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The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
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This was one messed up movie. So disturbingly
enjoyable. Everything was top notch.
Follender and Bluemeanie (I know your posts are
old) but, don't think this is so over the top that
it could never happen. Because it probably has.
I'm guessing that's the reason you find this movie
to be a piece of crap. People do fucked up things
to each other all the time.
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse
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Again, just mindless fun. Plus the cop and
reporter were pretty hot also. I'm looking forward
to seeing the 3D movies when I get the damn
glasses.
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Resident Evil
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I like looking at Milla Jovoich. So, I enjoyed
this. I forgot I saw it till I bought the blu-ray
box set. I've never played the game. But, probably
the reason they didn't follow the storyline of the
game is for plot/characterization. This isn't so
much a zombie movie as a good guy/bad guy film.
Alice and co versus the Umbrella Corporation. This
is just good mindless fun. Plus, Milla is just
HOT.
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Pink Floyd: The Wall
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I like this more now than I did when it first
came out.
Roger Waters Wall tour these
past few years, #1 in spectacle. The music is
magnificent and Waters treated it as classical and
opera is handled. It's pretty exact with some of
the finest musicians recreating the album. He's
touring Europe in 2013 and hopefully will do
another US run. DON'T MISS IT if he does. It's
like nothing you've ever seen, or will ever see
again.
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Mad Monster Party
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It's the Rudolph of Halloween, and way back when
this and Great Pumpkin were it. But, this of
course represents the horror aspect of Halloween.
This wasn't aired often after 67. I saw it back
then, and as a huge horror buff loved it. I bought
the DVD a few years ago for a few dollars. Yeah,
it's pretty bad. I don't think I made it through
the entire show. I might give it another shot
someday, when I've feeling sentimental.
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The Hunger Games
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I just saw this. I don't get why it was popular.
But, I don't get Twilight either.
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Opera
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I enjoyed this. I saw it 1987 at a horror
convention up in Albany. I sat very close to Dario
as he worked the projector showing this movie. The
needles taped to her face is classic.
The projector kept shutting down, and he was
getting a little frustrated. He has GREASY DIRTY
hair. He didn't smell to good either.
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Nothing
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I think it might be a guy who has lost everything
so he decides to commit suicide. Then he fades to
nothingness. The little girl stood out amongst
all the drones who never notice anything. At least
that's how I saw it. It was very good.
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Hostel: Part III
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I haven't seen this. But, I loved and own Part 2.
First it starred Lauren German who is HOT. Second,
it had both sides of the story which made it
fascinating. The problem with both one and two is
the gore just wasn't worth the wait.
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The Fly
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Sorry, this movie is a classic. Completely
original for its time.
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New York Dolls - Lookin' Fine On Television
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My NY Dolls album is a promo copy that I bought
at a flea market. It's still incredible. That
album started a love affair that still continues.
Me and Johnny Thunders. I followed this guy from
the late 70s to his passing in 91. I attended the
wake and funeral and still think about the great
performer he was. RIP Johnny, Jerry, Arthur and
lil Billy. They were the first and best... I was
watching The Perfect Age of Rock and Roll and
Ritter played "Lonely Planet Boy" for
Taryn Manning. Ah... you just Can't Put Your Arms
Around A Memory. But, how I try...
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Ian Hunter - Live At Rockpalast Featuring Mick Ronson
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There are four guitarists I put in a league of
their own that I love. Johnny Thunders/Jimmy
Page/Mick Jones (Clash) and Mick Ronson. Mick's
two solo albums are still in my top for greatest
albums ever. I bought a Black Les Paul and wanted
to have the paint removed from the top so I could
emulate his Gibson. But, every shop I brought it
to refused to defile the instrument.
Mick's never gotten the recognition he deserved.
Without his talent Ziggy Stardust would not have
been the success it was. Nothing Bowie did after
Mick left has the ravenous hooks that made
Bowie/Ronson collaborations so magnificent.
