What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Both are certainly cheesy, but it wasn't so much the lack of technical excellence these films possess that propogates my dislike for them, more the fact that as trashy 80s Italian horror films go, they were both very, very dull films. I'm certainly no saint, and love some awful, trashy poor excuses for films, but your trash tolerance must be very high indeed, Mr keirarts!

I just seem to enjoy these movies, I never found them dull at all. **edit*** I have a strange affinity for italian movies of this period, none of them are any good but then this was also when Dario argento began pissing his talent away on rubbish movies so maybe there was something in the water!

[SharonLynette]

Originally Posted by Gojirosan

Yes. Nothing leapt out at me as drastically changed. The recent version is a potentially OK film ruined by miscasting of the lead. Really ruined.

That kind of works for me, not a Harry Potter but I like the fact that the person who played the role originally played Harry Potter's dad in the Potter films. I'll wait till it's on Sky.

[PaulD]

Originally Posted by keirarts

The poster states "THE UNTOLD STORY" suggesting the film is supposed to take place in some segment of time in the Raimi continuity.

Nah, I think you're reading too much into that! That, to me, suggests that it's telling the Spiderman story from a slightly different perspective that hasn't been done before.

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by PaulD

Nah, I think you're reading too much into that! That, to me, suggests that it's telling the Spiderman story from a slightly different perspective that hasn't been done before.

The wrong way

Its fun but it's not up to the standards of marvel studio's!

[Baseball Fury]

To be honest, I think Marvel Studios have only made two good films, namely The Avengers and Iron Man, so I don't think they'd have done much better with it!

[Invid Ninja]

Personally for me, Punisher: War Zone was the only Marvel film I saw that I would consider above average; perhaps Captain America too.

I still say Avengers Assemble was one of the most disappointing comic book movies I've watched; not as bad as Ghost Rider 2 or Jonah Hex mind you, but to me it was mediocre and supremely overhyped.

I did however recently watch William Lustig's Maniac and Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer, both very good grimy chilllers.

[sawyer6]

Originally Posted by Baseball Fury

To be honest, I think Marvel Studios have only made two good films, namely The Avengers and Iron Man, so I don't think they'd have done much better with it!

The Hulk is one of the best!

[Gojirosan]

The first Iron Man is the only Marvel Studios film I've thought to have anything to offer above "meh". Not that the others have been actually bad...well apart from Thor, that was awful!

[James Morton]

Originally Posted by Slippery Jack

Hmmmmmm, really? Well Don Coscarelli sure aint no David Lynch . . .

not a great fan of Coscarelli but at least I understood BUBBA HO TEP!
unlike many of Lynch's films.....

[Slippery Jack]

har har. Yeah I remember Bubba Ho Tep being good (though I've not rewatched it since it first came out on dvd...), which made Phantasm all the more disappointing . . .