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Faffel posted:Blah. This kind of logic is really what's ruining the horror genre/why the horror gebre has always been ruined. Movies like Saw and Paranormal Activity just aren't worth endless sequels, but they keep getting them and people keep loving them for no good reason. Paranormal Activity 1 impressed me because it was good for Hollywood horror, but it still wasn't creepy or even well-done. And Saw... Saw's just the same stupid gore-horror poo poo we've had for decades. poo poo needs to be done with. Actually the first two Saw movies are really good and not all about people dying gruesomely so.
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Dickeye posted:Actually the first two Saw movies are really good and not all about people dying gruesomely so. I didn't see the first Saw, but I saw part of 2 and 3 and ended up giving up part of the way through. They just didn't seem to do anything interesting. I've considered watching the first, but I just can't get excited for it in the least.
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Faffel posted:I didn't see the first Saw, but I saw part of 2 and 3 and ended up giving up part of the way through. They just didn't seem to do anything interesting. I've considered watching the first, but I just can't get excited for it in the least. The first is actually a pretty decent thriller with a great twist at the end, and it also has Danny Glover. The last time I watched it I kept saying he was too old for this poo poo and nobody else got it.
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Dickeye posted:The first is actually a pretty decent thriller with a great twist at the end, and it also has Danny Glover. I might give it a whirl, then, if it's a little more like Se7en (another movie I haven't seen D:). I'm pretty surprised nobody got the Glover reference. I watched Lethal Weapon as a goddamn kid and I still remember that line.
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It's not like Se7en, but it's also not the psychotic gorefest most people think it is. That came later.
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Don't avoid the original Saw because of the gore. Avoid it because of the godawful acting.
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Topper Harley posted:Don't avoid the original Saw because of the gore. Avoid it because of the godawful acting. Ignoring horror films for bad acting is a really great way to never watch horror films.
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Elwes' performance in the first Saw is one of the worst lead performances I have ever seen in a feature film, horror or no.
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And Danny Glover was one of the worst supporting performances. The acting in that movie was so bad to be distracting, excuse notwithstanding.
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A couple I am looking forward to apart from the ones that are going to be hugely promoted.  Vanishing on 7th Street  The Rite There are quite a few more interesting ones on upcominghorror or IMDB but this next looks interesting for an independent movie:  Absentia
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As will I but I'd like to suggest you read the book first. Or after. Just buy and read the book for it is fantastic and scary and all those other things horror novels should be but rarely are anymore.
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Local Group Bus posted:As will I but I'd like to suggest you read the book first. Or after. Just buy and read the book for it is fantastic and scary and all those other things horror novels should be but rarely are anymore. I might do that. Gonna see if I can get the audiobook out of a library.
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Darko posted:And Danny Glover was one of the worst supporting performances. The acting in that movie was so bad to be distracting, excuse notwithstanding. The cop from Saw 3D makes every single other actor in the Saw series look like loving Daniel Day Lewis.
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Faffel posted:I'm not sure if you know, but Solomon Kane's a fairly big deal. He was written by the same guy who wrote Conan (Robert Howard) and has almost as much content written about him as the Cimmerian. Glad to hear the movie is good, though. I had no idea. The movie is more of an origin story then, cause after googling the character nothing really matched up to the movie. Still, pretty good. Sort of Constantine meets Van Helsing meets Rome (more swordplay, less boobs). The guy who plays Kane is Marc Antony from Rome anyway 
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Solomon Kane was an awesome movie. Also looking forward to Season of the Witch, which at the time I saw both trailers, looked remarkably similar. It's differentiated itself a bit since then, but it still looks fun.
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sportsgenius86 posted:The cop from Saw 3D makes every single other actor in the Saw series look like loving Daniel Day Lewis. That's crzy, stop being so crazy, your crazy fool, crazy.
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IShallRiseAgain posted:Having it be filmed in 3D is totally worth it, and its not like being in 3d really detracts from a film anyways. 3D is just copy protection. It doesn't do anything for a film. Projected theatrically, films in 3D are darker and the edges are washed out. Current 3D technology isn't much improved from technology used in the 1980s, despite what James Cameron will try to tell you as he counts his money. It does prevent people from making bootlegs of theatrical films (see all that money Cameron is counting again), so in that regard the technology is a huge success.
