lightningxlock Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 Thanks guys for the Bond recommendations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey_Piste Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 From the little I've seen and read about Cabin in The Woods, it reminds me a bit of a film called Behind the Mask. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437857/ I am interested to see the film and I might go next week if my girlfriend wants to on Wednesday. I am a bit of a fan of the Japanese OTT gorefest films like Tokyo Gore Police, Machine Girl, Vampire Girl vs Dracula etc. Mostly because they're so tongue in cheek and intentionally stupid, one of my friends who works as a film reviewer saw the trailer for Zombie Ass Toilet of the Dead and proclaimed "Cinema is dead. Here's the proof." I on the other hand thinks it looks stupid, but will be camp gory fun. Mainstream american horror goes through phases, it began with the classic Dracula, Frankenstein and Wolfmen films. Then in the 50s and 60 it was the giant irradiated monster/ sci-fi B-movies. Then came the slasher film, starting with Halloween and going into the more supernatural stuff like Freddy and Jason into the 80s. Scream brought about the second wave of slasher films, without the supernatural element. The big enjoyment with those films would be trying to figure out who the killer was, even though most of the time it didn't really make sense. Blair Witch brought in the found footage films with the Paranormal Activity films being a recent example of these low budget films with minimal special effects being done on the cheap and recouping several times their production costs. Of course just before the boom of Paranormal Activity there was the Torture porn films. These being Hostel and the Saw series which carried on going even after the Antagonist died in the third one. I expect there will be another big horror boom in a year or two with one original film followed by a number of knockoffs and dodgy sequels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted April 15, 2012 Moderators Share Posted April 15, 2012 I've said the exact same thing about Whedon on here a bunch of times. Take any line from any character, put it in another character's mouth, and it wouldn't make the slightest difference. Everyone talks in these sarky, self-aware zingers, so it's terrifying to me that the biggest ensemble film of all time was handed over to the worst ensemble writer in the business. What's worse, the Cult of Whedon will ensure that everyone loves the zingy banter between Captain America and Iron Man, even though it'll be that singular voice Whedon bollocks. Â I didn't have a problem with the Scream sequels existing. With the hyper-aware deconstruction thing, they had to tackle the cash-in sequel angle, and then the meta-meta thing in Part III. The fact they they weren't very good isn't down to the fact they were sequels, just that they didn't fulfill the potential of that premise. Scream 4, which was shit, should have done so much more with a meta-take on the reboot angle, but Wes Craven is absolutely fucking awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted April 15, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 15, 2012 He's not, though, that's the thing. He's proved enough times that he can be a fine director. It's just the fact that he chooses the wrong or easy option too often. The Last House On The Left, The Serpent And The Rainbow, The Hills Have Eyes 1 & 2, A Nightmare On Elm Street, The People Under The Stairs, Red Eye - no director with those to his name is awful. His record recently has been pretty bad, but Red Eye showed that he's still capable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Seven Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 He has indeed beome awful, but is there not a case to be made for him as one of horror's great directors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted April 15, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 15, 2012 I'm considering watching the Paranormal Activities series after much cajoling from my girlfriend. Is it worth watching or should I make up some bollocks to pass on the opportunity. A good few people in work said it was the scariest film ever (though these were all girls and curious 'Inbetweeners is the funniest movie ever' types). I've only seen the first two, but they're enjoyable enough as long as you don't start thinking too much about what's going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted April 15, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 15, 2012 He has indeed beome awful, but is there not a case to be made for him as one of horror's great directors? Â Certainly. I think his less trumpeted films like The Serpent And The Rainbow and The People Under The Stairs are his most interesting films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted April 15, 2012 Moderators Share Posted April 15, 2012 (edited) He has indeed beome awful, but is there not a case to be made for him as one of horror's great directors? Â Probably, but his track record over the last fifteen years is just atrocious. I'm talking the Wes Craven of now being unable to do anything with the notion of Scream 4. The Wes Craven of Cursed and My Soul to Take. Â Ditto with John Carpenter, although he hasn't exactly been churning them out of late, The Ward was so terrible, it blows your mind that that, and Ghosts of Mars, were the same guy who had the run of Dark Star, Precinct 13, Halloween, The Fog, Escape from New York, The Thing and so on. Unlike sports, where broke-down athletes have to retire, directors get to show the world just how badly they've lost it. Â Â I'm considering watching the Paranormal Activities series after much cajoling from my girlfriend. Is it worth watching or should I make up some bollocks to pass on the opportunity. A good few people in work said it was the scariest film ever (though these were all girls and curious 'Inbetweeners is the funniest movie ever' types). I've only seen the first two, but they're enjoyable enough as long as you don't start thinking too much about what's going on. Â The first one is pretty great, but the second one is garbage. Paranormal Activity 3 though, is at least as good as the first one, and actually a lot scarier. Edited April 15, 2012 by Astro Hollywood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted April 15, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 15, 2012 What are the Paranormal Entity films like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Astro Hollywood Posted April 15, 2012 Moderators Share Posted April 15, 2012 They're made by The Asylum, it's safe to assume they're fuck-awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Fox Piss Posted April 16, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 Watched Die Hard for the first time. Â Good not great. Went a bit too long for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanoTheGame Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Funnily enough, I also watched Die Hard for the first time a few days back. I thought it was terrific though. A lot of the good stuff I previously read about it focused on how awesome Hans Gruber is, but for me the strongest part of the film was the McClane and Powell friendship, which instantly became one of my favourite bromances in cinema, especially because it's done over radio and they don't see each other until the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted April 16, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 Watched Die Hard for the first time. Good not great. Went a bit too long for me.  Reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted April 16, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 Cannibal: The Musical. Â I enjoyed it more than I did last time I watched it back in about 2001, so that was a pleasant surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Surf Digby Posted April 16, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted April 16, 2012 Cannibal: The Musical. I enjoyed it more than I did last time I watched it back in about 2001, so that was a pleasant surprise. Have you watched it with the commentary track yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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