movies

[JL21]

I watched and enjoyed "Moon" quite a bit. I might ruffle some feathers here, but I preferred it quite a bit to "District 9" (in the category of "2009 high profile thinking man's sci-fi"). I wish "Moon" was getting the plaudits that "District 9" received.

I also tackled Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid", which was really good, funny, and regrettably schmaltzy. That's just me, though. I don't like much schmaltz.

And last but not least, I watched Kurosawa's "Red Beard". Kurosawa was about as technically sound at making movies as anyone.

[go birds]

I watched and enjoyed "Moon" quite a bit. I might ruffle some feathers here, but I preferred it quite a bit to "District 9" (in the category of "2009 high profile thinking man's sci-fi"). I wish "Moon" was getting the plaudits that "District 9" received.

I also tackled Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid", which was really good, funny, and regrettably schmaltzy. That's just me, though. I don't like much schmaltz.

And last but not least, I watched Kurosawa's "Red Beard". Kurosawa was about as technically sound at making movies as anyone.

Moon was great.

It drew too many 2001: A Space Oddysey comparisons, so it was written off pretty quick.

[The Third Man]

I always liked Red Beard more than Ikiru in terms of sad-Kurosawa-movies.

I finally watched Let the Right One In last night, awesome. That climax was killer. I love horror movies that take their time and build up dread instead of throwing scares in your face and this obviously fits the bill.

[JL21]

Moon was great.

It drew too many 2001: A Space Oddysey comparisons, so it was written off pretty quick.

Yeah, other than Gerty/Hal, there wasn't much there in terms of parallels.

I finally watched Let the Right One In last night, awesome. That climax was killer. I love horror movies that take their time and build up dread instead of throwing scares in your face and this obviously fits the bill.

Only the Swedes would make a vampire movie that looked like that.

[go birds]

So i tried watching Paranormal Activity the other night.

Listen i'm no sally when it comes to horror movies but this movie creeped the crud out of me. so much, in fact, that i had to turn it off.

I meant to finish it yesterday in daylight but i never got around to it, so i will try again tonight.

The only other movies that creeped me out this much were The Sixth Sense (which i still refuse to watch by myself) and Event Horizon.

/confession

[omaha_red]

I wish "Moon" was getting the plaudits that "District 9" received.
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if you read the oscar thread.. there are a lot of these comments on there.

[JL21]

The only other movies that creeped me out this much were The Sixth Sense (which i still refuse to watch by myself) and Event Horizon.

/confession

Excellent. You've just nailed two of my very, very favorite horrors. To quote the Tam Man regarding Event Horizon, "Any movie that has people speaking Latin in it is going to be creepy."

I assume you've seen "Blair Witch"? My only tiny gripe about Paranormal Activity was that... well... it's been done before, most notably with "Blair Witch".

if you read the oscar thread.. there are a lot of these comments on there.

This makes me feel better. Both were good. The other night, I talked to some dude who told me that 'District 9' was the best sci-fi movie since 2001. I mean... really? C'mon.

[go birds]

The only other movies that creeped me out this much were The Sixth Sense (which i still refuse to watch by myself) and Event Horizon.

/confession

Excellent. You've just nailed two of my very, very favorite horrors. To quote the Tam Man regarding Event Horizon, "Any movie that has people speaking Latin in it is going to be creepy."

I assume you've seen "Blair Witch"? My only tiny gripe about Paranormal Activity was that... well... it's been done before, most notably with "Blair Witch".

if you read the oscar thread.. there are a lot of these comments on there.

This makes me feel better. Both were good. The other night, I talked to some dude who told me that 'District 9' was the best sci-fi movie since 2001. I mean... really? C'mon.

Blair Witch... yes. I was there opening night.

I went into Paranormal Activity knowing that it was gonna be a Blair Witch knock-off. It still creeped me out though.

[SHOW]

Especially the part where she just stands beside the bed staring at her boyfriend for an hour. The thought of my gf doing just creeps me out

[haltz]

From Paris With Love

It's really bad.

[ghostrunner]

From Paris With Love

It's really bad.

Travolta Is always a red flag. On the list of things that bug me about Tarantino, Travolta's ascendancy out of talking baby hell is right up there.