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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is a pile of garbage. That is all.
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Sep 1, 2011 11:05
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Technetium posted:Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is a pile of garbage. That is all. It ended up feeling like a 4 hour bad gremlins remake.
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Sep 1, 2011 16:48
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Technetium posted:Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is a pile of garbage. That is all. I don't know if I'd go that far, but I'll definitely say that I was underwhelmed. It was well shot and all, but the antagonists weren't particularly scary (to me, at least) and the characters just continued to do dumb poo poo repeatedly. All in all, I'd watch it again, after it came out on dvd, but I'm not going to go out of my way to see it.
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Sep 1, 2011 21:15
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Robot_Rumpus posted:It ended up feeling like a 4 hour bad gremlins remake. I specifically said that about forty five minutes in and how I wanted to watch gremlins instead. I was also reminded of The Gate a lot because of the creature design. I also want to watch that now because it is a thousand times better. XIII posted:I don't know if I'd go that far, but I'll definitely say that I was underwhelmed. It was well shot and all, but the antagonists weren't particularly scary (to me, at least) and the characters just continued to do dumb poo poo repeatedly. All in all, I'd watch it again, after it came out on dvd, but I'm not going to go out of my way to see it. It was bland, not scary, terribly acted and even the direction wasn't that fantastic. The set looked impressive but it was never shown enough I guess. I went in expecting something decent despite the reviews because of Del Toro and ended up wasting six bucks (cheap night). I like Insidious more which probably isn't saying much to a lot of the posters here but I hated that movie too, but at least it had scary parts. This was just a joke. Another bland hollywood remake with B-list actors and a one-time director. On a side note I started watching Never Sleep Again and it's absolutely fantastic, holy poo poo. Technetium fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Sep 1, 2011 |
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Sep 1, 2011 21:26
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Yeah, we saw it on $5 ticket night. I'd say it was worth that, but would NOT be worth full price.
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Sep 1, 2011 21:44
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Technetium posted:I was also reminded of The Gate a lot because of the creature design. I also want to watch that now because it is a thousand times better. This is the reason why I wanted to see it, though I kinda liked it. I can understand why people won't. But when I was a kid The Gate and Ghoulies loving TERRIFIED me with tiny monsters  Edit: Oh god, I forgot Critters.
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Sep 1, 2011 22:22
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I am totally curious how they'll handle The Gate remake.
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Sep 1, 2011 22:24
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I've seen a lot of people talking about Never Sleep Again and am interested but 240 minutes seems incredibly long for a documentary on this subject. So just figuring from stereotype, are there montages that last forever and fluff subjects being covered for an hour ? (Fluff meaning a talking head going on and on about how difficult it was to get the right lighting or long interviews with the foley artist. This may not be fluff to some, this is my subjective opinion.)
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Sep 1, 2011 22:39
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Mouser.. posted:I've seen a lot of people talking about Never Sleep Again and am interested but 240 minutes seems incredibly long for a documentary on this subject. So just figuring from stereotype, are there montages that last forever and fluff subjects being covered for an hour ? (Fluff meaning a talking head going on and on about how difficult it was to get the right lighting or long interviews with the foley artist. This may not be fluff to some, this is my subjective opinion.) At no point is it boring. They've got, what, 7 movies to go through? So it all keeps moving at a steady pace.
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Sep 1, 2011 22:56
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Mouser.. posted:I've seen a lot of people talking about Never Sleep Again and am interested but 240 minutes seems incredibly long for a documentary on this subject. So just figuring from stereotype, are there montages that last forever and fluff subjects being covered for an hour ? (Fluff meaning a talking head going on and on about how difficult it was to get the right lighting or long interviews with the foley artist. This may not be fluff to some, this is my subjective opinion.) It's actually pretty light on the fluff given the run time, I found most of it fun to watch, especially the stuff on part 2 and Renny Harlin.
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Sep 1, 2011 22:56
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Dissapointed Owl posted:At no point is it boring. They've got, what, 7 movies to go through? So it all keeps moving at a steady pace. Safe Driver posted:It's actually pretty light on the fluff given the run time, I found most of it fun to watch, especially the stuff on part 2 and Renny Harlin. Thank you very much, that's what I needed to know. I'll check it out.
