What Films Have You Seen Recently? - Page 1139

Phurious · #**11381** 3rd January 2012, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Handyman Joe

I had an Abel Ferrara double bill last night - MS.45 and The King of New York. Unbelievably I'd never seen these. MS.45 surprised me - I thought it would be a gritty, authentic revenge number but it was more like a highly stylised, almost farcical film - loved it though. KoNY was also brilliant, was amazed at how beautiful it looked and what a cast it had. Lets have some Ferrara special editions please Arrow!

I love both of those, but Ms.45 is the one I could rewatch and rewatch and rewatch.

I got this awesome T-shirt from the Cigarette Burns film night when they screened it a while back:

I'm not modelling it though, that's Josh aka. Mr Cigarette Burns!

keirarts · #**11382** 3rd January 2012, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Handyman Joe

I had an Abel Ferrara double bill last night - MS.45 and The King of New York. Unbelievably I'd never seen these. MS.45 surprised me - I thought it would be a gritty, authentic revenge number but it was more like a highly stylised, almost farcical film - loved it though. KoNY was also brilliant, was amazed at how beautiful it looked and what a cast it had. Lets have some Ferrara special editions please Arrow!

king of new york is out in a pretty nifty 2-disc dvd from arrow, the one I got was in a steelbook but I dont know if thats still the case.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/King-New-Yor...7&sr=1-1-spell

PaulD · #**11383** 3rd January 2012, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by keirarts

king of new york is out in a pretty nifty 2-disc dvd from arrow, the one I got was in a steelbook but I dont know if thats still the case.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/King-New-Yor...7&sr=1-1-spell

Pun!

nekromantik · #**11384** 3rd January 2012, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Phurious

One of my least fave films of last year. Although many, including your good self would disagree with me.

I thought that it really lacked any interesting characters. Even Kelly McGillis's turn was pretty thin and the two leads were the kind of 2D semi-slacker archetypes that were popular years ago, but now just seem weak parodies.

The apparent tension of the film that people talked about was as convincing as ghost train ride, and the frankly dull ambiguous ending left me yawning.

I've yet to see House of the Devil, but a few people who were fans of that thought that The Innkeepers was a bit of a let down, but as I said I'm definitely in the minority. It's just that if this is the future of horror films (along with The Woman), then these young(ish) film makers really need to buck their ideas up because I see nothing inspiring about these lacklustre efforts.

If I had to callously sum it up in a tweet: It's like a Daniel Clowes fan trying to recreate Kubrick's The Shining... poorly.

(Actually that'd probably be very appealing to a lot of people)

Sure it wasnt the greatest of films and does not touch something like the shining or changeling but I personally thought it was much better then recent haunted movies we been getting.

Each to their own.

Phurious · #**11385** 3rd January 2012, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by nekromantik

Sure it wasnt the greatest of films and does not touch something like the shining or changeling but I personally thought it was much better then recent haunted movies we been getting.

Each to their own.

Yeh, I think you hit the nail on my head as I'm not a big fan of haunting/ghost movies at all. In fact I think Kubrick's The Shining is about the only one I do get enjoyment out of.

nekromantik · #**11386** 3rd January 2012, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Phurious

Yeh, I think you hit the nail on my head as I'm not a big fan of haunting/ghost movies at all. In fact I think Kubrick's The Shining is about the only one I do get enjoyment out of.

Ah no wonder you did not like it!

I do like me haunted flicks.

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**11387** 3rd January 2012, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by nekromantik

Ah no wonder you did not like it!

I do like me haunted flicks.

Can you recommend any good ones from recent years?

The only one i can think of is Fragile.

nekromantik · #**11388** 3rd January 2012, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Demdike

Can you recommend any good ones from recent years?

The only one i can think of is Fragile.

Not see any good ones recently

Insidious I loved but not everyone likes it.

Only one I can say was good that I can remember is Uninhabited from 2010.
Its not a haunted house movie but it is about a ghost/supernatural and set on a island.

I thought it was very well done and creepy.

Scyther · #**11389** 3rd January 2012, 12:23 PM

Watched Poselli's Delirium again last night...just as weird as I remember!

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**11390** 3rd January 2012, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by nekromantik

Not see any good ones recently

Insidious I loved but not everyone likes it.

Only one I can say was good that I can remember is Uninhabited from 2010.
Its not a haunted house movie but it is about a ghost/supernatural and set on a island.

I thought it was very well done and creepy.

Strangely enough i saw Uninhabited a fortnight ago, really enjoyed it. The two leads were believable and made the film work.

Sort of a haunted shack movie.