round it out?

 

Well that still wouldn't cover all Chan-wook Park films.

[Keyser_Soze]

1 minute ago, Greatoneshere said:

Well that still wouldn't cover all Chan-wook Park films.

 

No, but it would be pretty close. Obviously he was intentionally skipping Oldboy. Getting to the tail end of his movies though that is most of them just without The Handmaiden.

[Greatoneshere]

5 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

 

No, but it would be pretty close. Obviously he was intentionally skipping Oldboy. Getting to the tail end of his movies though that is most of them just without The Handmaiden.

 

Well, given JSA: Joint Security Area is one of Park's best movies, skipping that would be criminal. "I'm a Cyborg, But That's Okay" is also good and skipping that would be bad too. I do agree he was intentionally skipping Oldboy. And then yeah there's The Handmaiden. So he essentially ignored 4, not 1, Chan-wook Park films.

[Zeluge]

JSA, Oldboy and The Handmaiden have all been viewed within the last year or so (a rewatch in the case of Oldboy), recent enough to distinctly recall. Stoker made the cut because I hadn't seen it since its theatrical run 9 years ago.

 

I'm a Cyborg But That's OK isn't available in any streaming capacity (in the US, at least) and the maybe-region-free bluray is 20 bucks, a little too rich for a barren blind buy. I'll catch it sometime down the road, when availability opens up.

[Greatoneshere]

7 minutes ago, Zeluge said:

I'm a Cyborg But That's OK isn't available in any streaming capacity (in the US, at least) and the maybe-region-free bluray is 20 bucks, a little too rich for a barren blind buy. I'll catch it sometime down the road, when availability opens up.

 

Only easy way I saw I'm a Cyborg is by pirating. And nice, you covered all the films then. 

[Zeluge]

12 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said:

Only easy way I saw I'm a Cyborg is by pirating

 

I figured, though that's never been my bag. So many services that cover many (though not all) bases, it's easy enough to find something worth watching at the drop of a hat that I've never been strongly compelled to go down that road.

 

Also, my friend got flagged for that several years ago, so that's added to my already-existing hesitation about such methods.

[Greatoneshere]

1 hour ago, Zeluge said:

 

I figured, though that's never been my bag. So many services that cover many (though not all) bases, it's easy enough to find something worth watching at the drop of a hat that I've never been strongly compelled to go down that road.

 

Also, my friend got flagged for that several years ago, so that's added to my already-existing hesitation about such methods.

 

The problem is the highest quality versions of most films are the pirated versions in my experience. Streams will always be inadequate in terms of visual quality and compression compared to a proper, already downloaded file. I'm big on that though, I know I'm in the minority.  

[Bloodporne]

Suggested a bunch of Halloween-themed movies for tonight's film fest to my girlfriend and somehow she ended up picking...Gone With The Wind!? Sure, why not... 

[TheLeon]

32 minutes ago, Bloodporne said:

Suggested a bunch of Halloween-themed movies for tonight's film fest to my girlfriend and somehow she ended up picking...Gone With The Wind!? Sure, why not... 

That runtime is more terrifying than horror movie!

[Bloodporne]

8 minutes ago, TheLeon said:

That runtime is more terrifying than horror movie!

We're watching half tonight and the other half tomorrow, yeah. 

[Keyser_Soze]

47 minutes ago, Bloodporne said:

Suggested a bunch of Halloween-themed movies for tonight's film fest to my girlfriend and somehow she ended up picking...Gone With The Wind!? Sure, why not... 

 

Racism is scary.

[Greatoneshere]

With the third weekend of October now having passed, my wife and I got through a bunch more horror films, see the second bracket below (first bracket is from the first and second weekends): 

 

A Quiet Place Part II (2020): 7.5/10

The Shallows (2016): 7/10

Halloween (1978): 8/10

Halloween (2018): 7.5/10

Halloween Kills - Extended Cut (2021): 7.5/10 (people hated this? I fucking loved it)

Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022): 7.5/10 (very clever, cutting satire of Gen Z'ers)

Candyman (1992): 8/10

Candyman (2021): 8/10

Hellraiser (1987): 8/10

Hellraiser II: Hellbound 8/10

Hellraiser (2022): 7.5/10

The Thing (1982): 8/10

The Thing (2011): 7/10

Werewolf By Night (2022): 7.5/10

 

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984): 7/10 (not as scary as I remember but the film is very well made and the premise is aces)

Halloween Ends (2022): 7.5/10 (the film is mostly reviled but like with Kills I appreciated this did something different - not sure what fans are wanting here)

Nope (2022): 8/10 (slickly made, shot, acted, and scored; not really scary but a very interesting film, not as esoteric as people made it seem)

Open Water (2004): 7.5/10 (better than I remember it, the film is pretty well made for being in the cinema verite style and definitely tense)

Night of the Living Dead (1968): 8/10 (a classic that absolutely still holds up today, looked gorgeous in 4K)

 

My wife and I will be skipping A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 but we will be watching the third one, Dream Warriors, since that one is actually good (all the others, including the remake, are bad). Hoping to get to Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead as well.

