Death Proof - "There are certain movies where you hang out with the characters so much that they actually become your friends. And it’s a really rare quality to have in a film – and it does rarely happen, and usually those movies are quite long because it takes that long of a time to get past the movie character to where you actually feel you know the person and you like them… When it’s over, they’re your friends" --Quentin Tarantino on Jackie Brown.

This is how I feel about Death Proof which is, to me, the ultimate 'hanging out' movie

The house of seven corpse

Know a lot of people like this but it didn't really do anything for me. 5/10

Well time to decide between

Phantasm 2
Jess Francos Jack the Ripper
Last house on the left krug and company cut

Crap weather and a too watch pile that was very close to my self-imposed limit of 10 meant that I watched three films this afternoon/evening.

First up was The Community on German blu. I liked this micro-budget British film when it screened in the discovery strand of last years Fright Fest. Amore detailed review can be found over on my diary thread.

Then I watched One Hour Photo which I first saw at the Edinburgh Film Festival back in 2002. This is a film that I have trouble with. The first half is incredible and very uncomfortable viewing, but then somehow Robin William's character somehow becomes the hero (or at least heroic). In that respect it is similar to Woodsman. It seems that the directors of both films don't have the balls to follow through on there initial idea.

Finally Eden which I picked up whilst in Hamburg a couple of weeks ago due to the comparisons made between it and The Seasoning House on this very board. While the subject matter is similar, I am not sure that the two films deal with the theme in quite the same way. For my money Seasoning is a far more disturbing and uncomfortable viewing. Eden however was good enough and a good end to an enjoyable day on the sofa.

Due to a combination of work and the Oldenburg film festival I probably won't have time to watch any further blu's or DVD's until after next weekend :(

TALES FROM THE CRYPT: RITUALS. A f*ck awful remake of "I Walked With a Zombie" with Jennifer Grey and Tim Curry! Utter tripe and full of racial stereotypes from another age. Avoid.

When I saw the first JJ Abrams Star Trek film I hadn't (and still haven't) seen a single episode of the TV series or any of the films all the way through. I really enjoyed it and thought Into Darkness was another really strong sci-fi-action-adventure movie with some good humour and excellent visual effects.

That's the thing. The new Trek films were designed to be well made crowd pleasers free from the baggage of previous Trek films and series.

The trek fans voting it "the worst movie of the trek franchise" was just pathetic. If people care that much they even made the new films alternate universe so the exisiting series continuity is just fine and dandy for the hardcore fans. There are a lot of far worse Trek films out there, most of the Next gen movies after first contact for starters. These films were designed to bring in newcomers to the franchise and get people who normally would not watch trek to actually give it a go.

I was raised in a household where the show was on all the time and I really appreciated the new films for rescuing a franchise that was all but dead. Sadly its some of the whinier more childish elements like the ones who voted against the new film that are part of the reason the series was failing so badly.

DC and Marvel continually hit the cosmic reset button to keep things fresh. There is no good reason Trek cannot do the same.

You haven't seen a single episode? You must be the only one on the planet who hasn't? You and that Amazon tribe from deep with the rainforest interior!

I don't think I've seen an episode all the way to conclusion, either. It's not really my thing.

I have seen some of the films though, just not the new ones.

I haven't seen a single episode or the films, i have played a game on the Amiga but i didn't do to well... my fiancee loves the series with the bald headed bloke the most, she is always watching it.
I always loved the sound of Star Trek as a story but the execution of the program never managed to keep my attention for more than a few lines. for me it's a little like the chocolate bar Turkish Delight... It's everywhere so someone must be buying it, but i just don't see much in it myself. :)

I was forced to go and see The Conjuring it was shite.

I haven't watched all of the original but i've watched all of next generation

Rewatched the Evil Dead remake last night, still stick with my opinion that its fantastic.

