Bram Stoker's Dracula (4K UHD Blu-Ray) - I'd caught this in bits & pieces over the years, but this is the first time I've actually sit down to watch the whole thing. It wasn't quite like I had imagined it going in (& I'm not quite sure what I expected TBH), but I liked it well enough.
Munich: Edge of War (Netflix) - About a group of anti-Hitler Germans trying to sneak info to the British proving that Hitler didn't intend to stop at Czechoslovakia, during Neville Chamberlain's infamous summit. Worth a watch.
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@WoomyNNYes Nice, yeah I usually avoid most reviews. Just on the simple basis I just usually end up disagreeing with them. It's cool you have it to watch around Halloween. Mom is hoping to do Young Frankestein next, why not it's close to Halloween.
@XandertheWise Thanks for the heads up, nice to see it's on there too.
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@Sunsy Young Frankenstein tends to be tough to find or stream around halloween (for the US). Every year, for october - november, some company usually buys the exclusive rights tot he movie. Disregard if you're aware. I think HBO/MAX may have the rights this year? I got so tired of the exclusivity/scarcity of the movie around Halloween that I bought the movie.
Forgive me if anyone has seen me me mention this a previous year, but I really enjoyed the commentary for Young Frankenstein. In case anyone has a dvd/bluray and hasn't watched it with the commentary. It's quite entertaining to hear Mel Brooks tell stories from behind the scenes and origins of some jokes. I fell for the movie even more when I watched it with commentary.
@WoomyNNYes Thankfully mom has a copy on DVD, so I don't need to worry too much about finding it on streaming. I use streaming, but will still buy and watch DVDs, even if what I want to watch isn't on streaming or I don't feel like signing up for a service for one movie or show.
Making note on the commentary then, mom has had the DVD copy of it for years.
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I honestly kinda liked it, it isn’t scary in any sense of the word and it plays it extremely safe, and honestly while it isn’t needed the violence was so freaking weak. Buuuut I loved seeing them in live action and I really did love all the references!
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@EaglyBird Ok I agree with you fully! If I were to put my full thoughts one of the many criticisms would be it definitely played it too safe, way to safe. Due to that the plot is just kinda meh. I just enjoyed seeing the references and animatronics that much! Honestly when I first saw it I kinda disliked it a lot, mainly because of everything you mentioned. But after a day I thought about it and I did enjoy watching it even if it isn’t an amazing film.
Yeah I agree, fnaf usually have some insane plots but The plot for this film was just kinda…like it’s pretty simple, and I know I said that already but it really is, like the fnaf story is definitely there but it isn’t. The kids appearing in the dream is kinda fanafy but I don’t know how I feel about purple guy ordering them around I know there was a reason and everything but I still would have liked if it was them acting independently.
Was worried the jump scares would suck but they just wasn’t there lol. Oh I loved that they used the cupcake! That’s the kinda crazy stuff I want to see, I agree! And one more thing I don’t really like how the only animatronic that really did anything was foxey, the rest just kinda sat there and look intimidating, then again they kinda do this in the first game oh and the cupcake too of course he did a lot lol.
And this is where I bring it back and say, I still like the movie. But not for it being this masterpiece or amazing maybe it isn’t even great, but I love how the gang looks, the references, spring traps outfit, the sets. I don’t know i just expected to be downright awful but it wasn’t for me. I hope if they do make another movie which based off the reception they probably will, please play it less safe, if they hadn’t with this film it would have so much better! Maybe they felt self conscious due to all the scrips, as I recall the film was in development hell for a while. I can definitely see why someone wouldn’t like this movie, especially if said person doesn’t know much about the movie, it’s kinda made for fans. I’m happy she was able to find some enjoyment in it! Honestly making fun of bad movies is really fun lol.
[spoiler]I also kinda lost it when matpat came on screen! It was so cool to see! And he said the thing! Oh and fnaf song 1 playing at the credits made me so happy! I really wanted them to play it! Also also! Did you notice that matpats name tag said ness? There’s no way they’re referencing wha ti think they’re referencing!
I know I kinda repeated a lot of stuff in here my apologies lol! Its just trying to pin my feeling on this film just to one is hard, I loved it but didn’t I disliked it but didn’t? It’s weird lol.
I just watched 5 nights. I thought it was pretty good..never played the games though so I don't know how much it followed the lore. It does however make me want to Try the games out though so I just wishlisted the first game. I'll play it once I finish my current 2 games.
@EaglyBird good info and thank you. Kinda strange luck would play a part in the game though. I you kind of talked me outta the series if I'm being honest 🤣. However, if 3 goes on sale, maybe ill give it a look.
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Casper (Netflix) - Haven't seen this in years, and I forgot how surprisingly good it was (I had completely blanked out that Dan Akroyd cameod in his Ghostbusters role). It had it's fair share of humorous moments & actually legitimately made me tear up in spots at the end. Maybe it's just because I really don't pay attention to this sphere much anymore, but it doesn't seem like we get any really made well kids/family films these days that aren't animated (other than the Sonic movies I guess, but I'd honestly say Casper was better than those, or at the very least better than the second). It was also fun to see the stuff they threw in that wouldn't cut it in a similar film these days, like Casper's uncles & Kat's dad at the bar getting drunk, and ghost Carrigan's jiggle physics.
Halloween (Blu-Ray) - The original. Pretty basic at this point, but still very effective. The first 2/3rds of the film is just Michael Myers menacingly popping up in the background for a second or two, and yet those are probably the scariest moments in the film.
Star Wars: the Empire Strikes Back (4K UHD Blu-Ray) - Rewatching these as I get the 4K discs in. Still a pretty solid film all this time later and a step up from the first film.
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