[Mercury33]

I have a soft spot for New Nightmare, I always thought that concept was super cool. 

[Greatoneshere]

1 hour ago, Mercury33 said:

I have a soft spot for New Nightmare, I always thought that concept was super cool. 

 

You know what? I had totally forgotten to mention that one - we'll be doing Dream Warriors and New Nightmare, that one is good too. Just re-checked, the consensus on all the others is real bad. Makes sense given Wes Craven and Frank Darabont co-wrote Dream Warriors and Wes Craven came back to write and direct New Nightmare.

[Mercury33]

Trying to do 31 Horror/Halloween movies in 31 days. 
 

Oct 1: The Wolf of Snow Hollow 7.5/10

Oct 2: X - 9/10
Oct 3: Quiet Place 2 - 7.5/10

Oct 4: Dale and Tucker vs Evil - 5/10

Oct 5: Malignant - 9.9/10

Oct 6: Hubie Halloween - 8/10

Oct 7: Werewolf By Night - 9.5/10

Oct 8: Scream 5 - 6.5/10

Oct 9: Hellraiser(2022) - 7/10

Oct 10: The Night House - 7.5/10

Oct 11: The Rental - 4.5/10

Oct 12: Halloween(2018) - 8.5/10

Oct 13: Halloween Kills - 8/10

Oct 14: Halloween Ends - 8.25/10

Oct 15: It Follows - 9/10

Oct 16: Videodrome - 7/10

Oct 17: Candyman(2021) - 6/10

Oct 18: Cadaver - 6.5/10

 

Oct 19: The Curse of Bridge Hallow - 8/10

Ill be honest I fell asleep for a chunk of this. But I enjoyed what I liked. Fun and silly Halloween time movie. Not scary at all but enough laughs and good performances to make a fun watch this time of year. 

[Mercury33]

Trying to do 31 Horror/Halloween movies in 31 days. 
 

Oct 1: The Wolf of Snow Hollow 7.5/10

Oct 2: X - 9/10
Oct 3: Quiet Place 2 - 7.5/10

Oct 4: Dale and Tucker vs Evil - 5/10

Oct 5: Malignant - 9.9/10

Oct 6: Hubie Halloween - 8/10

Oct 7: Werewolf By Night - 9.5/10

Oct 8: Scream 5 - 6.5/10

Oct 9: Hellraiser(2022) - 7/10

Oct 10: The Night House - 7.5/10

Oct 11: The Rental - 4.5/10

Oct 12: Halloween(2018) - 8.5/10

Oct 13: Halloween Kills - 8/10

Oct 14: Halloween Ends - 8.25/10

Oct 15: It Follows - 9/10

Oct 16: Videodrome - 7/10

Oct 17: Candyman(2021) - 6/10

Oct 18: Cadaver - 6.5/10

Oct 19: The Curse of Bridge Hallow - 8/10

 

Oct 20: Love and Monsters - 9.5/10

This was like Zombieland, only way better. I absolutely loved this. Nothing else to say, just plain loved every minute of it. 

[EternallDarkness]

12 hours ago, Mercury33 said:

 

 

Oct 20: Love and Monsters - 9.5/10

This was like Zombieland, only way better. I absolutely loved this. Nothing else to say, just plain loved every minute of it. 

 

agreed it was a really fun movie

[Phaseknox]

12 hours ago, Mercury33 said:

Love and Monsters - 9.5/10

This was like Zombieland, only way better. I absolutely loved this. Nothing else to say, just plain loved every minute of it. 

I really enjoyed it, too. I thought that it was entertaining and fun throughout. I didn’t like it more than Zombieland myself, but it was definitely a good time.

[SimpleG]

Return Of The Living Dead 4k

Fantastic 80's horror, its bleak and nihilistic and it does such good job of encompassing that decade. The film has never looked better and it has one of the best soundtracks of all time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dawn Of The Dead 4k The Argento Cut

Romero's 2nd part in his trilogy. I usually prefer the Cannes cut, it does a better job of filling out the characters but the Argento cut is better edited and the Goblin soundtrack is so top tier. Second sight did a bang up job on the 4k.

 

 

 

 

 

[Mercury33]

Trying to do 31 Horror/Halloween movies in 31 days. 
 

Oct 1: The Wolf of Snow Hollow 7.5/10

Oct 2: X - 9/10
Oct 3: Quiet Place 2 - 7.5/10

Oct 4: Dale and Tucker vs Evil - 5/10

Oct 5: Malignant - 9.9/10

Oct 6: Hubie Halloween - 8/10

Oct 7: Werewolf By Night - 9.5/10

Oct 8: Scream 5 - 6.5/10

Oct 9: Hellraiser(2022) - 7/10

Oct 10: The Night House - 7.5/10

Oct 11: The Rental - 4.5/10

Oct 12: Halloween(2018) - 8.5/10

Oct 13: Halloween Kills - 8/10

Oct 14: Halloween Ends - 8.25/10

Oct 15: It Follows - 9/10

Oct 16: Videodrome - 7/10

Oct 17: Candyman(2021) - 6/10

Oct 18: Cadaver - 6.5/10

Oct 19: The Curse of Bridge Hallow - 8/10

Oct 20: Love and Monsters - 9.5/10

Oct 21: Hocus Pocus 2 - 5/10

 

Oct 22: Cast a Deadly Spell - 9/10

Lol how I have never seen or even heard of this before? Just found it scrolling through HBO Max. HP Lovecraft plus Film Noire with a ridiculous cast? Yes fucking please!  