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InfiniteZero posted:It does prevent people from making bootlegs of theatrical films (see all that money Cameron is counting again), so in that regard the technology is a huge success. Does it stop bootlegs? Don't they usually release a 3D and 2D version at the same time? Couldn't someone just bootleg a 2D version?
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Slasherfan posted:Does it stop bootlegs? Don't they usually release a 3D and 2D version at the same time? Couldn't someone just bootleg a 2D version? I'm guessing he means that people feel more inclined to go to a theater instead of bootlegging it, because of the idea that if you don't watch it in 3D then you're missing something.
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Slasherfan posted:Does it stop bootlegs? Don't they usually release a 3D and 2D version at the same time? Couldn't someone just bootleg a 2D version? It's been very effective in stopping people from releasing bootleg copies of films that are currently in a theatrical run because people can't record the film since it is projected in 3D. Even more sophisticated bootleggers with access to the film itself can't overcome the copy protection. That's why films are all in 3D now. It has nothing to do with "artistic vision" or "audience immersion" or whatever the gently caress. Most 3D features have the copy protection just tacked on in post-production anyway. Movies are a business after all. As for simultaneous releases in both formats -- I would guess in those cases it doesn't really work. Increasingly though films are being released in 3D only. There are all sorts of points of failure for the industry to prevent piracy of course ... 3D is just one way they do it. Personally I don't care about the whole issue but the 3D thing sort of pisses me off because it gets spun as something artistic in origin rather than corporate. EDIT -- we should go back to horror films now. Has anybody heard anything else about the remake of Race With The Devil? The original is just so great, I wonder who they could possibly cast. InfiniteZero fucked around with this message at 17:27 on Jan 4, 2011 |
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InfiniteZero posted:As for simultaneous releases in both formats -- I would guess in those cases it doesn't really work. Increasingly though films are being released in 3D only. There are all sorts of points of failure for the industry to prevent piracy of course ... 3D is just one way they do it. Personally I don't care about the whole issue but the 3D thing sort of pisses me off because it gets spun as something artistic in origin rather than corporate. I work at a movie theater and I don't know of any film that has gotten strictly a 3D release. In fact, if the 3D version does well, we will more often than not get a 2D print of it once it moves out of the digital house. There might be a select few that are only released on 3D, but I don't believe the number is growing. I know Tron: Legacy, Tangled, Gulliver's Travels, Narnia: Dawn Treader and Yogi Bear were all released in both 3D and 2D. That is an interesting point regarding 3D movies though. That never really occurred to me. It's pirate proof. At least for now. On the subject of horror films, Absentia looks awesome. Has anyone seen Oculus, by the same director? It looks interesting.
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InfiniteZero posted:That's why films are all in 3D now. It has nothing to do with "artistic vision" or "audience immersion" or whatever the gently caress. Most 3D features have the copy protection just tacked on in post-production anyway. Movies are a business after all. Dickeye posted:That and the dream of 3D being used to help create non-Euclidean geometry is beautiful.
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I haven't been to a theater in roughly ten plus years, so does anyone know if any of this new 3d tech works on someone with only one good eye? I assume not but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask.
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What movie has been released in just 3d? I honestly can't think of any at all. Hell even jackass 3d was also released in 2d at the local theater here. 3d is just something people enjoy because it is new and adds new elements to something we love (movies) Plus it's an easy cash in. I don't know many people that would go to the movies and save the few dollars and see the 2d version instead. It's a way to make a couple extra dollars is all.
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InfiniteZero posted:It's been very effective in stopping people from releasing bootleg copies of films that are currently in a theatrical run because people can't record the film since it is projected in 3D. Even more sophisticated bootleggers with access to the film itself can't overcome the copy protection. I'd argue about films being released only in 3D, because not every theater can afford that many 3D projectors. Hell, even the one where I saw Jackass, which probably could afford it, was offering poo poo in 2D with one theater showing the 3D versions of all the movies throughout the day.
