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I don't recommend watching the original Martyrs, it's messed up beyond belief. Took ages to get it out of my head.
What film did you watch last night?
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I watched it last night, was pretty crap if I'm honest, I've seen worse. I also watched one with english dubbing, which was also bad, the voice acting was dreadful.
I think that's why it's one of my favourite horrors, it does stick with you, brutal, harrowing and hopeless. It's not the most extreme horror out there but it's leaves an impression.
Pascal Lagier made Martyrs as a self confessed catharsis piece to deal with the death of his mother. Also for me as someone who has an ongoing issue with personal death anxiety, there are elements that really resonate.
I've watched so much horror in my life I rarely find anything that stands out, Martyrs was a refreshing change when it came out 12 years back.
Another horror by the same director... Incident in a Ghostland is worth checking out.
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Ride (2018)
As is the case with most (all?) films, a certain level of suspension of disbelief is required in order to enjoy the story that is being presented. Ride, was no exception to this. However, it streched the suspension to such an egregious level, that it became utterly ridiculous. I will refrain from explaining why, just in case someone reading my review wishes to subject themselves to this festering heap of a film. Needless to say however, I would sooner flambe my own testicles than watch it again.
2/10
As is the case with most (all?) films, a certain level of suspension of disbelief is required in order to enjoy the story that is being presented. Ride, was no exception to this. However, it streched the suspension to such an egregious level, that it became utterly ridiculous. I will refrain from explaining why, just in case someone reading my review wishes to subject themselves to this festering heap of a film. Needless to say however, I would sooner flambe my own testicles than watch it again.
2/10
The ludacris bmx movie or the Bella Thorne ride share movie? They both look equally bad on IMBD though.
The Bella Thorne one; she was the only redeeming aspect
I Saw the Devil. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588170/
I wasn't sure I had seen this before so I checked it out after someone suggested it. Well, I must have seen the first ten or so minutes but nothing beyond that, so this time I saw the whole thing.
I know very little when it comes to film production but I do distinctly remember thinking that the camera work in this being good and especially effective throughout.
Solid movie - and with its fair share of shocking/brutal moments.
I wasn't sure I had seen this before so I checked it out after someone suggested it. Well, I must have seen the first ten or so minutes but nothing beyond that, so this time I saw the whole thing.
I know very little when it comes to film production but I do distinctly remember thinking that the camera work in this being good and especially effective throughout.
Solid movie - and with its fair share of shocking/brutal moments.
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here you go, people can play this over and over if they want too.Lol I'm having exactly the same thought as you had. I'm sure I have seen this film but could I tell you a thing about it? Nope. Perils of watching films when drunk sadly. What a waste of a good film!!
I watched the latest Rambo film last night. I wish I had been drunk for this one. Pretty rubbish. I obv don't watch a film like this for the story but it really was just lol. Pretty brutal as I'd expected but it was just rubbish.
Oh and why the need to blow someones head off with the shotgun after they've just been impaled with a **** load of spikes or have just had a load of petrol poured all over them and set alight. I think this was the literal definition of overkill. Any very wasteful of ammo!
Children of Men - 7/10
I think I watched the first minute of this o YouTube following someone's answer about Sci-Fi movies on Quora and it peaked my interest.
It's quite an odd movie. They do lots of 'one take' shots, following the characters through and around, giving it almost a documentary feel at times (I've just read this was a little what the director was after). It's like they did the long take of '1917', but not trapping themselves in the gimmick of 'the hole movie in one shot', so I feel it works really well, much better than 1917.
I think I watched the first minute of this o YouTube following someone's answer about Sci-Fi movies on Quora and it peaked my interest.
It's quite an odd movie. They do lots of 'one take' shots, following the characters through and around, giving it almost a documentary feel at times (I've just read this was a little what the director was after). It's like they did the long take of '1917', but not trapping themselves in the gimmick of 'the hole movie in one shot', so I feel it works really well, much better than 1917.
I'm surprised you only just found out about it since on most forums I frequented around the time it came out had positive comments about it in the movie section.
I always assumed it was a really well known film and widely liked instead of having a "cult" following
You'd be surprised how unknown it is with a lot of people, even my so called 'huge film fan' mates have mostly not seen it, maybe 1 or 2 out of the 5 of my closest friends.
