The Ritual - builds up a really strong sense of foreboding through the first hour or more, then fumbles the ending. Strong acting. Everything but the ending is solid, but the ending, man, just feels like everyone went hmm, no idea what to do here. I know it's based on a novel and maybe that's how the novel ends, but damn, change it to make it halfway watchable.
Not recommended.
Green Room (2016)
Intense thriller/drama about a hardcore punk band who get trapped in an isolated barn/club after playing a gig for a few quick bugs and witnessing a murder by one of the local Neo-Nazi skinheads. Patrick Stewart is surprising as the leader of the pack but acts the role perfectly. Really suspenseful and realistic. Directed by the guy who did the equally intense Blue Ruin.
Blue Ruin (2013)
i completely forgot about this. i really wanted to see it because it reminded me of the blare witch project. is it anything like the blare witch project?.
Half off at the Criterion official shop.
I'd like to pick up Solaris and Eyes Without a Face, but I'm tapped out. I can wait until the B&N sale at the end of the year.
Watched The Green Room and it was a very intense movie. Almost shut it off because of the gore when shit has officially gone south, but stuck with it. Definitely did not see it unwind the way I imagined it would.
Interestingly, the main characters never really get names, so I named them halfhand and blonde for the wife to know who I was talking about. The neonazis has names though, not like they needed them.
I probably should have had a warning up for the gore as it is realistic and unexpected, especially, I'm pretty hardened to that sort of stuff but it shocked me too.Spoiler:the hand mutilation and stomach carving scenes
I really enjoyed the paintball story and how they used that to hype themselves for the final showdown, face paint and all.
I'm keen to see what the director does next. You should check out Blue Ruin if you haven't seen it, it is the better movie of the two.
I must just be incredibly desensitized, because while those scenes were wince inducing I wouldn't say I was "shocked" by them. You don't have to listen to me though, I'm the same weirdo who didn't think Logan was violent enough.
Speaking of Irreversible, that movie is complete tension and unease throughout. It's been years since I saw it and I'm not in a rush to see it again. I Stand Alone is also a messed up ride.
Checked out Green Room too...Thought it was really good only thing was i was disappointed in was expecting Picard too be some scary ass mofo from what the trailer lead you to believe. Sad the lead actor died so young.
I'll check out Blue Ruin next.
Hitmans Bodyguard - Over the top action and few chuckles...Trailer was better overall.
Swagger-man 3 -i dont think i ever finish the film last time around and this time around i did. This was still really bad film. Peter parking trying to have swagger was hilarious and cringy. Also way too many villains, each one could have easily been enough on their own. Probably been better off just having the Venom story line.
Swagger-man 3 -i dont think i ever finish the film last time around and this time around i did. This was still really bad film. Peter parking trying to have swagger was hilarious and cringy. Also way too many villains, each one could have easily been enough on their own. Probably been better off just having the Venom story line.
They actually have the sale twice a year now, all of August and then all of November, I've got a whole list of stuff to pick up this year. Here's hoping B&N stays in business that long, they've been having store closures recently.
Criterion does em in their online shop a few times a year as well, between the two and the normal Amazon discounting the MSRP on them is a joke.
I picked up Silence of the Lambs and Night of the Living Dead from this sale, haven’t watched either in a long time
That lame ass live action ghost in the shell movie starring some woman who always has a look of complete confusion on her face.
scarlett johansson isn't that great of an actress. she's more of a girlfriend in the background/ college student kind of character. she does not belong in all these action flicks they put her in.
Fished in
They actually have the sale twice a year now, all of August and then all of November, I've got a whole list of stuff to pick up this year. Here's hoping B&N stays in business that long, they've been having store closures recently.
Oh man. B&N are a disaster. Their leadership has a pretty clear way of turning things around (by providing what Amazon cannot), but they don't want to. Their C-level people get millions in bonuses when they increase "cash on hand". And you lose cash on hand when you actually invest in your company. So they're basically bleeding it dry, laying off people somewhat slowly, and letting it die a painful death. I think B&N will be around for this year's Criterion sale. But 2019, maybe no. 2020, they're gone.
Edit: Get this. On Monday, about 7 full time employees per store were laid off with no notice, given 2 weeks of pay as severance, and given an application to reapply to the store at minimum wage.