|
Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2019 8:08:07 GMT -5
I watched the "The General" last night on TCM and it was a great film starring Buster Keaton. One Hour and 20 minutes movie on YouTube back in 1927.
|
|
|
Post by Jesse on Sept 18, 2019 16:13:22 GMT -5
Deep Red (1975) I've been meaning to watch this Dario Argento movie for awhile and am glad to finally find the opportunity to sit down and do so. I think it is much better paced than some of the other Italian giallo films that I've sat through and the Goblin score is always exciting. It's very suspenseful and seriously thought there were shades of some of Alfred Hitchcock's darker work albeit much gorier. If you can get through the brutality of the murders the twists and turns the plot takes kept me guessing until the final reveal. I immediately started rewatching it as soon as it was over it's really excellently made.
|
|
|
Post by Duragizer on Sept 23, 2019 18:53:20 GMT -5
The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) Watched it by way of Mystery Science Theater 3000. This has to be the worst film I've seen which I don't actually dislike. It's an incompetent production in absolutely every single regard, and not even enjoyable in a "so-bad-it's-good" sense, but I didn't feel the least bit of ire or frustration while watching it. Curious. 1/10
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2019 19:12:20 GMT -5
The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) Watched it by way of Mystery Science Theater 3000. This has to be the worst film I've seen which I don't actually dislike. It's an incompetent production in absolutely every single regard, and not even enjoyable in a "so-bad-it's-good" sense, but I didn't feel the least bit of ire or frustration while watching it. Curious. 1/10 Your review is spot on; I watched that sucker at my friend place 4 years ago and I just can't believe how bad it was and since you mentioned "production" it was grossly correct and you've nailed it.
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2019 14:28:07 GMT -5
The Man with the X-Ray EyesI haven't seen this movie in ages and yet it was somewhat disturbing and beyond that. I just stunned how one man developed a way through a dropper that occasionally inject and drop a mysterious fluid into each eye and that led to his downfall at the end of the movie that was shocking and an abrupt end of it. It was an unique movie and a different take on the aspects of horror in the eyes of man at the end of this movie. I really enjoyed this movie to the extent of it and I find it not so enjoyable the way that he went about it and people started to questioned (that led to his downfall) him and all that. It is a tragic film and an unusual film that went around a man attempt to explore the unknown. Good film and a groundbreaking attempt to do something different back then. Ray Milland is an excellent actor do this film and rightly so. {One Scene}Of where the Head of the Casino questioned him about the money that he won.
|
|
|
Post by Jesse on Sept 28, 2019 12:31:53 GMT -5
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) I didn't realize Netflix had so many classic martial arts films and I've been meaning to watch this movie for ages given it's connection with the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan and I wasn't disappointed with this at all. Great action from the very start with an interesting story arc and character growth while there's hardly a dull moment. The story follows San Te while he learns and trains under the Shaolin monks in order to bring the knowledge of martial arts style to his people and liberate them from the oppressive government. I really dig the way this one build up as it went along learning all the different components that make up the discipline. Every fight scene was exciting even the training that leads up to San Te inventing a new weapon and ending up teaching a new chamber as a master. I highly recommend this one!
|
|
|
Post by codystarbuck on Sept 28, 2019 19:22:06 GMT -5
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) I didn't realize Netflix had so many classic martial arts films and I've been meaning to watch this movie for ages given it's connection with the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan and I wasn't disappointed with this at all. Great action from the very start with an interesting story arc and character growth while there's hardly a dull moment. The story follows San Te while he learns and trains under the Shaolin monks in order to bring the knowledge of martial arts style to his people and liberate them from the oppressive government. I really dig the way this one build up as it went along learning all the different components that make up the discipline. Every fight scene was exciting even the training that leads up to San Te inventing a new weapon and ending up teaching a new chamber as a master. I highly recommend this one! Tremendous film and one of the best martial arts films, of all time. This was one of the reasons why Gordon Liu was recruited for Kill Bill.
|
|
|
Post by Jesse on Sept 29, 2019 11:28:12 GMT -5
The Flying Guillotine (1975) I actually mistook this movie for another film Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976) which I still plan to watch and is mostly unrelated despite the titles. The premise is basically that this terrible weapon is created and when one of the emperor's best assassin becomes a fugitive he has to create something to counter this nearly unstoppable force. There's a lot of blood and gore in this one and brutal decapitations to the point where it's pretty silly. If you can get over how bizarre that is then it's a solid enough to enjoy but don't plan on watching it again.
|
|
|
Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2019 12:47:34 GMT -5
The Flying Guillotine (1975) I actually mistook this movie for another film Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976) which I still plan to watch and is mostly unrelated despite the titles. The premise is basically that this terrible weapon is created and when one of the emperor's best assassin becomes a fugitive he has to create something to counter this nearly unstoppable force. There's a lot of blood and gore in this one and brutal decapitations to the point where it's pretty silly. If you can get over how bizarre that is then it's a solid enough to enjoy but don't plan on watching it again. I had a hard time dealing with this movie Jesse and their were too much blood and gore that I just felt that this movie should never, ever ... been made and any movie that has "flying guillotine" in anyway shape or form; I avoid them at all costs. I just can't deal with it and that alone bothers me so much. I just can't get past it, honest.
|
|
|
Post by Hoosier X on Oct 2, 2019 22:38:02 GMT -5
In September, I only saw one movie from the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" list. (I mean, I only saw one movie from the List that I'd never seen before. I watched Come Drink With Me a couple of weeks ago. I love that movie! And also Rashomon! Anther great one!)
1. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)
That leaves me with only three films to go! And I can't find them.
They'll be announcing the additions to the List (most of the new films will be from 2018) in the next few days. I've usually seen about half of the new films, so I'll probably spend part of October watching the new films I haven't seen.
|
|
|
Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 3, 2019 9:39:37 GMT -5
In September, I only saw one movie from the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" list. (I mean, I only saw one movie from the List that I'd never seen before. I watched Come Drink With Me a couple of weeks ago. I love that movie! And also Rashomon! Anther great one!) 1. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)That leaves me with only three films to go! And I can't find them. They'll be announcing the additions to the List (most of the new films will be from 2018) in the next few days. I've usually seen about half of the new films, so I'll probably spend part of October watching the new films I haven't seen. Sweet Sweetback's is just a hugely influential film. An absolute landmark piece of cinema. It's interesting to look back at the critical reaction of the time and compare it to how important the film has become. I need to revisit it. Rashomon is one of the greatest trial films there is and a film every litigator should watch.
|
|
|
Post by Hoosier X on Oct 3, 2019 23:00:41 GMT -5
In September, I only saw one movie from the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" list. (I mean, I only saw one movie from the List that I'd never seen before. I watched Come Drink With Me a couple of weeks ago. I love that movie! And also Rashomon! Anther great one!) 1. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)That leaves me with only three films to go! And I can't find them. They'll be announcing the additions to the List (most of the new films will be from 2018) in the next few days. I've usually seen about half of the new films, so I'll probably spend part of October watching the new films I haven't seen. Sweet Sweetback's is just a hugely influential film. An absolute landmark piece of cinema. It's interesting to look back at the critical reaction of the time and compare it to how important the film has become. I need to revisit it. Rashomon is one of the greatest trial films there is and a film every litigator should watch. I had a free 7-day trial with an online channel called Brown Sugar and that was where I saw Sweet Sweetback. I also had a Pam Grier film festival and saw Coffy, Sheba Baby, Foxy Brown and Bucktown. And also Disco Godfather. And Ralph Bakshi's Coonskin! And in addition to Rashomon, I saw some other Kurosawa films. Two I'd never seen before, One Wonderful Sunday and The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail.
|
|
|
Post by berkley on Oct 3, 2019 23:34:46 GMT -5
In September, I only saw one movie from the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" list. (I mean, I only saw one movie from the List that I'd never seen before. I watched Come Drink With Me a couple of weeks ago. I love that movie! And also Rashomon! Anther great one!) 1. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)That leaves me with only three films to go! And I can't find them. They'll be announcing the additions to the List (most of the new films will be from 2018) in the next few days. I've usually seen about half of the new films, so I'll probably spend part of October watching the new films I haven't seen. I'm a great admirer of Rashomon, which I've been lucky enough to see on the big screen at a local cinema, and Come Drink With Me a dvd of which I managed to order online from somewhere after reading that it was one of Tarantino's influences for Kill Bill.
SSBS is on my to-watch list, but haven't seen it yet.
|
|
|
Post by berkley on Oct 3, 2019 23:44:22 GMT -5
In September, I only saw one movie from the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" list. (I mean, I only saw one movie from the List that I'd never seen before. I watched Come Drink With Me a couple of weeks ago. I love that movie! And also Rashomon! Anther great one!) 1. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971)That leaves me with only three films to go! And I can't find them. They'll be announcing the additions to the List (most of the new films will be from 2018) in the next few days. I've usually seen about half of the new films, so I'll probably spend part of October watching the new films I haven't seen. Sweet Sweetback's is just a hugely influential film. An absolute landmark piece of cinema. It's interesting to look back at the critical reaction of the time and compare it to how important the film has become. I need to revisit it. Rashomon is one of the greatest trial films there is and a film every litigator should watch. Interesting - not being a lawyer I never thought of Rashomon that way, but of course you're right. I think it's one of the most profound films I've ever seen. Each individual version of the events under examination reveals not only something about the person who's relating it, their individual psychology, motives, personality, etc - though just that aspect alone is something pretty special - but to me it feels like it goes beyond that, getting into social/political ramifications and metaphysical or at least philosophical questions of what is truth, how can we as limited beings ever approach it, etc. The final version from the seer or fortune-teller I remember making a big impact the last time I watched it (I've only seen it twice and the last time was probably 15 or more years ago, so my memories may be off).
|
|
|
Post by brutalis on Oct 4, 2019 7:41:17 GMT -5
After work last night watched 1941's I Wake Up Screaming starring Victor Mature, Betty Grable, Carole Landis, Laird Cregar and a host of familiar faces. I think this is a Noir movie before Noir was coined as a term. Very stylish murder mystery (who would want to kill Betty Grable?) with a dash of romance and thriller atmosphere and a spritz of gangster (is he or isn't he Mature?) all with Somewhere over the Rainbow playing incessantly as the soundtrack through the entire movie. A pleasurable, relaxed pace of a movie for ending a busy day with. Now i will need to watch the remake from 1953 with Richard Boone that is simply called Vicki.
|
|