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Seeing a guy in a cage with other people tugging and talking about stress relief doesn't really belong in a cannibal film unless it's a parody, that's what ruined the film for me, suppose in the same situation we may loose control of our bowels a bit but Amy must have been holding in a few days worth. I did laugh at how they planned on escaping cos you know it would never work.
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Vamp (1986) Pretty dismal horror comedy which felt like it was from the same universe as Fright Night yet lacking any of that 1985 films thrills. Part frat comedy and part horror supposedly set in a sleazy LA strip club, you know the type, so sleazy that the strippers don't actually strip, and following a fun slightly gory vampire kill by Grace Jones... well, that's about it as far as gore was concerned. Sure Vamp is lively enough but it falls short of being funny comedy or quality horror. As a first time viewing this was a disappointment. |
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I remember not being very impressed with Vamp when it first came out on VHS, i rewatched it recently and liked it a little better, but it's still no classic in my eyes.
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Ben-Hur (1959) Outstanding historical / religious epic starring Charlton Heston as Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish merchant from Judea betrayed by former friend, the Roman, Messala (Stephen Boyd) and sent to be a slave in the galley of Roman Consul Quintus Arrius (Jack Hawkins), who he wins the favor of in an attack by Macedonian pirates by saving his life. Taken back to Rome by Arrius, Ben Hur becomes an outstanding charioteer who some time later returns to Judea and ends up racing Messala in a chariot race... the rest as they say is history, or at least Bible history. Even now, sixty two years later Ben Hur is some achievement. William Wyler's film sports a cast of thousands of extras and stunning sets with the chariot race the action center piece, an action sequence that cost $1m to make even then. It's remains a thrilling spectacle, filmed by men and horses and you can really tell during the fifteen minutes it's on screen. Today even with the best CGI you simply couldn't achieve the same sense of realism. The sea battle is also a stand out, although having watched this earlier today (and the chariot race) on the original 1925 silent original version of Ben Hur i can state that the silent version of the sea battle is actually more spectacular and certainly more violent. For the record, the silent chariot race is almost as good as Wyler's, when you consider they didn't have the filming techniques or equipment back in the mid 1920's that really was some achievement. Ben Hur isn't a perfect film, not by any stretch of the word. At 3h 44mins it's far too long and I find the first quarter extremely talky and not very interesting. Some of these scenes could have been shortened considerably without losing anything from proceedings. Yet it remains a classic of cinema history and always will do. Seeing it on Blu-Ray was pretty special. Every frame beautifully restored, so even when the mind might have wandered the eyes were continuously transfixed on the screen. |
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The Love Ban (1973) Hywel Bennett and Nanette Newman simply can't stop shagging, unfortunately it means they have a house full of brats due to Bennett's Catholic beliefs, so Newman, sick of being lumbered with six kids in eight years, bans sex. Pretty soon Bennett's fantasies take over and he begins to see every pretty girl he meets naked when he shuts his eyes. A reasonable premise but not especially funny, for it is a comedy, nor is it particularly sexy. The idea of Maddie Smith playing one of Bennett's fantasies certainly was of interest except it wasn't Smith who appeared naked, wasn't anyone who actually looked like her either other than having long brown hair. Milo O'Shea as a priest who kept visiting became annoying although Nicky Henson lit up all his scenes and there was a fun extended cameo from John Cleese taking an adult class about birth control. |
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