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ruddiger posted:Dang, god bless the kids and all that poo poo but that Five Nights at Freddy’s movie is boring as heck it was a good first scary movie for my 8yo (i wouldn't recommend it to anyone over 16)
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STAC Goat posted:I think it certainly helps but like the story of a beat down man just hanging on and unable to let go should probably be accessible even if you don't care or know anything about wrestling. Then again I'm wrestling fan so maybe I'm wrong and there's too much wrestling or inside stuff? I dunno,. But it feels like a wrestling movie the same way Friday Night Lights is about football or something. I felt it did help with being aware of how messed up the old era of wrestlers ended up helped with watching The Wrestler. I really wasn't much into wrestling save for how much my ex was REALLY into wrestling, pretty much the same as I'm not much into sports in general but for some reason I really enjoy the behind the scenes documentaries on sports so The Wrestler ended up being pretty compelling to me.
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The Wrestler was one of my favorite movies of that year but the Beyond The Mat documentary really primed the pump for it. I watched that religiously in college.
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Vice has a docuseries on Hulu I checked out earlier tonight called "the Dark side of wrestling" or something and it's pretty entertaining. The funny thing about wrestling for me is that it's so completely ridiculous I can't comprehend how people are actually into it, but the second any sort of documentary or drama about wrestling pops up I can't hit the play button fast enough.
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veni veni veni posted:Vice has a docuseries on Hulu I checked out earlier tonight called "the Dark side of wrestling" or something and it's pretty entertaining. That Dark Side of the Ring show's really good. The Benoit two parter was very fascinating.
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I might give you the top two, but the rest? Is nobody allowed to shoot two women with one in the foreground and one in the background now because some cartoon did it? Or a woman illuminated from the front? This is basic filmic language. If I wasn't only on my phone for a couple of minutes I could probably find you a dozen examples of those bottom three shots, all predating your "original".
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Jedit posted:I might give you the top two, but the rest? Is nobody allowed to shoot two women with one in the foreground and one in the background now because some cartoon did it? Or a woman illuminated from the front? This is basic filmic language. If I wasn't only on my phone for a couple of minutes I could probably find you a dozen examples of those bottom three shots, all predating your "original". That set of pics sort of conflates two different things. Requiem For a Dream features direct lifts of shots from Perfect Blue (as far as I'm aware this is all intentional homage and nobody has an issue with it). The stills from Black Swan aren't so much about the shots themselves being 1:1 alike, but rather how the entire movie reminds people of Perfect Blue if they've ever seen the latter. In Perfect Blue, a young and sheltered performer named Mima's fragile psyche is damaged when her career handlers push her into adopting a new, darker and edgier image and persona, and starts seeing doppelgangers in reflections and maybe-hallucinating she's on stage receiving thunderous applause amidst a blindingly white light, among other things. In Black Swan, a young and sheltered performer named Nina's fragile psyche is damaged when her career handlers push her into playing a new, darker and more aggressive role and performance style, and starts seeing doppelgangers in reflections and maybe-hallucinating she's on stage receiving thunderous applause amidst a blindingly white light, among other things. When you add that certain key shots are quite similar (if not exact), and then take into account his history with the earlier film, it makes it hard to buy Aronofsky's claim that Perfect Blue was not a major influence. Now, as far as I'm aware there's not necessarily any reason to think anything shady or immoral happened here, either (a lot of people liked the way it appeared to borrow from Perfect Blue). It's just extremely peculiar, and the two apparent possibilities - either it's all a coincidence or Aronofsky is lying about it - both seem implausible.
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M_Sinistrari posted:That Dark Side of the Ring show's really good. The Benoit two parter was very fascinating. Its also co-created by Hobo With A Shotgun's Jason Eisener, but you wouldn't really know it from the production..
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M_Sinistrari posted:That Dark Side of the Ring show's really good. The Benoit two parter was very fascinating. Agreed. The Owen Hart episode is probably the best thing they’ve done and if you really want to see the darkest black side, watch the Jake Roberts episode.
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You know whats not a very good Christmas horror? Better Watch Out. It feels like the bones of a good script but then they made every dumb decision they could to make the movie an eye rolling mess.
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weekly font posted:You know whats not a very good Christmas horror? Better Watch Out. I watched it a few weeks ago and actually had a lot of fun. I don't think it's a "good" horror movie but the villain really hammed it up and was enjoying himself. I actually laughed out loud at the home alone paint can scene. I think the movie did a pretty good job of setting up pseudo-red herrings like "Okay, this is how they're going to stop the invaders later!" only to do the twist in the first act
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Dec 18, 2023 16:07
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Right now my pecking order for potential viewings of Christmas horror I haven't seen is Rare Exports, Don't Open Till Christmas, and It's a Wonderful Knife. I haven't seen Better Watch Out either, though, worth slotting in?
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Dec 18, 2023 16:27
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I do not like rare exports I don’t get it. Weird movie.
