Dread Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Salad Days: yeah, another doc. This was the first project I ever helped Kickstart and I finally got the DVD this week. This documents the decade between 1980-1990 in the Washington DC hardcore punk scene. Without it, no grunge, riot grrl, emo, post-hardcore, shoegaze or even American Black Metal. Interesting. Rightfully, the doc follows Ian Mackaye pretty closely as Dischord Records is the most important single piece in the scene. Good stuff. Amazing how much early Fugazi sounds like Nirvana's Nevermind. Shocking, actually.Feature Films: 146Documentaries: 12Short films: 2Rewatches: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 The Legend of Zorro (2005): After a hellaciously fun opening sequence (in which Antonio Banderas plays Zorro as "what if Batman really fucking enjoyed his job"), everyone decided to stop what they were doing and make a terrible, terrible movie instead. I fucking adored The Mask of Zorro when it came out, and to call this a disappointment would be a vast understatement. Banderas' and Zeta-Jones' considerable charisma from the first movie has evaporated entirely, none of the humor lands, everything is leaden and boring, and even the action is rote and mechanical. Just... gah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 The Mask of Zorro is one of my favorite "superhero" movies, but I questioned the release of a sequel so many years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenalphabro Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Cowboys and Aliens: It's an alright sci-fi film mixed with a potentially really good western. Films Watched: 109Repeats: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenalphabro Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Bloodrayne 2: Fuck you Uwe BollFilms Watched: 110Repeats: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Bloodrayne 2: Fuck you Uwe BollFilms Watched: 110Repeats: 1He says that to the world every time he makes a 'film'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenalphabro Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 Yeah, honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 American Ultra: surprisingly really good. Violent as hell. Great characxter turns form a lot of actors, even Stewart, Eisenberg and Topher Grace who are almost always unlikeable.Feature Films: 147Documentaries: 12Short films: 2Rewatches: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Blood Punch: Groundhog Day, as written by Jack Ketchum.Feature Films: 148Documentaries: 12Short films: 2Rewatches: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenalphabro Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Ex Machina: Really good, but holy shit, what a depressing ending.Films Watched: 111Repeats: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 An Honest Liar: this is a rewatch and I adored it as much as the first time. Goddammit. I may watch this again soon.Feature Films: 148Documentaries: 12Short films: 2Rewatches: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Turbo Kid: fun. Something was missing though. Maybe 10 minutes too long? Not sure. Bears a rewatch down the line.Agreed. It's a very fun movie that feels like The New Gods meets Mad Max on BMXs, with a huge helping of 1980s cheese and Harley Quinn tossed in for good measure, but there was a point where I felt tired. Specifically the end fight scene with the bad body humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Good. I'm glad I'm not alone on that. It SHOULD be right up my alley and it isn't bad, but I was not blown away or even really fully satisfied at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Prior to the final battle, the gore and violence were messy and harsh, but not played for laughs. The ending, however, became a Monty Python sketch. It get so awkward, even the characters look confused by the change in tone.Turbo Kid had three directors, and that one moment was the only time I could feel the change from one to another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 I'm not sure if language played into it but all three directors are French-speaking natives so English is their second language and all of the principles are English speakers. Also, it was based on a 5 minute short film so it is likely they just ran out of storytelling gas. Sad. Could have been a perfect film, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Those last 10-ish minutes aside, I would still tell people to see it, especially children of the 1980s. Also, if nothing else, Laurence Leboeuf is a pure joy as Apple. When / If I rewatch it, it will be for her and Michael Ironside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 Yeah, she's great and weirdly attractive. Ironside is always great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenalphabro Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Demolition Man: An OK 90s action movie, Films Watched: 112Repeats: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Demolition Man: An OK 90s action movie, Films Watched: 112Repeats: 1Did anyone ever explain what the three seashells were about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Children of the Night: Argentinian film about child vampires.Feature Films: 149Documentaries: 12Short films: 2Rewatches: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenalphabro Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Demolition Man: An OK 90s action movie, Films Watched: 112Repeats: 1Did anyone ever explain what the three seashells were about?I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 Chasing the Muse: Jean Francois Davy is a legendary erotic filmmaker in France who made some really amazing mainstream porn in the seventies. Now he's in his seventies and has decided to film a documentary about casting a porno. It's weird. He's a pretty typical French filmmaker in mannerisms and expression but this feels a lot like a reason to get laid a lot. It was interesting, but did not need to be feature length. But...if listening to a French voiceover quote Baudelaire and discuss the merits of Godard while a seventy year old bangs a 20 year old on screen is your thing then this is the film for you. Packaged with one of his seventies films which I assume HAVE to be better.Feature Films: 149Documentaries: 13Short films: 2Rewatches: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 discuss the merits of Godard Well, shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenalphabro Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 Seven: David Fincher doesn't make happy movies.Films Watched: 113Repeats: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted September 27, 2015 Report Share Posted September 27, 2015 Seven: David Fincher doesn't make happy movies.Watch THE GAME. It's about a game. Games are happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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