What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Slippery Jack]

Finally watched Sightseers last night. Damn good fun, three in a row for Ben Wheatley I'd say (can't wait for A Field in England - looks fantastic ). It's clear director and cast were big fans of Rob Brydon and Julia Davies' series Human Remains. The first half was essentially an extended episode (definitely a good thing). As the bodies began to pile up, I did feel it began to push the silliness a little too far, and I thought the ending lacked punch. But very entertaining on the whole (woo hoo! Birmingham accents! Oooh, there's the road out of the city I used this morning!). Most fun for me was recognising the Production Accountant from my last job playing a bloodied corpse in the bushes (hey, that's Gareth!!!) . . .

[Frankie Teardrop]

EXTERMINATOR 2 - Another one from the Shout Factory 4 pack. It's totally gaudy and brash, and I haven't seen a film look so '1984' since 'Night Of The Comet'. I prefer it to the more downbeat original - it's just a gleeful rip off, particularly of 'The Warriors'. Very enjoyable trash.

THIRST - From 1979. I've seen this weird vampire film a few times over the years, and I've never really known what to make of it. There some interesting, even powerful elements - the 'blood farm', which looks like a nightmare psyche ward, the whole merging of gothic themes and styles with chilly, almost Cronenbergian clinical horror, all the fairly harrowing 'deconditioning' aspects... but something about it really grated on me - the tone was too shrill, the acting too wooden, and, worst of all for me, the score was overblown and the musical cues too obvious and clunky. Despite these negatives, something about it really intrigued me and kept me going. Could've been really strong in safer hands perhaps.

ROBOWAR - From Bruno Mattei. Wish this one had an 'official' release - anyone wanting to sample its dubious charms will have to make do with a grey market VHS rip for now. It will appeal only to those with a hardwired inclination towards bottom of the barrel Italian exploitation, but it possesses the essential 'badness' required by such an audience in abundance... if you dig endless shots of commandos walking really slowly through a jungle accompanied by awful eighties synths, you're in the right place. The plot basically rips off 'Robocop' and 'Predator' and the film itself is by turns boring and loopy until the bizarrely haunting climax. I'm intrinsically biased towards this kind of awful garbage, so perhaps I'm not best placed to recommend it.

[SCM]

Originally Posted by troggi

The Grindhouse Project was a great Idea. "Planet Terror" pulled it off, "Machete" pulled it off (and out and swung on 'em). "Deathproof"...mmmm! Know wha' I mean?

Hobo With A Shotgun did well

[gag]

Incredible melting man, so bad it's good.

[Rik]

Funny story-After taking the boys to school this morning, I've got my earphones in listening to a bit of Delta Blues (more on that in a second) and I walked passed a teenage couple arguing in the street, proper screaming at each other. He was calling her a "Stupid bitch!" over and over, which inspired the first film I watched today....



Complete over the top violence, Juliette Lewis looking sexy as Hell and Robert Downey Jr, what's not to like?

My second film choice came about from the last song I had playing on my iPhone before I got home, Terraplane Blues by the great Robert Johnson, so I watched this...



Love this film, and everytime I watch it I attempt to learn how to play Eugene's Trick Bag by Steve Vai that is "performed" by Ralph Macchio at the end in his guitar battle with Vai, one day I will nail the damned thing!

[troggi]

Originally Posted by SCM

Hobo With A Shotgun did well

How could I forget Rutger?
(Kneels in supplication) "O Lord Rutger, thought you can be mean and moody please accept this pint of Guinness as an offering for forgetting your contribution to the Grindhouse Project.

Salute to THE Jugger

[SCM]

Originally Posted by troggi

How could I forget Rutger?
(Kneels in supplication) "O Lord Rutger, thought you can be mean and moody please accept this pint of Guinness as an offering for forgetting your contribution to the Grindhouse Project.

Salute to THE Jugger

Out of all the fake grindhouse trailers there is one that would be brilliant to see as an actual movie. Eli Roth's Thanksgiving

[Susan Foreman]

'Gimme Shelter' (1970)

Documentary featuring the Rolling Stones ill-fated concert at the Altamont racetrack in 1969

If you are unfamiliar with the incident, it is generally considered to be the moment when the 'summer of love' in the 1960's ended

Basically, the Rolling Stones played a free concert at the Altamont racetrack in California in December 1969 - 4 months after Woodstock. In an ill-conceived moment, it was decided that the Hells Angels would provide security!!!!

Bikers policing a rock festival. In concept, fine. In reality, 1960's Hells Angels = police, not good!!!!!!

Anyway, the atmosphere at the concert was nasty from the start. Jefferson Airplane vocalist Marty Balin was knocked out in a scuffle with the Angels. The Greatful Dead refused to appear. The look of hate a (hard) Angel gives to (the camp) Jagger during the Stones set is chilling

All this leads to the stabbing of audience member Meridith Hunter, who pulled a gun during the Stones set

Alongside Charles Manson, this is the event which 'killed' the era of love

'Gimme Shelter' - essential (but chilling) viewing

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by ArgentoFan1987

Just watched Baise-Moi. Probably the most average film I've ever seen :|

Offer still stands cough.

[Demoncrat]

due to my naughty mate, I've seen V/H/S 2. not a patch on the first imo, some nice touches though and more humor...if you want to see this AVOID the trailers!!!

(and Mayor, if you thought the first was shite....youlll F*****g hate this one btw!!)