What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[fuzzymctiger]

Originally Posted by keirarts

Also if you like afro samurai then watch SAMURAI CHAMPLOO, its the show that afro samurai wishes it was!

Good starting point for newbies I would suggest would be that, or cowboy beebop, beserk or black lagoon.

I always describe Samurai Champloo as Cowboy Bebop back in the Samurai era, with Hip Hop instead of jazz

[sawyer6]

There's also a studio Ghibli...

[Vampix]

Recently watched DVDs:
Dead Heat (1988)
Slugs (1988)
Castle Freak (1995)

All reasonably entertaining flicks.

[JoshuaKaitlyn]

Swamp Shark (2011) A mutant armoured shark is accidentally let loose into a swamp where it quickly begins to chomp its way through the local population. A group of people led by a federal agent who is investigating the local sheriff for trafficking in exotic animals and the owner of a local restuarant set off to hunt for the aquatic beast. Along the way they also search for the restuarant owners sister who has sneaked out to party. After rescuing the sister the hunters then pursue the shark as it heads for the local Gator Fest festival! A cheap Jaws knock off which also rips off several similar scenes in that movie the best of which results in a fairly funny injoke regarding the end of that classic. All in all a typical SyFy creature feature!

Lifeforce (1985) Vampires, Zombies, spaceships flashy lights and a naked Mathilda May and what have you got? Great fun in the form of Lifeforce! Ok the acting is crap, the film itself isnt the best and yet 1h 51m just fly by! The movie certainly isnt without its faults and seems to have had a troubled production, just read the trivia notes on imdb. The story: A Shuttle discovers an alien spacecraft inside a comet and go to investigate. (Always a bad move!). They find three survivors onboard in suspended animation and bring them to Earth, (Yet another bad move!). Once on Earth the survivors re-animate and soon its realized that the three are vampires that survive by taking the lifeforce from their victims! The female vampire escapes and the chase begins while the two male vampires begin the process of havesting the lifeforce of London's population. All I can say is if Mathilda May were to start collecting lifeforces I'd be first in line!

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by Gojirosan

It was the jarring effect that saved the film for me. The early bulk of it was annoying me - yet another tedious Brit ultra-realist gangster/domestic effort that would never live up to Dead Man's Shoes - but then just as I was wearying ultimately, BOOM! it became interesting.

The end saved it from being consigned to the "Ken Loach bin" of my mind, and I ended up liking the whole.

Each to their own then. Nothing will live up to DMS imo anyhow.

[Hawkmonger]

Originally Posted by keirarts

Also if you like afro samurai then watch SAMURAI CHAMPLOO, its the show that afro samurai wishes it was!

Good starting point for newbies I would suggest would be that, or cowboy beebop, beserk or black lagoon.

Fair enough. I recommended Afro samurai as I felt it was aimed at an older audience than Samurai Champloo.

And you actualy like Elfin Lied? I can't think of anything that made me more angry in an anime tha, THAT scene. I litteraly wretched when I saw it.
Salo is one thing, but those people where 16-18 at least. It's alot easier to view people of that age in awkward situations. But a lolicon 8 year old? **** that shit.

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by JoshuaKaitlyn

Never seen any anime and can't imagine getting into it! It just seems like.....Pokemon for adults!

Cough Satoshi Kon cough. Never say never ahem.

[Gojirosan]

Originally Posted by Hawkmonger

And you actualy like Elfin Lied? I can't think of anything that made me more angry in an anime tha, THAT scene. I litteraly wretched when I saw it.
Salo is one thing, but those people where 16-18 at least. It's alot easier to view people of that age in awkward situations. But a lolicon 8 year old? **** that shit.

Isn't it a cartoon though?

No actual people involved. Drawings.

[Hawkmonger]

Originally Posted by Gojirosan

Isn't it a cartoon though?

No actual people involved. Drawings.

Anime. Completely different median to Cartoons.

And yes, what is being depicted is unpleasent. It's ectremely graphic as well, so it make's the 15 rating even more ludicrous.

[PaulD]

The Night of the Hunter: superlative stuff. That is all.