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Sep 1, 2011 23:03
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While I think Never Sleep Again is a wonderful journey from start to finish, I will say that it's worth it to see everyone's impressions of Renny Harlin. Holy poo poo, that's hilarious. Also: Renny blaming absolutely EVERYTHING on Bob Shaye. TheBigBudgetSequel fucked around with this message at 23:50 on Sep 1, 2011 |
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Sep 1, 2011 23:45
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I was gonna check out Never Sleep Again, even though I haven't seen them all (or any of them recently), and I was planning to marathon them. Would it be better if I watched them all before or afterwards?
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Sep 1, 2011 23:52
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Coffee And Pie posted:I was gonna check out Never Sleep Again, even though I haven't seen them all (or any of them recently), and I was planning to marathon them. Would it be better if I watched them all before or afterwards? Definitely before.
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Sep 2, 2011 00:40
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I don't really like the Nightmare films, but I watched the first hour or so of that documentary to get the stories behind that ridiculous second movie, and it was just terrific. There's a little bit where they're talking about one failed scene, and how it probably failed because they "hired a man who worked on the Three Stooges."
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Sep 2, 2011 01:51
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I am gonna gauge some interest. I am thinking of doing a retrospective look at the Nightmare series (every single entry, even Vs. Jason and the Remake) for the forums. It would be similar to what I did in the Harry Potter thread before the new movie came out, only a bit more in depth. Would people be interested in that kind of a thread?
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Sep 2, 2011 02:04
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Sounds like a worthwhile thread. Post a link in here. I (and I suspect others) don't always monitor Cinema Discusso regularly, but I do monitor this thread.
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Sep 2, 2011 03:43
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:I am gonna gauge some interest. I am thinking of doing a retrospective look at the Nightmare series (every single entry, even Vs. Jason and the Remake) for the forums. It would be similar to what I did in the Harry Potter thread before the new movie came out, only a bit more in depth. Would people be interested in that kind of a thread? Absolutely.
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Sep 2, 2011 04:28
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Thirding interest in said thread
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Sep 2, 2011 04:31
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http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3434824 Thread Posted. It's just an introductory OP for now. I'll have the first film done tomorrow.
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Sep 2, 2011 06:33
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I am totally curious how they'll handle The Gate remake. There probably won't be stop motion and it'll probably suck.  Like The Thing prequel. And after watching Never Sleep Again I'm pretty sure I'm going to run through all the NoES movies because they're awesome. Even number six.
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Sep 2, 2011 10:46
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Been reading Apollo 18 is awful.
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Sep 2, 2011 11:09
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Anyone know anything about an American release for Kill List? I think it opens in the UK this weekend. I really want to see it.
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Sep 2, 2011 13:24
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Slasherfan posted:Been reading Apollo 18 is awful.
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Sep 2, 2011 13:32
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Man gently caress you guys for recommending Never Sleep Again. I'd been planning a pizza and movie night for when I finally had some free time to myself and now all I've done is sit glued to a 3.5 hour long documentary all night! (It was awesome.)
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Sep 2, 2011 13:50
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Slasherfan posted:Been reading Apollo 18 is awful. I've seen that too but there's one thing there everyone keeps writing that I can't get out of my mind that I need to see. Although I'm sure it's not hilariously bad like I would hope Pajiba posted:The moon is covered in spider rocks. The rocks have legs. There are rocks, and they crawl around. On the moon. With legs. Attached to the rocks. That allow the rocks to skitter about. Like rocks with legs are wont to do. Mouser.. fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Sep 2, 2011 |
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Sep 2, 2011 15:40
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3434824 Looking forward to this!
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Sep 2, 2011 17:57
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Technetium posted:There probably won't be stop motion and it'll probably suck. What makes the Gate good is not just the effects - obviously stop motion puppetry has a lot of character, but that's not the main draw of the movie. The Gate rules because it's paced very, very well, especially for a movie that starts off looking very cheap and lame.
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Sep 2, 2011 18:15
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Just saw Quarantine 2: Terminal because I didn't know it existed. Please don't watch it. I mean, the warning signs are there: 1) You never heard of it 2) It's a 'sequel' to the not terrible but completely unnecessary remake of REC 3) It ditches the whole first person angle. This was an incredibly bland movie that had no need to be. It has some flimsy connection to the first Quarantine but whatever. If you come across it, don't get curious. Whatever you can come up with when hearing "Quarantine in an airport baggage area" is a guaranteed better story than this. Now I'm going to watch Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night because I never learn.