Mellencamp's Jack and Diane is Mick Ronson. Lou
Reed's string arrangements are Mick Ronson.
There's a ton of classic music that has Ronson's
fingerprints on it, yet no one knows his name.
I'd been going to concerts for a few
years, and this tour Hunter/Ronson played at
Hammerheads on Long Island. I was right up against
the stage just a foot or so of Mick. I couldn't
take my eyes off him. After the last encore he
dropped his pick. I fucking jumped onto that stage
and grabbed it. It's the first memento I ever got
from a concert and still one my favorites.
Johnny died in 1991. Mick passed 2 years
later, which was a total shock.
But,
his legacy lives on. His daughter Lisa Ronson is
the lead vocalist in the band The Secret History,
right here out of NYC. The band's great and she
looks exactly like Mick. She's carrying on the
family tradition of musical excellence.
http://thesecrethistory.net/
I went a
few years ago to see Ian Hunter play at The Stone
Pony in Asbury Park. I snuck in my video camera
and taped the show. Ian is a great performer with
magnificent material. If he ever passes your way,
definitely check him out.
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The Woman
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I enjoyed this. I don't get why McKee is getting
"woman hater" flak because all the
characters are spot on. Personally, I think it's
just their own publicity machine churning out the
controversy.
What I didn't like about
it was the scene/shot length and repetition of
information. The opening which points out two plot
points took 5 minutes.
This is another
great character study (though not as good as MAY).
Angela Bettis is magnificent as always. Sean
Bridgers was great but kind of flat at points. The
little daughter and son were excellent.
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Anatomy Of Hell
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After reading this review I had to see the movie.
I have to say I found Amira Caser HOT. So, I
watched because I enjoyed looking at her naked.
Where I failed, the dialogue was
contrived. It's lots of ten dollar sentences that
might be poetic. But, I'm not good at figuring out
the meaning. Metaphors on top of metaphors give me
a headache. So, I found myself FFing through the
dialogue. Even though she was naked, when they
were talking it dragged.
What I did do
for a little while was watch the director being
interviewed. This is the story of the first man
and woman. She spouts five dollar sentences that
only other "artists" of her ilk can
understand. I'm too low brow. I can talk about the
"deep meaning" behind many of Us Sinners
scenes. But, in the end, either it works or it
doesn't. Thank God Amira is hot, or else I'd have
turned it off.
I'm probably going to
send back the movie before watching the whole
interview. But, I don't think the shocking moments
were suppose to be shocking. I think they were
like the action sequences so you don't fall
asleep.
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The Death Of Andy Kaufman
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He was the highlight of SNL. From the first time
he did Mighty Mouse he owned that show. What a
nut!
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Se7en
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Love this movie. I have the DELUXE Laserdisc
version.
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Let Me In
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Moretz was excellent as always. The story was
fantastic. But, it was long and drawn out. I kept
wanting to turn it off. Then something good would
happen. The crap for five minutes, then a good
piece. If they cut about 25 minutes of the useless
fat, this would have been perfect. That girl is
gonna be a star. She just made a guest appearance
on 30 Rock last week.
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The Doom Generation
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I really wanted to enjoy this. But, I didn't. I
started FFing about a half hour in. I'd let it run
during the sex scenes and that was about it. The
messed up part there's a few similarities between
Doom and Us Sinners. Lots of CUs, the guy jerking
off on the bed, and the Mother Mary statue going
where it shouldn't. I had to check the year.
But,it would have been me to rip them off, because
I shot Us Sinners in 2005.
But, I
think Us Sinners kicks this movie's ass. With the
exception of McGowan's tits. Those are fucking
nice.
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Willard
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Ben the two of us need look no more... Poor
Michael.
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Let Me In
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I'm not going to read your review till after I
see this. But, the young girl is the one from
Kick-Ass and she's an excellent actress. I'm
looking forward to seeing this.
