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Forostar said:I thought she'd kill the baby, and would have to be sentenced for it (nobody would believe her when she'd tell what happened.
I was disappointed that the baby still lived (after all, it was evil). But this ending is pretty terrible (for the world) as well.
I was thinking that
she would probably commit suicide, in the way of Exorcist
1) the eternal love /instinct of mother 2) how evil can that bring
snake plissken
Ancient Mariner
Yeah The Thing is a stunning flick.Feverdog said:
Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
They're both good types of thrillers. I think what makes movies like Rosemary's Baby or the Exorcist more thrilling is because it deals with people as monsters rather than external "other" like Alien or Jaws. I'll watch them all though, I'm a horror fanatic.
It is really hard to find good horror, most of it falls under cheesy gore and stupid plots. The Descent is the last good Horror movie I saw.
It is really hard to find good horror, most of it falls under cheesy gore and stupid plots. The Descent is the last good Horror movie I saw.
____no5
Free Man
I didn't thought it like this, but nice point!
No, I was talking more of 1) Special effects /big productions 2) predictable montage 3) violence /blood
Take a look at the bathroom scene of Psycho: No violence. Montage is used in a clever way to transmit stress. No special effects. In fact if I'm not wrong is the scene with the bigger number of cuts in the history. This is the art. To show me a shark or a monster very sudden and with the appropriate music to scare me, is much inferior, imo.
From en.wiki:
The murder of Janet Leigh's character in the shower is the film's pivotal scene, and one of the most famous scenes in cinema history. As such, it spawned numerous myths and legends. It was shot from December 17 to December 23, 1959, and features 77 different camera angles. The scene "runs 3 minutes and includes 50 cuts." Most of the shots are extreme close-ups, except for medium shots in the shower directly before and directly after the murder. The combination of the close shots with the short duration between cuts makes the sequence feel longer, more subjective, more uncontrolled, and more violent than would the images if they were presented alone or in a wider angle.
No, I was talking more of 1) Special effects /big productions 2) predictable montage 3) violence /blood
Take a look at the bathroom scene of Psycho: No violence. Montage is used in a clever way to transmit stress. No special effects. In fact if I'm not wrong is the scene with the bigger number of cuts in the history. This is the art. To show me a shark or a monster very sudden and with the appropriate music to scare me, is much inferior, imo.
From en.wiki:
The murder of Janet Leigh's character in the shower is the film's pivotal scene, and one of the most famous scenes in cinema history. As such, it spawned numerous myths and legends. It was shot from December 17 to December 23, 1959, and features 77 different camera angles. The scene "runs 3 minutes and includes 50 cuts." Most of the shots are extreme close-ups, except for medium shots in the shower directly before and directly after the murder. The combination of the close shots with the short duration between cuts makes the sequence feel longer, more subjective, more uncontrolled, and more violent than would the images if they were presented alone or in a wider angle.
snake plissken
Ancient Mariner
______no5 said:
The Kids Are Alright. Thoroughly enjoyable stuff and Annette Benning's performance is really something.
____no5
Free Man
The man From Earth.
A nice watch and food for thought. The script is actually the final work of sci-fi writer Jerome Bixby. A low budget movie, it's all a discussion of some friends around the fireplace. John Oldman, a History professor, is going to quite his job and leave town so he invites his close friends at his home, for a farewell gathering. He decides to tell them his 'true story' which is that he's been living constantly the last 14,000 years...
A nice watch and food for thought. The script is actually the final work of sci-fi writer Jerome Bixby. A low budget movie, it's all a discussion of some friends around the fireplace. John Oldman, a History professor, is going to quite his job and leave town so he invites his close friends at his home, for a farewell gathering. He decides to tell them his 'true story' which is that he's been living constantly the last 14,000 years...
____no5
Free Man
Forostar said:
Just finished watching it. Phew, what a movie!
Genius! Some things remain unclear at the end (no problem with that, even better) like the people who don't move in the WC (terrific moments), this thing with the Marlboro in the bistro and also
why Simone committed suicide.
asked Marlboro instead of Gauloises in the kiosk. Also when he entered in the WC and it was full of Egyptian hieroglyphics.
While Polanski was not bad at all in the leading role, I think if he had someone performing like Farrow did in Rosemary, this film could probably top the later.
In any case, fantastic!