Not a fan of the start though, so I started where Mia starts attacking everyone and gets kicked into the basement.
Then on, I think it's not only a fantastic horror film, but a very worthy continuation to the franchise and I very much look forward to what they have in store for the franchise :)

After watching the first new Star Trek film, I put some of the old/original ones on my rental list and, ironically, saw Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan shortly after, but still a long time before watching Into Darkness. I do have a memory from when I was young of watching a film where Spock talks to a whale, but that's it.

Of course I know about the characters and other things from all the pop culture references including on Futurama and this song:

The Firm - Star Trekkin' - YouTube

The Black Gestapo (1975, Lee Frost).
The brothers are sick of Whitey putting them down, so they copy Camille Keaton and stick on some snazi (snazzy;)) threads....but power corrupts...even Black Power. Easily one of the most offensively funny films I've seen since Water Power. Makes a great double bill with Boss Nigger btw.;)

Lee Frost is an unsung hero of scuzz, his porno roughie "A Climax of Blue Power" is a fantastic mix of sex, violence and oddness. I've always wondered if Paul Schrader saw it before writing "Taxi Driver".

Sold! The list never ends....

Watched The Bank Job last night.

Business is slow for Terry Leather, a London car dealer, married with children. He's an artful dodger, so Martine, a former model with a thing for him, brings him her scheme: a bank's alarm is off for a couple weeks, so let's tunnel into the vault. He assembles a team, not realizing her real goal is a safe-deposit box with compromising photos of a royal: she needs the photos to trade for avoiding a jail sentence - and MI-5, or is it MI-6, is pulling the strings two steps removed. A Trinidadian thug, a high-end bordello owner, and a pornographer also have things stored in the vault, so the break-in threatens many a powerful personage. Is there any way these amateurs can pull it off?

Really enjoyed this, I had no idea it was based upon a true story beforehand, I just assumed it was going to be another run of the mill British Crime Caper. Was good to see Jason Statham in a rare non-'British Bruce Willis' role, proving he isn't a one trick pony and Poirot himself was great as the sleazy porn director. Will definitely pick this up on DVD/BD at some point :nod:

Not a film, but I've watched the first 6 episodes of the excellent WWII drama-Band of Brothers today. Only my second time viewing the series, despite owning the DVD boxset for years, I'd forgotten how great it is and having read the book before I watched it years ago, an extremely accurate depiction of the horrors the 101st Airborne went through.
I'm gonna watch the remaing 4 episodes tomorrow and finally check out the extra features

I'd check out THE PACIFIC too, thats very good, not as good at Band but still compelling viewing

Yeah, I caught the first couple of episodes, been meaning to pick up the boxset for ages

A fantastic series i have only watched it once myself might wait for a second viewing until i get the Blu Ray Boxset.

I just finished watching the Pacific myself for the first time the past week watched it in two sittings hard to stop watching once you start.

I was tempted to upgrade my set to Blu Ray, but as far as I know they're identical, so pointless really seeing as the DVD's upscale nicely on my BD player

Cheers Rik thats good to know save me a few bucks.

Yeah I've seen both on blu and DVD and to be honest you'll be hard pressed to spot any big difference even with your nose pressed up against the screen (which I did). So just stick with the DVD

:lol:

Personally i found The Pacific quite poor in comparison to Band of Brothers. The characters were fairly weak and there was way too much of it set at home rather than in the Pacific.

CLASS OF 1999. To Terminator with Love. Shit gets f*cked up and blown up. I liked it. There's something about the explosions in older exploitation films that appeals to me. I think it's the sheer recklessness of them, those balls of fire and flying splinters of wood get so close to the actors.

The original Inglorious Bastards and that kicked major arse - maybe I should write a story called Inglorious Bastards

That may be why I only watched the first couple of episodes, I genuinelly can't remember a damn thing about it :lol:

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An AMICUS film in all but name.Peter Cushing tries to convince Ray Milland that cats are not all they seem.Three stories. The first is my favorite in which Susan Penhaligon tries to steal the new will from her bedridden employer.