I found
this amusing, In Kick-Ass she's this short little
child. But, in Diary of a Whimpy Kid, she looks
pretty tall.
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Us Sinners
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I'm proud to announce that Us Sinners has been
picked up for worldwide distribution by Hart D.
Fisher's AMERICAN HORRORS.
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Taxi Driver
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When this was in the theatre, I went and watched
it at least twice everyday. Love this flick.
Haven't seen it in years. Have to make a point to
see it again.
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The Blob
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The remake starred Shawnee Smith who I've always
liked. It was good, but the original is a
classic.
I finally met her at a
convention and mentioned her band (yes another
actress gone singer) and she looked at me like I
was a nut and said "They were from another
lifetime". Yeah, like two years earlier. They
actually weren't bad.
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The Blob
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I can not even count how many times I've seen
this movie. It was a fixture on the afternoon
movie during the 60s and 70s. I even own the VHS,
which I've yet to watch.
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Paranormal Activity
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Here's the thing: It wasn't the false nature of
the camera that ruined the movie for me. The movie
ruined the movie for me. I didn't find it scary. I
thought the bedroom scenes were well done. But,
they didn't make the movie enjoyable. The hype
certainly was overblown. The funny thing is, the
film makers didn't see any of the millions this
movie made, because they sold the rights outright.
But, this was shot as a documentary.
Keeping that in mind it fails on many levels (as
did Blair Witch). They got too cute with
themselves in editing, or the actors couldn't
remember their lines. They just used too many
different angles to shoot one person saying one
sentence.
As for digital photography,
that's cheap. But, digital camcorders like the RED
CAMERA that being used all over Hollywood right
now, records to Hard Drive space, not tape, and
they start at about $40,000. They would have
needed something like this to record all night
long.
Also, you two just mentioned
what they could have done to make it not just
believable, but correct. A cheesy webcam camera.
But, they didn't.
There are times when
you suspend disbelief and times when you
shouldn't. For me, this was a time that you
shouldn't. Maybe if I really enjoyed this flick I
could have. But, I didn't.
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Paranormal Activity
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This was shot with a Sony FX-1 which uses Digital
Tape (miniDV type). An hour and a half is tops on
this.
Recording to hard drive is still
fairly new and pretty damn expensive.
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Paranormal Activity
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That wasn't hooked up to his computer. His
computer was downstairs. He was recording to tape.
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Paranormal Activity
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Yet another movie hyped to infamy. The bedroom
scenes were neat and a little creepy, but nowhere
near as good as it was hyped. The daytime dribble
put me to sleep twice.
Remove the
bullshit that was the marketing, and you have a
movie that was put together like shit. While it
was never advertised as a documentary (like Blair
Witch), it was shot as a documentary. Which means
they shouldn't have had different angles for the
same continuous conversation. Which they did for
just about every scene. More importantly, what
camera can record for hours while you sleep?
The theatrical ending was far superior to
the crappy alternative one.
3/10
maybe.
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Zombieland
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This film was bloody and hilarious. I especially
loved when the woman went flying through the
windshield and hit the ground. That was gross. The
Murray part though predictable was excellent. I
have no complaints about this flick. 10/10
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Serial Mom
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My favorite John Waters flick. He got everything
right on this one. I even own the laserdisc.
BTW: Laserdiscs kick DVDs ass. The only
problem is, you have to flip the album. But,
picture quality is far superior.
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Us Sinners
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You didn't like it? Son of a Bitch!!! Only
kidding. Sorry. The song is "Does the
Mother". I wrote it for the movie, and if you
ever want to hear it again, it's at the us sinners
myspace page. I think you can download it from
there.
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Audition
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I really enjoyed this movie. The gore was pretty
good, for the amount there was. But, I enjoyed the
love story more. The concept and execution of the
individual characters is what kept me fascinated.
