What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[bleakshaun]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Just remember if Hivey does go on a rant which three individuals brought it about.

Hey, I ain't trying to trigger anyone I'm just saying not to go there. I'm innocent

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[trebor8273]

Originally Posted by bleakshaun

Hey, I ain't trying to trigger anyone I'm just saying not to go there. I'm innocent

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He means me and keirarts don't know who the third is. I put my hand up and say I'm partially to blame BUT they will argue black is white and can't seem see others enjoy the films

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

He means me and keirarts don't know who the third is. I put my hand up and say I'm partially to blame BUT they will argue black is white and can't seem see others enjoy the films

No he doesn't! He means you, Rik and bleakshaun. (See below) Don't drag Keirarts into your stirrings from today. Rik mainly for starting it all off.

Originally Posted by Rik

Somewhere Hivemind is constructing a lengthy “New Star Wars is shit, Disney can kiss my arse” post

Originally Posted by bleakshaun

Don't go there



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Originally Posted by trebor8273

off too see it Saturday morning. no matter how bad or good it turns out to be, it could win oscars etc. Hivemind would still hate it. there is a part of me that thinks if it was awful and panned by nearly everyone, they would like it!

[Rik]

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Couldn’t resist, but it’s all a bit of fun, so hopefully he won’t take offence

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

I wanted to see Solo today, but the only time which was suitable meant paying extra money for a 4DX showing, something which doesn't interest me at all. There is a decent time on Monday, so hopefully it'll be quiet in the good weather!

I did watch Deadpool 2 again, a film which entertained me as much today as when I saw it last week and will probably do so many more times when the buy it to watch at home.

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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

[Rik]

I was laughing from the opening credits to the end credits, he clearly didn’t like it because it’s not the Exorcist

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rik

I was laughing from the opening credits to the end credits, he clearly didn’t like it because it’s not the Exorcist

I've no idea what i'll think of it when i eventually see it. The first one was alright, some good laughs, but story wise not all that special.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Manhattan Baby (1982)

Using Stoker's Jewel of the Seven Stars as it's primary inspiration, Lucio Fulci's Manhattan Baby fails on so many levels. The story is a difficult one to make interesting for cinema goers as other film makers (The Awakening, Blood From the Mummy's Tomb) have found out. To that end Fulci adds elements from The Exorcist into the mix as the film morphs into an incoherent mess.

Having said that, the film isn't just about the sum of it's parts, it's almost a series of vignettes thrown together from which Fulci hoped to assemble some sort of story. Sadly they don't. What we do get is a nicely shot movie with good Egyptian and New York location work with each sequence adding it's own weirdness to the overall film. Barely five minutes passes without something horrific or interesting happening, meaning, despite it's story line or lack of it, the film still has a lot of entertainment value. Take the bird attack at the finale. It's resplendent with trademark Fulci gore yet also shockingly amateurish in it's execution.

As a final thought it's worth asking why on earth Fulci thought the extremely irritating Giovanni Frezza would be a good addition as a child actor. He was bad enough as Bob in House by the Cemetery withoud him showcasing his talents here as well.

Manhattan Baby isn't classic Fulci, it isn't even good Fulci but it is weirdly watchable Fulci.

[Justin101]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Manhattan Baby (1982)

It still upsets me when the au pair throws the Polaroid on the floor and walks off