[Phaseknox]

16 minutes ago, Mercury33 said:

Oct 21: Hocus Pocus 2 - 5/10

Was this so bad that you didn’t even want to speak of it? 
 

BTW I’ve been enjoying your mini reviews and scores for the movies that you’ve been watching this month for Halloween. I haven’t seen most of them, so you’ve been bringing a lot of them to my attention and I’m definitely going to watch some of them now that I probably wouldn’t have otherwise.

[Mercury33]

40 minutes ago, Phaseknox said:

Was this so bad that you didn’t even want to speak of it? 
 

BTW I’ve been enjoying your mini reviews and scores for the movies that you’ve been watching this month for Halloween. I haven’t seen most of them, so you’ve been bringing a lot of them to my attention and I’m definitely going to watch some of them now that I probably wouldn’t have otherwise.

Lol no, not a damn thing worth talking about. Bette still crushes that role but everything else straight to dvd nonsense. 
 

Thanks man, it’s exhausting trying to keep up with it every day but it’s a fun excuse to try and watch 31 (mostly) new movies 

[SimpleG]

1 hour ago, Mercury33 said:

Oct 22: Cast a Deadly Spell - 9/10

Lol how I have never seen or even heard of this before? Just found it scrolling through HBO Max. HP Lovecraft plus Film Noire with a ridiculous cast? Yes fucking please!  

Finally someone else has seen the light. Fred Ward nails this role.

[CastlevaniaNut18]

Finally got around to Top Gun Maverick. That was masterful and exciting as hell. Much as I dislike Tom Cruise, I gotta give that one a 10/10.

 

Fun fact: My husband, despite being born in 84, never saw the original Top Gun. He finally watched it on the return flight from Seattle last month.

[EternallDarkness]

One of my sister's wanted to see Ticket to Paradise. Clooney was hilarious and while I'm not the biggest fan of Julia Roberts (her damn mouth is just TOOOOOOOOO Damn big....would have preferred someone like Sandra Bullock, but even so I enjoyed the movie way more than I thought I was based on the trailer I only vaguely remember seeing like 6 months ago  Though I will say I found it hilarious when someone in the movie actually says something to the effect that Roberts looks like a horse.  Oh and Billie Lourd's characters was great as well.  

 

 

Then this evening the family got together for dinner and afterwards my sisters, mom, and I ended up watching Fall. We pretty much talked through the entire thing and I lost track of how many times we called the characters a bunch of dumbasses but it was fun time if not a particularly good movie. 

[gamer.tv]

I’ve not watched, but want to know - is the 3 hour, fan edited version of The Hobbit (where all three films are condensed down to one) worth finding? Rings of Power has left a hole in my life and although we’ll be rewatching LotR soon - I know I’ll need more!

[best3444]

13 hours ago, EternallDarkness said:

I'm not the biggest fan of Julia Roberts (her damn mouth is just TOOOOOOOOO Damn big....would have preferred someone like Sandra Bullock, but even so I enjoyed the movie way more than I thought I was based on the trailer I only vaguely remember seeing like 6 months ago  Though I will say I found it hilarious when someone in the movie actually says something to the effect that Roberts looks like a horse.  

 

[Greatoneshere]

1 hour ago, gamer.tv said:

I’ve not watched, but want to know - is the 3 hour, fan edited version of The Hobbit (where all three films are condensed down to one) worth finding? Rings of Power has left a hole in my life and although we’ll be rewatching LotR soon - I know I’ll need more!

 

I'm in the minority but The Hobbit extended editions I find to be better than the theatrical editions. Go longer rather than shorter since the films aren't trying to just adapt The Hobbit. The story of Azog and Thorin's familial histories are better explained, and you get to spend more time in Middle-Earth, and get more LOTR pseudo-fan fiction like we've been getting with The Rings of Power, which is awesome. Seeing things like the tombs of the nine and the Necromancer in the East are great.

[Captain Pickle]

19 hours ago, Phaseknox said:

Was this so bad that you didn’t even want to speak of it? 
 

BTW I’ve been enjoying your mini reviews and scores for the movies that you’ve been watching this month for Halloween. I haven’t seen most of them, so you’ve been bringing a lot of them to my attention and I’m definitely going to watch some of them now that I probably wouldn’t have otherwise.

I’ve been enjoying it to but last night I watched malignant cuz of the 9.9 and let’s just say it wasn’t for me 

[Mercury33]

3 hours ago, Captain Pickle said:

I’ve been enjoying it to but last night I watched malignant cuz of the 9.9 and let’s just say it wasn’t for me 

Thats my bad, in hind sight it’s probably more of an 8.5. But I was just in the perfect mood to be caught off guard by the bat shit crazy third act. I was laughing so hard at the police station scene. I had no idea that’s were it was going.