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A Christmas Story
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Classic - Classic - Classic. I saw this in the
theatres way back when.
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Léon: The Professional
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I LOVE THIS MOVIE. I agree about Reno, excellent
under used actor. There's actually two versions of
this flick, and they are completely different in
their storytelling. Both are amazing. The
Director's Cut really pushes the envelope on
Portman and Reno's relationship.
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Good Dick
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I would love to discuss this movie with you, if
you remember it vividly. This movie thoroughly
confused me. While I agree with your assessment of
the relationship, I found a lot of it to be so
"out there" it was unbelievable. For a
movie that was based in the reality of the
characters, I found it disappointing.
Also, something that many reviewers didn't get
was "Good Dick" is a term for getting a
woman off. Which is the exact opposite of what was
happening to everyone in this film. She's
supposedly frigid, he's not getting any. Dad
wasn't giving good dick, and the clerk couldn't
find his woman's clit.
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The Reader
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I loved this movie. Kate Winslet is one of the
sexiest women in movies today. More importantly
one of the most versatile and talented. Kate
rocks, even though she practically fell over
herself chasing Mick Jagger. That was
embarrassing.
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Lake Dead
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This movie sucked so bad I couldn't get through
the first half hour.
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Penny Dreadful
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I rented a pretty awful movie called HIDE and
fell for Rachel Miner. So, I had to rent this, and
she's good. It could have been better, nothing
that shocking, but she's good.
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Gran Torino
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I thoroughly enjoyed this. I had no problem with
the kids performances. I especially liked the one
he avenged.
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Martyrs
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I'm going to be the first to bitch about this
movie. This movie was brutal, realistic, and
genuinely disturbing to a point. That point being
the "Look at the Eyes" defense. I've
never heard anything so STUPID in any movie EVER.
The entire movie was ruined after that. There was
no suspense, no expectations on what might
happen. I just didn't care. It was all mediocre
and predictable from that point on. Martyrs could
have been a 10000% classic film had they had a
better excuse for an hour and a half of sheer
brutal torture. But, they didn't.
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The Wrestler
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I enjoyed this, but I didn't love it. I do have
a question, what was the meaning behind all the
walking from behind shots?
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Titanic
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I love this movie, especially for Kate Winslet
who I've wanted to have sex with since Heavenly
Creatures.
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The X Files: I Want To Believe
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I enjoyed this. It is mediocre compared to the
best TV episodes. But, it was like visiting old
friends, they're never as exciting as they were
when they were younger. It was nice to see Mulder
and Scully living together.
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The Dark Knight
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I grew up on Adam West as Batman. We even made a
special trip to the City to see the movie opening
day. I had the Robin Halloween costume and would
jump off our steps saying POW and ZAP, humming the
theme. But, I've never fully appreciated the new
Batman movies. I thought the original with
Nicholson was excellent but too dark for my
Batman.
I never made it through the
entire Batman Begins and Batman's voice when in
costume sounds like a bad impression of Clint
Eastwood. Ledger did a great job, but if he didn't
die before this movie came out, the feelings of a
brilliant performance wouldn't be resonating so
loudly. He was excellent, and considering his true
accent, he was phenomenal. But, about an hour and
twenty minutes into the movie I checked the box to
see how long the movie was, and when I saw it was
two and a half hours long, I almost had a
heart-attack. WAY TOO LONG!!
One
question: Batman had no problem at all killing bad
guys. He did it throughout the movie. Why didn't
he just let the Joker fall?
As The
Fecal Kid says: He's a rabid fan, so I fully
understand why he loves this movie.
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Criss Angel Mindfreak: Season 1
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I hate magicians that use trick photography,
camera work and editing for many of their
illusions. If you can't do it while standing in
front an audience, you shouldn't do it at all.
Even some of the card tricks are
duped with fake camera work and editing, how
pathetic is that?
I'd rather watch
The Magic Show with Doug Henning then Angel and
especially Blaine.
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