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I posted earlier about Hellraiser in reply to Jump (so will repeat myself here), and while it's been a long time since I've seen it, I think it's good, but certainly not a classic. It was Barker's first time as a director, and he's on record as stating that he was incredibly inexperienced, and I think that shows. Those cheesy wipes and fades!!
Also it was edited by the distributors (I think) - so less sex, which I think upsets the balance of the graphic material in favour of the violence.
If you think of it as less a monster movie horror film and as a (very) twisted love story, I think it works.
@Rambler Yeah, it's mental something as routine as going to the dentist caused it. Listening to him you're worried about his health because it's clear he's not in good shape and he's struggling to talk but he still is very defiant over it and passionate about the work he's doing at the moment.
The podcast was recorded in his home and apparently he has secret passages and messed weird art everywhere. I'd be disappointed if he didn't to be honest!
@Eagly
I was thinking of the bit where she tries it in with him. Male ducks are notoriously violent during sex, which makes something already strange even more so.
But yes, by all accounts they took one look at the comic, and went "nah, we'll rewrite this from the ground up!"
I'm not overly familar with Howard The Duck in the comics. I don't really remember anyone saying this run of Howard Dee slaps so go check it out so I never bothered. However the problem seemed to be Howard is all spoof and satire driven rather than being about a duck that saves the day so it was always gonna struggle as an action movie and if it was a comedy I'd imagine it would be more like Scary Movie or Hot Shots so I'd rather take the weird mess you watch like it's a car crash myself.
I would be way more annoyed about how Batman films are nothing like Batman but the quailty is mostly good enough that I can forgive them even if it does jump from him having a gun, listening to Nirvana, killing people or Batman is 8 years old and his arch nemesis is now in his 50s for some reason.
@Heroofthenexus I can't imagine why anyone would think you're grumpy.
Whilst yes we all agree The Blue Lagoon, Weekend At Bernie's 2 and Hercules In New York from yesteryear are clearly the pinnacle of filming making and loved by that generation for very good reasons, I can't help but feel you're only looking at the rubbish which exists in every decade. However it's so easy to find films in general now that if you watch a rubbish film it's on you for watching it. It's liking going to McDonalds and complaining it tastes like rubbish when there's a good steakhouse right next door and not only that there's a coupon for 50% off in your pocket too but still choosing Maccy Ds.
@Pizzamorg I never troll, I just have strongly beliefs in banter and mockery to amuse myself.
@Heroofthenexus If you're not watching a single one of them, how do you know they are nauseating?
Every generation complains about how things aren't as good as they were, at one point people were complaining about how those films with sounds wouldn't match the quality of silent movies with a man playing the piano in the corner.
Chances are there's gonna be some kind of subgenre or a film maker from the days of now which will blow you with how awesome it is and from that point you're gonna be able to find a bunch of stuff you do like. To do that though you are gonna need to have a more open mind, if you go into something thinking it will suck it probably will.
@Heroofthenexus Yep, we can browse through every movie ever made, that's how I know the past is littered with the likes of The Blue Lagoon, Weekend At Bernie's 2 and Hercules In New York which the older timers love. Bad dialogue, casting and characters aren't new things, like GD Schwarzenegger of all people was consider a leading man for a long period of time.
I think you keep missing my point as there are good movies out there, you just can't sit around and expect them to find you as it's harder to find the good stuff where you're becoming less relevant to the pop culture of now.
@Rambler Before you too get excited, it's set fairly recently after the first film rather than 5 years later so it's not a decomposing corpse covered with maggots they are trying to trick people with. That's a complete miss if you ask me.
@Rambler Before you too get excited, it's set fairly recently after the first film rather than 5 years later so it's not a decomposing corpse covered with maggots they are trying to trick people with. That's a complete miss if you ask me.
They could've done a cross over with [that German fillm that I can't be bothered to name...!!]
@Rambler Swiss Army Man seems more like a natrual fit where the Harry Potter kid plays a farting corpse.
Has anyone seen that movie by the way? It's been on my list to see for ages but just glancing at the list I keep on my phone of movies, shows, books and bands to check out it's now sitting at a total of 122 things so I may never get to it.
@Kermit1 well it’s convoluted. The gang study the bible to see how Jesus came back from the dead but they misunderstand and they try turning him into crackers and fermenting his blood to make wine which doesn’t work. So they then try a voodoo ritual but they can’t find a virgin goat to sacrifice to Baron Samedi. Eventually after watching Silence Of The Lambs they decide to make a Bernie suit using his skin with hilarious consequences.
@Kermit1 yeah, the sequel really goes in a different direction. It’s up there with Terminator 2, The Godfather part 2 and The Dark Knight as the best second films ever though.
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