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yeah Rare Exports is a five minute short blown up to feature length without any concrete ideas about how to fill the other 80 minutes
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You set up the coolest idea and then you don’t do it…I know budgets but like idk. Coulda hired a few less naked Santa’s and did more with the giant kaiju Santa Krampus
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Dec 18, 2023 16:38
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M_Sinistrari posted:I felt it did help with being aware of how messed up the old era of wrestlers ended up helped with watching The Wrestler. I really wasn't much into wrestling save for how much my ex was REALLY into wrestling, pretty much the same as I'm not much into sports in general but for some reason I really enjoy the behind the scenes documentaries on sports so The Wrestler ended up being pretty compelling to me. Its not really the "old era". Wrestling is still an exploitative industry and wrestlers still make terrible decisions with their health and well being. One of the top guys in the top promotion in America wrestled a huge show with a horrific injury last year and one of the top guys from the secondary promotion just announced a long term life threatening health concern he was "pushing through" and its not the first time for him. And these are top guys, not old guys struggling to make paychecks and hold onto the drug performing gave them. Of which there's still plenty as there will always be an unregulated capitalistic society. veni veni veni posted:Vice has a docuseries on Hulu I checked out earlier tonight called "the Dark side of wrestling" or something and it's pretty entertaining. Its spectacle and soap opera. People get into the same they do any trash. And its continuous every week year long with no breaks. So it really breeds obsession and habit. The Vice series also does a great job really packaging the weird dual reality/fantasy drama nature that a lot of people are obsessed with. Its basically reality tv merged with sports.
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Yeah, a big part of wrestling's draw nowadays is the backstage real-life stuff is often more compelling as reality TV. Proper court intrigue stuff.
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i like tjpw because there is a woman who is 147 cms tall and dresses up as a kaiju and is called the biggest kaiju
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Crescent Wrench posted:Right now my pecking order for potential viewings of Christmas horror I haven't seen is Rare Exports, Don't Open Till Christmas, and It's a Wonderful Knife. I haven't seen Better Watch Out either, though, worth slotting in? I actually really like Better Watch Out a lot. I think I would have left it feeling super gross and sad if he had gotten away with everything the way they seemed to be leaning right into that nihilism, but the capper that the little poo poo is so clearly hosed at the end after it seems like he's about to get away with everything is the perfect button on the ending imo.
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if you're looking for Extreme Horror (with a bit of dark comedy), I can't recommend the New Jack episode of Dark Side of the Ring enough
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Snooze Cruise posted:i like tjpw because there is a woman who is 147 cms tall and dresses up as a kaiju and is called the biggest kaiju Lol that rules
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:if you're looking for Extreme Horror (with a bit of dark comedy), I can't recommend the New Jack episode of Dark Side of the Ring enough There's some wild poo poo in that episode. He was loving nuts
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I'm still extremely sad about Sion Sono but gently caress if I'm not gonna watch Love and Peace for Christmas.
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Better Watch Out is a solid movie. So many solid Christmas movies. Why can't Halloween movies be like this
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Doltos posted:Better Watch Out is a solid movie. So many solid Christmas movies. Why can't Halloween movies be like this you can't even say "oh yeah but are any Christmas horror movies as good as Halloween 1978?" because Black Christmas is in fact as good as Halloween 1978
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Nikumatic posted:I actually really like Better Watch Out a lot. 
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Christmas Evil is as good as Halloween 78
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Hollismason posted:Christmas Evil is as good as Halloween 78 i mean i'm open to that argument as well. the really wild thing is that Black Christmas is scarier than Halloween 78. and you can pretty much count the number of actually scary slasher movies on one hand.
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Doltos posted:Better Watch Out is a solid movie. So many solid Christmas movies. Why can't Halloween movies be like this Trick r Treat Halloween 3 The Guest Halloween 78 Halloween 2018 Hocus Pocus Terrifier 2 The Lords of Salem Are all good
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I can’t even think of a scary slasher movie. I’m rooting for the killer to entertain me with cool kills too much to feel much fear lol
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CelticPredator posted:I can’t even think of a scary slasher movie. I’m rooting for the killer to entertain me with cool kills too much to feel much fear lol there's Halloween, Black Christmas, and Scream. A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre could round it out to five depending on whether you count them or not (I do count Nightmare but do not count Massacre).
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i think black christmas completely eats halloween's lunch and is way beyond "as good" imo.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:there's Halloween, Black Christmas, and Scream. A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre could round it out to five depending on whether you count them or not (I do count Nightmare but do not count Massacre). I love all these but they don’t really scare me but like I said I’m mostly in it for the kills, and also atmosphere and stuff.
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I cant get on that train cause imo Black Christmas has some serious pacing issues but its still a doozy. It walked so Halloween could run etc etc. Where both Halloween and BC really overlap though is in having lovely remakes.
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weekly font posted:Where both Halloween and BC really overlap though is in having
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Rob Zombie's Halloween remake, his Halloween II remake, and his Halloween III remake (Lords of Salem) are all good
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I’ll say rob zombies myers was a pretty scary slasher. His scenes def made me go oh man. That’s someone you really don’t want to see coming at you.
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weekly font posted:I cant get on that train cause imo Black Christmas has some serious pacing issues but its still a doozy. It walked so Halloween could run etc etc. For a second I thought there was a lovely Christmas evil remake that I had to rush out and see.
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