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I kind of ruined this movie for myself by watching a documentary about the Osage murders a while back. So when the trailer for this dropped, I could see they were framing it as a mystery, which wouldn't work for me because I could see, okay, Deniro is this guy and Decaprio is that guy, and I knew what happened and how everything ended. I'll still see it at some point, although I don't know how, since I don't have apple tv.Killers of the Flower Moon - didn’t feel like a 3.5 hour film but i would have appreciated an intermission near the 2 hour mark. If I get a drink at the movie theater I inevitably have to urinate around the 2 hour mark.
Enjoyed the film. A lot of great performances. I’ll probably see Leo in anything at this point. De Niro still killing it. Not really sure what to say about it other than the story it tells is an absolutely shameful moment in American history (but what else is new in MURICA?)
Ah, okay. That's good, I guess. I just took from the trailer that it seemed like they were trying to make Decaprio's character look like he wasn't part of his uncle's conspiracy.It’s absolutely not a mystery, btw.
Tried the original [V/H/S] - supposedly it's really good. I was so bored 10 mins in we switched to As Above, So Below.VHS 85 [fuck the proper brackets that's too much typing for this shit movie] - I could have sworn these used to be good. This was easily the worst, and that's remembering pretty clearly how much the "online" one sucked. Just zero scares, zero imagination. That's, shit, five or so terrible indy horror movies on Shudder, not going well here.
Lake Mungo - fuck me, here's another one. One of whatever. Shit indy horror. I fell asleep after 45 minutes and I didn't miss anything. The 97% positive critic reviews alongside the 52% audience reviews are instructive here. I currently have Eyes On Fire on pause and Creepy, God Told Me To, Opera, and The Last Winter queued up but I fucking swear these damn things need to improve or I'm gonna watch Kelly Clarkson or something.
4 was much better than 3 at least. Kirby was the MVP of Scream 4 and the best new character since the first film.Scream 4- The last one to be directed by Wes Craven and the last movie he did before he kicked the bucket. This is a weird one since it's a sequel and essentially a reboot. It takes the meta stuff to ridiculous levels and calls out the wave of shitty horror remakes that were flooding the market at the time which I like. But I think they were a bit early with the social media/internet fame angle. This is that weird in-between time before everyone had smartphones and social media was just starting to catch on. The AV nerd walking around with a webcam strapped to his head seems silly these days.
Great cast except for Emma Roberts, she's awful in everything I've seen her in except Blackout's Daughter. Also a surprising amount of gore compared to the first 3 (still no nudity though). Overall not great but there's still some fun to be found and it does feel like a solid update to the series. Still haven't seen 5 or 6 yet though.
The Creep movies are so unassuming and so good it's like here, my first date, do you like these movies, if not then shove yo ass off.Tried the original [V/H/S] - supposedly it's really good. I was so bored 10 mins in we switched to As Above, So Below.
As Above, So Below was decent. I like stuff like this, small unique environments (Parisian Catacombs). It was interested and sort of followed some myths around the Philosopher's Stone, but it went to far with it and it went from mostly believable and legit frightening to too over-the-top with some of the mind visions and specifically everyone having the same mind-vision simultaneous, too much disbelief to suspend. Overall 7/10.
Lake Mungo we watched last night. It was...ok. Kept thinking there was going to be something else, but there wasn't. Ultimately just a bit unsettling at some points, but never scared, never confused. We watched it through, again because it felt like there would be some twist and it just wasn't there. Too slow and probably shouldn't have been made. 5/10
The Taking of Deborah Logan - enjoyable. I'm not big on possession movies but this was a different take and had a few legit jump scares. A bit long especially the end scene. At some point just shoot the woman, seriously. How many cops/security people are we going to let a 70yo 85lb woman eat? Possession or not, became interesting to unrealistic. 6/10
Creep - this was awesome. A movie with no nudity, very little foul language, almost no violence (until the end), no monsters, etc to leave someone feeling so disturbed / unsettled is really impressive. Fantastic script and acting. Absolutely loved it. 9/10
Creep 2 - I was hesitant to watch, didn't want to spoil the first...but it was...really good. Super impressive to pull of a sequel when the cat is out of the bag so to speak, but they did superbly here. Enjoyable start to finish. They copied enough of the first to play proper homage, but it was not a complete copy. Really good. 8/10
Death Proof - oh my. I remember loving this in my Tarantino phase when I felt like he could do no wrong, 15 years ago or so. This was my 2nd watch of it and holy crap. Slow and then boring and then super slow and even more boring. Cool film stuff aside, or whatever, just a complete borefest. 3/10
Yeah, I was surprised at how much I liked her in it. She made Emma Roberts look even more dull and acted circles around her.Kirby was the MVP of Scream 4 and the best new character since the first film.
Cabin in the Woods- A modern favorite. Sure once you've seen it the ending is kind of spoiled a little but whatever. It's so much fun and it's so well made that I can still get plenty of enjoyment out of it. The cast is great, it looks good and there's plenty of action. It's also surprisingly clever and I don't mean the internal logic of the movie because, once they get behind the scenes of the company nothing makes much sense but in the ways that it plays around with horror tropes. The archetypal characters, the monsters even the multicultural horror stuff we get glimpses of. The scene with the little girls in Japan is hilarious. This is one I can watch a couple times a year.
Yeah, I was surprised at how much I liked her in it. She made Emma Roberts look even more dull and acted circles around her.
Now I ALMOST wanna revisit this turdGodzilla (1998)- Yeah the Roland Emmerich one. Obviously it's fucking terrible but I had forgotten just how weird it is. Every piece of dialogue, every character, every decision is wrong. The stupidity is off the charts, it doesn't even feel real. Like some sort of idiot fever dream.
It certainly wasn't what I would call enjoyable but going back and watching it felt like a parody of Emmerich's stuff. Like someone fed Independence Day and Godzilla into an AI script writing bot.Now I ALMOST wanna revisit this turd
If you feel like it check out some the behind the scenes stuff about HR Giger's involvement. He came up with so much crazy shit that they didn't use. It's not a great movie but there are some pretty awesome ideas under all the 90s and bad CG.Species - I was not expecting tentacle nipples.