I'm kind of tired of remakes of old horror movies.
I saw the Poltergeist remake over the holiday weekend and it was AWFUL.
Unfortunately Hollywood is running out of ideas. With that said, the Hellraiser remake could be one of few remakes actually worthwhile, as it has the original producer, Clive Barker, directing it supposedly.
The Evil Dead, the Halloween and so forth remakes were, IMO, a disgrace to the originals.
The Exorcist for me. While it is not a Scary Movie so to speak, It came out when I started working in a movie theatre. I had never seen gore or demons before in a movie. This just blew me away. I had to watch it 5-6 times in one week, and then I had to close every night which involved turning out all the lights and running for the exit Even today, I still get goose bumps when I just see the cover of the movie on dvd. I guess it's scary to me because I know this can happen to some poor person who gets possessed.
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I'm kind of tired of remakes of old horror movies.
I saw the Poltergeist remake over the holiday weekend and it was AWFUL.
Unfortunately Hollywood is running out of ideas. With that said, the Hellraiser remake could be one of few remakes actually worthwhile, as it has the original producer, Clive Barker, directing it supposedly.
The Evil Dead, the Halloween and so forth remakes were, IMO, a disgrace to the originals.
When you stack the Evil Dead and Halloween remake(s) up to their predecessors, yes, they're bad movies. However, if you forget for a moment that Evil Dead is a remake, I found it to be a fairly enjoyable movie. Not great, but certainly not bad.
Poltergeist just felt like a big waste of time.
Forgetting that it's a remake, the movie tries to go for cheap scares while also being creepy and dark, but it really doesn't commit to any one direction if that makes sense? For example, on at least three occasions the movie tries to scare you in broad day light (which I've always felt doesn't work). There was a little too much light hearted humor in the dialogue to ever really make you dread the story or feel bad for the family.
Watch it on Netflix in a year. Other wise, skip it.
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It's a found footage film made by Oren Peli (spelling?), the guy who did the paranormal activity movies. It's about three young adults that break into Area 51 to find out what's being hidden there. If you like Alien films, this one is actually a really solid find. All hell breaks loose at the end. It's not necessarily scary, but it has a handful of very tense and suspenseful moments and the acting and production value is actually pretty good considering the low budget and limit release the movie had.
If you have on-demand or can watch movies from the internet check it out....
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It's a found footage film made by Oren Peli (spelling?), the guy who did the paranormal activity movies. It's about three young adults that break into Area 51 to find out what's being hidden there. If you like Alien films, this one is actually a really solid find. All hell breaks loose at the end. It's not necessarily scary, but it has a handful of very tense and suspenseful moments and the acting and production value is actually pretty good considering the low budget and limit release the movie had.
If you have on-demand or can watch movies from the internet check it out....
All the National Lampoon Movies Roadhouse Red Dawn (Original) The Warriors The original Star Wars trilogy Lord of the Rings Breakfast Club Back to the Future Trilogy Mad Max (Original)
There are actually so many that if I stumble on them on TV, I usually will sit and watch a for a little while.
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All the National Lampoon Movies Roadhouse Red Dawn (Original) The Warriors The original Star Wars trilogy Lord of the Rings Breakfast Club Back to the Future Trilogy Mad Max (Original)
There are actually so many that if I stumble on them on TV, I usually will sit and watch a for a little while.
Oh have could I have forgotten Star Wars in my post. Fail on my behalf.
Philadelphia Story - Cary Grant, Kate Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart.
From there the list is very long of movies I like.
All John Wayne movies, especially when paired with Maureen O'Hara, McLintock is wonderfully funny. The Thin Man series with William Powell and Myrna Loy. Spencer Tracy with Kate Hepburn, Guess who's coming to Dinner, The Desk Set. Without Hepburn, Inherit the Wind, Bad Day at Black Rock, The Old Man and the Sea. Abbott and Costello movies, all of them. Doris Day w/Rock Hudson, Pillow Talk, w/James Garner, The Thrill of it All. All the Hitchcock movies.
All of these and more I could watch over and over again, and have.
Philadelphia Story - Cary Grant, Kate Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart.
From there the list is very long of movies I like.
All John Wayne movies, especially when paired with Maureen O'Hara, McLintock is wonderfully funny. The Thin Man series with William Powell and Myrna Loy. Spencer Tracy with Kate Hepburn, Guess who's coming to Dinner, The Desk Set. Without Hepburn, Inherit the Wind, Bad Day at Black Rock, The Old Man and the Sea. Abbott and Costello movies, all of them. Doris Day w/Rock Hudson, Pillow Talk, w/James Garner, The Thrill of it All. All the Hitchcock movies.