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Sep 2, 2011 19:18
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:What makes the Gate good is not just the effects - obviously stop motion puppetry has a lot of character, but that's not the main draw of the movie. The Gate rules because it's paced very, very well, especially for a movie that starts off looking very cheap and lame. And the remake will not realize that and have mediocre to bad CGI and won't be as funny, scary or 80s as The Gate was. I honestly love The Gate, it still creeps me out. The stop-motion really adds to the otherwordliness of the creatures and I might be misremembering it but I think it was done really well, especially at the end. Quarantine 2 is a good movie to drink to and laugh at. Which is what I did. And you said it perfect, the plot sounds awesome (people land in an airport that's run over by infected people? awesome!) and it just ends up as the lamest low-budget attempt they could've mustered. Can't wait to see Apollo 18 for six bucks.
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Sep 3, 2011 00:19
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foodfight posted:Anyone know anything about an American release for Kill List? I think it opens in the UK this weekend. I really want to see it. It did indeed open on the weekend here in the U.K., and by golly, it is a movie to watch. Good acting, fantastice score and basically acts like a Hammer Horror film on steroids.
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Sep 3, 2011 00:33
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Dissapointed Owl posted:Now I'm going to watch Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night because I never learn. Just in case anybody was wondering, this was... surprisingly good. Way better than the actual Paranormal Activity 2. Although it does retread a lot from the first Paranormal Activity. Definitely worth checking out if you liked the PA movies. Hell, this one has a better and more interesting (little) backstory that ties back to the first PA than PA2 did.
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Sep 3, 2011 00:54
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I just saw Apollo 18. It's pretty "meh", a middle of the road found footage sci-fi/horror movie. I don't regret going to see it, but I see it as more of a "watch on DVD/cable" thing. It just kind of feels like they could have done more with a decent premise.
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Sep 3, 2011 01:40
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I just realized youtube has the hilarious news footage special feature from the 2004 Dawn of the Dead DVD. If anyone hasn't seen it, you really should watch it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV4Ek4mZNsg "She's the hottest girl in school!"
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Sep 3, 2011 01:47
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Zwabu posted:I just saw Apollo 18. It's pretty "meh", a middle of the road found footage sci-fi/horror movie. My feelings exactly, if I didn't work in a cinema and get to see films for free I wouldn't have bothered until it hit DVD and I know I wouldn't have felt like I missed out.
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Sep 3, 2011 02:02
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Dissapointed Owl posted:Just in case anybody was wondering, this was... surprisingly good. Way better than the actual Paranormal Activity 2. Although it does retread a lot from the first Paranormal Activity. How/ where did you see it?
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Sep 3, 2011 02:26
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Samovar posted:It did indeed open on the weekend here in the U.K., and by golly, it is a movie to watch. Good acting, fantastice score and basically acts like a Hammer Horror film on steroids. Awesome!
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Sep 3, 2011 04:22
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:What makes the Gate good is not just the effects - obviously stop motion puppetry has a lot of character, but that's not the main draw of the movie. The Gate rules because it's paced very, very well, especially for a movie that starts off looking very cheap and lame. The Gate will always gently caress my poo poo up for being one of those movies I happened to flip on once when I was channel surfing as a kid, and the main kid runs outside to hug his parents and his dad's face started melting off, and I was just too young to have any way to process that sort of thing happening. That doesn't happen in movies. Your parent's face can't just melt off. Can it? .......
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Sep 3, 2011 05:12
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Or the part where Terry's dead mom comes through the front door, he hugs her and it turns out he's hugging the dead dog. This part always freaked me out as a kid.   It's one of those "kitchen sink" horror films that's always enjoyable to watch (like the recent Insidious) because usually, horror films only bother with a few elements in order to avoid looking silly. This goes for basically all of them, but somehow doesn't come off like Monster Squad, i.e. fun to watch as a kid but not even slightly scary. Those little goblin puppets are astonishly convincing in some scenes, too, even watching it today.
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The Gate II is worth a watch just for the pure insanity of it.
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