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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I would go so far as to say it misses the point entirely. Yeah I tend to agree. I'm not sure if any New French Extremity films really fit this thread because of the absolutely ridiculous levels of gore, but Martyrs really isn't gore for gore's sake at all. We Need to Talk About Kevin (IMBD) was a really excellent movie and was pretty soul crushingly depressing. It's in no way scary but is a really uncomfortable movie. Tilda Swinton plays a mother who slowly becomes more and more frightened of her son as he grows up and starts displaying more and more disturbing behavior. It's kind of hard to describe the movie more than that without spoiling parts of it but it's pretty creepy and a great movie. Also going to second the recommendations of Funny Games, that is one of my favorite movies of all time. Even though the American version is a shot by shot remake, the acting is way more effective in the original so if you haven't seen it, go with the Austrian version. escape artist posted:What do you guys think of Audition? I really liked it the first time I saw it but the replay value is almost nonexistent, mostly because of how incredibly slow it is. E: Just watched Triangle and Jesus Christ was that movie awful. Triangulum fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Jul 20, 2012 |
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Just watched Apollo 18 (IMDB) last night and really, really enjoyed it. I went in with pretty low expectations because the movie poster and tagline made it sound really cheesy but it seems like they took a card out of Alien's book and decided to go the "less is more (scary)" route. The movie does a good job building tension and a lot of the horror of the situation is "oh poo poo we're in a really hostile environment" instead of "OH poo poo LOOK AT THAT MONSTER!", which I dug a lot. Also lots of fantastic shots of the moon basically makes it space porn for space nerds, which is always a plus. Probably one of the only genuinely creepy movies I've seen in a long time. I also watched the first season of American Horror Story (IMBD) and dug it a lot. While not being scary in the slightest and going over almost every single horror movie trope imaginable, it's a cool little story and is also pretty funny. I really liked the idea of ghosts not being these weird supernatural monsters but just people who happen to be dead and who's personalities and behaviors in life carry over into death. I thought it was really cool how the various ghosts were constantly loving each other over and all had their own agendas they were trying to enact on the living. It's a really fun show 
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Jul 24, 2012 23:34
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I had a blast with American Horror Story. The second season is apparently going to have an entirely different cast from the first. Jessica Lange is apparently still in it (thank god 'cause she was awesome) but plays a different character? i know Zachary Quintos will be in it too. From what I understand it's taking place in an entirely different setting with different characters but some reoccurring actors . According to Wikipedia "The setting will be an institution for the criminally insane in the 1960s, with Jessica Lange's new character as the head of the asylum. It will be themed on sanity" I seriously can't wait, the first season was fun as hell.
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Jul 25, 2012 01:53
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Dude it got some of the highest ratings FX has ever seen so we very well may get a couple seasons out of it
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Jul 25, 2012 02:15
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I really like the Millennium trilogy but it's definitely not horror. And I know I'll probably be skewered for saying this, but the Fincher remake was better.
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Jul 25, 2012 02:52
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I think it was mostly that it was a really pretty movie, the soundtrack was phenomenal, and I always pictured Daniel Craig as Blomkvist when I read the books. Rapace was a way better Lisbeth but I really liked how Lisbeth's quietness was portrayed in the remake. But on the other hand, Bjurman's casting was really terrible and I didn't like how they tried to soften up Lisbeth at all.
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Jul 25, 2012 14:09
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Loomer posted:Well, that's because I don't think it was actually intentional on their part to pose that question. I think they just set out to make a film with the standard 'who's the real monster' twist, not to get us thinking about that twist in any meaningful capacity. It's about as unintentional as it was in Funny Games.
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Aug 19, 2012 13:40
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I really don't get the love for Triangle at all. Loomer posted:Original or remake? This is important. It's not Funny Games unless Arno Frisch is in it  The American version may be a shot for shot remake, but the casting was really weak.Speaking of Frisch and Haneke, has anyone seen Benny's Video? Triangulum fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Aug 19, 2012 |
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