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I remember being moderately impressed by the creativity in the scene in the first one where Art bisects the one chick in a way I don't think I'd seen in a horror movie before, but other than that I don't remember any of it standing out. In the sequel Art's unyielding dedication to the bit where he goes out of his way to laugh at everything was more entertaining to me than the kinda dumb gore, i.e. the shotgun-related stuff.Thank you.
I felt like I was the only one who felt that way. Everybody gushes about about it but there is literally nothing to it. It's just mindless torture porn. Try hard is an understatement.
Thankfully the type of people that went to midnight movies back then were pretty open minded so it found an audience.Yeah, in 68 or 69, a black man slapping a (hysterical) white woman upset those who were prejudiced. My brother in law, at the time, told me about it's release and reception. Pretty ignorant.
In some ways, I like it more than the original. The original has some slight racial commentary, or at least more overt racial commentary, but its attitude toward women is caveman days. Original Barbara is worthless beyond belief. I also like new Ben better, not just because he's played by a better actor, but because he's more nuanced in that he's heroic without being anywhere near perfect.Night of the Living Dead (1990)- George Romero remaking his own movie but having Tom Savini direct it is a weird choice. I've seen this one several times over the years and I'm still not sure about it. It's not bad but it's also still kind of disappointing in a lot of ways. First Savini is not a strong director and where you think he would have made up for that with insane gore and effects he kind of drops the ball. Actually there looks like some pretty hard edits where there should have been some big gags. The effects that are there are great but it still feels like a missed opportunity.
On the plus side Tony Todd is great and Barbara is a much better character this time around. The ending is solid and I think it was a good idea to forego the racial commentary in favor of justice for Ben and satisfaction for both the audience and Barbara.
It's an odd one but I'm glad it was made and there's a lot to like about it even with it's shortcomings.
Everything snaps into focus when you hear that his dream project is to adapt the novels of Ayn Rand.
Yeah, a local paper said basically that and gave it 2/5 pass.Everything I've read said it's a pretentious mess of self indulgence masquerading as an homage to old Hollywood.
It's not much better on a TV.Hardcore Henry
I laughed at this when I saw the trailers, but figured why not. I was watching on my iPad and got super motion sick, which has never happened to me before. I'll have to try to finish it on the TV. It's...exactly what it looks like.
Hardcore Henry
I laughed at this when I saw the trailers, but figured why not. I was watching on my iPad and got super motion sick, which has never happened to me before. I'll have to try to finish it on the TV. It's...exactly what it looks like.
I saw it in the theater when it came out. It’s pretty forgettable and dumb.
This hurts my soul - I am a big fan of this one. For me, it's like a super-fucking kinetic, live action anime OVA. It knows what's its about and it has the production budget to actually do it. I saw an early screening of it and it blew my tits off. I was a big fan of the music video that spawned it though. I didn't care for the music, but the video was batshit insane. It's basically par excellence for a story via first person. Plus, you could tell Sharlto fucking Copley had a blast on it. I dunno, man - it's pure adrenaline, exquisitely executed, pure action from a perspective yet to be realized. I like that the same people who could call it "dumb" probably love something adjacent that I promise, is way more objectively dumb. It was inventive and sharp as nails. That final fight with some legit video game tropes and over-the-top moments, come on! I don't see how you can like shit like Fist of the North Star, etc and not dig the shit outta' that movie. I'm drunk raging right now.
Yeah it's all those things for sure but it's still a gimmick and a gimmick being stretched to feature length long outstaying it's welcome. The original video was cool but I feel like this would have been best as a highly polished short.This hurts my soul - I am a big fan of this one. For me, it's like a super-fucking kinetic, live action anime OVA. It knows what's its about and it has the production budget to actually do it. I saw an early screening of it and it blew my tits off. I was a big fan of the music video that spawned it though. I didn't care for the music, but the video was batshit insane. It's basically par excellence for a story via first person. Plus, you could tell Sharlto fucking Copley had a blast on it. I dunno, man - it's pure adrenaline, exquisitely executed, pure action from a perspective yet to be realized. I like that the same people who could call it "dumb" probably love something adjacent that I promise, is way more objectively dumb. It was inventive and sharp as nails. That final fight with some legit video game tropes and over-the-top moments, come on! I don't see how you can like shit like Fist of the North Star, etc and not dig the shit outta' that movie. I'm drunk raging right now.
It's ok, but I liked The Hunt a lot more in that vein of filmWatched The Menu - pretty much enjoyed it while watching it, but the ending... not sure it works for me. I like how Margot and Slowik end up, but several other parts of it, a little too high on the suspension of disbelief scale for me.