I've not seen anything by Mike Flannigan or Colin Minivan, so I'll get that sorted.
Midsomar, I thought had some interesting bits in it, but you could see its influences in the way that the script was bolted together. It didn't feel confident in itself either, I thought.
Just not a lithe and odd as the Wicker Man for example, but did introduce me to the blood eagle!
Funny Games by Michael Haneke - now thats a horror film without any jump scares!
@Pizzamorg
Colin Minihan, huh? Didn't recognize the name so I googled it.
I saw 2 of his movies, Extraterrestrial and It Stains the Sands Red. Hated the first, thought the second one was OK. Haven't seen What Keeps You Alive yet but it seems that one was much better received, so I should give it a shot.
There have been a couple of directors lately who's first feature film was really good but they haven't been able to repeat that success. Ari Aster is one of them and I'd put Robert Eggers and Alex Garland in the same category who got too pretentious for their own good.
Jordan Peele however is really working for me. All 3 of his movies I liked.
@Rambler
I'd categorize Funny Games as torture, not horror, as it's extremely unpleasant to watch.
@Pizzamorg
Colin Minihan, huh? Didn't recognize the name so I googled it.
I saw 2 of his movies, Extraterrestrial and It Stains the Sands Red. Hated the first, thought the second one was OK. Haven't seen What Keeps You Alive yet but it seems that one was much better received, so I should give it a shot.
There have been a couple of directors lately who's first feature film was really good but they haven't been able to repeat that success. Ari Aster is one of them and I'd put Robert Eggers and Alex Garland in the same category who got too pretentious for their own good.
Jordan Peele however is really working for me. All 3 of his movies I liked.
It Stains is the one I haven't seen. I have been meaning to watch it for years, but never got around to it.
Extraterrestrial might be my favourite of his films, so maybe our tastes aren't very aligned, but I thought What Keeps You Alive and Grave Encounters were both bangers as well, so I will be intrigued by how you land.
I haven't seen Men, but I thought Ex-Machina was crazy overrated. I also thought Annihilation was pretty bad, but that Bear scene will be burned into my nightmares for the rest of my life I think lol I also personally think all of Peele's films I have seen are super overrated. I would say Us was a step up from Get Out, but I wouldn't list either of them in any top lists of the last few decades. I also haven't seen anything from Eggers, I think I tried the Witch years ago but the olde english put me off.
@Rambler
I'd categorize Funny Games as torture, not horror, as it's extremely unpleasant to watch.
Yeah, I'll go with that. I find the film fascinating, as with all of Hanake's, but I do like it because you don't see anything. Conversely, stuff like Hostel, Saw, Martyrs, etc. I don't like. Graphic suffering as horror can work, but not as the be all and end all.
Why is no one mentioning Uwe Boll as the best horror movie director?!?!?! Not only is he the horror maestro of classic like Blubberella he is also the master of video game adaptations like Postal, House Of The Dead, Bloodrayne, Alone In The Dark and Far Cry!
@Bunkerneath Years ago I watched 10 mins of it and even on an ironic make fun of it level it's really bad.
If you want intentionally brilliantly bad then try Danger 5, it's amazing fun! The company that produced it have now put all of the episodes on Youtube for free!
@Bunkerneath A mate of mine told me about it and I thought he was exaggerating but nope it completely deliveries on it's mental premise and I ended up binging it in a day. The only downside is there is only two seasons.
@Kermit1
It looks alright, but I'm more interested in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.
Early reviews say it's even better than the first Knives Out and I already loved that one.
During the summer, I saw Trolls World Tour twice as two local theaters were showing it as part of a summer. At the first showing I went to, my friend and I liked the old fashion feel of it. That particular theater we went to, I found out was built in 1926, and is still around to this day, only closing to replace carpeting and seating.
Curious, what's the oldest theater and cinema you've ever went to? Right now, this is possibly the oldest one I've been to. I'm surprised it's been around for almost 100 years, and I hope it sticks around.
'Pinocchio' was alright too. I'm confused by the hate for the movie. I watched the original right afterwards and thought it was on the same level as the remake.
Honestly, I loved the movie, even as someone who loves the original. Some of the new changes to it, I thought were good, like giving Pinocchio a friend like Fabiana and her puppet Sabina, or Pinocchio picking up on certain things like he did in Pleasure Island, or even using a scrapped ending idea from the original Disney movie.
Honestly, I think most of the hate I've seen are on YouTube video thumbnails. It just feels like they're dead set on hating it before it comes out because it's a live action Disney adaptation. That's all. Haven't watch the videos, I tend to avoid movie reviews because I usually never agree with them.
Most movie content on YouTube I like are from those who have passion for movies, and point out easter eggs and other interesting things, like what Flicks In The City does. It makes it interesting and gives you reason to rewatch something, as oppose to someone saying "don't watch this because I didn't like it." For lack of a better way of describing it.
@Sunsy I’ve got two cinemas which are about a 15 minute walking distance of me, both are pretty old with one being built in 1910 and the other in 1936.
Also not a cinema anymore but I use to regularly go to Scala which is a music/club venue. It was built in 1920 originally as a cinema however in the 80s they decided to show A Clockwork Orange which was banned in the UK (Stanley Kubrick banned it himself as he got fed up with the bad press over the movie and it only got released once he died so his kid could go against his wishes and profit from its release) so Scala was sued and bankrupted. It was then bought and reopened as a club where I have seen many bands and also spent many a drunken night with terrible djs til the early hours.
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