movies

[ghostrunner]

Watched the original Halloween last night for the first time. Just one of those movies I never got around to. Holds up surprisingly well. The acting is cringy at times and there are some likely budget related flaws. It's supposed to be Illinois in fall but it's obviously not. There's a scene outside where Jamie Lee Curtis is sitting and there's a bunch of fall leaves strewn around, but it's only around her and all the trees are still green. You look down the street and across the street and no leaves at all. Still the area they decorated is convincing, so it mostly works.

The suspense 100% works, even if the attacks are a little clumsy. Might be considered slow by today's standards, but it's like Jaws in that there's a lot of buildup and a bunch of times when you think Myers is going to do his thing. They make it clear from the outset he likes to watch his victims for a while. The constant heavy breathing is mixed in really well. Sometimes it's very obvious, but it seemed like a few times they just eased it in there. So you don't necessarily know at first when you're seeing things from his POV, and then it dawns on you.

Thinking about watching the others, just as a fun way to see how the approach changed over the past 30 years and to see how the story changes. Sounds like there's some supernatural elements they introduce and then later backtrack on. Then there's two reboot movies Rob Zombie made in the middle of all these, which were then ignored in favor of continuing the old story.

[MrCrowesGarden]

Watched the original Halloween last night for the first time. Just one of those movies I never got around to. Holds up surprisingly well. The acting is cringy at times and there are some likely budget related flaws. It's supposed to be Illinois in fall but it's obviously not. There's a scene outside where Jamie Lee Curtis is sitting and there's a bunch of fall leaves strewn around, but it's only around her and all the trees are still green. You look down the street and across the street and no leaves at all. Still the area they decorated is convincing, so it mostly works.

The suspense 100% works, even if the attacks are a little clumsy. Might be considered slow by today's standards, but it's like Jaws in that there's a lot of buildup and a bunch of times when you think Myers is going to do his thing. They make it clear from the outset he likes to watch his victims for a while. The constant heavy breathing is mixed in really well. Sometimes it's very obvious, but it seemed like a few times they just eased it in there. So you don't necessarily know at first when you're seeing things from his POV, and then it dawns on you.

Thinking about watching the others, just as a fun way to see how the approach changed over the past 30 years and to see how the story changes. Sounds like there's some supernatural elements they introduce and then later backtrack on. Then there's two reboot movies Rob Zombie made in the middle of all these, which were then ignored in favor of continuing the old story.

I’m not a big fan of horror movies, but the original Halloween is probably my favorite. A friend of mine who’s something of a trivia buff told me about the leaves. Apparently they are real leaves but obviously brought in from elsewhere. Whenever they would shoot a new scene, they had to collect all the old, dead leaves to use again.

[go birds]

Watched the original Halloween last night for the first time. Just one of those movies I never got around to. Holds up surprisingly well. The acting is cringy at times and there are some likely budget related flaws. It's supposed to be Illinois in fall but it's obviously not. There's a scene outside where Jamie Lee Curtis is sitting and there's a bunch of fall leaves strewn around, but it's only around her and all the trees are still green. You look down the street and across the street and no leaves at all. Still the area they decorated is convincing, so it mostly works.

The suspense 100% works, even if the attacks are a little clumsy. Might be considered slow by today's standards, but it's like Jaws in that there's a lot of buildup and a bunch of times when you think Myers is going to do his thing. They make it clear from the outset he likes to watch his victims for a while. The constant heavy breathing is mixed in really well. Sometimes it's very obvious, but it seemed like a few times they just eased it in there. So you don't necessarily know at first when you're seeing things from his POV, and then it dawns on you.

Thinking about watching the others, just as a fun way to see how the approach changed over the past 30 years and to see how the story changes. Sounds like there's some supernatural elements they introduce and then later backtrack on. Then there's two reboot movies Rob Zombie made in the middle of all these, which were then ignored in favor of continuing the old story.

It's campy for sure, but still an all-time classic.

It's probably best you watch Halloween 2 and then skip everything else that was made in between Danny McBride and David Gordon Green's take on the series.

They continue the story from Carpenters Halloween 2. All have their flaws but i wouldn't waste my time with all the other ones.

[Jocephus]

[ghostrunner]

Watched Halloween 2 two nights ago. It’s better produced but not as good. It goes down what’s now a very familiar horror movie road of a creative string of deaths, but maybe that was more original back then. Also more stupid behavior from characters who aren’t dumb teenagers. There’s just not the same sense of dread.

I’m looking forward to 3 actually. Heard a lot of people say it’s pretty good on its own, just that it’s not a Michael Myers movie.


Just went to the theater to see Dune. It’s getting a lot of that weird fanboy energy behind it where people who don’t like it are getting harassed on Twitter and in comment sections of reviews or on Letterboxd and RT. Similar to when someone on those sites says they like the SW sequels. Which is too bad, because it’s really good and I’m not sure why people just can’t be satisfied with their own opinions.

It’s maybe slow by today’s standards but I personally felt it moved along pretty briskly. Lots of long shots of spaceships and landscapes and of course sand worms. I love that stuff. I have to say though the seriousness of it might weigh heavier on the sequel. There’s a character who

[SHOW]

I think is going to be missed in that regard, because they’re pretty much the only one who appears to be having any fun

-belatedly edited this for repetitiveness. Hate it when I do that.

[GeddyWrox]

I rewatched The Shining for the first time in maybe 15 or 20 years. Caught a lot of stuff I missed (or just didn't remember). What a masterpiece. And Jack Nicholson really is a brilliant actor.

[BottenFieldofDreams]

Dune is good. It's half a movie, though. It feels like it's been delayed release for 8 years so I was disappointed to learn part 2 hasn't even started filming yet.

Shocking how poorly I remember the book. I really enjoyed entering an interesting sci-fi/fantasy world where I don't know all the beats because it's not another comic book movie. I bet there's a dozen movies I could stream right now that would do a similar thing for me--rather than continuing my tiresome comic book movie [expletive], I should look into that.

[ghostrunner]

Dune is good. It's half a movie, though. It feels like it's been delayed release for 8 years so I was disappointed to learn part 2 hasn't even started filming yet.

Shocking how poorly I remember the book. I really enjoyed entering an interesting sci-fi/fantasy world where I don't know all the beats because it's not another comic book movie. I bet there's a dozen movies I could stream right now that would do a similar thing for me--rather than continuing my tiresome comic book movie [expletive], I should look into that.

I presume they had some doubts about how well it would do just based on the source material and didn't want to invest too much just in case. It is interesting they didn't market it as a part one. Probably surprised some people who weren't following it.

[go birds]

[BottenFieldofDreams]

WTF are real guns or bullets doing on a set, or at least anywhere near where actors are? I can't imagine how Alec Baldwin is feeling right now, or the guys that killed either of the Lees--to say nothing of this poor lady's family. It's just insane how this could happen.

My father is a gun guy. And I think about how aggressively he'd shout at me if my unloaded .22 was pointing anywhere but straight up or down. The movie guy on set should be my dad on steroids, right? Especially, I'd think, surrounded by such liberal sorts as Alec Baldwin.

Anyway, wtf, and what a tragedy.