____no5
Free Man
Amazing film. First of all, the script is exceptionally tight. Enormous. The whole film is full of continuous revelations, yet the mystery is completely unveiled only in the very end. From all the films I've seen, only Casablanca's script can top this one. Anyway, I made a research after the film and, in deed, I discovered that it was written by a dedicated script writer, Robert Towne. I'll definitely search for his works in the future.
There are two memorable quotes -obviously landmarks of the 20th century cinema : What did you do in Chinatown? -As little as possible & of course the final and huge one Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
Nicholson & Dunaway are both excellent in their roles, while a pleasant surprise is the great performance of John Houston (the director of The Man Who Would Be King)
Hitchcock influences are not that evident in that one, as the previous 3 Polanski I saw recently. This one brings in mind the good old Hollywood and it does so with an incredible way. I'm looking forward for more Polanski films soon! (already seen Bitter Moon & Pirates)
Forostar
Ancient Mariner
______no5 said:Just finished watching it. Phew, what a movie!I was thriller when Trelkovskywhy Simone committed suicide.asked Marlboro instead of Gauloises in the kiosk. Also when he entered in the WC and it was full of Egyptian hieroglyphics.
While Polanski was not bad at all in the leading role, I think if he had someone performing like Farrow did in Rosemary, this film could probably top the later.
In any case, fantastic!
Thrilling movie eh?
All the things which were not explained can be seen as
him just imagining it.
I like Polanski's acting. Did you notice him in Chinatown as
the man with the knife?
At the moment Marta and me are busy with The Fearless Vampire Killers, a sixties Polanski (made in UK). A comedy/horror, which can be seen as a parody on Hammer horror films (which are sometimes parodies themselves haha).
Marta told me that the Hitchcock influences are biggest in his latest, Ghost Writer, and in his first foreign movie, called Repulsion, also made in UK. I still have to see that one, I am curious!
Onhell
Infinite Dreamer
Finally saw the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Good movie, definitely an 8/10. It was good enough to distract me from the annoying cliches if fell under:
Other than that good movie.
The bad guys of course had to be Nazis... good lord, pick another fucking evil organization, there are many.
The "dark past" had to be sexual abuse. From the family's to Lisbeth's... Really? unoriginal, but for whatever reason it still shocks people.
When my friends and I watch movies we riff on them like if it was Mystery Science Theater 3000 and it cracked me up how often I called things, from how she got back at her "guardian" to how Mikael used Google to do his very serious investigation. Google knows all!!! LOL.
The "dark past" had to be sexual abuse. From the family's to Lisbeth's... Really? unoriginal, but for whatever reason it still shocks people.
When my friends and I watch movies we riff on them like if it was Mystery Science Theater 3000 and it cracked me up how often I called things, from how she got back at her "guardian" to how Mikael used Google to do his very serious investigation. Google knows all!!! LOL.
Other than that good movie.
____no5
Free Man
Forostar said:Thrilling movie eh?
All the things which were not explained can be seen ashim just imagining it.
Good explanation, ha!
Forostar said:
Haha, of course!
I know Polanski, I can recognize him easily! He's good friend to my companion's dance teacher & mentor, Ella Jaroszewicz, so I had the opportunity to meet him. I didn't pay too much attention then, but hell, now I realize how big he was.
Forostar said:At the moment Marta and me are busy with The Fearless Vampire Killers, a sixties Polanski (made in UK). A comedy/horror, which can be seen as a parody on Hammer horror films (which are sometimes parodies themselves haha).
You mean, right now?? Ha!
Forostar said:
Yeah in Ghost Writer is very obvious!
Maybe I'll go for the first of his 'apartment' trilogy, Repulsion, have you seen it??
Forostar
Ancient Mariner
______no5 said:
Nice you've met him!
______no5 said:
We're halfway. A break. We can't watch all films at once anymore, since we've a little one.
______no5 said:
No, I just said I didn't.
But I am very curious. We don't own it, but I'm sure we'll see it soon enough.
Interesting that his first and latest foreign film have these influences. I hope we'll get some more films! He is very vital for his age.
____no5
Free Man
Forostar said:No, I just said I didn't.
Forostar said:
I like your careful choice of words!
Forostar said:
Yeap, absolutely! For the moment I got the Pirates -to watch again this brilliant Walter Matthau performance- and I'm heading for Repulsion. Tess also, has a good reputation!
____no5
Free Man
I've just watched Blade Runner. A great movie, I have only one complaint. Let's start from the negative: I don't see why it should be determined in 2019 -it's not convincing even for 1982, when it was released. I mean the futuristic cinematography mixes with some 1980s elements /items which would be more than awesome if the plot was simply placed Somewhere In Time.