Phantasm

My favourite of the series, has a fantastic atmosphere and great music score and the tall man is very creepy and one of the great monsters of horror. BOY! 9.5/10

Phantasm two
For me does not have the atmosphere and weirdness of the first film, more like a action road movie, but some great kills especially how the tall man is dispatched. 7/10

The evil dead trap

Excellent, for me it has a very Argento vibe to it, can't wait to see if the second part is just as good. 9.5/10

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A 50p from Cash Generator job. Pleasantly surprised. A Japanese horror that's a sort of cross between Village of the damned and night of the devils. A group of kids dissapeared en masse and now keep returning 'different'. Supurb opening scene and while not perfect is definitely worth giving a try.

The Telling - what looked like a sorority slasher turned out to be an anthology story. To become accepted into the exclusive Delta Mega Bitchy Kappa Whatever sorority 3 girls have to tell the sisters a horror story each as part of their pledge. Cue tedious tales of a killer doll, a past-her-prime actress who becomes immortalised forever on film as a member of the undead and a really typical stalk-and-slash story involving three idiotic girls and a cable repair man with a penchant for smelling women's panties. Dross of the highest order which I only watched because it was late, it was on Netflix and it was only 84 minutes long. There's a twist at the end but if you didn't figure it out you're not paying attention. I need to stop doing this to myself.

I'm with you on this Paul, it is just so tempting to watch any old shite on Netflix in some vain hope of discovering something of interest. While I'm not enjoying many of the films I've been watching, I am enjoying the freedom of not caring what I watch.

The US Netflix in particular is full of woeful low-budget straight-to-dvd horror/thrillers which I'm addicted to. I was going to justify it by saying at least we're only wasting time, but that's more valuable really isn't it? Ah well.

I've been in a Greek mythology mood just recently, so have watched these:

Medea (1969) - 3.5/5

Stunning costumes and locations with interesting sound design, seems about as authentic as a film based on Greek mythology could be, but not a great deal happens overall which is why it perhaps stops short of being 'great'. Will definitely watch again sometime.

Jason and the Argonauts (1963) - 3/5

Enjoyable adventure with fantastic effects, but ends abruptly.

Clash of the Titans (1981) - 2.5/5

Not quite as good, it's a bit more daft and doesn't have as much of a Greek feel, the Medusa scene was cool.

Clash of the Titans (2010) - 0/5

Had to turn it off, simply obnoxious. Doesn't pay any attention to the mythology, doesn't have an ounce of Greece in it, and might as well be a LOTR film (but shite).

Any recommendations? I wish Pasolini had made more, would have loved to have seen his take on Medusa (without snakes for hair, naturally).

This is the true grindhouse experience (for want of a better phrase) for modern living, endlessly watching any zero budget cack thrown up on the screen in the comfort of your own home. I'll take this any day over all the new releases of old films people endlessly talk about on here. Hell, I'll go as far to say this is film viewing as exploration into new frontiers of the bland, cinema as endurance test. Any fool can watch excessive gore and violence or iffy moral content. It takes a special person to wade throw the extremely shallow waters of the direct to DVD world.

So Friday night, Hammer Horror with Countess Dracula. One of the weaker Hammers I've seen. Would have benefited from more of the blood actually being on the screen. Ingrid Pitt was pretty good as the old Countess though and the closing scene with her in dungeon gazing pitifully up through the bars was quite haunting.
Saturday night, Hot Tub Time Machine.
Oh dear. Endless f words and over the top crudity do not automatically make for funny. Don't get me wrong I'm no prude but you can't make a script of nothing but f words.
Shame because i thought there was a lot of potential and it was nice to see Chevy Chase on the big screen again.
And tonight, Django director Sergio Corbucci's The Great Silence. Brilliant and unusual western set almost entirely in a snowbound Utah village. Only actor I recognized was Klaus Kinski but the rest of the relatively small cast were great. My dvd is a Eureka release, don't know if they've still got the rights but if ever a film deserved to be seen in high definition it's this. Highly recommended.

This sounds like half of my dvd collection :lol:

This! 100% this!

Except with me its not via Netflix, i actually buy this rubbish and i love it. :nod: