What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

Captain America: The first Avenger. 7/10

I'd agree with that.

[trebor8273]

The mummy (1932). 9.2/10




Now watching Ironman.

[Cinematic Shocks]

Commando (1985)

***1/2 out of *****

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Cinematic Shocks

Commando (1985)

***1/2 out of *****

Think you are missing a star there, CS.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Lifeboat (1944)

Hitchcock's adaptation of a John Steinbeck bit of war time propaganda and ingeniously shot by the classic director on i would think his smallest ever set, a single lifeboat lost in the vast ocean with a disparate group of survivors including the brilliant Tallulah Bankhead as a reporter concerned with her story and how she looks more so than the predicament she finds herself, stuck in a boat with the captain of the U-Boat that sank them all in the first place, double crossing everyone to his hearts content.

Hitchcock's genius isn't in showing us the villain of the story but but in the way he slowly allows the survivors to find out in an acting tour-de-force in this tense and claustrophobic drama.

[sjconstable]

Originally Posted by Mojo

EYE IN THE LABYRINTH
Rosemary Dexter plays the lead role of a woman who has violent dreams about the death of her friend and her search for him leads her to an island populated by a small group of strange bohemian types, who all act strangely towards her.
What I really liked about this Giallo was the fact that all of the characters seemed to have something to hide and there were so many strands going on, you couldn't really see where it was all going. Very enjoyable and recommended Spanish blu ray.

Why, is it an illegal port of Bill Olsen's edition haha, as good a reason to recommend it as any!

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

Bollocks you steaming great Tw@T .Bride is a beautiful and suburb film. These views are solely the view of me and do not represent the rest of these Tw@ts. Feel free to step outside where you will find my henchmen.

Ok now Inspector. Get your panties back on. There ain't nowt wrong with Bride, its a great film, but it just can't compete with the original. To me Whale's sequel is a case of overindulgence, it's probably a poor comparison i know, but it always makes me think of Sam Raimi. When hes (reasonably) restrained he makes sheer brilliance, The Evil Dead, then he lets loose a bit and goes too far, ala Evil Dead 2. Yes its a fantastic film but it just lacks the ..... (something, can't think of an appropriate word) of the original. He did the same thing with his Spiderman trilogy. Its late, I'm drinking, I'm most likely talking bollocks.

[Inspector Abberline]

Originally Posted by J Harker

Ok now Inspector. Get your panties back on. There ain't nowt wrong with Bride, its a great film, but it just can't compete with the original. To me Whale's sequel is a case of overindulgence, it's probably a poor comparison i know, but it always makes me think of Sam Raimi. When hes (reasonably) restrained he makes sheer brilliance, The Evil Dead, then he lets loose a bit and goes too far, ala Evil Dead 2. Yes its a fantastic film but it just lacks the ..... (something, can't think of an appropriate word) of the original. He did the same thing with his Spiderman trilogy. Its late, I'm drinking, I'm most likely talking bollocks.

And yet you still make more sense than Dem's.....

[MacBlayne]

I much prefer Bride too. The first film is quite good but there's something lacking in it. Maybe it's because having read the book I can see a lot of the deficiencies of the adaptation. Whereas Bride is free from the same shackles that constrained the first film. It flows better, the performances are better, and Whale has a lot more freedom to explore the themes without having to worry about the Production Code censorship.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Inspector Abberline

And yet you still make more sense than Dem's.....

So speaketh the man whose claim to fame in life is catching..., er' no one actually..., the case is still ongoing.

Should have called himself Basil the mouse detective instead. Would have been more accurate.