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3D works fine for horror, I'm just a grumpy old man. 3D horror was perfected with Friday the 13th Part III. It had a googly 3D eyeball and Jason with a poker that he skewers two people who are loving with. The remake of My Bloody Valentine was pretty good too, because it had an actress in it who was nude for her entire performance, even if the 3D was mostly wasted on her (I mean seriously, she had the assets for a 3D sequence, but I guess the new technology isn't quite "there" yet). Then with Piranha 3D we had a 3D boob implant and best of all, a 3D underwater cock. Originally I was skeptical about 3D's purpose but I get it now. Here's to hoping that we get a remake of Galaxy of Terror in 3D, because then we can finally have the definitive and eye popping three dimensional be all and end all alien space worm rape scene we've all been waiting for. Also I remember when I was a kid they showed The Creature From The Black Lagoon on TV in 3D and you had to go to the convenience store and buy the red/green glasses and then gently caress with your TV set before they aired it. It was an EVENT to my young little mind. Now in all seriousness what does it add? gently caress all! I don't really care though, it's not like horror hasn't always been full of gimmickry and I love it for that anyway. NOTE -- this post has been a fun rant and while I really wasn't being sarcastic at all (honestly - check my post history, I really do love the films I mentioned), I would like to officially rescind my wish for a remake of one of my favourite movies ever (Galaxy of Terror) ... unless of course Joanie is still available to reprise her role.
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You forgot Jaws 3D and the wonderful scene of the shark breaking through the glass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xd9Mmk60zg
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The best 3D scene of all time is Udo Kiers liver hanging on the end of a spear and waving out of the screen in Flesh For Frankenstein.
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Darko posted:You forgot Jaws 3D and the wonderful scene of the shark breaking through the glass Oh crap I did and that means I also forgot about a 3D Lou Gossett Jr. zombieman posted:The best 3D scene of all time is Udo Kiers liver hanging on the end of a spear and waving out of the screen in Flesh For Frankenstein. And this is also an unforgivable crime. Blood for Dracula was also released in 3D. The blood of these whores is KILLING me. Udo Kier is awesome. He has a dog named Greta Garbo. I believe that his dog is 3D too.
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EgillSkallagrimsson posted:I haven't been to a theater in roughly ten plus years, so does anyone know if any of this new 3d tech works on someone with only one good eye? I assume not but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask. No the 3D effect will not work. If you wear the glasses, the movie will look 2D to you. For people with clear vision in both eyes, this same effect can be achieved by simply covering one eye. Dickeye posted:I'd argue about films being released only in 3D, because not every theater can afford that many 3D projectors. Hell, even the one where I saw Jackass, which probably could afford it, was offering poo poo in 2D with one theater showing the 3D versions of all the movies throughout the day. The only movies I could think of are maybe the select few films that are only released in IMAX 3D like the ones that have to do with animals or the environment. InfiniteZero posted:3D works fine for horror, I'm just a grumpy old man. Yeah, for terrible horror movies...
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Dstrukt posted:Yeah, for terrible horror movies... If you think that Creature From The Black Lagoon, The House of Wax, and Blood For Dracula are all terrible horror movies you're talking crazy. The oil! They put much so much oil here on EVERYTHING! 
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50s horror films were a much different story than recent. I was referring to the latest wave of 3D horror films.
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How could you forget Dr Tongue's 3D House of Stewardesses?
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Full trailer and poster for John Carpenters The Ward have been released. The trailer looks pretty cool but the poster is bland bullshit. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/41742/finally-full-uk-trailer-and-one-sheet-john-carpenters-ward 
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Slasherfan posted:Full trailer and poster for John Carpenters The Ward have been released. The trailer looks pretty cool but the poster is bland bullshit. i find it amazing that you can look at some movie posters these days and tell exactly what will happen, or at least 89% of the plot. Its like we have seen this exact set up how many times? Though I could be wrong, I guess I should watch the trailer and see if I am far off. edit: no, I wasn't that far off eckoelab fucked around with this message at 03:40 on Jan 7, 2011 |
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Local Group Bus posted:
This looks fantastic! Thanks for the heads up.
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All four posters for four different movies on this page use the exact same font. That really doesn't help movies stand out from the pack when the posters show up in the multiplex. It depresses me all the more because horror films are ripe for some custom made lettering work (to be fair the "Vanishing" poster uses a different font for the main title and there is some effort going on with the cross and the swash in "The Rite" but come on people).
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If you're a fan of Argento and Bava you owe it to yourself to check out Amer. Just be warned that it's not really a horror film and that there's basically no dialouge in the whole film. It's like if you strip away everything but the colours, score and freudian themes from Argento and Bava. Poster for the people complaining about posters. This poo poo is good.  I suppose http://theaterofmine.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/amer.jpg
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Hedenius posted:Poster for the people complaining about posters. This poo poo is good. Now that's how you make a movie poster. Also, the film itself sounds really interesting. Bava? Argento? That poster? I'm sold.
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