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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 8, 2023 10:17:25 GMT -5
I've never seen a single Purge film. There is at least one more to.go before I've seen them all. They're OK if you like stories with moral messages throughout, the size of billboards. They really do bonk you over the head with the messaging. Have you seen either of the TV series seasons, KG? I thought they did a boffo job with those (although there is still a lot of sermonizing in them, too). |
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Sept 8, 2023 10:35:24 GMT -5
There is at least one more to.go before I've seen them all. They're OK if you like stories with moral messages throughout, the size of billboards. They really do bonk you over the head with the messaging. Have you seen either of the TV series seasons, KG? I thought they did a boffo job with those (although there is still a lot of sermonizing in them, too). I didn't know there was one series, let alone more than that! |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 8, 2023 11:15:57 GMT -5
They really do bonk you over the head with the messaging. Have you seen either of the TV series seasons, KG? I thought they did a boffo job with those (although there is still a lot of sermonizing in them, too). I didn't know there was one series, let alone more than that! Yeah, they did two separate, distinct seasons before dropping it. Shame, too. Having more than a 90-minute runtime gave them time to explore other factors that the movies didn't have time to introduce. |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 9, 2023 18:43:06 GMT -5
"Dead Dudes in the House" (1989) last night. Low budget slasher granny flick goes by better suited names like "The House on Tombstone Hill" and "The Dead Come Home". Thing defied expectations and the granny was creeping me out. It reminded a little of flicks like "The Evil Dead" (1981) and "Night of the Demons" (1988) the way they'd have to face off against the seemingly possessed corpses of their friends. My print was kind of dark, but there's copious brutal gore for those who like that sort of thing. I don't know if someone (Troma maybe?) renamed it to try to play up the small bits of comedy throughout, but that name I saw it under just doesn't do it justice. Not bad at all for the budget.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 11, 2023 18:49:32 GMT -5
Lamberto Bava's first film “Macabre” (1980) last night. I was borderline bored, annoyed through most of the runtime, and considered giving up. Holy hell! What a finish though! Almost made the slog worth it. Spoiler below.*
*I have a real issue with movies that show kids getting killed, but I was overjoyed watching the young daughter get hers. |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 13, 2023 12:13:45 GMT -5
"Gay U.S.A." (1977) last night. It's a documentary of marches that were going on all across the country on one day way back when. Strange view with all the gains and losses that have occurred for the gay community over the years since then. And the mustaches...so many mustaches...
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Post by Deeky on Sept 13, 2023 13:59:46 GMT -5
So many mustaches!
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 15, 2023 15:03:58 GMT -5
"A Serious Man" (2009) - "Fiddler on the Roof" is now the second most Jewish movie I've ever seen.
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Post by Deeky on Sept 15, 2023 20:42:33 GMT -5
"A Serious Man" (2009) - "Fiddler on the Roof" is now the second most Jewish movie I've ever seen. I love this movie. |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 15, 2023 21:06:19 GMT -5
"A Serious Man" (2009) - "Fiddler on the Roof" is now the second most Jewish movie I've ever seen. I love this movie. It was fantastic! I think you sent me the disc eons ago. It can take me a while, but I eventually get around to watching everything. I take back all the smack I said about the Coen bros. God, I felt bad for Larry the whole time. Thought that was wild how things end up in a parking lot after the first Rabbi's seemingly useless musings to Larry. There are so many memorable scenes, though. Nice step up from the mostly garbage I've been soaking in (viewing-wise), lately. |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 16, 2023 12:41:20 GMT -5
Speaking of garbage, watched "The Paloni Show: Halloween Special" (2022). Fun garbage, though. I think it was a Hulu original pitch that didn't take off? Maybe it was meant to be a one-and-done. Anyway, ultra weird animation mayhem (think Adult Swim) as some cartoon kids present their Halloween show and cut to various freaky short subjects in between their own wraparound segment adventures. Just right for a Halloween night watch if you're planning on heavy drinking and drug use. Very much not for kids.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 17, 2023 18:41:14 GMT -5
"Visioneers" (2008) - Zack Galifianakis questions his life working at the Jeffers Corporation. Especially when an epidemic of people exploding from stress starts erupting across the country. It's a daaark comedy about a near future dystopia. Kind of a mix of 1984 and Brave New World. Also a little "Idiocracy" and perhaps a touch of "The Zero Theorem". You know that patented Galifianakis stare (like he's simultaneously dying inside while about to explode)? There's a lot of that in this.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 17, 2023 18:54:38 GMT -5
I do kind of want one of these Jeffers Corp. tee shirts now.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 17, 2023 19:25:50 GMT -5
I watched one called "The Horrible Sexy Vampire" (1970) a night ago. Hard to believe with the best movie title in cinema history that it was a bad as it was. The vampire turns invisible and chokes people out instead of biting. The hero of the story is the vampire's descendant and does a genuinely great pantomime job of throwing himself around during the big finale. Anyway, save yourself the trouble unless you are a vampire film completest or something.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 18, 2023 23:52:42 GMT -5
Finally sat down to the notorious "Emperor Tomato Ketchup" (1970). It was artsy, transgressive, challenging, and ambiguous. While there is little dialogue, I still felt like it would have been helpful to know what the occasional narration was spelling out at the start of each little sequence or tableau. The scenes for which it was apparently banned are obviously meant to shock and disturb rather than titillate, and I think were trying to describe power dynamics. Much of it seemed to be shot in an overexposed fashion which didn't help when trying to figure out what was going on at times. Anyway, I can say I finally saw it, I suppose. Weirdly, one of the kids looked like his face had been painted in Guy Fawkes fashion. There's lots of Kabuki make-up on both the children and adults throughout.
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Post by Deeky on Sept 19, 2023 23:48:19 GMT -5
Crippled Avengers A late 70s Shaw Brothers number about a group of disabled Kung fu masters seeking vengeance on the man who disfigured them.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 20, 2023 10:13:56 GMT -5
Crippled Avengers A late 70s Shaw Brothers number about a group of disabled Kung fu masters seeking vengeance on the man who disfigured them. I think I saw that as "The Crippled Masters". Or are there two movies like that? |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 20, 2023 10:22:48 GMT -5
"Jules" (2023) last night. What if E.T. was found by a senior citizen instead of a kid? Lovely little comedy drama that's more about the human condition than science fiction and ably carried by Ben Kingsley, Harriet Sansom Harris, and Jane Curtain (who I didn't even recognize).
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Post by Deeky on Sept 20, 2023 12:13:04 GMT -5
Crippled Avengers A late 70s Shaw Brothers number about a group of disabled Kung fu masters seeking vengeance on the man who disfigured them. I think I saw that as "The Crippled Masters". Or are there two movies like that? I genuinely don't know. I know next to zero about Kung fu movies. |
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Post by Deeky on Sept 20, 2023 12:58:08 GMT -5
I googled it and it is two different movies.
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