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Post by berkley on Jan 25, 2015 19:21:36 GMT -5
I don't remember many details but I do recall finding the Solomon Kane movie pretty entertaining. No, it wasn't very faithful to the Howard character, but in itself it was an enjoyable B-movie, as RR said. I liked the supernatural stuff and the look of the set designs and costumes. Purefoy is worth watching in anything. Apart from the actress who played Dejah Thoris, his was by far the best performance in the John Carter film - he got more personality across in one scene and a handful of lines ("Is that the way they do it on earth?" than the John Carter actor did in the whole movie. And his Marc Antony in the Rome series was phenomenal - one of my favourite bits of acting from the last several years.
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Post by gothos on Jan 25, 2015 20:06:56 GMT -5
Anyone else a Svengoolie fan? His show has been a great source of rare old films. They just showed the best of the Rondo Hatton "monster films," HOUSE OF HORRORS. It's no classic, but it's an underrated gem from the glory days of Universal horror flicks.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jan 25, 2015 21:18:11 GMT -5
I don't remember many details but I do recall finding the Solomon Kane movie pretty entertaining. No, it wasn't very faithful to the Howard character, but in itself it was an enjoyable B-movie, as RR said. I liked the supernatural stuff and the look of the set designs and costumes. Purefoy is worth watching in anything. Apart from the actress who played Dejah Thoris, his was by far the best performance in the John Carter film - he got more personality across in one scene and a handful of lines ("Is that the way they do it on earth?" than the John Carter actor did in the whole movie. And his Marc Antony in the Rome series was phenomenal - one of my favourite bits of acting from the last several years. I saw this some time ago on Netflix, and while it certainly isn't the Kane I've enjoyed since I was a kid it was a decent enough action movie. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2015 0:23:12 GMT -5
Anyone else a Svengoolie fan? His show has been a great source of rare old films. They just showed the best of the Rondo Hatton "monster films," HOUSE OF HORRORS. It's no classic, but it's an underrated gem from the glory days of Universal horror flicks. I pretty much watch about 75% of the films that he shows on Saturday Night. I just saw that movie and it's great!  |
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Post by Jesse on Jan 26, 2015 11:40:25 GMT -5
Anyone else a Svengoolie fan? His show has been a great source of rare old films. They just showed the best of the Rondo Hatton "monster films," HOUSE OF HORRORS. It's no classic, but it's an underrated gem from the glory days of Universal horror flicks. I try to watch it as often as I can. I missed it this weekend though. Rich Koz plays some pretty cool movies and some of his jokes are so bad I cant help but laugh. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 26, 2015 11:44:14 GMT -5
Anyone else a Svengoolie fan? His show has been a great source of rare old films. They just showed the best of the Rondo Hatton "monster films," HOUSE OF HORRORS. It's no classic, but it's an underrated gem from the glory days of Universal horror flicks. I've tried to watch once or twice, to see some old classic (or "classic"), but the interruptions are frequent, entertaining, and interminable. He means well, I guess, but he's too high a price to pay. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jan 26, 2015 13:16:51 GMT -5
Watched 1971's The Last Picture Show last night. An amazing cast who, at that time were just about all unknowns. Starring Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, Cybil Shepherd, Ellen Burstyn, Eileen Brennan, Cloris Leachman, Randy Quaid, Sam Bottoms, Ben Johnson and Clu Gulager. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich from a Larry McMurtry script. Moody story taking place in 1951 Texas of a small town dying economically and socially. Filmed in stark black and white for that atmosphere of desperation. Bridges, Shepherd and Bottoms were so young but amazing in this film
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jan 26, 2015 13:41:01 GMT -5
Anyone else a Svengoolie fan? His show has been a great source of rare old films. They just showed the best of the Rondo Hatton "monster films," HOUSE OF HORRORS. It's no classic, but it's an underrated gem from the glory days of Universal horror flicks. I've tried to watch once or twice, to see some old classic (or "classic"), but the interruptions are frequent, entertaining, and interminable. He means well, I guess, but he's too high a price to pay. Is this one of those things like Mystery Science Theater where someone got the bright idea that anyone would be entertained by their inane comments during the showing of a movie? |
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Post by dupersuper on Jan 26, 2015 15:26:48 GMT -5
I've tried to watch once or twice, to see some old classic (or "classic"), but the interruptions are frequent, entertaining, and interminable. He means well, I guess, but he's too high a price to pay. Is this one of those things like Mystery Science Theater where someone got the bright idea that anyone would be entertained by their inane comments during the showing of a movie? Many were: including me. |
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Post by gothos on Jan 26, 2015 16:44:52 GMT -5
I've tried to watch once or twice, to see some old classic (or "classic"), but the interruptions are frequent, entertaining, and interminable. He means well, I guess, but he's too high a price to pay. Is this one of those things like Mystery Science Theater where someone got the bright idea that anyone would be entertained by their inane comments during the showing of a movie? Not precisely. On one occasion Svengoolie injected a little goofy "Three Stooges" music in an ongoing scene, but usually, unlike MST3K, he leaves the movie proper alone, and just appears in the "bumpers" with jokes and commentaries. If you ever saw any of Elvira's movie-hosting gigs, it's a lot like her format, but with less cleavage and more fan-data. He seems to be one of the few horror-hosts who has gone into great detail about the histories of the players. I particularly like it when he works in comments about the actors who are not major stars. The cast of HOUSE OF HORRORS included both the second serial Batman, Robert Lowery, and the 1966 Batman's butler Alan Napier, so of course Sven worked in some enjoyably bad Bat-jokes. |
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Post by Jasoomian on Jan 26, 2015 16:53:12 GMT -5
Last I saw Elvira she was interacting rather a bit more with the film, likely influenced by MST3k.
