What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

I watched Bathory Countess of Blood last night.

Totally not what i expected.

I sat down thinking i was watching a low budget bit of fluff and behold it turned out to be something truly great.

It was filmed in Romania, Austria and Hungary and had a huge budget, and literally a cast of thousands, big battle scenes, superbly shot. An epic to match the great Hollywood films of the fifties and sixties.

Unfortunately despite having the Countess bathe in blood and featuring plenty of nudity, as with the Hammer film it falls down because the story isn't exciting and never grips you.

It also has a running time of two hours twenty minutes. It was in a way disappointing. I was thinking it a sleazy little piece and end up watching Ben Hur.

Now i know what to expect i look forward to seeing it again in a couple of years time.

[iluvdvds@Cult Labs]

Last 20 films seen...



Boo-yah!

[artisturn]

Just got back from seeing Dark Shadows and I loved it .

It has been quite a while since I have enjoyed a Tim Burton film and this movie delivered the goods.

Thankfully it did not have too much humor which was a major concern of mine when I read that He was making this into a movie.

Now if they would hurry up and release the two original Dark Shadow movies on dvd I would be a happy camper.

[PaulD]

Originally Posted by artisturn

Just got back from seeing Dark Shadows and I loved it .

It has been quite a while since I have enjoyed a Tim Burton film and this movie delivered the goods.

Thankfully it did not have too much humor which was a major concern of mine when I read that He was making this into a movie.

Now if they would hurry up and release the two original Dark Shadow movies on dvd I would be a happy camper.

Is the trailer quite misleading then? It makes it look like nothing but a fairly average fish-out-of-water comedy.

[iluvdvds@Cult Labs]

Urgh. I've not seen it yet, so I'll save my thoughts until I see it but Johnny Depp and Tim Burton have become so samey and almost a walking parody of themselves. After seeing (and falling asleep in!) the terrible Alice In Wonderland I'm not getting my hopes up.

[PaulD]

Originally Posted by iluvdvds@Cult Labs

Urgh. I've not seen it yet, so I'll save my thoughts until I see it but Johnny Depp and Tim Burton have become so samey and almost a walking parody of themselves. After seeing (and falling asleep in!) the terrible Alice In Wonderland I'm not getting my hopes up.

I totally agree with this. I find Burton's endless schtick of taking an existing story and chucking a load of white make-up at Johnny Depp's face beyond tedious to be honest.

[Kyle]

just watched the mist B/W version, makes the film loads better i think but i forgot how sad the ending is

[tollickd]

Monster Squad

[iluvdvds@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by PaulD

I totally agree with this. I find Burton's endless schtick of taking an existing story and chucking a load of white make-up at Johnny Depp's face beyond tedious to be honest.

Not to mention Depp's incredible ability to play one character over and over again no matter what role it is ¬__¬

[keirarts]

I'm just about to sit down to watch THE SITTER on blu-ray.

I'm expecting crap, but who knows, I've been wrong about these things in the past.