They used some remarkable filming techniques for some of the one shots though. For example the car scene when they're attacked on the road has an interior roof mounted camera on rails, as it's moving back and forth the cast are literally dropping their seats flat then popping back up when the camera returns to them.
Not the best resolution but it was a quick YT search.
Oh and @AndyCr15 , I agree, the one shot trick does work and flow better than 1917, the gimmick got tired fast in that film.
The Old Guard (Netflix)
Another take on the immortal ancient warrior(s) genre, but substantially less generic than that sounds. There's a lot of fascinating takes, nice visuals, and some of the writing is top notch. KiKi Layne is great. But the whole thing is let down a tediously one-dimensional corporate villain and - oh, look - evil scientists. Wow. 'Cos we've never seen those before in films
. It also takes a brief punt at having one of the leads bothered by the casual murder of dozens of people, but then just sort of forgets it, and the central turn plot just doesn't make sense.
A lot of interesting stuff, worth a watch, but also decidedly flawed 7/10.
Another take on the immortal ancient warrior(s) genre, but substantially less generic than that sounds. There's a lot of fascinating takes, nice visuals, and some of the writing is top notch. KiKi Layne is great. But the whole thing is let down a tediously one-dimensional corporate villain and - oh, look - evil scientists. Wow. 'Cos we've never seen those before in films
. It also takes a brief punt at having one of the leads bothered by the casual murder of dozens of people, but then just sort of forgets it, and the central turn plot just doesn't make sense.A lot of interesting stuff, worth a watch, but also decidedly flawed 7/10.
The Old Guard (Netflix)
Another take on the immortal ancient warrior(s) genre, but substantially less generic than that sounds. There's a lot of fascinating takes, nice visuals, and some of the writing is top notch. KiKi Layne is great. But the whole thing is let down a tediously one-dimensional corporate villain and - oh, look - evil scientists. Wow. 'Cos we've never seen those before in films
A lot of interesting stuff, worth a watch, but also decidedly flawed 7/10.
I agree with this. But felt like the pilot TV movie for a new series.
The Silence of the Lambs
Just blitzed through all of the Harris novels and followed them up by re-watching all the films, this being the last on the list.
It really is an astonishingly good film. I think if you where to make a list of 'objectively great' cinema, this would have to be on the list. The screenplay is faultless and the camera work and location shooting are just wonderful. Having not seen it for many years and coming off the back of the novels incredible depiction of Hannibal I wondered as to whether Hopkins performance might be a little hammy in retrospect. Absolutely not. It is nothing if not deeply chilling in every respect. All the other performances are superb, but they pale before Hopkins talent.
It's a work of true magic when such a detailed and analytic piece of fiction like the novel can be transcribed so elegantly into 2 hours without feeling like you've lost much at all.
It's a real shame that the two films to follow are so lousy by comparison.
Just blitzed through all of the Harris novels and followed them up by re-watching all the films, this being the last on the list.
It really is an astonishingly good film. I think if you where to make a list of 'objectively great' cinema, this would have to be on the list. The screenplay is faultless and the camera work and location shooting are just wonderful. Having not seen it for many years and coming off the back of the novels incredible depiction of Hannibal I wondered as to whether Hopkins performance might be a little hammy in retrospect. Absolutely not. It is nothing if not deeply chilling in every respect. All the other performances are superb, but they pale before Hopkins talent.
It's a work of true magic when such a detailed and analytic piece of fiction like the novel can be transcribed so elegantly into 2 hours without feeling like you've lost much at all.
It's a real shame that the two films to follow are so lousy by comparison.
@DrToffnar to the credit of Hannibal, I think that Julianne Moore was a far better Clarice than Jodie Foster.
To an extent I agree. Whilst Foster is a little too soft in the SotLs I think it fits quite well. She's not quite got the chops for it in some scenes but she gets most of it spot on. Moore certainly suits Starling in Hannibal more then Foster would have.
Regardless I just think Hannibal commits the sin of being too boring. Looks lovely, but the pace is too flimsy. At least Red Dragon plods along well enough. Manhunter is the only one that gets close to being as good as SotLs in my opinion.