For most of the films in question, the bigger question really is why the filmmakers thought anyone would want to see their inane films!
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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 26, 2015 17:21:16 GMT -5
Is this one of those things like Mystery Science Theater where someone got the bright idea that anyone would be entertained by their inane comments during the showing of a movie? Many were: including me. I love MST. This guy is not in that league. |
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jan 28, 2015 11:58:22 GMT -5
Is this one of those things like Mystery Science Theater where someone got the bright idea that anyone would be entertained by their inane comments during the showing of a movie? Not precisely. On one occasion Svengoolie injected a little goofy "Three Stooges" music in an ongoing scene, but usually, unlike MST3K, he leaves the movie proper alone, and just appears in the "bumpers" with jokes and commentaries. If you ever saw any of Elvira's movie-hosting gigs, it's a lot like her format, but with less cleavage and more fan-data. He seems to be one of the few horror-hosts who has gone into great detail about the histories of the players. I particularly like it when he works in comments about the actors who are not major stars. The cast of HOUSE OF HORRORS included both the second serial Batman, Robert Lowery, and the 1966 Batman's butler Alan Napier, so of course Sven worked in some enjoyably bad Bat-jokes. That's far more tolerable than Mystery Science Theater. I've watched Elvira hosted movies before and have no problem with witty intermissions. The concept of Mystery Science Theater is probably so damned annoying because Netflix has a lot of them on instant streaming, and it's the movies themselves I would like to watch not those clown's commentary. Edit: But they don't have the movies alone by themselves on instant, and many times not even on DVD. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 28, 2015 12:23:52 GMT -5
I've tried to watch once or twice, to see some old classic (or "classic"), but the interruptions are frequent, entertaining, and interminable. He means well, I guess, but he's too high a price to pay. Is this one of those things like Mystery Science Theater where someone got the bright idea that anyone would be entertained by their inane comments during the showing of a movie? So few people were entertained that the show only lasted for 11 seasons and spun off into Rifftrax and Cinematic Titanic. I was entertained...and so were a whole lot of other people. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jan 28, 2015 12:26:07 GMT -5
Not precisely. On one occasion Svengoolie injected a little goofy "Three Stooges" music in an ongoing scene, but usually, unlike MST3K, he leaves the movie proper alone, and just appears in the "bumpers" with jokes and commentaries. If you ever saw any of Elvira's movie-hosting gigs, it's a lot like her format, but with less cleavage and more fan-data. He seems to be one of the few horror-hosts who has gone into great detail about the histories of the players. I particularly like it when he works in comments about the actors who are not major stars. The cast of HOUSE OF HORRORS included both the second serial Batman, Robert Lowery, and the 1966 Batman's butler Alan Napier, so of course Sven worked in some enjoyably bad Bat-jokes. That's far more tolerable than Mystery Science Theater. I've watched Elvira hosted movies before and have no problem with witty intermissions. The concept of Mystery Science Theater is probably so damned annoying because Netflix has a lot of them on instant streaming, and it's the movies themselves I would like to watch not those clown's commentary. Edit: But they don't have the movies alone by themselves on instant, and many times not even on DVD. Seriously, the MST3K movies were public domain. And they were for a reason. They are pretty much unwatchable without the commentary. |
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