I loved the (signature) slow rhythm of Ridley Scott's direction, who gave us a more-than-sci-fi movie. It's actually a kind of noir film. The theme itself is deep and can lead to interpretations in different levels. Aqualung and Frankenstein comes in mind, Aqualung mostly:
1. In the beginning Man created God; and in the image of Man created he him.
2. And Man gave unto God a multitude of names,that he might be Lord of all the earth when it was suited to Man
3. And on the seven millionth day Man rested and did lean heavily on his God and saw that it was good.
4. And Man formed Aqualung of the dust of the ground, and a host of others likened unto his kind.
5. And these lesser men were cast into the void; And some were burned, and some were put apart from their kind.
6. And Man became the God that he had created and with his miracles did rule over all the earth.
7. But as all these things came to pass, the Spirit that did cause man to create his God lived on within all men: even within Aqualung.
8. And man saw it not.
9. But for Christ's sake he'd better start looking.
Sean Youth (Rachael) and (leader of replicants) Rutger Hauer's performances are very good. Youth is very beautiful, a teaser for her femme-fatale appearance in later No Way Out. Harrison Ford? the usual not-that-great-but-hey-Ford stuff, in any case, here it fits well.
and the whole of her character again is a subject to various interpretations in different levels. Also the meeting of the
was an awesome moment and the cinematography just great.
The ending of the film it was just awesome
The music of the film was excellent; It fits awesomely and it's very very imposing: I've noticed it since the very start -which is very rare for me, to pay attention to the score so damn quickly.
The cinematography is perfect and one of the film's strongest elements. Plus, anyone of us would love it; Live After Death and most important Somewhere In Time are there. Yet I thought that Caught Somewhere In Time would be more relative to the film, but no, only the cover.
All in all, a great movie, well ahead of its time, no wonder why it became a cult. Just check some other sci-fi movies that were released in 1982, to make the comparison: The Thing, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan & E.T. -good movies maybe, but this one is light miles ahead. The only of the four to be so much more than a sci-fi one, and for that it tops them all.
Check it, in case you haven't done it yet.
I loved the (signature) slow rhythm of Ridley Scott's direction, who gave us a more-than-sci-fi movie. It's actually a kind of noir film. The theme itself is deep and can lead to interpretations in different levels. Aqualung and Frankenstein comes in mind, Aqualung mostly:
1. In the beginning Man created God; and in the image of Man created he him.
2. And Man gave unto God a multitude of names,that he might be Lord of all the earth when it was suited to Man
3. And on the seven millionth day Man rested and did lean heavily on his God and saw that it was good.
4. And Man formed Aqualung of the dust of the ground, and a host of others likened unto his kind.
5. And these lesser men were cast into the void; And some were burned, and some were put apart from their kind.
6. And Man became the God that he had created and with his miracles did rule over all the earth.
7. But as all these things came to pass, the Spirit that did cause man to create his God lived on within all men: even within Aqualung.
8. And man saw it not.
9. But for Christ's sake he'd better start looking.
Sean Youth (Rachael) and (leader of replicants) Rutger Hauer's performances are very good. Youth is very beautiful, a teaser for her femme-fatale appearance in later No Way Out. Harrison Ford? the usual not-that-great-but-hey-Ford stuff, in any case, here it fits well.
The love affair of Ford's character with Rachael
two replicants with their creator
The ending of the film it was just awesome
from Rutger Hauer's saving Ford's character and following confession /revelation to the very end, it was an apocalypse. I loved the fact that the film ends without the retirement of the last replicant, Scott let us guess what will finally happen
The cinematography is perfect and one of the film's strongest elements. Plus, anyone of us would love it; Live After Death and most important Somewhere In Time are there. Yet I thought that Caught Somewhere In Time would be more relative to the film, but no, only the cover.
All in all, a great movie, well ahead of its time, no wonder why it became a cult. Just check some other sci-fi movies that were released in 1982, to make the comparison: The Thing, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan & E.T. -good movies maybe, but this one is light miles ahead. The only of the four to be so much more than a sci-fi one, and for that it tops them all.
Check it, in case you haven't done it yet.
snake plissken
Ancient Mariner
Unstoppable. Absolute garbage. Tony Scott directs like he's having an epileptic fit. Waste of a great cast. Denzel really should avoid train movies. Being touted as Speed with a train. It's not half the movie Speed is. 1/5. One point for Rosario Dawson. AVOID!!!!!!