All of these and more I could watch over and over again, and have.
Add in the Marx Brothers as well...
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I'm going to add some movies that I've seen that I think should be watched by more people.
Saving Grace - 50ish English woman's dead husband leaves her in debt, so she starts growing pot to save her house. Snatch - Brad Pitt does a surprisingly accurate Pikey accent. Jason Statham before he got famous. Wild Target - Bill Nighy is an assassin hired to kill Emily Blunt's character. Included Rupert Grint is the sidekick. Waking Ned Devine - An Irish town scams the Irish Lottery after the winner dies of shock. Good music in this one, if you like traditional Irish music. Lock, Stock, and 2 Smoking Barrels - Jason Statham and buddies try to get out of debt to a porn king.
There aren't that many plot lines you can have, 99% of movies are, and always have been, derivatives of some age-old theme dating back to early literature.
There aren't that many plot lines you can have, 99% of movies are, and always have been, derivatives of some age-old theme dating back to early literature.
Plus, once something "new" comes out, it's copied and replicated so quickly that it too becomes "deprecated" or old.
Take Saw for example, this spawned several "torture" type movies like Hostel and a plethora of others. Now those type of movies, although not big with me, but have gotten covered so much, not sure what there is to do the "audience hasn't seen yet".
There aren't that many plot lines you can have, 99% of movies are, and always have been, derivatives of some age-old theme dating back to early literature.
Plus, once something "new" comes out, it's copied and replicated so quickly that it too becomes "deprecated" or old.
Take Saw for example, this spawned several "torture" type movies like Hostel and a plethora of others. Now those type of movies, although not big with me, but have gotten covered so much, not sure what there is to do the "audience hasn't seen yet".
I don't really think it's any kind of lack of storylines or ideas I think it's more about these producers and directors going for a cash grab.
There are plenty of good books out there, both new and old, that could be incredible movies.
That's what I loved about No Country for Old Men. It was just so different. I had 3 different reactions after seing the last scenes. It had that kind of effect. It's probably the best movie of the last 10-15 years if you ask me, yet it only did 170 million at the box office, while Furious 7 and it's recycled storylines did more than double.
The R rating on a movie like No Country didn't help, but it's just hard for producers, directors, and studios to turn down that kind of money.
I agree with you - No Country was a great movie. Another stellar effort by the Coen brothers, just as Blood Simple, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, and others were. I remember watching a Coen brothers movie called "Millers Crossing" on Showtime after midnight one Saturday night - it was mesmerizing. I'm not enough of an student / expert of cinema to be able to tell you what it is that makes their movies so good, but its a style that's recognizable even if I can't identify it.
What about movies that are so horrendous that you enjoy watching them to make fun of them?
Top Gun (Tom Cruise should have his own folder for this category) Navy Seals (Charlie Sheen's acting, a god-awful cover of "The Boys Are Back in Town") Texas Rangers: Seriously. Who thought it was a good idea to make James Van Der Beek and Ashton Kutcher cowboys in the same movie without it being a spoof? 2 Fast 2 Furious- Paul Walker was awful. But that was such a sweet moment when he said in full seriousness, "I told you I don't wanna talk about it, cuh." So edgy and cool, that guy was...
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What about movies that are so horrendous that you enjoy watching them to make fun of them?
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959). Considered so bad, it's actually enjoyable to watch...
Isn't that the one where Bela Lugosi died while they were shooting the film, so they replaced his character with a guy in a spacesuit wearing a gorilla mask?
What about movies that are so horrendous that you enjoy watching them to make fun of them?
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959). Considered so bad, it's actually enjoyable to watch...
Isn't that the one where Bela Lugosi died while they were shooting the film, so they replaced his character with a guy in a spacesuit wearing a gorilla mask?
You're close, but not quite. The film was released in 1959 while Lugosi died in 1956. Clips of Lugosi in an unfinished film made prior to his death were used in the Plan 9 movie...
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I agree with you - No Country was a great movie. Another stellar effort by the Coen brothers, just as Blood Simple, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, and others were. I remember watching a Coen brothers movie called "Millers Crossing" on Showtime after midnight one Saturday night - it was mesmerizing. I'm not enough of an student / expert of cinema to be able to tell you what it is that makes their movies so good, but its a style that's recognizable even if I can't identify it.
I took a film class in high school, and there's a ton of little stuff in their movies, but really, they just are really good at what they do, and they pick really good stories.
Monstrous dinosaurs this month, and Ant Man next month.
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Even today, I still get goose bumps when I just see the cover of the movie on dvd. I guess it's scary to me because I know this can happen to some poor person who gets possessed.
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